1. |
Owen's Song
05:00
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When I touched your cold face I’ll never forget
The feeling inside as my mama wept
And when my papa called I fell to the grass
No father should ever have to tell his son his brother has passed
When we cleaned out your room I stole your last pack of cigarettes
I inhaled your life and exhaled your death
The snot and the tears are one in the same
When I realize that I’ll never see my brother again
She holds me at night holds me close to her breast
To lay down my head as we lay him to rest
In the morning I find that forever I could sleep
But I make myself rise cuz I’ve got promises to keep
The wood that we burn is the wood that you cut
The games that we play are the games that you taught
The whiskey we drink is the whisky you loved
The hands that we hold are the hands that you’ve touched
My brother my friend I love you more than you could know
There are hundreds more who have cried as they let you go
On the day I was wed you gave me a kiss
If I didn’t tell the world of your love I'd be remiss
When I touched your cold face I’ll never forget
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2. |
Now Or Forever
04:08
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(“Oh hi there, I’m Owen Newlin. I’m here on Volume One on How To Play Yourself Guitar. These are frets. Now that you know the basics of guitar, here’s a song.”)
Record’s spinnin whiskey’s flowin
I’m plannin on goin back in time
To before I was losin my mind
Losin my mind losin my mind
I hate this city and what it’s become
But I can’t bring myself to leave this town where I come from
That’s why they call it addiction oh it’s an addiction
That’s why they call it addiction oh it’s an addiction
I miss my brother lord I miss my cigarettes
I miss the feeling I would get when I had both of them together
I guess it’s now or forever now or forever lord
Now or forever
I don’t plan on killin myself any time soon
There’ll be no suicide on my obituary or my tomb
Lord I pray the same for you the same for you
I’m prayin the same thing for you all of you
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3. |
I Never
03:02
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I never expected to wake up this many times
Just to see the same headlines
Hundreds injured more than fifty dead
Anywhere you go no way to know might cut it close or this could be the end
I never really feared death but now
I can’t even go a single minute without
Worryin about my family and friends
If they’re safe and if I’ll ever see them again
I never would have guessed that I would lose one of my best friends
When you were only 29
I’ve lived a relatively loss free life
Without realizin we’re all runnin out of time
Nothin’s fucked me up more than losing you
I never knew one tragedy could change my whole world view
I never used to be scared
Before I became self aware
To get on a plane
To drink some beer
I’m so tired of livin in fear
I wish I didn’t fear death I wish I couldn’t lose friends
I wish I knew what happens in the end
But it just feels weird to be alive without cuz I never thought I’d wake up this many times
I never really feared death but now
I can’t even go a single minute without
Worryin about my family and friends
If they’re safe and if I’ll ever see them again
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For all this time all this time
My gal has stayed right here by my side
And I know oh she’ll carry me home
I know oh she’ll carry me home
Got one life just one life
To share each other’s strength and each others strife
So my bride I’ll show you why I’ll carry you home
Oh oh oh I’ll carry you home
Because we hold one another’s fate in our hands
I’ll show you everything I love show me anything you can
It hasn’t been easy darlin but we try to be smart
Should you ever need it simply ask and you’ll have my heart
Oh my dear my darlin dear
You’ve got no reason to run but everything to fear
But hold me close and you know I’ll carry you home
Hold me close and you know I’ll carry you home
Though my pride my precious pride
Has got me waitin on a day when we’ll have simpler lives
Until that day I know you’ll stay to carry me home
Oh I know you’ll carry me home
Because we hold one another’s fate in our hands
I’ll show you everything I love show me anything you can
It hasn’t been easy darlin but we try to be smart yeah we try to be smart
Should you ever need it simply ask and you’ll have my heart
We hold one another’s fate in our hands
I’ll show you everything I love show me anything you can anything you can anything you can
It hasn’t been easy darlin but we try to be smart
Should you ever need it simply ask and you’ll have my heart
For all this time all this time
My gal has stayed right here by my side
And I know oh she’ll carry me home
I know oh she’ll carry me home
I know oh she’ll carry me home
I know oh she’ll carry me home
I know oh she’ll carry me home
I know oh she’ll carry me home
I know oh she’ll carry me home
I know oh she’ll keep on carrying me home
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5. |
The Same
02:14
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Oh oh oh okay this must be some kind of fucked up mistake
Got the exact aches and pains
As this time last year
There’s no way we’ve returned to a state of stagnation
When the whole goddamn state and our nation
Have gone up in flames
Of course everything’s different and everything’s darker
Love precarious it’s tangled and harder
Nothin will ever ever ever be the same
Of course everything’s different and everything’s darker
Love precarious it’s tangled and harder
Nothin will ever ever ever be the same
What a pain to miss al these small things mundane
A smile or a shrug or exchange
Hell even errands
And each day I feel your absence as pain
Surprising and distinct each way
And that’s all that’s changed
My bank account has the same old balance
We’re out of shape and we don’t keep in touch
There’s not enough warning and too much violence
You aren’t missing much
But we’re missin you
We’re missin you
We’re missin you
We’re missin you
Of course everything’s different and everything’s darker
Love precarious it’s tangled and harder
Nothin will ever ever ever be the same
Of course everything’s different and everything’s darker
Love precarious it’s tangled and harder
Nothin will ever ever ever be the same
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6. |
What They Say
01:55
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I’m tryin not to sing that awful thing that we’re all thinkin
And what I’m tryin not to say is gonna come out somehow some way
You know what they say you forget something new everyday
When you drink your life away
But I’ll gladly trade you all my memories for another bottle of whiskey please
Make it top shelf and I’ll take it neat
You know what they say we all have those awful days
But only some of us are gonna drink our lives away
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We’re singing I Love You Like An Alcoholic
Til our throats are dry and we’re high on lack of oxygen
We may not know the words as well as some of their other albums
But we get the references because we read the book
And Mori once asked us ‘You play together often don’t you?’
Said she liked our lyrics please come visit anytime
We’ve got our little set up we know most the faces at Anarres
Like the queerest goddamn family that’s super fucking cute
I love you like I love this mix of snow and whiskey
I love you like a puppy parade
I love you like I love the forest and the TV
I love you like that tarnished old photograph
I love you like those broken worn down mandolin strings
I love you like that ghost in your old house
I love you like a sword fern in the shade
I love you like the crackle of the flame
I love you like we both know I look good in a dress
I love you like the last breath of a cigarette
I love you like I love Denalda and the hens
I love you like like
I love you like like
I love you like every time I’ve ever said ‘I love you’
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8. |
By The Waves
00:34
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(instrumental)
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A few weeks back when the sun turned black
No open fires but open Rainier
Now the mountains are in flames I’m cryin to myself again
Bout rusty blood and salty tears
Who is gonna put out the flames who will put out the flames
Who is gonna put out the flames who will put out the flames
Who is gonna put out the flames who will put out the flames
Who will put out the flames
Chokin on the smoke is better than chokin on a rope
Is better than chokin on your own
Typically these folk are prone to take a joke
But less so since he left our home
Who is gonna put out the flames who will put out the flames
Who is gonna put out the flames who will put out the flames
Who is gonna put out the flames who will put out the flames
Who will put out the flames
When Eagle Creek is on fire
Multnomah Falls is on fire
The whole damn state is on fire
Yeah my heart is on fire
When Angel’s Rest is on fire
Ruckel Ridge is on fire
The whole damn country’s on fire
Yeah my soul is on fire
Whiskey and lemonade doesn’t quite dilute the pain
But it sure seems to thin the blood
And a gorge that’s in flames is hardly dampened by the rain
Though the ashes soon will turn to mud
Who is gonna put out the flames who will put out the flames
Who will put out the flames
Who is gonna put out the flames who will put out the flames
Who will put out the flames
Who is gonna put out the flames who will put out the flames
Who will put out the flames
Who is gonna put out the flames who will put out the flames
Who will put out the flames
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10. |
Little Brown River
03:34
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Little brown river watch it roll smooth and slow
Oh steady as she goes shallow and cold
And I would drink that river dry if whiskey would let me say goodbye just one more time
And I would swim that river far if it spat me out wherever you are
Little brown river I was married on your shore because of course
That little brown river means more than most such a friendly host
Your turtles are a-layin algae’s bloomin ducks a-playin trees are swayin
And your fish they keep on swimmin to whatever they feel they are missin so keep on driftin
And I have seen your eagles flyin herons fishin red tails cryin above my kayak
And his ashes are a-driftin down that river where we kissed and I’m sure she misses him
Oh she misses him
Little brown river (repeat)
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I drink by myself
Even though I’ve got a partner and my friends aren’t that far away
I think about how excited I was to leave
But every time I go back I just wanna just wanna stay
But I love this city I can see myself stayin here for awhile
It’s not perfect of course I guess I was just in denial
That people would be different in all the places that I go
But it just keeps feelin more like home
So I drink by myself
Even though I’ve got a partner and my friends just an hour away
I think about how excited I was to leave
Now I can stop myself from thinkin about going back every day
But I’m not here for me I’m here for the people who see
The good in me that I don’t really see
I don’t wanna disappoint I just want them to be happy
One day I hope to make a living
Without waking up every day just to hate myself just to hate living
But the voices in my head keep tellin me
Give up now it’s probably never gonna happen
You’re a piece of shit you’ll never amount to nothin
And if you think you’ll live your life in good spirit and good health
You’re lyin to yourself
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12. |
Fallin' Apart
03:24
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Won’t you listen to my elbows pop
Listen to my crackin hips
All my joints are rusted and their bustin down
Yellin at me to get em fixed
Fallin apart I’m fallin apart
At least I’ve got a brain a couple lungs and a heart
I’m fallin apart
My spine can hardly even hold me upright
I’ve got knots and spasms and a slouch
I’d ask you for a backrub to help ease the pain
If it didn’t mean gettin up off the couch
Fallin apart I’m fallin apart
I’m pretty as an ugly penny and in stupid circles smart
I’m fallin apart
And now he’s singin again about his bloody nose
We get it it happens a lot
A couple times a day you’ll find me runnin away
To spend some time with my favorite blood clot
Fallin apart I’m fallin apart
So get out your jumper cables and gimme a start
I’m fallin apart
Fallin fallin apart
I’m fallin fallin apart
I’m fallin fallin apart
I’m fallin apart
I do belive it’s plain to see my bodies fuckin pissed at me
For clinging to consuming all these toxins so consistently
I’ve fallen into disrepair my fetid gums and thinning hair
My organs each a time bomb ticking down to catastrophic failure
I’ve put some mileage on this shell for sure
But isn’t that what we have bodies for
Our impermanence invites decay
So we may as well enjoy the plunge and party while we waste away
I didn’t even mention the heartburn
The allergic reactions I’ve had since a kid
I won’t even bring up all of my urinary struggles
Though it looks like I already did
Fallin apart I’m fallin apart
I’m like some stupid fuckin piece of abstract art
I’m fallin apart
I’m fallin apart
I’m fallin apart
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13. |
Dead Ants
02:23
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Instead of kickin ass or takin names
We’re spillin gas and changin lanes
And I really shouldn’t wait so long to get an oil change
But it’s all the same so please don’t blame me
Because I’m really fucking tired of those ants in my house
Whatever’s livin in the ceiling opossum rat raccoon or mouse
I’ll kill those ants with my bare hands
Even though my hands will smell like dead ants
My nose has bled for longer than a nose should bleed
My hair grew out much longer than it needed to be
I wear binoculars because birds are all I need to see
I may lock myself inside my house but at least I’ve got bare feet
I suppose desperation sort of sounds like depression
Please excuse me doctor but could you repeat the question
Cuz I just can’t get my mind off those fucking ants
Wonderin what they’re gettin into now
And I’m really fucking tired of those ants in my house
Whatever’s livin in the ceiling opossum rat raccoon or mouse
I’ll kill those ants with my bare hands
Even though my hands will smell like dead ants
Dead ants dead ants
Like dead ants dead ants dead ants
Dead ants de-dead ants de-dead ants
Dead ants de-dead ants de-dead ants
I like to dance de-dead ants de-dead ants
Over dead ants de-dead ants de-dead ants
De-dead ants de-dead ants de-dead ants
De-dead ants de-dead ants de-dead ants
De-dead ants de-dead ants de-dead ants
De-dead ants de-dead ants de-dead ants
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14. |
Didn't Lose The Light
02:40
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Mighta lost the sun but we didn’t lose the light
Mighta lost the sun but we didn’t lose the light
Mighta lost the sun and we’re in the darkest night
Mighta lost the sun but we’re going to see the light
Rivers keep a-rollin down the hills of your sweet face
Tectonic shifts keep rumblin my nerves can’t settle any place
Tornado round it touched the ground topsy-turved the city
Take a look around we’re upside down and feeling pretty shitty
Mighta lost the sun but we didn’t lose the light
Mighta lost the sun but we didn’t lose the light
Mighta lost the sun and we’re in the darkest night
Mighta lost the sun but we’re going to see the light
Our emerald green forest all summer it did burn
Now scorched and black just like a heart replaced the past and yearns
Hey there hun what have ya done please put that record back
Can’t help my ways it seems these days my brain plays just one track
Mighta lost the sun but we didn’t lose the light
Mighta lost the sun but we didn’t lose the light
Mighta lost the sun and we’re in the darkest night
Mighta lost the sun but we’re going to see the light
Where can one get started repairin what’s undone
When the officials leave and the sermons sung and we’re out there on our own
Town’s a mess we’re supposed to do our best we’ll muddle our way through it
And you’ll look to me and I’ll look to you
You’ll look to me and I’ll look to you
You’ll look to me and I’ll look to you and we’ll try try try
You’ll look to me and I’ll look to you and we’ll cry cry cry
You’ll look to me and I’ll look to you and ask why why why
You’ll look to me and I’ll look to you and we will find the light
Mighta lost the sun but we didn’t lose the light
Mighta lost the sun but we didn’t lose the light
Mighta lost the sun and we’re in the darkest night
Mighta lost the sun but we’re going to see the light
Mighta lost the sun but we’re going to see the light
Mighta lost your son but you’re going to see the light
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Well I’m ready for you to come home now home now home
Which is funny cuz I should know
There’s never just one place to call home
So I suppose I just want you to come play with me come stay with me
Come drink with me and I’m thinkin see that
You once sang to me that Portland is pretty cold
Who ever thought that summer time could ever feel so cold
And I’m really fuckin sorry bout your guitar
They broke my heart when they broke into your car (whose car? my car?)
And I’ll forever miss those stickers don’t get me wrong
But that guitar wasn’t the one to write your songs
And once again we find ourselves here
Playin our songs in different towns and drinking too much whiskey
And once again we find ourselves here
Playin our songs in different towns and drinking too goddamn much whiskey
But we’ll never say goodbye we’ll say I’ll see you soon
But we’ll never say goodbye we’ll say get home safely
We’ll never say goodbye we’ll say remember that one time
We’ll never say goodbye we’ll say I love you more
I’ll never say goodbye I’ll say you’re makin the right choice
I’ll never say goodbye I’ll say practice that new song
I’ll never say goodbye I’ll say you’re spendin the night, right
I’ll never say goodbye I’ll say you’re the only brother I’ve got left
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16. |
God's Name
04:21
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(“Okay everybody, we just threw this together and I think it sounds pretty good.” “I think so too.”)
What is God’s name
What is God’s name
What in God’s name do we have here
What is God’s name oh
What is God’s name
What in God’s name have we got here
Got a couple fuckin jokers who like to drink and like to smoke
Won’t rock the boat but they’ll rock and roll
And when rollin in the mud loses all it’s sense of fun
Just pick your nose and wait for the blood
Who is gonna put out the flames who will put out the flames
Who will put out the flames certainly not what’s his name
What is God’s name
What is God’s name
What in God’s name do we have here
What is God’s name oh
What is God’s name
How in God’s name did we get here
Motherfuckers are still goin by Raccoon Venom I hear. Puttin out their tenth album. That’s just fuckin sad. Learned to play a couple instruments and decided that makes them a band. Hear some people like their lyrics though. Fuckin idiots.
Now or forever lord now or forever
I guess it’s now or forever lord and I’m prayin for never
Little brown river
What is God’s name
What is God’s name
And why should I care
Little brown river
What is God’s name
What is God’s name
Is God to blame for takin my brother away
What is God’s name
What is God’s name
Is it anything like Raccoon Venom
Cuz that’s a stupid fuckin name
Good job boys, ten albums. You made it. Now what?
What are you doin here
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17. |
Love You Provide
05:45
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My dear your empathy it hurts you physically
It cuts you deep and you try so hard to think
Of the times when you weren’t this sad and when you respected your dad
But all the bad overshadowed the good times that you had
But now you feel like you can’t go home
No you can’t go home
But you’re not alone
And I know some days it feels so hard to be alive
Your alarm goes off and all you can do is cry
But please don’t ever give up
You still got so much love to provide
And Reid I’m so sorry about what happened to you and your family
He was a light in this world forever will we grieve
I love you more is what I always hear I’ve listened to you say it more this year
Than I had ever heard before
Now nowhere feels like home
Nowhere feels like home
But you’re never alone
And I know some days it feels so hard to be alive
Your alarm goes off you wake up all you do is cry
(I wish I didn’t fear death I wish I couldn’t lose friends
I wish I knew what happens in the end)
But please don’t ever give up
You still got so much love to provide
(To provide)
Mason:
And I actually believe that this year could possibly get better
And I think you’ll be relieved when you realize it can’t last forever
But there’s no guarantee this means the end of the curse on November
This year will be one to remember
I’ve learned recently that’s not always a good thing
But at least we’ve got this home may not be brick and mortar
Just the feeling we get when we hold each other tight
With the love we provide
Reid:
And I’m actually relieved that my fears couldn’t dig much deeper
But Frank how could it get better no it doesn’t feel better will this last forever
And there’s still a hope in me when we come together shoutin fuck the curse on November
These tears will be the ones to remember
I’ve felt dignity in knowin that can be a good thing
But at least we’ve still got hope not in gold and silver
Just the family we’ve chose when we treat each other right
With the love we provide
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18. |
My Song
04:42
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I’ve got whiskey in my blood
I’ve got a heart that beats like a singin punk
I’ve got a the breath of a dyin man
Takin each sweet breath deep as he can
I’ve got a turntable for a mind
It’s spinnin around on the same damn thought for the hundredth time
I’ve got favors instead of coins
I’ve got firecrackers in all my joints
I’ve got faith in my favorite girl
I’ve got a brother whose ashes span the world
I’ve got a friend who plays guitar
His love reaches out and it reaches far
I’ve got a garden that’s lush and green
I’ve got seven of the prettiest pets that you’ve ever seen
I’ve got a bottle livin in a hutch
It’s a poison and cure it’s what they call a crutch
I’ve got a curse I don’t know why it’s there
It’s followed me around for a year but life ain’t fair
I’ve got a father and I’ve got a mom
We may have lost a limb but we try to be strong
Cuz I’ve got a song it’s in my heart
It may begin with me cryin in bed but hell it’s a start
Cuz I’ve got a paper and I’ve got a pen
And yet cryin in bed might be how this song ends
Cuz I’ve got a feelin and this feelin hurts
A feelin nobody wants and no one deserves
It’s made me who I am stronger as a man
So I’ll keep on lovin
Keep on fightin
Keep on breathin
Keep on singin
Keep on drinkin
And I’ll keep on livin
Yeah, keep on livin
Keep on lovin
Keep on fightin
Keep on breathin
Keep on singin
Keep on drinkin
Keep on livin
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Raccoon Venom Oregon
Just two wholesome bros. Oh, and also a whole lot more.
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Reid: vocals, banjo, ukulele + more!
Mason: vocals, guitar + more!
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