Get all 15 Tadpoles releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Nine Rays Of Moonshine, High Flier 2020 EP, The Whirlaway Sessions (20th Anniversary Alternative Mixes), Jaded Jean (For Lee Jackson in Space Mix), Live at The Great American Music Hall, Far Out (20th Anniversary Mix), Float Away (Live At CBGB's), Feel Like A Freak (A Historical Sideshow of Missing Links), and 7 more.
1. |
When I Feel
05:28
|
|||
|
When I feel
I want to touch
When I do
I do too much
When I go
I go too far
What I want
I want more
I'm going to last a lifetime
I'm feeling frail
Dead afraid
Trapped, earthbound
Peace flew away
Arm in a sling
My broken wing
This day is gone
Thistle in my palm
I'm going to last a lifetime
Greet the new day
Feel a new way
Figure time
With math of mine
I glow and flow
I frost the glass
Feel electric
Big and blasting
Hobo a train
I can't fail
Boxcar free
Chug down the rails
Ride on wheels
Learn and yearn
I'm on fire
Feel me burn
I'm going to last a lifetime
|
||||
2. |
Snow Down
05:57
|
|||
|
It's snowing
Cool out all is fine
And my eyes are bugging out of my mind
And my ears are falling out of my head
And I fear
Honey, we are dead
It's snowing
Cool out all is fine
And my eyes are bugging out of my mind
And my ears are falling out of my head
And I fear
Honey, we are dead
You see
Here the weather doesn't change
It's all you can do to stop and rearrange
It's snowing
Cool out all is fine
And my eyes are bugging out of my mind
It's snowing
Cool out all is fine
And my eyes are bugging out of my mind
And my ears are falling out of my head
And I fear
Honey, we are dead
It's snowing
Cool out all is fine
|
||||
3. |
Breaking
03:07
|
|||
|
Changing shapes
Falling apart
Slowly pull together again
Amber waves and says goodbye
The more you kiss
The more you cry
Gliding away
Changing shapes
Slowly pull together again
Amber waves and says goodbye
The more you kiss
The more you cry
Open your coat
And follow the boat
Until the last moment
The man says...
Take this
|
||||
4. |
Happy Feet
05:21
|
|||
|
As I walk down the street
Cats meow, dogs bark
My heart beats your name
All the clocks that I see
Don't give me the time of day
No, no instead they show me your smile
As the word is to the flower
So it is with us
We are only really talking when we kiss and hug
Put your little heart in mine
I'll shelter you from the storm outside
You can set your bird free in my sky
I put my faith squarely in you
I put my faith squarely in us
I put my faith squarely in me
I put my faith squarely in us
Who's going to stop your tears from running?
Who's going to stop your eyes from burning?
Who's going to make you smile now?
Who's going to walk down your lonely streets?
Holding your hand in love so sweet?
Who's going to give you happy feet?
Who're you going to save for a rainy day?
To come and chase your clowds away?
Oh, please, honey let it be me.
Put it on my shoulders baby
I can carry the load
I can cover you up like a blanket when you're cold
I put my faith squarely in you
I put my faith squarely in us
I put my faith squarely in me
I put my faith squarely in us
|
||||
5. |
Jaded Jean
03:50
|
|||
|
If you could see like jaded jean
You wouldn't have a need for dreams
Like jaded jean in her jaded scene
She's planting seeds
A garden queen
You can find her at home almost every night
Writing letters on sheets of white
Or jade green
From her garden stream
She's consciously falling asleep
Jaded jean
Would you believe
Her father's at home
Watching the clocks
While mommy's alone
And would you believe
In all of these things
If you could see
Like jaded jean
If you could work out everything
And fill the holes the ashes bring
You wouldn't have a need for dreams
Like jaded jean
In her jaded scene
The stories come before she falls asleep
She draws the people she wants to meet
They live in houses filled with schemes
The sun rises up
And floods her streams
Would you believe
Her father's at home
Watching the clocks
While mommy's alone
And would you believe
In all of these things
If you could see
Like jaded jean
If you could be like jaded jean
You wouldn't have a need for dreams
|
||||
6. |
Rainbowmaker
05:45
|
|||
|
Rainbows have a way of knowing
And welcoming the light
Flying its flag
Rainbows have a way of showing
And teaching about light
Naming all the colors
Water with its peace with time
Can block and bend the light
I want to be that water
I am a rainbow chaser
I want to get that pot
Of gold at the end
I want to see the way
I want to know the way
Sailing on the waves
Floating in the waves
Feeling a part of time
Feeling all of the time
I want to be a rainbowmaker
I want to be a prism-man
I want to show my colors
I want a sky, each star an eye
Mirroring me back my man
Shining on me, shining me
I want to be, be understood
And I want, want to be heard
I want to be cared about
I want to be a rainbowmaker
To refract a tiny piece
Of all the distance of light
I want to be a rainbowmake
r
I want to be a prism-man
Iwant to show you my colors
I want to see the way
I want to know the way
Sailing on the waves
Floating in the waves
Feeling a part of time
Feeling all of the time
|
||||
7. |
Know Your Ghosts
04:20
|
|||
|
I used to see the truth inside of what you said
Instead of thinking you're a kid
But those days seem so far away
I can only vaguely remember
High tides, low tides come and gone
Two more mooncalves torn asunder
Save me a whistle in eighteen years
Or don't; its all the same to me
Know your ghosts and you will never be alone
Never be alone never be alone
Know your ghosts
Know your ghosts and you will never be alone
Never be alone never be alone
Know your ghosts
|
||||
8. |
Sense
04:08
|
|||
|
Thought you had a gun
And I didn't want to run
So follow me down to the sea
Stop along the way at a place that we can hide
You're the one holding the key
A lady gathers grass
And watches where she's been
She hopes none of her neighbors will see
She's stepping inside of a bus thats turning green
For once in her life she is free
|
||||
9. |
Firecracker
04:44
|
|||
|
I believe in colors
So bright and full
So extreme
I believe in light
Florescent, candle
And the sun
It's not enough
To not be afraid of electricity
You've got to believe
You've got to believe
Give me your hums, your drums
Your drones and moans and
All the riches of your Gold Coast
Give me your wings, your web
Give me your heart and head
Give me your smoke ghost
The past is past, the future's best
I'm standing here
Ready for anything that comes
You and me will not
Go down in history
We'll just be disappeared and drowned
But, there's a lot of freedom out there
And I'm just trying for my piece
Oh, you've got to believe
You've got to believe
Show me your wrist, your lips, your kiss
Your needs and knees
Show me what you fear most
Show me your ankle, show me your elbow
Show me your anger
Show me your smoke ghost
Show me
|
||||
10. |
Percolate
09:31
|
|||
|
Primo afternoon
To catch a train and zoom
Tunnel down to a curve
Get off before you swerve
You're never coming back
You're on the second track
You're leaving here you're gone
Just drive into the sun
A candy smile and you
Slow burning sweet perfume
Take all the time you need
Take in the sound of steam
You're never coming back
You're on the second track
You're leaving here you're gone
Just drive into the sun
You're tired sink down below
You really need to glow
Then get behind the wheel
It's all you've got to feel
You're never coming back
You're on the second track
You're leaving here you're gone
Just drive into the sun
|
||||
Tadpoles Hoboken, New Jersey
Tadpoles, based in Hoboken, NJ, disbanded in 2000 after releasing 4 critically acclaimed studio albums, 1 live album and 1 E.P. all on their own Bakery Records label (except for their last studio album, Whirlaway, which was released on Australia's Camera Obscura Records.) The group was formed by vocalist/guitarist, Todd Parker and original drummer, Michael Kite Audino in New York City in 1990. ... more
Tadpoles recommends:
Varicose Brains
by Tony Mentzer
FACTSHEET 5 called it "a must for astral travelers". One fan was so moved by this collection that it was the only cassette she brought on a summer back-packing expedition through Europe.
go to album
Greetings From The Star Chamber
by Todd Parker and The Witches
Todd Parker's first post-Tadpoles solo album!
go to album
Todd Parker - Presents The Farm Tapes, Vol. 1
by Todd Parker
Check out The Farm Tapes series - free releases of old school psychedelic 4-track excursions and early Tadpoles demos.
go to albumIf you like Tadpoles, you may also like:
supported by 4 fans who also own “Smoke Ghost”
Un bon compromis entre les vieux albums de Cathedral et Hawkwind. Que du bon !
go to album
The New & Improved Active Listener Sampler
by The Active Listener
supported by 4 fans who also own “Smoke Ghost”
Love the Greek Theatre, they're part of our New Music show on Mixcloud! https://www.mixcloud.com/PsychedelicJukeboxx/freshly-squeezed-new-music/
go to album
Mindless Meadow
by ttwig (JUICEB☮X)
featured on Bandcamp Radio Nov 17, 2023
go to album
