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Radio Dial
03:38
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lyrics and music by kelvin stewart
so many years but still I don’t know what it means when you smile
you come through hazy like a far-away station on my radio dial
i got the wrong impression, there’s so much I didn’t know
little movements in the tiny muscles, the only thing that shows
hey it’s gonna be so easy for you
hey you’ve got everything you need
you’ve got the mirror neurons, you think you know how it feels
to be the bottle you’ve discarded, a broken safety seal
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Summer of Pearls
04:39
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summer of pearls
lyrics by russell debes music by kelvin stewart
here we go again, my friend
you say to me as we sit upon your porch
and now you know just that much more about me
we laugh about my identity
oh and we laugh and we smoke, maybe
just for a little while
I got something to say,
I think that ive grown and I know myself better than the back of her hand
And I know what you want to hear,
You’ve always shared my best interests and I thank you for that here
Its just like you said when you said:
That Times like these are not meant for being shared
That this is an hour
That its both here and now
And it rules my mind with incredible authority
But oh, here’s the thing,
Im already there in the present, which you have described so clearly
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Ankle High
02:57
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ankle high lyrics and music by adam stewart
step step walk and walk, down the hallway stop and knock
through the eye-hole, peeping in, fish-eyed lense makes funny grins
and oh, her name begins:
with letters in the front, letters in the back, we track,
fishes on a shower curtain putting lovers into motion
so far soap runs down the glass door, close the floor
water reaches ankle high
you could’ve tried to save yourself goodbye
around here everybody walks with their brains on lock like Salvador dali’s clocks, and locks get picked by big brown eyes, with lions and tigers and BEARs! Oh My! Its commotion don’t stop for the motion, rub it in your skin like lotion, the rip-tied roars like fishes in the ocean,
putting lovers into motion
why do I have to wait, trapped in my surrogate
please touch me please don’t touch me please
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Traveling Home
03:14
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traveling home lyrics and music by adam stewart
traveling home, in my room- it’s like the others:
floors and walls and ignored calls
but can’t you see? Its all the same ahead the sunshine,
colors are memories in my mind
but im here right now, im here right now
all the time
but people come, and go again, in constant motion
like rain to streams to rivers to the ocean- all under the sun
but its so hot I feel a fever coming on
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Bright Bird
00:58
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bright bird lyrics and music by kelvin stewart
you speak like a bright bird: indicating nothing on the inside
you were whole once, back when every part was there
but I should have seen it coming- I collapsed like always beneath your stare
I transmit the familiar signal, but I get the feeling that your not there
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Because I Love You
02:37
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because I love you lyrics and music by adam stewart
ive got a thousand little bugs inside my heart, and every single one can see in the dark- cause I love you
well, trains and planes and SUVs go-carts and skates-
could mean shit to me- cause you move me
ice cream and cake, chocolate and paint, overpriced steak or every fish in the fucking lake- but im hungry
and milk and tea, juice and coffee, whiskey and coke- but im still thirsty-
cause I need you
there’s nothing in this world that I can do, my hunger and thirst are set on you- cause I love you
so one day when im old, sitting in the cold, smoking on a joe, my lungs will fill up with smoke- and ill breathe you
my blood runs hot and my brain feels sharp, expresso and shots running in dark cause I love you
so cant you see? You’ve gotta stick with ME! Cause all my heart wants to hold are memories of you and me
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8. |
Forget I Exist
04:22
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forget I exist lyrics and music by kelvin stewart
it was suddenly so senseless- like roses in the sand
growing against nature in an unforgiving land
and I wish I could describe it- a sleepy dessert scene
and the bones were bright like marble and the flys-
they kept them clean
well ive gotten close, but never like this,
to reaching my goal- forget I exist
I remember being younger
I remember being safe
I remember when I was the one who looked out into space
I built a house of frozen smoke ascending with the vapors haste
And nothings every as bitter, as that first taste
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Paralyzed
04:40
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paralyzed
lyrics by russell debes
music by russell debes and adam stewart
Here, here in my head ive felt weary and lost
yet all the while, I remained paralyzed with thoughts
thoughts of present time and my own character and things ive learned
thoughts of diplomacy and despise and situations that seemed to arise
I turn my head and shield my eyes
No nothing came, in those summer nights, while drinking and getting high to the depths of my brain
It goes over here and over there,
Its nothing like the way it has been since then
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Sweat
05:05
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sweat lyrics and music by kelvin stewart
It was a cold sweat- you didn’t know better than to run away
you were never told that: told your worry was for yesterday
you keep your rituals going, checking underneath your bed
to keep yourself from trembling and the thoughts in your head
there was a time when I would have given anything to see a smile playing on your lips, but darling- you waited too long- the condition slips
her tattooed shoulder shinning in the moonlight- they set you up for losing, it’s a process you cant fight
it was my best guess was it the object you had in mind you said
keep looking- the kind of thing you’ll know when you find
I wish I could tell you but you have to see it for yourself you said
I take it back, it isnt so much seen as it is felt
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11. |
Things Will Work Out
03:36
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things will work out lyrics and music by kelvin stewart
you were finally alone- oscillate between the wilderness and the comfort of your home- back when so much was still unkown: a consoling tone-
Just another skill that baby was never shown- or maybe I forgot
But things will work out on their own
Broken threads will still be sewn
It was easier then- examining ourselves without the magnify lense- when there was still room to pretend
Each other’s seedlings to tend, desperate to become more than bad-weather friends but, theres something you cant mend
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12. |
So Easy For You
00:28
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so easy for you lyrics and music by adam stewart
Pleases stop the ringing in my head-
She says beneath the covers of her bed
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Anthills (Bonus Track)
05:02
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anthills lyrics and music by adam stewart
wind-chimes made with human minds,
remind me that i'm small again,
mountains cleared like little tunnels,
will we churn and stall and bustle
a triple tear ant: i'm nice, i'm selfish, i'm lost to all
with groups i am, with groups i'm not, empty and alone
i rot and fall
the fireant inside your yard you tried to poison mend,
i'm the ant that bit your kneel at the funeral for a friend
let me take the wheel again
im the splints beneath your shin,
the cancered flesh inside your skin,
the dried out ink inside your pen,
im the candles fire wouldnt take- placed atop your birthday cake,
the burned out lights strung in your tree
the scars that scab below your knee
im the wine stain on your shirt,
the pain you feel when you get hurt
im the words you say to curse
i'm the coffin in our hearse
come across a whiskey mash, and pour a few drinks more
cause all the world's my little ore, watch the mine forever more
im the blister in your heel,
im the anthills in your field
im the holes inside our shield,
im the anthills in your field
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we're your friends lyrics and music by kelvin stewart
it isnt easy
when the fire is so far away
your gonna shiver
its getting colder everyday
it isnt simple
you gotta keep peeling layers back
i had an idea
but now i just cant keep track
were your friends
your not the only one
and please dont leave
until its done
youll never find out
the dies already been cast
youll never know it
always beyond your grasp
they keep you busy
with knots that you cant untie
youve gotta push back
and never let them see you sigh
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burning barrier lyrics and music by kelvin stewart
i lit a cigarette
to form a burning barrier between you and I
let the accusations fly
and it didnt help one bit, given our history
i cant say im surprised, theres no pity in your eyes
consider the lilies in the field, just one more time
their nakedness revealed by herbicide
they come with plowshores sharpened to excise
my senseless joy cut me down to size
i cant object
your every word is chosen with exacting taste
your fucking up my escape
and its irresistible, i cant fight you anymore than i can fight the sun
you smile with glass beneath your tongue
your stare sharpens as though you know what i mean
but i suppose it can never hurt to be more precise
you say a saint is a sinner like a sculpture is a stone
but you stole my chisel and left me completely alone
i cant prepare for it it
for each time i see you its still a surprise
you're lucifer with painted lips and eyes
its just like you said: the sweetest of the batch is always kept back for bait-
it glistens why we hid and wait.
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forgive them lyrics and music by adam stewart
here we go again
find yourself a friend
to make it easier on you baby
to show them that you're not lonely
well all those times i walked past with my head up
you were looking down or fixing up your makeup
phone out, eyes down
to feel safe in your hideout
well here we go again
you need to pretend
that all your life and all you do
that you're busier than you are
well all that time you spend alone in your room
looking at their pictures and wishing you were in tune
i promise that they're just like you
bored and scared is nothing new
so please look up and smile when i pass you
you're cooler than them, please don't confuse
think and know that all is alright with you
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Collected Records New Orleans, Louisiana
We are a collected collective of artists who pool our creativity, talents, resources and networks to promote the music that
we make and love.
Naughty Professor
Crooked Culture
Chilldren
The Young Crooks
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Russell Debes
theadamstewart
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