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House & Garden

by The Rafters

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1.
Marianne 02:56
Old men they rule this world Old men with hearts of sand One heart they won't break down and the name of the heart is Marianne She makes this world of fear disappear whenever she takes my hand One heart that won't wear out and the name of the heart is Marianne Bridge: Marianne is far away running downhill she's caught in the rain Someday I'll catch up to her calling out her name Although I've lost my way now I know that she'll understand One heart sees through all lies the name of the heart is Marianne Marianne (bridge) Old men they rule this world Hold hearts at their command One heart they'll never find the name of the heart is Marianne the name of the heart is Marianne the name of the heart is Marianne
2.
In My House 03:54
Arrow to the heart of June Laughing at the monkey man These are the pictures this is the ghost of a plan Meet you in the movie now Meet you with your dancer's eyes You are the true love There is no world otherwise I'm so glad you're in my house I'm so glad you're in my house Reason only goes so far Doesn't do the trick I know Stranded at sundown Staring at nowhere to go But TV always twists it around We will own the rock of peace With no hidden message No demon wings to release I'm so glad you're in my house I'm so glad you're in my house, my house, my house As I travel from room to room Following hard upon your trail There's a choir that sings your face They say "drop that suitcase look up Galahad here is your Grail" I'm so glad you're in my house I'm so glad you're in my house
3.
Every time I think of what you said I see burning red How could you dismiss me that way You must know that you have crossed that line one too many times and you've gone too far to pretend it's all in play Next time you start into throwing sharpened words around Chorus: I'm gonna walk outside (walk my anger down) Swallow my pride (walk my anger down) Can't discuss it now (you know I can't talk now) But I'll come back ready to love you Come back ready to love you Somehow Every time I close my eyes I see tears in front of me and I get that shaky feeling once again There's no understanding in this house only fear and doubt and it's coming down to a question of when I'm tired of being patronized and treated like a clown chorus
4.
Blood on the Formica looks so absurd She should be more careful and watch her words Now the panorama she used to see has shrunken to a small screen Buy a vowel or take a spin and hope tonight he won't be mean For better or worse now she understands Things seem better then he raises his hand again And if anything's worse than his darkest nights she doesn't need to know Buy a novel take to bed and cling to the shadows of long ago True love gone to waste See the lines captivity can leave on a face Well the blows themselves don't hurt so much It's the time between in terror of a lover's touch Lover's touch Mr. Moonlight can't you do something for her? She put her trust in you gave herself up to you and now she's caught on the wrong side of the night
5.
The word that hurt you was a word of mine I didn't mean to say it though I meant it at the time Now I'm alarmed at what I've done to you I feel like such a brutal man The word that hurt you came from deep inside I didn't want to say it but I gave in to my pride And now I watch you hold yourself in tight You look so awfully black and blue Chorus: Wake up won't you make up Can you forget what I said last night and kiss me Won't you miss me If you decide this was our last fight Baby I'd better be more careful from now on Another word like that and she'll be gone I'd better learn to keep my tongue in place I never want to see that look on her face The word that hurt you I can't defend It wasn't right to say it to a true and faithful friend And now I see the lines in your face change You look like you have things in mind Chorus Now that you've climbed into your eyrie Safely encircled, bitter as coffee If I have no key to unlock your injury Darling forgive me
6.
Any Fool 03:10
Any fool could see what's wrong with me Any fool could unravel such a simple riddle Cause my feelings show although I try to keep my outside cool any fool could see except for me Any fool could just make up his mind Any fool could run rings around these little details But I'm always stuck where I began A boy held back at school Any fool could see but no not me All the tears that I contained escape from me tonight I don't know what drives this rain but any fool could probably set me right
7.
Here comes trouble and I can't wait I got lost--why did I hesitate? Now I know I foundered on the rock of doubt And in my imaginary garden the rosebuds are peeking out Here comes trouble and just in time I got lost--I tried to walk a crooked line Now I've got to reinvent the face I wear And in my imaginary garden the tulips are almost there Here comes trouble and fine by me I got lost pursuing trivial misery Now I know it's useless to defy desire And in my imaginary garden the flowers are on fire
8.
I've been looking around for a truth to tell Every "if" in my head has a different sell And I know you must be nearly out of smiles for the circling mind of a mixed-up child Someday when the truth is found Our love might be unbound But I've got to say I don't see how And it looks like goodbye for now Well I wish I could turn time upon its head and go back to a day when love wasn't dead Cause I know when your heart beats it really swings If I only knew how I would heal these things Someday at the meeting place We'll learn why we fell from grace and we'll mend this broken vow But it looks like goodbye for now Who made up these crazy rules? Why are we so easily fooled? I could stay and pretend there was love to defend but it's only gonna mean another day in school Every answer comes out wrong I don't want to string you along It's a dark thing to do giving up on you and I'd rather be persuaded that our love's still strong But I've been walking for hours in a freezing rain And I know I can't face seeing you again When I talk about love do I always lie When I look in your eyes can I even cry Someday when the truth is found Our love might be unbound But I've got to say I don't see how And it looks like goodbye looks like goodbye looks like goodbye for now
9.
You and I will build a house Build it from the inside out Build it by the water's edge Rest it on the riverbed It will rise before our eyes Stand until the day we die House of dreams We will build our house of stone Leave the living trees alone Every inch of stone we'll cover with leaves of ivy linked like lovers Friends will come and stand amazed staring at the house we've raised House of dreams Into every room the sun will find a way We will live there growing like each other every day like stone and ivy If you'll build this house with me we will climb the willow tree There you'll kiss away my doubts Kiss my heart into my mouth Looking down we'll see the ground where our house will sound be found It will rise It will rise It will rise House of dreams

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released April 12, 2008

All songs written by Brian Middleton, copyright 1988-1991.

The Rafters were:

Brian Middleton: lead vocals, guitars
Brice Buchanan: lead guitar, keyboards, vocals
Gary Barbati: drums, percussion, vocals
Ken Pelletier: bass, acoustic guitar, vocals

Track 10 recorded at Syncro Sound, Boston, December 1988.
Tracks 3 and 7 recorded at Heart Punch Studios, Brookline, MA, late summer 1989.
Tracks 1, 2, 5 and 9 recorded at our Boston rehearsal space in summer 1990, mixed at Night Kitchen, Dorchester, MA, early 1991.
Tracks 4, 6 and 8 recorded and mixed at Night Kitchen, late 1991.

At least that's how I remember it. --Brian

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The Rafters Boston, Massachusetts

The Rafters were a jangle-flavored rock quartet that flourished in the Boston area from 1988 to 1993. Members were Brian Middleton (guitar & vocals), Gary Barbati (drums & vocals), Ken Pelletier (bass) and Brice Buchanan (lead guitar & vocals).

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