1. |
Super Old
01:48
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Three down and one to go
Best case scenario
A numbers game that you can't win
You play knowing the fix is in
Over the hill and halfway down
Gaining speed and losing ground
Fading in the periphery
Farewell forever memories
All the plans we never made
And all the songs we never played
And the stories left untold
Have got me feeling super old
I'm feeling super old
One down and three to go
Real life scenario
Another game that can't be won
Another trip around the sun
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2. |
I'm Too Stupid
03:21
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I'm too stupid to know I'm too old
Just smart enough to forget what I'm told
No, I ain't (ain't got the time) to throw it away
Can't go back to a time that was
So we're laying low with the occasional buzz
Yeah, I ain't (ain't got the time) to throw it away
I'm not looking up
I'm not looking down (no, no, no)
I'm just looking out
Time to speed it up
Time to slow it down
Time to take the time
To take the timeout
I'm dumb enough to do that one more time'
The idiot who has to cross that line
Still, I ain't (ain't got the time) to throw it away
I live minute by minute damn near all the time
Last time I checked that's not a crime
But, I can't (can't get the time) to throw it away
Take the time (timeout, timeout, timeout)
To let things shake (shakeout, shakeout, shakeout)
From this clusterfuck (breakout, breakout, breakout)
I got a serious case of reality burnout
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3. |
Homesick
02:54
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There comes a time when you've got no reason to go back there
Once the familiar faces have gone
And you don't see anything when you're driving up and down those same old streets
Nothing that looks to you like home
You're homesick for a place in time
Homesick for the peace of mind
Homesick for the ties that blind you
To the place you wanna stay
When your world is going away
And there comes a time when the ghosts of your imagination
Cease to exist, even for yourself
And nothing moves you, nothing promises to take you back
Nothing that feels to you like home
I wanna go home
Wish I could go home
You're homesick for a place in time
Homesick for the peace of mind
Homesick for the ties that blind you
And bind you
And remind you
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4. |
Money on Sooner
03:05
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Sooner or later, i know
My stupid luck will run out
I guess that's how this all goes
Certainty is cast in doubt
But I got my money on sooner
I'm gonna take my time,
Take it while I can
Because I know that sooner or later
The shit's gonna hit the fan
Sooner or later, I know
The other shoe is gonna drop
No matter where I set the bar,
My every jump will be a flop
And sooner or later, I know
My best laid plans will run amok
And about five minutes after that,
Nobody will give a fuck
But I got my money on sooner
I'm gonna take my time
Take it while I can
I'm gonna keep working
My not-yet-run-amok plan
I'm gonna take my time
Take as much as I can
Because I know that sooner or later
The shit's gonna hit the fan
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5. |
Nothing Good
02:48
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Put on my fancy pants
My go-to-meetin' shoes
Three fingers of Makers I will do
These are the hazy days
The hazy low days
The days you don't remember how you made it through
I told myself I wouldn't but I cried
I wanted to let it unroll, but stay in control
And keep my thoughts on the good side
But there's nothing good about goodbye
Let's take the scenic route
Let's take the long way
Knowing we're never gonna go back to that place
Lint roll my suit coat
Tighten up my tie
Two more fingers of Makers just in case
Sometimes feelings are impossible to explain
Sometimes sorry is the easiest word to say
I told myself I wouldn't but I cried
I wanted to let it unroll, but stay in control
And keep my thoughts on the good side
And I told myself I shouldn't but I tried
To let it all hang out and leave no doubt
That my thoughts are all on the good side
But there's nothing good
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6. |
Door County Real Estate
03:57
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Where will I go
Where will I find that place
Where I will go
Where I will see your face
Just you and I
Somewhere listening to the waves
Where will I go
Where I will go
Everything, another old memory that I feel
Everyday, colored by a touch of surreal
Where will I go
Staring at your photograph
Where I will go
Where I will hear your laugh
Where you and I
Don't only exist in the past
Where will I go
Where I will go
Everything, reminds me you're not here
Everyday, somehow gone yet somehow near
Where will I go
Where do I start
And what will I find
Sifting through my heart
All the ways
My world can fall apart
Where will I go
Forever missing you and me
Everything, another old memory that I feel
Everyday, colored by a touch of surreal
Everything, reminds me you're not here
Everyday, somehow gone yet somehow near
Where will I go
Where will I go?
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7. |
Little of This
02:50
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I got this, I got this, I got this
I got a little more
Help yourself
So is this, so is this, so is this
All there is
Or is there something more to this
Life we live
I don't know
I take my days
As they go
I think 10 more years
Think about yesterday
Think about those things
When I think about
I think about, today
Little of this, a little of this, a little of this
And a little of that
You know what I'm saying
I'll take this, I'll take this, I'll take this
I don't need
Anything more than this
Life we live
To get by
I believe that's all there is
When we die
I think 10 more years
And I think about yesterday
Think about those things
When I think about
I think about, today
Time moves slow
Until time flies by
Seems we were just starting our lives
And then, before you know it
Here we are
Tell me this, tell me this, tell me this
Tell me everything
And anything
That's going on
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8. |
Automatic Freak
02:50
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Never figured to be here
Never thought you'd come back at all
It's not so much a reunion
As a reminder of how far you can fall
Thought you'd make a mark on the world
But, instead, the world made a mark on you
Still, you never figured to be
Do you wanna catch one, as the stars look down?
Do you wanna catch one? Is Pete Mengels still around?
Do you wanna catch one, one last time in what used to be our town?
Our time wasn't wasted
No matter that it didn't last
It was real and it was important
Let's not minimize the past
It was far from perfect
In fact, it wasn't even that close to good
But it was important to us
Do you wanna catch one, as the stars look down?
Do you wanna catch one? Is Pete Mengels still around?
Do you wanna catch one, one last time cuz this used to be our town?
The wrong side of the tracks
From Macy Street to North Fond du Lac
You're an automatic freak
It's not so much a reunion
As a reminder of how far we've come
Do you wanna catch one, as the stars look down?
Do you wanna catch one? Is Pete Mengels still around?
Do you wanna catch one, one last time in what used to be our town?
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9. |
Fix Me Up
01:53
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My operating system could use a reboot
I can go ahead and list 'em, all the ways that I'm a fool
Yet the gears keep spinning around my analog mind
Thinking 'bout days gone by
(Don't try to) fix me up
Cuz I'm not broke
Still living in the 80's
With Killing Joke
Remembering when a fiver
Kept me a float
(Finding my way through the smoke)
I know what I know
And I don't know what I don't
I've become a master of self-sabotage
Blueprints of my life all gathering dust in some garage
Yet the gears keep spinning around my analog mind
Faking my way through time
If you want to find me
Tell me where will you look
If you want to define me
Go ahead and write that book
(Fix me up) cuz I'm not broke
(Fix me up) so lose the microscope
(Fix me up) there's no antidote
(Fix me up, oh no)
(Fix me up) here's the joke
(Fix me up) in the story I wrote
(Fix me up) I'm a kaleidoscope
Where the pieces of broken me
Fit together perfectly
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10. |
Beautiful Forever
02:47
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What's in a name?
What's in a word?
Just the biggest lie
I've ever heard!
Though no examples do exist
The notion does persist-
Forever
You're beautiful forever
I've thought about you
For such a long time
Now I can't get you
Out of my mind
And every now and then I invoke your name
Because I love you just the same,
Forever
So what's in a name?
What's in a thought?
What's the biggest thing
You ever bought?
I take for granted that there's nothing to the claim
But I love you just the same,
Forever
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11. |
Blast from the Path
02:54
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I see you riding to work
On a little kid's bike
Something about the picture
Just doesn't look right
A cat on a leash,
A mongoose in the dark
Nearly an hour commute
A lot of time to think
About that fateful night
When you had too much to drink
Now you're cold and exposed
Like a mongoose in the dark
Without a light
Tales from the trail
It's a blast, it's a blast from the path from the path
Tales of betrayal
Strap on your helmet.
Life comes at you fast
You're standing on a bench
The mongoose lays on it's side
You're shouting out loud and
Unwanted advice
A real bike path Jesus;
A mongoose in the dark
Up your driveway at last
Past your idle Grand Prix
Remembering how much easier
It all used to be
Now you're a fish out of water
A mongoose in the dark
Without a light
Tales from the trail,
It's a blast from the path
You ride your bike and I'll ride mine.
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12. |
Old Men Dead in a Studio
02:00
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Day after day the words we write
They fall short and time slips away
No one will know our names or our meaning
Nor the treasure of our escape
And the truth, if we admit it
Nothing's ever given
Nothing's ever certain
Reality exists behind a tattered curtain
This thing upon us, a flower and a feast
Is not death or glory
Because the truth, if we admit it
Nothing's ever given
Nothing's ever certain
Reality exists behind a tattered curtain
And as our gray hands
Drop these last desperate picks and sticks
In some cheap basement studio
The time keeps slipping, the time keeps slipping
And the time keeps slipping away
Nothing's ever given
Nothing's ever certain
Reality exists behind a tattered curtain
It's terrifying our love of commonness
That some call art
And some call music
Some call music
Some call music
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13. |
Any Little Thing
03:49
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If you wanna talk
About your take on the election
I will do my best
To take us in a different direction
To all things a place,
To all things a time
When the community gathers
For the sake of having fun
A sacred act, immutable
Suspend your campaigning and
Curtail your complaining
It's like busting out jokes at a funeral
You can always talk to me about
Any little thing in the world
The long weekend you spent Up North
Any little thing in the world
The book you finally had time to finish
Any little thing in the world
If you wanna talk
About a crumbling foundation
I will do my best
To try to change the conversation
To all things a place
To all things a time
When the community gathers
For the sake of having fun
A sacred act, immutable
Suspend your campaigning and
Curtail your complaining
It's like busting out jokes at a funeral
You can always talk to me about
Any little thing in the world
The show you saw at the Freq, yeah
Any little thing in the world
The score you made at St. Vinnie's
Any little thing in the world
I understand it's on your mind
We're all just trying to unwind
I don't disagree with what you say
But not right now
You can always talk to me about
Any little thing in the world
How the Brewers might do next season
Any little thing in the world
The IPAs that you've been drinking
Any little thing in the world
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14. |
Shouldn't Be Glad
02:13
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Make no mistake
Usually works
No one's ashamed
Them's just the perks
It's time to go
Nowhere, no doubt
Make no mistake
Easy way out
You got what you wanted but you shouldn't be glad
You lost whatever credibility you had
You knew it wasn't true but you said it anyway
No matter how many like you today
You shouldn't be glad
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15. |
Fuckation
02:56
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Silent auction winner,
One-night hotel stay
Fifteen minuter til check-in time
We're on our way!
Unscrew a bottle of wine
See what's on tv
Check out both the queen-sized
Which one will it be?
All we ever wanted
Fuckation
Had to get away
Fuckation
Just wanted to be alone
Restaurant recommendation
Prime rib Saturday
Check out the reviews online
But go there anyway
Menus made of newsprint
Highway signs on the wall
Cover band from a viagra ad
But that don't matter at all
I know that sometimes it's good for us
To break from our routine
I know that as long as it's just you and me
We'll make our own scene
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Oh, I might be good for now
But talk to me later
Nothing lasts forever
And one can never say never
What if you and me
Were no longer you and me
We're living our new lives until
Some other time
Years down the road
Through our remaining old friends
Warm, familiar shoulder
Finding each other once again
Maybe things would be different
From how things used to be
We'd see one another
For who we are
We'd no longer have sugar in our eyes
None of that "Why can't you be the person I want
instead of the person you are"
Maybe it would stick like glue
A brand new version of me and you
Could we be happier,
in another time?
What if you and me
Were no longer you and me
But through our old friends
Found each other once again
And things were different
From how things used to be
Oh could we really be happier
another time around?
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17. |
Could Be Enough
02:07
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No time to waste
No wasted space
No place to go
No job, I hope
Empty pockets once again
Beloit advantage once again
No work, no way
No job? Someday...
No high, no low
No place to go
Empty pockets once again
Dubuque excuse once again
We can camp in the Kluckman Valley
We can climb Magnolia Bluff
If we keep it close to home
It could be enough
No time to space
No wasted place
No time to go
Nowhere, I hope
Empty pockets once again
St. Paul shakedown once again
Live it up in times of plenty
And hunker down when things get tough
With a little luck I think
It could be enough
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18. |
A New Me and You
02:11
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19. |
Hidden Track
02:34
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Romantic gestures
Titanic deckchairs
You can't give up if you never really tried
Not gonna quit it
Not gonna forget it
Because a plan unfinished ain't nothin' but a dream
We've got the room, we've got the toys
Cone on down, we'll make some noise
Let's get together, write a song about the people we love
Some of the things we'll never forget
They haven't even happened yet
So we gotta get together, write a song about the things that we love
Not gonna deny it
Don't wanna go quiet
Into whatever kind of night it is
We've got the room, we've got the toys
Cone on down, we'll make some noise
Let's get together, write a song about the places we love
Some of the good things we'll never forget
They haven't even happened yet
So we gotta get together
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The Lay Lows Madison, Wisconsin
The Lay Lows are a post-Muscle Car (muscle-car.bandcamp.com/album/time-well-wasted) project among some old indie rock friends in Madison, WI, who can't think of anything better to do than to keep kicking away at it.
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Within the great songwriting, spot-on arrangements, and rock-solid production, are personal and observant stories Richie tells that feel immediately familiar.
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Good friend and poet, Pete Simonelli, along with fellow Enablers Joe Goldring, Sam Ospovat, and Kevin R Thomson once again bust out a voice and sound that is necessary and no one else's but theirs.
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If You Knew Would You Believe It
by Graham Hunt
Came across Graham's music after reading a Tone Madison review. I (Bruce) was hooked on the songwriting immediately. COVID had me miss a recent show, but I heard the live set was fantastic.
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