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Rebecca Karpen Live at the Bitter End (March 27th, 2016)

by Rebecca Karpen

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1.
Temple in Athens Verse: Your scars don't make you a soldier But you seem To think they do. You walk around, looking down, Like you're so much older. But we both know, That isn't true. Chorus: But you're no god, you don't get No temple in Athens No You're no god, you don't get No temple in Athens Athens Cause you can climb up the mountains And look at the marble But you Won't find your own face staring Back at you. No You're no god you don't get No temple in Athens Athens Verse: Congrats You got out of the hole You've been stuck in For so long. Now you walk around With your head held high As if you're the only one Who’s allowed to be strong Chorus: But you're no savior, you don't get No religion named after you. No You're no savior, you don't get No religion Named After you. Sure you had your time on the cross But you built it yourself And you only had to stay there As long as you Wanted to. No. You're no savior, you don't get No religion Named after you Bridge: Oh you got out of it Oh you're so strong You can be proud of your battle wounds But this has gone on far too long Far too long Chorus: Because You're no god, you don't get No temple in Athens No No you're no god You don't get no temple in Athens Athens. Sure you had your time on the cross But you built it yourself And you only had to stay there As long as you Wanted to. No You're no god You don't get No temple in Athens Athens Athens
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My Little Legs Can't Keep Up (The Bicycle Song) I don't think it's supposed to feel like this I'm so straightedge you can practically cut cheese Off the sides of my wrists. And sometimes I close my eyes, And pretend I don't exist. Count to ten Run and hide, And pretend, Just for a moment, That I'm still innocent And the world Has never, Been too nice, To girls like this, Seventeen years old, Still living like a to-do list. and I never learned to ride a bicycle No, I never learned to ride All the other kids zoomed so far ahead And my little legs Can't keep up. With this thing called love. Sometimes I can't sleep So I just stare up at the ceiling and the wall And the wall. And I'm trying so hard, not to think Of every way I could lose it all. So I think about the passing moments And the swings you put me through I keep pushing myself higher and higher When all I really want is a push from you. From you. And the world Has never Been too nice To girls like this, 17 years old, And still haven't had Their first kiss And I never learned to ride a bicycle No, I never learned to ride And all the other kids glide so far ahead in their cars and motorcycles And my little legs, can't keep up. No my little legs, Can't keep up With this thing called love. I'd like to say he can paint me Any color that he likes But it took me so long to find myself And I won't lose her again this time. And I know I'm not ready for love And I'm aware I'm not ready for you But it really does fuck me up That life keeps bending this 'ol heart black and blue And I feel like tearing on the walls And screaming at the ceiling. And I'd like to pretend that I could have it all. If I stopped being so afraid that for once, I actually gave a fuck about another person's feelings. I know you're gonna be A really great dad someday. And I know it's prolly years from now But is there any chance, you'd wait for me? Like you did, in the snow Watching Cold wind February blow But you stayed, Still By my side Until the night Let go In the next few days, You'll pester me about all I don't know Because you know just how to make me crazy. And I'll make fun of your favorite songs just so you'll blow, And you'll complain that I'm too fucking lazy. The days will turn to months and weeks But I'll keep my heart under locks close to me Bundled up in all the words I know I'll never speak. And in the end I'll just let my heart sink like the heaviest stone Because loving you, like growing up, Is a solitary process, I've gotta do it alone I don't think it's supposed to feel like this I'm so straightedge you can practically cut cheese Off the sides of my wrists. And sometimes I close my eyes And pretend I don't exist Count to ten Run and hide And, Pretend, Just for a moment, That I'm still innocent. And sometimes I close my eyes And pretend I don't exist. Count to ten, Run and hide, And Pretend, Just for a moment, Because I'm still, Innocent. about

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Long-delayed live recording from my first show at the Bitter End on March 27th, 2016.
All lyrics by Rebecca Karpen
All Music by Rebecca Karpen
Recorded Live at the Bitter End on March 27th, 2016

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released June 8, 2017

Recorded Live at the Bitter End March 27th, 2016
Vocals by Rebecca Karpen
Baritone Ukulele by Rebecca Karpen
Album Cover shot by Lindsey Mayer
Album Cover edited by Rebecca Karpen
©️Rebecca Karpen United 2016

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Rebecca Karpen New York, New York

I play baritone ukulele and cry a lot.
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