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American Dream EP

by Russel Taine Jr.

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1.
Well you've got one eye open On your backstreet cruising You know you had a surprise But with the radio talking And a cool moon walking Over your little eyes And it's like, OK don't you cry in your sleep You know this wasn't my American dream Well you've got one eye steady on the radio baby You know you ain't fooling me And it's like talk it up, talk it up, talk it up anyway And it's like every single day Things just happen this way You know you're running as fast as you can But the kids read the news And the kids they get confused It just keeps coming like a hurricane And it's like talk it up, talk it up, talk it up anyway Well OK don't you cry in your sleep You know this wasn't my American dream Well you've got one eye steady on the radio baby You know you ain't fooling me And it's like talk it up, talk it up, talk it up anyway So don't go cutting down trees When you're trying to get lost In my forest baby Don't you cut down me Well talk it up, talk it up, talk it up anyway And it's like, OK don't you cry in your sleep You know this wasn't my American dream Well you've got one eye steady on the radio baby You know you ain't fooling me And it's like talk it up, talk it up, talk it up anyway
2.
Exit 14 03:41
You whispered history was alive In the back of a diner on the turnpike drive As the car lights lit up the road with their festering eyes The neon lights yeah flickered above Your head at the booth in the back that you love You said open signs are all we will every become So brown eyes just a listen here We've been running these streets For what feels like years But when the the moon breaks Before our eyes, yeah we'll run away quick Yeah we will brown eyes And through the gap, we drove in the dark Out to the city where all the signs are lit up Wait, remember the time we thought we had grown up So take a smoke, got the windows rolled down And the radio is blasting out another song now As the lights cut lines through the mountains and valleys on down So brown eyes just a listen here We've been running these streets For what feels like years But when the the moon breaks Before our eyes, yeah we'll run away quick Yeah we will brown eyes And the maps cut lines through the mountains And valleys and all other kinds And the car lights shine bright They point like an arrow straight down the turnpike They point like an arrow straight down the turnpike They point like an arrow straight down the turnpike They point like an arrow straight down the turnpike So brown eyes just a listen here We've been running these streets For what feels like years But when the the moon breaks Before our eyes, yeah we'll run away quick Yeah we will brown eyes So brown eyes just a listen here We've been running these streets For what feels like years But when the the moon breaks Before our eyes, yeah we'll run away quick Yeah we will brown eyes We'll run away quick Yeah we will brown eyes We'll run away quick Yeah we will brown eyes
3.
Let's wind it back, got to take it slow The summer sun was stronger than you know We drove real fast, had the radio on An interstate sign told us where we were And you said hey, how you doing today I said haven't slept behind a cigarette In 50 hours or maybe more The nights been getting longer than before So I don't know, but I swear you said I think I might just be, going back in the middle with you I felt crazy and it's been just another year and a moon And you said "Babe, just a close your eyes We'll get across the gap before the sunrise And then the streets, I hear they're paved with gold We'll be in New York before the night gets old" So I don't know, but I swear you said I think I might just be, going back in the middle with you I felt crazy and it's been just another year and a moon I think I might just be, going back in the middle with you I felt crazy and it's been just another year and a moon Well I've got questions, on my mind And people tell me that the answers come with time So what do you do when you're only pulling jokers into bed "I haven't had an ace in a while," the bartender said So I don't know, but I swear she said I think I might just be, going back in the middle with you I felt crazy and it's been just another year and a moon I think I might just be, going back in the middle with you I felt crazy and it's been just another year and a moon Just another year and a moon
4.
Well little Temple is a renegade She don't drink often but when she do She drinks for days She'll do it again, she'll do it again Well lovely Temple goes for the last dance Don't do this often But we been fixing to bounce And I've been running on the fast track I don't drink often, no wait I do But I watch my back And the wheels turn again Just to do it again She always do it again She always do it again She always do it again She always do it again Well stones of fire Lost to roam Under morning star You will find your home You will find your home She always do it again She always do it again She always do it again She always do it again She always do it again She always do it again She always do it again She always do it again
5.
Phone 03:51
Here's the thing about being lost When the night stars aren't enough She's always talking about what she's not Well let me tell you about being lost Well the nights feel like days When you're running always And a glass turns into four And you're always wanting more So you do and you do Until you wonder who is who Well, I've been running in the rain Been talking fast my eyes have been glazed But still the sun breaks almost every day Let me tell you how men are made Well in the fire of the west Apollo whispers you are blessed Meanwhile the moon beckons you And you don't know what to do So you do and you do Until you wonder who is who Well I've been trying to talk to you Just to ask oh what is new I've been trying to talk to you And it would feel like coming home To hear your voice over the phone It would feel like coming home Well I've been trying to talk to you Just to ask oh what is new I've been trying to talk to you And it would feel like coming home To hear your voice over the phone It would feel like coming home Well the nights feel like days When you're running always And a glass turns into four And you're always wanting more So you do and you do Until you wonder who is who
6.
Shark Teeth 04:02
The night it was darker Yeah, darker than stone We were burning the candle As far as she goes Well it's been late nights counting sheep Rolling on razor blades, mindful deep And they say that hearts are only blood Sometimes wishing that they told me more I think something's gunna give I think something's gotta give I think something already did So how's it gonna wind When midnight strikes and we all are running blind Go ahead, and pop open some more Well let's go up and up till the morning lights glow And my eyes have been burning with a haze I think I've been awake for days These streets are looking strange I think something just straight gave The night it was darker, darker than stone We were burning the candle as far as she goes When all was settled, when all was done An ash tray sat smiling with teeth like a shark The night it was darker, darker than stone We were burning the candle as far as she goes When all was settled, when all was done An ash tray sat smiling with teeth like a shark I think something's gunna give I think something's gotta give I think something already did

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released August 7, 2019

Recorded at Test Tube Studios.
Engineered & Produced by Kevin Butler.
Mastered by Steve Mazur.
Art by Jane Fine & James Esber.
Album Design by Justin Winslow.

Guitar & Vox: Aaron Winston
Bass: Justin Winslow
Keys: Cassie Shankman
Drums: Cory Fica

*Drums on Year and a Moon & Fixing Temples by Kevin Butler

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Russel Taine Jr. Austin, Texas

Once upon a time I played a guitar in my bedroom. Now I play in the living room, too.

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Russel Taine Jr. is based in Austin, TX and includes Aaron Winston (songwriting, guitar, vox), Justin Winslow (bass), Wes Armstrong (drums) and Dylan Hill (lead guitar, backing vox).
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