1. |
American Dream
03:02
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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
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2. |
Exit 14
03:41
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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
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3. |
Year and a Moon
03:36
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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
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4. |
Fixing Temples
04:21
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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
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5. |
Phone
03:51
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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
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6. |
Shark Teeth
04:02
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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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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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