bee a bear

• All songs written and recorded by Zach Fountain
• Album art / design by Amanda Hawkins

Tracklist

1. gorilla masks 2:53 » lyrics
   nothing is wrong with me i can’t repair
   nothing is wrong with me when i’m not there
   yeah, sometimes i can’t wait to be home
   
   get so scared whenever i go out
   have to talk a lot and smile around
   hoping i don’t say something out of turn
   
   all the people that i know, and all the people that i see
   wonder if they know the effect they have on me
   
   the girl at the diner said no gorilla masks
   don’t want to rob the place
   just don’t want to be asked, hey how are you on this lovely afternoon
   don’t answer the door when i’m home alone
   could be someone important, always someone i don’t know
   let them ring that bell, and i won’t move
   
   all the people that i don’t know, and all the people that i don’t see
   i know they know the effect they have on me
2. almost fall 2:01 » lyrics
   cooling down a little bit, almost fall and we will sit
   in our backyard in our long scarves
   watching dogs chase aeroplanes
   
   words we both say will dance and play
   we will kiss and they will stay in both our hearts
   as we part and as we join together again
   
   dance around my pretty lady to a song we both know well
   close your eyes and when your rise i will be right there by your side
   
   when winter comes it will be fun to be cold for a month or two
   the desert’s strong, cold won’t last long
   we want to wear jackets every day of the year
3. all these things 2:34 » lyrics
   if i were a boat i’d sail the open sea and i’d always be sure to take you with me
   if i were an animal, i’d want to be a bear and i’d scare away anyone who wanted to do you harm
   
   da da, da da, da da, da da da da
   
   if i were a dog i’d probably be a mutt and i’d look really funny but i’d give you all my love
   and if i were a house i’d be this house, here for you no matter how bad your day was
   
   i’m just me but i want to be all these things
   all these things, and everything you need
4. always and never 2:15 » lyrics
   always remember my nightmares
   never remember my good dreams
   but when i wake and you are next to me
   nothing’s as bad as it seems
   
   never remember the things that you say to me
   always remember the way that you say them
   but i want to give you more happiness than you could ever spend
   
   always like it complicated
   never looking for some simple thing
   but when i see that look that you give me
   i have no trouble believing
   
   so let’s go out and lie in the park
   always and nevers lost in the dark
   i’ve made more promises than i have told
   but never more than my hands can hold
5. quiet here 2:54 » lyrics
   it's so hard without you here, i don't know what to do with myself
   it's so easy to stay busy and not do much of anything
   it's so hard to stay at home, but i don't want to go out
   it's so hard to stay at home and not make lots of noise
   and i make lots of noise
   
   it gets so quiet here
   it gets too quiet here
   i can hear myself
   
   i take things apart and put them back together, not in a way that's smart
   they're never quite right afterward
   it's so easy to get distracted by things that do not matter
   some things they do not matter
   
   it gets so quiet here, it gets so quiet here, it gets too quiet here
   i can hear myself
   i can hear myself think
6. if you got old 5:01 » lyrics
   when i read what you said about christmas, you were just listening to records and drinking
   oh, when i heard about you, that’s all i was thinking
   
   when i saw your picture in the news, smiling from the local obituary
   was like your ghost was there, looking at me
   
   well, i can’t remember the time and place i was talking to you
   was it about bob dylan, or did i say something rude
   
   well, i might hear one of your bass lines in some song that i’m playing
   you might turn to me and smile
   what’s that you were saying
   
   put on my morning jacket and went for a walk in the desert cold
   and spent my day wondering what you’d look like if you got old
7. the playing field 2:35 » lyrics
   the new year came and i wasn’t ready
   over halfway over and i’m holding steady
   there are some things I’d like to do
   don’t know what they are, it’s true
   i’ve never made a resolution
   
   there are times i want to tell you everything i can
   but i stop myself from acting stupid because i don’t understand
   what it means to rise above this playing field
   these teams we’re supposed to be a part of
   i’d rather sit out this whole game
   
   there are mornings i wake up, i can see more years in my face than i can own up to
   i hold steady at this erratic pace
   these years have come and gone, though i tried hard to hold on
   i’ve never made a resolution
   
   these people have come and gone, though i tried hard to hold on
   i’ve never made a resolution
8. the list 2:09 » lyrics
   not sure i believe it yet, i keep hoping you faked your death
   hoping it’s all a big joke and you’ll reappear in a cloud of smoke
   i’m reading all these goodbyes online, i’m not ready to say mine
   looking for your name in the paper, just to see
   
   not really sure if you meant it, i’m really hoping that you didn’t
   thought more people would beat you to the end
   but the list wraps around and back again
   once i can’t find you anywhere, i’ll admit that you are nowhere to be found
   maybe in the sky or in the ground
9. the happiness we've found 2:30 » lyrics
   come now my darling, shed all your fears
   anything we might need is already here
   you watch the sky, i’ll keep my ear to the ground
   we’ll discover nothing like the happiness we’ve found
   
   the gamblers throw everything at the hope of a win
   but you were a sure bet from the very beginning
   and show lines they form long after we’re gone
   we don’t need entertainment, we can sing our own songs
   
   ambiguous waiters, gondolas, evening light, or Mexican restaurants in the middle of the night
   the time we have together, it is always spent well
   our love is like a sweet take on some fairy tale
   
   six hundred miles from what was our home
   we mixed our possessions and made our own
   the years they come, they come and they leave
   for each one we have, that’s one less to grieve
10. glad new day 3:42 » lyrics
    main street is heaven tonight
    my car is the only one on the road
    i could close my eyes and go through all the red lights
    and make it home
    
    up too late with nothing to say
    and i left early even though you asked me to stay
    the morning light is far too blue for me not to be with you
    and i wish i had stayed
    but there will be another day
    
    there is something wonderful about everything you do
    and never enough ways to say just how i feel about you
    nothing feels quite the same
    now that you’re around to blame for this good feeling
    and my door opens to a glad new day
    
    the stars shine like dreams
    and the galaxy spins exactly as it seems
    for the first time in a long time, i feel all right
11. fade into view / sleepyhead 3:30 » lyrics
    kids are playing in the street
    the neighbors are pulling the trash cans in
    i can hear dogs barking, cars driving by
    
    you are sleeping in the next room
    i’m whispering so i don’t wake you
    just want you to know you make anyplace feel like home
    
    with all the lights left on at night
    the stars don’t have room to shine
    we will see them on the road, they’ll fade into view
    
    you are waking in the next room
    and i’m whispering to softly wake you
    and you should know you make anyplace feel like home
12. the road between 3:04 » lyrics
    i’ll be leaving in the morning, i’ll be gone and on my way
    i’ll be looking for you, darling, every single step i take
    the road may be long and winding and i’m no good at directions
    but i will find my way across, yes, i will find my way
    
    i’ll buy a bag of flower seeds and when they finally bloom
    i’ll tie a ribbon ‘round the stem and deliver them to you
    the soil’s bad and water’s scarce and the weeds they grow so tall
    but they will find a way to blossom, they will find their way
    
    this trucker’s atlas is too old, these roads are all shut down
    the planes have all been grounded but the buses they got out
    may take some time to get there and my feet are worn and sore
    but i will find my way to you, yes, i will find my way
    
    saw each other on the road between nowhere and nowhere else
    you were with your dogs and i was by myself
    my map was torn and faded but you had one of your own
    and we will find our way across, yes, we will find our way