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Chris Klippel's Self​-​Proclaimed Greatest Hits

by Chris Klippel

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    Hand-numbered limited run CDs, screen printed cover designed by James Edmonson, hand typed track list and/or screen printed track list, bound in a gorgeous Arigato-Pak from Stumptown Printers.

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1.
Man 03:43
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Im a man, i dont bow but i stand and it makes me better than the snakes see my plan is to exist until i cant, im about where i am itll take me to a better place and maybe youll see me the way be the way see the way that all the snakes say all the snakes say me the way be the way see the way that all the snakes say all the snakes say but snakes: they cant fake their way to fame they can show you a better way to make better days. stay the same youre tailor made to astound where you dont know how you wont know how go back again (i think you got it on lock) (you diggin the same things as me) (bird song, be strong, so long, hold on) (i think i would like to try again) now im back and we wait for the attack i dont owe you second place you faked a better fate to play the game youre tailor made to astound where you dont know how. you wont know how go back again. (i think you got it on lock) (you diggin the same things as me) (bird song, be strong, so long, hold on) (i think i would like to try again)
2.
Oaktown 03:34
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i go back to oaktown another place to be in the mirror i see the way back to the old town take another look and never gets any nearer in fact it gets farther away in a way it always seems to change and when i stop it catches me its safe to walk, and its safe to breathe i brushed you off so casually my self has got a hold on me im on track now a little older i didnt used to be but im used to seeing into the cracks of the old now take another look and it always gets a bit clearer its a trap as it gets further away in a way it always seems to change when i stop it fetches me until its safe to talk and its safe to be the chords still prop up prophecy quarter notes stop and the chorus leads
3.
Dawn 02:29
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wake up, wrap your arms around you: the summer dawn (you the summer dawn) and nothing yet stirs on the face of the dirt, no and the water was dead and the shadows still camp on the road ahead (on the road ahead) and i walk, waking quick oh yeah and i follow my breath and the light's making lines through it light penetrates life and death BOTH life and death (life and death both life and death) a flower who told me her name in a path (in a summer path) already filled with fresh, pale gleams and the first venture was and i laughed at the blond wasserfall and tousled through the pine on a summit i recognized the girl (i think i know her) then, one by one, i lifted her veils and i was waving my arms, i notified the cock OH (notified them) in the city she fled among the steeples (tried to find her) and the domes, and running running like a beggar (running like a) on the marble quays i chased her. (running like a) - Based on "Dawn" from "Les Illuminations" by A. Rimbaud
4.
The Chump Aint Real 05:45
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god is what you find when you get through to the meaning of you but maybe your trying but maybe its all wrong. but maybe its all wrong. youll know its right it front of you gotta get behind the thoughts you thought you knew, and maybe your trying, maybe its too soon. will you be the one for me who shows some generosity? could you be the one to see and show just where i outta be? chorus lines and chords are fine to express what you think of time, but words express the mind and i dont know what im to do with mine. lay back, relax. do what you wanna do. trying to be kind what words to use? gotta bear in mind, diffuse, and introduce ideas you can find: let none confuse. if youre really so inclined: lay back, relax, youll get through. will you be the one for me who shows some generosity? could you be the one to see and show just where i outta be? chorus lines and chords are fine to express what you think of time, but words express the mind and i dont know what im to do with mine. lay back, relax. do what you wanna do. try and what you find is likely to be false, and maybe youre trying but maybe youre all wrong. will you be the one for me who shows some generosity? could you be the one to see and show just where i outta be? chorus lines and chords are fine to express what you think of time, but words express the mind and i dont know what im to do with mine. dwelling in the mind, its likely youll be caught. but maybe youre trying and maybe youll be sought youre killing them with kindness, blindness, what youve got and maybe theyre crying but maybe theyll be taught youre living on my dime, my tithe, tenth, work done lost im saving my diamonds im changing my whole walk im filling up my time with mindful, youthful thoughts and maybe im dying but maybe we're all wrong will you be the one for me who shows some generosity? could you be the one to see and show just where i outta be chorus lines and chords are fine to express what you think of time but words express the mind and i dont know what im to do with mine but i really wanna try to see behind the grand design, just then: i thought a lot of TIMES absurd, confused. i brought a couple DIMES what i thought could be used you can dig it, trouble time theres no taboo or a fleeting feeling grime that washes over you. cause maybe im lying i must conclude, will you? will you be the one for me who shows some generosity? could you be the one to see and show just where i outta be chorus lines and chords are fine to express what you think of time but words express the mind and i dont know what im to do with mine
5.
Jaws 04:36
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my jaw hurts from all the stress: i clench, i bite, i press, i fight. my jaw hurts from all the pills ive tried to keep my life straight, still i wander. . . ive got my own straight and narrow path back at home. but what if theres a split in the road? which way should i go? i choose to go dont look back theres no behind forward legs go, always forward. toward the unknown, always forward. my back hurts from all the shit i lift to pay my rent, i would quit if i could conquer all the way to where the heavens can reach then id speak what i saw, and in my speach you couldnt find a flaw. then i remembered: i cant complain theres air in my lungs and in my brain and its too much fun to always change dont look back, theres no behind forward legs go always forward. toward the unknown always forward.
6.
Bounce Light Off 02:03
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wake up with moonlight the times right at night my love dont you want to wont you be with me you dont want to play the fool sunlight the times right the sun, my eyes dont you see youll burn your being the sun rays they dont hurt but the moon might be better bounce light off, reflect it back into me bounce light off, reflect it back into me dont you want to wont you be with me wont you be with me you do, but you dont want to play the fool you do. times right. bounce light off, reflect it back into me bounce light off, reflect it back into me bounce light off, reflect it back into me bounce light off, reflect it back into me
7.
Ghosts 04:22
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who goes there? not me, oh no. no, ive seen the photos. i dont.. i want to say.. i want it to.. to be the truth a ghost sings, he wanted to be known i think. i wanted to be heard. who goes there? not you, oh no. no, ive seen the fog i dont.. i want to say.. i want to know.. the things you do a ghost sings, he wanted to be known i think. i wanted to be heard.
8.
The Dancer 00:58
9.
Cats & Dogs 02:56
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you fly, you walk, you run you thought you were the only one. i walk too, and i fly sometimes. man, fuck you. i never thought you were the cheetah kind the lion kind the cougar kind the tiger kind i throw, you run, you run you know youre not the only one you come back, like i thought you would ill be right back and youll sit and youll wait youre not the: the cheetah kind the lion kind the cougar kind the tiger kind
10.
Why Say Stop (out of step) 03:51
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why say stop when we say go we say go we say go who says what we say goes we say goes we say goes why say stop when we say go we say go we say go who says what we say goes we say goes we say goes watch the people listen what they say watch the evil watch the bullets spray bigger cities different bills to pay different chills today, different feelings stop, go who says what we say goes we say goes we say goes why say stop when we say go we say go we say go who says what we say goes we say goes we say goes watch the people listen what they say watch the evil watch the bullets spray you say what we say has to stop we say we wont take that shit "drop the music now," abusing powers why say stop when we say go we say go we say go who says what we say goes we say goes we say goes watch the people listen what they say watch the evil watch the bullets spray bigger cities different bills to pay different chills today, different feelings stop, go who says what we say goes we say goes we say goes why say stop when we say go we say go we say go who says what we say goes we say goes we say goes
11.
If You're Going Past 02:41
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when the moon's hanging heavy in the sky i gotta run, i gotta fly. when the moon's hanging low i gotta go i gotta go. if youre going past, if you dont i dont want to know if you dont go. and if youre going through, if you do i dont want to be seen in the background with my pants down, im trying to get on with my swerve you dont want to let me. ive had it about to here. if i wanna drink, if i wanna smoke/drink with you... yeah i dont want to get too drunk too. if you want to dance with me, ill take you to my room cause i dont want to be chopped and screwed standing on a corner with my pants down to my knees you dont want to see me ive had it about to here. someone once told me: gold grows at the bottom of trees leaves fall and they die i see that its life breaking through the cracks of concrete that grow into the city streets i make my home among the trees and leaves of stone alone ive come to be.. if you want to be if you want to be alone with me too: ive got some motherfucking tests for you and if you pass, or if you dont pass if you dont like you want to then maybe we can bend the rules some have a two-some got me thinking i could use some
12.
Life in E 02:53
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the grass is always greener on the other side but i dont mind i see it all the time and if i thought that you wont mind i guess ill show you but grass can find its way outside their borderlines and into mine ive seen it all the time and if i thought that you wont mind i guess ill show you

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released July 31, 2014

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Chris Klippel San Francisco, California

"a catchy mishmash of his clarinet, guitar, and loads of falsetto harmonies over toe-tapping rhythms . . . some of the most inventive sounds I’ve heard all year." - The Bay Bridged

Nominated for The Deli SF Magazine's Best New Artist of 2013

"keeping our city funky and colorful, a bright contrast beneath the machine grey cloud of the tech-age." - The Deli Magazine ... more

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