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Crooked Light

by The Ohio Weather Band

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1.
Boardwalk Act 03:47
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I know that it’s wrong But I’m always on top If it feels so good Why should I stop This ain’t no board game Should have my tail ‘tween my legs And my face red from an open palm I’m coughin’ up some blood Let me light one up I’ve got this headache From excessive intake Of what helps me forget Even in a hotel lobby Near the Grand Ole Opry I can’t keep my hands to myself Oh, but she sang so well She sang “My Winding Wheel” In the moment I mean it I swear But a new day is A new moment Elsewhere I’m a boardwalk act No tips in my hat The secrets I keep Will soon come haunt me And travel past a length That I can reach In the moment I mean it I swear But a new day is A new moment Elsewhere I’m a boardwalk act No tips in my hat Now my hands wrap bodies Plural, shame on me A fool for certain I have made
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Messenger Bird 03:18
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The messenger bird fell ill By indecision of direction he fell He flew in circles of confusion With words we wish to use but Our pride won’t let him land Now his wings are swollen and lame And he don’t fly like he used to; it’s a shame But in the hollows of your mind There’s a sympathy that hides For that old bird and the role that he played The silence wore him out And he ain’t used to livin’ on the ground So speak up, I’ll do the same I’m tired of killing intuition And all that I believe in Will that messenger bird fly again The messenger bird ain’t at fault It was the sender of the letter who called him So let down your skyward weapons For his death won’t bring you vengeance It was me at the root of it all I’m always at the root of it all The silence wore him out And he ain’t used to livin’ on the ground So speak up, I’ll do the same I’m tired of killing intuition And all that I believe in Will that messenger bird fly again
3.
Ohio Weather 05:05
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I wake up, greet the sun Turn my coffee pot on Strum on my guitar And hum along Still at a loss for words Sometimes I think so much it hurts Or I just scare myself and go to sleep Where I pray for dreams No nightmares for me I've seen enough of those in real life I used to have a few friends But now I barely talk to them Maybe once in a while on the internet I feel I'm fadin' and it's fast I hope this feelin', it don't last ‘Cause it's not like me to be in such a mood Maybe it's this Ohio weather Can't make up its mind Maybe it's this Ohio weather Keeps messin' around with mine I heard New York City never sleeps Maybe I belong there ‘Cause no matter how hard I try I can't seem to shut my eyes Even though my days They seem so long And who I've become Is no one to what I've done My name just takes space up in the phonebook Livin' by the crack of a can From every cigarette-stained hand Tiny cancers are the answer to the boredom While the moon hangs and shines I'm feelin' good with bloodshot eyes Oh, the glory of being young and dumb Maybe it's this Ohio weather Can't make up its mind Maybe it's this Ohio weather Keeps messin' around with mine
4.
Barflies 05:40
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I’m gonna see to it tonight That you make it home alright I’d take the wheel but I Ain’t in no shape to drive I could call my friend There’s a favor he owes me He’ll pick us up even if he’s in bed I’m gonna call him ‘Cause there’s a checkpoint down the street I called and he didn’t pick up That’s not like him He’s usually clutch And now my phone’s about to die I haven’t charged it since Thursday night Darlin’ just sit back Listen to the buzzing of the drunken bees They knuckleball with amplified emotion They hoot and holler In a barfly symphony I know it isn’t right If you wanna go, that’s fine You know, you mess things up sometimes But we’ll work it out, it’s alright Yeah, you mess things up sometimes I guess we’ll have to walk Rubber sole, roadkill, blacktop To be honest, I don’t mind Worry free, pretty girl, moonlight I forgot to close my tab That’s the second time this week But I ain’t worried No, I ain’t that mad We’re gonna get it On the way to breakfast in the morning I know it isn’t right If you wanna go, that’s fine You know, you mess things up sometimes But we’ll work it out, it’s alright Yeah, you mess things up sometimes Yeah, you mess things up sometimes
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Zeros 04:27
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I’m getting low on the dollar bill That’s why my schedule's always filled to the top I lick the brim of my coffee cup Cousin of cocaine can’t even wake me up Nothin’ does I just sleep right through If I die before I wake May the angels sing my retired name in harmony I play my cards with a sleight of hand Like a one-night lover or a business man I get what I want But the truth will trump them all I’m rollin’ around Riding on coattails and connections It’s a cynical cycle That I don’t think will ever end It’s whiskey from a well And minimal frequence ‘Cause I’m a couple zeros short of takin’ a chance I was crawling out of holes ‘Fore I ever settled in Now I’m a couple zeros short of takin’ a chance I save my coins in a jelly jar I had a piggy bank, but I broke his heart He’s hungry too I know I lived a life of lust I’m sorry if my coffin costs too much I bet it does
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Waitin' Like A Canine 05:03
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I still feel with my hands Though colder than death I twist the beads that are lain Upon your T-shirted breast I beat a dead love to a pulp Hoping it will resurrect Or just remember Now I’m talking too loud Too freely and honest If only you’d heed To the words I have chosen You’d think that I’d learn From all the poems, songs and sonnets That it ain’t worth it As long as the moon Don’t turn me to stone While the sun goes to sleep Or decides to explode I won’t ignore the flames That are keepin’ me warm Even though they’re burnin’ me Now I’m waitin’ like a canine And you’re throwin’ me bones Through snow, rain and sunshine I’m convinced that you’ll come home You could call it the blues But it’s beaten black too When I strike with my hammer The nails seem to move I’m just a lone carpenter Who’s looking for work I want to rebuild I don’t give a damn About outside perspective Their opinions aren’t valid Nor do I respect them Everyone is a genius Oh my God, how they’ve lived it How should I pay them? Now I’m waitin’ like a canine And you’re throwin’ me bones Through snow, rain and sunshine I’m convinced that you’ll come home In every bed-bound love You’re convinced that you’ve found Past interstate and river You got yourself wrapped around He ain’t nothin’ And nothin’s all he’ll ever be He can try, but he ain’t me Now I’m waitin’ like a canine And you’re throwin’ me bones Through snow, rain and sunshine I’m convinced that you’ll come home
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Advice 03:13
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Ask me to confess Dive into my brain As if you’d validate your reason With whatever I should say Like I’m some source of knowledge By which you would abide Oh, I can see the blankness of your heart By the connection of our eyes I can give you advice But I can’t take it when it’s mine I can highlight all the goodness I can distract you from pain Oh, I will wrestle all your demons Make you believe you are sane But when I’m searching for that comfort When I’m the only one around I trip, I do stumble I try to speak, but there’s no sound I can give you advice But I can’t take it when it’s mine Oh, so you know Somebody’s got to go Let it loose Take control Just go home Now and then I wonder I let the animals collide I haven’t seen that type of bad behavior Since 2005 I’m runnin’ ‘round in circles I’m chasin’ my own tail Somebody tell me where’s a new beginning And what does that entail I can give you advice But I can’t take it when it’s mine
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Purple Polished Nails 03:59
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I got two flowers One of them is blue And one I will not show to you I am a magician Revealing not a trick I will never show that to you Honey holler louder No matter what the volume I will not show that to you The sweetest picklock I admire your ambition I will never show that to you I think it's a good thing To keep you On top your purple polished nails If you grow worried Stomp all of those demons ‘Cause I would not do that to you Those mouths are just coal trains Blowing toxic smoke through Some skewed-view window panes Imagination's a gamble Confidence with coffee But crippled, tucked in your bed Honey I am your doctor Bandage all your wounds But sometimes I'll break the news I think it's a good thing To keep you On top your purple polished nails I got two flowers One of them is blue And one I will not show to you I am a magician Revealing not a trick I will never show that to you I think it's a good thing To keep you On top your purple polished nails
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Sunburn 04:40
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I got a sunburn ‘Cause I will never learn When it’s too much I just bask and I burn But I got a fiending For that good feeling I’m knee deep and sinking I stick around ‘cause I believe in I know you know I know It’s probably a mistake I know you know I know The possibilities Who said delusion and confusion Ain’t sons of ambition It’s just a sunburn It can’t hurt me But we all know that red skin That blistering burnin’ The things you neglected Got you here now You’re invested I know you know I know It’s probably a mistake I know you know I know The possibilities Ain’t that some son of a bitch You try with your might just to twist This into something positive I guess it’s better than it’s been I know the sun seems like gold If only to have and to hold A desire turned to disease Still I wallow on a maybe I know you know I know It’s probably a mistake I know you know I know The possibilities We know we know we know The difference we could make We know we know we know The possibilities
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Fate Is A Man 06:14
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The way that I see it Fate is a man In a well-tailored suit And a watch with no hands For time is no concern When you control the universe If everything happens for a reason Then that reason is him There’s no majestic wonder He’s a scientist for sure With your life inside his beaker And chance is left to burn He’s kind most the time You know, you still are alive But somewhere a momma’s cryin’ baby In a cemetery tonight And that just ain’t right So you search for some direction In a world so tangled up Don’t you give in To his Jekyll mood swings Don’t give up And the miles that you’ve traveled By foot or by machine Are just tiny combustions In the engine of a dream Though friction will show On your tires or soul Maintenance is a bitch But it’s the price of control So you search for some connection In a world so scattered thin Don’t you listen Just dismiss him Don’t give in Who’s the problem You’re the problem Who can solve it You can solve it
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Ohio Weather (Reprise) 01:39

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released February 27, 2016

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The Ohio Weather Band Akron, Ohio

The Ohio Weather Band is a rock & roll outfit consisting of the members born and raised in Northeast Ohio. The band members include: Corey King, Derek Strata, and Ray Lumpp.

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