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June 13, 2019

The Frontman

"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

Featured in the Chilean commercial for Tatienne. http://youtu.be/DdPLqtt5A9U

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

The Good

On Comfort

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Amy never waits for me the way I’d like her to
She runs off in all directions, like I’d never think to do
Even when the pathway’s clear and compass pointing true
She runs off in all directions

In spite of my frustration, I keep running down the line
There are dreams we planned to summit and hope we swore to mine
Tired though I am of traveling this beaten path alone
There are places that I gotta go

And I’m sick like standing water, choked with insect eggs and mud
And my heart is like a desert, hard and dry until the flood
And the air is thick and heavy with a lonesome melody
Set to words she often put to me

Go, go
There’s nothing for you in this town
You’ve seen all there is to see
I want you to stay, stay
And you’d love to stick around
I can’t let you burn out here with me
I won’t let you burn out here with me

And I’m sick like standing water, capped with iridescent oil
And my instincts have gone barren, lost a Dust Bowl’s worth of soil
And the air is thick and heavy with a lonesome melody
Set to words she often put to me

Go, go
There’s nothing for you in this town
You’ve seen all there is to see
I want you to stay, stay
And you’d love to stick around
I can’t let you burn out here with me
And if you won’t come along
Then there’s nothing left to do
Someone else will have to write a song for you

I don’t mind the city, but I prefer the road
When I’m writing from my stomach
Instead of writing for my soul
And when I need a little respite
From this rank uncertainty
A vicious psalm is always chasing me

Go, go
There’s nothing for you in this town
You’ve seen all there is to see
I want you to stay, stay
And you’d love to settle down
I can’t let you burn out here with me
And if you won’t come along
Then there’s nothing left to do
Someone else will have to write a song for you
(And he’ll probably be a better singer too)
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Music & Lyrics: Grover Anderson
Acoustic Guitar & Vocals: Grover Anderson
Electric Guitar: Marshall Henry
Bass: Anthony Delaney
Drums: Josh Certo
Backing Vocals: Chelsea Sue (Reverb Hunter)
Mix: Michael Clebanoff

Standing Water

Parallel

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I've crawled, hands and knees, through brush and brambles
I’ve scaled the rocks of the vast barren hills
The thorns of the desert, such a pain to handle
I’ve cut up the oaks that have lost their wills

Prospering fickly through insecure seasons
Running from strife when the skies are no good

But you, you’re evergreen, and standing right beside me
Through the good days and the cold, quiet night
Yeah you, you’re evergreen, til the mountain it crumbles you’ll be
You’ll be up there reaching for the light
But you’re already shining so bright

I've lost love to snakes and to lions and to other climbers
Sometimes the path went to places they won’t
Some I chased down the hill then I pushed on higher
Cause up past that tree line’s a loving home

With you, you’re evergreen, and standing right beside me
Through the, the good days and the cold quiet night
Yeah you, you’re evergreen, til the mountain it crumbles you’ll be
You’ll be up there reaching for the light
But you’re already shining so bright

I’ll sit in your shelter your arms are my eaves
I’ll nourish your body and play in your leaves
I can’t stop the fires but I’ll plant our seeds
And we’ll build our home in the shade of this tree

You’re evergreen, and standing right beside me
Through the good days and the cold, quiet night
Yeah you, you’re evergreen, til the mountain it crumbles
You’ll be, you’ll be up there reaching for the light
But you’re already shining so bright

You’re evergreen

Parallel

Grover Anderson

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