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Me You Kitchen Now

by Melissa Main

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    This is Melissa's 2011 debut EP, now available for download. All songs were written, performed and mixed in her favorite performance space: a secret kitchen in Melbourne, Australia in late 2010. The largely solo performance features some accompaniment by Stuart Atkin and Gideon Cozens (AKA the Band). Track 6 is an honour-song for women surviving breast cancer and as such is free to be downloaded and shared with anyone who needs to hear it.
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1.
Paper 05:02
Paper ©2009 She slipped on a banana skin Made of paper But it was real Real She hit her head on the concrete pavement But it was real Fuck Real She fell in love with a paper man He looked good from the front Good from the back But in between that I guess you could say He was flat But paper is stronger than you think It’s even stronger with words written in ink I can write you three post it notes On what why and how I’ve left you now Cos you’ve not a drop to drink And I’ve a thirst I’ve a thirst Of a thousand paper towels. He longed to be a kite She held his string Stroked his wings so he could fly But he just flapped in the wind And gave her a paper cut in the eye She made him paper snowflakes with cut out diamonds and hearts And the truth fell through the holes and out of love with those tinfoil stars Cos paper is stronger than you think It’s even stronger with words written in ink I can write you three post it notes On what why and how I’ve left you now Cos you’ve not a drop to drink And I’ve a thirst I’ve a thirst Of a thousand paper towels. She longed for three dimensions Of an origami crane Not an army of same same Soldier paper chains She longed for the letters That would sing beneath the words A storybook of paper just a yearning to be heard Oh send me a letter of your love Send me a letter of your love from far away Write me 3 post it notes of why you love me And I’ll save them for a rainy day But paper is stronger than you think It’s even stronger with words written in ink I can write you three post it notes On what why and how I’ve left you now Cos you’ve not a drop to drink And I’ve a thirst I’ve a thirst Of a thousand paper towels. Oh send me a letter of your love Send me a letter of your love from far away Write me 10 post it notes of why you love me And I’ll save them for a rainy day
2.
Back Up Plan 02:30
Back Up Plan © 2008 Back up plan Back up plan Won’t you be my back up plan? I hope to find a better man than you But if I don’t Baby, you’ll do. Girlfriends come and Boyfriends go But back up plans last forever I know I said I wouldn’t touch you with a 10 foot pole But never say never It’s not that you aren’t perfect It’s just that you aren’t That perfect For me But if we got desperate I think that we’d both Feel a little differently Back up plan Back up plan Wont you be my back up plan? I hope to find a better man than you But if I don’t Baby, you’ll do. We had some good times Followed by some shit times Which maybe I could ignore If my little baby clock Goes tock tick tock I could come knocking on your door I’ll say Hi do you remember me? Oh how we used to be so Average Together… But as time’s gone by, I’m surprised to find Average is looking better and better Back up plan Back up plan Wont you be my back up plan? I hope to find a better man than you But if I don’t Baby, you’ll do.
3.
Splish Splash (The Rain Song) ©2008 Will you ever know what its like To have a bathtub Filled to the top Overflowing overflowing Splish splash Put your head to the tap drink it in Drink it in Spit it out like a fountain Cos there’s way too much? Will you run under sprinklers on Green green grass Slip and slide under sun Getting a burnt arse? Drink out of green hose Water up your nose Finger on the end make a fan Make a rainbow Will you know what rain is? Will you know what it tastes like? Will you know what rain is? Will it ever come, will it ever come Will it ever come Will you splash in puddles with gumboots Try and fix a leaky roof ‘Cos there’s a drip in a bucket Try and catch fish in a pond with a stick Get tadpoles make frogs Creak croak what a racket Will you know what rain is? Will you know what it tastes like? Will you know what rain is? Will it ever come? Will it ever come Will it ever come? Will you ever know what it’s like To have a bathtub Filled to the top Overflowing overflowing Splish splash.
4.
It's Hot 04:54
It’s Hot ©2009 There’s a cat sprawled out on the concrete ‘cos it’s too hot to move There’s a little bit of twitching in a tail that’s itching With nothing much to prove And all the birds are a singing on a tree that’s a swinging On a northerly breeze Nothing so fine as a mug of wine You, me and forty degrees It’s hot so hot Don’t want to wear clothes It’s hot so hot The clothes have got to go So we sit and drink Let our thoughts think Our eyes drift next door To the big block of flats 6 floors up That keeps us from being scorched And we don’t mean to be rude But there’s nothing to do Except accidentally see what we see Its like ten movie screens simultaneously Just put there for you and me It’s hot so hot I don’t want to wear clothes, its hot damn hot the clothes have got to go There’s a man in number 3 making a pot of iced tea and keeping an eye on the score The girls in number 8 are discussing the rent and how they can’t afford to pay much more And the little family in flat 23 are all taking a bubble bath, they made a big mess or so the mama says and they got to clean it up real fast It’s hot so hot I don’t want to wear clothes, its hot damn hot the clothes have got to go The couple in 9 are clapping in time and swinging their hips to the tunes Old Mrs Post is making a roast for hubby who’ll be home soon Everybody’s doing, just doing what they’re doing, doing what they do Everybody’s just doing it In the nude It’s hot so hot they don’t want to wear clothes it’s hot damn hot Nothing but skin from head to toe So we sit and drink and let our thoughts think how great life can be Nothing so good as a neighbourhood That don’t mind a bit of nudity.
5.
Titanic 07:04
Titanic © 2010 She whispers its name and hopes that it hears well enough so it can find its way home/ deep in her heart where the leaves fall/ She knows not where its gone or how it got lost or how the fuck it will be found/ deep in her heart where the darkness grows Where did it go in the middle of the night/ when you need it most/ your candlelight It’s not a good day for losing your way/she’s got things to do and sweet bills to pay/she hopes it’s getting better but it’s not getting better not any better yet anyway. Where did it go in the middle of the night/ when you need it most/ your candlelight The streets are so dirty and everybody is hurting and there don’t seem to be enough love to go round/they open their mouths to do that scream but it don’t make a sound. What is the point/in the middle of the night/searching for your hope/your candlelight But he sits down beside her and says yeah I agree/we’re all going to slide into the sea/baby this is the titanic and we know we’re going down/I reckon I wanna go dancing/ Refrain If you know you’re going down and we know we’re going down you can bet your bottom dollar baby I’m going to be dancing/dancing/dancing There they are in the middle of the night/dancing in the dark making their own candlelight.
6.
Amazons 04:33
Amazons © 2009 Standing on the shoulders Of wise, wild women Amazons With one breast in their hand Scars across their hearts Wide open arms To pull back a bow To send off an arrow Of love across these lands Mothers, sisters, aunts Grandmothers and lovers and aunts They can live With a scar across their hearts. She says you can take it off Cos it’s done its job Comforted a tired man And fed a hungry mob She says I don’t need no bosom To prove I’m a woman Cos I’m a Mother, sister aunt Grandmother and a lover and An aunt And I’ll live With a scar across my heart Cos it still beats true For every single one of you I can live with a scar across my heart You can win wars with a mother’s love I’m standing on the shoulders Of wise, wild women Amazons With one breast in their hand Scars across their hearts Wide open arms Mothers sisters aunts Grandmothers and lovers and aunts They live They live
7.
Stretch Out the Sunset © 2009 Today is a day just just any other day The sun it come up and later it goes Along its merry way Today is a day just like any other day Except I met you Except I met you And I’m standing just a little straighter And I’ve got a spring in my step I want that sun to stay up a little later So we can stretch out the sunset Stretch out the sunset What if all wa got is this moment? What if all we got is this day? What we gonna do with this moment What you gonna do, what you gonna say? If you slide over here, I gots me some ideas If you slide over here I gots me some ideas Why don’t we just Stretch out stretch out the sunset But the sun doesn’t do What you want it to The sun is going going going going going going going gone.

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released May 5, 2010

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The Melissa Main Band Melbourne, Australia

The Melissa Main Band makes eclectic cabaret folk music with punchy lyrics and catchy tunes.

An award-winning songwriter and engaging performer, Main sings honey-sweetness and dark chocolate growl on a rolling landscape of solid grooves and infectious melody created by her band.
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