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Action Hero Superstar

by Leslie Nuss

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    This is my only release with a truly hidden track. It seems quaint and outdated now, but at the end of "Love Song"--2 minutes out, actually, you can hear a live recording at O'Flaherty's pub in Hell's Kitchen of my song, "She Has Gone to Heaven,"a song that is a favorite at shows. You can sing along and drink a toast to all those dearly departed if you want.
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1.
Blake's England 05:05
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In Blake’s England I sit I’m totally free ‘cause nobody knows me In Blake’s England I sit Alone with my mind I make love to my rhyme Don’t bring me down, down, down Don’t bring me down Don’t bring me down, down, down Don’t bring me down In Blake’s England I sit A deafening roar, I hunger for more In Blake’s England I sit In perfect time, I make love to my mind Don’t bring me down, down, down Don’t bring me down Don’t bring me down, down, down Don’t bring me down Could you ever be free like me Could you ever be free like me In Blake’s England I sit To drink up this land with the palm of my hand In Blake’s England I sit I’m totally free ‘cause nobody knows me Don’t bring me down, down, down Don’t bring me down Don’t bring me down, down, down Don’t bring me down Don’t bring me down, down, down Don’t bring me down Don’t bring me down, down, down Don’t bring me down Could you ever be free like me Could you ever be free like me
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So Easily 03:15
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When the leaves are falling down so will I But I’d rather shed my skin before I lie If you look inside my heart you will find Purity of thought a single water sign I would not try if I could not fly And I won’t die so easily I would not try if I could not fly And I won’t die so easily The pages of this part of me cannot be read Anything you need to know I have said Something that I want now stands in front of me And I won’t walk away from what I want to be I would not try if I could not fly And I won’t die so easily I would not cry if I could not fly And I won’t die so easily I had to go I thought you should know I wanted to go I thought you should know I had everything now everything’s my fault I had everything but nothing that I want I would not try if I could not fly And I won’t die so easily I would not cry if I could not fly And I won’t die so easily I would not try if I could not fly And I won’t die so easily I would not cry if I could not fly And I won’t die so easily
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Dynamite 04:47
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If you come a little closer you could kiss me If you come a little faster you won’t miss me I’m only going around this time I’m only going around this time If you try a little harder you could take me If you push a little deeper you could make me There’s nothing else I can think about There’s nothing else I can think about You could be so happy you could be so You could be so happy you could be so dynamite What if you want to get what you want I don’t want what I need What if you want to get what you want I don’t want what I need I’m only going around this time I’m only going around this time Could you talk a little louder so I can hear you I would cross a million miles just to be near you You could be so happy you could be so You could be so happy you could be so dynamite What if you want to get what you want I don’t want what I need What if you want to get what you want I don’t want what I need There’s nothing else I can think about There’s nothing else I can think about You could be so happy you could be so You could be so happy you could be so dynamite Did you think that I’m only going around Did you think that I’m only going You could be so happy you could be so You could be so happy you could be so Dynamite Dynamite Dynamite You could be so You could be so You could be so You could be so
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Roses Red 03:26
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I say have you ever noticed How a lover needs a florist If you think that I’m too forward It’s because I do adore you Make me feel like a million bucks Say you love me so very much Petals so soft to line my bed I’m smelling them in my head I want roses red I want roses red Life's too short for promises So much better when you give In the morning you’ll find me there Twining flowers in my hair Wake me up with a tender kiss It’s not sleeping that I miss I want roses red I want roses red Love’s a messenger for your heart Romance is the highest art It’s the little things you do That keep me falling in love with you I want roses red I want roses red I want roses red I want roses red I want roses I want roses I want roses I want roses roses red I say have you ever noticed How a lover needs a florist
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Time Capsule 03:15
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Boxed it up put away The silly things that you say Time Capsule how I feel Time Capsule how I deal Time Capsule for everything One step away from the trash Yesterday’s in the past Time Capsule for today Time Capsule gone away Time Capsule for everything Everywhere I looked As far as my eye could see I was reminded of The way you used to feel for me Your little gifts not around Buried far underground Time Capsule for today Time Capsule gone away Time Capsule for everything The cards, the toys the flowers Pictures that you gave to me The messages I saved Exactly where they need to be Ohoh Maybe I’ll dig them up In the year 2022 I’ll marvel at what went on In the day when I wanted you Ahhh I got it all out of sight So maybe now I’ll sleep at night Time Capsule for today Time Capsule gone away Time Capsule for Everything Everything Well everything
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Scarlet Letter 02:23
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In my mind I’m made of steel I hold up well to your remarks Your disrespect won’t silence me But when you cut me watch me bleed Scarlet Letter is so much better Than lies Scarlet letter is so much better Than lies No matter what I stand my ground Think what you want say what you will You wear it well but even so I wouldn’t want your poison pill Scarlet Letter is so much better Than lies Scarlet letter is so much better Than lies I’m not your saint I’m not your whore I’m not your whipping boy I’m not your Jesus Christ I’m not your pride and joy There’s something I could sing about And everything would be just fine The only problem with that is I’d so much rather you suck mine Scarlet Letter is so much better Than lies Scarlet letter is so much better Than lies Lies Scarlet Letter is so much better Than lies Scarlet letter is so much better Than lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
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No Ordinary Lover 04:54
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Most guys come and go They’re out my door before hello Their hearts are chained up like a fist Those are the boys I used to kiss But then you walked into my line of vision Into my life with one incision Changing my future from the past Mending my heart from the last You’re no ordinary lover No Ordinary Lover No Ordinary Lover I never felt such a gentle touch You know I never made love so much A thousand hands descend on me Reshaping what I see So hold me down so I can move You’ve got your needle right into my groove Bodies breathing and beating in time Moving in rhythm speaking in rhyme You’re no ordinary lover No Ordinary Lover No Ordinary Lover When I see your face I fall down on my knees and then I Find myself asking you begging you to Please You’re no ordinary lover It’s a wonder I’ve discovered But I’d really like to know Why is has taken you so long To come and find me and seduce me Tantalize me introduce me To this way of life to which I now belong You do it for love, love You’re no ordinary lover No Ordinary Lover No Ordinary Lover You’re no ordinary lover
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Concert Boy 03:52
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Concert Boy I’ve watched you from afar In my eyes you are the biggest star When I hear your voice it shoots inside of me I don’t know how much closer I can be To concert boy Yeah I want you boy Concert boy I saw you on my own In the crowd I got a little stoned Slamming into bodies I would never touch After Iron Lung I almost touched myself To concert boy Yeah I want you boy I am transfixed by your sound It’s like nothing I’ve found If you were bored we could Sit around and play guitar Concert boy, you know I like to sing along Even though you never play my favorite song Pushing past the boys who want to be like you Thinking of the things I know I’ll never do To concert boy Yeah I want you boy Yeah I want you boy My concert boy I love you boy My concert boy
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Insane 06:38
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Higher till I reach the sun a swan dive meant to grace your door I’m flying death defying broken wings are lying on your floor Patience say a prayer for me and save me from this shallow grave Kiss me gently hold me tight I’ll tell you of the plans I made Fan me from the flame It’s driving me insane God I want you have to have you but the words are hard to find Can’t you see it can’t you feel it I’m about to lose my mind Fight with reason Walk with chaos lost above the thieving crowd Eat the words and feel the sound If only I could cry out loud Fan me from the flame it’s driving me Pull me from this flame it’s making me Fan me from the flame It’s driving me insane
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Stars Came Down 05:17
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The stars came down tonight They fell about the place The stars came down tonight In a bittersweet embrace I watched my whole life come tumbling down Layers of my past were stripped away A blinding light flashed in my eyes The things that I believed were all a lie The stars came down tonight Slightly out of reach The stars came down tonight With the answers that I seek The darkness of my life began to pale The voices of my past began to fade Suddenly old wounds began to heal And what I thought was numb began to feel I fumbled in the dark Held myself tight nothing felt right There‘s not enough time To hang around The stars came down tonight To illuminate the day The stars came down tonight I almost turned away The trouble with my life is in my head The key to open doors lies in my hands If I go against the tide will I prevail Or give you my soul only to fail I fumbled in the dark Held myself tight nothing felt right There‘s not enough time To sit around I fumbled in the dark Held myself tight nothing seemed right Not enough not enough not enough time Not enough not enough time Not enough not enough not enough time
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Love Song 10:44
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Love Song: I want to write about happiness I want to sing about love But my heart has been torn apart And my world has turned upside down The tears I cry coat my spirit But it’s hard to suffer so When I just want to laugh I force the pen to the paper Desperate longing deep in the well But I did not want to cry I lay my head down on the table For I am spent without an afterglow For me or someone else No I did not ask for this I only want to see the sky I have to smile because you don’t understand So I break down behind the door Oh please don’t make me stay here long The fear I have is the fear you have The fear I have is the fear you have A calm moment can I find Let it out let it out I will submit but who to follow There’s no one here to guide me History is full of failure And the voices are too weak So here it is Here’s your answer please I just wanted to write a love song _____________ She Has Gone to Heaven: She has gone to heaven If ever a heaven there was She has gone to heaven To reside with the angels above She has gone to heaven There’s no other place she could be She has gone to heaven From there she will look down on me I made myself a small shrine With a candle I lit in her name Cause ever since she left me My life has not been the same She has gone to heaven I can feel it in my heart She has gone to heaven Death can not keep us apart She stayed the hand of violence And saved my pretty blue eye The only way to repay her Is to join her when I die She has gone to heaven There’s no other place she could be She has gone to heaven From there she will look down on me She came to me in a vision And smiled when she looked at me I knew just what she was thinking She was happy I could still see She has gone to heaven I can feel it in my heart She has gone to heaven Death can not keep us apart She has gone to heaven If ever a heaven there was She has gone to heaven To reside with the angels above She has gone to heaven So lift up your glasses for me Here’s to my Great Aunt Ethel Heaven is where you should be

about

Sometimes you can walk down the same road every day, and then you notice something that changes everything.

So says singer-songwriter Leslie Nuss who escaped small town Illinois for life in the Big Apple, a stone's throw from Times Square.

In the process she found a new life as a musician, and a new take on the singer, the songwriter and the song.

Key words in her work, she says, are 'pain' and 'joy' and 'sexual feelings'.

Nuss is about feeling, sincerity and finding the beauty within.

"Walk around the streets around here, and look at the people, and look at the expressions on their faces and it seems like something in them has died. I'm about living, really living and doing what you really want to do," she says.

The Nuss influences run the gamut from the Pixies and Led Zep through Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the voyage of self-discovery of Babe (the pig!).

Her songs likewise cover a spectrum from the erotic ('No Ordinary Lover') to the pop ('Time Capsule') to a starstruck tribute to Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke ('Concert Boy').

A Leslie Nuss song is darkly beautiful. It's full of feeling. Most of all you remember it.

"I write songs that stick in people's heads," she says.

Leslie Nuss is an independent woman with her own independent label.

In early 2001, she is releasing her second album, Action Hero Superstar. The title is ironic. The statement of intent is not.

Let Leslie Nuss help you find the beauty within.

---Steve Redmond

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released January 29, 2001

all songs written by Leslie Nuss
Produced and Mixed by Kyle Kelso
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
Co-Produced by Marc Jordan
additional production by Larry Santiago

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Leslie Nuss Valparaiso, Indiana

Multi-Dimensional artist who makes and wears her own clothes, paints. Inward and outward looking, ethereal, indie artist who has been compared to Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Elizabeth Fraser and the Cranberries...

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