Roses

The shortest of the 69 songs, performed a cappella by LD Beghtol, who writes:

I sang one take on one track, then immediately sang another on another track on the same tape without listening to the first one.

When Stephin [Merritt] played them back they matched up precisely, since I tend to sing stuff pretty much exactly the same way every time I sing it, once I figure out what to do with a song. So he immediately added heaps o' reverb and mixed it on the spot. All of which took about 15 minutes... DONE!

• [Lyrics and guitar tab] from stephinsongs web site.