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All of our Big Hit, Here for You Now!

by The Plain Healers

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1.
Settle Down 05:16
looking high, looking low for a slice of life a little bite of life a place to lay me down the fight packing up for another day pack all you hopes and childhood dreams away take a trip on a moscow train tonight got a call from a long lost friend so sure i' d never hear that voice again for some crazy reason we went our separate ways those fantastic memories in our mind cannot strip away clocks ticking all the time i'm sorry john but there's not that much to say except...oh lord won't you help me? lord won't you help me? oh lord, won't you help me to settle down, settle down. and it get's so hard trying not to cry i can't understand it when people down you just sit and hide until someone, anyone turns on the light
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Gettysburg 03:11
this was a hot day 3rd of july the choice for war is made the private pauses closes his eyes again tells himself "no...i'm not afraid" men in the field say 'ride on, ride on' through those fields of green a young boy screams 'ride on, ride on' "if was up to me i'd be a first class killing machine" into the fall line give it away it's time to face the fire the blood flows like red wine blue and the grey together onward walking the mile men in the field say 'ride on, ride on' those fields were mean a man of peace says 'ride on, ride on' "if was up to me i'd be a first class killing machine" ride on, be brave in the fight my lord it's your turn tonight love was good, yes, love was once mine but not this time the battle's over except for the cryin' this pasture is a bad dream let's walk away from this place for awhile this violent rap on the black and white thing men in the field say 'ride on, ride on' these red fields were green a young boy screams 'ride on, ride on' "if was up to me i'd be a first class killing machine"
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Darlin' Fool 05:13
All the times we'd look around big search through a bastard town - no dreams or drinks for money no time to roll away the stone - all the rhymes we'd toss around sing your songs and laugh it down - was there ever a chance that we would back away from the fall? too many lights, I can't see, too many ways to kill this devil in me - I once had the spirit but that was long ago - Darlin' Fool, took me forever to believe in you, we look forever for a love that's true - give me the word and i will die for you - I love you, give you a love that you will never lose, and I will never turn my back on you - give me a chance and I will see it through...my darlin' fool - stop this bloody free for all - there are no more heroes within these walls - protect your loved ones from the call of animals and sin - I remember when I first saw your face, the world allows you just one taste - leads you on a hopeless chase for the rest of your days... - too many lights, I can't see, too many ways to kill this devil in me - I once had the spirit, it's a fading memory- Darlin' Fool, took me forever to believe in you, we look forever for a love that's true - give me the word and i will die for you - I love you, give you a love that you will never lose, and I will never turn my back on you - give me a chance and I will see it through...my darlin' fool - I wish that we could just fall asleep - cool pillows and a summer breeze - endless dreams, forever free from this reality - feed your star, anticipate a pistol shot a little late we're nothing but a fisher's bait been cast into the sea too many lights, I can't see, too many ways to kill this devil in me - I once had the spirit it wasn't meant to be - Darlin' Fool, took me forever to believe in you, we look forever for a love that's true - give me the word and i will die for you - I love you, give you a love that you will never lose, and I will never turn my back on you - give me a chance and I will see it through...my darlin' fool -
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Ring Out 03:26
Ring out wild bells to wild sky The flying clouds the frosty light The year is dying in the night Ring out the old ring in the new Ring happy bells across the snow The year is going let it go Ring out the grief that saps the mind For those that hear and see no more Ring out the feud of the rich and poor Ring out the slowly dying cause and Ancient forms of strife Ring in the nobler forms of life I can hear a voice I can see the light Deep in this house I hear a reply I open the door and carry it out I open my heart and sing to the sky Ring out the war’s despair A simple faith fights coldness in our time Ring out the mournful rhymes But ring the full minstrel in Ring out those who hide the face of love The civic slander and the spite Ring in the truth and right Ring out the cowards with the hunters bow Ring out hate and disease Ring out the narrowing lust for gold A thousand wars of old Ring in a thousand years of peace Ring in the valiant man and pray for the larger heart The kinder hand The darkness out of the land Ring in the Christ that is to be
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the best years once there lived a child near the border wild eyes would watch him from the wood i was both the child and the voyeur you are all my dreams misunderstood i guess that i was wrong and you were right these seem to be the best years of my life through the wild nights of empty chatter through the broken family holidays i would find us madder than a hatter i will love you till my dying day and i won't raise a glove or bat an eye i owe to you the best years of my life
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Attention 05:04
attention I heard a story about people throwing nickles to a fish And all the money that they threw into the wind came back to them And all their charity and offerings and smiles were in vain Cuz the ocean of their affection was dead beyond repair There was a man who came to my attention He was a dagger who was up for re-election Why be true? Why be true? Shy girls and ministers will dance upon the coffins of their youth Theories to clinical for them to take - to serious to use It's just a photograph of Jupiter and Venus and the Moon All in one photograph, a mystery that hasn't any clues There was a man with a fault to bad to mention He was the object of the working girls affections Why be true? Why be true? Feed me and talk to me and show me all the branches on your tree You are a chemical and physical and lying next to me Abd there are far to many pieces in this puzzle don't ya think? Into this closet full of maniacs I'll take another drink So many men who would love to save the nation How can you plan for such a game of domination? Why be true? Why be true?
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mary anne takes a pen in her hand "dear senator, i fear..." she stares and carefully plans a letter laced with tears she writes "i'm not smart, just educated" "i'm not wet, i'm saturated" "and i'm gone. going, going, gone." oscar's wild with a gleam in his eye writes a warrant for her arrest she shot em all for the thrill of it all the waterfall murderess he says " i am blind to the celebration" "turn my back with the radio playing" "and i'm gone. going, going, gone." she leaves hear having a dream as the polar icecap melts she believes in holding in screams it's a mighty long way to hell now she's wild, sweet love in her eye sweet science born of wealth a crime if you don't give it a try to her happiness and health she says "tragic comical sex theater... ....if the laws don't kill you than the lawyers won't save ya" and she's gone going going gone
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when you ask for a child pray for a child all your life you will sing to the child push swings for the child all their life we'll hide from the boogeyman you and me play games on the boogeyman we'll be free old stars line up again line up again tonight loud cars pull down the lane shoot down the late at first light i am the boogeyman if you please just like the boogeyman i will tease, and tease, and tease... i held light in my hand it felt like your hand in july just you and me and no one to see no one to see us fight and laugh like the boogeyman just let go cry mad like the boogeyman getting stoned, and stoned, and stoned.... we'll hide from the boogeyman you and me play games on the boogeyman we'll be free years pass and over again i say over again..."i love you" what light through window breaks? i'll never forsake you my son i'll play the boogeyman if you please play games on the boogeyman, you and me....
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stars in her eyes i've got a key to the storeroom i've got a key to the vault if you believe i'm the one they can't find us at fault she's got stars in her eyes...i love her eyes if you believe in the morning if you believe in the night if you believe in the stars if you believe in the light she's got stars in her eyes...i love her eyes i'll take my chances with money taking my chance with the law i won't risk what we got here nothing can tear us apart she's got stars in her eyes...i love her eyes
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Jesus Christ 04:23
jesus christ save you for half the price while soldiers roll the dice he sadly wipes the blood and tears from his eyes these humans won't survive your son is coming home tonight lennon's dead and me walk who will defend chapman until the death satan and a legal system lying in bed washington receiving head or is this time the devil giving instead? marilyn begs jack to put it in she revels in her sins she knows the president is fast but he's good hooray for hollywood and she would scream if she could jfk 3 lives blown away november skies are grey his pretty wife and kids are hustled away to see another tragic day images carved in stone again howard stern utters the final word while morning coffee burns we sadly lie awake and laugh till it hurts will we ever learn? or is this place just to absurd? i'm in love but like you i've had enough run over by a truck false dreams, like water are burning up in the sun my hearts beating like a drum and we have only just begun jesus christ thanks for the sacrifice but was it worth the price? dumb songs like this blindly invoke your name to validate some stupid claim let's pretend your death was not in vain
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in a certain circle your name goes very far reflections of the lonely girl you are a proven star i could see it coming could hear that voice again when did you turn away from me? i thought you were my friend will it still be you? writers of the future the present and the past guide us to a better place a paradise that lasts look into the mirror girl and kiss yourself again your pain appears much clearer girl your heaven never ends will it still be you? i realize things have got to change that life keeps moving on i know our feelings can't remain as powerful and strong but i love you dearly the games we used to play can't live without you anymore please don't go away will it still be you?
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Stacey Blue 03:57
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i fell to pieces winter '92 it was nothing that she said you hesitate you lose and you lose spent alot of time just walking about praying for a little rose in my honey who could ever know what such pain is about? how many times have we been walking on wires? it's not funny how many times have we been walking on wires in the sky? it's not funny rain kept falling wash away my soul clear to the ocean who would ever know, yeah, ya know?
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Harvest Moon 04:01
1939 the california borderline she was a local girl looked pretty good to me i traced her with my eyes not strong enough to pick her she never asked me how she would never ask me how the harvest moon is so delightful the harvest moon is so delight the harvest moon is so delight she is a lonely shore she is a distant memory she looks into my eyes and asks me how i've been i just turn away this girl has been here a thousand years she never asked me how she would never ask me how... the harvest moon is so delightful the harvest moon is so delight the harvest moon is so delight get around, this time, this town....
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Shout Mask 05:32
wandering the house and through the garden i am caught i hear a whisper quietly the voices of the children of the family gone away we spent so many years shouting on the phone creating all these whispers no excuses, no remorse for the scars we never made give me your hand i am absolutely at your mercy dragging down the hallways this house has turned the page but i am lost and the eyes have all gone blind the letter and the spirit of the law is bowing to the crime and i can't see no signs i tell you, i am dying you must be longing for the grave you must be lonely you must be longing to be saved from the cold winds blowing you take away the light and all the blond hair and the make-up and the magic he may be our man in orbit but he's not doing much for me why would he climb into a shell? and be wired to a tree? all the pain and all the sorrow just for you and me? and he's still there...minding a house that i could never leave they say 'just believe..' you must be longing for the grave you must be lonely you must be longing to be saved from the cold winds blowing he must be crazy, must be mad in this day and age no one minds for nothing he must be wild as for me, well, i must be insane but i am lost and i must travel back so many years so many traps and dangers that i cannot anticipate but i just can't wait you must be longing for the grave you must be lonely you must be longing to be saved from the cold winds blowing
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i met a girl escapin' through the county city gates i asked her for some love but she said i'd have to wait then she turned quite suddenly and walked into the sea those prison gates led directly to the beach and i am sure that, oh my lord, she'll come ashore in good time fairy tales, sweet fairy girls are sinking in the sea there's nothing here for you and there's nothing here for me god can't stop the bleedin' when your slapping down your bets i won't drink another drink or smoke another cigarette
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my girl sittin neath a big oak tree i'll forget about you if you forget about hurtin me it doesn't matter oh no...it doesn't matter young girl lookin for a place to cry her lover's left her on the 4th of july it doesn't matter oh no, it doesn't matter think of the good times baby when you and me could get this town a runnin the past adds up to nothin babe but you and me were somethin my songs fadin in the misty hills they don't ring true i guess they never will it doesn't matter oh no, it doesn't matter me and my love cuddle up, a winter night i think i'm gone as she turns out the light it doesn't matter oh no, it doesn't matter all of the good times can't console me babe and now i dream alone the past adds up to nothin babe i guess i'm gone i guess i'm going home think of the good times baby when you and me could get this town a runnin the past adds up to nothin babe but you and me were somethin let's remember just who we are we once were brothers before it got this far it doesn't matter oh no, it doesn't matter this can't be me, this can't be love she's gettin in and i'm just gettin up it doesn't matter oh no, it doesn't matter all of the good times can't console me babe and now i dream alone the past adds up to nothin babe i guess i'm gone i guess i'm going home
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The Music 02:05
keep the waters settled cuz it's not like you to let on they'll find you and they'll use you but they never will abuse you you will not hear the confession cuz it's only a confession and you are right to hear the music you are right to hear the music you are right to hear the music i'm going home tonight you are the sad one tomorrow you will ride on if pain is what you like to taste then this isn't such a bad place you will not hear the confession cuz it's only a confession and you are right to hear the music you are right to hear the music you are right to hear the music i'm going home
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i'm hittin the dirt how many times i shoulda been heard...infinity i think about you why don't you think about me? we laugh at the world but laughin gets so hard innocent girl, i believe i think about you why don't you think about me? there's a shadow been walkin about...i guess i know what i mean i'm talkin i'm givin my word glady ...can't go on givin this girl my company i think about you why don't you think about me? is there someone breakin yer heart? you have my deepest sympathy i'm talkin i'm leavin this world happy, i'll go now heaven and earth in harmony i think about you why don't you think about me?
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Sick Ideas 03:42
and i forgive you we're better off than this that you've forgotten the places that we've been the whole world's rotten with sick ideas and i hate strangers that bang upon my door dogs cry in cages higher than before the whole world's rotten with sick ideas life's begun in a hot place and i need the key and we drift so far away in an endless sea and now us peasants stagger round as one could this be heaven? a blot upon the sun? the whole world's rotten with sick ideas i'm dumb from thinking blind from looking good i'm drunk from drinking the wine that is my food the whole world's rotten with sick ideas too cool to mention the one you hurt before the whole world's rotten with sick ideas na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
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finally we must resolve this thing it's killing me i've had the worst of dreams can't you see just what you've done to me your mysteries your crazy fantasies i'll be anything you want me to be but if we can't be together then i can't wait forever i'm through with all the begging for your slice of heaven and if i'm gone tomorrow forget the pain and sorrow just tell me one more secret can't you see i'm bleeding fantasy? i believe that your my destiny it's meant to be but i'm having wild dreams can't you see just what you've done to me with your mysteries your crazy fantasies i'll be anything you want me to be but if we can't be together then i can't wait forever i'm through with all the begging for your slice of heaven and if i'm gone tomorrow, girl forget the pain and sorrow just tell me one more secret can't you see i'm bleeding fantasy?
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I'm Not a... 02:12
please don't get upset start yellin at me it's the way i've been guess the way i'll always be a little boy hunting learns to shoot blow it right through the downtown police roof and i'm not a prayer - twice answered and i'm not a cure - for cancer and i'll never be - too evil and i'll never see - the devil in me peace will come to you and me we'll start out small then we'll eat the tree i'm never amazed and hardly amused hide my darkness right beneath this here roof and i'm not a prayer - twice answered and i'm not a cure - for cancer and i'll never be - too evil and i'll never see - the devil and i never once - suspected cuz you are the one - elected and i'm not a man - forgotten i'm not a man
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Clay 03:31
Baby something in the air i breath will release me from this ugly dream and the trophies we refuse to leave are not clean were never clean On the seashore out into the see I will find a new and better me on the winds of pure discovery i will climb, with your help, to the sea riding faster with no end in sight white like plaster amber trapped in time and i will love you till the end of time i knew someone not so long ago held her hands out reaching for who knows and i won't answer cuz i move to slow and i know....yeah i know please don't notice, turn your head away i'm that monster who will never stay head and heart and soul that's made of clay and i pray...yeah i pray riding faster with no end in sight white like plaster amber trapped in time and i will love you till the end of time
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Shoot Me 03:17
shoot me i am nothin' and my one sweet lady is out there runnin round on me evrythin was sunny till my one fair lady got busy keepin other company phil donahue and oprah showed her girls just havin fun goddamn that television screen well, she put on her makeup and that short little thingy now there's no one lyin next to me man, it's always somethin...i'm either stupid or lazy but i can't find a girl to rub my feet i ain't got the charm to drive those young girls crazy goddammit they don't notice me i guess i better beat the bushes, find me a girl...the kind that don't play nice for free i'll pay her to take on and off that short little thing now...there's someone lyin next to me. well thank you ma'am i mean it sure had me a ball but please next time go easy with the teeth and if i get the urge to try your sister louisie...well....please.. don't think unkind of me shoot me i am nothin and my one sweet lady is out there runnin round on me evrythin was sunny till my one fair lady got busy keepin other company phil donahue and oprah showed her girls just havin fun goddamn that television screen well, she put on her makeup and that short little thingy now there's no one lyin next to me
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Vacation 03:25
let not young souls be smothered they fully flaunt their pride but when their eyes grown dull this is the world's one crime not that they fall asleep they dream of sleep at night not that they end up dead but that like sheep they die when will we find that lonely dark house on the road out by the sea? vacation spring away vacation don't delay vacation i recall vacations here before and they will count their money and they will count the years they couldn't count the laughs they couldn't count the tears we're all one captive into a field of time we cannot sieze the day to not, to be, a crime... when will we find that lonely dark house on the road out by the sea? vacation spring away vacation don't delay vacation i recall vacations here before
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- - i walk along these city streets i hear a criminal approaching me he walks on by to my surprise i pray that i will see the morning send that crown right back to me i run for shelter from the storm return into the cage that i was born crying myself to sleep at night i pray that i will see some inner light send that crown right back to me the king and queen come into town nothing they do will drag them down they walk the streets but not in fear what kind of voices do they hear?
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Let It Go 02:31
there is a stream by the northern lights something very pretty grows down there and all the rabbits make their homes at night without a worry or a care and it doesn't mean that much to me it can't be stopped, it can't be helped and it doesn't mean that much to me just let it go all of the farmers with their picks and shovels turn the fields from white to grey the sun never shines behind the stream and the northern lights stay away and it doesn't mean that much to me it can't be stopped, it can't be helped and it doesn't mean that much to me just let it go
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As a People 04:53
it's what you want when the gunner has fired a shot it's what you say when the winter has gone away here we will find only motion and pantomime here we will stay for always as a people take care of my people look over my people i swear to my people... it's every clock in every resturant it's what you wear if you do it if you dare keep this in mind on the mountain, through the climb hide this away for always as a people take care of my people look over my people i swear to my people... seer on the mountainside so innocent i swear i don't mind.... seer...always it's where it begins and where it ends it's why we fight every day and every night here we will stand join the hearts, join the hands here we will stay for always as a people take care of my people look over my people i swear to my people...
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oh my honey, the johnson's are in town if there's a wall between us those boys will knock it down for a single dollar bill they'll lift you off the ground oh lord, the johnson's are in town. my father took me to the fair when i was just a child my face was one big smile and my eyes were open wide he put me on his shoulders lift me up above the crowd and he said "look boy! the johnson's are in town!" oh my honey, the johnson's are in town if there's a wall between us those boys will knock it down for a single dollar bill they'll lift you off the ground oh lord, the johnson's are in town. i met the girl i'm married to when i was just sixteen when we first met she did not exactly take to me lucky stars, sweet destiny the johnsons came to town after that a feather knocked her down oh my honey, the johnson's are in town if there's a wall between us those boys will knock it down for a single dollar bill they'll lift you off the ground oh lord, the johnson's are in town. now my sons and daughters are growing up like weeds my wife and i kick back and think of how it used to be my bodies geting old, but i still can jump and shout when those johnsons come to town oh my honey, the johnson's are in town if there's a wall between us those boys will knock it down for a single dollar bill they'll lift you off the ground oh lord, the johnson's are in town.
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Saved 03:26
curious she gives me her hand i give her a whisper with penance that even the angels choose to ignore and i remember the sweet sad cry of the robin putting to sleep his motions in the gathering storm when you're down, well, here's what you say surely good things are coming your way take hold of the hand and be saved when you think that there's no more hope his prints in the sand will follow you home when all is lost he will remain mother in heaven i hand you the sign of the moon i cover my eyes and utter the two words that kill within me, without me evolves a watery sideshow above me explodes the final syllable.... when you're down, well, here's what you say surely good things are coming your way take hold of the hand and be saved when you think that there's no more hope his prints in the sand will follow you home when all is lost he will remain
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Badly Broken 03:41
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Fascination 05:39
fascination happens slow feeling your way you love the quiet fields the happy country tones too soon to whisper clear i wandered until i died the light that we thought was so near was so far away what is it to grow old? lose the glory of the form? the luster in the eyes? yes, but not alone fascinated by the glow of the day's decline creep into my narrow bed it's time my child it's time
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Hey Hello 02:39
hey hello what do you say? how is it that you've come this way? do you have dreams to try? or is it just a superficial lie that comes and slowly goes? as false as water pure as snow such a dreary light unless you turn around the frightful sight of work one sunny day perspective lost by business ways my mind has gone amiss is this a cure for happiness? i'll drink my 3 martini lunch and brave the economic crunch i'll take it all in stride the kids, the wife, the lousy lies from bureaucratic idiots who mold me anyway they wish and lose me in their files laughing out loud all the while and each and every sunday you'll pay homage to your god and none will realize that it's sweet surrender in a fog so you can take the job and take the money and girl i'd love to take you honey to sweet yesterday and so your life goes day to day a little work a little play and no one really cares until you see those greying hairs and suddenly you start to see your life go by impatiently and soon your time is up and your drinking from an empty cup you wish you hadn't wished away your life and shunned the sunny days now it's much too late it wasnt't fate
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Goodbye 04:13
highways false ideas i'm coming home there was a savior here once had not that far to go now it's so far she said the best way to test reality is to make yourself last past that dying king yeah, that's the thing she laid our style down and faced a thousand years to brave to nurse the bones she broke a giant tear she said the easiest way to live a hundred years is to say it....goodbye highways trade and steal rock and stone "why" is all I hear stop. leave it. you've got to far to go it's so far she said the best way to test recovery s to make yourself last past that dying king yeah, that's the thing she laid our style down and faced a thousand years to brave to nurse the bones she broke a giant tear she said the easiest way to live a hundred years is to say it....goodbye
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YLB 03:57
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Blue Skirts 02:12
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Figure 28 06:40
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Sugar Town 03:19
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SuperStar 03:42
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Dream Mix 04:55
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Little Dove 03:00

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Cross-section of our creative output from our years together. Most of this was recorded at Dave's basement on Sioux Dr. in Oakland, NJ

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released February 25, 2013

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kurt van hook : guitar, vocals
dave labarba : keyboards
john van hook : bass
tim Delaney :drums

recorded and mixed mostly by dave, mostly at dave’s

songs written by kvh

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