the gifted children - cordless miles

Release date: March 28, 2008

A 4-song EP originally released in very limited quantity on People in a Position to Know Records, this is a clear, lathe-cut 8" vinyl EP with silk-screened, handrawn cover and labels. Contains the only recorded versions of live favorites 'favorite constellations' and 'secret mayors of small towns'.

We’re making this available for the first time

Credits:
jeff suszczynski - acoustic guitars, pianos, drum machine, voices, percussion, keyboard

all songs by jeff suszczynski, recorded 1999-2002 on MD8.

Lyrics and individual track credits:

01 the secret mayors of small towns

you exploded without a sound
and i didn’t anticipate anything
i tried to reconcile the differences in our stories
but the oscillations wouldn’t match

you killed yourself off like a soap star
i wheezed and i coughed up the blood of your name
i keep seeing you in strangers’ faces
i keep seeing you in crowds
you’re the secret mayor of every small town

your newness had left long before we met
still you could make me smile...
with so many productions on so many stages
you finally tired of the labor

i walked a cordless mile just to see you smile
you’re the secret mayor of small towns
i walked a cordless mile just to talk to you
you’re the secret mayor of every small town
you’re the secret mayor of small towns

Recorded 2002 on MD8

jeff suszczynski – acoustic guitar, piano, drum machine, voices

02 brooklyn: remedy the guestlist half asleep in brooklyn somewhere
send an away team, please
and burn the photos that bring tears
chased you through airport windows
you left without a wave
the last of the smalltime tippers has gone away

stayed up through hopeless nights
just to see your face
but an ancient cloud of shadows
was always in the way
too tired for action packs now
out of my element
these half-light vigils bring me down

Recorded 2001 on 424

jeff suszczynski – guitar, voice

03 favorite constellations

did you see orion last night
did you count the stars in the sky with him
did he show you orion last night
did you stay up late, pointing out your favorite constellations

Recorded 1999 on MD8

jeff suszczynski – guitars, percussion, voices

04 when magic is a gas

the commercials linger
i falter while you take a bow
you crossed star-filled waters
now your pores are cold and lonely
removed to other cities
your palm pilot always malfunctions
your hobbies are falter and sway
when you reminisce you mount this like taxidermy
the magic days are gone

Recorded 2000 on MD8
From the aborted album, Prime Number Fallacy

jeff suszczynski – piano, keyboard, voices