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American Spirits
04:25
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I was old enough to know better
Hey that never stopped me before
I was already tryin to forget her
Before she walked in through the door
I drank up a little assurance
Stepped right up smooth on her right
Let myself go with the currents
Leaned in to give her a light
She smoked American Spirits
She had American style
She said "You'll never get near it
But sit and talk for a while."
Whenever I see that logo again
It takes me back like a madeleine
Drift right back, turn on a dime
Back to the scene of the crime
Tip glows red, ashes and beer
Barman says "You can't smoke here"
She says "I'm smokin all the time"
Says she's smokin all the time
Cause she has American Spirit
She has American style
She says "You'll never get near it
But sit and talk for a while."
She had American Spirit
She had American style
She said "You'll never get near it
But sit and talk for a while."
I don't know the last time I seen her
Maybe things worked out all right
I got off with a misdemeanor
Still was a hell of a night
Still was a hell of a night
She smoked American Spirits
She had American style
She said "You'll never get near it
But sit and talk for a while."
She has American Spirit
She has American style
She says "You'll never get near it
But sit and talk for a while.
Sit and talk for a while."
With me
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2. |
Cherry Blossoms
03:06
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Granville Street is filthy if you're from Halifax
If you're from the States, it looks so clean
We met for coffee, did the crossword side by side
Pheromones combining with caffeine
I watched you sideways as you worked nineteen across
Wisp of hair fell across your eye
State of closeness, state of warmth
Starts with "I"
Six blanks, and then it ends with "y"
Cherry Blossoms fall on Comox Street
Bonfire down on English Bay
Drinking Kokanee on a driftwood bench
I fell in love with you today
I fell in love with you today
Squirrels in Nelson Park watch me walk to work
Brought peanuts in the shell with me today
I keep em like the smile I keep just for you
Waiting for the words you're gonna say
Cherry Blossoms fall on Comox Street
Bonfire down on English Bay
Drinking Kokanee on a driftwood bench
I fell in love with you today
I fell in love with you today
I fell in love with you today
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3. |
October Surprise
04:22
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Half-empty glass sitting on the shelf
Some half-empty promise I could make
With a little frosting on your fingertips
You pull the candles from the cake
And all at once I see how the story ends
The story right there in your eyes
I can see the big plot twist comin up
I can see
The October surprise
There are shadows now, hiding things from me
Shadows falling everyplace
I turn the light back on and I look around the room
Shadows still there on your face
We were young --- we had fun
You had fun --- with me
But it's clear --- all my fear
Nothin here --- to see
It was summer when you and I first met
Night-blooming jasmine had its way
Remember, you asked me what I thought true love might be
And I'm still thinking what to say
Looking back on it, all the lows and highs
That first day, what did we see?
It wasn't stars, it was fireworks in our eyes
Now it's just
The October surprise
Now it's just
The October surprise
And now I see
The October surprise
First time I see
The October surprise
First time I see
The October surprise
First time I see
First time I see
First time I see
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4. |
Loon Echo
04:06
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Every summer we'd all race
To the promised land in Carleton Place
Stop at The Stand, stretch our bones
Get comic books and ice cream cones
Counting horses, counting graves
Good old a.m. radio waves
Memories in Kodachrome
Wave at the folks in the old folks' home
Chorus:
Loon Echo, hear me call
Years gone by, the world got small
Take me back, before it all
Forty miles from Ottawa
S-bend curves and Michael's cove
Rocky point, crabapple grove
Fat tabby suns on the old dirt road
Way too lazy to chase a toad
Counting horses, counting graves
Good old a.m. radio waves
Memories in Kodachrome
Wave at the folks in the old folks' home
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5. |
The House of Faith
04:07
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Stand up straight
And look em in the face
It ain't a song it's a moment of grace
And if you don't know that, you're in the wrong place
Cause this is the House of Faith
This is the House of Faith
Good God
This is the House of Faith
(Doo do doo do doo do doo do)
Bless me now
And father I will sing
It ain't that much, but it's everything
My voice and my song are all I gotta bring - yeah
Because this is the House of Faith
This is the House of Faith
A little hope and a little luck
Here inside the House of Faith
(Doo do doo do doo do doo do)
The House of Faith
(Doo do doo do doo do doo do)
The House of Faith
Good God
Good God give us hope and luck
And joke em if they can't take a fuck
Here inside the House of Faith
The House of Faith
The House of Faith yeah yeah
The House of Faith
The House of Faith yeah yeah
The House of Faith ooooooh
The House of Faith yeah yeah
just like just like a busload of faith
The House of Faith
The House of Faith yeah yeah
The House of Faith
Here
Here inside the House of Faith
Yeah yeah
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6. |
Wrong Way Driver
04:00
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Bloodshot headlights out
blue lights make no sound
the demon inside your head, giving you shit again
we're only as sick as our secrets as our secrets live
Going home all broken
Wrong way driver down
It's not ok, it's never been ok
Wrong way
80 between the lines
back of hi-way signs
the demon through my eyes, with rear-view alibi's
one more shot, one more shot, don't blame me forget me not
Going home all alone
Wrong way driver gone
It could've been worse, it could've been a hearse
Wrong way
Shame at the speed of sound
going south northbound
It's the demon inside your brain giving you shit again
Going home all broken
Wrong way driver down
It could've been worse, it could've been a hearse
Wrong way driver
Wrong way driver
I want to go home
I wanna go
Wrong way driver
Wrong way driver
I want to go home
I'm going home...
Wrong Way, wrong way
Wrong Way driver
Wrong way, wrong way
Wrong way driver
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7. |
Goodbye 74
04:21
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Quiet summer night
Blinds were swaying
Gently in the wind
Sounded like a ghost
Goodbye seventy-four
Too young to know time is passing
Green light in the dark
We talked all through the night
Counting down the hits
Had to hear number one
Goodbye seventy-four
Goodbye to the songs we once knew
Wish I could call you now
See if you remember
Feeling something leave
You never knew was there
Goodbye nineteen seventy-four
Goodbye, the songs we once knew
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Goodbye, the songs we once knew
The songs we once knew
The songs we once knew
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8. |
If You Look At Me Wrong
02:53
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We're gonna fight if you look at me wrong
If you look at me wrong
If you look at me wrong
We're gonna fight if you look at me wrong
Don't you look at me wrong
Drink what I want, won't be drinkin for long
Won't be drinkin for long
Won't be drinkin for long
Drink what I want
Don't you look at me wrong
Don't look at me!
No no!
Every day I get a little bit older
A little bit older
A little bit older
Every day I get a little bit older
Every day I got a chip on my shoulder
Chip on my shoulder
Chip on my shoulder
Every day I got a chip on my shoulder
Oh no
Here we go
We're gonna fight if you look at me wrong
If you look at me wrong
If you look at me wrong
We're gonna fight if you look at me wrong
Don't you look at me wrong
Well, I'm gonna drink, won't be drinkin for long
Won't be drinkin for long
Won't be drinkin for long
We're gonna fight
Won't be drinkin for long
I'm lookin at you
Lookin at me
We're gonna fight if you look at me wrong
If you look at me wrong
Don't you look at me wrong
We're gonna fight if you look at me wrong
Don't you look at me wrong!
Don't look at me
Don't you look at me
Don't you look, don't you look
Don't you look at me
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9. |
I Hella Heart Oakland
03:34
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I been to New York, and it was all right
I been to Philly, but just for the night
I been to LA, what you want me to say?
There's only one place where I wanna stay
I've seen the oceans and the deserts too
I've seen the mountains and the plains
All those things are okay
But I'll say it again and again and again
I hella hella hella heart Oakland
I hella hella hella heart Oakland
My home and my folk and
Everything I love is in Oakland
Lake Merritt in the morning, Broadway at night
Grand Lake marquee, Cathedral of Light
Secret stairs, Star Wars cranes off the shore
Well, there's hella there there, if you want any more
Well, there's hella there there, if you want any more any more
I hella hella hella heart Oakland
I hella hella hella heart Oakland
My home and my folk and
Everything I love is in Oakland
There's a city in the West Bay people seem to like
But it's hard to get there when BART is on strike
I remember when you could still pay rent
Without being in the one percent
I hella hella hella heart Oakland
I hella hella hella heart Oakland
Their home and their folk and
Everything they loved was in Oakland
Hella hella hella heart
Hella hella hella heart
Hella hella hella heart
Hella hella hella heart
I hella hella hella heart
I hella hella hella heart
I hella hella hella heart
I hella hella hella heart
O-A-K
L-A-N-D
I hella hella hella heart
O-A-K
L-A-N-D
I hella hella hella heart
O-A-K
L-A-N-D
I hella hella hella heart
O-A-K
L-A-N-D
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10. |
Star of David
04:35
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There's the lonely astronaut
Rebel with no cause
Breaking records, now he's caught
Breaking all of Newton's laws
Brushing past those nebulae
Where you goin now?
Spaceman gonna do and die
Spaceman show us how
Out there past the heliopause
Where you going next?
Mass approaching infinite
Time becomes compressed
Now you're drifting out of sight
Now you're drifting out of sight
Against black velvet diamonds bright
Vacuum's got no sound
Blinding quasars with your light
Tell us what you found
Out there past the heliopause
Where you going next?
Mass approaching infinite
Time becomes compressed
Now you're drifting out of sight
Now you're drifting out of sight
Out there past the heliopause
Where you going next?
Mass approaching infinite
Time becomes compressed
Blinding quasars with your light
Now you're drifting out of sight
Now you're drifting out of
Out of sight out of time
Out of sight out of time
Out of sight out of time
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11. |
Ghost Ship
04:33
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Dishes in the sink cause he left in a hurry
Sent her a text so she wouldn't worry
She slept all night, never knew he didn't come home
Wakes in the morning and she sees the story
Someone crying, someone says they're sorry
Someone stays so she doesn't have to be alone
Valley of grief and a mountain of anger
An old lullaby that her mother sang her
The needle stabs of everybody bein so kind
She cleans things up but leaves his mug on the counter
The last thing he touched before he left without her
Apartment's full of things that he left behind
Chorus:
Ghost ship sailing on a starry night
Sirens singing by the cold moonlight
Been a million years between now and then
I never thought I'd never see you again
Ev'ry day in the news it's the only headline
Ev'ry night she feels the dread at bedtime
In the morning, the emptiness hits her the worst
For those first few days, she believed he'd come
Now she drinks up the pain that'll never numb
She sings for him til she thinks her lungs will burst
Chorus x2
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Richard Stuverud Oakland, California
Richard is a musician known for his work in the Seattle music scene as the drummer for The Fastbacks, War Babies and as a
guest drummer for Pearl Jam in Oakland and Fresno in 2022. Richard has been working on solo material with his debut Memories In Kodachrome released in 2020,
His follow up, Hummingbirds was released on March 20th, 2022.Richard's new 7"vinyl single dropped, 3/1/23.
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