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All the Other Girls

by Marissa Henry

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michelleann Gorgeous work, based on the Odyssey. Includes "Calliope's Complaint," in which the muse is kind of itching to tell us about herself for a change, "Pears and Pomegranates," which is about Nausicaa and is one of my favorite songs ever, and three other beautiful pieces in the voices of Calypso, Circe, and Penelope. Favorite track: Pears and Pomegranates (Nausicaa).
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1.
Always it’s the same Sing muse, sing muse, they tell me Sing muse the man of many ways That’s all they want to hear Spin a story for me, won’t you, Tell me of his sweet return And how his brave companions lost their way That’s all they care about Chorus: They never ask, how are you? How’ve you been? What’s on your mind? A girl like you, you’ve seen a lot, You must have things to say! They never ask, Where did you come from? Where are you going? They only start the story off And count on me knowing. Always it’s the same Sing muse, sing muse, they tell me Sing muse of violence and rage The end of the heroic age Spin a story for me, won’t you, Tell me of the brutal war And how the city fell apart and burned That’s all they care about Chorus Bridge: I know how to tell you lies and make you see the truth, oo I can make a poor man great enough that he will rule, oo Think of all the things I know How far back my memories go And in fact I am a very interesting person but No no no no no! Always it’s the same Sing muse, sing muse, they tell me, Sing muse a journey far from home The hero who created Rome Spin a story for me, won’t you, Tell me of his foreign queen And how he left her to fulfill his fate That’s all they care about Chorus
2.
You washed up on my island, I pulled you up on the sand You washed up on my island, I pulled you up on the sand I coulda left you to drown, but Lord knows every goddess needs a man You were naked and starving, I nursed you back into health You were naked and starving, I nursed you back into health And what I offered you here is worth more than any sum of mortal wealth Now you spend your days weeping and staring out at the sea Now you spend your days weeping and staring out at the sea I coulda made you immortal, but you don't wanna stick around with me Now the gods are all jealous to see a goddess in love Now the gods are all jealous to see a goddess in love Now they're making me let you go home while they all laugh at me above I don't know what's so special about your ordinary wife I don't know what's so special about your ordinary wife But that girl must be something to be worth more to you than endless life Yeah that girl must be something to be worth more to you than endless life
3.
You came naked from the sea Like a mountain lion, frightening my maids and me You fell down and clasped my knees I told them I'd like to find a man like you to marry Chorus: Come live with me and be my love Where figs and pears and pomegranates grow Where men build ships and take hot baths And sing and dance and never think of war I could be your bride You could be my king We could live in peace and never Dream of rocky Ithaca again You asked me to show the way In an unfamiliar land where you had gone astray I told you to stay behind; If they thought you were my husband, what would people say? Chorus When I saw you at the feast I told you not to forget you owed your life to me You said you would honor me Like a goddess if you got back to your family safely Chorus
4.
I won’t let you break my heart like all the other girls you don’t stand a chance this time Look at that wolf he was a man who wronged me now see that lion he was a man who bored me remember the stag the one that you ate this morning he was a fool who didn’t heed my warnings Chorus: So have some cheese and honey Have some wine and barley Admit how good it tastes to let me Keep you here Do you even know who I am? (Don't know who you are dealing with, no) My father is the sun The only reason that you’re not an animal right now (If you were not so helpless...) Is that it doesn’t matter cause I won (You'll never know) I’ll play along pretending that you’re in charge here feed you like cattle until you grow soft and large here and I’ll hold you back enough that you start to panic but I don’t want love I just want a power dynamic Chorus When you decide you’ve had enough vacation I’ll be so helpful I’ll give you information I’ll send you to hell till even your comrades miss me the last thing they wish will be that they'd listened to me Chorus I won’t let you break my heart like all the other girls you don’t stand a chance this time
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If I were drowning in the sea You'd be the shore in my grateful eyes If you could find your way back to me I'd know your face, even in disguise Chorus: Come home, the tree is still in bloom Leaves grow green on our bed I'll wait, weaving at my loom Binding time in the threads At night I hide in my room and weep Wondering when I will see your face The goddess bathes my eyes in sleep And in my dreams you are in this place Chorus On golden sands I will watch for you I cannot fly like birds on high Build me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I Chorus

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A collection of songs about four lovers of Odysseus and one Muse.

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released November 2, 2017

All songs written and performed by Marissa Henry

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Marissa Henry Berkeley, California

Marissa is a Classics Ph.D. student and singer-songwriter specializing in folk-pop adaptations of ancient Greek poetry played on toy instruments.

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