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3 Penny Opera Reunion Show

by 3 Penny Opera

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1.
Cycle 04:18
I have come to your altar this time I will not falter and i don't know what you intend but i've stopped trying to pretend that i don't care if the cold wind blows as long as you're here with me and i don't care if the storm won't go it's easy enough to see i don't care what people say i am what i want to be let us cast our roles to the wind the two of us are free i would shape the world for you and i would be what you wanted me to and you reach out to take my hand and i finally understand i offer me in sacrifice and i am left to my own device the king abdicates his rule and i see now that i was the fool all alone when the wind breaks in wonder what you've done to me storm breaks i go crawling back you're my destiny wait to hear that you love me again reclaim lock and key scene repeats beginning to end our cyclic history
2.
Maria wakes alone She waits for the world to turn around again she no longer dreams she tells herself that all good things must end she no longer sees in black and white the world has all been painted shades of grey she wanders lost and lonely without her one and only love is just a memory that slowly slipped away but those days are long since gone gone as maybe they should be and i'm just a victim of myself and what remains of memories of forgotten days she has known the comforts of fleeting moments in a stranger's eyes pure for just a heartbeat before the start of spoken lies a dance, a want a kiss feigning grace in pretended harmony she whispers oh so softly between the high and lofty if i said i love you, would you die for me? still awake at dawn she wipes the unrepentant tears away she slips through the doorway without a thought for yesterday perhaps she will remember the way a hand once brushed against her cheek but love is not the answer for a nameless private dancer if you look for nothing you will find just what you seek
3.
Wrapped up in her elegance She watches the tide she abandons her innocence the unwidowed bride and she prays for another as she watches alone and the lover she waits for will never come home will he ever be found abandoned and helpless a ship run aground she shuts her eyes and pretends not to see the world continually spinning and i like to think that she daydreams of me while she waits by the sea the sun in her eyes the wind in her hair the ocean her love waves breaking above she bears herself when there's nobody there the water laughs with the dreamer but dreams are a luxury she could never afford and love is a weapon a double edged sword and the blood that it spills is never enough for the people it kills and she measures the cost all she lived for is lost and she curses the god that made their fates cross
4.
time goes slow for a would be romeo if she's gone he's the last one who will know have you seen the boatman's daughter someone said she looked a bit like me back when i was given to young and foolish things a heart full of ambitions i would wear the crown of kings but kings and all their kingdoms are long forgotten now and it doesn't really matter anyhow walking in london and the streets are slick with rain i thought i heard your voice the way you used to call my name but i could swear to love you ten thousand miles or more but it doesn't really matter any more maybe all you wanted was a little space to breathe but spaces turn to emptiness and wanting turns to need and you can choose the color as long as it's still blue and it doesn't really matter what i do i get the impression that there's nothing more than this a few offhand confessions and a package of wish lists but all my wishes way back when are not my wishes now and it doesn't really matter anyhow
5.
No one in your movies Could ever love you like I wanted to All their diamond cigarettes Seem to sprinkle ashes over you But you can keep your dignity If you just give your love to me Sugar coated headlines Make believing that you’re still the one To win your heart’s desire Caught within your grand illusion But you won’t need that fantasy If you just give your love to me I know You don’t really want my love I know There’s still someone you dream of I see That you don’t give a damn for me I see Your loneliness and your vanity You got a brand new lover Same old one just with a different face Tortures you with roses Ties you up with chains of silk and lace And I wonder constantly Why won’t you give your love to me? Give your, give your, give your love to me Give your, give your, give your love to me Give your, give your, give your love to me
6.
five religious icons sitting all alone silver gilded crosses and figurines of stone but i never saw god in any work of man the road i took to get here was such a crooked line i turned water into grape juice and grape juice into wine but i never saw you in any divine plan and even if i leveled every mountain even if i calmed the raging sea even if i crossed the burning desert i know that you would not believe in me I've known many martyrs but not too many saints i've done color by numbers using spiritual paints can you tell me what's the color of soul blessed be the father blessed be the son blessed be the mother when all is said and done and you, you are the one thing keeping me whole ave maria ave maria ave maria maria believe in me you can always find someone to say they'll die for you you can always find someone to say that they'll be true and i don't understand faith, hope, and love
7.
XXXMas 03:20
The stockings are hung Chestnuts on the fire Carols being sung By a far off church choir And if I may I'd like to share My one Christmas desire I've got a list, I've checked it twice You can be naughty, it'll be nice And I'll come sliding down your chiminey Babe, let's unwrap all the toys Lots of fun for girls and boys And I hope that you stocked up on batteries I don't want to get out of bed on Christmas I only want the gifts under your tree I'll kiss you on your mistletoe Be your holiday ho,ho,ho And we won't leave the house 'til New Year's Eve Let's make that little fat man jolly I'll deck your halls with boughs of holly Would you like to lick my candy cane? I like the spice in your eggnog You lit a fire in my yule log I'm going to teach you how to play those reindeer games I'll be your rocket on the 4th Spend Halloween under your spell On Easter we can make like bunnies But nothing's quite like the Noel So give me some of that figgy pudding Hey sugar plum, my soldier's wooden You can turn my blue Christmas to white So take the reins and guide my sleigh This is my favorite holiday But it ain't going to be no silent night I'll stuff your stocking I'll jingle your bells Let's make the most Of this Noel And we won't leave the house 'till New Year's Eve
8.
Swingers 03:40
Rebecca I should have stayed with you In the bathroom At the bar I never Knew what I should do In the backseat Of your car I tried to turn around You said "stay where you are" And don't turn the lights off, baby The lights were never on Don't turn the lights off, baby The lights were never on Rebecca You know I wanted you But I didn't Understand The camera Flashing red and blue Where you knocked it From my hand You said "Maybe I should Take it like a man" And don't turn the lights off, baby The lights were never on Don't turn the lights off, baby The lights were never on And we get lonely, lonely, lonely We get low, low, low But we go down, down, down, down Swinging Swinging Rebecca Where are you Between the devil And the sea Sometimes I catch a glimpse or two In a worn out Melody And don't turn the lights off, baby The lights were never on Don't turn the lights off, baby The lights were never on We get lonely, lonely, lonely We get low, low, low But we go down, down, down, down Swinging We get lonely, lonely, lonely We get low, low, low But we go down, down, down, down Swinging Swinging
9.
She sold her soul for the price of a ticket to new orleans and a box of unrequited love in a worn out t-shirt and a faded pair of jeans she trades the passion for the drug and she would always wake up from someone else's dream getting high on acetylene she don't run on naked love she don't need no gasoline she needs she needs alcohol and nicotine the names the faces run together the loves the lusts the well why nots some were bad and some were better but in the end that's all she's got when will this come around again and if she falls asleep in georgia well, she dreams of new mexico and though her father may have warned her in the end she'll never know
10.
I remember where we used to live sharing one bedroom with all of your friends we would talk until the morning brought the sun close the shades and wait till night was dark again then i remember what you used to say to me it's not what you have it's what you give and i would try to give you everything hoping one day you would notice me i remember the last day we spent as if it were yesterday we both got all dressed as if we were going somewhere i turned to you and saw how tired you were and i said just go to bed you closed your eyes and never opened them again and i remember what you used to say to me it's not what they think it's who you are so i would try to show you in me instead i lost myself in you I miss you like i never thought i would i love you like i never thought i should i wonder what you would think of me i I remember how you kept me sane all those nights you would stay and hold me tight you would scare way the fears that hid in my bed stop the sheets from covering my head
11.
Figure 8 06:25
Kathleen starts her day Around 8 o’clock And she works a few blocks Down at a local shop And she spends her days Just sitting in a chair Staring at these lines That seem to go nowhere And she said she wouldn’t do it She’ll probably do it again And she said she wouldn’t do it She’ll end up there again And she said to them she wouldn’t do it But she’s gone and done it again And she said to them she wouldn’t do it But she’s gone and done it again And she’s red, and she’s red, And she’s blue and she’s green Hell, she’s all the colors in between And she’s red, and she’s red, And she’s blue and she’s green Hell, she’s all the colors in between She hangs her keys Up on the wall And she promises herself Not to go out at all But she sits and she waits for the door Or telephone to ring And she knows very well Both won’t do anything And she said she wouldn’t do it She’ll probably do it again And she said she wouldn’t do it She’ll end up there again And she goes to the window To see if Anyone’s looking in I’m at the window Won’t someone Come see How I’ve been She tries to keep Her mind off him By trying all her clothes Which are no longer in Then she moves to the front room To paint on her nails Spills the polish on the carpet, Oh, she fails And she said she wouldn’t do it She’ll probably do it again And she said she wouldn’t do it She’ll end up there again
12.
I hear a wail I raise my vail to take in this horrible sight but you're not here you seem to disappear when you coming home tonight i've had a few i'm feeling blue maybe i'm not quite right but are you gone are you moving on when you coming home tonight hold me is this not what you thought it'd be hold me what is it you want from me i rearrange the pleasant and the strange to keep my canvas bright but colors fade like cards i played when you coming home tonight symphonies and fantasies will fade although they might still remain inside my brain when you coming home tonight maybe i could say forever maybe that would be too long you taught me never to say never even when you know you're wrong what the hell you know it's just as well i could never get my story right but are you gone are you moving on when you coming home tonight
13.
Diamonds 06:43
If you want a little pressure If you want a little steam You’ve been drinking too much coffee Using alcohol for cream I won’t tell you no lies I still get lost in your eyes Now if you should buy me diamonds Beautiful and cold A bracelet made of silver Or a necklace made of gold It takes more than the toys To separate the men from the boys Lay a little bit of love on me The way you move so gracefully Lay a little bit of love on me, yeah Lay a little bit of love on me You come and go so easily Lay a little bit of love on me, yeah. I can feel you trembling The rhythm in your hips And though your mouth is moving No sound escapes your lips I think you know what I mean Your signals yellow and green
14.
Nunca tomar cerveza Cuando me voy a cantar Solamente liquor es Que yo quiera a tragar Por todo la noche tomando En el sueno de mi via Por todo el dia pensando En la cara de me tia Me gusta tomar tequila Me gusta tomar el ron Dame otra botella Por favor, mi amor Ya estoy sentado Porque no puedo andar Dame otra botella Algo mas de tomar Ella fue como yo Perdida en amor Nada mas de su vida No puedes soportar Paso todo el dia Abajo de la calle Y todas las noches Siempre voy pa’ la baile

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This album was recorded live in one take (with no overdubs) at One-2-One Bar in Austin, TX on December 22, 2016. After a decade and half, and just two short rehearsals the day before and day of the show, members of 3 Penny Opera got together to play these great songs once again. In place of 3PO member Edward Park, we were delighted to have the talents of violinist Bridgid Bibbens. You can download the album for free, or you can "name your price."

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released December 31, 2016

Lead Vocal: America Alva
Guitars, Vocals: Bryan Dunn
Bass Guitar: Paul Phillips
Violin: Bridgid Bibbens
Percussion: Joel De La Garza
Drums: Wiley Koepp

Venue Sound Engineer: Curt Ganem
Recorded by Dave Prewitt / DaveTV.org

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3 Penny Opera Austin, Texas

3 Penny Opera flourished in the late 1990s.

"Arlo Guthrie meets Smashing Pumpkins"
- Bob Fonseca, 93.7FM KLBJ

"very nice work with lovely hook-laden cuts." - Musician’s Trade Journal

"ten pieces [is] hard to resist, an impressive debut" - CitySearch

"Thoughtful lyrics [that] evoke a different emotion with each song...an album not to pass up on your next trip to the CD store" - Insite Magazine
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