Blue dot, red sky,
Planet Earth tells me I'm gonna die,
Red sun, red ground,
I wish I could show you around,
I got a red carpet in my pocket,
That's itching to be walked on,
Red house, red tape,
I spilled red ink all over the place.
Oh, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
I went right and was wrong,
I wanna go back to New Jersey now,
I wanna go back to my home,
Oh, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
I can see it in your eyes,
And I can see it in your smile,
And I can feel it in the sky.
And I know you can't hear me,
And that you're so far away,
But I'd be lying if I said that,
I didn't make a mistake,
Now I'm stuck on the Red Planet,
My rocket can't be repaired,
And I can say for certain,
That soon I'll run out of air.
I'm jammin' in Jamaica, mon,
And the sky is unusually red,
I'm partying at Mardi Gras,
While I lose the hair on my head,
I wouldn't call it paradise,
If it's lost, and it's never found,
I'm stuck inside Olympus Mons,
Where my rocket ship barreled down.
Oh, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
I went right and was wrong,
I wanna go back to New Jersey now,
I wanna go back to my home,
Oh, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
I can see it in your eyes,
And I can see it in your smile,
And I can feel it in the sky.
And now it's almost the morning,
And I still haven't slept,
I thought the stars had aligned for me,
And this is all that I get,
If I held up a mirror,
To the Earth from Mars,
I think I'd see your reflection,
Amongst an ocean of stars.
Oh, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
I went right and was wrong,
I wanna go back to New Jersey now,
I wanna go back to my home,
Oh, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
I can see it in your eyes,
And I can see it in your smile,
And I can feel it in the sky.
In Charlie's words, this record is like travelling "all around the world (and the Mid-west) in just 36 minutes!" He's not kidding. I can't identify half the instruments he used, but they sound great. Kenny Hoffman
I often consult Ryan about my own recordings. Listen to his most recent EP to find out why. The arrangements! The humungous synths! The layers! The songwriting! I couldn't do any of it. Great stuff. Kenny Hoffman
The Australian folk-pop singer tackles deconstruction, her Christian childhood, and sexuality on her infectious sophomore album. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 14, 2023