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On The Air

by White Elephant

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1.
Jack and Jill went up the hill and bought the farm What a thrill to find such treasures in the barn Enough to pay the rent and for the operation, too She may be breaking down, but look up, oh what a view Things have gotten better and they're getting better still Great white elephant on the hill There's been so many changes, so many comin still Great white elephant on the hill Jack be nimble, Jill was quick, she got her way "Idle hands are the Devil's work," they always say The pieces fall in place, now could you place it on my bill? We will build this house, this home upon the hill Things have gotten better and they're getting better still Great white elephant on the hill There's been so many changes, so many comin still Great white elephant on the hill
2.
Euphoria 02:24
Can you see me Dancing in the light? Ah, you fill my soul With delight Well, I can't believe that I do What I do To you, and you do that To me too All I know is You've got me feeling alright Feeling alright It's a miracle The way you see me through It's a fairytale Dream come true Well, I can't believe that you see What you see In me! It scares me In my sleep I finally found My fantasy in you Fancy you Euphoria! Euphoria! Can you see me Dancing in the light? Ah, you fill my soul With delight Well, I can't believe that I do What I do To you, and you do that To me too All I know is You've got me feeling alright. Euphoria! Euphoria!
3.
Take a moment Step back And look at yourself Restless worry, Put your troubles On the shelf Block it out of your mind Rip it out of your soul Restless worry Don't let it Take control Maybe there's no garden Growing at your feet And maybe all the passion Gets lost within the heat And you may not live forever You might just fade away But you're looking at your future Through the eyes of yesterday Step back, Take a look at yourself Take your troubles Put them on the shelf Block it from your mind, Cast it out of your soul Don't let it take control Well you just can't find the answers Through prophecies untold And you're searching for your wisdom Down a dark and dusty road So you learn to laugh at failure You learn to hide the pain And you make those quick decisions Just to smell the sweet refrain Step back, Take a look at yourself Take your troubles Put them on the shelf Block it from your mind, Rip it out of your soul Don't let it take control No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Maybe there's no garden Growing at your feet And maybe all the passion Gets lost within the heat And you may not live forever You might just fade away But you're looking at your future Through the eyes of yesterday Step back, Take a look at yourself Take your troubles Put them on the shelf Block it from your mind, Rip it out of your soul Don't let it take control
4.
There he is, at her door Tellin' her he needs a friend He's always coming back for more 'Cause he knows the door's always open He can call her late at night "Let's make love in the full moon light" "Ooh, come on over, it's alright You know the door's always open" Who knows why the door's always open? She can't say no to that man Who knows why the door's always open? He loves her like nobody can He loves her like nobody can He can call her late at night "Let's make love in the full moon light" "Ooh, come on over, it's alright You know the door's always open" Who knows why the door's always open? She can't say no to that man Who knows why the door's always open? He loves her like nobody can He loves her like nobody can
5.
ROB: And so, you mentioned that Renee wrote that song. Is it, pretty much split up between you or do you write a lot together, or, how does that work for you guys? TIM: Well, a lot of the songs that I had written, ah, before I had met Renee, and, the one she had written by herself before us, and since we got together we pretty much work together on most all of our songs. RENEE: Tim's the one that obsesses, and wakes me up at 3 AM and, and obsesses about them and it's really, it's a real birthing process when Tim's having a song. But, I get a word in edgewise, now and then... TIM: ...That's a good description of it... ROB: ...And it's... and at 3 AM, naturally, you're in best voice, too, right? When you're just waking up. RENEE: "No, honey, really, try this! I saw it in a dream!" You know, and, once there's a song coming, it's like I'm the deer caught in the headlights and I just add whatever I can. That's pretty much how they get written around our household. ROB: All right. TIM: And, delivering, this song... ROB: Music To Pledge By!
6.
Baby G 04:01
Here we are Once again Finding ourselves Our strengths, and our friends And together We'll grow stronger With every passing day And forever If not longer I want you to stay With me You're my forever, my together My whatever I may need You're in every waking thought I can see My forever, my together, My whatever I may need You've answered every prayer Baby G Family name I hope I hear him say With love in his heart And pride in his voice "That's my daddy's name" And together We'll grow stronger With every passing day And forever If not longer I want us to stay Family You're my forever, my together My whatever I may need You're in every waking thought I can see My forever, my together, My whatever I may need You've answered every prayer Baby G My forever, my together I want you to stay (With me) My forever, my together I want us to stay (Family) My forever, my together I want you to stay With me
7.
I can't remember Where I left my hat and coat I'm trying to figure out Why the fuse would overload I try to remember Then I try so hard to forget Cause the things that I remember I ain't quite figured out yet There's a plane down on the highway There's a plane down on the highway There's a plane down on the highway Yeah, well, that must be my ride I tried to warn her There she was with her Coke and fries But before I knew it There it was, before my eyes I tried to stop her I said, "Look up, don't look down!" Then she had her last meal Behind the wheel As the landing gear came down There's a plane down on the highway There's a plane down on the highway There's a plane down on the highway Yeah, well, that must be my ride There's a plane down on the highway There's a plane down on the highway There's a plane down on the highway Yeah, well, that must be my ride There's a plane down on the highway There's a plane down on the highway There's a plane down on the highway Yeah, well, that must be my ride
8.
I saw you And from that moment on it was true love In a bar room On a stool with my own lonely eyes I stepped up And I ordered a shot of tequila Said "Tell me your story Hold the lemon, the salt, and the lies" 'Cause I know who you are You're my reckless abandon And I know who you are You're my one dream come true And I know who you are You're my final addiction With reckless abandon I'd go through Hell and high water for you You said you Were never the quiet or shy one You said you Weren't into those romancin' games You said you Would love to dance for the evening A shot of tequila Hold the lemon, the salt, and the names 'Cause I know who you are You're my reckless abandon And I know who you are You're my one dream come true And I know who you are You're my final addiction With reckless abandon I'd go through Hell and high water for you You've been to Hell and then Back again And I respect you for that And I went and I searched To the ends of the earth But I guess You've just made it back Just when I went over the edge, well, I saw you Dressed in leather Singin' "Friends In Low Places" with Garth Well I stepped up And I said, "Can I buy you another Shot of tequila? Hold the lemon, the salt, and my heart." Well I know who you are You're my reckless abandon And I know who you are You're my one dream come true And I know who you are You're my final addiction With reckless abandon I'd go through Hell and high water for you Reckless abandon I'd go through Hell and high water For you
9.
I wake up in the mornin With you runnin through my head Just enough to make me smile And drag me out of bed I pull myself together I shake off my last night's stone I grab my guitar and I kick myself back And I wait for the telephone You're my Mid mornin' caller You're my Love line installer You're the answer to the question That's been runnin through my brain You're my Mid mornin' caller My catch-me-when-I-faller Never would I do Anything to Drive you insane Every day is sunshine When I get to hear from you He picks me up and makes me smile I've been so damn blue 'Cause every day's the same routine I sing the same old song But I know I'm gonna hear from you And I know it won't be long You're my Mid mornin' caller You're my Love line installer You're the answer to the question That's been runnin through my brain You're my Mid mornin' caller My catch-me-when-I-faller Never would I do Anything to Drive you insane I wake up in the mornin With you layin by my side It gives me strength, security, And a feelin' of self-pride Just tto know you're with me, baby, Just to know you're mine, Makes me feel like I can see In a world to which I'm blind You're my Mid mornin' caller You're my Love line installer You're the answer to the question That's been runnin through my brain You're my Mid mornin' caller My catch-me-when-I-faller Never would I do Anything to Drive you insane
10.
Fenton Blues 03:41
When I looked into your eyes I swear that I saw love there But still your heart stayed cold as it could be And I thought for a moment That I could touch you Keep you close and warm and next to me But it seems like the only time I ever see you Is when you've been lonely for a while And even though I know That I can't have you when I want you, baby It makes me feel good to see you smile As I lay sleeping in your arms I dreamed that I belonged there While somehow I still knew I had to wait And so I tried To stay asleep forever And dream you gave the love I couldn't take 'Cause it seems like the only time I ever see you Is when you've been lonely for a while And even though I know That I can't have you when I want you, baby It makes me feel good to see you smile When we said goodbye today I trembled as you held me Could you tell it wasn't from the cold? You could never know How hard it was to leave you And walk away from the man I longed to hold But it seems like the only time I ever see you Is when you've been lonely for a while, yeah And even though I know That I can't have you when I want you, baby It makes me feel good to see you smile Oooh, smile for me, baby
11.
Baby, we had a good time Baby, we had a good time You gave me a little sunshine I never wanted it I never wanted it to end You always drank of my wine You always fell for my lines I thought we had it all I thought we had it all, and then You say "I love you like a brother I love you like a friend I loved you like a lover once But I I never will again" Spit into the wind Happened to me once before I knocked upon a friendly door I only wanted to I only wanted to come in Heaven knows what lies in store They always want a little bit more And then they take it all And then they take it all for grins They say "I love you like a brother I love you like a friend I loved you like a lover once But I I never will again" Spit into the wind They say I love you like a brother I love you like a friend I loved you like a lover once But I I never will again Spit into the wind
12.
Can you hear it By and by? Life is screaming Across the sky Life goes quickly It goes so fast The life we're living Is now the past And the wheels of fortune They never have fallen on me Well, I keep on fighting And maybe someday I'll be free Screaming across the sky Can you feel it In the air? Sweet sensations In despair Lay me slowly Down to die Weeping willows And lullabies And the wheels of fortune They never have fallen on me I just keep on fighting And maybe someday I'll be free Screaming across the sky And the friends and the lovers The merchants and the lovers And the preacher lying there in the street They're gonna come out of their coffins Look up to the heavens And see Me screaming across the sky Can you see in- Side my head? Am I living Or am I dead? Mornings after Are sweet and dry Light the candles Burn the sky And the wheels of fortune They never have fallen on me I just keep on fighting And maybe someday I'll be free To be screaming across the sky
13.
ROB: Alright, one more time, before we go any farther, be sure to tell everybody where you're gonna be playing so they can get out and see you real soon. RENEE: April 12th, at Barnes and Noble, in Crestwood up on Watson, and June 21st, at Borders in Creve Coeur, eight to ten thirty. TIM: And anywhere else in between there that anybody calls, and, ah, lets us know. ROB: Oh, you, you just might be seen at an open mic night anytime between now and then. RENEE: Oh, maybe more than one, maybe more than one. We could show up anywhere, anytime. ROB: Alright!
14.
Broken Toys 03:13
Broken dreams, Broken toys, Broke a string, Lost my voice Lost in the forest Amidst the trees Alone in the darkness A cold winter's breeze Look up to the sky But I can't see a thing Am I losing my mind Am I blind or insane? And I can't seem to find my way home And I can't seem to find my way home And I can't seem to find my way home I can't seem to find my way Lost at the circus Afraid for my life The man with the blindfold Is throwing his knife I'm up on the tightrope With no net below I'm stuck in the middle Which way should I go? And I can't seem to find my way home I can't seem to find my way home I can't seem to find my way home I can't seem to find my way I get into my box It's the only way out And I listen to reason But I still have my doubt And I've broken the toys That I can't live without And I can't seem to find my way home And I can't seem to find my way home I can't seem to find my way home I can't seem to find my way home Can't seem to find my way
15.
I was tremblin' and bothered I had nowhere to go I found myself with a bottle In a place nobody should go And I said to myself "This can't be happening to me! I wanna go home I wanna go home" I stumbled and staggered Out the door and into the cold I found myself by the roadside Walkin a line and touchin my nose And I said to myself "This can't be happening to me... No, no, no! I wanna go home I wanna go home" "Well, a battle of Jack Black, Maybe a six-pack, but That's all that I had Hey... where- where'd my car go? WHO ARE YOU GESTAPO? TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF ME, MAN TAKE YOUR HA- YOUR You're makin' me mad, You're makin' me mad" I woke up in the slammer A bump on my head, face down on the floor I still try to remember What it was they brought me here for And I said to myself, "This can't be happening to me No, no, no! I wanna go home I wanna go home"
16.
STEVE: ...and we're gonna get even funnier if you don't call... 664... ROB: And believe me, it's not, it's not a pretty sight getting funny with Steve. It's, ah... STEVE: Well, you know, it's late at night, you know, I'm a bit crochety, and RENEE: I would like to mention that, there's some of these shoelaces here in the studio, and they are quite attractive. And these people are really missing out if they don't get their KDHX shoelaces. ROB: That's right. RENEE: They're purple. They're beautiful. ROB: And you can show everybody who... looks at your feet, where your ears are. TIM: What a concept! STEVE: And you can get them only here, but NOT unless you call... ROB: Is not available in any stores. Just available by calling 664-3688 and pledging... your money and your support for KDHX, Metro Live, and, in this case, tonight, White Elephant. TIM: Yay! ROB: And before we get any farther, I just wanna tell you how much I appreciate you guys coming in, Tim and Renee, coming in and serenading us, and... TIM: Well, you're more than welcome, it's been a pleasure, it's been great, and we appreciate the opportunity, to get to share our music with a hundred-mile radius. And during the exciting pledge drive! RENEE: Yeah, it's just been a veritable hive of activity around here! The phones could ring a little more, though... TIM: I hear one ringing now! ROB: There's... we got a phone ringing now! Alright, thanks to Paul Stark who was, from Ska's The Limit, who took the last pledge. That was nice, he just stopped by, and realized that we were kind of busy, but... TIM: That'll work! ROB: And, Ska's The Limit did really well Friday, and congratulations to them!
17.
Where did you come from? Where did you hide? Keeping your sorrows Buried deep inside Can you imagine? Can you not see Visions of heaven Dancing before me? The pain is gone I know I can feel it now As the sun Shines through your eyes And every day The feeling of something new If I choose to sleep alone Will I sleep through paradise? Where did you come from? Where have you been? Lost in the darkness Of your world again Come hear the laughter Pain goes away Come feel the gentleness Of yesterday The pain is gone You know I can see it now As the sun Shines through your eyes And every day The feeling of something new If I choose to sleep alone Will I sleep through paradise?
18.
ROB: Alright, thanks once again to White Elephant. Tim and Renee who were kind enough to donate their time for the last two hours. You guys are gonna be playing at Borders, um... ROB AND RENEE: June 21st and April 12th... RENEE: At Barnes and Noble in Crestwood, and then watch for us this summer. Saint Louis County Parks has a concert series... TIM: ...The Vets Jam... RENEE: We'll be doing a concert, we'll be doing the Vets Jam. Great, great, free concert, every year in Jefferson Barracks. It benefits veterans and they do a great job, and there's usually three days of music, and it's free to all! It's a really cool concert! ROB: Alright... STEVE: And watch for... ROB: And Steve, where can you see this? STEVE: And watch for them on the Saint Louis Open Mic TV show, every Saturday, eight o'clock, we just taped, video taped the past two hours and it'll be, I usually do, you know, a cut here and there, so you'll probably be on, maybe for the rest of the summer. ROB: Be scattered about through it! TIM: On cable, on the air, what more could we ask for? Thank you all for having us here. STEVE: And it couldn't have been done without past people pledging, for the, almost ten years that we've been on, on the air here on KDHX. And for the next ten years, all you guys who haven't called yet, well, okay, this, five-minute guilt trip here, ah, two-minute guilt-trip, or whatever for, before the end of the show. ROB: You got three minutes to call with that 88 dollar pledge to put us over the top, and boy would that make us look good! STEVE: Mm, and sound good. It's easier to look good on the radio, but sounding good is rough. ROB: That's right, radio's the only place I'll ever look good myself, and I'm sure Steve, you're the same way... STEVE: I ain't got too many complaints. ROB: Okay. We need your support- STEVE: 664-3688... 664... ROB: We need your support. STEVE: There's somebody. ROB: And there's the phone now, as Steve runs from the room to go fill out the slip. We need your support to help keep things on the air- Oh yeah, keep playing the guitar! We're gonna have- nice... TIM: We'll put a little background for you. ROB: Have some background music going on as we go out here. Course, the Wayback Machine is coming up next, and, you know, I can understand if you couldn't get around to pledging during my show. Doesn't mean I'm going to forgive you, but I can understand. But be sure to pledge sometime during the pledge drive, because, heck, it's not an ego trip here, it's a collective effort. And the station needs it. And, what more can I say? If you pledge in the next two minutes, for 88 dollars, you get one of three fine locally-produced CDs. One Fell Swoop, The Good-For-Nothing Band, or Cimeron. Or if you pledge 50 dollars, you can get... a pair of tickets for the Notes From Home series at the Sheldon, for 50 dollars, to see Waterloo, and Nadine. So, the offer is still good but it's only good for another two minutes. Copper and James are gonna be coming up next. 664-3688 is the number to call, and, yet, Steve is on the phone right now! So, I like to see that. So who knows? Maybe we're over our goal. I don't know. I'm just buzzing with anticipation. Just dying to find out. Well, I guess there's not a whole lot left to say, except, except thank you all for listening. 664-3688. Pledge now, pledge often, pledge sometime in the next week and a half. Um, Wayback Machine is next, and, oh, keep playing so that there's not dead air while I reach for the cart I didn't pull out earlier! TIM: I was never filler before! ROB: We offer unique opportunities! TIM: I have a new purpose in life! ROB: Alright, thanks again to White Elephant, and... Wayback Machine is next. ANNOUNCER: We interrupt this program to whisk you to the KDHX departure gate where a pair of embarrassing-looking dudes are ready to take off!

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White Elephant's performance on KDHX Metro Live in St. Louis, MO.

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released March 16, 2011

Tim Gerlach - Vocals, Guitar
Renee Gerlach - Vocals, Hand Percussion

Recorded at KDHX-FM, St. Louis, MO
All songs written by White Elephant

Album art by Timmy Gerlach

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