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Bye Bye Butterfly

by Charlie Hely

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1.
Loretta 02:51
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4.
Sidewalks 04:16
5.
Instrumental 02:03
6.
Snowy Night 03:54
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Subtlety 02:36
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13.
Dave 04:27

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Written and performed by Charlie Hely unless otherwise noted.
Mixed and mastered by Mark Boccard.
Cover art by Ari Diaconis.
Alyssa Pagano sings backup vocals on tracks 1, 4, 7, 9, and 13.

1. I Don’t Care If You Leave Your Light On:
The song references “Don’t Leave the Light On Baby,” by Belle & Sebastian.
2. Loretta:
The song references “Boots of Spanish Leather,” by Bob Dylan. The sample is from a 1963 interview of Bob Dylan on WFMT Chicago, conducted by Studs Terkel.
3. Being at a Wedding:
The sample is from the 1983 film “Wild Style.”
5. Instrumental:
The samples are from voicemails from Adrian Cohen, Andy Davis, and Josh Lerner; a reading of the D.H. Lawrence poem “Piano,” by Christopher Hassall; an interview with Molly Drake from 2002 Nick Drake Documentary “A Skin Too Few”; a conversation between Linus and Charlie Brown in 1969 film “A Boy Named Charlie Brown”; and an interview with Skeme from the 1983 documentary “Style Wars.”
7. Bye Bye Butterfly:
The samples are from the 1964 Bonnie Dobson album “Hootenanny with Bonnie Dobson,” and 1951 film “Alice in Wonderland.” “Bye Bye Butterfly” is the title of a 1965 piece by Pauline Oliveros.
8. Cupid and Psyche:
The song references the story of Cupid and Psyche.
9. I Watched You Talk:
Lyrics by Charlie Hely & Alexa Rose.
10. Donna Heyward:
The sample is from Lara Flynn Boyle as Donna Hayward in episodes of Twin Peaks. All references are to characters in Twin Peaks.
11. Subtlety:
The song is influenced by “Living by the Water” by Anne Briggs.
12. Wedding Bells:
Lonnie Davis plays lead guitar. Andy Davis plays banjo. The sample is from the 1940 Woody Guthrie Library of Congress recordings. The title references the song “Wedding Bells,” by Hank Williams.
13. Dave:
The song quotes a line from Pavement’s song “Stereo” (“pigs they tend to wiggle when they walk”).

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released October 5, 2014

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