You must have a mustache, must have a mustache

This party is for dusters, but we ain't gonna clean / This party is for pencils, but not to draw a scene / You better have a tea strainer if you want to get through / You better have a nose neighbor if you know what's good for you

Can't grow facial hair? (We don't care) / Drew it on yourself? (Yeah, we don't care) / Bought it at a store? (We don't care) / Anything you got (Yeah, we don't care) but ...

This party is for horseshoes, but we're not under hooves / This party is for handlebars, but not for making moves / You better be like Dali to get into the door / You better be like Chaplin out on the dance floor

Can't grow facial hair? (We don't care) / Knit it all by hand? (Yeah, we don't care) / Propped up on a stick? (We don't care) / Anything you got (Yeah, we don't care), but ...

This party is for chevrons, but not for gasoline / This party's for the toothbrush, but won't make your teeth gleam / You better have a crumb catcher if you want to get through / You better have a grass grin - yeah, you know what to do

M is for mustache / U is for upright / S is for sexy / T if for tonight / A is for awesome / C is for come on / H is for hairy / E is for everyone ...

Must Have a Mustache [Demo]

Must Have a Mustache [Home Recording]

Archers [Home Recording]

Emerging hordes spread, creeping in the scene / They stagger toward something that is real / On the look out, trends of the moment / If vital, don’t think just get it

You’re chasing life / Don’t know you’re dead / We’ve already said / Hipsters are zombies are hipsters are zombies / Chasing what’s real / Can’t feel a thing / We’re here to sing / Hipsters are zombies are hipsters are zombies 

Everywhere there’s people, cities infested / So close to the pulse, but dead inside / Mindless consumption, pick up distinction / Different, but the same in uniqueness 

Got a taste of life / You’re already dead / We’ve already said / Hipsters are zombies are hipsters are zombies / Tasted what’s real / Can’t feel a thing / We’re here to sing / Hipsters are zombies are hipsters are zombies

A part, yet separate

It’s a cultural death 

Hipsters are Zombies [Demo]

Hipsters are Zombies [Home Recording]

Who else would be there / And why has he come? / They play a new tune for old friends / They're not just a pair / But add to the sum / Worried? Don't worry about the message it sends

A shrug to go on / And carry this out / It's all forgotten so soon / And now that he's gone / Well, so is the doubt / Now something worse has filled his space in the room

This feeling like something's got to give way / Under the pressure of keeping up appearance / These uneasy moments that say / More than this long and complex run-on sentence

Now why is she here / To cut their time short? / They've got to leave right away / The room is all clear / There's nothing to sort / Except for that something prolonging its stay

This feeling like something's got to give way / Under the stress of holding them together / These uneasy moments that say / Things have gotten worse than they ever were.

Keeping Up Appearance [Home Recording]

The band is almost set to hit the recording studio.  This big show will put them over the top, but can it reignite the guitarist's interest?

Lyrics:
With their savings and all their songs, recording should be a possibility / So who wouldn't jump at the chance to take advantage of this opportunity?

The next show will tell if this is an investment to make / or if it's the last straw that makes his will break

More compelling interests have superseded the band in importance / Even their songs and their savings couldn't persuade him to change his stance

It could work out or get worked on, or maybe he'll start thinking differently / Once they go on and take the stage, and past mistakes fade from memory

The Last Straw [Home Recording]

Lyrics:
Hopes that were built up in the sand have been cleared by the encroaching tide / And the dissolution of the band feels like waves pounding the cliffside

It seems so inevitable when looking back on the course that's been run / That the mistakes and all the trouble would catch up faster than could be undone

There is no consolation for crushed dreams and this untimely break / Picked up and collected on the shore or cut off, left sinking in the wake

It seems so inevitable when seeing who's moving on / That the mistakes and all the trouble would take down one before they were gone

These feelings of bitterness and doubt can consume the thoughts of the disheartened / Who's being replace and left out with nothing but time to let it mend

It seems so inevitable when looking into what the future could be / That the mistakes and all the trouble would matter as much as a drop in the sea

So Inevitable [Home Recording]

Lyrics:
Getting the story straight and not feeling use / Requires some explaining so nothing is confused

But he’ll hear what went down from a trusted source / “She had bad intentions followed through without remorse” / Surely it’s not all true, his fear realized / Seduced a former love, an act truly despised

Confronting the lie that soon will be told / Will me a stiff denial, a defense that’s getting old

And he’ll hear what went down from the origin / “She had good intentions followed through with a grin” / Surely it’s not all true, the story she’s revealed / A night with a former love with details concealed

Getting results now and stopping this boast / Requires some explaining to whom it affects most

Part Three

Getting the Story Straight

Washing Away - Getting The Story Straight

Lyrics:
In between the choice of lust and dreams / He stands tall with all his senses dull

He’s got to get away from causes of lament / And find some other way around this deterrent

Knowing how she does what she wants / Makes him think its time to break this link

It’s just so hard forgetting all the chemistry they had / It’s just so hard forgetting whether good or bad

They’ve got to get out of constricting attachments / And find out that this love is just lust in essence

He won’t let this girl bring him down / Won’t let go of his dreams or take no

And it’s just too bad that things had to turn out this way / It’s just too bad that both of them cannot stay

In Between

Washing Away - In Between

Lyrics:
Setting up to go take the stage tonight / Perform another show thinking it’s alright

But there is distance detaching friends / And he can’t figure out what is wrong / Because he’s lifted the barrier that’s been / In between them for too long

Something else is wrong, she hasn’t shown up yet / Soon they’ll be going on, her dramatic entry is set

Teary eyed and shouting from the crowd / Oh, no, he knows, he knows / Unheard but the message clear and loud  / Her fear it shows, it shows

Just get through these songs & act like they feel fine / Together all this time, now they’ve reached the line

Separate the body from the hear / Cut out and crushed in hand / Now the choice: the girl or the art / It’s clear somethings got to end


Part Three - EP

The Line

Washing Away - The Line

Lyrics:
It’s not enough that she’s got her own guy / And got his friend although just secretly / But now she’s got her seductive eye / Fixed on a guy with whom she used to be

Keep on coming back for more / Ways to relieve this sore / Had her heart broken before / Do it back and even the score

The guy tries to just ignore the doubt / “It’s good that they can just still be friends” / But someone else who has found her out / Knows that with her the cheating never ends

Now face to face, this tension’s unnerving / But she goes on like nothings happening / Set up these guys who are underserving / Of all her cruel seemingly lack of caring

Even the Score

Washing Away - Even The Score

Indie rock singer, songwriter, bassist since 2000; looking to collaborate with other musicians; sharing solo recordings from Washing Away and Casual Gaze, including Washing Away’s Part Three (EP) out May 27, 2016.

Lewis Kuhlman

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