The Artist

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Piano
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E. Drums
Mellotron
Modular Synth (II)
Synth Bass
Vibraphone
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Violin
Viola
Celli
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Voice

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Everyone at this party gets me high
And talks of last and second names
I’d love to see one ounce of shame
Before I retire

And when it comes to moving just slightly
A glorious roar comes over here, here
Reactive aims pronounced with fear
Perhaps they see that in me?

It’s hard to believe in a readiness so sound
When everybody’s waiting for It to come around
It started as just liking to moan
I hope nobody here is waiting alone

Dancing in halls, and the radiance surrounds
The one who I call Virgil took me half the way down
Try thinking of one good reason why I should do
All the strange, uncomfortable things
You think I should do
And now everybody’s wrapped in waiting
And tired of awaiting

All members of this great mystery talk loudly
And I lose my drive to listen, oh no.
I’m tired and so take me home
Maybe nobody will notice?
Your dance hall isn’t criminal
I’m just terribly hip-to-notice
Just tell them something beautiful
I might like to come back here

It’s hard to believe in a misery so sound
When everybody’s waiting for you to come around
It started as just liking to do
But now everybody’s rapt and waiting for you

Lost in a hall, and busy-ness surrounds
The one who I call Virgil took me half the way down
We’re fabled to be liking that tune
But I really just think we’re waiting
(Yes, but waiting is not a-waiting)
Is there anything else but waiting?
(Yes, but waiting is not a-waiting)
Everybody is just waiting
(Yes, but waiting is not a-waiting)
And tired of a-waiting.

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from The Artist, track released February 6, 2012

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Jon David Russell is a musician, composer, and visual artist living in Pittsburgh, PA

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