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Falling For It Album Cover - The Pushovers Band

The Pushovers (Mara, Nancy, and Liz) were a band for only a few years (2008ish-2012ish), but they are friends forever. All 3 members contributed to composing, arranging, and refining the songs on this album. It's a true collaboration of all of their styles - a mix of Smart Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Electronic Music, and tons of 3-part harmony.

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FALLING FOR IT

ALBUM CREDITS

Produced by Mara Levi, 
Ginny and Ray Levi, Jody Kenner, Friends and Fans
Drums Produced by Steve Wall
Drums and Percussion: Ashley Baier 
Backing Vocals: Liz DeRoche, Nancy Eddy, Zena Barakat, Meredith Palmer, Mandy Townsend, Jessie Weber, Kit Keenan, Amber Orlando
Other instruments & drum programming: Mara Levi 
Mixed by Steve Wall 
Mastered by Owen Muir
© 2010, Mara Levi

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1. Thrill of the Chase

You threw me for a loop tonight

When you said what you said 

(what'd you say, what'd you say?)

I've seen you play these games before

And I know how it ends

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You chase 'em just to chase 'em 

You're addicted to the feeling of the

Thrill of the new

Oh, it makes you so high

You get so low

On the morning after

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Prechorus:
You want it 'cause you just can't have it

You need it 'cause you just can't have it

You feel it but you just can't grab it

You need to think you're so romantic

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Chorus:

I can't, I can't explain this feeling that you give to me

And I know, I know it's true that once you get me you'll be over me

 

You told me 'bout another girl you met the other night, she makes you crazy

Oh, you want her so bad, you want her so

'til she's into you

 

Prechorus

Chorus

 

Do you say those nasty things to other girls, you know it makes me crazy

Oh, I know you so well, I know you so

I'm not falling for it

 

Prechorus

Chorus

 

Prechorus

Chorus


2. Wild Animals
It's in the waiting I find peace of mind

And in the wasting of time I free my mind

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With fear, I hurried myself this way and that

Afraid of the unknown within myself

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Prechorus:
You live once, you live, you

You live once, you live, you

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Can't stay or else I will be eaten alive

Free to die, free to live the life that I like

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Chorus:
In the arms of the wild animals

Losing sleep in a dreamy state of reality

I fantasize, jumping off the edge

Just to see what is

(x2)

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In dreams the water is clear and running wild

I let myself fall down, revitalized

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In death I wake and I find my peace of mind

I throw myself in deep and realize

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Prechorus

Chorus

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3. Boy or Girl 
Feeling lonely, feeling different

Can't fake this anymore

I know what I feel inside

But no one understands me

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When I was growing up I used to wear black make up

For the Bible told me so

Damn me straight to Hell

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Chorus:
Are you a boy or a girl

Why don't you fix up your hair

Step back, step back, there's no room for you here

I don't fit into your world 

But I don't care what you say

I've got my friends, I'll make my way

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You don't define who I am, I don't fit into your mold

I've got my own way

But I'm doing fine

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[all 3 verses sung at the same time]

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Chorus

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I'm not your boy or your girl, so why the hell do you care

Step off, step off, there's no room for you here

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I'm on my way, oh, oh

I'm on my way, oh, oh

I've got my friends, oh, oh

And it gets better, better, better

I'm on my way...

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4. Sing Hallelujah 
Have you forgotten me, have I blown kisses to the air?

Sing hallelujah, sing hallelujah if you dare

I take no pleasure, baby, I take no pleasure in your pain

Sing hallelujah, sing hallelujah in your name

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Chorus:
I know my tale, I know myself, I know myself

I'll find the time, I'll find myself, I'll find myself

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I lost some faith today but I learned my lesson good and hard

And that's what's left for me - empty boxes and sweet old cards

It's a long time wondering, time wondering why

It's a long time wandering, still empty inside

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Chorus

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Sing hallelujah, sing hallelujah in the bright cold air, the bright cold air

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5. She Says She Knows 

She says she knows I can do it much better and

She says she knows we are birds of a feather and

She sees beyond all the layers of meaning and

She knows that rhyming to me is playing someone else's game

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And she looks at me with her wide open eyes, she says,

"Oh baby, see, it's all a symphony

The words don't mean a thing, they just fill the time and

I know that rhyming to you is playing someone else's game"

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And she knows it's not yet over

Yeah, she can see it's not that far

But I've been chasing all these trains, I can't seem to lose my car

So, this is who we are

 

I was so young, I had nothing to lose when I 

Made up my mind and I took on these blues and now

I somehow still can't believe I might shake them and 
I'm here in no-man's land with my guitar and someone else's game

 

But I've played my part, I've been true, I've been kind, 

I said "Oh, baby see, I'm not just marking time,

The words don't mean a thing, they just need to speak, and 

I'm here in no-man's land with my guitar and someone else's game"

 

And I know it's not yet over

Yeah, even I can see that far

But I've been playing all these games, I can't seem to play guitar

Well, this is who we are

 

Chorus:

La, what we'll be is what we'll be

La, hey, and this is who we are

 

I've seen time run its course, I've seen fights for survival, 

I've seen missed opportunity turned into life, 

I've seen everyone else look this bull in its eyes and now

I'm jumping off the high dive fingers first in search of my own game

 

And I look at you with my wide open eyes, I say,

"Oh baby see, it's all a symphony, 

The words don't mean a thing, they just fill the time, and 

I'm jumping off the high dive fingers first in search of my own game."

 

And, we know it's not yet over

Yeah, we can see it's not that far

Oh, we just needed a few more hours to see we were fine where we are

And this is who we are

 

Chorus
 

6. Sing So Loud 

Do they let you sing so loud​

Do they know your undertones, do they know your undertones?

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Do they hear you cry at night

Do they see what you've become, do they see what you've become?

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Chorus:
And you sing your life away

You sing so loud

You scream out loud

Don't go

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Do you see it all in gray?

Can't you read between the lines, can't you read between the lines?

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When you stay inside all day

Don't you know your vision's blurred - from outside it's less absurd

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Chorus

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Bridge:

So stop chasing every single word

And stop seeing holes in what you've asked for

You can trust yourself to see the truth through the gray

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So let's turn it on tonight

No adventure, nothing gained,

Every sacrifice explained

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Chorus

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Bridge

 7. Friends and Fools 

Soul is just a fool of mine

And empty is a friend of mine, oh

Saving, to my surprise, is all around me

It's all around me, yeah, oh

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Smart is just a fool of mine

Eager is a friend of mine, oh

Charming, to no surprise, is all around me

It's all around me

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Chorus:
And you know or you're sold

To the tune of three untempered notes

And alone, you will learn,

All your friends are fools, in darkness too, oh no

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Kind is a fool of mine,

Time is a friend of mine, oh

And darkness, to these old eyes, is all around me

It's all around me

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Chorus

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Karma is a fool of mine

Danger is a friend of mine

Patient is a fool of mine

Temper is a friend of mine

Heaven is a fool of mine

Hunger is a friend of mine

There's no justice or luck, but for all this time,

You know, no one is a friend of mine

No one is a friend of mine

It's all around me, all around me

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Chorus


8. So They Say 

I woke up today and you were gone

Heaven in my arms, but you were gone

I must have made you cry about every night - I take my time

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Days like these, I know they come and go

I wanted time, and time I got, for sure

I wanna make your eyes light up for me

I take my time

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Chorus:
So they say, so they say

There's April, and the rain,

There's Sunday, and the paper, and the moonlight

I'm not much for sweet goodbyes but baby this I know,

I can't see the moonlit trees since you've been gone

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If you tell the truth, it can never be that bad

Today I crushed what little hope we had

You saw in me the light I'd believed was gone

I take my time

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Don't ask why

I don't know why

Who knows why

I take my time

x2

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Chorus

There's Sunday and the paper and a love song

I'm not much for sweet goodbyes, but baby this I know

I can't hear the sweetest song since you've been gone

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Someday I'll see the shore as a welcome home

I'll let those waves wash o'er my weary bones

In water lies the clarity of saints but it rolls so slow

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So I sing this song to an empty room

Sorry for myself, but more for you

I never let you dance to your favorite tune

I hear it now

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Chorus

There's Sunday and the paper and the ocean

I'm not much for sweet goodbyes but baby this, I know,

I can't feel the crashing waves since you've been gone

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I'm not much for sweet goodbyes but baby, this I know

I can't hear the crashing waves,

I can't taste the sweetest song

I can't kiss the moonlit trees since you've been gone


9. Tired Lonely Fools

Tired lonely fools are we who labor our lives for captain's bounty

Iron clad in epithets, the treasure eludes its hungriest hunters

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Chorus:
All you're ever asking is for a friend

Just another soul with some love to spend

The dream is alive, it's under your skin

The dream is alive, it's under your skin

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Make mischief, everyone, and make of your life what you will, what you will

Tie off your cord and jump - behind you lies a stranger

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Chorus

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(What I give to you, I will give to you)

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Tied tight, tied tight, tied tight and all around

Around tonight, all night, tonight until you're found

And found, reunite, all night, in time but upside down

And down, you will lie, all night, tonight until you're found

 

Tired, and tied, untie yourself

Make it up or make it over

Ever after, ask no more of what might have been if you'd made your own

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Chorus 

You need to dream, you need to hope

They trade us the lies and they feed us the dope

If it's forever out of reach

Here's to the reaching, throw me the rope

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Sing hallelujah, sing what you will

It may seem futile but you sing it still

Wise to the game, it's all you can do

Sing hallelujah, sing it for you


10. Happy Song

Sing with me

Put your day away and let the sun shine through

It is waiting for you to feel it shining

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Baby please,

Should my heart cry out a 

Laundry list of dark clouds looming

Snap me out and then sing it to me

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This is your happy song

You see the music that can live in every moment

Let that carry you through

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We've all had days like these

We know they fade into a mist of memories long forgotten

Better days make better stories

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Baby, on days like these

I find my comfort in your understanding smile

As you hold me close, I sing it to you

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You are my happy song

You are the music that can live in every moment

And you carry me through

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Chorus:

And we sing right on, we sing right on

Make all the noise you can bear

And we sing right on, we sing right on

We will be heard

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Think of these

Of swimming, sunshine, holding hands,

Of friends and celebrations

And the family that we choose to build

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Sing it to the trees

Let the threat of judgment fade from your subconscious

Let your inner child make her noise and sing

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Chorus

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This is our happy song

This is the music we are in every moment

And it carries us through

You are my happy song

You make me sing and dance and

move from side to side...

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11. Wind Will Back

See signs for our new fire sale on a Sunday afternoon

We've run it through the labyrinth, what a dangerous to-do

What my language cannot breech, I'm so sorrowful to leave

We'll slip into a slide, gone forever from these times

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Chorus:
The wind will back to, the wind will back to

The wind will back to you

 

When a younger, prouder fool, could disappear with no regret

So songs of newer life have a stranger flavor yet

 

We'll align

Stranger things, I've tried

We say goodbye

 

Is there final with a family, or do endings ever blur

Sing so long, we sang so long

We sang, and almost were

 

Chorus

 

What will I do?

What will I do?


12. So Long

Chorus:

So long, my love

This is the same song, we know

And we've been singing forever and ever

Never a sign that we're home

 

Oh, we listen to fools and we listen to lies

But we all know the truth somewhere deep down inside

And it's hard to imagine, it's hard to feel free

But we all needed something in which to believe

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Prechorus:

Oh, it's the same song, it's the same lies

If it was tragic, we took it in stride

But where is the magic, yeah, where is that pride

It left us here wondering why, and we sing

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Chorus

 

It's the bare recognition of blank repetition,

But we find our voices do rhyme

Is it left up to fate or inertia, we wait

And we wait for the answers to find us in time

 

Prechorus

Chorus

 

Oh we call ourselves lost and we measure the cost

But we all knew the rules when we signed up to play

It's a generous notion that faithful devotion
Is part and parcel reason to stay

 

Bridge:

Oh, I miss your face, my sure, kind friend

And I'm sick of beginnings and ends

But here comes the rain, the familiar disdain

And I'm worried we're back to the refrain

We sing again, we sing

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Chorus

If we've been dreaming of ever forever

There's never a time for goodbye

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Is Thi My Life
So They Say
What if we Try
Tired Lonely Fools
Happy Song
Sing Hallelujah
She Sys She Knows
Wind Will Back
So Long
Sing So Loud
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