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Years in the Great Interior

by The Lonelyhearts

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1.
Princes of Rubble 02:52
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Oh snap it's an earthquake Oh yeah it's a jailbreak Listen up The boss is back now what's my take Sweet chariot Keep swinging low low low I'm serious Grab your burner 'cause it's time to go I got a secret, I'm feeling it, feeling it I got a fever, gonna deal with it, deal with it All of my soldiers gonna drink all day Till they wake up dead and dance where they lay, hey! Feel the island breeze Smell the diesel smoke I'm serious You better not mix gunpowder and coke I got a UN meal I got a demon's lair Listen now This hood is ours please party elsewhere I got a secret, I'm feeling it, feeling it I got a fever, gonna deal with it, deal with it All of my soldiers gonna drink all day Till they wake up dead and dance where they lay, hey!
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Autumn Percussion 03:20
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Oh heavens, spare the city below They've redone the downtown, oh you should come see it I barely remember the bars we'd sneak into Or the bands we were into or Doug's father's Pinto We'd shout out the words now it's all instrumental Oh, I understand all about your man's money And after your twenties no love for love's sake Drop the kids off call me and we'll talk about Summer and freedom and nights at the lake Oh heavens, spare the city below Hail on the roof is the autumn percussion Wake up, wake up, drive back to your husband Your cousin's, remember you stayed at your cousin's It's unpleasant and sudden, it stuns you doesn't it I stayed awake for the lightning storm Strike after strike oh you know how I like it Puts fear of God into cars and vacationers Police stations, strangers and relations Oh heavens, spare the city below You know how it plays, there's good days and bad days And on the good days I smile all wistful On bad days I tear my hair out by the fistful I don't know what keeps my mouth off of the pistol I don't know what keeps my nose out of the crystal The night that I kissed you and an oath to St. Christopher Oh heavens, spare the city below
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Taking You With Me 04:10
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We rode the same bus to school His girlfriend fell in love with me It got tense there for a while Last two weeks with a knife under my seat I was afraid Got out of state just in time Told his woman I'm taking you with me But I left her there to rot She loved someone I'm just not He just got back from Iraq Medical discharge from the Corps Given six months to live He arrived to settle one last score How did he find me After all this time Note through my window: I'm taking you with me I heard he'd been asking 'round I checked into a motel It's about to go down Call a security guard, there's a madman with a gun Drop your shopping bags, look for an exit sign and run I just did what anyone else in that mall would have done Once a month on the weekends Just in case it came to this I'd go to the shooting range Only got one shot, can't afford to miss I looked him in the eye I stepped out from women's wear 'How have you been, my friend? I'm taking you with me I just got the drop on him I just dropped him Oh jury of my peers Understand it was in self defense, it's not as it appears He wanted to take everything from me I only took six months away from him He was a lunatic And if you insist I'll send some money to the ten-year-old twins I left behind
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Welcome Center: Lorain 04:00
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Hello Ben, we're home again Drink with kin in silence until vacation ends He sends checks we couldn't clear He wanted us the hell away from here It feels weird I know he's given up, drives Mom berserk But our father's still our father if even if his heart won't work What the, dude, did you hear the news? Shawn just cut this girl up in two It's pretty weird But New Year's is a perfect mess And all the kids just say yes Even in our town Pass the lines, take off your clothes If I can't get what I want then I suppose I'll take this knife and cut your throat Burn your clothes and leave you cold I know it's weird But New Year's is a funny day And things will always be this way in our town Since they shut the factories down Don't drop me here, don't take me home Memories more than enough My daddy wants us far away where we can dream Don't lock me up I wanna go home Memories more than enough She's better off underground where she can dream Keep driving man, don't take me home Keep driving man, don't take me home Keep driving man, don't take me home Keep driving man, don't take me home I wanna dream
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The California Oak Mortality Task Force 04:12
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We stayed too long at a house party on Oak Street The drinks were strong enough to blur the blather of coke speak Faces grew sour and tempers hot You asked me is it worth it, I told you it is not You said all the trees are dying, it's like a fungus, there's no cure You asked me would I drive you into the woods on a final farewell tour I said it sounds like fun And after all I haven't seen the fall since I was young The evening sky was red I said I would look you up before the winter came We split a cab, we said goodbye, I forgot your name I heard you moved home, and tended bar twenty minutes from your birthplace To look after your mom and lay low, it's what you should have done in the first place You play Lucinda Williams covers in your friend's coffee shop for tips and such You never saw the turning oaks You didn't travel much All I touched turned to ash like everything eventually does You ask me was it worth it, oh, you know it was Our passing may not be sudden but it's certain all the same We said goodbye, I just grew old, you forgot my name
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Alexander Palace 04:15
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We gotta get out of here Downtown buildings ablaze The country estates have been razed The unwashed craven apocalypse is here We gotta get out of here Guards are downstairs loading their guns Diesel fires swaddle the sun Any last trace of civility has disappeared This is a warning This is a warning You gotta remember us Hang our pictures over your bed Play our voices back in your head Pray to us before you go to sleep In time, you'll build it all again All your beautiful cannibal children will grow in full The other animals don't know they're gonna die Say goodbye We gotta get out of here (say goodbye)
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Queen City of the Lakes 04:03
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Lorain was the nights and we did it up right Tall tales of coastal fears After work, hot rails off hotel mirrors that the clerk took off the wall We were 17 and we sure liked to ball We took up serpents, we split the atom we swung our shifts, we shared if we had'em We were broken and free and too young for the pain On days I wasn't able there was always 'cain There was always cocaine, Lorain Lorain was the days, and they hit hard Shipyards are closing it seems Steinbrenner just brought a baseball team No severance, just business It was three weeks before Christmas Now half of her collects assistance Dad says this is your inheritance Brown shoreline and a yellow terrain An ugly body with a beautiful name Such a beautiful name, Lorain Lorain was the years, and we're feeling them Two dealerships and previous kids So much older but he funded our skid And then he paid for your rehab He paid off your loans and gave you two kids of your own You raise his spawn in Sacramento The smell of coal makes me sentimental They say she's dying, she's dying in pain But really all of us are, and we can't complain We can't complain, Lorain Oh Lorain, I knew our future was haunted Oh Lorain, I hope this is what you wanted
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Pass Like Night 03:48
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Always look like sailors I let'em pass right through me I got my legs in behind dreams I let'em come right through me These West Village bars I drink 'till I'm dead And then I take it too far And now I'm off of my head My bridge and tunnel will carry me home You never know if they'll give you The bug never leaves you The doors keep crashing The doors they keep crashing Always talk like sailors I let the night pass right through me Oh I wouldn't know I'm just a king with an empty court Oh I wouldn't know I'm just a ship that's left rusting at port The doors keep crashing The doors they keep crashing The city don't care if you come when it rains Invisible scars to wash off your hands at the back of the train
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Multi-Unit Housing Makes Bad Neighbors 04:30
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Last rites, setting up shop for the night Blinds low, he makes it to sell not to show Suspicious smells, oh it must be that meth Such vicious dogs must be guarding a chef Just before the morning I heard a voice warning me Don't, don't look in there Just before the evening I saw somebody leaving Scratching and sniffing and scared He cooks it at home so leave it alone He cooks it at home so leave it alone Dead wrong, they're joining the devil in song Parched croon, off-time and all out of tune White youth singing of blues they produced Guevara Ts, please let a working man sleep While your friends are taking those stupid shots of jager Some of us have work before dawn While you tip your bong to your hollow protest songs Your freedom shows what side you're on You are what you own now leave me alone You are what you own now leave me alone Crown Vic, only one job goes with it In the can, we learned to smell bacon and ham Crystal clear, moustache and biceps and sneer Crystal fear, they sent you deep cover right here Underneath the flooring I suspect you're storing Assault rifles and kevlar vests I know any day now you'll get on the radio and call in to claim my arrest I'm clean and I'm grown, so leave me alone I'm clean and I'm grown, so leave me alone
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Union 03:37
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Oh, so you had to go Union Oh, so you had to go Union All the shipwrecked billions Meet again when day is done

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released June 1, 2013

Written, performed, and produced by Andre Perry and John Lindenbaum. Album photograph by Katherine Newbegin. Album design by Becky Nasadowski. Mixed by John Svec. Mastered by Colin Ritchie. Thanks to Justin D. Kerr.

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