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

As We Ran - Single

music & lyrics by Grover Anderson
upright bass by Dave Duggan
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Sounds like the coyotes took down another hart
From the yips and yelps out just beyond the garden
Their second one since June
Their cries are coming through
Closed windows and air conditioning

We tell the children it'll all be over soon
I double-check the gate and bring the dog in
When you and her and me
Caught one running up the street
I held you while the stars stood listening

Then we open up the windows, let the night in
Pray the hunt is finished for some time
Whatever's lurking just beyond the garden
Couldn't wrest your hopes from mine

Looks like the lightning just sparked another fire
So we gather all the things supposed to matter
By now we're well prepared
Photo albums, teddy bears

We tell the children to double-check their rooms
Say "Home is where the heart is"
It just makes them sadder

Then we cover up the windows through the crying
Pray the heat will hold out for the night
Whatever's lurking just beyond the garden
Couldn't wrest your hopes from mine
 
Whatever's lurking just beyond the garden
Couldn't wrest your hopes from mine

Sounds like the coyotes took down another hart

Hart (Just Beyond the Garden)

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

Hart (Just Beyond the Garden)

Grover Anderson

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