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Soapsud Clown

by ACR (Aaron Charles Read)

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1.
yeehaw there's an evil in my head and it wants you to become it if you could leave it all behind you'd be rewarded with silence you could tear up right away you could go on a holiday there's blood dripping from the blinds again, today eh it's the name of someone dead got written on the back of it now we talk inside my head sometimes I wish you were just here instead there's an evil in my head and it wants you to become it if you could leave it all behind you'd be rewarded with silence in the back of the artist's car there's a faded sticker of a cartoon star (c'mon eh!) I don't want to talk about it tell them nothing tell them nothing there's an evil in my head and it wants you to become it if you could leave it all behind you'd be rewarded with silence you could give up right away you could go on a holiday there's blood dripping form the eyes we made today, eh eh
2.
dog chain sign rain dried teeth underneath dried fruit afternoon walk (talk) pain somethings never change that's why you have to write them down a poet writes "a maZe" next to a familiar face an actor's set breaks down now you don't see him around cus he's a soapsud clown (is he?) x 4 he could be anything he wanted to a soapsud clown tears running, face down on the avenue a soapsud clown he could be anything he wanted to a soapsud clown I'm in the back of the van reading something strange on my mind now I think of it time to I'm in the back of the van writing something strange on my mind now I think of it all the time peace, respect, eternal moonlight on your earth's journey Peace, respect, eternal Blue light on your earth's journey new light on your earth's journey
3.
premature ejaculation I can read the writing on the wall gatorade at the gas station when you took a trip last fall I'm pickin' at the paint and rubber I need to buy a bed cover I'm thinking of a lucky number remember to get eggs and butter paint a picture of a rose and dry it do a haircut in the mirror and dye it truth, fiction wound, friction premature ejaculation someone threw a soda at the mall cigarettes at the gas station you shouldn't really make that call I regret too damn much I can see the hurt, the crutch intervening with the shadow daily haven't looked in the mirror lately when you feel it in your chest just wish em all the best
4.
time can be so cruel time can be so sad all my time with you though is time that made me glad time with you is sweet all around good we both felt connected and you felt understood I hope it never ends I hope it's never bad you can take the cat baby I'll take out the trash time can make you think and thinking it ain't bad day old vomit in the sink and the temperance of your dad time won't heal a wound when your pickin' at the thing take a seat inside the gym, and then it's nice to hear your mother sing again I hope it never ends I hope it's never sad don't slip through the cracks baby cus time with you ain't bad
5.
Jumbo Jet 03:23
secret desire to wear a dress lipstick and blush and all the rest I want to live but sometimes want to die promised myself that I'd always try dear diary, Andy (Kaufman)'s back there's more of me, so that's that I want to breathe in sunsets, greedy blue the sand's not steady, so I take off my platform shoes is it sexual? home on the range muscular hand that reaches for the coffee cup you've had a day before I'm even up I wanna laugh with you at the comedy club faded tattoo of a bunny, you were young I wasn't ready to hear about your pain I wasn't there in a certain kinda way but you found god in the form of a jumbo jet I hope your love heals you and helps you to forget and I hope that it helps me faded tattoo of a bunny (x3)
6.

about

recorded february 2023 - october 2023

6 songs for your ears.

Put my blood sweat and tears into this shit. (tone: comical aggression)

Hope it moves you, hope it soothes you, hope it grooves you.

Made with broken and borrowed gear and a&w large coffees

couldn't of done this w/o my community <3

my mom still pays my cell phone bill (I'm in debt from art school) middle class stuff you know? bootstraps baby, all me NO HELP!

big thanks to ellis s for mixing this one into the bliss zone

huge thanks to jay and the Franklin City Rockers for letting me use your amps, pre-amps, drums, and the one synth on the record the korg polysix (run through my guitar amp).

and jay for putting the equine ear to these tunes and mastering this into a deluxe slice

this one's for dede, mama, dad, nana, syd, rae, arlo, ellis, calum, raisie-rae, caitlan, emily, the serv, my comedy/music/art friends, the C.L.a pit rippers, tom, nicky, drew, larissa, cam R, amanda j, christine n' jay, cami, anya, virtual trainer, andy c, banjo, kaelie, lu'ma, abdul plus family, brent, maddy, the compositionist, the king of misdirection, ryuji, shinji, nelda, imelda, sean n' amanda, the deliman, uncle dave, ehren, tim, amar, emmett, clownblood locke, bita, the fox, dan C, vegas diet coke, lovely, arnel, sophie, Nina (get up here girl), the mr. met couple, anna, sharkey, jay n jessica, blue meanie burrus, amanda,ola (adgtdh) the ghosts, lee, casey c, handhouse, ese, ellis s, jordan, scott hill, duffins, uncle fatih's, night bruiser, dang plus family, and the good people at aa furniture on kingsway and knight st.


influences are: friends and family first, don cherry (free jazz not the racist picnic blanket donut man), alice coltrane, women, fountain 2, don cab, hella, talking heads (right start), stephanie mills, kittie (spit), thin lizzy, limp bizkit, literal parking lots (a chillers' delight), papa roach, this heat, slipknot, warren zevon, fake simpsons porn, devo, margo guryan, nasa nixon, travelling willburies, elvin jones, rashied ali, pharoah sanders, prince, margo guryan, thinking fellers union local 282, shakatak, dennis/brian wilson, paul II, george harrison, songs ohia, bart, reddit elvis, hall and oates, chaka khan, dumb, Michael Winslow, david berman, kurt vonnegut, bell hooks, kobo abe, seinfeld season 9, mariah carey, ancient pepsi, albert ayler, telex, dolly parton, hiroshi sato, goblin, milk jr. , eggs on rice, carpenter, chris & cosey, neil young (trans), polvo, arthur russell, future star, beak, black dice, john coltrane, sonny sharrock, max payne (first video game), dj dishes, michael winslow, the sounds of the construction site near my friends studio, and the sound of hard techno inside a hangar but hearing it from the parking lot.

Peace and respect, be good to ur friends that's all u got motherfucker! (tone: comical aggression)

credits

released January 24, 2024

written, performed, and recorded by aaron charles read at The Lemon Scent Factory

mixed and produced by ellis sam at Deep Purple Studios

mastered by jay arner at Tonehenge

cover art by aaron charles read

@clear.dog.food
readaaroncharles@gmail.com if u wanna talk shit

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ACR (Aaron Charles Read) Vancouver, British Columbia

Aaron Read is a comedian, visual artist, and musician.

"ACR" is the moniker of the music I make, like my Soul poetry.

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