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Forgive The City

by Country Westerns

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1.
Knucklen' 02:27
Turbulence in the present tense Turned another year on the plane Hardly handling the nightlife Resurrecting once again And if I’m candid I feel mean I’ve been drunk in all my dreams When they shut down the streets It was a kind of relief So can’t you cut a deal with me I’m shaking and white knuckling Bending the rules again On my third second wind but I Can’t quite breakdown As per our partners agreement Half of nothing at all Split a spliff on the sidewalk To haunt the back of the hall And I don’t know what it means If we can’t come to terms on anything Even crimes committed to scenes And when they shut down the streets I wanna walk away with you Shaking and white knuckling Bending the rules again On my third second wind but I Can’t quite breakdown
2.
Took to crawling and then we couldn’t run away Took the Fall and then we never got to take a taste How’d we wind up working in the hands of the tools? And we only got exactly enough to lose It’s not like me and you Speaking Ill of the blues We’ll don’t worry because we’re never getting off the hook What we took and what we leave are strictly Off the books Reading into it we learned to run on our knees Just a little bit and always praying please Because it’s not like me and you Speaking ill of the blues
3.
Grapefruit 02:25
Grapefruits gone but mixers will meet the dawn Before too long that’s what they said where I come from Come on it’s not that strong I never was Just go on send back all the letterheads Who’s to care now that The Duke is dead Who’s to hear the tree hit the forest bed No one’s around It’s bitter and it’s sweet like antifreeze All the dogs in the street think they’re running free A taste could kill you but it might be worth it Forget the town when we could leave the earth, Yeah I want that modern loving astral plane I want a place where no one can say my name I hold regret like a jealous child I hold contempt all the way inside A crooked mind It’s bitter and it’s sweet like antifreeze All the dogs in the street think they’re running free A taste could kill you hell it might be worth it Forget the town when we could leave the earth, Yeah
4.
Some money on the table is gone Gamblers only love losing Somebody left then you came along I’m your sidekick if you choose it I could use a secret that’s how I keep it between the lines I don’t need a good time Just between you and I Caught In between a con and a scheme What you gonna tell but a lie Cruel thing we used to be sweet Now we’re too sour for lime I could use a secret that’s how I keep it between the lines I don’t need a good time Just between you and I Cool tunes, average food They left me just below the lights You’re a fool if you think I can move And what the hell gives you the right I made straight time Right to where I’m headed alright I left the bandstand one too many times tonight Chorus
5.
Wait For It 02:48
Everyday I just wait for it I ain’t chasing it down Everyday I just wait for it Until it comes back around Patience, some virtue To be just her own reward Wait around so so long You can’t remember what you waited for I think I learned a lesson or two I think that I deserve a few On The House! I got something I can teach you too If you really wanna know how Everyday I just wait for it I ain’t chasing it down Everyday I just wait for it Until it comes back around Missed opportunities, no there was nothing you could do for me All I am that’s all I’ll ever be And why bother doing it better for free I give you my consistent love I’m throwing in some kisses and hugs On the House! I always had more than enough I never felt like giving it out Chorus
6.
Started out, absolutely amateurs aiming for an hour to kill Living hand to hand We got to drink what we didn’t spill We remained cautiously certain Our credit could stay clean I might admit that I regret a couple jobs We took when times were lean Lucky thirteen or a baker’s dozen Call it something or call it nothing You know it’s always been Country Westerns for me In the middle we were juiced up a little But in the end we we’re fine Lost lifers with a long list of reasons To load and roll the dice Stick around if you wanna know how To tell a short story wrong It took December and a lot of former members To the limits Lounge Lucky thirteen or an ace and a deuce We ain’t the kind you know You know that get to choose And it’s always been Country Westerns for me Country Westerns hold an ace and a deuce Now’s the time you know You know you’ve got to choose Cuz it’s always been Country Westerns for me That’s all it ever was All it can ever be Country Westerns for me
7.
Here come the cut outs the new arrivals Crowned in the same dust as their idols The bar’s disciples no they ain’t my rivals Carry On I’ve been bitter I’ve been grateful as well I’ve been cruel to you and guilty as hell Trying to manage my expectations And do no harm But it’s the city That you gotta forgive Have to leave for a while You gotta let them forget Go make your bones Before you’re coming home It’s like a living Seems like a long long time ago A one year lease from a decade or more Another shift another week on the road Couple years off didn’t learn more than I know Carry On It’s the city That you’ve gotta forgive Gotta leave for a while You have to let them forget Go make your bones Before you’re coming back home It’s like a living Feels like a long long time ago
8.
When something goes wrong yeah you know it right away It feels like the wheels came off And it’s gonna cost a little more than you’ve got It feels like the rules just changed A little too old a little late in the game When something something goes wrong you know it right away It feels like your knee just gave Can’t even support your weight anymore And you’ve got that sense of shame That makes you feel bad about your good good name When something goes wrong yeah you know it right away All of the days that you’ve wasted All of the time that you can’t get back All of the nights running wild Yeah I want some more of that But something goes wrong and you know it right away
9.
Hanging out with some cussing Christians Trying to find someone that can dance the ritual Trains arriving ain’t no one on them Trying to find someone that wants to perform it When I’m on the street Down to beat you Coughing Christians at the corner store How’s anybody supposed to dance no more Trains arriving no one wants a ticket Now you’ve done the trick boy gotta stick it When I’m on the street Down to beat you Cussing Christians Call ‘em
10.
Down the hall that’s where you are That’s the last place you saw yourself On the floor that’s where you fall It could have happened to anyone else You were standing in the rain Well that’s such a strange place to stand And your questions were all off My answers are never enough I don’t wanna go where I’m going to It’s the last thing that I wanna do I don’t wanna kill I don’t wanna steal I don’t want to feel anything that’s real Overwhelmed and underserved I said too much without saying a word Wishing silence were the price So I’d be paid up for every night Chorus
11.
Hell 02:03
It could be in your mind Locked in some corner of space and time Always ornery never satisfied Not giving love and not letting love inside Hell is here all of the time You gotta call your good friends back They’re gonna have some heart attacks They know you best and probably What you was on You gotta call your baby now Tell them it was all your fault Hell is here all of the time Live in the here and the now Or put your head back in the clouds I don’t care much what you do Ain’t I been a friend to you I don’t deserve your attitude Hell is here all of the time
12.
Marinero 02:49
Fast as the crow flies Trying to beat a deadline Outlast a shelf life Drinking a well dry Kicked in a nightclub Only top ranking dub I’m on a cheap trick Stone cold Rick Nielsen shit But you can’t cut any corners and you can’t get cross the borders buddy anymore Twelve strings and five necks Haven’t changed my mind yet I’m bringing the Hamer down Coming to your town Can’t count on one hand And I don’t want to try again It’s such a bore The sound of your own voice Because you can’t cut any corners and you can’t get cross the borders buddy anymore We survived on what was charm then mixing metaphors disarming any soft patrols Far beyond control Blasting Born to Go The only siren only song you know Any port in a storm Took a cynical sip loose lips sinking ships We calling it quits we went down with the ship Yo no lo soy marinero no more Chorus

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released April 28, 2023

All songs written and performed by Country Westerns. Produced by Matt Sweeney, Engineered by Daniel Schlett, and recorded at Strange Weather in Brooklyn, NY, Summer of 2022.

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Country Westerns Nashville, Tennessee

Work harder, not smarter: classically bad advice, but when it works, it works. Country Westerns are a force, punk rock lifers playing rock music with hearted-sleeves and punched-guts. Loud and furious but with a nuance that belies their delicate and varied pedigrees. ... more

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