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Faster Forward

by Craig Bennett

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1.
My Muse Has Become a Nuisance 03:39
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My Muse Has Become a Nuisance I see worth in all people. Everyone has potential to be completely worthless. While standing on a subway platform, I used a cell phone for the first time... called a thrift store clerk who had lost interest in her work. She said, "Come and see me, yeah, you need me. I inspire all of your sad songs about how life is so long." She said, "Come and see me, won't you show me all the guitars in the pawn shop?" She destroys the block with her tank top. Sometimes I feel OK, I hesitate, and then I say, "My muse has become a nuisance to me now." So what's the use? I'm tired and uninspired, life's left me so little to choose from. Some say, "hide love away." I have and here's what I say... I seek the damaged because the damaged always allow for an easy way in. I saw her digging for style in the Potter's House clothes pile. Yeah, that's where we first became friends. She said, "Come and see me, yeah, you need me. I inspire all of your sad songs about how life is so long." Why not just walk away? I have and here's what I say... Freedom from love, its true. Freedom from concerns for you. Freedom, at best, loneliness, but freedom, nonetheless. My muse has become a nuisance to me now. All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.
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Film School 04:19
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Film School Death came in the form of a little girl laughing. Well, it's made no sense ever since... She comes to me. Death issues a storm toward the fisherman and longshoreman. It makes no sense - makes no sense! She comes to me, she comes to me, yeah... Noisily loading a camera, one without sound. If only to do noble things like filming her in tight jeans, oh, constantly longing for me. I saw the closing credits of my life, you know, you were mentioned twice. Death plays Atari: Berserk, Tank Battle and Pong. She dares you to play along. She comes to me, she comes to me. Noisily loading a camera, one without sound. If only to do noble things like filming her in tight jeans, oh, constantly longing, that's me ... that's me. I'm gonna take my time, I'm gonna straddle that fine line. I'm gonna get you on film, get you out of my head, get you on film! I should have gone to film school. What have I done with my life? Now death comes in the form of a life without you. All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.
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Get Well Card 04:14
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Get Well Card I have this habit of knowing just when you'll descend. You have a new script in hand, wait for it to kick in. I have this habit of knowing just when to pretend. Look around, look around, look around and you'll see life is hard. Don't know where to start ... maybe trash my guitars. Take a look around, its a terrible mess you've made of your life. I memorized a few lines from a get well card. Well, I come in from the hinterlands. "Yeah, what did you see?" The city's in mourning, its all over TV. Now everyone has the intellect of an angst-riddled teen. Look around, look around, look around and you'll see life is hard. Don't know where to start ... maybe crash my car. Take a look around, its a terrible mess you've made of your life. Take a look and I think you'll find I found words best left unsigned. I memorized a few lines from a get well card. Look around, look around, look around and you'll see life is hard. Don't know where to start ... maybe break a broken heart. We all surround ourselves with people just like ourselves. That's the reason why we'll never get real help. Was I unkind? Was I too harsh? When I memorized a few lines from a get well card? You look out for number one, don't you girl? Well, here's hoping you end up with what you deserve. The city's in mourning, haven't you heard? We all surround ourselves with people just like ourselves. That is why we'll never get real help. All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.
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'Show-Me' State 03:17
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'Show-Me' State I like what you're wearing ... I've seen your type before, so dark ... and uncaring. You walk around like you own this town. Well, if you don't ,you should, you appeal to a part of me nobody else has understood. Now I've got her in a show-me state. Don't make your mind up, honey, well, you've got enough to make them wait. I took the airhead to the woodshed to make amends. Sometimes .... you just can't be friends. Oh no ... it's best to let it end. Get around to my side of town, I'm not hard to find. Make this next job last, use your bus pass, show me in, I'll lend you mine. I think some people don't know why they criticize how we live our lives, no one's satisfied. Now I've got her in a show-me state. Don't make your mind up, baby, well, you've got enough to make them wait. I like it when you braid your hair, I just stood and stared, I felt like giving up, like a fool I fell in love. It's best to let it end. I had her beside me... so long ago. Yeah, she could confide in me. Now look how she goes. No, I don't trust anyone ... no I don't trust anyone. (Her most of all.) No,no,no, no more friends ... I'll just let it end. I'm happy to just let it end. I've done all that I can ... I said, "what can you show me I haven't seen before?" Then she showed me the door. All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.
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Isn't She Wonderful? 04:22
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Isn't She Wonderful? I made up my mind, this time, I swear I'm invincible. I put up my arms, I brace the wall ,I keep her out that door. Though my friends, they whisper, "Isn't she wonderful?" It's best I didn't say. Is that wind in my sails? I can't tell. So much despair back there. I broaden my smile with each mile I get away from her. Though my friends, they whisper, "Isn't she wonderful?" It's hard for me to say. "Oh, she's wonderful!" Well, I made the same mistake. I want to get back there, though I know she'll see through me. I'm happiest in the eye of the storm... yeah, it's true. Well, I made up my mind, this time, I think I'm invincible... My friends liked me better when she and I were together. Now we're apart, no one calls, and when they do, what they say is all: "She's wonderful!" Is that all you can say?! "Oh, she's wonderful!" I made the same mistake. I want to get back there, though I know she'll see through me. I'm happiest in the eye of the storm... yeah, it's true. I want to get back there, though I know she'll see through me. I'm happiest in the eye of the storm. "The eye of the storm?" Yeah, the eye of the storm, someone should keep you better informed... I've another life .. it appears I have plenty. I want to get back there, though I know she'll see through me. I'm happiest in the eye of the storm. "The eye of the storm?" Yeah, the eye of the storm, someone should keep you better informed... Oh, a double life ... you could come see me... Isn't she wonderful? It's not for me to say... Isn't she wonderful? There's always some hell to pay. Isn't she wonderful? That's the last thing I would say! Yeah, but isn't she wonderful?! ...just you wait ... just you wait. All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.
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Disaster (She's My Greatest) 04:17
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Disaster (You're My Greatest) She use to come around, she made come-hither sounds. Do I miss her? Yeah, I guess I'll always ... She liked uptown ... I liked working my way down. I've given up on love ... Well, that's all there ever was between us. I took her twenty stories to the top, she leaned over and said, "We could live or drop." She's my greatest disaster ... My greatest failure thus far. I don't know what I was after ... disaster's come and go, some fast, some slow. She meant so much to me... Too much went unsaid. It's time to let the world know ... I liked watching her braid her hair. like a fool I just stood there. "Did you tell her how you felt?" No ... I never ...I guess I should have She's my greatest disaster... All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.
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Wedding Dress 02:54
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Wedding Dress I'm gonna tell you why I'm no longer down hearted. I was at this reception, got a tap on the shoulder from a previous mess I'd made. I said, "Get lost or get along." See her in that wedding dress, she's more or less respectable. I'm gonna tell you why I've had a change of mind. You never know what you'll find. See her in that wedding dress, I've obtained something impossible. I need to tell you why things might start going my way now. I'm gonna tell you how. See her in that wedding dress, when she whispered, "Yes,' I nearly hit the floor. La ha ha ho! Honey, you know everyone is watching you now and I know every guy watching you pass on by, they think the same thing as I. They say, "My, my, my, isn't she beautiful?" Bitter on the back pew, the girl with the glass eye and porcupine smile. She's been left so far behind. But you in that wedding dress, My, how I love your preciousness and an open bar. No more talk of a crooked past and all my well thought out flaws. Come chase those dark thoughts. Her in that wedding dress, she'll chase those dark thoughts, at least for a while... All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.
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The Sun ... It Shines! 03:52
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The Sun ... It Shines! I'm gonna destroy that restraining order. Yeah, that's what I should have told her. Don't mind me, you see, I'm happy to be free. I'm stepping out from her shadow. It took me awhile to realize: the sun... it shines! I had my doubts about it ... but my, how it shines. While I was without you, I found something greater within me. Yeah, these are my times. Sun, sky and sea ... I'm happy being me though I cast a longer shadow. I've come to realize: the sun ... it shines! I had my doubts about it. People, come stand with me ... come and see: the sun ... it shines! Though I felt defeated, I still put up a fight Thinking life is out there somewhere beyond the fight... Turns out ... life IS the fight. The sun... it shines! I guess it's no revelation to you and your kind. But to me, I see the sun shine on her knees, that pleases me. I turn my face to the sun ... as it shines... I turn my face to the sun ... as it shines, as it shines, as it shines, as it shines, etc. All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.
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Faster Forward 04:00
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Faster Forward The blue hour has no ending. And there's no "befriending" it away. I'm chilled to the bone and the birds, they aren't singing. So few remain. I've never seen those evergreens so dark and gloomy. I'm gonna move faster forward from you. How long has it been since she moved in, this place was once nice and roomy. I'm gonna move faster forward from you. The success I was hoping for never knocked at my door. Some say I have it all ... still, there's me, crushed when they holler, "last orders ... last call." What's to become of you ... and more importantly ... what's to become of me. What's to become of me! All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.
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My Robot Girl Is Gone 05:45
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My Robot Girl Is Gone You're almost human Therefore, worthless to me. I miss the robot girl you once were. I set foot on an empty airliner... after following all of their procedures, I felt I'd earned a window seat. And after the roar of the plane in reverse I heard a gentle wave of whispering... as we flew over a sad planet unnaturally lit at night. Wounded by love,she doesn't want to see me. She doesn't like me anymore. I kept my beliefs quiet. I'm just a fellow, half asleep, in need of a few sips from a good drink and some time to think. oh ... lo ho ho ... yeah .... I miss the gentle robot girl you once were. Life has changed you. I liked it when you did as you were told. But now the beliefs you have are your own. I liked it when your roommates dressed you. But you got the notion to go it alone. Now the beliefs you have are your own. Who are you? I miss my robot girl, y'all! All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.
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My Hand-Cut Puzzle of a Girl 03:09
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My Hand-Cut Puzzle of a Girl The world quickly closes around a hushed voice. A kiss meant simply to shut you up. There's nothing noble about being misunderstood. That frown leaves permanent lines now. And I cannot put you back together this time. You come to me with a look in your eyes as if someone else has tried. You've been put together by a number of hands, each having their own selfish plan. But I want you back the way you used to be. Not for your sake. I liked you because you made me feel so good about myself. Everyone looks out for themselves. Watch out for those that swear they don't. Watch out for high maintenance friends. They'll never be there for you in the end. A friendship sinks or swims. Are you wondering too? I was wondering what had become of you. When will you change your tune? How do you sleep at night after the way you dropped out of my life? Look what the world has done to you. You close your eyes to keep them from rolling in plain view. You've been put together by a number of hands, each having their own selfish plan. I want you back the way you used to be, but you're never put together the same way twice. Farewell my high maintenance friend, farewell my foul-weather friend, this is the end, no more "hello's," goodbye, this is the end. Are you wondering too? I was wondering what had become of you. She says she's into everyone else's business - that helps make the phone ring. Well, how does she sleep at night? She dropped herself right out of sight ... yeah, right out of sight. My hand-cut puzzle of a girl ... never put together the same way twice. All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.
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Dark Lessons 02:53
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Dark Lessons Just when I though I was over you ... you come through ... oh, yeah, you do. Just when I though those dark clouds had passed on through ... you come on strong just like you used to. Just when I thought another goodbye was due ... Wait awhile, she walks back in with style, long enough to bring the stuff ... I'm finally through with most of you. She'll leave without a trace. She's not smiling ... that's just how God cut a mouth into her face. Yeah, it's best she leaves without a trace. Just when I thought those dark lessons were through, she takes me and all my fools and places us back in summer school. All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.
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Spacesuit Tattered 05:50
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Spacesuit Tattered Spacesuit tattered ... still fits. Habits both good and bad, still sad when a quitter quits. My spacesuit's tattered ...somehow it survived long enough for me to say this isn't life, this is goodbye. River at winter never ending; no more beginnings, let's stop pretending. My spacesuit's tattered ... still, no need for mending. Let's come undone ... I am done where space is unending. I've no reply for the way you sigh. You give advice. You know, it's odd. Crane operator high above the construction site ... he's out of cigarettes ...will he jump? What would you decide? My spacesuit's tattered. All lyrics by Craig Bennett ©2003 Mood Management Music, BMI.

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"Faster Forward" is chock-full of jangle pop gems and wry contemplations of life ...Bennett uses an acoustic guitar and a sardonic wit with great aplomb. His sophisticated grown-up pop songs come on with jangle-pop ringing guitars and hooky choruses ... Overall, Bennett is an interesting performer. His songs exist outside of any current popular sound; an anachronism of songwriting and pop sensibilities." Paul Leeds, Culture Bunker,Los Angeles, CA

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released September 16, 2003

"Bennett's style is a rather unique concoction blending the retro sound with haunting dollops of British New Wave guitars and keyboards boxed into neat little pop structures... Overall the spell created is designed to keep us wondering and amused long enough to realize the wisdom of this sparkling music. Faster Forward harbors Bennett's dark musings to find a realist's contentment shining out." Monica Arrington, Southeastern Performer, Atlanta, GA.

"Singer-songwriter Craig Bennett's fourth album, "Faster Forward," is chock-full of jangle pop gems and wry contemplations of life ...Bennett uses an acoustic guitar and a sardonic wit with great aplomb. His sophisticated grown-up pop songs come on with jangle-pop ringing guitars and hooky choruses. The songs are all intimate and suggest the coffeehouse or the living room, instead of the concert hall ...Overall, Bennett is an interesting performer. His songs exist outside of any current popular sound; an anachronism of songwriting and pop sensibilities. --- Paul Leeds/ Culture Bunker, Los Angeles, CA

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