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Orange and Blue
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Somewhere I No Longer Know
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
In These Clothes
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
The Final Blow
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Just One Grain
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Suddenly June Again
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Phenomenal
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Glasses
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
It Might Not
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Something to Look Forward To
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I like to hold in my shit
For as long as I can
I kinda like the mere sensation
These days I hate to admit
It’s the most that I feel
Toyin’ round with constipation
Keeping it in so there’s something to look forward to
How long has it been without something to look forward to
Something to look forward to
Thrust
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman, Abby Mohaddes
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Abby Mohaddes
Thrust just a little
Trust in the rhythm of your body
Lust just a little
I’ve been waiting for ya
(waiting for ya)
Get your body on the dance floor
I work a 5 to 9 then a 9 to 5
With a BBA in being alive
No break, no sweat, no salary
Cause the rhythm pays me hourly
The office never feels banal
When your CEO’s the disco ball
Your new career will now begin
It’s time to move your hips, clock in, and
Thrust just a little
Trust in the rhythm of your body
Lust just a little
I’ve been waiting for ya
(waiting for ya)
Get your body on the dance floor
Get your body on the dance floor
Thrust
Not the One You're Right For
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Isn’t it just enough to try
Tell me it’s just enough to make it
Tell me I’m not the reason why
You seem to fake it
Isn’t there something left to lose
Tell me there’s something left to fight for
Give a reason to refuse to say
I’m not the one you’re right for
Not the one you’re right for
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The Ballad of Phil and Phyllis (FULL)
12,133 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Grant Steller, Joy Woods
PHIL:
You can have the fame, Phyllis
I’d give up all the fame
You can have the overbearing stares
The noisy crowds
The holy shadow
And the shame, Phyllis!
But don’t pretend you want this
Don’t be so naïve
I’ll say these words again and again
But by then you’re bound to leave
They always leave
Why must you leave?
PHYLLIS:
Well, I guess I’m just like the rest
PHIL:
Why must you leave?
PHYLLIS:
We can’t all live forever
I sure was never as blessed
PHIL:
Nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
Nothing’s supposed to last that long
The burrows we made will eventually fade
And I’ll be left to sing the same old song
But if nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
Why am I the one who’s cursed to see
The sprout begin to spawn
Till the things I know are gone
Till everyone moves on but…
Hold me, Phyllis
Hold me like an apricot
Hold me like the world is not about to wave goodbye
PHYLLIS:
You watched my fur turn grey
PHIL:
I don’t like “goodbye”
PHYLLIS:
How many times have you had to say….
PHIL:
Please don’t say…
BOTH:
Goodbye
PHYLLIS:
Nothing’s supposed to live forever
Nothing’s supposed to last that long
That’s what they say, Phil
It all goes away, Phil
But something deep inside me knows they’re wrong
If nothing’s supposed to live forever
I’ll give you a part of me I guarantee you’ll find
In the winters and the springs
In the song your shadow sings
Forever is the things I leave behind
PHIL:
Behind?
PHYLLIS:
You’ll see me in their smile
And their claws
Will make you take pause
And maybe the burrows we made
PHIL: The burrows we made
PHYLLIS: Will come back to your mind
PHIL: The burrows we made will eventually fade
PHYLLIS: Back when we weren’t afraid the sun
PHIL: And I can’t persuade the sun
To let us rewind
PHYLLIS: Would set and let
PHIL: Let us start over
PHYLLIS: us leave our last duet…
PHIL: Before you leave me…
BOTH: Behind
PHYLLIS: Are the ones who go ever truly gone
When you’re…
BOTH: Holding on to who you leave behind
PHYLLIS: Who you leave…
PHIL: Hold me, Phyllis
PHYLLIS: Behind
PHIL: Why can’t you stay forever?
PHYLLIS:
I can see forever
Just by looking in your eyes
PHIL: Dry your eyes
PHYLLIS:
That’s the thing with love…
It multiplies and multiplies and
Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: Nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
PHYLLIS: But the tighter you hold me
PHIL: The deeper you look in my eyes
BOTH: The more that can’t be true
PHYLLIS: And the sprout begins to spawn
PHIL: In the winters and the springs
PHYLLIS: And the things I know are gone
PHIL: In the song shadow sings
BOTH: Till everyone moves on but us two
Cause…
PHYLLIS: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHYLLIS: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: How can I live forever
PHYLLIS: Without you
PHIL: Without you?
Bunnies (FINAL)
8,972 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
There were bunnies that were jumping on a trampoline
And I just learned that they weren’t real
If a bot can inhabit
An unknowing rabbit
It might manufacture the way you made me feel
How do I know that the sky’s really sunny?
Sometimes it feels like your love is as real
As an unknowing bunny
There’s a woman who was talking on my TV screen
And I just learned she doesn’t exist
Her heart was created
Her voice generated
Her soul hasn’t lived
And her lips have not been kissed
How do I know that the sky’s really sunny?
Now you can change how it looks with a wave of your hand
And a fuck ton of money
Am I just an unknowing bunny?
Am I just an unknowing bunny?
Hopping along
Bouncing away
While the clouds are crying
But we cover their tears with a bright sunny day
And forget we’re lying
So, forget about pain
Forget how to try
Forget how the rain used to dance with the sky
Till you no long care how the hair of a hare used to feel
Cause your mind’s made of lead
And your heart’s made of steel
There were bunnies that were jumping on a trampoline
And I just learned that they weren’t real
Reorganize
6,392 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I thought I would reorganize my drawer
Cause the mess was getting harder to ignore
So I emptied all the trash
And it started looking better
But I couldn’t find a place for this old and distant letter
So I might as well reorganize my bins
Cause my stickers should be separate from my pins
And my cords should have a home
And my tools should have a case—Fork!
My letter still doesn’t have a place
So I might as well reorganize my room
Cause I didn’t even know I had perfume
I guess it comes as no surprise
It’s hard to use your old supplies
Until you can reorganize your strife
So it’s time that I reorganize my life
I Don't Remember Birthdays (FINAL)
6,278 plays
Lyrics: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I don’t remember birthdays
It’s not that I don’t try
I check Facebook every morning
For a whisper of a warning
To decide if I should open my heart
Or simply cry
That I remember every day you walk away
From who we used to be
‘Cause you remember birthdays
You remember mine
But you don’t remember me
I don’t remember movies
Or how the story ends
If you ask me to explain another plot,
You’ll find my brain begin to rot with—
Were they lovers?
Were they strangers?
Were they friends?
Still I remember how damn real
You made me feel
What scene can I have missed?
So watch another movie
Write another ending
And forget that I exist
Forget about all the times
We were scared together
Forget about all the dreams
That we dared together
If all the love that we shared together
Was just a charade
Then I’m still afraid that
I don’t remember birthdays
Or the song we used to sing
But it’s hard to find the comfort
In the pain as I refrain
From our refrain
To let it play, let it end, let it sting
If I could make these words rewind
I’d try to find
Some hook, some line, some clue
That you remember birthdays
You remember mine
‘Cause I remember…
You
Happy Birthday to you
How many years I thought I knew you…
How many candles on the cake?
How many wishes could I make for you
To take my hand and stay?
But now it’s just another day
Just another movie
Just another song that rings
With all the things you’re not
So I forget
How you forgot
I don’t remember birthdays
I’ve looked for many cures
But no matter how much empathy I spend
It seems my heartstrings never mend
‘Til I pretend that I don’t remember yours
So close the door and walk away
From yesterday and who we used to be
Till you remember birthdays
You remember mine
And you remember me
Me in a Year
5,088 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
He doesn’t second guess the clothes he wears
He doesn’t base his words
On faded dreams and jaded stares
He writes a new verse
With no one to please
He looks in the mirror and likes what he sees
He doesn’t seem far but he’s not near
Oh
And his eyes look just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can’t see?
Oh
Maybe it’s a little more love
Maybe it’s a little less fear
Maybe that’s me in a year
Maybe that’s me in a year
He turns all his losses into wins
'Cause he doesn’t live his life in should've dones and could’ve beens
He goes for the gold
He lands on his face
He takes the next step and gets back in the race
But that doesn’t make him disappear
Oh
And his eyes are just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can’t see?
Maybe it’s a little more love
Maybe it’s a little less fear
Maybe that’s me in a year
Song a Day 568
4,242 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Yesterday was one of the most special days I’ve ever had.
I’m such a lucky guy. My only complaint is that I had so
much fomo because there were people from so many aspects
of my life that I desperately wanted to hang with and
introduce to each other so if you were there or watching the
livestream holy moly thank you literally please hang out
with me I love you. Thanks for having me @Joe’s Pub
Song a Day 568
At Joe’s Pub
July 21, 2025
(Yesterday)
I like beginnings
More than ends
That doesn’t mean I like to start
No
I’m never certain how to start
(Good Art sign) Close? (sigh)
Is it worth beginning?
Well, that depends
Is it real or is it “smart”?
No
Is it something from my heart?
Gross
I know my words never come out perfect
I know my notes still have room to grow
But too long I’ve let the fear of saying “goodbye”
Keep me from saying “hello”
So hello!
That fear is hard to part with
But tonight I’ll try to start with what I know:
(“The Ballad of Phil and Phyllis” music)
It’s my first solo show
It’s the opening song
I started it yesterday
So it’s not that strong
But you’re really here
I know it’s very late
So thanks for coming down on
Day 568
Time comes time goes
And you never think you’re ready
I don’t know if I’m ready
New dreams new clothes
Though the path may feel unsteady
Just look at where it led eventually!
Cause it’s hard to see
What lies beyond the highs and lows
If it means something tomorrow…
No one really knows
Cause one day you have no clue
How to write any words worth saying
And then the next day
You’re playing it at Joe’s
At Joe’s!
It’s my first solo show
It’s the opening song
And my voice may crack
But I’ll sing it strong
Cause you’re really here
So let’s celebrate
When my skies were looking grey
With you I found a ray
Of love and hope and joy
On Day 568
Bunnies (Instrumental)
3,333 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Instrumental of Part 1
There were bunnies that were jumping on a trampoline
And I just learned that they weren’t real
If a bot can inhabit
An unknowing rabbit
It might manufacture the way you made me feel
How do I know that the sky’s really sunny?
Sometimes it feels like your love is as real
As an unknowing bunny
My Dream Last Night
2,495 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I wrote a really good song
In my dream last night
But I forgot the way it goes
And as much as I try to remember it
Only the ghost of my dream knows
Oh, there was a melody I found
Oh, felt like that best one I had written
The best one I would write
Perhaps I’ll hear the song again
When I go to bed tonight
Ayame
1,757 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
If the Ayamé-Yuval-Oliver love triangle was a musical…
Yuval:
Grosvenor house
London
Too easy
Firmdale
Soho
Sixth floor
It was the drink that gave you away
Love can be cruel
Love can be ignorant and cheesy
But love is a game I like to play
You leave me a clue in the lamp
In the bed…
In the pixelated picture frame behind you
Even the color of your walls would be enough to find you
Ayame
I hardly say “I love you”
But wherever the road may be winding
Nothing will keep me from finding
Ayame
There’s no one else above you
Through all the fears that surround me
Somehow you found me
You Are Glass
1,566 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman, Kaden MacKay
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Kaden MacKay
You are glass
Cold and brittle
So I never push too hard
Cause you break
From so little
And I cut myself on every shard
I wish that you were clearer
And could see my point of view
You are glass
Thick and blurry
So you see the worst parts first
You’re a pane
And I worry
That your temper’s always primed to burst
You wish that I was clearer
And could see your point of view
But if I’m glass then I’m a mirror
So you’re seeing only you
Spam
1,456 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Made a song from the iPhone default ringtone
Inspired by Apple’s "Reflection"
Spam
Just a ringtone and a memory
Spam
Just whatever’s left of you and me
Spam
When I call it never used to be spam
Spam is my only chance of getting through
Damn
If only you remembered who I am
Maybe then I could stop leaving you spam
September
1,402 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
September
Can’t believe you’re finally here again
It’s my favorite time of year again
Waiting for the day that you return
Wondering if you remember
How the leaves looked not too long ago
I can still hear how your song would go
Leaving me a lesson I don’t learn
Well maybe next September
Maybe next September
