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Ink Block Fingerprint (digital)

by Patrick Storedahl

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1.
Black box, Betsy Ross, eyes crossed, jingoistic That’s right snakebite, jack-knife, egotistically Hey honey, I still don’t want you to leave Someday lonely Someday lonely you will be Someday lonely you will be, yeah, but not me House-mud, horse-blood, pick an allergy So close, adios, court-ordered policy Hey honey, limited proximity When you’re feeling all alone and down Think of me, because I won’t be But there’s nothing I could say to you To help you feel like I do Landslide, sledge ride, blood dried on the side of the road now Hitchcock, let’s rock, can’t knock what’s head to toe now Hey honey, I’m sorry to see you go
2.
Fiend 04:59
At the foot of her bed, there’s a cemetery Of lovers she’s had, including me She’s a tattooed fiend in stilettos She’ll occasionally wear you like a worn out fad Taking everything thing you’ve ever had She’s tattooed in stilettos With the arrow of Cupid hidden in her sleeve as a crutch She’ll bait you and coax you until she has you in her clutch If gold were heartbreak then she’d have the Midas touch Yeah, she’s the Devil at heart I know and you know she’s just an imposter With eyes of a killer-diller, heart of a mobster She’s a broken down flat tire a road hazard vampire I know and you know it’s time she retired She’s a fiend She makes you feel you’re the only one Then burns you like the noonday sun She’s a tattooed fiend in stilettos She’ll casually wager you as a bet Then smoke you like a home rolled cigarette She’s tattooed in stilettos She makes you think, you should feel that in fact you’re blessed While she wields her green thumb in her garden of unhappiness And with each passing day she grows a brand new mess Yeah, she’s the Devil at heart The Devil at heart, The Devil at heart, The Devil at heart She purrs while she’s perched like a kitten upon your lap She’s playful and loving until she turns into a wildcat And while you pour her milk she’s busy stabbing you in the back Yeah, she’s the Devil at heart I know and you know she’s just an imposter With eyes of a killer-diller, heart of a mobster She’s a broken down flat tire a road hazard vampire I know and you know it’s time she retired She’s a fiend
3.
Shakin' 04:33
I’m shakin’ for you Just like a leaf High in a tree I’m shakin’ for you Just like bug Crawling on me I know what you want from me right now I know what you want I know what you want from me right Now…Now…Now… I know what you want from me right now I’m shakin’ for you Just like voodoo That’s what you do to me You make me dream You make me dream You make me dream You make me dream You make me dream
4.
Yeah, you want me to say That everything’s OK And everything is fine But I want you to know That everything is going sour in this wine When the good’s all but gone and the bad lingers on Well it’s hard to believe it’s getting worse... it’s getting worse You make me feel like I’m yesterday’s shirt Thrown in the corner with the rest of your dirt You make me see its more work than it’s worth And you treat me like shit or worse I don’t want you anymore Come knocking on my door But no one will be home You have wasted all your time When you find your peace of mind I hope you like it all alone
5.
Sacremento 08:23
I’m coming home from California Though I hardly know the way 13 days in Sacramento And I’m never going back again I’m never going back to… Sacramento, Sacramento, yeah Sacramento, yeah, yeah, yeah You’ll never drag me back to Sacramento Sunshine’s dancing through the curtains Sleepy dream-lash on her cheek I could stare for hours at her suntanned breast And she’d just sleep Sun-beach girls at the ocean Hung above Naugahyde, Cassatt 13 days in Sacramento And I still don’t know what I want I’m finally through believing Because it’s breaking my heart and it’s truly genuine I’m going to give up grieving Because it’s bringing me down like I’m tangled up in twine I’m feeling so much older And I keep on thinking that I’ve finally found what is surely mine It’s truly genuine I want you to know And it’s truly genuine
6.
I know a girl who’s going to start a punk rock band So she can make up songs about her old man She’s not going to sing any happy words None of that Paul McCartney stuff She’s going bitch, and moan and gripe And tell you how her life’s been tough In a punk rock band I know a girl playing in a punk rock band She says it’s the artist thing to do She doesn’t sing any happy words She says to love you’ve got to hate She’s only 19 and she don’t care That she’s 25 years late… She’s in a punk rock band Tell me how it makes you feel when I make you bleed Go ahead and take the kids and leave ‘Cause I know you think I’m just full of shit But I don’t care a bit, because I’m sick of this Just like 1976 I know I’ve said it all before That I wouldn’t hit you anymore But I can’t tell you where I’ve been Jesus, don’t start crying again I’ve got half a mind to shout out loud I’ve got half a mind to bust you in the mouth
7.
Come (Kurdt) 04:43
I’m feeling sick to my stomach I’ve got a hole in my heart I’m just pretending How do you like it so far? I’ve got a hole in my stomach I’m feeling sick to my heart I’m all through pretending You can come as you are Here’s a surprise Here’s a surprise Here’s a surprise Here’s a surprise Here’s a surprise Here’s a surprise I’ve got a hole in my stomach I’m feeling sick to my heart I’m all through pretending You can come as you are
8.
How you’ll know I’m gone… There’ll be a silence in the air And every time you think to venture near the sink Nothing will be there So, you step outside, but you won’t catch me in that lie again ‘Cause all those cigarette butts I used to hide Have been swept away long ago But I guess that you would know that I’m gone Now the bed won’t seem so small and every time you reach Across the sheets you won’t feel any heat from me And at 2:00 a.m. you won’t hear me breathing Shake yourself awake fumble lamped But you won’t see my tumbled hair lying there sleeping next to you That’s how you’ll know I’m gone… How you’ll know I’m gone… You won’t hear me sing along when you sing that song The one we used to play now I’m 100,000 miles away You’ll think you left something home But every time you check all you find’s that empty pocket In the jacket that I left behind…but I don’t mind So you play that song again And you think you may have found Something in the sound that made me smile and maybe stick around Kind of crazy now, yeah something’s missing Flashbulb red surprise, snapshot eyes Your won’t see my smiling face in that place standing next to you That’s how you’ll know I’m gone…
9.
Run Around 04:48
Another Saturday night She asks me, “Hey, what you want to do?” She says, “Tell me it’ll be all right to step outside these walls tonight. We could even see some lights or maybe see a show.” She says, “Maybe a change of scenery Is all that we both really need To evaporate these blues that we Are feeling deep inside Tell me it’s all right” Come on let’s get ourselves a car Let’s paint our eyes up until they’re very, very dark And run around all over town And run around And run around all over this town And run around until we’re run out of town Run out of town I tell her, “I don’t think I have the strength, To be that crazy again I don’t think that I have the fight to step outside these walls tonight I don’t have the fight To even see a show”
10.
Summer’s here Summer’s here again and they’re happy Happy and enthusiastic Wrap their faces up in plastic And kick off their shoes Like some hipster druids That’s what they do Summer’s here Summer’s here at last, fantastic And nothing ever seems to spin her Who’s got time to gather for winter? When there’s so much fun Lying in the sun What else needs to be done? And when the summer’s down and closed It always brings a frown to those And if they see a flower buried in the snow They have to pick it, Ah Summer’s here Summer’s here again and I’m happy Happy as a clam in chowder Could I say it any louder? Isn’t it just swell? I’m on the road to Wellsville Can’t you even tell? Summer’s here Summer’s here again and they’re happy Happy they don’t need their Prozac Making up for what their life lacks Kicking off their shoes Like some hipster druids That’s what they do And you can do it too
11.
Hey Al 04:23
Hey, Al won’t you be my pal? Won’t you be my ink block fingerprint? Hey, Al time capsule Help me see through the glare and tint That’s fogging up my high Hey, Al won’t you be my pal? Won’t you be my light bulb fingertip? Hey, Al you’re my pal Bang on the ear with a two can lip I want to watch you fly And if you fall, and if you fall then I’ll be there And if you fall, and if you fall then I’ll be there And if you fall, and if you fall, and if you fall Then I’ll be there Hey, Al won’t you be my gal? Won’t you be my flashbulb photograph? Hey, Al time capsule You can bury me but don’t bury my laugh I want to share a smile And if you fall, and if you fall, and if you fall Then I’ll be there
12.
Sometimes I’m thinking that you think I understand you That’s just my look to make you smile, yes it is I’d love to lie here rolling in the grass But I’ll be out all night, so don’t wait up Yeah, I know I’m not easy, that’s what you’ve said I know you don’t appreciate my friends Digging in your dirt at 3 AM Wake up honey and fix something to eat for them But you just say, speak don’t grin Yeah, I know they’re not easy, that’s what you’ve said It’s not easy It’s not easy Starlit slumber underneath all of the covers You sleepy-talk over and over I hear your heartbeat breathing against your dreams You know that I can’t sleep ‘til I’ve woke you up Yeah, I know it’s not easy with me in your bed Yeah, I know it ain’t easy It can’t be easy with me in your bed Sunrise tickling, as you stumble from the sheets Outside your robe slips off your knee I feel your skin, stretching out beneath the paper And we just sit and take it in Yeah, I know I’m not easy, that’s what you’ve said Yeah, I know they’re not easy, they’re just my friends Yeah, I know it’s not easy with me in your bed I just want to lie my head down in your lap
13.
Mardi Gras 05:33
You say, let’s all go to Mardi gras this year You say, we can wear our hats of straw and drink beer Then you put on your face Then I see your eyes are raised Then you make me feel like we’re worlds apart Yes, I know you know what I want Yes, I know you know what I need Yes, I know, that you know me You say, why don’t we decorate our love this year You say, not like a Christmas tree, but a New Year Yes, I know you know what I want Yes, I know you know what I need Yes, I know that you know me Nothing is as static as the day by day No one comes around here much to stop and talk Or to stay in touch They just get in their cars and they drive You say let’s all go to Mardi gras this year You say give us a smile and wipe away the tear Then you put on the face Then I see your eyes are raised Then you make me feel like I’m on this drive alone

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First solo album by Patrick Storedahl. This is a kind of concept album that is book-ended by a mellotron piece. There should be no gap between the songs.

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released August 16, 2004

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Patrick Storedahl Olympia, Washington

Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Olympia. Has played guitar and keyboards with Just Plain Bill, as well as, sitting in with other local bands. He has been involved with many projects including 7 JPB albums, 11 of his own. He's now playing and writing in Alex Blum & the Roadside Quartet. ... more

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