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East Coast Addict
02:54
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Don’t want to hear about the fail (wanna hear about the makeup)
I don’t wanna do (wanna hear about the breakup)
I don’t want you (wanna hear about the setup)
I don’t want to die (got a head full of nettles)
I don’t want to die
But I’ve forgotten how to try
The east coast addict on the market for another girl
I am the captain of my soul
I wanna get high
When I’m at home or on the road
I wanna get high
Nobody tells you about the pain and the letting go
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2. |
Just So Stories
03:21
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Between the fields and marshes
Lies, false hopes, and promises
Summer nights I go there to remember
And stumbling through the halls
Of rumour faded walls
Like a hermit talking
Death is taking every backwards step you took to me
Thought we could piece three words together from this bloody mess
Just so stories could piece together from this mess but you forgot already
And God he laughs at me
And the Devil laughs at me
And anyone who ever died is laughing
So smile upside down
And build your Levittown
I kill my life because my life is slowly killing me
I do remember loving you right to the end
Your heart for mine
It lay upon your hand to rest
You were the best already
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What-Ifs and Fantasies
03:23
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Drop what ifs and fantasies
Drop the it’s my fault charade
You don’t look like enemies
You don’t look to me
But this is how we go about
With flailing fists and nagging doubts
I’m not too big on making lists
But I have my doubts
Always had your way with boys
I always made spare change
Sing to an already empty cloud
You don’t know who you are
Sing to an already empty cloud
You don’t want to miss this one
Sing to an already empty cloud
I don’t know if I can
Sing to an already empty cloud
Immortality awaits
Baby I make babies at alarming rates
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4. |
Out of Body
03:46
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We were at the party
We were drinking floaters
But we didn’t leave a note or anything to explain this bender
Love is out of body
It’s a neverender
Innocence is a routine and so obscene that I hardly go there
Help me leave my body
We’ll have to see our role in all of this
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Pause a Riot
04:08
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Can’t hit pause on a riot
Wouldn’t do me good to deny it
I was killing time in a cover band
Wondering how a song should end
I sang ooh woo ooh
Can’t use my head if I fry it
Just need to look inside it
Thought how we accumulate regret
Wondering if we’re near the end
We sing ooh woo ooh
I’m going down and I gotta explore that soul
I’ve got a chance to explore that soul
What you need
It’s unique you
It’s alright
Can’t find love till you try it
Just need a way to inspire it
I was talking to your boyfriend
Wondering how a song begins
We sang ooh woo ooh
Whichever you is going to be is alright with me
It’s alright it’s alright yeah
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Automatic
05:13
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You’re in a panic
You better watch your back
It’s automatic but it’s all blowback
And we can perish
Yeah there’s time for that
It’s automatic just like a C-flat
And we could perish just like the sun
That wouldn’t tell us how far we’ve gone
Live in a parish but
You better watch your back
It’s charismatic but it’s all blowback
You give a shit and then all you get is flak
It’s automatic just like a rattrap
And we could perish just like the sun
That wouldn’t tell us how far we’ve gone
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Oh sweet Anna
I’m a dreamer
A time and place where you would love me too
Oh i know that there’s a space
We’re making stories
And no one owes you
A time and place where you would love me too
Oh i know that there’s a space
You know your kisses are right
But i’m so smitten
I've got my mattress kitten
All the hours go by
But we don’t miss most of them
I’ve got a lot to say
To my mattress kitten
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Eerie, Oregon
04:03
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Highway robbery
Is super easy
The ocean pulling
The air so breezy
I can’t feel but amazed
We frequent different days
We fly
Get a charge get a buzz out of love
Highway signs that we find on the road
How does it feel now that you know?
I can’t feel but amazed
We’re freaks in different ways
We fly
It’s a good day in Seaside Oregon (Why wouldn’t it be alright?)
I don’t mind losing time
I was blind all the time
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Word Thirsty
03:31
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I can’t believe that you would eavesdrop
You were saying things I’ve seen
Seems the only thing I do is stop
Seems the only one not there was me
Pretty little prim can take everything
A word or two was hope to me
A letter much better I was word thirsty
A queen will punish whom she pleases
And a click clack song
Pretty little prim can take everything
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Somerset
02:56
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If i got lost
Then i stayed ahead
That old rugged cross
It’s all good
First to impress
Second dress
Third mess
Fifth relationship that we’ve been in
It's a short list i filled out four years ago
Tells me where to begin
Yes and no
Sign of the devil
I’ve lost my mind
We head for the battle
We know what we are
Give me your dollars
Your backs to the wall
You’re underworked
You’re overfed
You’re better than all (better than almost…)
Wars off target and better off dead
Street cred gone but the words live on
You made me yours but remark about this
That we were the best when the times were simplest
Well yes and no
If you’re not getting it I’m closing open doors
Teach me the somerset
Make me yours
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11. |
Down to Zero
04:36
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Tried to escape my destiny
The outcome vandalized the scene
You were impervious to pain
That only makes you chase the sting
Back to those games
Those same old ways
Cut to the chase and lonely days
You see how friends go
Countdown to zero
Back to those games
Those same old ways
Cut to the chase and lonely days
You know what I know
Look out your window
I can vandalize the scene
I was trying not to see you
I was here and then I left
You must have not found me
You know what they all know
Countdown to zero
I lost my vision since summer followed spring
I hope the planets do a pirouette around you
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Monte Carlo
05:57
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By the sea where do all the stars go
Born and raised like me in Monte Carlo
And you radiate like silver n’ gold
I was leaving
I was, believe me
Every day a new beginning
You get tired from all that winning
And we’ll save the date for our love to show
I was dreaming
I was, believe me
By the sea in Monte Carlo
You radiate like silver and gold
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Objectivity (Wanes)
05:54
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We are the veers, are the veers, are the veers, the veers
The sun appears, it appears, it appears, appears
My mind hears, my eyes hear, my heart hears, my hands hear
Don’t believe it I forgot to steer
If you were honest about the day to day
No one is calling you
No one is hollering
No one approaching you
No one avoiding you
It’s only you selling heaps upon heaps of things
But don’t disturb the past it’s beautiful
Don’t absorb the now it’s dreadful
Don’t deserve a future it’s plentiful
It’s on the way
You try to people please
Exchange pleasantries
But we can’t be as one and be happy
We can’t be alone and be happy
But don’t forget the rain it’s beautiful
Don’t absorb the pain it’s getting old
Don’t give in to it
Objectivity wanes it’s getting old
You feel the rhythm right
You feel alright
It feels alright
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Strawberry Tops Portland, Oregon
Songs by John Broughton
Drums and harmonies by Brian Ahnmark
Violins by Anne Claire
Broughton
Artwork by Daniel Wall
Design by Ilona Wall
Guitars, drums, violin, piano, organ, saxophone, charango, harp, and other instruments were recorded in people’s houses in Portland, Oregon and Richmond, Virginia.
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