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I-90
05:12
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“I90”
(Broderick/Kelsen)
I know sometime it seems like we won’t ever leave
Like the walls closing in, like it’s gettin’ harder to breathe
I’m drivin down I-90 carrying the load
My eyes growing tired and the next rest stops closed
They think ‘cause I was born a ploughman I’ll give ‘em ground
They want me to work like the sun don’t ever go down
And the man that I am ain’t the man I’m trying to be
That man work hard for his money and he somehow still feel free
I-90 won’t you carry me home
My baby’s alone in our bed
I-90 won’t you carry me home
And leave me alone til I’m dead
I been sleeping in my jeans, eatin rice and beans
Gettin my news from a screen while I pump gasoline
And now I’m hearing from the man, on the gas pump news
That everybodys pickin sides and I’m runnin outta time to choose
Seattle to Coeur d’Alene got a strange design
Then it’s mountains in the mornin then the Plains til the PA line
I’m drivin down I-90 carrying the load
I’m runnin outta time but I ain’t running outta road
Repeat Chorus
Boss in the radio tellin me to focus
But I can hear guitars baby I can hear violas
He can only hear an engine, I can hear an opus
I’m too busy smellin roses to keep up with the Joneses
Repeat Chorus
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Over and Over Again
03:40
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“Over and Over Again”
(Broderick)
Relax, play doo wop,
I'll drive these empty streets
By this time tomorrow
we'll be dancing in the trees
With backpockets full of memories
we'll never review
an empty dinner table
in a place I never knew
there’s only so many avenues
and so much dirt below
i’m always singing sad songs
they’re the only ones I know
I could have been a rock,
I could have been a stone
Coulda been a contender
I just didn’t need a throne
It’s like they say in the end,
it happens over and over again
when you sing a song for a friend
you sing it over and over again
I woke up in America
and stumbled to my feet
like the last ones at a party
we searched for a place to sleep
i never saw the bodies
I never saw the blood
only say the eyeballs
looking out across the flood
i sang a song of sorrow,
of primordial design
i stood above the ruins of
the cities and the shrines
what good is a kingdom
if ain’t nobody in it?
and I’ll always believe you
even if no one see ya did it
Repeat Chorus x2
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On My Way
03:38
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“On My Way”
(Broderick)
The pavement has a fragrance
That draws you in, your hearts off to the races
A simple gesture, lasts forever
a feeling rushing through all time and space
I'm on my way, I'm on my way
I hit a few speed bumps along the way
But I made it through, I climbed a view
No man has see before
Texas, it's endless
it stretches out like bomb tests in the desert
magnolias bloom, 'neath ancient moons
an outstretched hand from a slowly passing train
Repeat Chorus
I finally found my family
now a garden grows around me
I made it back from war
now the dogs race to the door
Repeat Chorus x 2
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Tom Wolfe's Tailor
03:24
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“Tom Wolfe’s Tailor”
(Broderick)
Verse 1:
Well I wonder if Tom Wolfe's Tailor ever read his books/
Whether he thought he was a man of letters, a dilletante, or a crook/
Cuttin up them suits so loud, his entrance was an exit/
Silently sewing searsucker psychedelic
Chorus:
Well some men are mountaineers, and some men are sailors/
Some men are Tom Wolfe, and some men are his tailor/
Miami Vice meets loaded dice, in a bus on its way to Queens/
A ridealong with Neil Armstrong, piloting our dreams
Verse 2:
Portrait of a man, flying over Vietnam/
Flies on the wall for Rome at the fall, and the great folly of man/
More Dear Johns, dead and gone, from a fate they can't command/
John looked at Tom, then dropped the bomb, said, "we don't know where that lands/
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
And i think I know what I believe/
But I'm not an impartial actor/
And you know looks well they deceive/
But they're not the only factor
Verse 3:
The crowds the same just older/
Though you know you’re the beholder/
Seen the beauty and the greed/
And the suffering through the gold dust/
Making sense don’t pay the rent and good intent just gets blown up/
When we make the same mistakes, we're stuck in place, dressed up as grown ups
Repeat Chorus
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Branch Collar
03:53
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“Branch Collar”
(Broderick)
Let me go, I don't want my problems to be yours
It's gravity that's got me, knocking at your door
I'll float away, a fading note, a star that slowly dies
My memory will catapult you clear across the sky
And I'll be right beside you, a million miles from here
That tangled root you start to feel, when the love you need is near
One spring morning you'll awake, your plants will start to flower
And I'll be coming back to you 10,000 miles per hour
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“Go Run and Tell Your Masters”
(Broderick)
I awoke along a concrete shore
Asked god a lot of favors though I always ask for more
There’s a lotta flavors and only one is yours
Go run and tell your masters there’ll be peace no more
Go run and tell your masters there’ll be peace no more
Go run and tell your masters there’ll be peace no more
We’ll take you from your living rooms to living on the run
All I ever tried to find was the right side of the gun
We didn’t want the fever but what you did is done
And now we’re only left the course that we were running from
Go run and tell your masters there’ll be peace no more
Go run and tell your masters there’ll be peace no more
The fidelity of my memory is what keeps me waking up
The hope that this war we made will one day make some love
But I won’t hold my breath I’ll frame a picture that I drew
A plan for bold reaction, the reckless thing to do
Go run and tell your masters there’ll be peace no more
Go run and tell your masters there’ll be peace no more
Go run and tell your masters there’ll be peace no more
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7. |
A Fire I Can Burn With
03:25
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“A Fire I Can Burn With”
(Broderick)
I'm gonna love you, I'm gonna love you the way I did before
I'm gonna love you, but this time I'm gonna love you even more
I'm gonna sing to you old love songs
I'm gonna sing to you all night long
If it ain't right it ain't worth it
I'll be with you when the earth shifts
I need a fire I can burn with
I need a fire I can burn with
I'm gonna glide now
I'm gonna glide around the moon
And we will crash as one solid mass
that brings your strings right back in tune
I'm gonna sing to you old love songs
I'm gonna sing to you all night long
Repeat Chorus
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“A Man Under the Influence”
(Broderick)
I know, I take you for granted
And I don’t know how you manage
With a man like me
Sometime the sadness consumes me
And you’re all that moves me
Where I’m trying to be
And try as I might and do as I do
All of my wisdom is loving you
I know you got your own demons
And your own reasons
For what you believe in
I try to be brave, say I don’t need to be saved
But you can tell: I’m not okay
Repeat Chorus
I pulled through a puddle in the driveway
I step into the rain, I pickup fallen branches from the storm
Don’t ever think I didn’t know what we had
I never set out to be this sad
But sometimes it feels like the reason I was born
Repeat Chorus
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I Wasn't Keeping Score
03:24
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“I Wasn’t Keeping Score”
(Broderick)
I ran into blue skies, I ran into greys
I hit lots of long fly balls, ran into Willie Mays
I got a gut that I believe
sometimes my heart plays crazy hands
I owe a couple dollars, I owe a couple more
I had to buy my soul back from the man I was before
But I've made even with every eye I've ever met
Cause I’ve heard it all before
I saw the world before the war
And I only know we’re losing
I wasn’t keeping score
I've spent many an hour in quiet contemplation
I've loved and lost but it sure ain't much compensation
Baby, what am I supposed to do with all this love?
I've been broken down, I've been beaten up
I've swallowed blood while people screamed I've seen enough
And I can hear the rhythm section, but I sure as hell don't hear no bell
Repeat chorus
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10. |
The Roof
05:06
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(Broderick)
45 degrees from the fault line that divides my piece of the pie
And I can read a book without trying
Or bewilder the best minds alive
But you cant read a book about power
If you wont read a book about love
You cant stamp out the flowers
Cause you tower above
Just cause you’ve got a roof doesn’t mean it aint raining
I always put my stock in the sound
I think it’s time to forget your training
For your feet were meant to leave the ground
Sticks in the sand where the plays got designed
We were just executing a call
And you still havent found why youre taking your time
While they're writing our names in the flames on the walll
A Kick to the system
From a life before this one
If ignorance is bliss
Oh Hells just infinite wisdom
Just because you’ve got a roof doesn’t mean it ain’t raining
I always put my stock in the sound
I think it’s time you forget your training
For your feet were meant to leave the ground
We we’re fugitives seeking asylum
But we looked like shit from the storm
And I could always keep quiet
I just couldn’t keep warm
Repeat Chorus
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LH2B is the creation of singer/songwriter/producer Fran Broderick. Fusing diverse influences ranging from folk to soul to synthpop, the result is stirring anthems and tender ballads, anchored by Broderick’s captivating lyrics. Band: FB (vox, rhythm and lead guitars), Zak Mendoza (Drums), Dan Carter (Bass), Shane Kelsen (keys), Ben Rossi (rhythm gtr, synth), Brendan Simms (trombone, back vox) ... more
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