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The Sea The Fog The Rust

by The Lamps

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1.
Another One 03:19
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I knew she’d be in my life So many yesterdays But she’s like a beautiful plant that The neighbors own across the way Close but so far away When she leaves When she’s gone I just hope and pray that another will come my way Like she did yesterday Like she did yesterday My future’s free, yeah It’s only me And I can sleep as soundly as a winter’s tree It’s only me I don’t care about tomorrow Only today I can see Maybe that’s the flaw that brings us all Down to our knees To our knees, yeah And when she leaves Yeah when you’re gone It’ll just be me and This bluesy song and Her eyes in the place of the sun In the place of the sun My future’s free, yeah It’s only me And I can sleep as soundly as a winter’s tree It’s only me
2.
This Town 04:37
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You can’t Take the town’s picture But everybody knows The scene I say We couldn’t be richer Because we’re not alone anymore It’s them and us We drive to the river The water’s not high enough Life is a dream and a lecture We’re told not to fly so much This town, you know It don’t surprise me, no And where you go It don’t surprise me Shallow lines become deeper Can love grow to be so old? I hear the waves from the miles A horn into the unknown Only your first and your last name Speak so honestly, you know I have a broad sense of question Can you give earth to the soul? This town, you know It won’t surprise me know And where you go Won’t surprise me no This town you know It don’t surprise me no And where you go Oh….
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Let It 03:19
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It is time that fortune is out of the way I just can’t live that life I think I’ll take my, my old house And turn it into something else Said oh, you’re temped to say It’s burning your tongue, why show restraint? Oh, have a seat will you relax today Tomorrow might not come, you say, won’t you let it Five weeks five years I’ve lost track of time One friend left and the other lost his mind I think they’ll tell me I’m wasting So much of this golden life Said oh, you’re temped to say It’s burning your tongue, why show restraint? Oh, have a seat will you relax today Tomorrow might not come, you say, won’t you let it See, the rain, it follows It’s in on the plan to assimilate Left out, rather remain Old classmates Won’t you let it
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Ride Along 03:57
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With your hands on my shoulders baby, we’re flying Our yellow bug floats the freeway, climbing You know where he’s hiding baby, don’t ya We’re gonna end his lazy killing days I swear I’ve waited too long My woman ain’t really riding along My dreams once a smile and wave Now become a gun I came to a trailer off the backroads No I can’t lose, either I’ll be with you, or he dies The backdoor was open a tad, I slipped in The flash of a gun turned everything black and we all laughed I’ve waited too long My woman ain’t really riding along My dreams once a smile and wave Now become a gun
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Oddball 03:27
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Time and time again she can’t be loved Still they, they say I don’t trust enough Her days are dark and her nights she just can’t comprehend Why she walks past the grit and the shine of life like it ain’t ever gonna end Well I’ll be dreaming on for you Doing all of the things that you refuse to do Love is as love was It is a bridge Shining in the distant clouds, yeah I can feel it But where will it take me when I want to be driving With the wind in my face And your love, your love as my escape I’m stalling the plane I’m staring down at the sunny day, yeah Oh no, oh my what an oddball day
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Red 5 03:08
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He was on a penny road The heads and tails right beneath his feet The lights like heroin By the fancy drinks So happy he could cry He’s on a roll Oh, he’s on a roll He won’t let it go He won’t let it go Time tumbled on by All worries aside as the chips stacked high Suddenly on Red 5 A heart attack, oh what a time to die He’s on the road Now he’s on the road We can’t let it go No we can’t let it go
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Troubled Mind 04:48
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Captain, help me up I’ve been drinking mud, cause they offered me some I feel my dreams drying out As my soul carries on in this drought I am the reaper of my time On somebody else’s dime Waiting on my, my troubled mind Lawless Nowhere to hide No switch to power down No spine to say goodbye Tell me who’s in charge I want to speak with the manager about my heartsick car I’ve been dining, I’ve been swiping All my credit cards It seems they’d prefer to see me huddled behind bars I am the reaper of my time On somebody else’s dime Waiting on my, my troubled mind Lawless Nowhere to hide No switch to power down No spine to say goodbye
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Western Times 05:48
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Have I fucked with your life Did I dismiss your sacrifice I think we’re in for a change You and I, I’m not sure, I could explain Might be luck folding in Next time I’ll quit before the show begins, oh I’m having dreams of sour blood Boiling under the sun It really felt like western times And I was different man born in a better light, despite Violence and spilled guts And the cold hammer of my six shooter gun I liquidate But snap your fingers and I’m awake We might all be liars But there ain’t no truth Saw they were at home All curled up against the phone When a blue light came down And stole their skeletons along with their nightgowns And now we’re here all alone Nobody hollering, and that really hurts the most Nobody looking back At this reoccurring heart attack That makes life up ahead taste like oranges And sneaking off to bed But first they need a home And a little luck Doesn’t everybody else, oh I liquidate But snap your fingers and I’m awake We might all be liars But there ain’t no truth
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Minesweeper 03:32
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We were headed for gold Tripped all last summertime Which helped us slow the time going by The birds, the sea, the fog, the rust, all around us Oh we’re right on time to the beach, where the people lie Oh, go swiftly Oh, we’re gonna back you up Minesweeper We’re all gonna die if you don’t move up, oh The wind, the sounds, the shouts, the feet On like lightning It really felt as though we could drift away In a bad way No fear, no loss, no love, no damn hesitation Only what we’ve always wanted, to be here in the moment Oh, go swiftly Oh, we’re gonna back you up Minesweeper Either we all die, or you move up, oh
10.
Lawnmower 02:16
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Hope comes in waves It came to me the other day Mowing the lawn, staring upon plant decay Oh…. Come towards me Make me play Make me write And hear me Oh, the changes of some circumstances You can’t make up Oh, this swinging luck Oh…. Oh stay here Oh don’t go We’ll head home We’ll stay low
11.
Dennis 03:54
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Dennis Ask yourself if this is part of the plan Why don’t you come back home to rest your bones By the easy sand Well he said In this kind of daydream Most good stays the same I don’t know what you’d call it But when I wake I’m in quite a lot of pain And folks are always changing Dennis, can you hear the words to your favorite song I see it in your eyes, you recognize Can you sing along I’ll push you to the park to see your friends, you can play till after dark I’ll give you all my time I’ll dig and find what’s in there In your stare And he said In this kind of daydream Most good stays the same I don’t know what you’d call it But when I wake I’m in quite a lot of pain And folks are always changing
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They Won't Go 03:16
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Their minds rest in the shade Of a felled tree Beside a lake Near the forest Pick out a leaf And move towards it They’re screwing around Oh they’ve been told But they won’t go, they won’t go To any place that invites them I hope I’m mistaken But the earth keeps quaking Instead of snow, instead of snow They’ll get dreams, dreams of water

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released July 3, 2023

All songs written and performed by The Lamps

Produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Olav Tabatabai at The Compound Studios in Ben Lomond, CA

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ALBUM RELEASE DATE: 7/3/23


Four Lamps- Joe, Christian, Scotty, and Harrison- playing original tunes in San Francisco, CA.

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