My Mechanical Man

by Pobzygl

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six songs. about 10 minutes per side. lyrics inside along with original artwork. includes digital download code. 50 copies made.

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1.	My Mechanical Man 04:01	lyrics	buy track
A mechanical man will love you If you wonder what it is he’ll do His ship will come for you To show he understands A mechanical man can’t really love He can only feel little things His love circles you all round and round But then one day too soon he’ll run down And when you’ve used him up Then you will be lonely A mechanical man can’t really love He can only feel little things
2.	Everything Is Pink Now, In Paris 04:45	lyrics	buy track
On the plane I concluded, while dozing and listening to Nick Cave, that I think that Marie seduced me. I began to think of all the things that she did. I began to remember things that I hadn't before. Things that still seem as if they were in a dream. Everything is pink now, in Paris, as in a dream. The sun is setting. The clouds are red. The stones of the Louvre, and the Ile de la Cite, are pink. Although, by the time I finish this sentence, the pink has faded, leaving dusk. One dream-like memory is the way she pushed my underwear down my legs, when we were in bed, with her foot. But there are several others. She said, "you like that corner?" because I was staring at the clock, and objects she had arranged around and near it. I don't remember those objects specifically. Some things in frames, and a candle-holder on the wall next to it, above it. She said she had a shoe fetish. What I wouldn't give to date a woman with a shoe fetish. She corrected my French pronunciation. I would also love to date a woman who did that. She showed me her self-portrait, from which she made cards. She showed me her card, and gave me one. She wanted me to like her. She wanted to show me her things. She wanted me to know about her. My fear is that anything I said or did could interfere with that, could change her mind about me. I would hate to see her for the first time and see distance in her eyes, a wall, an effort to steel herself against me. That first moment would say everything. If I don't have word from her before that. If I see her and there is a welcoming smile on her face then I will be happy. I want to be welcome into her life, into her room, into her arms. I want her to show me things and I want to know her. Could I have hurt her? That's what I was afraid of. That I had betrayed her trust. That she thought I had made up the story about wanting to work with her, just to get her into bed. Or even just that she had trusted me in her apartment, and I had taken advantage of that trust.
3.	Lust In Orbit 04:28	lyrics	buy track
With no strings attached And in zero gravity We do it all and more Above earthly morality We blast off together Ten times in an hour Her life span's one month There's no time to shower She's the queen. The queen of outer space. I flip her on over Put it where it pleases me It's hard to decide With four options, not three She's the queen. The queen of outer space The queen The queen The queen of outer space The queen And then she evaporates No note and no trace Nothing is left But these scars on my face Now I look at the sky And wish I knew better Then to copulate there With a galactic jet setter She's the queen. The queen of outer space The queen The queen The queen of outer space The queen
4.	The Darkest Side 03:32	lyrics	buy track
She sees the darkest side of his soul When he's swinging a bat donning a hat trimming the fat petting the cat He sees the darkest side of her soul When she's taking a nap running a lap screwing the cap drinking a frappe
5.	McKinley Square 04:35	info	buy track
6.	Mount Greylock 04:19	lyrics	buy track
When they met there was no one who cared Where they went to sleep On top of Mount Greylock Lightning on Mount Greylock He awoke to the sunrise far far Away where the town Slept below Mount Greylock Thunder on Mount Greylock A short walk to the landslide brought her To the shear cliff edge Of old man Mount Greylock Clouds cover Mount Greylock

about

Some of these songs have been around for a long time and some are really fresh. My last cassette was 1.5 years ago. it takes a long time to finish things. I like the way the cassette flows from the first to the sixth song. Two influences are Brian Eno and Stereo Total.

credits

released February 1, 2021

Stephen Les wrote all the song music and lyrics. His vocals are on My Mechanical Man; Everything Is Pink Now, In Paris; Lust in Orbit; and The Darkest Side. Anita Robles and Marcia Stoeckel sing on My Mechanical Man. Sophie Winter sings on Mount Greylock.

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Pobzygl Los Angeles, California

Pobzygl is based in Los Angeles, a city that he likes better than it likes him. His musical odyssey began in 1979 when he co- founded a rock ‘n’ roll band called Van-go. His current sound is an amalgam of his various influences but it’s difficult to say what those are. So far he has released the EP “Ghost Women of the Moon”, and he has started work on his next EP “My Mechanical Man”. ... more