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Renovator's Delight - Black Ribbons [The Apartments]

from House Keys 2 by Various Artists

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Renovator’s Delight - Black Ribbons
Originally performed by The Apartments

Recorded at Incremental Records by Cameron Smith
Mixed by Cameron Smith
Mastered by Cameron Smith

Madeleine Keinonen - vocals, guitar, bass, keys
Cameron Smith - percussion, bowed saw

lyrics

I'll chew through the ropes that are holding you down
When your beauty's a memory I'll still be around
My fabulous past, what good is it now
As your song floats down over the town

I was a bubble in a spirit level
I was insane
I hung out all strung out in the February rain
To forget all the years I was calling your name
As your song floats down over the town

So let's toss out the false
Let's bring in the true
Let's ring out the old
And ring in the new

New things to care about
New things to hope
Gonna steal from the happy songs Ellington wrote
Leave the world in the pocket of my winter coat
As your song floats down over the town

What am I gonna do with you
Tie you up with black ribbons
Tie you up with black ribbons

The days became weeks
The weeks became months
There's so many things you've finished
I haven't even begun
Watch as a good thing turns into junk
As your song floats down over the town

Lola was a kitten in a paper bag
Running up from the subway and into a cab
Whatever she wore she could never look bad
As your song floats down over the town

What am I gonna do with you
What am I gonna do with you
Tie you up with black ribbons
Tie you up with black ribbons
Black ribbons
Tie you up with black ribbons

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from House Keys 2, released September 20, 2023

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