Acoustic demo for the upcoming Tuff Sunshine full-length due early 2014

I Complied

I Was A Shaker

Songs roughly recorded on Garageband '06 (?) and red wine late at night. Currently being sped-up/slowed down and cut apart for the first full-length album due out (godspeed) in early 2014. All in the interest of total transparency. Headphones are "highly" recommended... much more to come.

The River

Hearts a Muscle

we got screens and the light from machines
we sit erect and luck out with defects
we gather round
this be how we gather round
we stay strong til the battery dead
we gig on with the dim light in our head
we gather round
this be how we gather round

and how is it so, that you glow?
well im not sure i know
how do you freeze what you be?
well i thought that was only me

    we got deadlines we got plans to commence
we shake up the schemes we shiftin the tense
we gather round
this be how we gather round
we beat into the ground just to block out the sound
the florescent induced dizzy heights follow suit
we gather round
this be how we gather round

and how do you polish the slate?
well thats for me to figure mate
and how will you learn from the wrong?
by rewinding every single song
please    remember my pure heart


We Gather Round


st vitus told me son -- you better learn how to shake
cause there aint no room for wallflowers at the ultimate wake
you burning your gut with the grain
drawing lots on the lifeboat and the lengths are all the same

where you movin the fencepost -- there’s a home to arrange
the tollbooth of good intentions only takes correct change
to stifle the heart as a joke
and exhale the punch-line in endless rings of smoke


well i’ll dumb it down if you promise i’ll drown in the praise
there’s just a cannibal hermit with an expired learner’s permit 
left here anyways...

so nobody’s doing a brand new dance now

maybe if i stick around then i’ll find i get found center page?
you can loop til it’s true and the kid’s lips turn blue when they
act out the age

nobody’s doin’ a brand new dance now


Nobody's Doing It

Songs roughly recorded on Garageband '06 (?) and red wine late at night. Currently being sped-up/slowed down and cut apart for the first full-length album due out (godspeed) in early 2014. All in the interest of total transparency. Headphones are "highly" recommended... much more to come.

Lyrics:

introducing shaking through all-time
here’s to demonstrating all is fine
carving routing numbers into wrists with veins filled full of wine
index finger tapping skull where cooler brains preside

wicks to burn while taking other’s licks
tricks for playing other’s pick up sticks
kicking off cause that’s the way the flashbulb flecks the grime
hanging it up for someone else’s lonely drying time

just because you don’t feel it
it don’t mean it’s gone away

twisting locks and thinning out the grey
sucking up to what’s left of the fray
rumble strips and trundle flips as every night sends you on yer way
pick a card it’s not to hard to guess which is the one to play

just because you don’t feel it
it don’t mean it’s gone away


Feel It

there’s a thimble full of faith that keeps the boat afloat
there’s a rhythm to the rockin as you mine the moat
there’s a 1,000 mile spiral that we all can coast
there’s a smile going viral feeding off the host

there’s a stroke is it luck or a break in the vein?
could you tell the difference when the face stays the same?

there’s a thimble full of faith that keeps the boat afloat
 
when you pinning all your hopes on a left hind foot
when you every deep breath brings a throat of soot
when the rear-view mirror is saying time has won
when the daughter brings a tear to the first born son

is it a fit you can’t quit or a fit to be tied?
will you make it worth the while that the rabbit done died?

when you pinning all your hopes on a left hind foot

but i won’t go that way
no i won’t go that way

as you spinning ever slower as you head toward the pole
as you grinning while they lower you down into the hole
as you were to be sure for the final salute
as you dazzle from your birthday to your 3-piece suit

what keeps the heart beat so goddamn sure?
what the meets the shaky feet at the hardwood floor?

as you spinning ever slower as you head toward the pole

but i won’t go that way


I Wont Go That Way

Bad News

MY BACK CATALOG (capo 3)

720 sq ft
i tremble when i make the rounds
my guitar turned to concrete
i swear it weighs a 1000 pounds
every day the endless slog 
digital to analog

i have headphones on
cueing up my back catalog

i used to be in love with the night
and i swear i never minded the morning
now i buckle at every slight
now i implode without warning
every night a ray-gun fog
left sifting through the dialogue 

with my headphones on
cueing up my back catalog

(he used to be that way but now his brain is fixed)

cuffs wet/alarm set
laughing at the people who folded on the last bet
scalp scraped/knees taped
found my hill and brother now the claim’s staked
teeth flossed/cards embossed
the sips keep getting smaller and the rest is getting tossed

720 sq ft
well you’d think it was the miracle mile
i lapse — i break —i cheat
everything is in a little pile
churning like a rusted cog
waiting like a wounded dog

with my headphones on
cuing up my back catalog

nails trimmed/lights dimmed
been gathering the scraps and now they’ve all been binned
eyes peeled/the deal's sealed
and any judgements that were made, have now all been appealed
drink nursed/lips pursed
sure i’m breathing deeply but it’s re-hearsed

My Back Catalog - 9:18:20, 3.00 AM

These songs are posted as demos and works in progress. Please see www.tuffsunshine.com for the real Tuff Sunshine recordings--in the meantime, use headphones...

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