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Attorney
02:41
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Life lived with an empty grin you never called me back
And I’m ashamed with the way you behaved and what you made fact
You could have it all, even if you can’t recall
And all the words I say you never wanna stay
The debts that I can’t pay, it brings out such honesty
And I’m amazed with
How you fake it
And I’m amazed with
How you fake it
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2. |
Giving Up
01:54
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Well I couldn’t remember how I know
I stayed in bed for thirty days
You said “it’s fine” yeah that’s ok
I should’ve prepared and I won’t ever forget to now
And I couldn’t imagine you alone
11:40 on the day
Tears stain your sheets with my mistakes
I should’ve been there, if I would just simply care
Either way, I can relate
Over and out
I’ll stay in the Golden State
Where I can never forget that sound
No I could never forget you now
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When the neighbor’s swollen talking
Has taken on a soiled tone
Peniciled-in appointments from those times you felt alone
With florescent yellow humming
In the absence of a song
Off-street parking, cardboard boxes
Piled from our empty closets
I know, all these sentimental chords won’t make it so
So you say, with your open arms
Im the one you waited for
Well I guess I tried my hardest
Or the most I ever did
Maybe like my school days I don’t know what trying is
So I celebrate the pastimes
Bathed in blankets and blue light
Hide my head, pay the rent
Cashing all the times we spent
Still I know, all the backlit mall photography won’t show
So you say, with your open arms
Im the one you waited for
But you feel, with a wounded heart
For the life you’re ready for
And a fond goodbye
As she takes to the skies
I never stayed better
All those nights spent back at home
And all the truths and lies that never would come true
What’s true is what you choose
So you say, with your open arms
Im the one you waited for
But you feel, with a wounded heart
For the life you’re ready for
And a final cry
As she takes to the skies
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4. |
Caroline
01:21
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Caroline it seems that
You were joking around
I must admit it smelled like
Fresh cherries at the time
And if you amaze me
I’ll do what I can
And if you ever forgave me
I know just where I’ll stand
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5. |
Broken Arms
02:42
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You know it’s giving in and giving up
You know I just don’t know about that stuff
I know a real bad girl who gets pretty rough
When you come in talkin’ about love
Bad news worsens the very next day
And you hope, and you hope
But you never can pray
So end up now, you’ll find a way
With broken arms
And broken legs
That keep you from running away
It’s in the streets
In those you meet
That keep you from being ok
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6. |
Its Existence (Internet)
03:54
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Sweet sweet nectarine
Tabletop tennis and beekeeping
Our mind’s the size of a sewer rat
Congregating in the parlor of treachery
Single malt 40oz bottle assault
When the day becomes night
We will fight with our wives
In the driven kingdom of personal freedom
Friday night and all your friends go
Getting high to play Nintendo
Why oh why won’t this night ever end?
High school girls and all their tears
We drove lightyears to buy light beers
Why oh why won’t this night ever end?
Let’s hope it’s never again
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They say that he’s got brains
But I know how to speak to this wild hearts
Yeah, true rock and roll
What do they know
They keep their boyfriends warm at night
You just hold up your head and tell yourself you’re doing fine
Oh baby, you know you were right
But those policemen are telling lies
They just don’t understand how you can never back down from a fight
That won’t hold up in court, they still gave you 35 to life
But those North High girls keep their boyfriends warm at night
Oh, those North Torrance girls, with the way they kiss, they keep their boyfriends warm at night.
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8. |
(Don't Die Trying)
01:43
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9. |
Just About To Feel Good
04:20
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It was just about to break
You were changing in ways that you used to change
And there was something that you needed to say
It was something how it never’ve changed you
And that’s fine
I never believed it mine
It was all in the way that you used to say
The coffin’s your own aeroplane
To somewhere that you would or wouldn’t stay
But it was just about to feel good
And it was just another day
Yeah, the same kind of ones that you never made a chance to get away
Even though the things that you used to say, like
“Oh my lover, don’t get too down
We’re only starting out”
It was all in the way that you used to say
The coffin’s your own aeroplane
To somewhere that you would or wouldn’t stay
But it was just about to feel good
It was just about to feel good
And I know it’s hard
And I know it’s bad
I know it’s hard
With all the famous friends in leather jackets
The sunrise in your reflective glasses
Something about you almost caught her
With a bad joke about a farmer’s daughter
Something about the way you never came home
And it was just about to feel good
It was just about to feel good
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10. |
Jane
03:42
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Jane’s got a problem with me
She’s got a problem with the way that I drink
She says “if you keep it up then I’ll leave”
So I pretend I’m taking it easy
Jane’s got it out for my friend
I can tell when I’m listening
To their phone conversations
I just don’t want it to end
So here I am
Sad and lonely and so far away from home
Just a drunk, I’m a bad guy
I was born to be alone
And that’s all I’ll ever know
Back when I was 23
I figured Jane was just that easy
But now she hasn’t called in weeks
I guess she’s finally gotten over me
Not a day goes by I don’t think
The Jane was the one for me
And when I’m 45 I’ll dream
Of Jane coming back to me
And then I’ll die
Sad and lonely and so far away from home
Just a drunk, I’m a bad guy
I was born to be alone
And that’s all you’ll ever know
Yeah, that’s all you’ll ever know
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11. |
Torrance Fight Song
04:16
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I can’t remember words you’d say
But I recall every kiss you ever gave
When you seemed to be my friend
I can’t put faces to their names
But I remember every boy who went away
When you seemed to be my friend
And in some backseat it seemed foreign to me
That you were willing without cause
And at the time it seemed that Redondo Beach was just another Torrance Boulevard
And then you agreed that it’s all we need
Now my time’s spent finishing drinks
As if there’s reason to be proud of anything
I wish that I’d seen what you always see
And when I go back on my own
I see the boardwalk and it feels so long ago
That you seemed to be my friend
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12. |
The World Is Lost In You
02:32
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When I say to you
Please just leave me be
Your penetrating arms
Holding this to me
And I could pull the punches
If I had something to prove
The world is lost in you
The car is in the yard
Waiting for a spark
To decorate the night
It’s not a work of art
I’ve been breaking windows
You’ve been watching the TV
It’s not supposed to be
It’s not supposed to prove what I know
It’s the same thing I already knew
It’s the truth, you know
The world is lost in you
All the things you felt
But can’t put into words
Searching for a truth
But I know
Through the trademark oil refinery glow
You have found a way to love your home
I’ve been wondering what I could say
For all the nights I knew I’d never know
I could break this down
But what’s the point of you?
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What it means to say
That you’ll just leave and go and take it away
You should’ve known by now
Can I ask to stay
Or is it some thing that I’ll learn some day
You should’ve known by now
That you’re all on your own
You swear it’s better alone
But you should’ve known by now
You should’ve known by now
It’s a price to pay
That I can’t help but take the easy way
You should’ve known by now
You say it’s ok
You never learned how to properly play
You should’ve known by now
You’re all on your own
You swear it’s better alone
But you should’ve known by now
You should’ve known by now
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14. |
Golden Age
05:12
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Think of all the wasted time
They were phases of your mind
God, it really came quickly
And just in an instant
What felt like a day was a lifetime
And if you only stayed
We’d have another day
When you went to school
You believed in all their rules
And now you really are someone
A hero, a loved one
But nothing more you’re just the same
And I guess you could say
We had our golden age
In the blink of an eye it all just went away
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15. |
Jen's Lament
02:01
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Well, this street runs a different direction
Since the days of me and you
From the Sportsman to the Bounty Room
Hold on, boys, we’ll make it through
Sit tight, boys
We’ll make it through
But in a perfect world
Your clever friends wouldn’t change your mind
No, in a perfect world
You’re clever friends couldn’t change your mind
Don’t be so unkind, Jen
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16. |
Passenger Please
06:09
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Passenger please step out the way and don’t speak
Plenty of ways for me to say I don’t believe
If you knew what you were waiting for
I guess you’d agree
God only knows how much you’re asking
All the others, they obliged
You had everyone believing
How it all can get so bright
Right at the ending
If you knew what you were waiting for
I guess you’d agree
God only knows how much you’re asking
Passenger please tell me the truth about you
Tell me why all you do is lie to everyone around you
And nobody cares about it single thing you did or didn’t do
Passenger please tell me the truth
If you knew what you were waiting for
I guess you’d agree
God only knows how much you’re asking
God only knows how much you’re asking
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17. |
California Sun
03:15
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Everything we do is paid in pockets of change
She won’t touch the ground
She floats like leaves on the rain
The windows up, the air is high
And her black smoke eyes see fire in my mind
And I figured out to make it out the old ways
Hanging out, the good old boys will drown me with grain
But I couldn’t hang when things were hard
And I think I did my part
Believing miracles and wasted days
Morning light awakens my tired heart
She could never love the California sun
Better days have spoiled in the dust
And I could never leave the California dream
Waking up and good enoughs
Are always what they seem
She could never love the California sun
Better days have spoiled in the dust
And I could never leave the California dream
Waking up and good enoughs
Are always what they seem
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