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Paperweight
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Collab with Ken Clinger. I wrote the words and sang.
don campau lonely whistle
Born in 1952, Campau began recording in 1969 with the legendary Bay Area avant garde group, The Roots Of Madness. The Roots recorded an LP in 1971 and many open reel tapes as albums now being re-issued on CDR. In 1976, he started 4 track recording with his friend, Greg Gray and later went on to form The Desmonds, a punk band, with Greg and Joe Menichetti In 1981, he got his own 4 track and has been cranking out the home recordings ever since. Campau also hosts the long running home taper and independent radio program, NO PIGEONHOLES, on KKUP, 91.5FM throughout the SF and Monterey Bay Areas. http://lonelywhistle.tripod.com
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Genre
Alternative • Avant Rock
Charts
Peak #117
Peak in subgenre #5
Author
Ken Clinger-Don campau
Uploaded
August 02, 2011
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MP3 4.4 MB • 128 kbps • 4:51
Story behind the song
Collaboration with Ken Clinger. Robin O'Brien added background vocals.
Lyrics
Paperweight ( Clinger-Campau) let me touch someone, let me feel something but i can’t or i won’t i don’t know so i’ll ask let me hear wonder, let me fear horror but it’s all out of reach and my thirst can’t be quenched let me be useful, i want to feel needed but my heart is a trench and the world is a trowel let me contribute, can i give myself freely that’s what i need for that purpose do i long i’m a paperweight i just sit on the desk looking pretty and i shine i’m a paperweight i make a real good gift, i’m the thing that no one needs i’m a paperweight i feel heavy in your hands and my surfaces are round i’m a paperweight i don’t even serve my purpose, i don’t hold any papers down let me contribute, can i give myself freely that’s what i need for that purpose do i long let me be useful, i want to feel needed but my heart is a trench and the world is a trowel let me hear wonder, let me fear horror but it’s all out of reach and my thirst can’t be quenched let me touch someone, let me feel something but i can’t or i won’t i don’t know so i’ll ask i’m a paperweight i just sit on the desk looking pretty and i shine i’m a paperweight i make a real good gift, i’m the thing that no one needs i’m a paperweight i feel heavy in your hands and my surfaces are round i’m a paperweight i don’t even serve my purpose, i don’t hold any papers down Ken Clinger; backing tracks Don Campau: vocals, lyrics Robin O’Brien: background vocals recorded in Pittsburgh PA and Santa Rosa CA 2011
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