Three Portraits EP, by Jeff Symonds

Three Portraits EP

by Jeff Symonds

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1.	Laurie 03:34	lyrics	buy track
Laurie sits on her front porch but she won’t say nothin’ Mama brings her lemonade and thinks that Laurie’s bluffin’ She says get up off of that seat and do something for yourself But Laurie’s life is shattered, he’s in love with someone else She took the things he gave her and threw them all away Still she can’t believe that he is gone to stay Hears their six-month old baby crying upstairs But since he left it’s been harder to care Laurie And I don’t know where she is now I hope she made it out of there somehow Mama rubs her temples and leans against the table She never thought she’d raise someone disabled She’d pay a ransom for a future not so bleak While Laurie just sits there listening to that porch swing creak Laurie
2.	LFYS 01:15	lyrics	buy track
This is my little fuck you song You're not worth much so it's not that long I play it every night to make me feel better I sent you a copy in a fuck you letter And i pulled your picture out of the trash To tear it to pieces and burn it to ash And I wiped my ass with the poem you wrote Now it's time fot the solo fuck you, one note This isn't clever and this isn't deep I hope Kevorkian puts you to sleep I hope the garbagemen tows you away You go to the sandbox and they won't let you play And i'm sick and tired of singing to the blues And wiping your shit offa my shoes Roll over you stiff get a whiff of the news I'm thinking of you baby and I'm thinking fuck you
3.	Caroline 03:42	lyrics	buy track
Caroline I just seem to fade away Caroline I just don’t know what to say You made me feel so good and I really wish you would just Pick up the phone sometime and give me a call Anytime at all Caroline I just don’t know what to do Maybe it’s just a phase I’m going through Sometimes life is unkind and I just want peace of mind but I gotta say to you that With you so concealed, I don’t know what to feel Caroline, I thought I would do so much And now I waste my life Being a photograph, a practiced smile frozen in black and white Well I know I’m lonely And it may be only me But could you help me understand Caroline, there is so much left to fear God, Caroline I wish that you were here I don’t know what to think and I drag a chain with my own links and With each passing day my Memory starts to fade Wonder where you’re today Caroline, even Earhart wished that Someone could have been good enough for the ride And that was never me I traded that for empty, foolish pride Well I know I’m lonely And it may be only me But could you help me understand Understand
4.	Drunk In My Own House (Bob Fagan) 03:46	info	buy track
5.	Emily 03:40	lyrics	buy track
Emily says that she is over him and ready for a change Emily says that she is nervous and she’s starting to feel strange Emily texts and calls it love and then never writes at all Emily says she needs to talk to me and then forgets to call But I don’t mind I don’t mind I don’t mind Emily’s boyfriend always shows up when I try and take her home Emily’s boyfriend tells me nicely they just need some time alone Emily smiles and she says don’t worry, this’ll only take a few I waited for her to come home until a quarter after two But I don’t mind I don’t mind I don’t mind, oh Emily Emily Emily knows she’s reached the end of my fraying nerves and rope Emily begs me to be patient cause it’s very hard to cope With saying goodbye to someone who’s needed her for all these years Emily says she is so bad at decisions, she has fears But I don’t mind I don’t mind Oh, Emily, you gotta make up your mind Emily
6.	riverrun Overture 05:15	lyrics	buy track
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Three Portraits EP
All tracks recorded and mixed by Gawain Matthews
Tracks 1-3 Mastered by Michael Romanowski
Tracks 4-6 Mastered by Gawain Matthews
Produced by Keith Carroll

Laurie (Symonds)
James DePrato—Lead Guitar
Rich Price—Background Vocals
Megan Slankard—Background Vocals
Jeff- Remainder

The oldest song on riverrun; written in 1988, and recorded about every ten years in a bunch of different arrangements. This version is my fave thanks to Rich, James, and Megan.

Little F*ck You Song (Symonds)
Jeff—Everything

Probably my singular contribution to world culture. “Kevorkian” is also a fun name to sing, and, like when Tom Petty sings, “Take back Joe Piscopo,” makes less and less sense every day. Oh, well.

Caroline (Symonds)
James DePrato—Lead Guitar
Rich Price—Background Vocals
Megan Slankard—Background Vocals
Jeff- Remainder

It took me a long time to get the lyrics to this one right. Sorry for the wait, Caroline.

Drunk In My Own House (Fagan)
Jeff – Everything

I was in a band for a hot second in the mid-90s with three very nice guys called The Underlings. We wrote about a dozen songs and then went our separate ways. The guitarist, Bob Fagan, brought this one to the table, and I always thought it was a stone-cold classic. I forgot about it until the lyrics fell out of a box in the basement in a cleaning purge 25 years later, and the whole thing came back to me. I can’t find Bob online or anywhere else, so Bob—this one’s for (and by) you. Hope you don’t mind that I changed a few lines. And thanks to Dean Claeys for sending me an Underlings rehearsal tape so I could hear Bob sing it again.

Emily (Symonds)
James DePrato—Lead Guitar
Rich Price—Background Vocals
Megan Slankard—Background Vocals
Jeff- Remainder

My favorite from a slew of about 50 songs I wrote from 1994-1997 when I was a sensitive ponytail singer-songwriter along with about 37% of San Francisco’s population. Emily is a really fun name to say and sing.

riverrun overture (Symonds)
Jeff—Everything

The original plan was to have this theme introduce all four “sides” of riverrun, and these melodies would appear in and out of the songs. In the end, I thought starting a 65 minute record with a five minute overture was asking a little too much, but I do love it, so here it is. You can hear track one, “Florida,” beginning as it fades out, and the piano breakdown became the backbone of “Breathe It Out Again,” so everything worked out.

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released December 30, 2022

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