I have my dream girl

Steampunk Girl Artwork by Geek Artist Extraordinaire Len Peralta.

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Cherie slides the gate
and closes up for the night
walks through the mall and sighs
Gets in her Chevrolet
and blasts The Cure and The Smiths
puts her flask to her lips

Takes Exit 22
and pulls in her parking space
climbs up the fire escape
Steps into her bedroom
and crashes on to her bed
Rips stockings from her legs

She looks in the mirror and thinks that it's time
to start another life.

So, she's putting on her goggles and a bowler hat
She checks her pocket watch, adjusts her rocket pack
She laces up her boots and puts her makeup on
She grabs her leather coat and her Tesla Gun

Cause she used to be a Goth Kid but now she's a Steampunk Girl.

She dreams of brass and gaslight
Imagines taking a trip on a steam powered ship
Instead she hops a flight
to a Sci-Fi convention, now it's her intention

to finish her novel and go back to school
and learn to live again.

So, she's putting on her goggles and a bowler hat
She checks her pocket watch, adjusts her rocket pack
She laces up her boots and puts her makeup on
She grabs her leather coat and her Tesla Gun

Cause she used to be a Goth Kid but now she's a Steampunk Girl.

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released 30 January 2012
John Anealio: Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Organ, Drum Programming.

Why read books when you can sing about books?

This song is for everyone who participates in National Novel Writing Month.

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This November I'm gonna write a novel in 30 days
and by December, I'll type "The End" on the last page
I've got some music. I've got my shiny new laptop
And now I'll use it as I sit down at the coffee shop

But everybody thinks I'm crazy

But I've only got 50,000 words to go
Before the end of NaNoWriMo
I thought that it'd be easy but its not
Yeah I've only got 50,000 words to go
Before the end of NaNoWriMo
I've got everything I need except the plot

I've got a trusty side-kick. I've got a strong protagonist.
There's a central conflict but a weak antagonist
I've got a cliched setting and at best my plot is trite
but at least I'm getting some time to myself at night

Refrain

Who decided to have Thanksgiving this time of year?
Don't they know I'm trying to launch my writing career.

Refrain

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from NaNoWriMo, released 01 November 2011

John Anealio: Vocals, Electric Guitars, Bass, Irish Bouzouki, Glockenspiel, Organ, Drum Programming.

What I really love.

What better way to show that I love zombies then to share this zombie love song.



Immediate download of Undead Love Song in your choice of MP3 320, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

The Undead Love Song was inspired by Rigor Amortis, an anthology of zombie short stories. This song was co-written with R. Schuyler Devin, who has a story in the collection.

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A supernatural wedding day
A blushing bride, a groom in a cage.
She could have had any man she desired
Like a teen werewolf or an old vampire

But she loves her Zombie Man

This is an Undead Love Song
Everyone will think it's wrong
They just don't understand those Zombie moans
Lovers need not be alive for true love to survive
A fragile heart need not rot alone

When they went on their honeymoon
They drank champagne in their hotel room
But then the bride went into shock
When his foot fell off and he lost his c***

But she loves her Zombie Man

This is an Undead Love Song
Everyone will think it's wrong
They just don't understand those Zombie moans
Lovers need not be alive for true love to survive
A fragile heart need not rot alone

But it ain't easy being married to an undead lover
the bride is always under attack
People ask her: Why can't she find another
And why is she a Necrophiliac?

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released 20 October 2011
John Anealio: Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Slide Guitar, Bass, Organ & Drum Programming.

The beautiful artwork is by Galen Dara www.galendara.com

2 of my fav things in song form

A mostly true story about how I dressed up like a Stormtrooper for Halloween when I was 5 years old.
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I had an old white shirt and a store-bought mask
And a broken water gun within my grasp
My tattered pants were lined with electrical tape.
It was the greatest costume that was ever made

And I wish I could relive that holiday

When I dressed up like a Stormtrooper for Halloween
My dad was a ghost, my friend was Wolverine
And these memories will surely haunt my dreams tonight.

I marched down Fleetwood street in my black rubber boots
We went from door to door collecting our loot
I wouldn’t eat the candy in my pillow case
Because I refused to take the mask off my face

Now, I’m putting on my mask again
and lacing up my boots
With my son dressed up like Anakin
in his jedi costume

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from A Stormtrooper For Halloween, track released 01 October 2011
John Anealio: Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Bass, Synthesizers,
Drum Programming.

Album Art:
Photo by Jonathan Mannion www.jonathanmannion.com
Photoshop Ninja: Patrick Hester www.atfmb.com
The Man in the Stormtrooper Armor: Andrew Liptak, andrewliptak.wordpress.com