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The Amen Brothers

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1.
Baby I Can Change 04:13
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Baby I can change Maybe rearrange My brain Vicious is this groove We get caught into Again Baby I can change Maybe rearrange My Brain Victims of this loop Its muddy boots for me And you Baby I can change maybe rearrange my brain cause its drivin' you insane When I call you baby, 'cause that is an infants name. That's some Freudian shit. and I'm trippin I know. That's why I broke this down so that I can slow. Baby I can change Maybe rearrange my brain Vicious is this groove We get caught into... ah It's a dangerous game that we're playin'. Playin is my middle name. It takes work which aint gonna do itself. So unless you think that we are past help, Here is a shovel lets clear out the rubble of our past selves. (come on girl) Baby I can't cry as long as I'm a man I know this wasn't in your plan You can skin a leopard pull it back and still there's spots I'll give my heart and my credit cards but this cats all you Baby I can change maybe rearrange my brain
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Aerial Acrobat 04:35
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you are the daring young girl on the flying trapeze you float through the air with the greatest of ease you’ll only be around for just a little while i will always play around you are an aerial acrobat well play around you know where its at well play around you are an aerial acrobat well play around you know where its at you are an aerial acrobat you jump into my arms and then we are on the floor you ask me what i want to do after the show maybe theres still people watching i really do not know i will always play around you are an aerial acrobat well play around you know where its at well play around you are an aerial acrobat well play around you know where its at you are an aerial acrobat (Oh my! Look in the sky! See how she flies! I hope she don't die!) i will always play around you are an aerial acrobat well play around you know where its at well play around you are an aerial acrobat well play around you know where its at you are an aerial acrobat
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T V 04:44
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AhhhI’ve got a tv in every room I’ve been on tv since i was in the womb and in the future my body they’ll exhume they’ll find a tv within my tomb I’ve got a tv in every room I’ve been on tv since i was in the womb and in the future my body they’ll exhume they’ll find a tv within my tomb I’ve got one thousand channels and i watch every one i like the commercials but the shows are way more fun there are no new episodes I’ve seen them all a ton but thats all right with me cause i live in a rerun cause i live in a rerun cause i live in a rerun cause i live in a rerun cause i live in a rerun a rerun a rerun a reruuuuuuuuuuun a rerun Ohhhh AhhhI’ve got a tv in every room I’ve been on tv since i was in the womb and in the future my body they’ll exhume they’ll find a tv within my tomb I’ve got a tv in every room I’ve been on tv since i was in the womb and in the future my body they’ll exhume they’ll find a tv within my tomb there is a tv in this room there was a tv when you where in the womb there is a tv on your phone there is a tv when you’re alone Ohhhhhhh oh oh oh oh oh oh yeah
4.
Aint I Good 04:44
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--Chorus-- Love is cool but it aint hip Like a voyeur's view of an acid trip I'm tryin' to play it cool so I ease my grip When I see you my heart it, heart it, heart it's So scared to compare it to the greats When you say yes, I hesitate When I see you I get lost Of course I worry there's a cost That's why I put this bottle in front of me 'Cause if you leave I'll need a frontal lobotomy --Verse (Anthony)-- Enough about the heart 'cause that's a nonstarter Give over to the pebble that's in my pause I'm tryin' to find a ring that fit's your finger Your hands are little but they're still to large Gee baby if I could only learn to rap I'd cover my expenses and close the gap Give you all the things that you are do Gee baby aint I good to you When I was a little baby just two years ago I didn't ever think about makin' doh Now all that I dream about is gettin' bread But I appear to be gluten intolerant Hollerin' dreams about CEO schemes First world problems in this economy I got more envy than names in Deuteronomy Eat a lot of vegetables but its jealousy that's drownin' me You're clownin' me 'cause my rap is sap and not Self promoting smackin' on the butt-cheeks of Al Capone With suits of lime green, so fresh and so clean, But he never knew true love Like I have seen --Verse (Ed)-- True love is incessant Takes time to find such deep things so damn pleasant It's impressive. Sometimes it gets aggressive. Grabs you by the balls and hands out directives And love's and investment Dividends yes but risk is quite pressing No one ever told me that this thing would be easy But it's often that I'm shocked by the challenges believe me I can tell though its just so damned worth while Walkin' the baby steps from first kiss to first child Put in the effort and the payoff is surprising Overwhelming delicious and tantalizing I find that loves quite insistent You listen to your heart or else you'll miss what you're missing But true bliss and sweet kissin' aside Can't Plumb the depths you contain 'til you burst through your pride --Chorus-- (Repeat)
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It Aint Your Life 04:00
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It aint your life A picture aint a thing It's just a picture When you're a kid You look littler than you figured Bullies pinch your cheeks They just wanna show you how small you are Your momma loves you She just marks how small you are And when they curse your name You die of shame But you aint really dead You're just thicker It aint your life A picture aint a thing It's just a picture When you were in high school You were much quicker With a mind like a elephant Caught in a steel trap No time for breakfast You just ate the sap And when they gave you shit You just up and quit Hand always on The trigger It aint your life A picture aint a thing It's just a picture You run, You fight Your mustache it gets thicker The kids they get grow up They get big And then the wife She gets fickler When your ma stops growin old And her hands go cold You hold them But you're no longer With her It aint your life A picture aint a thing Its just a picture And when you die They tell your story but its different Truth or lie, trick of the light, It's just bigger than I could Fit here
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OBGYNGOP 02:41
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--Chorus-- OBGYN GOP --Chorus-- (Repeat) --Chorus-- (Repeat)
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Under the Crest 05:33
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Winter is coming (Taken literally, this sets the seasonal conceit, & it has a Game of Thrones Reference.) But temperatures are rising (Global weirding) Wind across the roof is humming Dragon bones alive to sing (Dragon Bones = Dinosaur/Fossil Fuel & Game of Thrones reference) When it rains and the sun shines They say the devil is beating his wife (this is an American Southern expression) Some will say she had it coming (victim blaming) This is what she chose for a life (ce la vie) There's folks who've seen snows in Florida (Climate Change in Florida) Cactus pricking rapids in the west (Climate Change in the american west) The beaches are freezing in Chicagoua (Climate Change in Chicago in native pronunciation) But its calm Under the Crest (When surfing, the point is to stay ahead of the peak or crest of the wave. If you get behind the crest, you will be out of the wave. If you are in front of the wave, you will not be with the wave. However, it is so calm inside the wave that you cannot see the impending doom of man-made climate change.) Winter is here (Seasonal conceit) And she is so bitter (She = Mother nature) I'll believe it when I see it Says the baby sitter (Baby sitter = politicians/media analysts) And tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow (Macbeth) Creeps in this petty pace from day to day (Macbeth) And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way (Macbeth) To dusty death. (Macbeth) There's folks who've seen snows in Florida (Climate Change in Florida) Cactus pricking rapids in the west (Climate Change in the american west) The beaches are freezing in Chicagoua (Climate Change in Chicago in native pronunciation) But its calm Under the Crest Winter's grip is strong (Seasonal conceit) But mother is quicker (Mother earth/Nature) She says if you do me wrong Boy I'll quit ya (Armageddon) Momma we don't pray too much Daddy's the deity (Patriarchal Judeo-Christian religions) The ocean I can get at cost But the sun and the man are free (we'll find out) There's folks who've seen snows in Florida (Climate Change in Florida) Cactus pricking rapids in the west (Climate Change in the american west) The beaches are freezing in Chicagoua (Climate Change in Chicago in native pronunciation) But its calm Under the Crest
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Old Flames 03:29
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Old flames and new flames in the city that sleeps Round about midnight I often think In Paris or LA, where does she keep My candle burning? I'm trying to sleep Lets play a game It's called 'Remember' It goes... um... I moved to quickly I've come to regret The first time we played love It's close to the vest Soon we grew to the greatest I've had Now I'm just tryin to make myself Seem sad Old flames and new flames in the city that sleeps Round about midnight I often think In Paris or LA, where does she keep My candle burning? I'm trying to sleep Let's play a game It's called 'Forget' It goes... Ah!!! Remember the first time I slept on the couch That was the night before you threw me out That was the day before I came and got my stuff I was standing in the doorway no longer in love Now I'm just trying to make myself Seem tough Old flames and new flames in the city that sleeps Round about midnight I often think In Paris or LA, where does she keep My candle burning? I'm trying to sleep Let's play a game It's called 'I Miss You A Lot' It goes... ooo!!! I shake and I shiver when I think of the night We looked at eachother and sad hold on tight It was dark but for the moon or was it a light Florecent or solar, your skin shone so bright My face fades fast but the feeling will keep Now how the hell am I ever gonna Sleep Old flames and new flames in the city that sleeps Round about midnight I often think In Paris or LA, where does she keep My candle burning? I'm trying to sleep
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Rapunzel 04:35
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Marginalized by a corporate state My college degree is a piece of paper I'll tear it up and burn it down The corporate machine is a thing of the past Now its corporate persons in corporate castles Lets climb on up and let them down Repunzel Repunzel Climb on up and let them down Marginalized by a corporate media Less reliable than wikipedia Turn it off or turn it down at least If theres a forum for everybody's voice But left and right are the only choices Let's turn it off. Let's turn it down! Repunzel Repunzel Turn it down. Turn it off! Marginalized by a corporate sexuality Coke married pepsi and had a baby duality I tasted them both and cant tell the difference myself This is not a competition, the only sedition is tradition Lets hang it up, hang it up! Repunzel Repunzel Hang it up (trombone solo) (Radio edit)
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Arc or Chord 03:52
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I'm bent on trying by arc or chord the space between my being and the world. If the revolution will not be televised I can see it on YouTube about every night But riots in the streets they never interest me There is no freedom in anarchy Freedom who am I to even say that word To my new Macbook Pro that seems so absurd So many diseases and things and people that are dying Single mothers raising kids with big hearts they're trying Who am I to say, who am I to say, who am I to say, I say 'bout every day and get in my own way Its all that I can do to stop thinking about the news Playing the blues all the time, I hit snooze Then I talk about the apocholyps And I know that shit is childish Pleas forgive me It's deep if you dig it I can't help but think When the world is extinct We'll forget all our problems and go for a drink I can't help but think When the world is extinct We'll forget all our problems and go for a drink Yeah, we'll drink away the night and we'll sleep away the day Wake up tomorrow to do the same Because I believed every word I ever heard when I was drunk Or trippin' or rollin' or stoned as a skunk So rapture, revolution, apocolyps come I'll believe you if you tell me that I was the chosen one Harry Potter, Frodo, Skywalker, Neo, Jesus, I'll tell you that I love you if you give me kiss Because you know that ignorance is... (Trombone Solo)
11.
Everything Was Fine 03:45
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There was a time when everything was fine Everything was fine Everything was fine Back before with the TVs black and white The TVs black and white The TVs black and white The grass was greener even on this side Even on this side Even on this side And everything was simple because there were no civil rights Were no civil rights Were no civil rights Then came the devil and he poisoned all the kids He raised all of the taxes and he opened up the lid Of noise and confusion and jazz music There was a time when everything was cool Yes everything was cool Everything was cool We ditched our parents and we threw away the rules Threw away the rules Threw away the rules Made up our own language and the man was fooled The man was fooled Oh the music was so cool We thought we could fly so we jumped off the roof Jumped off the roof Jumped off the roof Then came the devil and he poisoned all the kids He raised all of the taxes and he opened up the lid Of noise and confusion and jazz music There was a time when everything was good Yes everything was good Everything was good We were set on killin' Nazi's and we knew where we stood We knew where we stood We knew where we stood And even Woody Guthrie strapped a boot on his foot Strapped a boot on his foot Strapped a boot on his foot Strap it up! And when Hitler died Man everything was fine Oh everything was cool Yeah everything was right Oh when them bad guys died Yeah everything was fine Everything was good Everything was right
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Flood 05:51
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If you're gonna have a disaster it better be a fire Flood'll get you all caught up in chicken wire You can run from your past You can run from your pain Feel it drippin' down your back You can't outrun the rain A fire would be cleaner We could rebuild on the ashes Grab your kids and grab your asses And high-tale it north But when that mud it starts bleedin' And the floor it is leakin' The door it is beatin' Like Pappy on the weekends I look up to the ceilin' Let me axe you one question Its rain so why am I Puttin' a hole in my own roof Cause there it's much better Though significantly wetter I can't predict the weather But it looks like we're gonna die If you're gonna have a disaster it better be a fire Flood'll get you all caught up in chicken wire You can run from your past You can run from your pain Feel it drippin' down your back You can't outrun the rain My eyes open to a Barge on the Padatucha When they get wider See street signs My home is now a ship At the mercy of a current I'm headed to Chicago Where they're color blind Row row row your boat Like it was a dream Run into the levee Camp refugee Them coast they got large guns Like old Red Taggart I'd take a dagger in my chest Over these needles in my eyes If you're gonna have a disaster It better be a fire Flood'll get you all caught up in Chicken wire You can run from your past You can run from your pain Feel it drippin' down your back You can't outrun the rain Next time we have a disaster Lets make it a fire Flood gets me all caught up in Chicken wire I wanna get old and fat The fashionable way Not Bloated and floating On the crest of a wave Cause my shoes are gettin' soggy And my voice is gettin' froggy And I aint in the mood To do the Charleston anymore So I'll take to fires please And a Tsunami if you got it Hold the dust bowl That's about the same kinda lot I dont wanna I'm Gonna have a disaster It better be a fire Flood'll gets me all caught up in Chicken wire Runnin' from your past Runnin' about as fast as you can Feel it drippin' down your back You can't outrun the rain

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released October 1, 2014

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The Amen Brothers Chicago, Illinois

Anthony Stamilio (voice), Alexander Knapp (cello+), Ed Yanasak (trombone+), T. Powell (bass), Nathan Staley (drums)

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