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A Werewolf And A Girl

A Werewolf And A Girl (feat. Lydia Loveless)

The Pool House

Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams

Last Hope

The Van Pelt Parties (feat. Wednesday)

Exploding Trees

The Forks of Cypress

The Forks of Cypress (feat. Waxahatchee)

Airplane Screams

At Safe Distance

Pinocchio

Miss Coldiron's Oldsmobile

Scott's Sister

Killers and Stars

Uncle Disney

Pay No Attention to Alice

Rising Son

Phil's Transplant

Hobo

Miss Me Gone

The Assassin

“Who needs a downtown when there’s a Walmart next door?”

Patterson Hood and The Downtown 13 release "After It's Gone", inspired by the threat of Walmart in the heart of downtown Athens, GA. Download the song now at drivebytruckers.com and check out the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ87g7uPyaY.  At 8AM Eastern tomorrow (Wednesday), check out the new site http://protectdowntownathens.com/ for more information.

After It's Gone - Patterson Hood and the Downtown 13

Song: Disappear
Album: Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance (ATO - 9/11/12)

Lyrics:

Underneath the couch
I sleep through it all
As the very last drop
Is smashed against the wall
 
Out in the driveway
Accusing words fall out
I’m underneath your dress
Beneath the bedroom window
 
Sometimes I disappear
I learned to at an early age
Before your very eyes
I’m somewhere far away
 
If I make it down
and come in for a landing
I’ll kiss you till its August
But fly away in June
 
Simply disappear
and vanish into thin air
Sometimes its much better to just not be there.
 
And sometimes I hear words
spoken underneath the song and I associate so freely
 
And sometimes I hear words
spoken underneath the song and I associate completely
 
Sometimes I disappear
since I was three or four
I see your lips move
but I can’t hear you anymore
 
Patterson Hood (Kansas City, September 2010)
 
Kay/Baxendale Mandocello, Lead Vocal
and Harmony - PH
Bass - David Barbe Drums, Tambourine - Brad Morgan  Cellos and Violins - Jacob Morris and  Scott Danbom
Piano - Jay Gonzalez




Disappear - Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance

Song: Come Back Little Star
Album: Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance (ATO - 9/11/12)

Lyrics:

Heaven blue eyes
Those long black lashes
Razor tongue and Southern drawl
Pouring out like molasses
That trail of silver mercury
To show us all what you’ve seen
You always have a drink in your hand
But your liver ain’t what it used to be
 
I’m really not mad; I mean I’m trying hard to understand
We both had these dreams too long to let them  slip through your hands
I’ve got a drink or two myself to control the sting
This town got blown to tatters when you traded  in your wheels for wings
 
Baby don’t go
Come back little star and take me with you in the night
Exploding in the sky casting shadows in the light
Take me with you
All these journeys and plans we could share
Or will the dreams we made together
Leave me lying lonely here
 
Lying lonely here
Broken shutters flapping in the rain
The wind’s crying lonesome breeze
Oak tree’s snapping from the strain
I just want to stay
in that better time and place
Chasing bugs in your granny’s yard
Before you disappeared into time and space
Baby don’t go
Come back little star and take me with you in the night
Watching everyone we know
Moving slow together as our dreams take flight
Take me with you
We could chase down the sunrise or disappear
Make some wishes join together
And I could wish to have you here
 
I could wish to have you here

 
Lyrics and Music by Patterson Hood and Kelly Hogan
 
Gibson SG Guitar (D-tuned), Lead Vocal - PH
Harmony Vocal - Kelly Hogan
Grand Piano - Jay Gonzalez
Bass - David Hood
Drums - Brad Morgan
Cellos and Violins - Jacob Morris and Scott Danbom
Pedal Steel - John Neff


Come Back Little Star - Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance

Song - Better Than The Truth
Album - Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance (ATO - 9/11/12)

Lyrics:

Billy Ringo always said the fish don’t bite
“Can’t get a break for all my life”
“Can’t get a break to save my life”
Fell out the window with the glass bong in his hand
On the ground, he did land
On his back with it smoking in his hand

Billy Ringo said he nearly to crash his car
on the windy roads not far from the house he used to live in
Said he felt the tires lifting off the pavement
but he pulled it out in time and he made it home by five  

and he said “I’m only looking for an acceptable level of bullshit I can live with
but something’s got to give
and I never could stand that son of a bitch there in the mirror
when he’s staring back at me
Staring back at me”

Billy Ringo liked to play his music loud
said he never was allowed to become the things that he said he
was destined for those nights, drinking at the bar
Talking about his shiny star and it’s impending incline

and he said “I’m only looking for an acceptable level of bullshit I can live with
but something’s got to give”
and if I wrote it in a movie it would all end differently
and be better than the truth
Better than the truth

The last time I saw Billy he was drinking at the bar
We caught up and made some small talk and he invited me over
and he started giving me all the paintings on his wall
said he wanted me to have them and I didn’t know what for

and if I wrote it in a movie it would end there on the ground
like I said there in the first verse that’s how he would be found
I would spare the moviegoers all the bitter sad details
 
Better than the truth

Patterson Hood - May 27, 2010
(Kitchen w Duncan’s gtr.) 

Silvertone Electric and Acoustic Guitars (standard tuning)
and Lead Vocal - PH
Bass - David Barbe
Drums - Brad Morgan
Accordion - Jay Gonzalez
Banjo - Mike Cooley 

Better Than The Truth - Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance

Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance out Sept. 11, 2012

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