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Fat City Bird EP

by Fat City Bird

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1.
Town Crier 04:45
take me down to where I've put myself. keep me now where I'll crawl my way down, where I won't be found. for they say it's your crime, son. I was there the night that the veil came down. now I lick my teeth like I gave up something sweet, like my boots feel like they're still on my feet. I feel light as I stand with the world in my hands. But now they point and stare, (Oh, I'm not the one) You've tried to keep here on my own. puff out your chest, never shed a tear man. you've got a mouthful of words, and no breath to push them out.
2.
Laying Brick 04:39
Headlights blinding, I've been followed home. I've been watched in my sleep, I've not once been alone. and I keep repeating, I am mine, my own. but I've been subject to thieves. I've been held at the door. and I wait, I know they're never gonna come around my way. as I wait for my turn I've come to learn there's no such thing. I'm hopping out of line We keep our eyes to the pavement, feet to the weathered trail. (we aren't awake) Well don't you stop here, not this far. Follow suit and fear the side you've yet to know. you gon meet the preacher's son who don't get along. you gon learn the winter's long without a firing stove. you gon see that your life, boy, it's the one you want. As I move in closer keeping true to my cause I've been wrenching my neck just to catch a glimpse. But I know you're never gonna come around my way.. As I wait for my turn I've come to learn, there's no such thing.
3.
Catharsis 05:08
Raised up amongst the dirt and the leaves, envy has hung me by my feet, where only time can prick my temple - and drain me of my greed. Hold tight to your mind or tug on the line if you decide you want out. That's not to say that anyone's awake at the reigns. We'll toe a final waltz, slow to remember. How can we keep this up, my god! What have I become? For all that I've gone and let die there's something that I've kept alive. And that's this fruit and I'm gonna keep it- I'll keep it til it's ripe. We used to look up past them falls, but when you get back home, we gonna wade the river bend. Pull the ropes and push the post, we'll drift into the scene. We'll toe a final waltz, slow to remember. How can we keep this up, my god! What have I become? For all that I've kept alive there's something that I've let die. Love, I shouldn't have. And now, I keep it.
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Rough Tide 04:51
Awake on the wrong side, I keep my head up, it's when I'm likely to lose you. Awake in a rough tide, beneath a raging moon. And when on the short side, I never mean bad, it's just I'm likely to lose my cool. I'm working on avoiding that part of me all together, man I swear I am. It's not often that I feel the earth shift beneath my feet and push me toward the street where wet clay awaits me and my dry hands in an attempt to understand break off and turn to sand piles in the sun where it burns to step on. so I sit on trains for most of the day and get home later. I sit on trains for most of the day and get home later, and i catch myself when i talk out loud- (could you keep it down?) now there's all these people around. So I sweep up the words that I spilled on the floor, and I throw on my coat and I walk toward the door but I tend to turn around at the slightest of sounds, I could flee the scene, but I'll sniff the ground. Awake on the wrong side, I keep my head up, it's when I'm likely to lose you. Awake in a rough tide, beneath a raging moon. And when on the short side, I never mean bad, it's just I'm likely to lose my cool. I'm working on avoiding that part of me all together, man I swear I am. when I wake up you know I keep my head up. I guess time makes you tired gets you falling asleep at the wheel. Stretch lies to decide if your next move calls for me.

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released May 13, 2012

Album Artwork - Trudie Kaiser
Producer - Chris Powers
Recorded at The Ark

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