i got my smile and it’s my smile

Nina Simone performing Ain’t Got No (I Got Life), Harlem 1969

i seen pretty people disappear like smoke

David Kramer

Untitled (Big Ben), 2005

Untitled (bench), 2005

if we all went back to another time i would love you over

Jake and Dinos Chapman

The Disasters of War #45, 1999

are you mine? my heart? mine anymore?

Bruce Nauman

Bound to Fail, 1966-67/1970

i ain’t lookin’ for you to feel like me, see like me or be like me

Kelly Breslin

Anywhere, 2006

Correspondences, 2006

shall i hang my head with yours and be blue

Adventure is making the distant approach nearer but romance is having what is where it is which is not where you are stay where it is.
-Gertrude Stein

end the vows no need to lie, enjoy

 Kai Althoff

Untitled

you could drag me over the rainbow

some of my holgas…

from  chicago, now!, 2004-2005

i believe in desperate acts, the kind that make me look stupid

Jan Christensen

Painting Myself into a Corner, 2004

what we do is secret secret

Rita Ackermann

Should I call the Ambulance?, 1994

Burning Ashes, 1998

i’ve got canned heat in my heels tonight

Merce Cunningham, Changing Steps

be on my side, i’ll be on your side

Jay Heikes

Family Tree

Aurelia Mihai

Infantin II

we could go far thanking our stars

Patrick Strzelec

180 Drawings and a Dunce Cap

if i could do just one near perfect thing i’d be happy

Felipe Jesus Consalvos

A Paper Wedding
c. 1920-50

i’m a cuckoo

I’m glad to see you
I had a funny dream
And you were wearing funny shoes
You were going to a dance
You were dressed like a punk but you are too young to remember

I’m glad to see you
I’m outside the house
I’m not thinking right today
I’ve got no energy
I’m glad that you are waiting with me
Tell me all about your day

Breaking off is misery
I see a wilderness for you and me
Punctuated by philosophy
I’m wondering how things could’ve been

I’m happy for you
You’ve made it hard for me
I counted on your company
You are staying with your friends tonight
I’m feeling sorry for myself
I keep taking everything to be a sign

I’m happy for you
But now I know this hurt is poison
Too sharp to be bled
I’m sitting on my empty bed
I’m on my empty bed
At night the fever grows it’s pounding pounding

I’d rather be in Tokyo
I’d rather listen to Thin Lizzy-oh
And watch the Sunday gang in Harajuku
There’s something wrong with me, I’m a cuckoo

Scary moment, lovin’ every moment
I was high from playing shows
We lost a singer to her clothes
My trouble raised its ugly head
I was revealed
And I was home in bed
I was a kid again

Jesus told me, go after every coin like it was the last in the world
And protect the wayward child
But I’m a little lost sheep
I need my Bo Peep
You know I need My Shepherd here tonight

Breaking off is misery
I see a wilderness for you and me
Punctuated by philosophy
I’m wondering how things could’ve been

I’d like to see you
But really I should stay away
And let you settle down
I’ve got no claims to your crown
I was the boss of you
And I loved you
You know I loved you
It’s all over now

And I was there for you
When you were lonely
I was there when you were bad
I was there when you were sad
Now it’s my time of need
I’m thinking, do I have to plead to get you by my side?

I’d rather be in Tokyo
I’d rather listen to Thin Lizzy-oh
And watch the Sunday gang in Harajuku
There’s something wrong with me, I’m a cuckoo

-Belle & Sebastian

you dressed today as if for riding school, your legs are so cool

Willem De Kooning

Excavation, 1950

i need your trust to bust the things i lack

Gilles Peress

there’s really nothing to understand let’s go and see our favourite band

Nick Relph & Oliver Payne

Samba Rumble, 2004