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Can't Get No Understanding

by Little Sisters

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1.
Shoot me now just shoot me now that I'm a success You know I need nothing more I'd just give it away Gimme gimme gimme gimme all of your sex You know I need nothing more I could die die die die die like this If you'd just make me make me make me make me make me your slave You know I'd do anything Before I'd give you away You can break break break my skin Oh you can do anything If you just do it do it do it do it do it again You can hold on to my heart Who could keep our beats apart When you hold on to my heart Mary Joseph Jesus Christ and all of the rest Oh boy you tickle me pink You kiss your mother with that? Let's go out out out, let's spend that money honey Get us out the door before we Churn churn churn churn churn each other's butter But we can't can't can't 'cause we don't understand I can't churn your butter when we just don't understand each other Can't can't can't 'cause we don't understand
2.
You're on Say I kill you dead Boy you scream until you're red That's when you're on Working up your nerve While you're making up new words That's when you're on You're on your own private television Shit don't stick you stood in You different kind of woman Yeah you're on Get get get your news From a junkie and a spoof Who says you're on You're on you're a different kind of woman You're on your own private television When you know the thought Behind everything you got That's when you're on When you know the feel Behind everything that's real That's when you're on You're on you're making big decisions She's on her own private television He's on stick a toothpick in him 'cause he's done With all the alcohol you paid for He's wearing pants and he's a man She's done with all the cake but she could take more Watch her take watch her take all she can You're on you're making big decisions You're on your own private television I'm on stick a toothpick in me 'cause I'm done
3.
Janine, dancing on the bar Dancing for the boys Playing out her part And me, I'm sitting here at home Janine is taking off her clothes Everytime she moves her hips I can't take but a minute of it A minute of Janine dancing on the bar A minute of the boys playing out their part A minute of the heat hanging on a hook A minute of Janine shaking up the shook Everytime she moves her lips I can't take but a minute of it
4.
I'll love you when the money runs out I'll love you when the money runs out See you through when the money runs out But I'm too busy dreaming to get around to breathing I'll love you when the money runs out I'll love you when the money runs out See you through when the money runs out I'll kiss you on the stairs or meet you in the air I know I can't raise you up I'm too busy dreaming to see you when I'm sleeping I know I can't raise you up I'll love you when the money runs out I'll love you when the money runs out See you through when the money runs out Kiss you on the stairs or meet you in the air
5.
Oh my dear you've been growing all these years Like the green green grass grows high Oh my dear you've been drying all my tears I've been crying all my life Oh my dear you've been growing all these years Like the green green green green Green green green green Grass growing high It leads to you and I You're asking me why But I don't know what you said That grass growing high It leads to you and I in bed Turn it up turn it up you said Oh my love you're the only one I'm thinking of Like the water returns to the sea Oh my love you're the honey and I am the dove I'm the bird and you are the bee Oh my love you're the only one I'm thinking of Besides my sweet sweet sweet sweet Sweet sweet sweet sweet Self and I don't mind Someone like me is hard to find For someone like you who's got it right When so much can't be said You've got yourself and I don't mind Someone like you is hard to find instead Of an empty and lonely bed Green green green green Green green green green Grass growing high It leads to you and I You're asking me why But I don't know what you said That grass growing high It leads to you and I in bed Turn it up turn it up you said
6.
Try So Hard 02:20
I try so hard That I hardly try And all your worry It can't satisfy My only need My one desire The only love Of my whole life I love My life Too much Too much to try I tried so hard And I tried so long And it's tried my patience You put me on and on and on and on So stop My god's gone, he left me abandoned So stop Why can't I just get some understanding Won't you let me go Why won't you let me go Come on and let me go I try so hard That I hardly try And all your worry It can't satisfy My only need My one desire The only love Of my whole life I love My life Too much Too much to try
7.
On the Run 03:52
Baked by the hot morning sun You're a clumsy girl and you're on the run Licked by the cool evening's tongue You're a darling and you're on the run I read by the light of the moon The hour was late yet somehow so soon The bed how it bowed with the room My god he was late yet somehow so soon May some grace surround you My god you're calling my name
8.
I'll wait, I'll wait up on the water I'll wait, I'll wait up on the one Who loves wading in the water Who does not mind a little sun I'll wait on the water I'll wait on the sun I'll wait on the water I'll wait up on the one But I won't wait long I'll wait, I'll wait up on the water I'll wait, I'll wait up on the one Who loves wading in the water Who does not mind a little sun I'll wait on the water I'll wait on the sun I'll wait on the water I'll wait up on the one But I won't wait long I'll wait I'll wait I'll wait I'll wait, I'll wait up on the water I'll wait, I'll wait up on the one Who loves wading in the water Who does not mind a little sun I'll wait on the water I'll wait on the sun I'll wait on the water I'll wait up on the one But I won't wait long No I won't wait on someone
9.
I know why you wrong me like you do I know what you want me to sing for you I'm a bird in a cage And I can't seem to escape I'm bound by your bars I've looked hard but I can't find A way to ease my worried mind Still many men meet desperate ends Without a hint of understanding Say there's one bar you found But in truth they're all around I'm bound by your bars Everybody says I'm making it up but I know I'm not That awful creeping double bind's not hard to find When I look around at all I've learned I see it I see it I know they're around me and I know you've bound me I'm a bird in a cage And I can't seem to escape I'm bound I'm bound I'm bound by your bars
10.
I know nothing else will do I've been waiting for years to find A reason to keep myself alive While I was waiting for my tears to dry I walked smack dab into a nursery rhyme Jack and Jill went up the hill They only made it halfway before someone got killed But love is in life like love is in death Like Jill came tumbling after Jack I know nothing else will do How can I find the strength To go on with my own two feet I can't no I can't no I can't Not without love I'd throw this life of mine Away but love provides The strength to go on trying Love breaks all bonds Pigeonholes your sorrow Keeps you free from Leaning on someone And now I know I know nothing else do How can I find the strength To go on with my own two feet I can't no I can't no I can't Not without love I'd throw this life of mine Away but love provides The strength to go on trying The strength to go on Try oh try we try

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Long time solo producer Derek Porter (A Toothless Life, Tracer Bullet), inspired by the soul sound of 1960s girl groups, has produced an album featuring the singing talent of his sister Erika Porter and friend Chloe Hector. Blending the rich texture of their voices Derek has created an infectious pop album that unrepentantly siphons the sound of its inspirations while at the same time taking it full force into the 21st century.

"A semi-veteran of independent production and distribution, this marks Derek's third release which was largely recorded and mixed in his Chicago apartment. Gathering an assortment of musicians from the various projects he is involved in, Derek has managed to create an album just as enjoyable to listen to as the music it counts as inspiration.

"Singing since she was a child with their father and with Derek, Erika Porter shines in Little Sisters on tracks such as 'Try So Hard' and 'Nothing Else Will Do'. This marks her debut as a lead singer and the first full fledged project she has worked on with Derek. In the past she has done background work for A Toothless Life and Derek's solo album Love Songs. Chloe Hector began working with Derek in A Toothless Life on their first album, The Ways I'm Going Blind. She later did background work for Love Songs. Little Sisters also marks her debut as a lead where she shows off her rich talent on tracks such as 'We Don't Understand' and 'Bound by Your Bars.'

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released January 14, 2010

All songs written and recorded by Derek Porter.

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Little Sisters Nashville, Tennessee

Little Sisters features the voices of Erika Porter and Chloe Hector. They sing highly charged ballads and liberating dance numbers.

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