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Half Good

by Morellen MacLeish

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Half Good 05:31
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Half Good Morellen MacLeish I break for lunch on this bench With a salad and a cigarette I know the way to good But I do not want to get there yet God have mercy on the people I see Perfected by the internet I’m half good That might be as good as I can get I’m half good Don’t do all I should Could barely write you to the middle Of some little self-help book I’m half good 50% of me could Give more than take And take a good look Give more than take And take a good look Took a slow drag Felt the hand of god land on my shoulder She said, “You’re looking kinda old, How come you don’t act older?” I said “Good god almighty, you’re right It’s time I’m bolder.” She gave a wink and a nod And then she laughed the laugh of the Beholder I’m half good I don’t do all I should But here’s god in the middle Like some little self-help book I’m half good Maybe 60% of me could Give more than take And take a good look Give more than take And take a good look God in her wisdom Said each of her children Has power enough to share Blew out my smoke Looked in her eyes n’ said God, we ain’t even halfway there I’m half good I don’t do all I should But something’s happening in the middle Of this theoretic self-help book I’m half good I’m thinking more of me could Give more than take And take a good look Give more than take And take a good look I’m half good Don’t do all I should While the whole world’s sloggin’ through the middle Of some little self help book I’m half good But all of me could Give more than take And take a good look Give more than take And look at All we don’t give And all that we took Give more than take And take a good look At what we took
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Bartender's Shot 05:00
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Bartender’s Shot Morellen MacLeish This old rag cleans the bar It’s my favorite rag so far Between the crowds of laugh-out-louds This wood shines like a star Open door, sunny square Where a million tourists share The to and fro, the pomp and show The camera-ready stare They step into their cameras Like they step into this bar Smile & try to capture Where they are This rag just keeps on cleaning Til their order becomes clear May they find their way here May they find their way here Build the drinks, pour and shake Listen well, pictures take Between the shots there’s always lots of Banter ’bout what’s fake I hand a glass, you hand your phone Photo op for Jim back home You want another one that shows much more fun For Jim, who’s all alone Step into your camera Like you step into this bar Smile, try to capture Where you are This rag just keeps on cleaning Til your order becomes clear May you find your way here So you kiss to the camera As if the camera can feel As if a camera kiss can make it all seem real Frame it like you mean it Like forever might appear Gather ’round, you faces near We’re all just tourists here We’re half asleep, three sheets deep In line for our next beer This old bar will never close Humankind will always pose We shy by miles from our candid smiles ’Cause all that love’s exposed So we step into a camera Like we step into this bar Smile & try to capture Where we are This rag just keeps on cleaning Til our order becomes clear May we find our way here We can step into a camera Or we can step up to this bar And with a smile we might wake up Where we are
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Hold It Open 04:12
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Hold It Open Morellen MacLeish One year of winter Never spring You were shouting when you left Said you hated everything Now this shopping cart is suspect There’s a girl in line in tears My thought’s back at that cooler Filled with bottled wine and beer But I will hold it open But not hold too fast Establish ground Then turn and walk past There were fires in the west Ice in the south Words flying out of Naked mouths But baby, it’s okay we are Bigger than the words we say Baby, it’s okay we are Bigger than All of these words Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oh Pay the cashier Pay and pay But hold it open Anyway I’ll give the car some gas Give myself a break Give into the fact There is heartache Mouths run naked Though some do not Words run empty They run cold, run hot Waters rise in the north They told big lies in the east But hold it open, hold it open For awhile at least Cause baby, it’s okay we are Bigger than the words we say Baby, it’s okay we are Bigger than All of these words Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oh
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Simple Tune 02:50
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Simple Tune Morellen MacLeish O Darlin I don’t know why I feel Hung out to dry Hung out to dry I feel Every wrinkle In this skin And I I fear I won’t feel Love again O Darlin There’s no eye for an eye An' I won’t run away An’ I won’t get high I’ll play every simple Tune within Hopin’ to hear Love again I know I can Cross the gap Of this feeling none can Love me back I know I can Reach beyond The fear I always Get it wrong I get it wrong I get it wrong O Darlin’ I don’t know why I feel Hung out to dry Hung out to dry I feel Every wrinkle In this skin I fear I won’t feel Love again Feeling every wrinkle In this skin Hoping to hear Love again Every wrinkle In this skin Is listening for Love again
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Brown Paper Bag 04:38
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Brown Paper Bag Thought myself into a brown paper bag I crumpled up into a corner Hung my head until the world looked brown Dreamed the dream of a mourner Tho it’s true, up above There was a sky so blue I coulda thought my way out To you But I was… Carried away In a light brown sanctuary Carried away A love died A love got buried And I got carried Away I thought my friend into my brown paper bag Opened to interpretation He clambered down & then he wandered round Treading on imagination But his eyes turned true Beneath the sky so blue He said, “I’ll think my way out,” As he passed through There I was… Spent my time in the brown paper bag Sitting like a votive candle I lit the square of the loss I bear Found that grief is not a vandal I was slow to let go beneath this sky so blue But I’ll keep the bag around while I pass through There is no broken dream no Tear at the seam Just a square bottomed bag to grieve into When we get Carried away There’s a light brown sanctuary Carried away When love dies and gets buried Sometimes we get carried away

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released March 26, 2022

Songs by Morellen MacLeish
Produced by Morellen MacLeish and Zoë Ford
Cover Photo by Morellen MacLeish
Cover Design by Zoë Ford

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