turnabout (for dennis)
(beghtol-xefos/high functional publishing/bmi)

someone else has played this game
did something awful – though i’m not quite sure how
someone hid behind his name
did things unlawful – and you can’t stop him now

it’s just a lark, a little game
and darling we’ve all felt the same
it’s just a fad, a passing stage
a product of this anxious age

bad boy led the world astray
i can’t explain, but i can show you how
sad boy sighed his life away
he felt no pain – well, not much anyhow

it’s just a phase, perhaps a ruse
it’s nothing bad – he’s just confused
it’s just a shame, it’s just the truth
no, nothing serious – call it youth
and rest assured, it won’t last…

leave this sorry mess behind
and whistle down the wind, then show your winning smile
leave it, and perhaps you’ll find
your special friend – just for a little while
but rest assured, it won’t last
it won’t last
it won’t last…

ld beghtol: lead & backing vocals, handclaps; chris xefos: acoustic & electric guitars, accordion, brush snare, backing vocals, handclaps; victor krummenacher: upright bass; jonathan segel: violin

new mission terrace #47
(beghtol-xefos/high functional publishing/bmi)

glad to hear that you're still here
i was getting worried about you
i drifted far away from myself –
we go – we grow –
i understand

(and when you get a chance,
no more broken promises...)

chris xefos: lead vocal; alison faith levy: keyboards; ld beghtol: electric guitars, backing vocals; charles newman: keyboards, percussion; kirt gunn: harmonicas; jonathan segel: backwards violin; andrew friedman: the “pretty” voice