100 Tiny Songs (Complete)

by Olivia Rafferty

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1.
looking out of my window one trampoline and the door of my neighbour's shed painted green i know that i've got things to do like prepare for an interview but all i really wanna do is look out of my window today
2.
oh my god talk about jesus christ well i know that's not gonna happen to me today to me, today, yeah i know there's something wrong with the planet i know but i got a secret only i know i'm not gonna die it's been 22 years and i've been just fine
3.
i don't understand a single word you say as you walk down the steps into our apartment i've been rolling candles with the dog all day rolling them in the colours and ruining the carpet i like making little things i like doing it for me
4.
listen up, it's time we talked i got something to say have you heard about vertical farming? yeah i know it's kinda new i read it on the news i think it's time we talked about vertical farming ooh yeah ooh yeah ooh yeah vertical farming
5.
⁣STEP ONE WEAR A COWBOY HAT (you know i'm wearin a hat) STEP TWO FIND A LOVELY HORSE (i'm gonna marry my horse) STEP THREE CARRY A BIBLE THE LATE ALAN RICKMAN’S GONNA PLAY YOUR RIVAL THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A COWBOY MOVIE
6.
clown time 00:29
i'm just a clown running around CLOWN TIME i need to rest i need to get some DOWN TIME you can have a little down time too go take a bath or go to the zoo when you come back you'll feel so much better let's go get down time together!
7.
I come home alone I sit on the floor I'm here for the fame I stare at the door When they know What they know They’ll knock it down Until then I will wait I’m sticking around
8.
It’s so rainy Kinda biblical Guess I’m staying in today Watching tv two dimensional Wouldn’t have it any other way I got nothing to do
9.
jupiter dogs 00:31
I'm talking bout dogs, dogs, big as a planet Big dogs, bigger than you Jupiter dogs! Saturn puppies Sniffing Uranus and Neptune too That’s the kind of dog that I respect That’s the kinda dog I wanna get
10.
she was a daredevil witch she ran away with my kiss and i won't ever forget what she did even though it was so wrong i ran away, i'm sorry guess i didn't know how to say that i couldn't stay i ran away, i'm sorry
11.
I deleted all the files All the backups from the drive I even emptied out my trash And its never coming back And even if I tried again Would it ever be the same a piece of time within a window frame Guess its hard to say goodbye To a take you really really really liked
12.
Sometimes I feel like I got nothing going on And then I realise that I am really strong Smiling is my cardio And everywhere that I go I flex my little muscles all the time I just love to exercise I’m even smiling with my eyes i could hold a car up with my smile WITH MY SMILE
13.
two little birds walking side by side oh little birds where are you going to? i've got a message for you come on through oh little birds
14.
it's time to put up the tree it's a wonderful tree! and it makes me feel like everything is gonna be okay!
15.
TOOTHPASTE 00:51
I keep getting toothpaste on my shirt It’s so embarrassing for me! I keep getting toothpaste on my shirt It’s so embarrassing! When I’m brushing up its running down And gets all on my blouse i ruined my favourite shirt I gotta be more careful tomorrow!
16.
the snow 00:44
watching the snow fall on tv there's none outside this christmas being alone is boring me there's no-one here this christmas i know it's only for one year but i'm so broken sitting here waiting for the season end i want a christmas with my friends
17.
i got a list yeah i wanna drink champagne (i wanna drink champagne today!) i've never been kissed but i wanna do it in the rain (kiss me in the rain today!) i write in my diary like it's the truth i wanna find a dream i can fall into i wanna grow up and i wanna be free do you wanna come with me?
18.
think of the simple things: the smell of october woods how the sunset pulls the red out from your hair and laughter how it hangs in the room like a light think of the papercut on your thumb how there once was blood and now it's hardly bleeding think of your body how it defaults towards healing
19.
if you live on the moon You gotta do things that you wouldn’t usually do Like wear a white suit and live underground If you live on the moon You eat food from a silver packet and you’ve got one friend who’s a robot but if you live on the moon You get to see the stuff that nobody else sees Like the stars So come with me To the moon!
20.
Its colder now than I thought it was I’m running late, I’m late because I said goodbye too many times I held on tight, I missed the ride
21.
i don't wanna build this table today i haven't even read the instructions guess i'm just a silly goose and you know it's true
22.
can you believe there's somewhere out there that doesn't know it's christmas day? i'm talking about the microbial life on venus they're very far away they're too small to wear santa hats and they don't have any presents to wrap it's time to feel sorry for the microbes on venus jingle the bells, jingle the bells on venus they got no bells look at the snow falling on trees on venus its 900 degrees and there's no little baby jesus for christmas day on venus, the atmospheric pressure would crush him to death oh poor squashed baby jesus living on venus no christmas there, no christmas there
23.
spoken: i don't know how i feel what i wanna do where i wanna go i just feel like i don't know anything at all looking outside and i can see the lights of the hospital
24.
my house! 00:36
come on down, it's free! welcome to my house my house! my house my house yeah welcome to my house are you ready to play are you ready to go? come on down to my house it's my house! my house my house yeah
25.
sunday came with the worst of all the man on the news said the season was cancelled i called and i cried about it "happy new year" well i always doubted but i think i see a cloud out there a little violet cloud out there it's coming to me with something to say
26.
i miss walking through the mall in toronto i miss hosting little parties with you i miss everything just being normal i guess everybody misses that too i miss knowing what i'm doing tomorrow i miss walking through the market in june i miss everything just being normal i guess everybody misses that too
27.
getting married is hard when you can't try on the shoes when you can't try on the little shoes getting married is hard when you can't book a venue when you don't know how many's coming through but oh, marry me oh, by the stream oh, in your bare feet i don't care, i don't care just marry me
28.
i like what i do i'm proud of my stuff even if it's not enough for you it's enough
29.
christmas to me is rushing around christmas to me is snow on the ground christmas to me is a dumpy tree christmas to me is family we all love christmas time eating a pie and drinking mulled wine even when there's covid on our minds it's christmas time!
30.
last order at the roadhouse last one to grab my coat here i stand at the crossroads not sure where to go there's a road ahead with devils there's a road behind with ghosts here i stand at the crossroads not sure where to go
31.
hey little puppy going for walkies hey little puppy going outside what can you see? what can you smell? what can you see, what can you smell? hey little puppy hey little puppy
32.
city of clouds back of the classroom no-one to talk to apart from myself look at me now ghost of the present not in the lesson my city of clouds does it always feel so hard to stay where i'm meant to? will i ever focus on the things that i'm meant to?
33.
little teeth 00:31
screaming like a tiger with it's mouth taped shut screaming like a bonfire on a mountain with nobody else around (hey hey hey!) i can't keep my concentration like a little pet it's growing little teeth when i see you all i wanna do is scream when i see you all i wanna do is scream
34.
grab your robinson we'll have a helicopter party meet me midnight in the sky way above the city no-one here can stop us if you jump then you can land it you don't need a parachute if i hold out my hand
35.
8am on the promenade they said the water here dangerous but you know me better than that baby yeah you know me better than that baby i'm going wild swimming i'm gonna feel something for once this time i'm going wild swimming i'm gonna swim until i reach the other side til i reach the other side
36.
coconut 00:44
we saw an owl in the tree last night sitting sleepy in the palm we didn't know why he liked my garden didn't even know where the owl came from we called him coconut, now he is ours he stares up there and likes to doze he's given me a little laughter a little bit of hope
37.
spoken: i hope you remember making pancakes one evening and they came out crap, the first few and then you got stressed and ran your hand through your hair and then you got pancake batter in your hair and then you almost started crying 'cause you missed your boyfriend so much and your flatmate gave you a hug and that was the first hug you'd ever had in about six weeks and neither of you wanted to let go of each other because both of you were like "wow, human contact"
38.
city closed by the coast i wander silent as a ghost didn't eat but i drank enough to filter out the cold i can hear a firework and some song i don't know someone's kissing someone and they're raising up a toast happy new year
39.
when i get my garden i am gonna fill it up with little pansies, peonies and monkey puzzle trees with a tyre swing to hang right off of when i'm feeling reminiscent, yeah oh my garden, oh my garden oh my garden, oh my garden
40.
space prince 00:43
I’m a space prince In a leather jacket with an oxygen tank in my Cadillac i drive my car over a black hole I’m a relic of a time gone way way back exiled from my throne in the zodiac before I return I gotta get my one goal… spoken: Join prince zorpdog as they traverse the hinterlands of time and space (space space space space), searching for the lost alkazorbian heart jewel of the planetary guild, in order to secure their rightful place at the throne of Quibbly 5...
41.
We tried the best we could today Even though plans didn’t go our way We did a little good today We tried the best that we could
42.
we're together again I been away for so long We’re together again I missed you very much I been around the planet i been around to heaven I thought you’d be alone But I had your ghost i had your ghost
43.
you know I had a little dream last night I had the slippers that you get in pockets Of the robes at the good hotel & I was eating all the little chocolates i went down to the swimming pool I spent an hour in the jacuzzi Then I ate at the nice restaurant & in my room I watched a movie ah, I’m at the hotel, the hotel of my dreams
44.
seventeen 00:53
i saw it passing by A lightness in the sky It meant so much to me when I was just seventeen I held you in the hedge You made it permanent All of my fantasies They came true at seventeen
45.
alien 00:56
When I saw your pic online Knew I had to make you mine I don’t know what it is about you You’re so small and you’re so green You got everything I need I can’t go through my life without you Tiny little alien living in a house oh Living by himself oh All alone I could be your friend I could give you some help oh alien Be my little friend
46.
It’s a labour of love staying here When I wanna walk out of the door When I wanna leave you small Too scared to ask for more You can grow into your sweater Like a never ending winter It’s a labour of love staying here When I want to erase you forever
47.
i saw you in the moonlight for one night you were there and i know when to lay me down i'll sing around for you
48.
i’m just walking my dog at the end of the world It seems impossible I can see the ocean rising up in a curl The waves are coming Why can’t I pretend that everything is normal Why can’t I pretend that I’ll be here tomorrow Who said that I had to be outta my mind?
49.
walker dam 00:43
i go to walker dam the co-op and the parking lot I call you up to hear your voice and call me crazy Think I can travel to the future if I walk enough Looping round in my little town soho sighing cause it misses soho Big Ben crying beneath the scaffold I’m in a little town I like it in my little town Looping round in my little town
50.
Oh no something's not right One of the ravens flew from the tower I saw it down by the bank from the carousel that I haunt Raven the world will crumble Raven don’t you know it's true Raven the sun sets forever Forever on me & you
51.
this might be my shortest song it goes like this you can sing along "oh my god this song is so tiny" and now it's the end!
52.
considerate 01:53
If you’re coming round you better tell me in advance I don’t want you showing up and messing up my plans I’ve got no control over my life these days you see All I want is you to be considerate of me
53.
do you need any milk?? We haven’t got any more Can you go to the shop That’s what I’m going out for gotta have it in my kitchen Otherwise we got a situation did you get all the milk? I got a bottle or two Can it go in my tea? let me pour it for you have it now or have it later Stays fresh in my refrigerator Have a glass of milk today!
54.
Bad luck I think I’m stuck inside a time machine I gotta go back To one place that I don’t wanna be I gotta see the meteor in the sky T-rex with a tear in her eye I gotta watch it as the animals fade And all the mushrooms take their place Outta time This is how we go outta time
55.
I went to school I got my degree In a special little type of archaeology Finding things after nature ran its course I went for a dig in my own field And you wouldn’t believe what was revealed All 205 bones of a skeleton horse Skeleton horse Yeah! Skeleton horse! Yeah! I’m so proud to discover Skeleton horse
56.
an avatar 00:57
All I wanna do is play a video game But a video game Needs a console to play on All I wanna do is be an avatar And walk around Like I’m on a mission
57.
Oh neighbour You’re about the only one I trust in here Can we crawl out beside the fire escape Without them finding us here Guess not I’m naive to think that we could make it out alive In one piece Guess not I’m naive to think that we could make it out alive This one time
58.
im not inspired anymore what can I what can I do about it? I wanna lay on the floor eat my body weight in chocolate cake stare at the ceiling if you don’t feel good about it Might wanna go to sleep around it Get up tomorrow try again
59.
Hey there robin I know that you’ve heard me sobbing Hey there birdie Every dream I have of you is of me You keep singing your tiny song And I’ll be singing right along You keep singing your tiny song tonight And I’ll be singing along
60.
i got punched in the face On Christmas Day by a kangaroo I was trying to get him out of my yard i got knocked on my back, but I’ll be okay He’s not in jail, no he got away Because he’s just a kangaroo
61.
Waiting on the world to change the sea to rise the mountains fall To see what wonders we await When they take away it all So why should I be crying now When everything is still so new so why should I be hiding out When I have to be true I have to love you
62.
metamorphic 00:46
im too tired Im too lazy gonna lie here You can’t save me Metamorphic try to change me oh I won’t do the Things you wanna I won’t be the Shining armour Metamorphic Try to change me oh but I won’t
63.
I was walking through a park its the only thing that I get to do I stop — what the hell is that There’s one or two now there’s lots of them Tiny little birds I never seen before Running around on the grassy floor Tiny little birds and it makes me wanna sing out loud I saw a new bird today! And it makes me feel alright I saw a new bird today yeah! I love birds I love them so much
64.
Sediment Monuments Underground Flipping it Relative rule exception Folded Landed im coming around to the thought of it all being part of a plan Metaphoric Outta state One hill Far away Fault line Newest baby one time See it for me
65.
come and carbon date me Do the animating And I will show you my life I will show you my life
66.
holiday 00:45
holiday I can’t see the time I can get away The cliff the moon the valley can’t be that way I can’t find the time to get away The cliff the moon the valley
67.
there's a fault on heart mountain it broke up my dear it's been this way forty million years there's a fault in heart mountain it crumbled apart though it once raced with passion just like my heart
68.
been thinking lately we should just be friends been thinking maybe we should let it end don't let the door kiss you on the way out let the door hit you on the way out
69.
I don’t want there to be polar bears or thermal underwear I just want the spring Ooh Maybe if I dream about a flower There’ll be a flower Growing in my yard Maybe it will’ll grow in my yard
70.
i don't know what the hell I'm doing here guess by this point i thought it would be clear guess i got a long way to go yes i got a long way to go
71.
Standing at the edge of a valley It’s shaped like a u that means that’s its glacial Like they took a spoon to the mountain And ate it up i know that you’re far away I look at the postcard And think of the flowers The till that lies at the bottom So unorganised
72.
i wish 00:24
i wish I understood the bits of me that I don’t understand I wish that things would go the way they’d go if I had had them planned oh i wish doesn't make any difference
73.
Hello February I have a simple decree Cancel the valentines day Til I can see my love again I know its selfish Why can’t I be selfish Why can’t we just push it back Til I am allowed on a train Please
74.
I know that you been expecting us we sent a message to the cameras Saying hi how are you we come in peace And we’re here with a plan for your planet i thought you should know we're not going home
75.
i miss the museum All the skeletons and bears Butterflies and the geodes And the dioramas there the natural history is cool to me and there I can have fun I still think about it Even though I cannot go Looking at a wooly mammoth And then having tea and scones it doesn’t bother me that I have come alone Oh Natural history Oh, natural history
76.
jaded 00:51
i don’t have a lot of choice Im the way I use my voice When I say things they get torn inexplicably worn It’s a little complicated in my mind And I get a little jaded every time It’s a little complicated
77.
There is only one thing that I want most in the world It’s round and its got a little hole in the middle just one thing and I’ll be the happiest girl And it’s a blueberry bagel Blueberry bagel so fresh I just wish I could bite and I wish I could taste you I haven’t had a wee bagel in ages and ages oh I want a bagel
78.
I have got a special wedding Brought my mother and my cousins all the way from outta town To look at all the ballgowns I want something very pretty Sparkly and glittery to me to walk to aisle in to seven thousands violins I feel like a princess I wanna say yes to the dress!
79.
The cold is like a comfort I wear it and I cannot take it off I love it when its snowing And I hate it when its not white come down like falling stars I know The night is gonna freeze me I don’t mind it all I feel is calm and everything is easy
80.
yellowstone 00:58
I drive along down by the coast I see the chain of volcanoes I wonder how they got so tall and if I’ll live to see them all Exploding Volcanoes explode And the big super one in Yellowstone
81.
i'm gonna make a harry styles cardigan i'm gonna make knitting cool again i'm having so much fun knit one purl one i'm gonna make a harry styles cardigan
82.
juan de fuca 00:59
50 miles from Juan de Fuca i get a call about my sister Jane She says her angel fish are dying The water’s jumping up and down the tank I go outside to the parking lot The telephone poles are out there swaying There was nothing I could do to stop it I wasn’t even praying I wasn’t even praying
83.
intergalactic f*ckboy Gaslighting all the aliens An intergalactic f*ckboy You broke heart and killed like A hundred children You are sassy and rude You’re infuriating Your lightsabers huge What are you compensating? Future robotic f*ckboy Anakin skywalker Just go home to tattooine
84.
Here’s how you write a tiny song 1. It’s gotta be less than a minute (take all your ideas and squish em in it!) 2. First takes are preferential (don’t let perfection waste your potential!) 3. You gotta have fun — put it out in the world & your tiny song’s done! that's how you write a tiny song!
85.
I like to think that I have good taste in tv I like to think that I’m high brow, yeah But as soon as I’m told to watch anything good I just give up and I cry I wanna watch reality tv Australian reality tv Leave me alone I want tv Where they make people marry each other and then it is a total disaster oh yeah
86.
i took a little blue forget-me-not i made it a new astronaut gonna go start a new life on mars yeah my flower's gonna go and start a new life on mars when it gets there it might grow if there's water or there's snow and maybe it'll turn the reddest planet blue a million little flowers growing on mars that's cool
87.
I had a stress dream, I have them quite a lot I miss you very much Isn’t the best time I’m feeling left behind I’m feeling outta touch I know you forget to reach out and i know i forget to reach out But if you wanna feel ok And like it’s all alright you can call me anytime
88.
alone 00:55
There’s not alone anymore Where can I find it There’s not alone anymore i wouldn’t mind it Driving out and being allowed to see the one I wanna see alone That’s where I need you i believe that I just need a little time to be all on my own That’s where I’ll see you
89.
This is what they call the hardest season They as we’ll be miserable for a hundred different reasons I don’t really care about it What’s one more month All I wanna know is when I can meet you for lunch
90.
Somebody said that it’s the day you were born oh I love it I’m gonna bake a cake and put the candles right upon it You are the most important person in my life I hope to god that I am doing this all right cause it’s your birthday Happy birthday Yeah it’s your birthday Oh happy birthday yeah And there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do To show you that I care for you Cause it’s your birthday Happy birthday yeah
91.
doggie/kitty 00:48
Hey little doggie walking down the street You got paws the size of my feet I wanna be the one to hug you But you’re not mine Oh yeah If I see you around then i’ll hug you some other time Hey little kitty walking down the street Flopping all over and rubbing my feet I wanna be the one to hug you But you’re not mine Oh yeah If I see you around then I’ll hug you some other time
92.
we're gonna need a bigger boat to get to the ocean where the shark is i don't wanna die so we need a bigger boat to get to that shark
93.
If I’m falling and I don’t know how If I’m feeling on uneven ground You’re my guardian angel now da da da da da If I’m speaking in a different tongue If I’m breathing with an empty lung You’re my guardian angel now da da da da da da da I had a dream you got a new face But I know it from the shapes that it makes I had a dream you got a new face
94.
tried to go and see the moon tonight wrapped my scarf around my neck and I went outside Couldn’t find the piece of sky it planned to haunt found it round the back of a fire damaged restaurant
95.
on the outside I’m doing fine take a call take a walk take a vitamin I’m alright But on the inside It’s hard to see If the lockdown’s locking me down emotionally Can you tell I’m scared? That I’m filled with dread? That i’m just one second from a bit of ammo That’s gonna blow up this super volcano Can you tell I’m done That I can’t go on Guess it’s hard to see it from far away
96.
In the dark It’s the time To feel around and falter There are rainbows around in the sink and in the gutter If I look for them now I will see them and I’ll sigh In the dark there’s no time To watch the world go by be with me Cause I don’t wanna be with anyone Be with me Cause I don’t wanna be with anyone
97.
I wanna know what you’re thinking I wanna understand I wanna feel what you’re feeling I’m coming up with a plan Can you push this button that says I love you? Can you push this button that says I need food? Can you push this button that says I want to Go outside Go outside Go outside
98.
i guess it’s almost the end I had some fun but I can’t pretend That I could do this for life a couple more will be just fine what’ll I do when it’s all over?
99.
I think I’ll try it I think I’ll like it And now I tried it And now I liked it I’ll try again there is a feeling that I’ve started feeling The realism’s fading and I’m celebrating my Ninety-nine I tried it, I liked it Ninety-nine I liked it, I tried it i’ll try again!
100.
yes I feel so amazing and so blessed I have been a baby on a quest And I’ve been learning a lot ‘bout myself! What’s next for me? find inner peace? Or maybe see some geology? Thanks for tuning in It’s time to go!

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from November 27th 2020 to March 6th 2021, i wrote a song every day. each song had to be less than 1 minute long and take no longer than an hour to make. first takes preferred. these songs are the result of this 100 Tiny Songs project.

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released March 10, 2021

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