francis trouble

Albert Hammond Jr’s fourth solo album Francis Trouble explores a deeply personal topic – the stillborn death of his twin brother, Francis, and the lingering effects that event has had in his life and music.
In November of 1979, Hammond Jr’s mother, Claudia, miscarried. Although they rushed to the hospital, Claudia and Albert Hammond Sr. were told that the baby was far too premature to live. Albert continued to grow inside of his mother undetected until she was nearly six months pregnant.

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Lyrics:
So you're freaking me out
You hide your looks in your skull
I'm catching muted beatings in my lungs
You act like you're in my head
You sit me up in the back
I wanna know your lips upon my tongue
Don't like the rules that you like
I'm not a winner in your ring
Out loud a voice in the night
I do it like I'm Charlemagne

Like a heartbeat under your shirt
Like a hard reach into the dirt
But I can't breathe under your skirt
Now I'm waiting on something you said
Like a waitress too good to forget
Like the words sung over cassette

Do-do-do-do
I don't care

Words come out of your mouth
They hit me hard like a brick
I know I know I know I know
I know you like me possessed
But lately I've been a mess
You got me thinking 
Are we closer than before
Don't like the rules that you like
I'm not a winner in your ring
Out loud a voice in the night
I do it like I'm Charlemagne

Like a heartbeat under your shirt
Like a hard reach into the dirt
But I can't breathe under your skirt
Now I'm waiting on something you said
Like a waitress too good to forget
Like the words sung over cassette

Do-do-do-do
I don't care
You're a cult in this place
I don't care
Watch my skull give and take
I don't care where will we go
I don't care where will we go
I don't care

Francis Trouble

Albert Hammond Jr - Muted Beatings

Albert Hammond Jr’s fourth solo album Francis Trouble explores a deeply personal topic – the stillborn death of his twin brother, Francis, and the lingering effects that event has had in his life and music.
In November of 1979, Hammond Jr’s mother, Claudia, miscarried. Although they rushed to the hospital, Claudia and Albert Hammond Sr. were told that the baby was far too premature to live. Albert continued to grow inside of his mother undetected until she was nearly six months pregnant.

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Lyrics:
Something 'bout the rules you attract
Don't tell me that you made it up
We can always screw with the facts
Don't tell me that I've seen enough
'Cause if I saw nothing why would I look twice

Ain't about the dress that you own
It's just something came undone
Everything you hide between the lines
Is just another giveaway

You're always the last one to know
We're finally close when you first walk away
There's something about how you go
That makes me feel everything you wanna say
Whether we're fucking around or just feeling it out

With every role that you play
The revolution televised
There's a time and a place
Don't tell me that it's paradise
Everything you hide between the lines
Is just another giveaway

We can always leave this town
Or stay to watch it all fall down
But between you and I
It's just a moment along the way

You're always the last one to know
We're finally close when you first walk away
There's something about how you go
That makes me feel everything you wanna say
Whether we're fucking around or just feeling it out
It's just a moment, it's just a moment, it's just a moment away

We can always screw with the facts
Tell them that we made it up
When all the words were taken back
It doesn't mean you've given up 
'Cause if I saw nothing
Why would I look twice
But between you and I
It's just a moment along the way

You're always the last one to know
We're finally close when you first walk away
There's something about how you go
That makes me feel everything you wanna say
Whether we're fucking around or just feeling it out
It's just a moment, it's just a moment, it's just a moment away

Albert Hammond Jr - Far Away Truths

Albert Hammond Jr’s fourth solo album Francis Trouble explores a deeply personal topic – the stillborn death of his twin brother, Francis, and the lingering effects that event has had in his life and music.
In November of 1979, Hammond Jr’s mother, Claudia, miscarried. Although they rushed to the hospital, Claudia and Albert Hammond Sr. were told that the baby was far too premature to live. Albert continued to grow inside of his mother undetected until she was nearly six months pregnant.

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Lyrics:
I was so quiet 
But you were excited 
Waiting for romance
Someone come talk to me 
Lonely out on this tree
There is a need to feel safe
How do we get to this place
With eyes on my back
I'm set to attack
I've come to take your hand

Hold on (x8)

Don't know what to do
Don't know what to do
Don't know what to do with you

I was so quiet but you were excited
Waiting for the dance
They all just waltzed in a second behind me
I stood there like some dumb kid
The music played and the boys would take you far from where I was
I was still hoping that you were the victory to what felt like love

Hold on (x8)

Don't know what to do
Don't know what to do
Don't know what to do with you

Hold on (x8)

Albert Hammond Jr - Set to Attack

Albert Hammond Jr’s fourth solo album Francis Trouble explores a deeply personal topic – the stillborn death of his twin brother, Francis, and the lingering effects that event has had in his life and music.
In November of 1979, Hammond Jr’s mother, Claudia, miscarried. Although they rushed to the hospital, Claudia and Albert Hammond Sr. were told that the baby was far too premature to live. Albert continued to grow inside of his mother undetected until she was nearly six months pregnant.

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Lyrics:
Harder harder harder harder or so they say
Harder harder harder harder in your way
When I was younger I was in need of advice
I watched you learn to live as I just rolled the dice
Never trying hard enough
Well such fear in failure
What's funny is I was worried about all the wrong things

You and I in time
Our minds evolved and everywhere
We said we'd hear new ideas 
I recall that time in Central Park 
We heard the sound there's some new ground for new ideas

Faster faster faster faster the time moves on
Faster faster faster faster it won't be long
I've been thinking to myself the reasons that I try
I've been thinking to myself about the modern lie
Not easy to explain when you're stuck in line
Not easy to explain what's on your mind

You and I in time
Our minds evolved and everywhere
We said we'd hear new ideas 
I recall that time in Central Park 
We heard the sound there's some new ground for new ideas

I recall that time in Central Park
We heard the sound there's some new ground for new ideas
You and I in time our minds evolved 
And everywhere we said we'd hear new ideas

Yeah come on well change yourself pretty good

Albert Hammond Jr - Harder, Harder, Harder

Albert Hammond Jr’s fourth solo album Francis Trouble explores a deeply personal topic – the stillborn death of his twin brother, Francis, and the lingering effects that event has had in his life and music.
In November of 1979, Hammond Jr’s mother, Claudia, miscarried. Although they rushed to the hospital, Claudia and Albert Hammond Sr. were told that the baby was far too premature to live. Albert continued to grow inside of his mother undetected until she was nearly six months pregnant.

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Buy the album: ffm.to/francistrouble/

Lyrics:
Who ever brought me here will have to take me home
I don't belong, I could be wrong

Forgot completely now, why spill your sad around
I don't belong, I could be wrong

Strangers, how strange the feeling to be strangers yeah
Who got it wrong
Strangers, how strange the feeling to be strangers
Who strain for feeling
We're all strangers, how strange the feeling, to be strangers

LA LA LA

Battle lines drawn with people
Your conscious mind was left behind
Battle lines drawn with people
The wars begun will all have guns

Dreaming of Babylon I feel I don't belong
I could be wrong, night time so long

Strangers, how strange the feeling to be strangers
Who strain for feeling
We're all strangers, how strange the feeling, to be strangers
Time to move on

Welcome to the show
Clap your hands, clap your hands

Suitcase, too late, I got people, who got people

Yeah, LA LA LA

Albert Hammond Jr - Strangers

Albert Hammond Jr’s fourth solo album Francis Trouble explores a deeply personal topic – the stillborn death of his twin brother, Francis, and the lingering effects that event has had in his life and music.
In November of 1979, Hammond Jr’s mother, Claudia, miscarried. Although they rushed to the hospital, Claudia and Albert Hammond Sr. were told that the baby was far too premature to live. Albert continued to grow inside of his mother undetected until she was nearly six months pregnant.

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Buy the album: ffm.to/francistrouble/

Lyrics:
Darker side where you no longer have a right
I fear what i'll do tonight

Can't decide does everybody feel alright
I made a mistake to hide 

My left side companion enjoys when we're not polite
But he leaves me stranded when we get confronted by right

I'm not the same as I was before
I'm not the same as I was before

There is an emptiness that I cannot describe
What wasn't mine to take I took in double time
Out of perfection nothing can be made
What must be broken down is left to rearrange

You sit pretty still as they tell you
You're fucked inside
I can't seem to think another round of those drinks
What was your question
I can't seem to fill the blank
Watch as I begin a sentence that I can't win

I'm not the same as I was before
I'm not the same as I was before

There is an emptiness that I cannot describe
What wasn't mine to take I took in double time
Out of perfection nothing can be made
What must be broken down is left to rearrange

Albert Hammond Jr - Rocky's Late Night

Albert Hammond Jr’s fourth solo album Francis Trouble explores a deeply personal topic – the stillborn death of his twin brother, Francis, and the lingering effects that event has had in his life and music.
In November of 1979, Hammond Jr’s mother, Claudia, miscarried. Although they rushed to the hospital, Claudia and Albert Hammond Sr. were told that the baby was far too premature to live. Albert continued to grow inside of his mother undetected until she was nearly six months pregnant.

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Buy the album: ffm.to/francistrouble/

Lyrics:
Yeah help me understand
There doesn’t seem to be a plan here in motion

Grab the treasure from the streets
We got buried in the deep Atlantic Ocean
I saw you as someone I want to trust
I saw you as everyone I wanted to fuck
Oh baby I WANT I don’t know what’s GOOD for me
Well can't you tell I'm living proof of exile and hell
Upside down insides out

I heard the talkers talk
When they talk their talk in mute frustration
Truth was on the leaves falling from the trees as demonstrations

I saw you as someone I want to trust
I saw you as everyone I wanted to fuck
Oh baby I WANT 
I don’t know what’s GOOD for me
Well can't you tell I'm living proof of exile and hell
Upside down insides out

Albert Hammond Jr - ScreaMER

Albert Hammond Jr’s fourth solo album Francis Trouble explores a deeply personal topic – the stillborn death of his twin brother, Francis, and the lingering effects that event has had in his life and music.
In November of 1979, Hammond Jr’s mother, Claudia, miscarried. Although they rushed to the hospital, Claudia and Albert Hammond Sr. were told that the baby was far too premature to live. Albert continued to grow inside of his mother undetected until she was nearly six months pregnant.

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Stream on Apple Music: ffm.to/mutedbeatings/applemusic
Buy on iTunes: ffm.to/mutedbeatings/itunes
Buy the album: ffm.to/francistrouble/

Lyrics:
Stop and go
Do I have a share in this
It's as if I don't exist
I look up to see the stars upon my face

I don't know the songs you like
Or the space to make it right
It is life in slo-mo
Stop and go

I've been lying in this room
Summer breeze will take me soon
It's been time since madeline
Let me forget

Your ignorant life it cuts like a knife
While tending two shops you adore
There's nothing inside
Get dressed for the ride
A romance, a joke and a war

Look how easy we got fooled how cheap they bought and sold us rules
Wish we could've become friends without smoking their cigarettes

The stars collide and formed
You and I we made a plan but had no time
Most of the girls made up their minds
Somehow the boys knew they just had to wait in line

I've been lying in this room
Summer breeze will take me soon
It's been time since madeline
Let me forget

Your ignorant life it cuts like a knife
While tending two shops you adore there's nothing inside
Get dressed for the ride
A romance, a joke and a war

Look how easy we got fooled how cheap they bought and sold us rules
Wish we could've become friends without smoking their cigarettes

Your ignorant life it cuts like a knife
While tending two shops you adore there's nothing inside
Get dressed for the ride
A romance, a joke and a war 
The stars collide
The stars collide
and formed you and I

Albert Hammond Jr - Stop and Go

Albert Hammond Jr’s fourth solo album Francis Trouble explores a deeply personal topic – the stillborn death of his twin brother, Francis, and the lingering effects that event has had in his life and music.
In November of 1979, Hammond Jr’s mother, Claudia, miscarried. Although they rushed to the hospital, Claudia and Albert Hammond Sr. were told that the baby was far too premature to live. Albert continued to grow inside of his mother undetected until she was nearly six months pregnant.

Stream on Spotify: ffm.to/mutedbeatings/spotify
Stream on Apple Music: ffm.to/mutedbeatings/applemusic
Buy on iTunes: ffm.to/mutedbeatings/itunes
Buy the album: ffm.to/francistrouble/

Lyrics:
Say no more I was yours 
When your silence came over me

Head to toe dangers own
You're afraid to throw away the key

Tell all your friends cover your losses on my expense 
Tell all your friends while we burn at both ends

Brief collisions in the passing lane
Your turning signals light me up but nothing's changed
Red tap, silver lines, tuff breaks, working overtime
Is there something that you're looking for
It's hard to tell when your ear's against the door
Nice shot, old flame can't stop but nothing lasts forever

Say it matters if it ain't from the heart then it ain't for me
Say it matters your secret is safe when you're close to me
Say it matters I know that I'm touched but you're out of reach
Tell all your friends while we burn at both ends

Brief collisions in the passing lane
Your turning signals light me up but nothing's changed
Red tap, silver line, stuff breaks, working overtime
Is there something that you're looking for
It's hard to tell when your ear's against the door
Red dots, white wine, safe sex, fighting all the time

Brief collisions in the passing lane
Your turning signals light me up but nothing's changed
Red tap, silver line, stuff breaks, working overtime
Is there something that you're looking for
It's hard to tell when your ears against the door
Nice shot, old flame, can't stop but nothing lasts forever

Albert Hammond Jr - Tea for Two

Albert Hammond Jr’s fourth solo album Francis Trouble explores a deeply personal topic – the stillborn death of his twin brother, Francis, and the lingering effects that event has had in his life and music.
In November of 1979, Hammond Jr’s mother, Claudia, miscarried. Although they rushed to the hospital, Claudia and Albert Hammond Sr. were told that the baby was far too premature to live. Albert continued to grow inside of his mother undetected until she was nearly six months pregnant.

Stream on Spotify: ffm.to/mutedbeatings/spotify
Stream on Apple Music: ffm.to/mutedbeatings/applemusic
Buy on iTunes: ffm.to/mutedbeatings/itunes
Buy the album: ffm.to/francistrouble/

Lyrics:
Well come around I'm with a friend
I don't even wanna say
Got some time I can't explain
I don't even wanna say
Well what's your advice
I don't even wanna say

You take me everywhere
We want to go
Rome was built to self destruct
People and their homes

Brother got your lip
Mother make you sick
Your father is a prick

Well there's some families that you'll meet
I don’t even wanna say
That get lost giving head
I don't even wanna say
I’ve been found in neighbors beds
I don't even wanna say
I don't even wanna say

You take me everywhere 
We want to go
Rome was built to self destruct
People and their homes

It's the truth it's the truth
That we stay up all night
Well carry on carry on carry on with the fight
I don't know I don't know I don't know
Where to go anymore 
Carry on carry on carry on with the fight
Here we go here we go here we aaarrrrgggghhh

Can't you see between the lines
What ya stuck up all night 
Remind me what she said
Haha I don't remember you best be on your tippy toes
Cause this ain't jazz 

You take me everywhere we want to go 
Rome was built to self destruct
People and their homes

francis trouble

Luni Otashima