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Names

by Tod Lippy

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"Names" is the lead single from the forthcoming "Yearbook," due out this winter.

PLEASE NOTE: "Names" is also being released as a limited-edition lathe-cut 7" single by We Are Busy Bodies, which can be purchased here: wearebusybodies.bandcamp.com/album/tod-lippy-names

lyrics

Are you Sheri with an "S"?
Or is it Cheri with a "C"?
Is it "S-H-A-R-I"?
Or "-E-R-R-I-E"?

Andria or Andrea?
Alisha or Alicia?

One "T" or 2, Matthew?
Are you Erin with an "E" or "AA"?
How many "L"s in Isabelle?
Does your Sarah end with "H"?

You may think I'm obsessed
About what's in a name
To me it's a lot
I can try to explain

You may think I'm obsessed
About what's in a name
For me, it’s a lot
I can try to explain

Are you Josie to your friends?
or is it always Josephine?
I don't want to condescend, Jo
When you hand me my cappuccino

Because I see you every day
And as stupid as it sounds
I don't want to be a stranger

"-EE?," "-EY?," "-EIGH?"
They say that God is in the details
Bradley, I've got to nail your name
Before I hit "send" on this email

This may seem like a joke
about an anxious mind
My OCD chromosome
working overtime

Or you might think it's a stroke
a canny social climb

But iI'd like to believe
that it's more benign

I just want to connect
(only connect)
In this sliver of time
Even if the cement
is an "E" or "I"

Or a "Y"

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released October 16, 2020
Lyrics and music by Tod Lippy
Copyright @2020 Tod Lippy Music, BMI

Produced by Tod Lippy and Kramer
Mixed and mastered by Kramer

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