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ACLU Benefit Awkwardly Performs with his Ex​-​Girlfriends, Live, May, 2010, at Silent Barn, Ridgewood, NY

by ACLU Benefit

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Beer 04:08
(power chords strummed once each) G I've got a friend and his name is beer. Em (BEEEEEER!) G He loves me cuz you're not here Em (BEEEEEER!) D but he doesn't keep me thin C and he doesn't give me hope D and he doesn't stroke my skin C or hold me tight, nope G (up an octave) but he'll never leave. (power chords strummed rhythmically) G I've got a friend and his name is beer. Em (BEEEEEER!) G He loves me cuz you're not here, Em (BEEEEEER!) D but he doesn't cheat on me C and he doesn't tell me lies D and I don't care when I see C him out with other guys. G (up an octave) Why'd you have to leave?
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Riding 02:14
(power chords, pick low note then two higher notes) C Who you gonna ride with F Now that I am gone? (2) G I don't A want to know (2) C Who you gonna sing with F Now that I am gone? (2) Chorus C Who you gonna dance with F Now that I am gone? (2) Chorus C Who you gonna lie with F Now that I am gone? (2) Chorus C Who you gonna ride with F Now that I am gone?
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3 Women 02:21
1. She's too young lives far away unreliable and calls me gay but i love her (2) we broke up and had to move on we both agreed the sex should be gone but i love her (2) 2. She's totally hot and her life's a match very smart she's such a catch but i don't love her (2) we have great sex walk around in the nude we built a garden she'll make me food but i don't love her (2) 3. She's beautiful and lots of fun everyone tells me she's the one but she don't love me (2) she's my best friend and we talk a lot a crush on her is all i've got but she don't love me (2) One day i'll find the one for me until then i'll never be happy i love them in different ways and sometimes like today think that i could choose one but then the feeling goes away
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(capo 5) (G-F-E power chords with open g string) No one cares about your broken heart (2) til you put it to a pretty melody at least then your problems are catchy. No one cares about your broken heart (2) they don't come here to hear you complain they come here to be entertained they don't care that you stared in the mirror for what felt like twenty years but was only half an hour or how you wish you had the power to make her move back to NYC cuz you loved someone but she got set free no one cares about your broken heart (3) C or how you wanna kill yourself D (whistling solo) G-F-E no one cares about your broken heart (2) except you and maybe one person no trust me she doesn't care im certain even if you believe that life is fair you're wrong i'm sorry so sing along no one cares about your broken heart (3) except you
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(_tho you are gone i can love you til the end of my life which is now cuz you're gone) A-A-A-D We might leave slower than we've been known to leave but alien angel, you were built to break me_ and your holy presence is wholly present when you ignore my calls but we soared to the sky now two lovers have to fall You see my icy eyes glowing bright _but all I see are daydreams of those nights We are spread so terribly thin (2) Your music is covering feelings rejected, shattering the gleam now I see your tears pouring down your cheeks out to me. We are spread so terribly thin.
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It was perfect but it had to end now I flirt with, all of my friends and they love it. You made my heart bend but it didn't totally break. Sometimes I wish that it did so I could get over you and finally cry for my lover -I forgot- that died and now, I just get laid. I'm not complaining that would be so lame I'm just saying that instead of these games I'd rather hold you while you scream my name but I think that's over for good. If time travel were a possibility I'd move forward to 2013 cuz then I'd either finally be free or we'd be together again. I'm ready to move on (2) I'd like to move on.
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She's not yours anymore (over and over) (start with single strums that ring, then get faster and faster until constant strumming, all on A. then start lyrics) No you're wrong shut up she'll come back she's mine you're lying (B) she has my heart and so i have to have hers too (A) don't lie shut up (B) she's mine (A) even though i know she's gone for now (B) she'll come back (A) she has to just because (B) we broke up (A) doesn't mean she's gone from my heart or i (B)from hers (A) shut up! you're lying (B) you're wrong! (A) and i don't like it so what if she has a new boyfriend i've been with other women too (B)what's wrong with you (A) shut up! (B) you're pissing me off (A) we'll be together again (B) we're such good friends no it can't end! (A) shut up! how can love die (B) for no good reason (A) let's make a deal (B) (A) you shut up we can just be friends (B-A) maybe make out sometimes shut up! (3) end on D "i told you to fuck off" (3) and it felt great (2) i put up with this shit for too long now you get an angry hate song you've been a terrible friend yes you know it's gonna end chorus im free now from your shit im dealing with it now i can finally grow so i told you to go chorus
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G-C9 Someone take this poison out of my heart. It's been so long when will the healing start? I might look calm, but I'm falling apart C-G-Em and i can't cry yet. (2) As I lay in bed, squeezing my pillow I try not to pretend it's someone we all know It's been so long but I can't let go C-G-Em cuz you won't call me back. (2) When I think about all your bullshit, and it's everyday that I'm reminded of it, I want to stab myself in the stomach C-G-Em just like Elliott Smith (2) C-Em-G (whistle)
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Pick E-D-A strings (slow and quietly and softly) --------------- --------------- --------5---- -7--5--5--5--- -5--3--3--5---- -7--5-----3------- (start a capella) Well I worked all day and I came home to play (guitar starts) guitar, and lay in bed, I'm not thinking of you No I'm not thinking of you (4) Comin' through my door, throwin' your clothes on my floor No I'm not thinking of you (2) When I kiss a hot chick, that I picked up at the bar No I'm not thinking of you (2) Smiling, while you jack me off, working hard at being soft No I'm not thinking of you (2) When I'm using my belt, to whip a chair, or I text myself No I'm not thinking of you (2) lying naked, and tan, holding hands with another man (whistle solo)
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Be Honest 02:49
(power chords low 4 strings) G they say B it only takes C half as long as it lasted C to get past it, G but then why B whenever I D think about Philadelphia, C do I wonder why you wouldn't let me visit ya? Em Why weren't you honest? C-Am I could've handled it Em Why weren't you honest? C-Am You destroyed all of my trust G in women. Too busy to talk to me, but plenty of time to watch TV. Running from arguments, and lying that made no sense. Why weren't you honest? You owe me that much. Why weren't you honest? I worked so hard to keep us open. You don't know why you had to go, or maybe leaving was due to cheating. Whatever the reason is, just tell me or I'll never move past this. Please be honest. I promise I won't cry. Please be honest, and give me back my life.
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I am perfect, la la la, you are not, hahaha, when you talk: Blah blah blah, so shut up, shut up, shut up. I know it all, oh oh oh, and you don't, know, no, no. If I see you? Go go go, and shut up, shut up, shut up. I am brilliant. You are dumb, even if you made me cum. I could get that from anyone, so shut up, shut up, shut up. Every time I went away, you would always make me stay. Sometimes I wish that I were gay. You are dumped, dumped, dumped
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(capo 3) G-em You can't touch me anymore. G-C I am walking out your door. G-Am It took awhile, but now I'm sure. D You can't touch me anymore. You can't hold on to my hands. I am no longer your man. I hope you can understand: From my life you're forever banned. You don't get this body, it's gone, and you have to stop loving me. Don't be sad, just say "so long," and you'd better keep me out of your dreams. (whistling solo) You can't touch me anymore. Even if I get lonely as a leper on the shore, I still wouldn't let you hold me. G-em You can't listen to me sing
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(capo 7th fret) C-Am (humming) C F How old do you have to get before you're honest with your parents and can tell them about the time Kate broke your heart without getting embarrassed? How old do you have to turn before you see you're no longer a teenager, take your bullshit, burn it up, and leave those grudges forever? C-Am (humming) C F How old do you have to grow before you see your mom's an old lady who's probably all alone and definitely misses her baby? How old do you have to get before both your parents die and you're left saying I wish, I wish, I wish, I...? C-Am (humming) C F How old do you have to get before you see yourself in your family and start to love them for it as your closest connection out of all humanity? How long has to pass by before you tell your dad and mom "I'm sorry. I love you. Thanks for the things you did right. You're forgiven for what you did wrong." C-Am (humming)
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(power chords: G-C-Em [up an octave]-B) (Love of my life, I'll never get over you) When I get lonely, I call up my ex-girlfriend and say "I need to kiss someone named Kate Ferencz. It matters who. I know by now it needs to be you." In the two things that I love, there is power from your blood. You're the prettiest girl in the world, but you only date mice and worms. I never wrote you a love song, and I always stuck around for too long. Can't make you love me, and I'm sorry, so sorry you'll never come back to me
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C-Am-G-F You were a groupie and I was an asshole, took you for granted and got comftorable. You moved quickly and I changed so slow. We enjoyed the attention and fed our egos, but you were totally passive, hiding complaints so 6 months later I was hiding my pain. To you, love means just feeling really, really good, to me, it's about always doing what you should, commitment, honesty, reliability, and trust. You don't know what you wanted but I guess it wasn't us. Every man falls for you cuz you do what he wants, then you lose interest. You only enjoy the hunt. You held my hand but i didn't hold your heart. When I gave you mine, you moved so far away from me and my calls and my bed. I waited here believing every word you'd said, but you weren't serious it was all a game to you. I'm an old man, I don't play like you do, but I've learned my lesson: Never fall for the wind. It's beautiful, carries you away, but it won't be back again. When I let myself love you, I knew I'd get hurt. So, looking back on all of this, I guess I got what I deserved.
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Beer (again) 02:37
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(this song is in drop-d. pick 4th, 3rd and 2nd strings for verse) (D-G/B-Asus) Life sure had its moments, but now it's time to move on and don't think of it as dying, think of it as graduation, cuz after a certain age, you hope for a living wage, that's all, and living without passion like I am's hardly living at all. open 4th string Low string: 5-7-12-10 So what's the difference if I go now or in 2020, when I look back at the last ten years and don't see any reason to stay here? (Low string: 3-0) (D-G/B-Asus) But before I go I'm gonna do some things, and I don't mean like catching up on my reading, cuz when you know you're about to die you can get away with anything. There's so much you can do when you're not worried about losing, like insult people a lot more or take things from the corner store, or pee in my hallway, mostly being a jerk is what I have planned for my last days. So maybe you won't mind as much when I go cuz I'll be such a bastard that you won't miss me and then my plan will have worked perfectly. (open 4th string Low string: 5-7-12-10) Cuz what's the difference if I go now or in 2020? Or maybe 2012 cuz who knows what the world will be like, well (open 4th string Low string: 0-2-7-5) I think I know it'll be the same but a little worse just like every day and no I don't think I'm gonna miss anything but drinking. (4th string:12-11-9-12-11-9-7-5-4-7-5-4-2 open 6th string) (open 4th string Low string: 5-7-12-10) Cuz what's the difference if I go now or in 2020 when I look back at the last ten years and don't see any reason to stay here? (Low string: 3-0)

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Two shows at the late, great, Silent Barn. May 6, 2010 (1-10), and May 31, 2010 (11-19), with Eskimeaux and Kate Ferencz (and others).

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released June 1, 2010

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