'Dog Days' Anniversary Edition Teaser
Dog Days (Anniversary Edition)
by David Ullman
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Digital Album
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Begin (Anniversary Mix)
04:46
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i wanna know all that you are
i wanna know all that you’ll become
all alone you’ve come this far
but you and i we have just begun
met in the shallow waters of
this tiny fishbowl
with no high tide or low
now i’m yours; be mine
let this moment in time begin
i wanna know all that we are
i wanna know all that we’ll become
you and i we’ve come this far
but there’s still so much that we’ve not yet done
swimming in the waters of
this tiny fishbowl
with no high tide or low
now i’m yours and you’re mine
let this moment in time begin
could we suspend
stop trying to comprehend
could we redefine
write a song without rhyme
i think it’s time we begin
i’m still trying to find out who i am
it’s been so long, but still i don’t understand
just what it takes to be your man
teach me, love, take me by the hand
pull me outta the wreckage of
this shattered fishbowl
i’ve lost all control
i’m yours; you’re mine
let this moment in time begin
let’s begin again
hope we never end
let’s begin (if only to end again)
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i’ve been searching, can’t seem to find my way
seems the nights get darker each and every day
this time i’ve wandered too far from home
friends all around me, but i feel alone
i feel lost and broken, bent out of place
shall i stay, or do you need some space
different means all lead to the same end
how can we even try to pretend
i need a secondhand heart
only slightly ripped apart
i need someone who will always be around
unrequited from the start
feel i was born to play the part
give me someone who will never let me down
sure i don’t miss what was missing
but oh how i miss kissing you (of course i do)
i miss your lips, your hips, your thighs
miss the sparkle of your eyes
i know it’s gone now but i don’t know why
how did this become of me
how was i too blind to see
that the one you loved was no longer me
was my heart in your hands just a pawn
feelings faded like the night at dawn
where was it that we went wrong
how am i supposed to heal
when i don’t know what it is i feel
was it really ever real
i know kindness is contagious
so come on be courageous
give your love away
with a secondhand heart
only slightly ripped apart
gotta somehow get my feet back on the ground
unrequited from the start
no one’s born to play that part
just find someone who will never let you down
don’t let me down
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what are we to do
do you think we’ll make it through
all the mileage and misgivings
just me and you
are we falling too fast
into a love that won’t last
this beautiful sunset
too must pass
into the halflight
with shining stars, bright
dreaming out loud in the moonlight
do you wish today
do you wish tonight
to fall in love
before daylight
does greasy diner food
get you in the mood
is your heart already full
can you still make room
cause in the slow-burn of night
this feels so very right
as the space between us closes
day conquers night
but in the halflight
we’ll stay all night
making love by moonlight
i think we may
i think we might
fall in love
before daylight
or are you already through with me
is this not what you thought it would be
are you thinking to hell with it all and
to hell with me
are you tired
are you torn
do you feel like you’ve been dying
since before you were born
have you lost love
have you found hope
have you given up the guilt
you’ve held so close
but in the halflight
tonight
maybe we two wrongs might get it right
i think we may
i think we might
have fallen in love
in the halflight
two shining stars, bright
living out loud in the moonlight
i think we may
i think we might
have fallen in love tonight
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4. |
Start Anew (Remastered)
04:08
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come on make me feel like i believe
a blind man once, but now i see
oh you set me free
won’t you set me free
come on make me feel like i belong
to feel like this just can’t be wrong
and if you say you want me to
i’ll spend my life with you
oh to be with you
with you i’ll start anew
together forever and a day
for you i’ll find a way
carry on my wayward one
from behind the clouds bring forth the sun
and with you i’ll start again
both my love and my best friend
you make me feel like i’m alive
and for you i’ll take the dive
oh to be with you
with you i’ll start anew
and if you just say the word
sweetest voice i’ve heard
it cuts right to my heart
we will never part
and after all is said and done
my dear, my only one
come aboard my sweetest friend
on this trip that never ends
ocean of love strong and true
rolling waves brought me to you
you make me feel like i believe
once a blind man now i see
what you’ve done for me
and how you’ve set me free
now i know where i belong
and to you i sing this song
how happy we will be
come away with me
and if you say you want me to
i’ll spend my life with you
oh to be with you
with you i’ll start anew
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Déjà Vu (Remastered)
03:14
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i feel i’ve been here before
staring calmly at the open door
i knew you’d be back this way
you spoke softly, said you couldn’t stay
you’d hoped to find me a changed man
i know i haven’t; please understand
it’s in the way you move me
running in circles, and i can’t break free
i can feel it coming ‘round again
love begins just to end again
around and around, here we go again
love begins just to end again
in every path there comes a time
when past and present meet and roads divide
which way are you gonna go
left or right, high or low
when did you know
that this was the end
and how can i go
when we were just beginning
to end …again
i can feel it comin’ down again
love begins just to end again
against the tide it’s sink or swim again
love begins just to end again
begins …to end …(here we go) again
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failed by the foolproof
trying to face the truth
can’t cope or relate
consumed by anger, hurt and hate
shrouded in shame
in the wind i hear your name
crouching coward
crippled christ
meet me in paradise
help me make it right
dream with the dreamers
bleed with the bleeders
dry as stone
hard as bone
shattered and split
2x4 buy six
get one free
to be who i am
not who you want me to be
can’t you see
i’m in and out of time
in and out of mind
the break must be made
the one who lost his way
pity the password
pain is the key
change the lock love
just don’t forget me
if you can
if you can
be the woman and
i’ll be the man
is it in your skirt
is it in your shirt
is in what you do for work
is it in the eyes
is it in the thighs
or is in what between there lies
is it in the hands
is it in the feet
is it in the space between your teeth
is it in the arms
is it in the stance
is it the size of what’s in your pants
is it in knowing nature
is it in knowing cars
spending hard-earned money at the bar
is it being strong
is it being tough
is it never wanting to grow up
is it in the glance
is it in the stare
is in the way you wear your hair
is in fashion
is it in style
give you an inch and you take a mile
is this about money
is this about love
is this the bottom line or above
is this about guilt
is this about sex
don’t wanna be like all of the rest
so tell me if you can
if you can
be a woman and
i’ll be a man
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7. |
Coming To (Remastered)
06:14
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fear that i’m unwanted here
losing all i’ve held so dear
wanna face this world head-on
don’t wanna be weak; i must be strong
just wanna stay a part of you
i’ll do whatever it is that you want me to do
just tell me what we are coming to
feel ruined, like damaged goods
foolish, i can’t see the trees for the woods
wish i could change the part i play
wish i wouldn’t wish your love away
is there the courage in contradiction
is there truth in all my fiction
tell me what are we coming to
don’t want you to cry
because of something I
did or said
is it over yet
can i open up my eyes
when will we realize
what we are coming to
memory is like a loaded gun
we’re fighting battles we know can’t be won
trying to make some sense of it all
counting on pride to break our fall
but I’m finding that there is no shame
in saying that i’m also to blame
i think that I’m coming to
a heart is like a hallow fist
and yours i can’t seem to resist
when the night starts to breathe
will you finally concede
that this trouble need not be
the end of you and me
i need you to open up your mouth
whatever it is just let it out
throw caution to the wind
it doesn’t matter where it is we begin
i know that we’ll find our way through
this mess just me and you
i think that we’re finally coming to
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you broke the rules
you crossed the line
but there was nobody to warn you off this time
i loved you for it
how could I not
you wanted my all, and that’s what you got
but now you want to let go
you took the blame
you shouldered the cost
but what you thought you’d gained you’d really lost
if you weren’t you
and i weren’t me
do think that still together we’d be
would we have let go
tree of dreams aflame
stars falling from the sky
the bend need not break
it’s the beauty of compromise
help me comprehend
in you i will confide
what i can’t defend
no secrets left to hide
please don’t let go
if we defy the odds
throw away the past
maybe we could forever last
what’s done is done
we can’t go back
but you and i could make a pact
to not let go
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she’s weighed down by the colors of the wind
a bird so afraid to fly, regretful of her sins
she thinks of what she’s done, all she can’t undo
“i can’t say these things (she says), not to you”
words… without eyes to illustrate
words… nor voice to communicate
words… telling a story she’s told a thousand times in silence
her fingers are stained with unspoken fears
she struggles to see the page through the falling tears
unformed thoughts dance upon her tongue
the hurt’s not over yet, the healing has just begun in
words… without eyes to illustrate
words… nor voice to communicate
words… telling a story she’s told a thousand times…
words… without eyes to illustrate
words… why can’t you communicate in
words… a story you’ve told a thousand times
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In Dreams (Remastered)
04:06
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still clinging to a past
now called into question
rejection (of affection)
more times than I care to mention
i’m so tired of this loneliness
this aching need that is never met
it’s been so long and i’ve hurt so much
feel small and ugly and out of touch
will i know
when it’s really happening again
will it show
if it is real or just pretend
wounds are weeping
beneath a bruised and blackened sky
like a broken bone (never set right)
a broken heart lingers like an endless night
seems by now there should be a cure
a better way to endure
to put together what’s been torn apart
how i wish i could change your heart
you know i don’t believe in regret
just trying to remember to forget
taking each day as it comes
no looking back, now i’m moving on
but will i know
when it’s really happening
will it show
might i mistake it for a dream
will i know
when it’s really happening again
will it show
if it is real or just pretend
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You and I (Remastered)
09:33
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it used to be so simple so sweet
i loved you and you loved me
dancing beneath the stars and the moon
we fell too fast; it was too soon
from bright shooting stars to blackened sky
how did we get here, you and i
through billowing clouds of tobacco smoke
we used to laugh, smile and joke
a place to which i cannot return
streets whose names i must unlearn
where fair-weather friends shout silent goodbyes
how did we get here, you and i
groom awaiting, bride debating
two heats anxiously anticipating
weighing the future against the past
we said forever but it didn’t last
right foot before the left, your hand in mine
how did we get here, you and i
no time for love; push pull shove me away
save me from myself today
two hearts set adrift on this sea of time
life without love is a song without rhyme
am i so different now, please tell me why
why didn’t we survive these changing tides
surrounded in secrets, steeped in lies
your constant hellos now a casual goodbye
forever was too long; tomorrow’s too late
i need a new heart that’ll bend but never break
god, help me relate to these hardened times
how did we get here, you and i
though i can’t change you, i can change me
perception is reality
and if what we perceive is what we believe
then truth is just a formality
sadly, i know what lives must die
but how did we get here, you and i
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End (Remastered)
10:59
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i’ve lost myself somehow
i can’t seem to work it out
still struggling to find my way
through the dark of another day
i’m trying so hard to hold on
to a part of me that’s already gone
some things can’t be erased
like that look upon your face
said it all without saying a word
like a lesson left unlearned
hearts and minds will always change
thoughts and feelings will rearrange
the confirmation of my worst fears
the culmination of all these years
my suspicions turned out to be true
all this time i was loosing you
i’ve heard innocence can be maintained
but do you think it can be regained
cause when you looked at me like that
i was taken back
to what you said before
you don’t love him anymore
don’t think you ever did
why would you keep your feelings hid
was i trying to find myself in you
can i ever really start anew
i’ve got to find a way to get back
the sense of self that i once had
am i destined always to make
all of the very same mistakes
you’ve given me something to say
if only it could have been some other way
my world is coming apart at the seams
it’s full of challenged memories
i can’t seem to separate the real from the fake
i need to make changes i can’t seem to make
you’re not the one who got away
you’re the one who wouldn’t stay
through the laughter and the pain
through the sunshine and the rain
i’m still trying to redefine
write that song that doesn’t rhyme
how can i begin again
when i’m faced with the end
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Snakebit (Bonus Track)
04:48
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tiny toothpick mother of two says
‘listen up boy, i got some morals for you’
frumpy little feline starting catfights on the close line
cul-de sac house-wife, fanny pack brat
young people this, young people that
‘it’s ‘cause of your generation we’re where we’re at’
my feet are burning; i need to sit down
gotta get up out of this town
but they need to give directions a little more clear
plus, i hit every damned light on my fucking way here
chorus:
cause i’m snakebit
this is bullshit
doesn’t matter what i do or say
the devil, he’s gonna have his way
cause i’m snakebit
friday fantasies, five-day sentence
living for the weekend with no repentance (that’s what’s great about being catholic)
if you’re happy and you know it, then clap your hands
work is what happens while you’re making other plans
these days people don’t live they work
don’t mean to complain, to sound like such a jerk, but…
chorus
i hate to complain (but)
i know i got it good (but)
gossip aint’ my thing (but)
i gotta, gotta say (what?!)
weigie-board won’t-cha
gimme some more of that
pseudo-intelectual, psycho-babble bullshit
it’s because of satan and santa slause,
satan and santa clause,
satan and santa clause
satan is santa; satan is
chorus
he goes after the big ones
the bishops and the nuns
cause they’re the tasty ones (everyone loves to hate the catholics)
blame it on the baptists and hillary clinton
hollywood values and liberal politicians
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Mulletman (Bonus Track)
03:22
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mulletman’s on the march again
wearing designer shoes and a spray-on tan
six-pack abs and frosted hair
wears his pants low enough to see his underwear
mulletman can pick a fight
he’ll slap you about just to prove his might
an all-star athlete, he’ll make the pass
knock you flat, yeah he’ll kick your ass
he’s so handsome, sugar sweet
sweeps the girls right off their feet
mulletman, he’ll make you swoon
unrefined, beautiful baboon
mulletman, he’s got a plan
gonna pick you up at a quarter-to-ten
he’s feelin’ frisky for romance
knows a hundred ways to get in your pants
gonna drive you to a secluded spot
he’ll give you every line he’s got
to get what he wants, he wants it all
in the morning promises he’ll give you a call
he’s so sexy, sugar sweet
treats you like a piece of meat
how can other boys compete
he’s got it all, he’s such a creep
but this groovy gal, she’s on the prowl
meets his pouty stare with lurid scowl
what he don’t know, he’ll soon find out
she’s the only one who knows what he’s about
she’s gonna drive him to the breakin’ point
leave him all alone just to prove her point
that he’s not all that he thinks he is,
he’s just an unkind, dressed up, unchecked id.
he’s so sexy, sugar sweet
sweeps the girls right off their feet
how can other boys compete
he’s got it all, but can’t you see
mulletmen are everywhere
seems the mold is broken beyond repair
behind a plastic smile that’s two-feet wide,
the monkey-man-child is trying to hide
a two-faced façade, worn for all to see
it might fool her, man, but it don’t fool me
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15. |
Safe (O.C. Mix)
02:58
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here i sing just trying to express
in the way i hope that i do best
all these ideas, they are floatin’ round
trying to keep one, i gotta choke it down
still i’m not saying that i feel fine
about the way you waste your precious time
transitory, just like shooting stars
all the deepest wounds seem to leave no scars
do you believe you’re safe from me
be what you want to be
all i want is for us to remain
times are tough, and love it is always rough
you give your all, but your all is not enough
like a book on tape, digital escape
won’t you be my tv-dinner date
culture satiated with celebrity
all trying to look like the models in the magazines
where normallacy is the fallacy
why can’t we make this dream reality
see things as they are
not as we’d like them to be
but as they were
were they really
do you believe you’re safe from me
see what you want to see
all i want is for us to remain
do you believe you’re safe from me
all i want is to believe
that what was lost might be regained
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Who Cares (Bonus Track)
03:55
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just cause you love her
doesn’t mean she cares
i know you love her
but it doesn’t mean that there’s
not another
doesn’t mean she cares
just cause you want him
doesn’t mean he cares
although you want him
i know that it’s not fair
just cause you want him
doesn’t mean he cares
chorus:
seems we always want what we’ve not got
and what we’ve got we cannot want till it’s gone
we want the truth but need the lie
if we love enough, we’ll change their mind
just cause you need them
it doesn’t mean they care
even though you love them
it doesn’t mean they share
the same convictions
doesn’t mean they care
chorus
sometimes it’s just not to be
but still you pray and you believe
that i’ll love you, cause you love me
that i’ll love you, cause you love me
seems we always want what we’ve not got
and what we’ve got we cannot want till it’s gone
if you could only open up your eyes
you know you’ll never change their mind
you know you’ll never change their mind
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i’ve been searching, can’t seem to find my way
seems the nights get darker each and every day
this time i’ve wandered too far from home
friends all around me, but i feel alone
i feel lost and broken, bent out of place
shall i stay, or do you need some space
different means all lead to the same end
how can we even try to pretend
i need a secondhand heart
only slightly ripped apart
i need someone who will always be around
unrequited from the start
feel i was born to play the part
give me someone who will never let me down
sure i don’t miss what was missing
but oh how i miss kissing you (of course i do)
i miss your lips, your hips, your thighs
miss the sparkle of your eyes
i know it’s gone now but i don’t know why
how did this become of me
how was i too blind to see
that the one you loved was no longer me
was my heart in your hands just a pawn
feelings faded like the night at dawn
where was it that we went wrong
how am i supposed to heal
when i don’t know what it is i feel
was it really ever real
i know kindness is contagious
so come on be courageous
give your love away
with a secondhand heart
only slightly ripped apart
gotta somehow get my feet back on the ground
unrequited from the start
no one’s born to play that part
just find someone who will never let you down
don’t let me down
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18. |
Safe (Acoustic Version)
03:21
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here i sing just trying to express
in the way i hope that i do best
all these ideas, they are floatin’ round
trying to keep one, i gotta choke it down
still i’m not saying that i feel fine
about the way you waste your precious time
transitory, just like shooting stars
all the deepest wounds seem to leave no scars
do you believe you’re safe from me
be what you want to be
all i want is for us to remain
times are tough, and love it is always rough
you give your all, but your all is not enough
like a book on tape, digital escape
won’t you be my tv-dinner date
culture satiated with celebrity
all trying to look like the models in the magazines
where normallacy is the fallacy
why can’t we make this dream reality
see things as they are
not as we’d like them to be
but as they were
were they really
do you believe you’re safe from me
see what you want to see
all i want is for us to remain
do you believe you’re safe from me
all i want is to believe
that what was lost might be regained
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failed by the foolproof
trying to face the truth
can’t cope or relate
consumed by anger, hurt and hate
shrouded in shame
in the wind i hear your name
crouching coward
crippled christ
meet me in paradise
help me make it right
dream with the dreamers
bleed with the bleeders
dry as stone
hard as bone
shattered and split
2x4 buy six
get one free
to be who i am
not who you want me to be
can’t you see
i’m in and out of time
in and out of mind
the break must be made
the one who lost his way
pity the password
pain is the key
change the lock love
just don’t forget me
if you can
if you can
be the woman and
i’ll be the man
is it in your skirt
is it in your shirt
is in what you do for work
is it in the eyes
is it in the thighs
or is in what between there lies
is it in the hands
is it in the feet
is it in the space between your teeth
is it in the arms
is it in the stance
is it the size of what’s in your pants
is it in knowing nature
is it in knowing cars
spending hard-earned money at the bar
is it being strong
is it being tough
is it never wanting to grow up
is it in the glance
is it in the stare
is in the way you wear your hair
is in fashion
is it in style
give you an inch and you take a mile
is this about money
is this about love
is this the bottom line or above
is this about guilt
is this about sex
don’t wanna be like all of the rest
so tell me if you can
if you can
be a woman and
i’ll be a man
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tiny toothpick mother of two says
‘listen up boy, i got some morals for you’
frumpy little feline starting catfights on the close line
cul-de sac house-wife, fanny pack brat
young people this, young people that
‘it’s ‘cause of your generation we’re where we’re at’
my feet are burning; i need to sit down
gotta get up out of this town
but they need to give directions a little more clear
plus, i hit every damned light on my fucking way here
chorus:
cause i’m snakebit
this is bullshit
doesn’t matter what i do or say
the devil, he’s gonna have his way
cause i’m snakebit
friday fantasies, five-day sentence
living for the weekend with no repentance (that’s what’s great about being catholic)
if you’re happy and you know it, then clap your hands
work is what happens while you’re making other plans
these days people don’t live they work
don’t mean to complain, to sound like such a jerk, but…
chorus
i hate to complain (but)
i know i got it good (but)
gossip aint’ my thing (but)
i gotta, gotta say (what?!)
weigie-board won’t-cha
gimme some more of that
pseudo-intelectual, psycho-babble bullshit
it’s because of satan and santa slause,
satan and santa clause,
satan and santa clause
satan is santa; satan is
chorus
he goes after the big ones
the bishops and the nuns
cause they’re the tasty ones (everyone loves to hate the catholics)
blame it on the baptists and hillary clinton
hollywood values and liberal politicians
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mulletman’s on the march again
wearing designer shoes and a spray-on tan
six-pack abs and frosted hair
wears his pants low enough to see his underwear
mulletman can pick a fight
he’ll slap you about just to prove his might
an all-star athlete, he’ll make the pass
knock you flat, yeah he’ll kick your ass
he’s so handsome, sugar sweet
sweeps the girls right off their feet
mulletman, he’ll make you swoon
unrefined, beautiful baboon
mulletman, he’s got a plan
gonna pick you up at a quarter-to-ten
he’s feelin’ frisky for romance
knows a hundred ways to get in your pants
gonna drive you to a secluded spot
he’ll give you every line he’s got
to get what he wants, he wants it all
in the morning promises he’ll give you a call
he’s so sexy, sugar sweet
treats you like a piece of meat
how can other boys compete
he’s got it all, he’s such a creep
but this groovy gal, she’s on the prowl
meets his pouty stare with lurid scowl
what he don’t know, he’ll soon find out
she’s the only one who knows what he’s about
she’s gonna drive him to the breakin’ point
leave him all alone just to prove her point
that he’s not all that he thinks he is,
he’s just an unkind, dressed up, unchecked id.
he’s so sexy, sugar sweet
sweeps the girls right off their feet
how can other boys compete
he’s got it all, but can’t you see
mulletmen are everywhere
seems the mold is broken beyond repair
behind a plastic smile that’s two-feet wide,
the monkey-man-child is trying to hide
a two-faced façade, worn for all to see
it might fool her, man, but it don’t fool me
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i feel i’ve been here before
staring calmly at the open door
i knew you’d be back this way
you spoke softly, said you couldn’t stay
you’d hoped to find me a changed man
i know i haven’t; please understand
it’s in the way you move me
running in circles, and i can’t break free
i can feel it coming ‘round again
love begins just to end again
around and around, here we go again
love begins just to end again
in every path there comes a time
when past and present meet and roads divide
which way are you gonna go
left or right, high or low
when did you know
that this was the end
and how can i go
when we were just beginning
to end …again
i can feel it comin’ down again
love begins just to end again
against the tide it’s sink or swim again
love begins just to end again
begins …to end …(here we go) again
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about
Originally released in 2008, this newly (2019) remastered and expanded digital version of my debut album features six songs remixed using the original 2005-2007 multitrack recording sessions, all of the B-sides from the accompanying singles, and four live performances.
Even though this album took me three years to make back then, it came out somehow both over-and-under "baked." In revisiting the material for this reissue, I often found myself going back to earlier less-mannered vocal takes, less compressed guitar sounds, and even entirely different drummers. Nothing used in the new "Anniversary" mixes was recorded after the album's 2008 release--except the studio drum session with Brian Yost from May of that year. I'm so very glad to have his work incorporated into the album now, as it always should have been.
Going back to these songs, my favorite things about them come from the contributions of my collaborators--chief among them my brother Brian Ullman, whose guitar wizardry is matched only by his golden-eared mixing and infinite patience with the countless revisions I requested over the last few years preparing this. My friend Sean Kammer's keyboard piano parts are beautifully understated and soulful. James "J-Ro" Robinson's slow-burn psychedelic symphony makes the 11-minute album closer "End" stand out as one of the favorite recordings I've ever been a part of. Logan Ramsier's intuitive percussion on tracks like "Coming To" and "Unspoken" (the latter of which I remember him practically playing in his sleep!) are exactly what I wanted for those songs--both then and now. The album art was designed by my dear friend Matt Jackson in July of 2005; and for this commemorative edition, I reverted back to his original layout for the cover. My deepest thanks go out to all of my friends for lending their time and talents to this project.
Even though this album took me three years to make back then, it came out somehow both over-and-under "baked." In revisiting the material for this reissue, I often found myself going back to earlier less-mannered vocal takes, less compressed guitar sounds, and even entirely different drummers. Nothing used in the new "Anniversary" mixes was recorded after the album's 2008 release--except the studio drum session with Brian Yost from May of that year. I'm so very glad to have his work incorporated into the album now, as it always should have been.
Going back to these songs, my favorite things about them come from the contributions of my collaborators--chief among them my brother Brian Ullman, whose guitar wizardry is matched only by his golden-eared mixing and infinite patience with the countless revisions I requested over the last few years preparing this. My friend Sean Kammer's keyboard piano parts are beautifully understated and soulful. James "J-Ro" Robinson's slow-burn psychedelic symphony makes the 11-minute album closer "End" stand out as one of the favorite recordings I've ever been a part of. Logan Ramsier's intuitive percussion on tracks like "Coming To" and "Unspoken" (the latter of which I remember him practically playing in his sleep!) are exactly what I wanted for those songs--both then and now. The album art was designed by my dear friend Matt Jackson in July of 2005; and for this commemorative edition, I reverted back to his original layout for the cover. My deepest thanks go out to all of my friends for lending their time and talents to this project.
credits
released July 19, 2019
All songs written by David Ullman (vocals & acoustic guitar)
Bass & Electric Guitars by Brian Ullman
Drums by Logan Ramsier (7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14), Brian Yost (2, 3, 16), Josh Miller (1, 15)
Keyboard Piano by Sean Kammer
"Vibes" & Electric guitars on "End" by "The Ro"
Lead Acoustic Guitar on "Unspoken" by Brian Ullman
Djembe drums on both versions of "Secondhand" by Logan Ramsier
This album was recorded and mixed in bedrooms, bathrooms and basements from Jan. 2005 to Nov. 2007 in Rittman, Kent, Columbus and Lakewood, Ohio--with the exception of the drums for "Secondhand" and "Half-light," which were recorded in Akron at Central 8 Studio, May 2008.
"Anniversary Mixes" and pre-mastering by Brian Ullman, Killa B Studios 2018-2019
Live songs from The Elbo Room recorded by Brad Woods
Live songs from The Beachland recorded by Mark Rodriguez
All songs mastered with LANDR--except "Start Anew" & "Déjà Vu" by Adam Boose, Cauliflower Audio Mastering
All songs written by David Ullman (vocals & acoustic guitar)
Bass & Electric Guitars by Brian Ullman
Drums by Logan Ramsier (7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14), Brian Yost (2, 3, 16), Josh Miller (1, 15)
Keyboard Piano by Sean Kammer
"Vibes" & Electric guitars on "End" by "The Ro"
Lead Acoustic Guitar on "Unspoken" by Brian Ullman
Djembe drums on both versions of "Secondhand" by Logan Ramsier
This album was recorded and mixed in bedrooms, bathrooms and basements from Jan. 2005 to Nov. 2007 in Rittman, Kent, Columbus and Lakewood, Ohio--with the exception of the drums for "Secondhand" and "Half-light," which were recorded in Akron at Central 8 Studio, May 2008.
"Anniversary Mixes" and pre-mastering by Brian Ullman, Killa B Studios 2018-2019
Live songs from The Elbo Room recorded by Brad Woods
Live songs from The Beachland recorded by Mark Rodriguez
All songs mastered with LANDR--except "Start Anew" & "Déjà Vu" by Adam Boose, Cauliflower Audio Mastering
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