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The Compartmentalized Thing

from Internal Combustion by Rain Perry

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The Compartmentalized Thing
Words & Music by Rain Perry
c 2010 Precipitous Music/BMI
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I intend to give my heart completely
While I’m standing on this stage
‘cause I heard that when you write
you open a vein and spill it on the page
and when the night is over
I don’t plan to stick around
‘cause tomorrow there's another show
in another town

I'm getting a feel for
The way that we do this
The way that we do
The compartmentalized thing

Now, we're gonna move together
Let's read each other
Follow my mouth
And the first time, I’ll go slow
Now give that to me one more time
With everything you've got
Okay, I think I have what I need
And you are free to go

Oh yeah, I'm getting a feel for
The way that we do this
The way that we do
The compartmentalized thing

Me and the boys in the band
We know how to do it
We know how to do
The compartmentalized thing

(instrumental break)

I bring my heart on a platter
And we flay it like a salmon
And then it lies there quivering
For a week or so
And when the week is over
And the work is all done
I take it back neatly wrapped
And then it's time to go

Oh, how will I ever get a feel for
The way that we do this
The way that we do
The compartmentalized thing

Yeah, we know each other really well
But only one part
And that is the art
Of the compartmentalized thing

credits

from Internal Combustion, released September 21, 2010
Mark Hallman - drums, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, horns, Hammond B3 organ
Rain Perry - vocals
Danny B. Harvey - electric guitar
Julie Christensen - vocals
Tommy Schultz - cabinet latch

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Rain Perry Ojai, California

Rain Perry’s “Beautiful Tree” was the theme for the CW Network’s Life Unexpected, on which she also had the surreal pleasure of appearing as herself. She has released four albums on her own Precipitous Records, as well as writing and touring a solo play about her childhood. In 2016 she completed The Shopkeeper, her first film. She teaches a series of classes called Songwriting for Civilians. ... more

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