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1. |
Down On Main
03:14
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Verse 1:
Eve took a job at the topless place
But it was only just for a spell
She’s going back to college
So she can be acknowledged
And find something better to sell
But everything is the same
In the money game
There is only so much ink in the well
You know I hate this interest rate
But someone’s gotta pay so I can educate
Chorus 1:
I’m down here on Main
Trying to study the human brain
Verse 2:
Adam’s Young and tired
Feeling uninspired
They say his generation is weak
He never took a hand out
And now he’s full of real doubt
Because the future looks so bleak
No one gets to gamble with his working camel
It’s the only thing he has paid off
Everyday feels like the cold hands
When they tell you turn your head and cough
Chorus 2:
I’m flying through space
Trying to study the human race
I’m down here on Main
Trying to study the human brain
Bridge:
What can you create
With your wide-eyed life
(Repeat)
Verse 3:
Someone turn the light on
No one really knows what’s wrong
Pour yourself another beer
You better learn to haggle
You better never straggle
If you ever want to make it here
The children better learn
not to wait their turn
you need to push yourself up in front
and if you want to hang
with the big and the strong
You’ll have to learn to take a punch
Chorus 3:
It can be so unkind
I’m trying to study the human mind
I’m flying through space
Trying to study the human race
I’m down here on main
Trying to study the human brain
Outro:
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2. |
Talking to Ghosts
04:54
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Verse 1:
Hear the ghosts stomping in the attic
I can hear them shaking their chains
I guess their up there dancing
Long time gone, but somehow wide awake
They want to communicate
I’ve been working long days and night
To carve my name in a tombstone
I’ve got a wild look in my eye
From spending too much time alone
Something never came or something’s gone
I’ve been thinking about taking my own life
And turn it into something special
I was never really one to roll the dice
That’s why I’m standing at the threshold
Stumbling through the cemetery
Life gets kind of scary
When there’s nowhere left to go
Bridge:
It’s time for change, but it’s hard
like we’ll have to give up all we’ve gained so far
Money is not the lonely reason to march
We all got that marching band inside our heart
Beauty, it always leaves a mark
Like a wild flame out there in the dark
Chorus:
I’m talking to my ghosts
I’m trying to find a feeling
I’m talking to my ghosts
Now I’m taken by a spirit.
Verse 2:
I was holding on to a 3 leaf clover
I was going out to restaurants
I was feeling pretty lucky back then
When I was interviewing debutantes
No one seemed to capture my imagination
But I’d get so caught up in the smoke
I nearly lost my destination
I’ll just keep moving towards the unknown
But I’d settle for some calm and peace
I never really had too much to show
I’m hoping these ghosts will help me see
What do they want from me
Bridge:
It’s time for change, but it’s hard
like we’ll have to give up all we’ve gained so far
Ambition is sort of common these days
It gives order to your life
Like chains to a slave
Integrity, is kind of rare
So quit acting like you don’t care
Chorus:
I’m talking to my ghosts
I’m trying to find a feeling
I’m talking to my ghosts
I’m staring at the ceiling
I’m talking to my ghosts
I’m trying to find a feeling
I’m talking to my ghosts
Now I’m taken by a spirit
I’m Taken by a spirit
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3. |
Down in Flames
03:19
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Verse 1:
Shine your shoes
Shake off your blues
Go ahead and put your head up high
Nothing is clear
In this life my dear
But it appears we are alive
Pre-Chorus:
No one said
You were right in the head
No one said you even needed to be
Just live your life
And have a hell-of-a time
Don’t worry what others see
Chorus:
Don’t be the one to change
Don’t try to stay the same
Don’t be the one to try
Let it go down in flames
Verse 2:
If you’re in the hysteria
Get out of the area
Don’t get yourself stuck in line
Shine your beam
But you needn’t be extreme
A steady glow will be fine
Pre-Chorus:
No one said
You were right in the head
No one said you even needed to be
Just live your life
And have a hell-of-a time
Don’t worry what others see
Chorus 2:
Don’t be the one to take
Don’t be the one to blame
And Don’t be the one to try
Let it go down in flames
Interlude:
I’m learning to let go
Of all in the world I cannot change
If your house is on fire
You must give it away
You must give it away
Verse 3:
Don’t pick up their slack
Don’t let them tell you what you lack
Everyone’s a know-it-all
It breeds contempt
No one’s exempt
From the pride before the fall
Pre-Chorus:
No one said
You were right in the head
No one said you even needed to be
Just live your life
And have a hell-of-a time
Don’t worry what others see
Chorus:
Don’t be the one to change
Don’t try to stay the same
Don’t be the one to try
Let it go down in flames
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4. |
Put it Together
03:52
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Opening Chorus 1:
If you want to talk about getting free
We’ll probably just be wasting our time
But take as long as you need
Verse 1:
Coming up with a dream
Is the hardest thing
You gotta find money
But you can’t run out of steam
Do you put attention
To every dimension
Are you planning your big start
Do you live with a big heart
Chorus:
You got a lotta love, I got a lotta love
We could put it together
If you want to talk about getting free
We’ll probably just be wasting our time
But take as long as you need
Instrumental Interlude:
Verse 2:
Are you pulling the strings
From behind the scenes
Or are you barely just getting it together
Scraping up your means
Do you know where you’ll land
Or are you taking a big chance
Are you planning your big start
Do you live with a big heart
Chorus:
You got a lotta love, I got a lotta love
We could put it together
You got a lotta love, I got a lotta love
We could put it together
If you want to talk about getting free
We’ll probably just be wasting our time
But take as long as you need
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5. |
Let Me In
03:20
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Verse 1:
Let me tell you what I can do
I’ll tell you how it is
There’s some lessons that I’ve learned
There’s some people that I miss
It's like I'm almost nearly there
The summit’s within reach
When I make it to the top
I’ll probably tell a little speech
Chorus:
See, I do a lot of good stuff
Le me tell you right now
Let me into your garden and I’ll plow
Let me into your garden and I’ll plow
Verse 2:
I can cook a good meal
I can weld a steel plate
I can draw up a plan
I can swim a long way
I can throw the clothes in the wash
I can train the dog
I can navigate through the rain & fog
When Storm clouds form up
I’ll wring them out
I’ll bring the sun around
I’ll bring the sun around
Chorus:
I do a lot of good stuff
Let me tell you right now
Let me into your garden and I’ll plow
Let me into your garden and I’ll plow
Interlude:
You can go ahead and do
a background check
While I build you a porch,
or just come up on my deck
We’ll have a glass of wine
With a fire in the pit
Pretty soon you’ll have to admit…
Chorus:
I do a lot of good stuff
Let me tell you right now
Let me into your garden and I’ll plow
Let me into your garden and I’ll plow
Verse 3:
Love seemed easier
years ago
I used to think that love
like a flower grows
It’s more like the roots or the rain
Because flowers wilt and die
So I learned to prune the roses
And keep things alive
I messed up and missed out
On sunset walks
I learned to slow up, sit down
And have them talks
Chorus:
I do a lot of good stuff
Let me tell you right now
Let me into your garden and I’ll plow
Let me into your garden and I’ll plow
I do a lot of good stuff
Let me tell you right now
Let me into your garden and I’ll plow
Let me into your garden and I’ll plow
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6. |
Good'ol Regular Guy
02:42
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Verse 1:
I don’t have time for feelings
I worked all week and my mind in reeling
Maybe this weekend we can go four wheeling
Or maybe just look at the sky
I can’t fix any of your problems
So let’s pretend that we already solved them
And we’ll go out like drunken goblins
Maybe get a slice of pie
Chorus:
Cus I’m a good’ol regular guy
I’m just a good’ol regular guy, I guess
I have to apologize sometimes
For being a good’ol regular guy
Verse 2:
I’m trying to keep up with modern demands
I’m working hard with both my hands
I’m executing all the commands
But I really just want to go outside
Time keeps ticking and I can’t stop it
I clock into my busy office
I put the nails into my coffin
And get home just to say good night
Chorus:
Cus I’m a good’ol regular guy
I’m just A good’ol regular guy, I guess
I have to apologize sometimes
For being a good’ol regular guy
Interlude:
I don’t need to drink
Near as much as I do
But it seems to me
That none of those old dreams
Can come true
Chorus:
just a good’ol regular guy
I’m just A good’ol regular guy, I guess
I have to apologize sometimes
For being a good’ol regular guy
Verse 3:
We can take a Sunday drive for hours
Take pictures of the dog in the wild flowers
Discuss the mysteries of the higher power
And what’s missing from our lives
Then the weekend is over
Before I’ve even rested
My patience is thin
Because it’s always tested
I’m not sure I can learn new lessons
At this stage of my life
Chorus:
I’m a good’ol regular guy
I’m just A good’ol regular guy, I guess
I have to apologize sometimes
For being a good’ol regular guy
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7. |
Take My Seat
04:37
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Pre-Verse1:
This is kind of hard for me to say
And I hope you don’t take it the wrong way
We’re all here together in this world
Learning to participate
Verse 1:
This is going to sound kind of rough, I guess
But I don’t want to be tied to another
See, because I’ve been by myself
Since I came out of my mother
I want you to know that I believe in love
And I love so many that gave
I’ll hold this light for you as we walk through the cave
Chorus:
But then when we step out
I want to walk
Through the field with my own thoughts
I want to play with the dog
Seeking out signs from God
I want to drink from a mountain spring
I don’t want to worry about anything
Please take my seat
For I believe, yes, I believe
Pre-Verse 2:
Life is such a wonder, it is true
I want to honor it everyday
I can’t carry all the disappointment from you
So in hope, my thoughts remain
Verse 2:
I hope you can remember what its like
To be happy all alone
When there is no one to blame your feelings
And no one to control
The world is full of beauty of which you are a part
We make our way through the labyrinth
That is the mysteries of the broken heart
Chorus:
But then when we step out
I want to walk
Through the field with my own thoughts
I want to play with the dog
Seeking out signs from God
I want to drink from a mountain spring
I don’t want to worry about anything
Please take my seat
For I believe, yes, I believe
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8. |
Skin so Clean
04:07
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Verse 1:
The moon played hide and seek
Behind the cypress trees
The springs played music
With cool water emerald green
I was swimming with my lady
When we were only seventeen
There was nothing between the water
And our skin so clean
I remember we were aroused
but I was so confused
I regret to admit that I was child abused
Abused by a faith in divine punishment
Indoctrinated into fearful ignorance
This was consistent with the hazing
That my parents received
As children raised in the American generation previously
I love my mother and my father so much
As we have all grown free from that oppressive clutch
Chorus:
The world is full of beautiful things
It’s not all about punishing
There is no true prophesy
We’re just really here,
Living for the first time.
Verse 2:
Now I believe if you’re here alive on Earth,
Then you’ve been granted an intrinsic worth.
That’s not to say that you’re free from consequence
But also entitled to rewards for your compliments
I’ve been wrong before
And I’ll be wrong again
We all maybe guilty of a similar sin
The unknowable, we try to understand
As it was in the beginning
So shall it be in the end
Chorus:
The world is full of beautiful things
It’s not all about punishing
There is no true prophesy
We’re just really here,
Living, for the first time.
Verse 3:
The moon played hide and seek
Behind the cypress trees
The springs played music
With cool water emerald green
I was swimming with my lady
When we were only seventeen
There was nothing between the water
And our skin so clean.
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9. |
Grand Old Party
05:38
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Verse 1:
I was just sitting all alone in my tower
Contemplating on my throne
the clouds making shadows on my buildings
In This city that I own
Bounty, as far as I can see
As long as I stand unopposed
Control the narrative, sleight of hand
Blind fold, eyes closed
Chorus:
All my life
I’ve been trying
But I don’t want to play second fiddle no more
I don’t even want to hear a sound
All my life
I’ve been trying
But I don’t want to play second fiddle no more
I don’t even want to hear a sound…unless it’s me
Verse 2:
Hey now the was never conviction
So your witch hunt really a lie
Blame them first, For what
you will do in disguise
What can you say?
You lost all context
leave the books on the shelves
Blinded by empty meaning
They’ll destroy themselves
Chorus:
All my life
I’ve been trying
But I don’t want to play second fiddle no more
I don’t even want to hear a sound
All my life
I’ve been trying
But I don’t want to play second fiddle no more
I don’t even want to hear a sound…unless it’s me
Verse 3:
There’s no consequence
Storm the capitol
See if they give in
Blur the lines
No one is righteous
Now they believe that I always win
Don’t Deny It
You need me
Because you live in fear
I’ll protect you
From the others
From the difference far and near
Chorus:
All my life
I’ve been trying
But I don’t want to play second fiddle no more
I don’t even want to hear a sound
All my life
I’ve been trying
But I don’t want to play second fiddle no more
I don’t even want to hear a sound…unless it’s me
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10. |
Trusting Everything
00:36
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I'm just trusting everything to work out right
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11. |
Think Too Much
03:31
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Verse 1:
Some people told me not to think too much
They said don’t think too much
You might lose your way
Some people told me not to work too hard
They said don’t work too hard
You might forget how to play
Some people told me not to speak in my real voice
just stick with the chill choice
Keep it simple and go
Some people told me not to stand with a frown
You need to move around, you gotta say hello
Chorus:
Do you want to know how everything happens
Are you a scientist or a mathematician
Does everything thing just look like chaos
Or can you see a pattern if you look from way off
Verse 2:
Some people told me not to walk too fast
They said when you walk too fast
You’re leaving someone behind
Some people told me not to try to stand out
They said just stay low key
Pretend you don’t know me
Some people told me not to stand with my arms crossed are you afraid you might get lost
If you reach out to new friends
Some people told me not to read history
Because it all mystery that you cannot comprehend
Chorus 2:
Do you want to know what I found out
Do you believe your free
beyond a reasonable doubt
Why are you always checking over your shoulder
Do you feel yourself getting colder
Interlude:
Hey, What’s Happening
You don’t seem like yourself
It looks like your patience
Is about to fall off the shelf
I guess I’ll see you in hell
Outro:
Some people told me not to think too much
I think I thought too much
What can I do now?
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12. |
Offshore Breeze
06:10
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Verse 1:
I got me a bandana
And a loud ass bike
Two or three pistols
And a bitch that wants to ride
I never asked permission
I just moved on ahead
It’s like I’ve been on a mission
To live the most until I’m dead
I was raised with the cattle
On a cutting horse with a swinging rope
I enlisted in the Marine Corp
landed in Southern California
That’s where I found the Ocean
But ran off with the rodeo
A bucking bronc couldn’t teach me
Nothing I didn’t already know
Break: Mandolin
Verse 2:
I met an angel on an airplane
Going up to Canada to see my land
I cashed out in Arizona
To raise cattle on a Mountain Ranch
Well nothing lasts forever
Especially nothing so sweet
We had five children together
Me and my sweet Marguerite
Break: Mandolin
Verse 3:
I went surfing in south padre
To get back up on my feet
I think that salt water saved me
From an overwhelming defeat
I moved back to California
Where my kids could come visit me
And I would show them the beauty
And how to dance with the sea
Chorus:
I’ve always been wild
But there were moments I wished I could save
There’s two things I gave my children
Music & The Ocean Waves
Verse 4:
I’m writing letters to the Hell’s Angels
In this reflective chapter of my life
Cause I’ve been with them from the beginning
Flying up and down Coast Highway
My stories are so outrageous
All the kids laugh and say
You gotta be kidding me
There ain’t no fucking way
Chorus:
I’ve always been wild
But there were moments I wished I could save
There’s two things I gave my children
Music & The Ocean Waves
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13. |
Lay to Rest
04:06
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Verse 1:
Time destroys you
No one’s so clever
to escape it’s sway
So rejoice in life
And love your neighbor
And keep your demons tame
Bridge:
Just know that…
I will love you forever
I will love you forever
Chorus:
Now It’s time to lay to rest
So set your soul on a new adventure
across the line there are no boundaries
It's all you've known, but the time is now
Verse 2:
Soldiers march across the landscape
This war will never end
cross the ocean
and climb the mountains
And sit down with your friends
Bridge:
Just know that…
I will love you forever
I will love you forever
Chorus:
Now It’s time to lay to rest
So set your soul on a new adventure
step across the line there are no boundaries
It's all you've known, but the time is now
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RANCH\HOUSE San Antonio, Texas
RANCH\HOUSE is a Hill-Country-Indie-Folk-Rock outfit. S.Brady Dietert, is an architect, songwriter, and rancher living and working in The Texas Hilll Country, near Mountain Home. He aspires to continue the strong storytelling tradition of Texas songwriting while blending elements of avant garde & indie rock styles. ... more
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