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Summer Cherry Ghosts

by Timothy Monger

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1.
Cleveland Heights (free) 01:59
Hurrah, this is my last dollar And my baby's waking up And the moon is breaking up with the sun This is our last hour What a joy to see the Maumee rolling by Like chocolate milk Past its hulking mills And I love you And the band we saw just blew my mind And this car is fun to drive And Cleveland Heights is fun to find Hurrah, this is my last dollar And my darling's waking up And the moon is breaking up with the sun © 2004 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
2.
Laundry go round Like demons I cast out And paths I've damned To join this band I was soft, but now I'm sound Down to the bar For Miller Lite in jars And Pabst in cans As summer can leave you soft When you were hard You can't go back, just turn your shoulder Just write a lot you'll feel much older With cherry ghosts in our guitars Stage blood and skeletons Litter halls once haunted while your Laundry goes round Like demons I cast out Those long white hands Grab summer plans Once you walked, but now you bound Once you walked, but now you bound © 2004 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
3.
Metropark 03:23
Long ago and seasons past In a town far away I knew the world threw Metroparks And mixtapes I had made I would ride uneven grounds Warped and buckled bike paths And every harsh cicada sound Blew alarms in my past And the summer walked all over me As I rolled over it I was 19 fighting in the work force And I didn't give a shit I fled in tears my college town Leaving untaken paths I found the youth lust smothering And urgent did seem my tasks When at last October came And I had started a band The lonely birds of Kensington No longer ate from my hand And the autumn's honeyed entropy Made haste my welcome guest I was 19 moving to the city Making love with trust and debt © 2004 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
4.
I could pull of a crime on a summer day Borrow a car and break a wishbone in two Long end I head back to Charleston Short end I take all my friends to the zoo And drinks are on me The dinners are free I'm Ricardo Montalban and you're my Tattoo We'll sail to Belize Follow the breeze Life is so easy when nothing is true I could pull off a crime on a summer day I could pull off a crime on a summer day © 1995 James Christopher Monger (BMI)
5.
Margaret, Margaret on a San Diego beach Loosens collars on the waves of water priests And calls the schools of fish on holiday Margaret writes me Margaret, Margaret is a late at night time wish A sun-kissed California longshot With a man at sea And time to gratify my whimsy Margaret writes me Margaret, Margaret I've read maps for you I know you live just South of Cardiff By the Sea But do you go to Scripps Aquarium? That's where I'd be © 2004 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
6.
Radio Harvest (free) 02:18
Radio harvest Aggressive sunsets bake the radio And murder conflict Radio harvest Two feet forward at the light you go Radio harvest Reception clear, Motown is here Radio harvest Soundtrack to sublime summer nights Radio harvest "Hey Tonight," "Piano Man" Radio harvest © 2004 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
7.
It's the anniversary of my stupid little war And everybody's eyes are at half mast Lonely and dogless Half-vicious, naked It's Disneywheel, it's biscuitwheel Never been that much for dancing Musicians just don't dance They listen, they wish they were playing And swish and swish gin Musicians don't dance They wish they were playing They wish they were playing It's the anniversary of my stupid little war All the ladies' shirts are at half mast Insert cold cocktail Cry hard on church steps Hot August Night God bless you, Neil Musicians don't dance They wish they were playing God bless you, Neil I tried and she forgave me It's Disneywheel, it's biscuitwheel © 2004 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
8.
Raise the roofbeams Autumn harvest The cherry ghosts murmur in the orchard While I walk into town Moon wrapped in wales of brown Summer's over now Summer's wonder how Glad I am that some of it Stayed in your bright face Summer's over now Summer's over Bury deep the bikes and roman candles Raise the roofbeams You are immodest Like so much salt you clear the lanes between us As we shoulder the day Wind hauls the leaves away Summer's over now Summer's wonder how Glad I am that some of it Stayed in your bright face Summer's over now Summer's over Hurry in the flowers frost has handled Frost has handled... © 2004 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)
9.
Self Sounds 04:37
A dozen records in my arms Whisper "Tim, don't be afraid Without regret, just pay." And I paid When you were overseas I wasn't alone, I wasn't alone, I wasn't alone When you were working late I wasn't alone, I wasn't alone, I wasn't alone Too weak to tell you face to face All night I prayed for you to ask Misguided hopes fell fast And were... When you were overseas I wasn't alone, I wasn't alone, I wasn't alone When you were working late I wasn't alone, I wasn't alone, I wasn't alone When you found out I heard your crying late Just listening to your tape But then at last you had to deal with me And when the morning broke The tears were on my sleeves © 2004 Timothy Monger / Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)

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released July 1, 2004

Produced by Timothy Monger
Engineered by Geoff Michael
Mixed by Geoff Michael and Timothy Monger
Mastered by Eric Enjem

Recorded at Big Sky Recording - Ann Arbor, MI

Additional Recording by:
Benjamin Ridley Jr. at Windfall Recording - Hammondsport, NY
Timothy Monger at the Original Chotz Stronghold - Brighton, MI and assorted locations in Ann Arbor, MI

Performed by Timothy Monger with:

Elisabeth Auchinvole - backing vocals (2, 9)
Elliot Bergman - tenor saxophone (2)
Dave Boutette - backing vocals, hand claps (6)
Ben Bracken - glockenspiel (2, 6)
Matt Collar - trumpet (8, 9)
Scott DeRoche - bass (5, 8)
Al Di Blassio - congas (3)
Cathy Franklin - viola (1, 6, 9)
Patrick Herek - piano (1, 2, 5, 6, 7), wurlitzer, toy piano, and hammond organ (9)
James Ilgen Fritz - double bass (7)
Fido Kennington - drums, tambourine (9)
Elliot Lawes - bassoon (3)
Joslyn Layne - backing vocals, hand claps (6)
Gregory McIntosh - hand claps (6, 8)
James Christopher Monger - high-strung guitar (3), guitar solo (9), hand claps (6, 8)
Natania Monger - violins (1, 2, 3, 6, 9), hand claps (6, 8)
Benjamin Ridley Jr. - drums (1, 2, 5, 6), percussion (2, 6)
Emily Stoops - cello (1, 5, 6, 9)
Toby Stone - hand claps (6, 8)
Aziza Ulaby - backing vocals and hand claps (6)

String arrangements on "Metropark" and "Cleveland Heights" by James Christopher Monger

Design & Layout by Rachel Gutek
Photography by Doug Coombe

All songs written by Timothy Monger © 2004
Except for "Crime On a Summer Day" by James Christopher Monger

Happy Maps Publishing Co. (BMI)

No Bitings Records ND-02

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Timothy Monger Ypsilanti, Michigan

Solo artist, leader of Timothy Monger State Park, co-founder of Great Lakes Myth Society, curator of Log Variations, writer, and proprieter of Northern Detective.

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