VOLUME III:
SONGS OF DESIRE & REGRET

Self-released internet EP August 28, 2025

Produced by Allan Davis (Houston, TX)

Artwork by Daniel Austin

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Daniel Austin: vocals, rhythm guitar

"I Wanna Be Your Dog" originally by The Stooges

"The Fan and the Bellows" originally by The Chameleons
"Boys Don't Cry" originally by The Cure
"Thirsty Dog" originally by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

All new musical arrangements by Daniel Austin, aside from "The Fan and The Bellows" which is musically unaltered from the original. 

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I Wanna Be Your Dog

So messed up I want you here
In my room I want you here
Now we're gonna be face-to-face
And I'll lay right down in my favorite place

Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
(Come on...)

Now I'm ready to close my eyes
And now I'm ready to close my mind
And now I'm ready to feel your hand
And lose my heart on the burning sands

Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Come on!

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The Fan and the Bellows

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A Beechers Brook is low
A hurdle at which greater men have fallen
She manipulates
Steals my mind and hides it in the garden

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But now, only love can bring me down
Somehow, somehow love must bring me down
 

I become the fan and the bellows

The cupid masturbates
Absent of all thought and of all reason
Shoots me in the back
I think perhaps it must be shooting season

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But now, only love can bring me down
Somehow, somehow love must bring me down
 

I become the fan and the bellows

(Not me, not me!)

But now, only love can bring me down

I become the fan and the bellows

Somehow, somehow love must bring me down

I become the fan and the bellows

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Boys Don't Cry

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I would say I'm sorry
If I thought that it would change your mind
But I know that this time
I have said too much
Been too unkind

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I tried to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I tried to laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes

'Cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

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I would break down at your feet
And beg forgiveness, plead with you
But I know that it's too late
And now there's nothing I can do

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So I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try to laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes

'Cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

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I would tell you that I loved you
If I thought that you would stay
But I know that it's no use
And you've already gone away

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Misjudged your limits
Pushed you too far
Took you for granted
Thought that you needed me more, more, more

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Now I would do most anything
To get you back by my side
But I just keep on laughing
Hiding the tears in my eyes

'Cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

Boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

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Thirsty Dog

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I know you've heard it all before
I'm sorry for this three year war
But they're setting up the camps
And wire, and trenches
I'm sorry for the other night
I know sorry, it don't make it right
I'm sorry for things I can't even mention

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I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog
I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
I'm feeling very sorry in the Thirsty Dog, alright now

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I'm sorry about all your friends

I hope they'll speak to me again

I said before I'll pay for all the damages

I'm sorry that I wrote that book
I'm sorry for the way I look
But there ain't a lot that I can do about that, oh no no

I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog
I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
I'm feeling very sorry in the Thirsty Dog

Forgive me, baby but don't worry

Love is always having to say you're sorry
And I am, from my head down to my shoes
I'm sorry that I'm always pissed
I'm sorry that I exist
And when I look into your eyes
I can see you're sorry, too

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I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
I'm sitting feeling sorry in the Thirsty Dog
I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
I'm feeling very sorry in the Thirsty Dog

I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
I'm feeling very thirsty in the Sorry Dog
I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
I'm feeling very sorry in the Thirsty Dog