LO-FI

I said an old time speaker just blew my mind

It's so Lo-Fi

That crackle sizzles my soul

And I just fell in love with a 45

That I kept alive, in a box over 30 years old

And I don’t know what it is

But there’s something there

I hear that needle scratching, vinyl catching

Warmth you can’t compare

It's Lo-Fi

And when the static moans

Tape hisses and the beat breaks through your bones

Don’t try to get your dial tone

It’s Lo-Fi on the line, gonna take you home

Oh my Lo-Fi, Oh my Lo-Fi

Oh my Lo-Fi, Oh my Lo-Fi

Now everything seems so high defined

And over shined

I couldn’t tell you what's real

You can’t hear between the lines

‘Cause what we find

Is sound for mass appeal

But what keeps me moving

Keeps me going

Old tape reels that keep improving

And I always come back to my four-track

With a tape stacked and I wonder why

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DIGITAL LOVE

I can’t do this no more

Pulling myself up off the floor

And if I’m not plugged in, you’re not coming in

‘Cause I don’t need another chore to do

I’m an analog man with a digital case of you

Sign me off now, sign me on

Write me off now before I’m gone

And if I keep plugged in, you keep coming in

And maybe I need something new

I’m an analog man with a digital case of you

Oh I’ll love you through the wire if the wire is strong

‘Cause a cool cable crumbles when this wire gets long

And I say I know it, you know it, I say hey

It's like digital, digital, digital love

Mama don’t see me no more

I tell you, I tell you

My Mama don’t see me no more

I tell you, I tell you

And on and on, it goes and goes

I can’t get closer if the distance grows

This is digital and I take it as it flows

Dial me up now, dial me off

Communicate this before it’s lost

And if I’m here, you’re there, it’s always where

We can never get together in the same damn room

I’m an analog man that your wires always run to

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IT'S OK NOW

Hold it down

Don’t let it go and slip through your fingers now

And it's today's routine

That pushes us around

So grin and bear it

‘Cause nothing’s gonna change if we always wear this

Same half smile that suits us for a while

But don’t feel despair

‘Cause everybody’s walking there

And when the last whistle blows

Then everybody knows

The weight is off your shoulders so let go

Now it's OK now

The day is almost over so let’s play now

So take it off your shoulders, it's OK now

The day is almost over so just wait

Oh now, take it down, yeah…

We find ourselves

Like numbers in a book on a dusty shelf

We exercise to better chase our wealth

But if you're fine, fall in line

I hope I’m not wasting all your precious time

So go find yours and I’ll find mine

For those of you who feel like I do, then you should know, man

What we do for a while to get what we need

Buys time to allow us to kill this routine

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Let’s hold on to our edge

Stay sharper than the system says

Let’s hold on to our edge

Stay sharper than the system

Now it’s O, now it’s O, now it’s O

Now it’s O, now it’s O, now it’s O

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STRAWBERRY HILL

Get your thrills on Strawberry Hill

And all your wounds the berries will fill

It’ll make your pain taste sweeter

It's when the time stands still, it’ll lean on your will

Let the juices soak the memories to kill

And we’ll drink it by the liter

Nobody smiles, but we laugh so hard

Nobody cries or hides their scars

We just fall so far

It's alright, it's okay

I don’t think I’m coming down

It's alright, it's okay

I’ll eat this fruit from the ground

It's alright, it's okay

And you’ll see what I have found

On Strawberry Hill, on Strawberry Hill

Nothing matters…

Fill your glass, rest your feet

Empty cheers, celebrate defeat

It’s a party and it’s on repeat

But no one’s here of their own free will

Something chased them up this hill

And we won’t come down ‘til we forget what’s below

Nobody smiles, but we laugh so hard

Nobody cries or hides their scars

We just fall so far

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PLAY IT ON ME

You don’t know, but you’re on my radio

I hear you singing every day

All across these radio waves

The second half of this record is scratched

But it still plays ‘cause every song

Has memories attached

Just look and see

Play it on, play it on, play it on me…

Play it on, play it on, play it on me…

Play it on, play it on, play it on me…

Play it on, play it on, play it on me…

The stormy days and the minor melodies

Makes what we hear so sincere

When every word is weighed

And when the good days come,

Oh, the tune we’ll hum

Is the receipt we keep to save these sweet moments

And what they may become

It's how I recall the things I’ve seen

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And all these things that buzz and ring

Are all what we keep intact

And on this path we collect them all

And they play on our own soundtracks

And it sounds like…

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WOLVES

Thick fog it hangs, it hangs, in the air

For now, our vision’s impaired

We can't see far

But we can see right here

And it feels like something is coming

And we've got no time to prepare

And the woods around us are humming

With the howls of a new affair

And are we listening now?

Now you know you can't fool everyone

Because soon we'll all catch on

That the wolves are back again

You can hide or you can run

Against the grain

But as soon as the thunder comes

All the wolves are back again

We won't be afraid and we won’t look away

Because it's happening

We can fight it or invite to stay

And it won't be long

Before the fences are

Taller than our happy homes

And a beast still has a heart

And it beats real hard

Pumps the blood like a flood

To its open scars

And it'll bleed like you and me

To find out just what we are

And it feels like something is coming

And I'm glad it’s finally here

And it might be worth all becoming

Like the wolves we used to fear

And are we listening now?

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All the wolves, all the wolves,

Oh they’re back, oh they’re back

Oh they’re back, oh they’re back again

Now you know you can't fool everyone

Because soon we'll all catch on

That the wolves are back again

Oh, I’m gonna let them in

Oh, I’m gonna let them in, I am and I am and I am

Oh, I’m gonna let them in

Oh, I’m gonna let them in, I am and I am and I am….

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WORTH WONDERING

Four long years

I don't know where I've gone

But I'm awake now, so withdrawn

Like pennies on the beach

King kills pawn

No one sheds a tear

Life goes on

And the world gets colder every year

And you decide when you come or go

And you kept me wondering if you’ll let me know

And I've waited in the shadows down below

And you've kept me wondering if it's worth wondering

And you've kept me wondering if it's worth wondering

And you've kept me wondering if it's worth wondering

All my thoughts, crowd my head

And sweat inside my mind

Perspiration drips

And waters down the time

Like sea glass tumbling

All your dreams, lost among the wind

Get trapped inside my net

And I’ll place them, in the sauna in my head

Where they'll melt together there

Where they'll melt together there

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CANNONBALL

These old rusty sails

Still guide my way

Open waters

To the edge of a quiet bay

When my ship rolls in

On a gentle wave

I see clouds of powder

From shots that were aimed at me

Oh no, cannonball

Won’t take us down, won’t break these walls

Or sink, sink my sturdy ship down

Don’t you think, think you could ever make me drown

And it’s oh, oh cannonball

Oh, oh my cannonball

Oh, oh cannonball

Gonna take us in, take us in, take us in, take us in

I’m no pirate, babe

And I don’t act that way

Float my boat

On a quarter note, sea sway

There's no need for this

All this hostile fire

But rest assured, when waters are stirred

We all ride the tide and nothing is yours

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PULLING ON THE REINS

Kyle is a cashier in the corner village store

Seven days a week he works

Just pushing on a cash drawer

The gambling debts and empty bets

Have chained him to this place

And all the money he touches now

Gets locked in the store safe

Mr. Claire was a millionaire and a captain of his field

On his farm a lucky charm

Made all the cash crops yield

Then one July, Uncle Sam came by

And shut that farmer down

‘Cause Mr. Clair had not declared

All the cash crops in his ground

‘Cause there’s always someone

Pullin' on the reins

‘Cause there’s always someone

Pullin' on, pullin' on, pullin' on

Look around and what you’ll see

Is everybody tied down to some degree

We’re like links upon an endless chain

Someone’s gotta pull our reins

Look around and what you’ll see

Is everybody tied down to some degree

We’re like links upon an endless chain

Someone’s gotta pull our reins

Someone’s gotta pull our reins

Dr. Lee has a family and a nice house in the hills

No money in his pool

He uses it to drown in bills

Every single day, more pour in

Many mouths to feed

But not enough to swallow them

Cause there’s always someone

Pullin' on the reins

Cause there’s always someone

Pullin' on, pullin' on, pullin' on

I don’t know, but the things I’ve seen

Now I’m a younger man and I might be green

But for many years and the time between

We’re all the gears on the fixed machine

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I don’t know, but I must say

Don’t need no one now to guide my way

Gonna sing my song, gonna work all day

And no one's gonna pull my reins

I don’t know, but I must say

Don’t need no one now to guide my way

Gonna sing my song, gonna work all day

And no one's gonna pull my reins

And no one's gonna pull my reins

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STONE’S THROW AWAY

Hold on, this big wave

Will wash us all ashore

With nothing left to save

So leave here, and be brave

There’s nothing more in store

For a man that never gave  

So go find, a remedy

A medicine, we all agree

You should know

I'm just a stone's throw away

A mile down the road

In a phone booth I'll wait

And when all you call

I hope I hear you say

You’ll be sure to bring the cure

And I'll be here another day

So go on, steadfast

This town is slowly closing down

The present never lasts

So hold on, this blind faith

Is harder now to see

In the darkness of this place

The glass full, the candle burn

And I push-pull when hope returns

You should know

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