"Young" - the debut album by The National Parks
"As We Ran" - standalone single by The National Parks

As We Ran - Single

Sick Of You

Part Of Your Scene

Danny

I will
I will, always want what I can't have

and you will always...be that 

I keep replaying the words that were said
the looks that you gave
the back of your head
as you walked away
You know that I would drop everything 
to have the back of your head 
in my hands again

You don't care, you're pushed further away
when I'm there.

I Will

Produced by Latch Key Kid

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Balloon

Westbound Bart was written after a long streak of writer’s block. After graduating UCSC and deciding not to teach math, I floated around the bay area for about a year or so. One night I was staying on a friend’s couch in Berkeley, complaining to him about my writer’s block and he knew that I liked to write about real life incidents and human nature. He suggested I check out the Tuesday night Karaoke at Amnesia Bar in SF. He told me about all the interesting characters that haunt that place and how I was sure to find a song there. I headed out solo, hopped on the BART, and the song picks up from there. I got the song and the writer’s block was gone. ~ Craigie

Westbound Bart

https://groveranderson.com
lyrics by Grover Anderson
music & lyrics by Grover Anderson & Marshall Henry
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I almost forgot about the time we saw Old Faithful
We laughed about the sign that showed a person burning up
What I’d give to take another drive across Montana
Sing my songs for real cowboys, selling CDs from the trunk

We’ve got fewer options now, there’s so much more to do
Back then all we needed was time enough to

Make a life worth living
Let distractions stay distractions
Temptation can be taxing
Don’t you give it all your time
Go swimming
In the lakes and in the rivers
With lovers, friends, and sinners
In sunlight and moonshine
Live in the city
You don’t have to stay forever
But you’ll learn and you’ll live better
Knowing how to share your space
And if nothing else will help
Walking in the woods goes a long way

Seven miles from town to home means seven miles for singing
That’s at least four songs if I can keep the truck in third
Listening to the chorus in the back seat gives me shivers
May our spirits stay freewheeling as our grasp upon the words

Make a life worth living
Let distractions stay distractions
Temptation can be taxing
Don’t you give it all your time
Go swimming
In the lakes and in the rivers
With lovers, friends, and sinners
In sunlight and moonshine
Live in the city
You don’t have to stay forever
But you’ll learn and you’ll live better
Knowing how to share your space
And if nothing else will help
Walking in the woods goes a long way

Try to keep your mistakes inconsequential 
Let your heart be broken once or twice
Don’t ignore your regrets but don’t weep at lost potential 
And if you let somebody share your life
Make a life worth living
Let distractions stay distractions
Temptation can be taxing
Don’t you give it all your time
Go swimming
In the lakes and in the rivers
With lovers, friends, and sinners
In sunlight and moonshine
Live in the city
You don’t have to stay forever
But you’ll learn and you’ll live better
Knowing how to share your space
And if nothing else will help
Walking in the woods goes a long way

And if nothing else will help
Walking in the woods goes a long way
A long way

Backseat Chorus

Grover Anderson

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