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Annie and the Bang Bang

by Annie and the Bang Bang

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Reading books and sipping soda Listening to records in my room I do the monkey when I’m restless The jerk when I need a boost I don’t want to keep any secrets But I’d feel silly if you knew When I can’t pee I touch my tongue To my lip and think of you All the girls who live on my street Swear in French and smoke Gauloises We do the dance from Band of Outsiders By Godard in my garage Right on! Right on! Writing songs and drinking vodka Smoking up on the roof I do the twist when I’m lonely Shimmy when I need proof I don’t want to keep any secrets But if anyone knows, it’s you When I feel numb I twist the string On my finger so tight the tip turns blue All the girls who live on my street Swear in French and smoke Gauloises We do the dance from Band of Outsiders By Godard in my garage All the girls who live on my street Swear in French and smoke Gauloises We do the dance from Band of Outsiders By Godard in my garage Right on! Right on! Lalalalalalala
2.
Sitting on a wide lap And I like it Making my wings flap And I like it Working on my fake slap And I like it Parles vous Francaise? I can speak the other way Chomping on chewing gum And I like it Don’t go in for handsome And I like it Being held for ransom And I like it Parles vous Francaise? I can speak the other way I’m staying up as late as I can Gonna explode with happy, man! A girl’s gotta twist off now and again Gonna explode with happy, man! Looking at a devil horn And I like it Everything has a soft core And I like it Never done this before And I like it Parles vous Francaise? I can speak the other way I’m staying up as late as I can Gonna explode with happy, man! A girl’s gotta twist off now and again Gonna explode with happy, man!
3.
Billy Bones 03:25
Billy Bones, Billy Bones where can you be Billy Bones, Billy Bones when you coming for me Billy Bones, Billy Bones my eyes are red I lost my head, I lost my head, I lost my head All what you said Bonfire Party on the beach We drank so much I thought you were me Billy Bones, Billy Bone where can you be Billy Bones, Billy Bones when you coming for me Billy Bones, Billy Bones my eyes are red I lost my head, I lost my head, I lost my head All what you said Bonfire Party into the breech We sang so loud Our throats felt like meat Billy Bones, Billy Bone where can you be Billy Bones, Billy Bones when you coming for me Billy Bones, Billy Bones my eyes are red I lost my head, I lost my head, I lost my head All what you said I spy a boat on the sea You said goodbye In the middle of kissing me Billy Bones, Billy Bone where can you be Billy Bones, Billy Bones when you coming for me Billy Bones, Billy Bones my eyes are red I lost my head, I lost my head, I lost my head All what you said
4.
Shake Me 03:17
Shake me like the legs of Elvis Shake me like fruit from a tree Shake me like the gates of heaven Shake me like you were meant to shake me Take me like a trip on a rocket Take me lie a felt-fingered thief Take me like bad medicine Take me like you were meant to take me Down is up and black is blue Bad is good when it comes to you Break me like a horse in the desert Break me like a wave on a beach Break me like the seal of a virgin Break me like you were meant to break me Quake me like a Baptist preacher Quake me like ecstasy Quake me like a hard orgasm Quake me like you were meant to quake me Down is up and black is blue Bad is good when it comes to you
5.
Dogs 04:48
In a little house down the lane There live a pack of dogs They have the run of the yard Their owner is never home When I walk past the house They snarl and charge the gate How can their tongues be so pink When their teeth are so sharp? They say how do you like me now? How do you like me now? I try to calm them with words Also ply them with bones I once threw them a squirrel Even this did not appease them One day a dog escaped And he chased me down I was wearing a red cape He could not get enough of my scent He said, How do you like me now? How do you like me now? I was forced to defend myself I shoved my fist down his throat I got it in as far as the elbow And now the other dogs do not pursue me How do you like me now? How do you like me now?
6.
Go Pink 03:36
In your mouth A string of pearls White on white on Right on Go PInk Maybe when You're deeper into your drink We can make out Right on Go Pink I've got a thing pressing on my brain Like a tumor but prettier Your yesterday eyes weep champagne How can I not want to get with that? I've got a thing pressing on my brain Like a tumor but prettier Your yesterday eyes weep champagne How can I not want to get with that?
7.
Big Muff 02:10
I am throwing you to the lions You'll thank me for it someday Radical intimacy is only Achievable in death You don't have to like it Just pick it up I need supervision I am possessed by joy Yes, I did it I look like a bird But I am a murder
8.
Everything seems so clear It's almost like you were never here The stars in the cold sky declare But it takes so long for their light to reach here Where, where, where does love go? Sometimes I wish I were still a smoker I'd sit under the porch light in the clarity of winter And wonder of the stars, are they tiny flecks of God That wish, however late, the very best for us Where, where, where does love go?
9.
Dickless Boy 02:47
Dickless Boy I give it all to you Revelation at last I am a lucky girl in the present tense A bit of the future in my past You could call us timeless, built to last Dickless boy You really are a find Something in your sigh unlocks A stash of secrets deep inside my mind And confessions I give out, I let drop Deep space dream flesh rocks Getting it on With a ghost Is so hot Just the most Getting it on With a ghost Is so hot Just the most
10.
I never know When you’re gonna show I see you standing there All devil may care The lights are low; people dance slow to our song Alone by the stereo, I pretend my drink is low, can’t stay long I try to catch your eye to wave goodbye, but you’re gone When all is said and done, this ain’t a party it’s a funeral for fun It’s hard to see You’ve moved on so easily I once was a reason to live Now I don’t even exist The lights are low; people dance slow to our song I moan by the stereo, pretend my drink is low, can’t stay long I try to catch your eye to wave goodbye, but you’re gone When all is said and done, this ain’t a party it’s a funeral for fun

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Lyrically potent dreamscape folkpop and cinematically lush brokenhearted artrock. Beautiful mischief that holds some truth, delivered by the blows of a large candy hammer.

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released March 23, 2013

Annie Enneking: singer, songwriter, guitarist
Chadly Koppenhaver: drums
Tom Penney: bass
Thunder Bob: synths
(with appearances by Michael Sommers, Rick Berger, and Mark Kaufman)
Produced by Sean Healey and Annie Enneking
Mixed and engineered by Thunder Bob
Mastered by Bruce Templeton at Magneto Mastering
Recorded at: The Island of Lost Toys
Many of these songs were originally written for New Paradise Laboratories "Extremely Public Displays of Privacy"

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Annie and the Bang Bang Minneapolis, Minnesota

Annie and the Bang Bang is a Minneapolis rock band that genre hop from dreamy folkpop to late sixties rock to swampy blues. Guitarist and songwriter, Annie Enneking tells stories about being a person in a world full of complicated people, and relies on the thick invention of the Bang Bang: John Riedlinger (guitar), Kare Tweiten (bass), Mike Kittel (drums). Top pic Tom Smouse. ... more

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