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ABOUT THE ALBUM» At her one-and-only Lilith Fair performance (August, 1998), Amanda mentioned an album of solo material in the works. Nothing else was heard about this until 1999 when Winstar launched their 'Wirey Spindell' website and released an mp3 of its first single, "Love Me Like You Know Me". There were many legal issues (rights, credits, etc.) that delayed its release. During this time, the track listing was changed up a bit. (The song "Somebody Else Is Driving" was originally set to be included, but later replaced by "Steady Now".) Then in March of 2001, 'Wrong All Day' was finally released and available for purchase! An independent release put out by Amanda herself, this album is a collection of songs from various Eric Schaeffer films (Fall's "Green", Wirey Spindell's "Fraulein", and Never Again's "Steady Now") as well as a few new demos. It is exclusively available via amandakravat.com and amazon.com - where it is being well received! It debuted with an Amazon rank of approximately 22,000 and peaked at approximately 1,500 (which is awesome for an independent release with hardly any promotion)! It has appeared on their Singer/Songerwriters and Soundtrack charts (peaking at #1 and #2, respectively) several times! Almost three years after its release, 'Wrong All Day' continues to be a strong seller!










Killin' Time
(A.Kravat / J.Balin)

outside of texas
on a one dog road
there stands a dead church
where even god's afraid to go
they raise their children
to be small and ashamed
hope is a gilded cage

big car drive small man
to the edge of his mind
twisted and wrung out
all the truth he could find

don't know what you don't know
'til you're standing in line
counting the days
killin' time

I know I know
the higher we climb
the further we roll
I know I know
but I'm not afraid
killin' time

pretty dance on a tightrope
in terror and grace
one breath in the wrong direction
losing your place
misery loves company
so much it can't change
strange isn't strange anymore

I know I know
the higher we climb
the further we roll
I know I know
but I'm not afraid
killin' time

© 2001 LUCYTOONS / BALIN MUSIC (ADMIN. BY WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP.) (BMI).
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I Don't Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
(A.Kravat / J.Balin)

do you have a license for your mouth?
do you know what happens to me
when I think about it wrapped around me
like a warm august ocean?
you're my warm salty cup of tea

do you feel me rocking on your neck?
would you know a good thing
if it hit you in the middle of your forehead
like a sharp seething arrow?
you're my sharp seething cup of tea

I don't wanna be your girlfriend
I don't want a lull in my lullabye
I don't wanna be your girlfriend
I don't wanna lie

do you have a finger for your fix?
do you find you hesitate in doorways
when you know that you should move
if you make me?
you're my silence my cup of tea

if you had the answer would you ask?
would you break the sevens in my silence
just to show me your disease?
sip my warm milky sympathy

I don't wanna be your girlfriend
I don't want a lull in my lullabye
I don't wanna be your girlfriend
I don't wanna lie

I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be your girlfriend
I don't want a lull in my lullabye
I don't wanna be your girlfriend
I don't wanna lie

© 2001 LUCYTOONS / BALIN MUSIC (ADMIN. BY WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP.) (BMI).
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One More Day
(A.Kravat / J.Conte / S.Conte)

one more day - fall in
one more day like today
one more day - crawlin'
one more day

leopard skin, safety pin
holding up your mind
stop the ball and drop the world
kiss it all goodbye
so what, what you could've been
at least you left on time

one more day - fall in
one more day like today
one more day - crawlin'
one more day

ready fire off the target
aim for the boss's desk
i gotta get better
i gotta get money
god i gotta get some rest
well i'll kill the aggravation
and liberate my head

another mean monologue
how you love to bitch and moan
baby we all end up dead
it's better not to die alone

hey sucker,
you missed the point
so take your pride and go

jump - how high?

one more day - rollin'
one more day like today
one more day - stolen
one more day like today
(fade out)

© 2001 LUCYTOONS (BMI) / NINETY PERCENT MUSIC / THUNDERDOG MUSIC (ASCAP), FEATURED IN WINSTAR CINEMA'S 'WIREY SPINDELL'.
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Beautifully Complicated
(A.Kravat / J.Conte / S.Conte / S.Cohen)

so he told you not to come
and you rushed in
with your head on sideways
you put your blinders on
but you're still standing

you know he'll never give you more
you were swept into
the swoon of his creation
he'll need you till you fall
after all you're only
tuesday's recreation

save something
stay pretty and blue
sometimes less is just less
and you're worth more than this
rain sunshine
it's all up to you
you're so beautifully complicated

heard you launch into a scream
but your smile
it beams from a higher station
we're waiting for a door or a word
we all heard you're sick of
friday's fascination

save something
stay pretty and blue
sometimes less is just less
and you're worth more than this
rain sunshine
it's all up to you
you're so beautifully complicated
you're so beautifully complicated

hey steady now
we're gonna blast you off
and then we'll float you down
dress you up in the shade of you
happy

hey compromise
it only hurts your eyes
it's just a waste of time
you're so beautiful
you're so beautiful

save something
stay pretty and blue
sometimes less is just less
and you're worth more than this
brave sometimes
it's all up to you
you're so beautifully complicated

save something
save something
save something
stay pretty and blue
you're so beautifully complicated
(fade out)

© 2001 LUCYTOONS (BMI) / NINETY PERCENT MUSIC (ASCAP) / THUNDERDOG MUSIC (ASCAP) / SETH COHEN (BMI), FEATURED IN WINSTAR CINEMA'S 'WIREY SPINDELL'.
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Green (You Can't Touch Me)
(A.Kravat / C.Pettus)

i will wait
you will break
i will summon
you will me
i will come undone
you will succumb
i will be vestal
you will bleed

i will kill time
you will singe the thread
that hangs the lie
i will return the favor
i will not abate
you willingly disintegrate
i will be the undertaker

you - you can't touch me
you - you can't touch me
you - you can't touch me

i will remain
you will burn without a flame
i will suspend forever
i will miss the ground
you will wish me down
you will be my resurrector
i will hold my breath
remember...

you - you can't touch me
you - you can't touch me
you - you can't touch me

when the living room is cold
when i'm sleeping on my feet
when i wish upon the hardwood
and your milky tea
when the corner of my eye
follows fairies in the sun
when the silence sounds like
someone...
cracking

you can't touch me
you can't touch me
you can't touch me

© 1998 LUCYTOONS (BMI) / POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING, INC AND MARGERINE MUSIC (ASCAP), FEATURED IN MGM'S 'FALL'.
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Steady Now
(A.Kravat / M.Evans)

steady now
it's gonna take a long long time
i'm envious of you tonight

and the way you comb my hair
i'm shaking like a grain of sand
i'm dancing cuz i found a witness
in the palm of my hand

you can beg for mercy
you can acquiesce get away
they should bottle something like this
until they do
i'm gonna keep you for the future
until someday becomes you

you can cover me in your islands
won't you tie me up in your pearls
lay me down in your silence
steady now
steady now
steady now

i hope it takes a long long time
i'm envious of you tonight
like a penny in a well
nothing ever happened to me
till the day we fell
did you mean to kiss me
well since you did
you might as well

you could dig
you could crawl
you could marry someone else
you could play it safe and sound
like you're coming back later
i could be your savior

won't you cover me in your difference
you know i levitate to your words
lay me down and be in this
steady now
steady now
steady now
steady now

you might be the one
who called when i was eighteen and scared
you might be the one
to take away the ghost
you might be the one
the universe intended

lay me down in your distance
bring me back from the dead
i levitate to your words
steady now and be in this
steady now
steady now

cover me in your islands
tie me up in your pearls
lay me down and i'll be silent
steady now
(fade out)

© 2001 LUCYTOONS (BMI) / MARK EVANS (BMI), FEATURED IN USA FILM'S 'NEVER AGAIN'.
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Wrong All Day
(A.Kravat / C.Young)

one two three four...
ran outta' day ran outta' money
ran outta' reasons i'd run into you
i walk this way cuz it's familiar
not gonna' justify myself, uh uh

not gonna' be right
not gonna' bet you're home
not gonna' call
cuz i am desperate for a friend
but baby it's wednesday
and i'm on the block
maybe we could get together
and reenact the end

falling i forgive you
falling like some serious mistake
i was right when i wrote you off
but i've been wrong all day
i've been wrong

if you don't want me
why'd you let me in?
if there's a plan
well it doesn't make much sense
i'd go to lie
but the truth flies out
and i went to fight it
but it kicked me in the head

falling i forgive you
falling like some permanent mistake
i was right when i swore you off
but i've been wrong

blame it on mercury
rotating constantly
messing with my resolve
he's chemically haunting me
he's a catastrophe
he is my chain
baby i'd be your dog

i was right when i wrote you off
but i've been wrong
falling like a maniac
crawling
no i don't want your sorry ass back

i was right when i wrote you off
but i've been wrong all day
hey I've been wrong all day

falling like a serious mistake
i was right when I wrote you off
i've been wrong
i've been wrong all day
i've been thick headed
i've been wrong bedded
i've been wrong all day

© 2001 LUCYTOONS (BMI) / EMI BLACKWOOD MUSIC INC. / MUSE-O-MUSIC, LLC
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Dollhouse
(A.Kravat / J.Conte / S.Conte)

i gotta run but i can't stop trippin'
i got a gun but i just shoot blanks
i climb the walls but i just keep scratching
space

when i get busy i don't accomplish much
i got potential but i fall short and stout
loud noise never did unnerve me
my senses just desert me

my friends are a bit unsettled
i live in a dollhouse in my head
when they see me they just see red

i like to shop but i got bad credit
i keep my dog in a cage
that i keep in a jar (by the door)
i get confused by the basic training
but so what?
cause so far...

i'm keeping my friends unsettled
my home is a dollhouse in my head
i'm green but my bio says i'm red

one thing i can say with certainty
is that you are not the boss of me
i wear the pants in my platoon
even in my room

just shoot me
just sue me
i'm crazy but i'm not human

(how'd you get so strange?)
i'm smokin' a pawn shop cuban
(how'd you get so strange?)
i live in a dollhouse in my head
(how'd you get so strange?)
my resume starts with red
(how'd you get so strange?)
i'm cookin' in my ez-bake oven
(how'd you get so strange?)
i live in a dollhouse in my head
(how'd you get so strange?)
i'm keeping my friends unsettled
(how'd you get so strange?)

© 2000 LUCYTOONS (BMI) / NINETY PERCENT MUSIC (ASCAP) / THUNDERDOG MUSIC (ASCAP) / SETH COHEN (BMI), FEATURED IN WINSTAR CINEMA'S 'WIREY SPINDELL'.
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Do Fish Cry?
(A.Kravat? / J.Balin)

found a ghost in the back of my closet
looked a lot like you
i thought your picture in my stupid wallet
was the last

i go to sleep in my little crash helmet
'cause i pale in black and blue
i'd go to sleep at the bottom of the ocean
if i could forget about you

do fish cry?
do you wonder like i do?
do fish cry?
does it matter if no one
ever knows you do?

got a row of these little blue bottles,
when i bought them they were clear
fill em up with my cigarette ashes
and i watch

gonna ride on my shiny moon rocket
just to see the planets sink
i'm getting tired of the waiting
just to want it
do i want it?
well what do you think?

do fish cry?
do you wonder like i do?
do fish cry?
does it matter if no one
ever knows you do?

i was counting on a little conversation
an accidental glimpse of you
you were stronger in my imagination
hey you, tell the truth

do fish cry?
do you wonder like i do?
do fish cry?
does it matter if no one
ever knows you do?

do fish cry?
do fish cry?
do fish cry?
do fish cry?

© 2000 LUCYTOONS / BALIN MUSIC (ADMIN. BY WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP.) (BMI).
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Fraülein
(A.Kravat)

would you humor me with a dance
'cause i've had my arms around you
...in my mind
don't need a reason

and could i hold you exactly like that
a little while and i'll give you right back
... to him
i'm losing you in pieces

i can picture you in a history book or a magazine
why'd you come around here
why'd you drop your glove
do you want what i mean

i'm saving you fraülein
from your books and letters
i'm saving you fraülein
from your angles and chains
i've loved you for all time
i'm saving you fraülein

the way i fell and broke
that night you called
and we spoke softly for hours
hmm mmm

now i'm not asking for the universe
i just want a little light on me first
losing you in pieces

do i turn your head
can you tell me that
if it won't pain you
do you wish he'd go
give you away
leave you to me
make me wait

i'm saving you fraülein
from your books and letters
i'm saving you fraülein
from your anchors and pains
i'm saving you fraülein
from your looks and edges
i'm saving you fraülein
from your angers and ways
i'm saving you fraülein
from what you can be
and all that's above

i've loved you for all time
i'm saving you fraülein
...from love

© 2000 LUCYTOONS (BMI), FEATURED IN WINSTAR CINEMA'S 'WIREY SPINDELL'.
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Love Me Like You Know Me
(A.Kravat / S.Cohen)

she takes a drag and wonders
why it hurts so much to breathe
she's a little shaky
and her eyes are tough to meet

you don't know what you don't until you can
i never knew to miss what i never had

love me like you know me
kiss me like you can
touch me like you own me
and look me in the eye
tell me who i am

it's a drastic measure
and i'm willing to be wrong
he's a bit ungrounded
and he stood there all along
i know him as i'm slipping through his hands

love me like you know me
kiss me like you can
touch me like you want me
and look me in the eye

it's out of my hands
calloused and clenched like stones
the higher we climb up
the further we roll

love me like you know me
kiss me like you can
touch me like you want me
(sometime)
love me like you know me
kiss me like you can
(sometime)
touch me like you want me
then look me in the eye
tell me who i am

© 2000 LUCYTOONS (BMI) / SETH COHEN (BMI), FEATURED IN WINSTAR CINEMA'S 'WIREY SPINDELL'
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Right On Time
(A.Kravat)

this is the way

daydream
spin-art
lava sky

i'm the one
i'm beside you

pinch me, mama
i ate the prize
lucky you owe me one
lucky you owe me one

hit me right on time
hit me anatomically down the line
hit me right on time
this is the way

he give good get off my back
i've become unionized
toss me a party and wear your flag
daddy, you're much improved
daddy, you're much improved

hit me right on time
hit me anatomically down the line
hit me right on time
this is the way
(chorus fades out)

© 2000 LUCYTOONS (BMI), FEATURED IN WINSTAR CINEMA'S 'WIREY SPINDELL'.
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