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The Honeymoon Agenda

by Mike + Ruthy

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1.
All the Time 02:23
I wanna fill the sky with you I wanna be your one love truly and all the time I wanna break free from this maze I wanna be free to graze on you all the time I wanna fall in love I wanna call it love I wanna haul up all this love with you all the time I wanna be in love I wanna see you in love I be knee deep in love with you all the time I wanna feel the night again I wanna be your best friend I'll call you all the time And times when we're alone I wanna call you on the phone I'll bug you all the time I wanna fall in love I wanna call it love I wanna haul up all this love with you all the time I wanna be in love I wanna see you in love I be knee deep in love with you all the time I be knee deep in love with you all the time I be knee deep in love with you all the time
2.
Sometimes I get a good feeling I get a feeling that I never, never had before And I got to tell you right now I believe, I really do believe that Something's got a hold on me Oh, it must be love Something's got a hold on me right now Oh, it must be love I never felt like this before Something's got a hold on me that won't let go I believe I'd die if I only could I sure feel strange, but I sure feel good Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh Baby, Oh, it must be love Let me tell you now Something's got a hold on me Oh, it must be love Something's got a hold on me right now Oh, it must be love I got a feeling, I feel so strange Everything about me seems to have changed Step by step, I got a brand new walk I even sound sweeter when I talk Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh Baby, Oh, it must be love Let me tell you now My heart feels heavy, my feet feel light I shake all over, but I feel alright I never felt like this before Something's got a hold on me that won't let go I never thought it could happen to me My heart was heavy when in misery I never thought it could be this way Love's sure gonna put a hurting on me Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh Baby, Oh, it must be love Yeah he walks like love And he talks like love Makes me feel alright In the middle of the night . . .
3.
I’m going to get my baby outta jail I’m going to get my baby outta jail She said she wasn’t guilty, and she wouldn’t pay no bail I’m going to get my baby outta jail I must have walked a valley on my floor I must have walked a valley on my floor Just waitin’ on her foot steps and a-knockin at my door I’m going to get my baby outta jail Just one more thing a-workin’ on my mind One more thing a-workin’ on my mind High court costs and lawyer fees ain’t something like a fine I’m going to get my baby outta jail I’m going to get my baby outta jail I’m going to get my baby outta jail She said she wasn’t guilty, and she wouldn’t pay no bail I’m going to get my baby outta jail
4.
Short While 03:05
We're all ridin' on that lonesome train Mind searchin' down a slow road Cause Iron wheels burn rails too fast Waitin' to ease a heavy load Even trouble plagues a pretty girl's mind And a rich man's Trump palace halls So much on earth lasts a short while Except these dreams and heavens call Even trouble plagues a pretty girl's mind And a rich man's Trump palace halls So much on earth lasts a short while Except these dreams and heavens call We're all ridin' on that lonesome train Mind searchin' down a slow road Cause Iron wheels burn rails too fast Waitin' to ease a heavy load Iron wheels burn rails too fast Waitin' to ease a heavy load
5.
Me and Jane are one and the same we are one and the same tonight She wears her hair in a bow I know her intensions are right And her highest goal at least as I'm told it pertains to theory of flight Oh but I am undone that's why I asked her not to come I've been sad but I'm not the only one We sit in the shadows we are teasin' the fire we are teasin' the fire and the light And the king and the queen are parading around as if they own the night And I exclaim "I could never be the same, I never could be fake if I tried!" Well, the queen starts to hum, says, "Put my poison in my rum." She's been high but she's not the only one The rich and the poor they are one and the same they are one and the same with time And the business men are humping the neon signs they are humping neon signs with delight And I said to my friend, "Have you ever seen such a thing?" He said, "If I were Hemmingway I'd write." Oh, but he would not heed he must have had something up his sleeve Oh he once was free but now he's just like me The street smells like semen the air is a demon and it's making a firey blow And I smell tobacco it's curlin' and streamin' I'm dreamin' I'm dreamin I didn't know That fewer and fewer lists I believe in and some say it dies with the flow Oh, but I, I am carnal and this will all come and pass tomorrow I've been sad but it's only self pity / sorrow Me and Jane we turn in the same way we turn in the same way we came On her head is a crown she moves me with pain I am stuck on her like a stain She says life is a highway it's a wide open highway and you're traffic if you don't change lanes That's why I asked her to stay she said "That's something I thought you would never say" She is pharmaceutical but hey, that's okay
6.
I'll be your mirror Reflect what you are, in case you don't know I'll be the wind, the rain and the sunset The light on your door to show that you're home When you think the night has seen your mind That inside you're twisted and unkind Let me stand to show that you are blind Please put down your hands 'Cause I see you I find it hard to believe you don't know The beauty that you are But if you don't let me be your eyes A hand in your darkness, so you won't be afraid When you think the night has seen your mind That inside you're twisted and unkind Let me stand to show that you are blind Please put down your hands 'Cause I see you I'll be your mirror
7.
WE LINE UP AS WE ALWAYS LINE UP SIGN THE BOOK TO PROVE YR HERE SATAN, SATAN CAN’T TOUCH ME OR TALK TALK TO ME, LIKE I TALK TO ME A HEAD, A HEAD IS BETTER THAN A HEAD, A HEAD IS BETTER THAN A HEAD, A HEAD IS BETTER THAN A LEG FAMOUS IS AN ATTITUDE 50,000,000 WEAPONS CAN’T BE WRONG SEX IS KILLING US TODAY EVERYBODY WANTS MY MONEY WHEN SHE LOOKS GOOD YOU LOOK GREAT AND A HEAD, A HEAD IS BETTER THAN A HEAD, A HEAD IS BETTER THAN A HEAD, A HEAD IS BETTER THAN A LEG WE LINE UP AS WE ALWAYS LINE SIGN THE BOOK TO PROVE YR HERE I KNOW EVERY BODY KNOWS BUT I DON’T KNOW EVERYBODY WE SING A HEAD, A HEAD IS BETTER THAN A HEAD, A HEAD IS BETTER THAN A HEAD, A HEAD IS BETTER THAN A LEG
8.
Beg and Borrow I eat chicken and I boil the bones To pay off my student loans I don;t talk on mobile phones I got all my original chromosomes Well insured I’ll never be At least not here in the home of the free House catches fire go live in a tree I’m a little, little fish in a great big sea The poppies will put you to sleep Will you find your way back out? O, don’t breath too deep And keep yr money near yr mouth I’m gonna borrow, I’m gonna beg I’m gonna beg and borrow I’m gonna borrow, I’m gonna beg I’ll pay you back tomorrow I’d rather get my food from the farmers hand Than the food scientist at the fast food stand No bag, no box no rubber band No I don’t need no middle man I see my eye lids are droopin’ But they’re not quite shut There’s a funny feelin’ down in my gut Something’s wrong but I don’t know what My hands are bloody but I’m not cut The poppies will put you to sleep Will you find your way back out? O, don’t breath too deep And keep yr money near yr mouth I’m gonna borrow, I’m gonna beg I’m gonna beg and borrow I’m gonna borrow, I’m gonna beg I’ll pay you back tomorrow
9.
For this Love I just wanted to feel her Washing up against me like the shore Never knew what this feeling was for But it’s love Tricks are turned and lives are split So many good loves up and quit I wont be that hypocrite For this love Love is soft but it’s hard to find I hope you never change your mind I’ll be cool and you’ll be kind For this love Doubted you for the thousandth time Can’t believe yr still by my side Nowit’s so hardfor us to hide From this love Every morning that we get to I just gotta give thanks to you Never knew if we’d make it through This love For this love
10.
Well I stumbled in the darkness I'm lost and alone Though I said I'd go before us And show the way back home There a light up ahead I can't hold onto her arm Forgive me pretty baby but I always take the long way home Money's just something you throw Off the back of a train Got a head full of lightning A hat full of rain And I know that I said I'd never do it again And I love you pretty baby but I always take the long way home I put food on the table And roof overhead But I'd trade it all tomorrow For the highway instead Watch your back keep your eyes shut tight Your love's the only thing I've ever known One thing for sure pretty baby I always take the long way home You know I love you baby More than the whole wide world You are my woman I know you are my pearl Let's go out past the party lights Where we can finally be alone Come with me and we can take the long way home Come with me, together we can take the long way home Come with me, together we can take the long way home
11.
[Instrumental]
12.

about

The recording of this collection of mostly-love-songs was inspired by our friend and producer, José Ayerve, who offered to record our first duo record for us as a wedding present. We are grateful to have such thoughtful and talented friends.

CD Review: Mike & Ruthy, The Honeymoon Agenda
by Peter Aaron, January 25, 2008

When most newlyweds take their honeymoons, they jet off to some sunny, all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean. Not the Mammals’ Michael and Ruth Ungar Merenda. After receiving the wedding gift of recording time from producer Jose Ayerve, the young couple opted to spend their postnuptials at home in West Hurley making their first album as a duo. Be elated they did: This simply beautiful, organically crafted (and well-titled) session references the Mammals’ neo-string band tack and folk roots (fiddler and guitarist Ruthy is the daughter of famed fiddler Jay Ungar) and also brings a trough of more contemporary influences (brilliant covers of Tom Waits, Etta James, Bob Dylan, even Hella’s Aaron Ross).

This disc is a 40-minute expression of love, one that works on several levels. There’s the obvious tier of the couple’s love for each other: the near whisper of guitarist/banjoist Mike’s “All the Time” or Ruthy’s vocal caressing of the Velvet Underground’s “I’ll Be Your Mirror,” which almost makes us blush and find somewhere else to be. Then there’s the duo’s amorous reverence for the folk tradition, which to them mandates reinventing—not coddling—the classics; Mike’s arrangement of “I’m Going to Get My Baby Out of Jail” overflows with dirty Neil Young guitars. But peel back another layer to find a love for the act of music-making itself and the warming hearth it represents for these folk-reared kids; Ruthy’s stepmom, Molly Mason, contributes bass to “Beg and Borrow,” the romping ode of an artist scraping by. Here’s hoping the couple’s anniversaries yield more records this good.

credits

released January 1, 2007

Produced + engineered by José Ayerve
at Humble Abode Music, West Hurley, NY
Mastered by Scott Petito at NRS in Catskill, NY
Photography by Cassandra Jenkins
at the Colony Cafe in Woodstock, NY

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