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Tangerine

by The DanDan Noodles

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1.
Clementine 04:19
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You were passing through a phase of seasons Willing to let life pass you by And you teased as if you no idea How you haven't found the right guy You would act as if you cared Just because he wouldn't dare To look back at you through those eyes of blue How is he supposed to miss you You were always around How is he supposed to leave you You were always so down "Come on girl, don't cry. It's not you, it's me. You know, sometimes in life people fall apart, A'int nobody's business. Wait a minute!" How it lasted over three long years No one could could believe when or how And relationships were so ideal But you kept on having your cows You would think he never cared Just because he went upstairs To avoid your glare, you were never fair How is he supposed to miss you You were always around How is he supposed to leave you You were always so down Don't be so surprised he left you You kept putting him down Don't expect that he'll be back now He was only your clown Oh Clementine, he loved and he left you and Even though, you may have deserved it Oh Clementine, you fell for his charm Now you're on your own It's time you carry on...
2.
Body & Face 05:46
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We, treasured it in the ground The seemingly lost would someday be found someday, somehow Now, it's laid out in front of me And new friends are made from old enemies Unseemingly It's better to see in the light of day The light of day will shine upon your Body, shine on your face There's no one to tell us what to do or say We make it all up before hand anyway Now, are you going to dance? Take out the hands from the pocket of your pants 'Cause we're not strangers oh no no because Hey! I know you, hey! I know you, hey! I know you Plans, they unravel like a quilt They fall much faster than ever built It's empty not filled up Looks like we lost track of time Waiting around for some magic sign We can't find It's better to see in the light of day The light of day will shine upon your Body, shine on your face There's no one to tell us what to do or say We make it all up before hand anyway Now, are you going to dance? Take out the hands from the pocket of your pants 'Cause we're not strangers oh no no because Hey! I know you, hey! I know you, hey! I know you It's better to see in the light of day The light of day will shine It's better to see in the light of day The light of day will shine It's better to see in the light of day The light of day will shine upon your Body, shine on your face There's no one to tell us what to do or say We make it all up before hand anyway Now, are you going to dance? Take out the hands from the pocket of your pants 'Cause we're not strangers, light will shine on your Body, shine on your face There's no one to tell us what to do or say We make it all up before hand anyway Now, are you going to dance? (Are you going to dance or something?) Take out the hands from the pocket of your pants 'Cause we're not strangers, no no more because Hey! I know you, hey! I know you, hey! I know you, hey! I know you
3.
Free Love 04:00
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Don't let me get so bitter I have a heart that's made of sand, I have a heart that's made of sand My mind tends to wander When everybody's making plans I never really stood the chance Am I late? or am I misinformed? Away I'll stay, or have my steps be torn, from me And here I thought I had it figured out Everyone can surely see If love is something that I must pay out I don't know the currency I can't afford to fall in love Afford to fall in love I can't afford to fall in love again unless it's free... Why can't friends be neighbors? And strangers play the loving part Regardless if I know or not To stop and to savor All of the help that I can get all of the people that I've met I lack a certain fruit And all the world's pursuits They never could conclude it And here I thought I had it figured out Everyone can surely see If love is something that I must pay out I don't know the currency I can't afford to fall in love Afford to fall in love I can't afford to fall in love again unless it's free... And here I thought I had it figured out Everyone can surely see If love is something that I must pay out I don't know the currency I can't afford to fall in love Afford to fall in love I can't afford to fall in love again unless it's free I can't afford to fall in love again unless it's free I can't afford to fall in love again unless it's free
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Seagulls 04:47
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Let's go fly to the sea The salt in the air The sun in your hair You the seagulls and me 'Cause we're in good company The seagulls they laugh, expectedly but sometimes they can be thieves Heading out White washed in the waves Knowing that were safe We know we're safe We know we're safe So lay your feet in the sand The water will rise The water will rise So lay your head in my hands Leave your thoughts in the shore They will be there going nowhere Think about them no more Heading out White washed in the waves Knowing that were safe We know we're safe We know we're safe And when the silence clears Open your eyes and your ears 'Cause all of our friends are here We never knew before Mended could be the torn 'Cause all of our friends are for us All of our friends are for us All of our friends are for us So lay your feet in the sand The water will rise The water will rise So lay your head in my hands
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Nasty Face Funk 03:06
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I've got to get over I've got to get over I've got to get over, that valley I've got to get over I've got to get over I've got to get over, that valley Call on somebody A'int nobody got time for that You know that it's only funny When they give it to someone else You better turn around Before it goes upside down You better leave it all Keeping your feet off from the ground My mama told me Life just is what it is Your face left on the ground Papa told me Everybody's a fool in love You know that shadows fall Without it you'd be no one at all Just look away 'Cause you know, it's not going to stay Michael said all you need is a row Paul left some words in hope of an echo Pick up the pace or people won't pay Everybody's a show This is where the sidewalk ends This is where the sidewalk ends This is where the sidewalk ends in the valley. (I gotta step) This is where the sidewalk ends (I gotta step) This is where the sidewalk ends (I gotta step) This is where the sidewalk ends (Into that valley) In the valley I gotta step I gotta step I gotta step Into that valley (I gotta step) I've got to get over (I gotta step) I've got to get over (I gotta step) I've got to get over (Into that valley) That valley I've got to get over I've got to get over I've got to get over, that valley
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Love, Alberta 04:56
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You say, you say love is better, better when it's blind You say, you say it's better not to have him on my mind Going and gone, she goes back, back forward into time Forgetting, forgetting what she has, forget not to Cry, Cry, crying through the night Even when there's nothing on her mind I found you drinking dandelions You never wanted to grow up Never wanted to grow old without him I saw you shooting lavender Wrinkles where you used to smile And acting just like an old child She says it's better when it's mild But knows that it's not worth the while But went along with it and smiled Decades ago, he once held you, held you in his arms but don't cha know, she says, "He's just working on the farm." You go, I go, tell her that our papa's gone away But even so, she loves him more, more and more each Day each day like the one before it Everyday she hurts like it was yesterday I found you drinking dandelions You never wanted to grow up Never wanted to grow old without him I saw you shooting lavender Wrinkles where you used to smile And acting just like an old child She says it's better when it's mild But knows that it's not worth the while But went along with it and smiled Sleepless nights and wakeful sights Her life, loses sense of time Placid smiles masked beguile Sundown 'til dawn, 'til everyone thinks your wrong Past the iris, who keeps track What's on, it looks as though you've gone I found you drinking dandelions You never wanted to grow up Never wanted to grow old without him I saw you shooting lavender Wrinkles where you used to smile And acting just like an old child She says it's better when it's mild But knows that it's not worth the while You could see the light, leaving her eyes Her eyes Her eyes Leaving her eyes
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Clouds of Sheep 04:21
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The black sheep would say hello to all the far and near The white sheep would turn away and quiver back in fear The white sheep would dance the waves, the wind would guide her way The black sheep would stand and wait, his hairs would slowly gray She gives 'til her tears drop and shakes the sky below He moves not, nor sways still his heart for her will grow The storm eases, weepings hushed, a come back home she hears The buds and the flower bees will thank her as she nears The black sheep who’s weary now his eyes no longer clear She runs into on the way, a long ago sweet dear She gives 'til her tears drop and shakes the sky below He moves not, nor sways still his heart for her will grow
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Alive 04:31
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I never thought I, I never thought I would go I'd ever go at this alone I always wanted, I always had it in minds But now it seems that I don't Know, where to start or how to play the part I look around but I always miss the mark and Everybody knows I'm alone, everybody knows I'm alone But here we go now, we're going to take it in stride We might as well 'cause I can't hide What I'm doing, and it's no trouble to find That we're just having a good Time, to see, just what we're really made of Climb all the steps that have been laid But I think I need to stop and rewind I think I need to stop and rewind 'Cause no, no one, can ever say I didn't try 'Cause for now, I feel alive For a while more or less, for a while I confess To leave the mess I've made behind 'Cause for once, I feel alive I never try to, I'll never try to impress Not everything's a big contest Just to see who, to see who comes out ahead Well I could say I did my Best, to know, that some are kind in show And others, well they hide their love below And they like to keep it under disguise They like to keep it under disguise 'Cause no, no one, can ever say I didn't try 'Cause for now, I feel alive For a while more or less, for a while I confess To leave the mess I've made behind 'Cause for once, I feel alive No one, I don't see No one, I don't see No one, I don't see No One, cause now I feel alive For a while more or less, for a while I confess To leave the mess I've made behind 'Cause for once, I feel alive You know I feel alive
9.
Shrewd Silence 05:11
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You know that daily I get up in solitude Inside the crazy Is calling a hollow tune Who can be sure that this love won’t mean a thing But strangers to when the impossible meet Your voice of silk sings A lovely familiar swoon Your eyes so haunting And wilting in spite of you What lies of truth will bring us to our doom But strangers to the impossible tune Who can be sure that this love won’t mean a thing But strangers to when the impossible meet Who's the one you're waking for Who’s the one you’re aching for Who’s the one you’re taking for Who’s the one you’re faking for Who's the one you're waking for (Little Willow) Who’s the one you’re aching for (Weep for me) Who’s the one you’re taking for (Little Willow) Who’s the one you’re faking for (Weep for me)
10.
Mr. Button Blackbird 04:21
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Winter sang its melodious tune Who knew her song would come too soon Lovers side-by-side to stop the light She clings on tight, but takes the flight Mr. Button Blackbird are you blue now? Last I saw you, she was gone Can you still recall the way she loved you Oh how she loved you, when you were gone Orange blossoms fill the fragrant air Nostalgic sighs, he sits and stares Day by day he struggles how to cope And how to love, forgotten hope Mr. Button Blackbird, you still waiting? Last I saw you, she was gone Can you still recall the way she loved you In winter’s calling, she missed the sign Who hears you crying when you’re alone Who hears you dying since she has flown Who hears you crying when you’re alone Who hears you dying since she has flown Weary wings and drooping eyes he has Each day would pass, he doubts he’ll last Bright brown eyes that are not of his own Peers in his heart, a love he’s known Mr. Button Blackbird, do you love her? Last I saw you, I heard no cry Can you feel the rhythm of her heartbeat Your heartbeat followed ‘til you died How she cries in the dead of the night Oh she cries since they all took flight How she cries in the dead of the night Oh she cries since they all took flight
11.
Teenager Again 05:01
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In the beginning it started out fine We were just messing and taking our time And for a moment I felt like I was a teenager again It's something unseen and something undone There's nothing to lose but nothing was won And for a moment I felt like I was alive again But you believe in something better And I believe in nasty weather It's passing by, it's passing over me I tried, I tried, I tried to fly It's over my head, it's over this life of mine Oh what a guy, I came to know 'Cause it was too much, and it was too far to go I never know just where I stand I'm pacing the floor, I'm waving my hands How did it start off so good and just end so wrong 'Cause in the beginning it started out fine Now I can barely just stomach the sight Of me in this state, me in this state of mind But you believe in something better And I believe in nasty weather It's passing by, it's passing over me I tried, I tried, I tried to fly It's over my head, it's over this life of mine Oh what a guy, I came to know 'Cause it was too much, and it was too far to go "Cause you believe in something better And I believe in nasty weather It's passing by, it's passing over me 'Cause you believe in something better And I believe in nasty weather It's passing by, it's passing over me I tried, I tried, I tried to fly It's over my head, it's over this life of mine Oh what a guy, I came to know 'Cause it was too much, and it was too far to go
12.
Anyone Else 07:50
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A might wind does what it does, a mighty son I never was I never could just leave the past behind Conversations here and there, argumentation teeth to bear I'd run before I'd ever want to find And meet up with the sound of a cymbal running round and A house that smells of smoke Shadows on the ground tell me someone's still around and It's somebody I know Separation sings her song, she never knew the right or wrong Of any side or any other tune The distance always seemed so far, it's not by plane, it's not by car forgiveness isn't quite a human truth I'm planting different seeds, oh I'm pulling all the weeds All the weeds out from my heart I thought I was a man, oh I thought that I could stand But I can't even start, I can't even start Both my hands are cold, every now and then I'd like to hold something more than Empty words unfold, telling me I Never think of anyone else A friend is all we need, every now and then I tend to bleed, pouring out from something left unseen, all because I Never think of anyone else, No I never think of anyone else

about

This album is inspired by the Dancy Tangerine, which was once widely grown and very popular, some would say the most popular of tangerines. However, due to the advancement of technology and societal pressures of instant gratification, the Dancy could just not compete with the likes of the Honey and the Sunburst tangerine along with the dreaded seedless Clementine. Not to worry Dancy, do not find yourself in a nasty face funk just because you might find yourself in a moment of shrewd silence. Hard as we may try to live forever in the heyday of our youths, we may act like but will never be a teenager again. But all is not lost! A day alive is a gift of free love whether you would like to believe so or not. Another day to hear the pinings of your love, Alberta. Another opportunity to wave and smile with your kind yet somewhat melancholy neighbor, Mr. Button Blackbird. Another moment in time to watch either in awe or contempt at the seagulls which, try as you might, you can never quite capture or comprehend. Another midnight to dream about clouds of sheep and other sweet or sour memories of past, present and maybe even the future. And as you wake up with the light of day shining on your body and face to arouse you from your deep slumber, one of two reactions may materialize. Somedays, you may jump in joy and wonder if anyone else feels as vibrant as you do and share in the electricity of that connection. Other days you may stumble and mumble underneath a weighty shade and ask in despair if anyone else has felt the way you do as you search for a connection. Oh dear Dancy, one is not better than the other but rather both are only 2 of the essential colors in the Painter's palette, for each hue however significant or trivial, painful or pleasurable, serves a purpose in the overall beauty of the piece. Now then, go serve as a lovely complexion for another person's painting...

Much <3 to those who donated, supported, believed and just loved us through out the journey. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this with us!! Go Dancy Go!

PS. IOU HUGS

credits

released October 9, 2014

The DanDans:
Dana Nguyen aka COCO BROWN: Vocalz, buttload of percussion (just listen to #9) including drum set, bazz, guitarz, keyz, ukulele, klarinette, meowz, sugar, spice and everything nice.
Dani Nguyen: Vocalz, guitarz, bazz, keyz, pretentious quasi-philosophical quips, unadulterated dances of joy

The Blessed Friends:
#Jesse Lee Yarbrough: Drum set on tracks 1, 5, 10, and 12, the gun show
#Jackmerius Tacktheritrix: Drum set on track 2, anti-whistle enforcer, jolly host during recording at Jivemind
#Nathan Richard: Organ on track 5, Piano on track 9, dat hug doe, creator of musical landscapes
#Drew Peacecops: Vocals on track 5, defender of local art with a devil may care attitude
#Brendon Hoorneman: Bass on track 5, chill vibes, dastardly good looks
#Bradley Wayne Kleeman: Drum set on track 8, keeping the beat!, fashion forward pioneer, the pure joy of music
#Justin Tropio: Trombone on track 7, JT of jazz, unbridled youth which we wish we all had
#Joshua Hill: Violin on track 9, the ears of a compositional powerhouse, resolved promises of ice cream
#Brina Gerstenberger: Vocals on track 12, creator of metaphorical sunshine, rebel against common 19th century voice leading practices
#Dustin Chaffin: Tuba on track 7, creator of voice sampler on track 10, the mad scientist behind this, at times, seemingly frankensteinian project, transformer of the abstract to tangible, a sometimes frightening owl like sense of hearing, brewer of tea and engineer of this whole mechanism
#April Mchaugh: The hands, mind and heart that created the cover art

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