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Geometry of You

by Cuchulain

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I'm angled in, I'm sloping down and tumbling through The intersections of my irregularities There's never been someone else to work around Another shape with parallel insecurities I can't tell if this acuteness is obtuse We're winding down and odyssey of two With emotion that's unfolding in a volumetric notion I'm tangled in geometry of you You're telling me get to the point, don't cross the line And I say baby don't take this on a tangent We're just two hearts arcing towards some unseen sine Waving back with hope we don't break into fragments I can't tell if this acuteness is obtuse We're winding down and odyssey of two With emotion that's unfolding in a volumetric notion I'm tangled in geometry of you
2.
Ain't it nice to be needed To have someone to please To be talked up and treated like a team undefeated Ain't it nice to be needed Grab that dish off the top shelf Scratch that itch that I can't reach myself If ever I could use some help Baby I need you Ain't it nice to be needed To have someone to please To be talked up and treated like a team undefeated Ain't it nice to be needed Well to loosen up my knotted back To entertain the guests who won't relax To make amends and fill the gaps Baby I need you Ain't it nice to be needed To have someone to please To be talked up and treated like a team undefeated Ain't it nice to be needed And if you are ever with another, remember I need you And if you call yourself a lover, remember I need you And if you are tempted to discover, remember I need you And if you find yourself another, remember I need You you you you you Ain't it nice to be needed To have someone to please To be talked up and treated like a team undefeated Ain't it nice to be needed
3.
Best I Can 03:39
A day late, a dollar short is my middle name Lately the cards don't fall my way I need the queen of hearts and all I got are spades And a handful of blues But I'm doing the best I can with what I got Maybe I'm gonna make it maybe not What else can I do to get it through to you That I'm doing the best I can with what I got Feels like I'm living in someone else's dream Been pulling hard and coming loose at the seams But that won't stop me from trying To push on through But I'm doing the best I can with what I got Maybe I'm gonna make it maybe not What else can I do to get it through to you That I'm doing the best I can with what I got
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Good night sweet Luna Go on rest your head Turn the day’s songs Into dreams instead Someday this mean world Will treat you with respect Good night sweet Luna Go on rest your head Good night sweet Luna Don’t be misled Speak your whole truth For the truth left unsaid Is a broken wing bird Left bleeding red Good night sweet Luna Don’t be misled Soon And long overdue The moon Will bend low for you Goodnight sweet Luna We’ll see it through Good night sweet Luna I’ll sleep when I’m dead Too many thoughts Are a-filling my head So much to do So much left ahead Good night sweet Liza I’ll sleep when I’m dead Good night sweet Luna Let your mind go Never stop dreaming Even when you grow old The world will tell you To turn bitter and cold But never stop dreaming No matter what you’re told Good night sweet Luna Go on rest your head Turn the day’s songs Into dreams instead Someday this mean world Will treat you with respect Good night sweet Luna Go on rest your head
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Someday 02:38
Man I'm tired Of digging holes Trying to get to the other side of the world So I don't have to be here Talking to you When you ask me what I do And I can say Someday Someday I'm gonna know everything About everything I'm gonna find meaning Someone who loves me I'm gonna lift my voice and sing This here town Has been taking hits They take from the poor And they give to the rich It's enough To make your face turn blue You can throw your hands up Or find something to do Or you can say Someday Someday I'm gonna know everything About everything I'm gonna find meaning Someone who loves me I'm gonna lift my voice and sing I've been trying hard To play it cool To act my age and to follow the rules Folding all my laundry I do the 9 to 5 But really I'm just bored and wanna play outside And I can say Someday Someday I'm gonna know everything About everything I'm gonna find meaning Someone who loves me I'm gonna lift my voice and sing
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Orange Peels 02:56
This is the song that they sing for us If they sing without a care Or whisper it a prayer They'll be singing for us And only us This is the part about the day we met You were throwing orange peels Had me spinning like a wheel And I'll never forget The day we met Because it's all about forever And it's all about today I will hold you in my arms Come what may Come what may You took care of me when I hit my head When I couldn't recall What made me fall Or the jokes I said Again and again We could build a life out on the sea Working while we're young But when our time comes, it's you and me Counting three good things Well I hope the little ones get their mama's charm Curious and bright Even through the darkest night And we'll count the stars And they'll be our hearts Because it's all about forever And it's all about today I will hold you in my arms Come what may Come what may Mmm This is the song that they sing for us If they sing without a care Or whisper it a prayer They'll be singing for us And only us

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released June 5, 2020

Handsome Hound is

Cuchulain Kelly - vocals, guitars, bass guitars, drums, keys, pianos, percussion
Claire Derby - vocals
Wren Elhai - vocals, fiddle, violin, kazoo, qobyz
Allison Rosenberg - vocals, trumpet

Juliana Baratta - alto saxophone
Michael Svolos - trombone

Choir on Best I Can: JC Renteria, Jan Voelkel, Tyler McDaniel, Iris Zhang, Elena Georgieva, Marie-Louise Arlt, Leonhard Moeckl

Most instruments recorded in Cuchulain & Claire’s apartment
Drums recorded at the CCRMA studio in Stanford, CA
Horns for Geometry of You & Nice to Be Needed recorded by Julian Pitt & Shawn Barry in Shawn’s parents’ attic
Someday recorded live at Bias Studios in Springfield, Virginia on New Year’s Eve 2018
Orange Peels recorded live at CCRMA Studio in Stanford, CA

Recording engineers: Cuchulain, Elena Georgieva & Jon Clifton (CCRMA), Matt Twiford (Bias)

Mixed and mastered by Sean Stack at Fat Cat Recording Studio in Sacramento

Special thanks to Ed & Deirdre Kelly, Betsy & Burl Daviss, Franz & Delphine Delpont, Peggy & Paul Schmidt, Shelley Whelpton & Adair Fox, Cormac Kelly, Luc Marion, Gabe Reynoso-Palley & Sarah Green, Howard & Elizabeth Jaffe, Andrew & Emily Conrad, Brenda Jones, Julian Pitt, Shawn Barry, Chris & Pat Barry, Patrick & Oliver Shearer, Trent Walradt & Wendy De Wolf, Graham Hall & Debbie McNabb, Peggy Lawson Severs, Spencer Katz, Tommy Kelly & Barbara Parsons, Caroline Walradt, Ken Keno-Mentz & Neil Cannon, Helen Wang, and all our Indiegogo supporters for making this album possible.

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Folk rock / Americana trio based in Bay Area, California; originally from Washington, DC.

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