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melissa may & sleepy pete

The only proper tagteam on the album, Melissa and Hiram are the core of the ever-changing lineup that is The Harvey Girls. I didn’t even know them when I selected their track for the album, but they’ve moved to Portland in the interim and it turns out that the musical talent thing wasn’t just a ruse.

Mefi username: melissa may & sleepy pete
Real name: Melissa Rodenbeek & Hiram Lucke
Contact: theharveygirls (a) gmail (o) com
Track title: Good Morning, Bubblegum — [mp3 sample]
Performing with: The Harvey Girls
Liner notes:

Written and recorded by Hiram Lucke and Melissa Rodenbeek and consisting of guitar, vocals, drum, bass, sax, trumpet, and beats.

Good Morning, Bubblegum was first released on Blabber n Smoke (Terciopelo Handmade Records, 2004).

Lyrics:

Good morning!
Briefly sweet, you make my mouth pink,
my tongue leaps out to kiss you.
Sugar dust glitters in the sun, sun, sunny day.
The world is dust and it's okay, okay, okay.
And the radio only pours out sugar.

Good morning!
Briefly sweet like a heartbeat,
tears are salty underneath.
Sugar plum stains my tongue;
it wakes my mouth and makes me young.
And I will always be in love…
and the radio only pours out sugar.

Good morning!
Briefly sweet, you make my mouth pink,
my tongue leaps out to kiss you.
Sugar dust glitters in the sun, sun, sunny day.
The world is dust and it's okay, okay, okay.