Abbot Kinney
“Heaven and Hell” 
http://abbotkinney.net
Music by Jared Swanson and Jeremiah Baca
Lyrics by Jared Swanson
Jeremiah Baca: Guitar
Will Moore: Percussion
Abby Scoville: Cello
Jared Swanson: Vocals, piano, glockenspiel, and percussion
Engineered by Brad Swanson and Jared Swanson
Mixed by Matt Green
Mastered by Dale Becker

On top of icy mountains I see your face again, again, again.
In light of these new forecasts I want you again, and again, again, again.

Heaven and Hell can't find me tonight.
Cause I'll be by your side.
Heaven and Hell can't find me tonight.
Cause I'll be by your side.

In dark and crooked forests I'll find a way for a great, a great escape.
Hold you in my arms.  Are you cold?

Heaven and Hell can't find me tonight.
Cause I'll be by your side.
Heaven and Hell can't find me tonight.
Cause I'll be by your side.
Heaven and Hell can't find you tonight.
Cause I'll be by your side.
Heaven and Hell can't find you tonight.
Cause I'll be by your side.

Heaven And Hell

ABBOT KINNEY
“That's Not Me”
http://abbotkinney.net
Music by Jared Swanson, Brad Swanson, Jeremiah Baca, and Will Moore
Lyrics by Jared Swanson
Jeremiah Baca: Guitar and bass
Will Moore: Bass and background vocals
Brad Swanson: Drums and background vocals
Jared Swanson: Vocals, percussion, and glockenspiel
Engineered by Brad Swanson and Jared Swanson
Mixed by Matt Green
Mastered by Dale Becker

I can't seem to shake this feeling. 
Can't help thinking no one really likes me.

That's Not Me.

Do I really talk like that?
Do I really look like a little boy?

My hands shake.  I wear my envy with my shame
Hoping one will look good with my face.

That's Not Me.

Do I really talk like that?
Do I really look like a little boy?
Well I make awkward chit chat.
Everyone ignores my high voice.

That's Not Me

Abbot Kinney
“RUin”
http://abbotkinney.net
Music by Jared Swanson and Brad Swanson
Lyrics by Jared Swanson
Jeremiah Baca: Guitar
Will Moore: Bass and background vocals
Jessie Payo: Background vocals
Brad Swanson: Drums
Jared Swanson: Vocals and guitar
Engineered by Brad Swanson and Jared Swanson
Mixed by Matt Green
Mastered by Dale Becker

I don't want to be a part of your idiosyncrasies.  
I don't want to help you out with your dark hypotheses.
If you don't want to you don't have to be a big old tease
But you're cold hearted, the warmth departed, left us with this disease..

Okay… alright… take it easy.  We can do it if we try.

Are you in or are you out?
You washed me down the water spout.
You came up during a drought.
Are you in or are you out?

When we started you were hot and oh so quick to please.
I haven't forgotten you are rotten; I haven't slept in weeks.
You're cold hearted, the warmth departed, left us with this disease.
Well I don't want to have to control you cause I will hurt you if I have to.

Okay… well alright… you think you need me.  You say that every time.

Are you in or are you out?
You washed me down the water spout.
You came up during a drought.
Are you in or are you out?

Abbot Kinney

RUin

Abbot Kinney
“Move Slow”
http://abbotkinney.net
Music by Jared Swanson and Jeremiah Baca
Lyrics by Jared Swanson
Jeremiah Baca: Guitar
Jon Epcar: Drums
Matty Green: Synth
Will Moore: Bass
Jared Swanson: Vocals and acoustic guitar
Engineered by Brad Swanson and Jared Swanson
Mixed by Matt Green
Mastered by Dale Becker

I've got nothing to do, nothing to say.  
If it's okay with you I think we should stay
in bed all day, in bed all day.

Ow, move slow.  Move slow.  There you go.
Ow, move slow.  Move slow.  

I still feel the pain but I know that you 
Won't look away and cut right through
Right to the vein, right to the vein.

Ow, move slow.  Move slow.  There you go.
Ow, move slow.  Move slow.

Move Slow

Abbot Kinney
“Soon” 
http://abbotkinney.net
Music by Jared Swanson, Brad Swanson, Jeremiah Baca, and Will Moore
Lyrics by Jared Swanson
Jeremiah Baca: Guitar
Will Moore: Bass and background vocals
Brad Swanson: Drums 
Jared Swanson: Vocals and piano
The Regiment Horns: Sean Erick, Kevin Williams, and Leon Silva
Engineered by Brad Swanson and Jared Swanson
Mixed by Matt Green
Mastered by Dale Becker

Perfect day to hide away and never be found, go underground, this big town.
Why don't you find a room where we can do what we do the whole night through.

Soon… Either way.
Soon… Find a place.

I know what you are going through.  You can't seem to choose the self-abuse or to shake it loose.
We need a break; a fresh landscape.  No wrong way to go with a spin of the globe let's hit the road.

Soon… Either way.
Soon… Find a place.

Where we are enough, we can be anything we want,
And our love is opening up.  OoOOhh
We can be any, we could be anything you want.

And no more running around.

Soon… Either way.
Soon… Find a place.

Soon

Abbot Kinney
“Lonesome Dove” 
http://abbotkinney.net
Music by Jared Swanson, Jeremiah Baca, Will Moore, and Brad Swanson
Lyrics by Jared Swanson
Jeremiah Baca: Guitar
Will Moore: Bass and Background Vocals
Brad Swanson: Drums and background vocals
Jared Swanson: Vocals and Nord
Recorded at SwanSound Music & Recording
Produced by Jared Swanson, Brad Swanson, Will Moore, and Jeremiah Baca
Engineered by Brad Swanson and Jared Swanson
Mixed by Matt Green
Mastered by Dale Becker 

Into the sun on the barrel of a smoking gun.  
I know that everyone is counting on you.
Last hand then I'm gone.  The piano is playing a song.
A whore to heal the wounds?  Common I'll rescue you.

You don't understand, I'm not the kind of man 
To hold you by the hand but I'm doing the best I can.

Ooh in the masquerade we'd outgun, we'd outgun whatever came in our way.
Ooh on our last hurray we'll all run, we'll all run until we all get paid our wage.

Vanity and pride, without I can't abide.
Behind my eyes the view is a dark and misty hue.

Ooh in the masquerade we'd outgun, we'd outgun whatever came in our way.
Ooh on our last hurray we'll all run, we'll all run until we all get paid our wage.

Stick a sign on my grave that says my name and the Hat Creek Cattle Company.

Ooh in the masquerade we'd outgun, we'd outgun whatever came in our way.
Ooh on our last hurray we'll all run, we'll all run until we all get paid our wage.

Lonesome Dove

ABBOT KINNEY 
“I Get Lost”
http://abbotkinney.net
Written by Jared Swanson
Vocals and piano by Jared Swanson
Drums by Brad Swanson
Guitar by moZus
Bass by Adam Small
Produced & engineered by Jared Swanson and Brad Swanson at SwanSound Music
Mixed by Brad Swanson 
Mastered by Piper Payne at Coast Mastering
Artwork by Tim Rice 
Publishing: In October (ASCAP), Yomamazen Music (ASCAP), moZus (ASCAP)

There is a reason for this suffering. 
It’s in a place that I can’t hide.
It’s in these moments when we are colliding; when we are rising with the tide.
It’s in the rust. It’s in the hoping that raised me up on high.
It’s in the lust. It’s in the groping I find…

That I Get Lost
And you get lost.
But there is nothing
That we can lose.
No
I Get Lost
And you get lost
Bet there is nothing
That we can lose 
No 
But there are distractions.

There is this feeling
There is this feeling
That I’m broken
But I’m not broken
The more the more I grow
The more the more I know

I Get Lost
And you get lost.
But there is nothing
That we can lose.
No
I Get Lost
And you get lost
Bet there is nothing
That we can lose 
No 
But there are…

I wanna feel it. I want that heartache to make me feel like have something.
I wanna feel it. I need that heartache to make me feel like I’ve got nothing.
But I Get Lost
And you get lost.
But there is nothing
That we can lose.
No
I Get Lost
And you get lost
Bet there is nothing
That we can lose 
But there are distractions.

I Get Lost

ABBOT KINNEY
“We Can’t Stop Now”
http://abbotkinney.net
Written by Jared Swanson and Brad Swanson
Vocals and guitar by Jared Swanson
Background vocals by Clare Reynolds 
Lead guitar and piano by moZus
Bass by Will Moore
Produced & engineered by Jared Swanson and Brad Swanson at SwanSound Music
Bass recorded by Ryan “Nails” Leyva at Go-Go Wildcat
Mixed by Brad Swanson 
Mastered by Piper Payne at Coast Mastering
Artwork by Tim Rice
Publishers: In October (ASCAP), Yomamazen Music (ASCAP), moZus (ASCAP), Gumbo Friday (ASCAP)

I lost my way. I’m trying to get back home.
It was the biggest collapse since the fall of Rome.
If you take me where you’re going, we can go all night.

I’ve never been as far as we are now. 
What’s the place we’re going to and do you know how?
When are we leaving? I’m all ready to go.

If I fall from new heights, 
Don’t be swayed.
There’s A Light Just Not That We Can See.

Ooh

You’ve seen things about me better left unknown.
And every time I look in your eyes I turn to stone
This place we are going, we can’t go alone.

If I fall from new heights 
Don’t be swayed
There’s A Light Just Not That We Can See.

Ooh

This might just sound insane, but it won’t take a car or plane 
Or a hand reaching down from above.
We’ll never be the same. No more eating off a silver plate.
But maybe we’ll find a life worth dreaming of.

So take me away let’s run as fast as we can.
There’s nothing we can say to make them understand.
It’s too late to turn back. WE CAN’T STOP NOW!

Ooh

We Can't Stop Now

ABBOT KINNEY
“Go Back To Sleep”
http://abbotkinney.net
Written by Jared Swanson
Vocals and acoustic by Jared Swanson
Drums by Brad Swanson
Lead Guitar by moZus
Bass by Adam Small

I’m a stranger in this land but I firmly staked my flag in the sand with both hands.
But I simply cannot recall how I came to be here at all.
The morning bird calls.

I’m awake but I don’t want this to end.
Go back to sleep I want to return to when we committed crimes in broad day light. 
You were by my side like Bonnie and Clyde. 
And if they ever catch up to us they’ll never take us alive.
Darling let’s fly!

Ooh

We’re seconds away from Nuclear war. I swim away as the missiles head towards shore.
I wonder what’s in store. I’m weightless and I’m spawning all my eggs; 
a new obstacle around each new turn and bend.

Swim up stream towards the open sea, wild and free; just you and me. 
We get caught in a fishing net and get brought up by the fleet ripe to eat.

Ooh

Produced & engineered by Jared Swanson and Brad Swanson at SwanSound Music
Mixed by Brad Swanson 
Mastered by Piper Payne at Coast Mastering
Artwork by Tim Rice

Go Back To Sleep

ABBOT KINNEY
“Let Me In”
http://abbotkinney.net
Written by Jared Swanson
Vocals and guitar by Jared Swanson
Drums by Brad Swanson
Bass by Will Moore
Produced & engineered by Jared Swanson and Brad Swanson at SwanSound Music
Bass recorded by Ryan “Nails” Leyva at Go-Go Wildcat
Mixed by Brad Swanson 
Mastered by Piper Payne at Coast Mastering
Artwork by Tim Rice
Publishers: In October (ASCAP), Yomamazen (ASCAP), moZus (ASCAP), Gumbo Friday (ASCAP)

You gotta let me in
You gotta try
Why Oh Why
Don’t I feel safe to drive

You gotta let me in
Deep In Your Heart
Right Next To my
Worries and my lies

You don’t have to be alone tonight
Go on now and dry your eyes
If I had just one wish I would take your pain
And I would throw it all away
I would take your pain
And I would throw it all away

You gotta bury him
Deep in the ground
And maybe for just tonight
We can feel alive

You don’t have to be alone tonight
Go on now and dry your eyes
If I had just one wish I would take your pain
And I would throw it all away
I would take your pain
And I would throw it all away

Away…
Away…

You don’t have to be alone tonight
Go on now and dry your eyes
If I had just one wish I would take your pain
And I would throw it all away
I would take your pain
And I would throw it all away

Let Me In

ABBOT KINNEY
“It’s The Middle Of The Night”
http://abbotkinney.net
Written by Jared Swanson and Jacqueline Epcar
Vocals, piano, bass, and acoustic guitar by Jared Swanson
Background vocals by Jacqueline Epcar and Brad Swanson
Electric guitar by moZus

I might live to be a thousand years old but I’ll never know love like you know.
I have no ground to stand on no other heart to grasp to call my own.

We write all night. We sleep all day. We cannot fight. Don’t know the way. 
We stay inside. Behind our lives we hide. We only have a little more time before the LIGHT.

Dark as night, we’ve lost all sight of the world around but I still see.

We write all night. We sleep all day. We cannot fight. Don’t know the way. 
We stay inside. Behind our lives we hide. We only have a little more time before the LIGHT.

It’s the middle of the night!

We write all night. We sleep all day. We cannot fight. Don’t know the way. 
We stay inside. Behind our lives we hide. We only have a little more time before the LIGHT.

It’s the middle of the night!

Produced & engineered by Jared Swanson and Brad Swanson at SwanSound Music
Mixed by Brad Swanson 
Mastered by Piper Payne at Coast Mastering
Artwork by Tim Rice
Publishers: In October (ASCAP), Dallion Music (ASCAP), Yomamazen Music (ASCAP), moZus (ASCAP)

It's the Middle of the Night

ABBOT KINNEY
“Can We Become”
http://abbotkinney.net
Written by Jared Swanson and Brad Swanson
Vocals, guitar and piano by Jared Swanson
Drums and Bass by Brad Swanson
Produced & engineered by Jared Swanson and Brad Swanson at SwanSound Music
Mixed by Brad Swanson 
Mastered by Piper Payne at Coast Mastering
Artwork by Tim Rice
Publishing: In October (ASCAP) and Yomamazen Music (ASCAP)

I’ve been up half the night wondering how to make it right.
I thought that we could keep it going. It’s hard to believe. Believe.
She said I didn’t try, “I really don’t need a guy calling me at three in the morning. 
When he wants to see me.”

Deadlock traffic at a quarter of noon. 
Trying not to worry gotta get to you soon.
Can’t drive faster, honey it’s no use.
Keep moving. Moving.

Deadlock traffic I can’t get through.
Keep trying to exit but there is no room.
Some big disaster I’m heading to.
Keep moving. Moving.

She told me not to cry. She told me, “Everything’s alright.
I just need some time alone to breathe. Breathe.”
Won’t go without a fight. I don’t want to keep inside all the words I left untold.
Darling please. Please.

Deadlock traffic at a quarter of noon. 
Trying not to worry gotta get to you soon.
Can’t drive faster, honey it’s no use.
Keep moving. Moving.

Deadlock traffic I can’t get through.
Keep trying to exit but there is no room.
Some big disaster I’m heading to.
Keep moving. Moving.

Can We Become what we both know is real. 
Can We Become what we both know is real.

I’ve got you and you’ve got me.
I’ve got you and you’ve got me.

Can We Become

The Bay Bridged Presents: NRVS LVRS, Abbot Kinney, MANICS @ The Independent 01.13 Tix: bit.ly/AKIndy
Remix by soundcloud.com/NRVSLVRS
Original song by Jared Swanson and Jacqueline Epcar
Performed by Abbot Kinney 
Vocals Jared Swanson
Drums Brad Swanson
Mastered by Piper Payne at Neato! Mastering

It's the Middle of the Night (NRVS LVRS remix)

While lead singer-songwriter Jared Swanson was certainly influenced by the “alternative” label of yesterday, his music wholly belongs to the 21st century. A voice that encapsulates the here, the now, the beautiful and tragic present, and the vision for a brighter future.

ABBOT KINNEY

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