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Dark Jean Jacket
05:39
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There’s a dark jean jacket on the back seat
Keyless ignition up front
Big bad case of nowhere else to be
Idle hands and all that jazz
Abstract patterns splatter on the windshield
Wipers get no love up here
Maybe seeing’s overrated
They say the map’s now know the way
How much longer up the steep part?
Altitude seems high enough
Longing is the car’s companion
Nameless wonder up ahead
Nothing wrong with seeking high ground
Not so bad there down below
Top-tier scheming gets you ready
To throw your hands up in the air
Maybe last time was the last time
Maybe next time is the last
Maybe this time is the last time
Maybe now the want will pass
Until the day beyond
Until the day beyond
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Distractify
04:10
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Got a list the size of Arkansas
Of things I’m ‘sposed to do
And that list the size of Arkansas
Is the bird that never flew
There’s a mountain of evidence
Saying needs and wants are split
And that mountain of evidence
Well, it buried me bit by bit
And the alimentary canal
Is searching for the flow
And it’s elementary by now
This is moving much too slow
Obstacles are regular
Pretend I have no clue
Oh obstacles irregular
Now who’s distracting who?
In the ocean of things to do
There’s treasure down below
But that ocean of things to do
Well it sinks the reap and sow
So for now I’ll put my list down
And do just as I please
Glad to drop that list right down
It’s gone with the breeze
Magnify, mystify, distractify, distractify
Magnify, mystify, distractify, distractify
Had a list the size of Arkansas
Now a feather on the wind
What list the size of Arkansas?
Convinced this is a win
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Again & Again
06:58
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Wandering through a radical maze of blue
What to do for you?
And captive to the flow, and seated on air again
It happens again
And again & again
Less surprise each time through
Finding footing is the trick
Enough to dance with you
Wishing is for fools, my kind of clown
I'm down, all the way up and down
The keepers of the card, the cat with nine lives is mine
Stepping light, feeling high
And again & again
Less surprise each time through
Finding footing is the trick
Enough to dance with you
The lifetime of a dream, and a nightmare too
What if it's up to you?
Don't worry, it's a trap
It's all golden in the end, if there is such a thing
And a thing is just a thing
Less surprise each time through
Finding footing is the trick
Enough to dance with you
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4. |
The Wants
05:27
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Big bad wolf bearing down on you
Fixing pieces of the puzzle together with crazy glue
Now if the only way out is through
Then it’s only half about whatever it is you’re gonna do
CH: We don’t care how much it costs
We just want what we want 2x
The evening shade holds all the sway
Wandering the streets till the dawn of day
Good luck keeping the wants at bay
Cuz the way can’t be divorced from the day or what ya say
CH: We don’t care how much it costs
We just want what we want 2x
Bridge: Now she’ll be coming ‘round the mountain
Like a golden mare in heat
Oh the wants, the wants, the wants
Now you know they can’t be beat
Trading myths about being free
Wanting something different that we could be
There’s no class on how to see
But the wants look in on you and the wants look in on me
CH: We don’t care how much it costs
We just want what we want 2x
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5. |
Leave A Trail For Me
04:15
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We joked about the rain
Barcelona does that to you
Elaborate made-up cheers
Tossed up towards the sun
It was hard to catch that plane
I don’t care to say goodbye
But when I left out anyway
You said “Leave a Trail For Me”
“Quote, leave a trail for me
I will give you what I’ve got
If your way comes back thru here
I'll make sure you don't get caught”
New York had us pretty good
Something for something was our tale
We never missed what went away
We never sought what didn’t feel free
But water rushes over the stones
Silk draped mountains never age
Moving forward kind of hurts
You said “Leave a trail for me”
I will leave a trail for you
I don’t worry for what's not
If you follow through to me
We will give them what we've got
We will give them what we’ve got
Oh leave a trail for me
Leave a trail for me
We will give them what we've got
Then I'll leave one too for you
Then I’ll leave one too for you
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Nate Gowtham New York, New York
Nate Gowtham is a singer-songwriter/guitarist from NYC. With influences ranging from Wilco & Billie Holiday to Fela Kuti & Jenny Lewis, he crafts memorable rock songs melding groove with thoughtful lyrics and guitar wizardry. With strong melodic instincts, he balances the singer-songwriter based rock style of bands like Wilco and Calexico with the improvisatory spirit of the Grateful Dead. ... more
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