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The Misuse of Chemistry

by Alana Stewart

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1.
Momma Says 02:44
My momma says you gotta go to school and be somebody My best friend says you gotta live it up You're only here once My momma says you gotta go to school and be somebody My best friend says you gotta live it up You're only here once Follow my heart I tell myself In one world I'm a girl who goes to college Makes the right choice I've got a boss and boyfriend Rarely get to hear my own voice I've got a puppy and I'm pregnant with a girl of my own What will I teach her? What will I teach her? In the other view I've got a string of boyfriends Scattered 'round the globe And buxom ladies wanna have me too They think that I'm a wild woman Am I a wild woman? I'll sing a lullaby They sink the needle, roll their eyes And in the mornin'- big surprise I'm in the next city Don't say goodbye Never say goodbye Follow your heart I tell myself Follow your heart is what I say You'll play the part either way So follow your heart either way
2.
The man I love today is a carpenter He toils, tinkers in his shed The man I love tonight has dirty hands and a dose of fight How am I gonna get him out of my head? How am I gonna get him in my bed? If her eyes could see through walls Her jealous fists would turn to claws And our six-foot fence would grow higher And our love would expire Fidelity forbids desire The boy next door is wanting more And I want more of him And the mood feels right And my thighs are tight And the boy next door wants more Yea the boy next door wants more
3.
When the wind blows, all my property goes My property goes And when the rain falls, all my life flows to the riverbank Riverbank And when my hair's pulled tight, Oh-oh how I like Oh how I like And when my husband leaves me, I'll be happier I'll be happier clap-clap-clap-clap ahhh clap-clap-clap-clap ahhh When I make out with somebody new They get married, married But I'm not offended, EU citizenship is really appealing And I wanna make it better, better I wanna make it better, better When you come back, we'll put our hands in our pockets And walk through the park again And all the bluegrass bands will sing for you They will sing for you And I'll get my fedora back, even though its yours There's days that I miss it And we'll start a family in the mission with Greg, Piper, Paris and Jing-jing clap-clap-clap-clap ahhh clap-clap-clap-clap ahhh clap-clap-clap-clap ahhh clap-clap-clap-clap ahhh And I wanna make it better better I wanna make it better better
4.
Heaven 04:14
I fell in love with God today He picked me up and flew me away Now I feel better, now I feel okay The sky is bluer, and the air smells different I stood next to a lake with a little boy Underneath some canopied trees He held out his hands, presented them to me 'Twas a spinner he made specially for me Said "Girl you got it goin' on, I'd like to be with you..." "I need to be with you." He was six years old. I was seventy-five. Put me in his arms and told me I'm beautiful Said he forgives me for the pain He says it wasn't my fault That I'm not to blame I'm just a victim. I'm just a hero. I'm just a girl he fell in love with.
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Perfervid 04:56
I stare at the sea, impatiently, almost constantly And when I feel sad, I don't go out I just light up or pop something 'N' all my boyfriends I never really loved 'N' all my fathers wouldn't care to notice 'N' all my teachers tell me she just needs to apply herself 'N' all my peers, throw some cheers, when it's time to sing a song I wanna live where the thunder Keeps my lover's arms all tight, wrapped up around me I wanna live where the heat don't stop In the middle of the night all the ladies in tank tops I'm gonna own me a house some day I'll paint it different colors so different people will stay And I'm gonna own me a boat some way 'N' I'll hang in the buff Let my buddies all play Hey babe, I'm waiting Hey, babe, I"m waiting for you Hey, I'm waiting for you Oh, boy, I love you so Never-ever-ever gonna let you go Can't keep my wild arms away Oh, boy, I love you so Never-ever-ever gonna let you go Can't keep my wild arms away

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The Misuse of Chemistry is a collection of songs written and recorded in both San Francisco and New Orleans. They are moody, hopeful and reflective. The album title is a quote from my favorite environmental scientist Theo Colborn on how our "misuse of chemistry" and pollution is causing us unprecedented distortions in mammalian gender and reproduction capacities. The album artwork was photographed by my beloved boyfriend Rickard, and spruced up by yours truly, Alana Stewart.

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released June 27, 2011

All songs written and sung by Alana Stewart
All songs engineered by Andrew "Goat" Gilchrist in New Orleans, LA with exception to "Heaven" which was engineered by Mat Strickland at Hitwall Studios in South San Francisco.
Special thanks to Tyler, Laura, Candice, Angela and Tony

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