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Project Moon
02:58
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Consider Rock & Roll
To be your best last chance
To learn to just let go
Not talking 'bout sweatpants
I'm talking meditation
Via amplification
Distorted supplication
Rhythm as medication
Here's a dose, listen close
It's your best last chance and there it goes.
Maybe astrology
Is now your best last hope
To understand your life
To find a way to cope
Somehow hypothesize
By squinting at the skies
Until you recognize
Some handy alibis
Connect the dots, here's a thought
It's your best last hope until it's not
And then your caught
Believing there is meaning
In some cosmic Etch-a-Sketch,
That's quite a stretch.
Your best possibility
A moonshot obviously
Crash land it perfectly
Your own Sea of Tranquility
No one knows, I suppose
But it's your best last chance and there it goes,
Like dominoes, I will disclose
That it's your best last chance and there it goes.
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Film Stars
02:36
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Let me give you some free advice
It's worthless but you can't beat the price
What you want to hear I'll say it twice
And then who knows?
Maybe this will all make sense
The couch and chairs that form a fence
The walls that summon old incense
Together we're not half as dense.
Let's suppose there's a chance we can win
Irrespective of the state we're in
A long shot through the head of a pin
And then who knows?
Perhaps the breaks will go our way
An advantageous ricochet
An imitation silver tray
An unassailable display
Ephemeral like old film stars
But once we're there, well there we are,
There we are, there we are.
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3. |
Day Care
03:08
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Staying home's always better
When there's somewhere not to go
Let's grab the keys like it matters
Drive around for an hour or so
Enough to rotate the backdrops
Wouldn't that be great?
Be part of the facsimile
It'll be fun if we concentrate
Day (hold it together now) Care (don't give up somehow)
Day (make sure the light stays on) Care (so much depends upon)
The landscaper's calendar
Seven days worth of weeds
The hours wear the same uniform
Until daylight recedes
For now we watch hurricanes
On our phones and drink tea
Guess it's best to stay busy
At least figuratively
Day (hold it together now) Care (don't give up somehow)
Day (keep your head above) Care (what you're drowning of)
Lyrics taught me more than my parents ever could
To finally be heard but misunderstood
Staying home's always better
When there's still a chance to leave
Let's settle in like we've earned it
We still need to believe
Day (hold it together now) Care (don't give up somehow)
Day (so much depends upon) Care (still being counted on)
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4. |
Driver's Side
02:39
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Fell awake
Slept well
Made the bed
And I could tell
That all my restless fears would be pacified
Told myself
A little joke
About the luck
We invoke
I don't have the wheel but I'm sitting in the driver's side.
And in the sky I saw
Lots of sky
I was small but exactly the right size - yeah.
Found myself
Feeling good
A nice view
From where I stood
All my bright ideas would be verified
Told a story
Sold the rights
Closed my eyes
And set my sights
I don't have the wheel but I'm sitting in the driver's side.
And in the sky I saw
Lots of blue
I felt small in exactly the right shoes - exactly right.
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5. |
Late Night
02:59
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Oh I remember now
He said "Don't step on my friend
He's just passed out
Where the sidewalk ends"
So we concur
With a tip of the spot
Where our hats would be
Though they were clearly not
Sidestep to the right
Into a time machine
Set for later that night
Oh I remember now
She said "I met James Caan
After the B-52s
Outside the Jai-Alai Fronton"
And we believed
Inside a puff of smoke
And she tried and failed
To tell a knock knock joke
We laughed anyway
And it was officially
The very next day
Technically
Oh the hours bob and weave and duck
To avoid the truth that they are just construct
Oh they are sliced and spun and hung from walls
Adding up to nothing at all
Is it saving time?
Oh I remember now
You said "It's starting to hit
Are my eyes red?"
Well just a little bit
Got to the place
Where our friends were at
Only hours before
It was where they sat
But if the clock was right
Then we had found ourselves
Somewhere later that night
Hey what time you got? (Late night)
Oh no man I can't wear a watch (Late Night)
I heard a cigarette takes 10 minutes to burn (Late Night)
Any later and we'll be early (Late Night)
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6. |
All I Ever Wanted
04:01
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What to say about this love?
The heart will find a way
But the heart is just the brain
I've heard someone explain
And the brain it keeps a list
Of every hit and miss
Maybe I'm someone new
I'll believe if you will too
Here's my story to amend
To rise and fall and rise again
To rise and fall and rise again
Give away what I don't spend
And convincingly pretend
It's all I ever wanted
What to say about this love?
How do you make it stay
But stay out of its way?
I've heard somebody say
To always be yourself
Like everybody else
Maybe you're someone new
I'll believe if you will too
Here's my story to amend
To rise and fall and rise again
To rise and fall and rise again
Give away what I don't spend
And convincingly pretend
It's all I ever wanted
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7. |
Way Back in History
01:48
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Way back in history
About 10, 12 years ago
Little band picked up the beat
Wasn't fast and wasn't slow
Added accoutrement
Put on a cracking show
Even though they laid it down
They would not let it go
They kept on adding songs
To their discography
Short ones about a minute and a half
Long ones maybe 2:03
Records up on the shelf
Marked down to almost free
Beat ran through every one
Here it comes now one two three
Long time now keeping up
Ain't never lost their way
Not sure who really hears
But be that as it may
No matter where they are
The pocket's where they stay
The beat tells them what to do
Listen to it now what's it say?
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8. |
Bait Fish
04:14
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The boys are catwalking their bikes
Straight down Orange Avenue
Bravado balanced on one wheel
The traffic parts to let them through
Of course they do
There's more than a few
Vaguely so familiar
Floating in between
The great fulfillers
To be free and to be seen
The band is kicking out the jams
Straight up melting faces off
The lead guitarist is unique
She plays it like Rachmaninoff
And we all cheer
In the house means we're here
Vaguely so familiar
Floating in between
The great fulfillers
To be free and to be
Seen outside Discount Auto Parts today
Grandpa's muscle car was on display
Artists populate blank slates
Turning concrete into dreams
Building owners hope to boost
Their limited revenue streams
It's tough but still
Some of them will
Vaguely so familiar
Floating in between
The great fulfillers
To be free and to be seen
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9. |
Iron Angel
04:10
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The damage is done ,but I'm not
You gotta play hurt to stay in the game
We're not who we were, but so what?
It's time to fight on with who we became
I had fucks to give, but I'm all out
You gotta know when to draw from within
We're not who we were, but right now
It's time to fight on without who we've been
Will you call upon your angel when
You're on your way but lost again?
Finding divine strength from iron ore
You get your bearings and senses restored
It turns out you've been here before
The damage is done, but I'm not
We're not who we were, but so what?
Fight
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10. |
Audio On
03:19
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I'll give you a record to play
One handed down to me
The scratches won't get in the way
Warm static harmony
Each needle has something to say
Spun in its entirety
The songs are all sequenced just so
Unfolding naturally
The lyrics sung so long ago
Resonate timelessly
The textures of sounds ebb and flow
Shaping your memory
Once everything else is withdrawn
Somewhere the audio's on
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11. |
Where There Is an Island
04:03
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The cold front waits outside the gate
Talking to the trees about the game
It's still in doubt with just seconds remaining
The weather's okay but not great
But who are we to be complaining?
Shoppers strolling through their phones
Filling carts with deals too good to miss
I mean who could? They make it so enticing
Billionaires throwing a bone
With this limited-time pricing
And where there is an island
There's nothing to discover
It may not be a circle yet still comes around
There was a point I was making
But my thoughts are just too cluttered
An island only needs the bodies that surround
The cold front left without a note
Driving recklessly outside the lines
With no regard for those starved for a season
All we need is a couple days
Just long enough to let the breeze in
And where there is an island
There's nothing to discover
It may not be a circle yet still comes around
There was a point I was making
But my thoughts are just too cluttered
An island only needs the bodies that surround
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12. |
Volume and Capacity
03:32
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It's right there in your notebook, mac
Don't you want to know the formula?
Well then turn to the very back
Among the miscellanea
Liters measured in pints
Top heavy fractions sliced
Sharp decimals rounded
One story told twice
Got someone on the inside, bud
Don't you want to know how this goes down?
Well it lands with a nasty thud
Profiting apologists abound
Liars planting their seeds
Duplicitous and precise
Confusion compounded
One story told twice
How much space do you take up, kid?
Don't you want to know how much you hold?
Everything you will do or did
Seen only through your own blindfold
But others will find something else
Character unrecognized
It's you and it's not you
One story told twice
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Milk Carton Superstars are the songwriting team of Guy Larmay (guitar, bass) and Jim Myers (vocals, drums) doing a fair approximation of a rock & roll band. People generally like them. They’ve written, recorded and released 93 songs since 2009. Most are made of guitars, drums and some reasonable words. MCS are often joined on stage by bassist Jeff Boyce and violinist Jennie Landau. ... more
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