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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of And Friends, Bare Bones EP, The Sheeple Have Spoken/Evil In Me (Single), Blackberry Wine/Cliffs ("Cliffs" Promo Single), First World Problems/Fangs, Off The Cuff...On My Sleeve, Roundabouts/Get That Way (advance single), Electro Shock Therapy, and 2 more.
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Confidence
02:18
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She says, "Confidence is sexy"
But I would disagree
Cuz what she's calling confidence sounds more like deuchery
You can stand over 6ft tall and have the biggest dick
You can shout with the loudest voice
Or carry the biggest stick
But thats not confidence!
Confidence is knowing just who you really are
Never letting the bastards change you
Accepting every fucking scar
It's standing up to injustice and being bigger than yourself
It's realizing that sometimes even you need help
Confidence isn't flashy
It's not pomp and circumstance
It's a quiet inner knowing where things really stand
It's knowing that you can't conquer every crown
Its knowing when to run and when to settle down
It's waking up and fighting through the day
Knowing that there's just no other way
It's knowing when there's nothing left to say
But I got something more to say...
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The Fix Is In
03:13
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You gotta stand for something or be tossed by every storm
So goes the catechism taught to every generation born
You gotta marry cis-gendered, have a whole mess of kids
You gotta obey all the rules
You gotta pay all you taxes
Attend a four year university
Rack up a lifetime of debt
Hush your mouth when the Big Man says
"You ain't got no experience"
Young ones, dont give up on the system
It worked for mom and dad
Never mind that when accounting for inflation...
Mom and dad were had...
By desperados in pin stripe suits and American flag pins on their ties
Who claim the door is closed to you and I!
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Roundabouts
03:38
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Playing cards with the Queen of Diamonds
I got numbers on my mind
Jack Daniels and the Ghost of John Lennon
We're such fools and partners in crime
I'm tipping back the bottle to get the last drop
Never one to make dollars from dimes
Well I know I ain't got what the money man wants
So I'll try again some other life
Do you see me down?
Well, I prayed to Elvis for some blue suede shoes
But he never came around
Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose
Winner or sinner, I don't know what fits
But I gotta get my fix
Rhinestone soul, I got pain in my present
But I'm still trying to escape my past
Praying to the gods of fame and fortune
I got one hope that this will all last
If whiskey and women don't make my grade
Then this world can just kiss, kiss, kiss...
And it goes...Round and round it goes.
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Vino Incognita
04:43
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Vino incognita, darling
Wont you take a sip with me?
Well fly out of this godforsaken foxhole
To anywhere that we wanna be
Quiet and unassuming
We're just lovers on a kick
Ill take your invitation
If you pack a picnic
All we ever had was a dream
And dreams are all we've ever needed
Besided a little patience, and understanding,
...And vino incognita
Waste away a summer a summer night
Behind a pinecone curtain
We'll watch the sun give out it's last light
We'll take along two dixie cups
And we'll talk late into the night
Do you want romance or danger?
I gotta know before I can commit
Cuz I could took your invitation
But, now I don't think I can handle it!
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Get That Way
03:48
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Coming of age beside coastal waters
Playing three chord songs beuside beach bonfires
Learning to breathe deep the salted air
Not a day goes by that we dont care
We had love or so we thought
We never cared if we got caught
We never realized how much it cost
Our plans and our futures...left to rot
You and I weren't meant for a lifetime
But while the sun is high
We can get that way
Get that way
If we tune in and tune out
Tongues tied on the beach each summer
Getting high in the waves ain't a bummer, man!
We gotta pack it all in
While we still can
Lost track of the time and the changing of seasons
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Last Night
03:23
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You're a legend and a fable?
Well, I'm a demi-god of the night
Got my own private temples
Oh wait...I didn't hear you right!
You say you can drink me under the table?
Well, it's put up or shut up time
Headbanging to our favorite bands
I bet you didn't stretch right
Well, we'll be feeling it tomorrow
But it was worth all the time
Spent searching for the fountain of youth
Last night only comes once in a lifetime
We collect battle scars
We compare the wounds we've sustained
Like kids with trading cards
You can't take back the deal you've made
It's a secret society
The misfits we call friends
When our backs are up against the wall
They're there time and again
We'll be feeling it tomorrow
When our heads are throbbing like the drums
Of the bands that we wasted our yourh falling in love with
Just to watch them pack it in
Last night only comes once in a lifetime (Repeat)
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Give In
04:22
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A penny for your thoughts pretty darling
Did you really think we could conquer the world?
Love is a dangerous cliche to visit
For a boy and for a girl
It's simple to come up with cheap analogies
But you're just to brilliant for that
This is so much more than slight of hand illusion
You always had more taste and tact than that
I think I'm always gonna give in...
To you
Our lines meander and wind unknowing
It's hard to find a purpose without planning
How long did you have designs for me?
It's like trying to find the rhythm in a song
We're not looking for fairy tale endings here
We know just what it takes before we disappear
All we're asking for is just a little goddamn peace in our lives
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My leading lady
Is kinduva kink type
No telling where her mind will go
Not in the gutter
That implies that something's wrong
And I have no complaints in my bones
Practice ran late last night
Asked my buddy for a ride
As we pulled into the drive
He could see the bedroom lights were on
He asked me, "Whose that car parked outside..
Your aparment this late at night"
I gave a little wink and then I replied,
"Have a safe trip home!"
Well my love and, I we believe
That honesty is more important than monogamy
Chorus
When I came into the house I could hear those moans get louder
Right then I made a decision to hang out in the living room
30 minutes later, my best buddy came in with shit eating grin
I could see my love laying in the next room
Oh what a beautiful sight!
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I call you friend
You spit in my face
You call me names
Say I'm a disgrace
What'd I ever do to you?
Nothing!
You're a fucking tool
You spread hate and lies and gossip
Nothing nice to say
You're just talking shit
But I feel bad for you
Cuz you're a fucking tool!!
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Anxiety
02:27
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I've always been considered a little socially akward
A little bent and broken in the brain
Some would blame my upbringing
Other blame me saying I'm just lazy
That there is nothing wrong with me
But I know the truth
And i know others do too
Because I'm not the only one built this way
There 3.3 million of us
Or in other terms 1.5 percent of Americans who are trying just to survive today
Wishing we could hide away
Or just find a way to accept the pain
The sweaty palms that just wont dissipate
The threat of doom and all the fear
The throbbing heart the ringing ears
That keep us in the grip of our own shame
I'm not asking for special consideration
Nor trying to point fingers in indignation
I'm just making note that sometimes you cant tell whats bothering folks
A little patience and concern goes a long way.
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Bryan Thomas Parker Arizona
Exceedingly prolific Tucson, AZ based singer-songwriter, Bryan Thomas Parker writes and performs across a broad spectrum of genre...Including indie-folk, lo-fi blues, alt-pop, and more with healthy doses of DIY punk ethos.
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