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Cheese Denied

from Not Gonna Be Pretty by Amy Engelhardt

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This is not from a musical. But it could be.
Recorded/mixed by Eric Arm at Headroom Audio, West Hollywood, CA

lyrics

Every once in a while I pass your house
And I turn back into a little grey mouse
But I don’t think anybody sees
What happens to me when I detect I’m near your cheese

Though it’s all in the past and not for real
You try telling a rodent what to feel
Like an animal experiment on feed
I gravitate primally to what I’m trained to need

And I barrel backwards to those days
Inside your complicated maze
The hunger cuts right through the haze inside
The memory of Cheese…. Denied

It’s not as if your cheese is all that sweet
But back when I was I mouse, it’s all I’d wanna eat
And sad was the only joy I knew
Seductive, impossible and wrapped around you

And I barrel backwards to those days
Inside your complicated maze
I never got to you but god, how I tried.
The memory of Cheese…. Denied

I’m conditioned to want you like that dog with the bell
Even though it’s a painful reaction
And I know every rock in the wall of this well
‘cause the hurt’s so familiar, and such a great distraction
It’s a great distraction.

Every once in a while you’re in a dream
And I’m who I am now and not nineteen
And I don’t really want to be that mouse
I gotta find a new route that doesn’t go right past your house
I gotta stop passing your house.

And I barrel backwards through those years
I’m fighting back the same old tears
The promise of sweet dairy kisses died
The memory of Cheese…. Denied

credits

from Not Gonna Be Pretty, released June 1, 2008
Keys - Amy Engelhardt
Guitar - Troy Dexter
Bass - Jeff Dean
Drums/Percussion - Jake Jacobs
All vox - Amy Engelhardt
Strings arranged by Amy Engelhardt
Produced by Bob Malone & Amy Engelhardt

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Amy Engelhardt Los Angeles, California

Singer/songwriter.composer/lyricist. Vocal arranger.
Session singer.
Doctor Demento artist. Jersey Girl.
Cheese lover.
Garlic fanatic.
Cat Servant. Formerly "Amy Bob" of Grammy noms THE BOBS. Let's order some drinks & appetizers.
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