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Electric Company

by Starling Electric

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1.
When the heat comes we won't be talking about money, it's alright No clear winner, we were livin' in a pit, it's alright Lights out, don't let anybody get in the door Lights out, save it 'cause all we really wanted was more I can remember when that time come and looked me in the eye I can't stop, I won't stop falling apart every night Seven ships came and we opened up the door and saw the light No clear winner when we really thought of it, it's alright It's an open hand; don't let anybody tell you it's more It's a nice touch that we're left with so much less than before I can remember when that time come and looked me in the eye I can't stop, I won't stop falling apart every night I can remember when that time come and caught me in a lie I don't know what I control I don't know what I can hold
2.
I wasn't a fan of school It was too much for me, you know; A thousand girls with matching yellow bangs and the jacket was blue Oh no, not for me Expression One: The exorcist has won
3.
I've just seen a friend, she informed me our love was over Was hard to comprehend, but we can't be friends if we ain't lovers Did I receive the wrong communication? I deserve it for beginning what I can't end Think I'll take a permanent vacation Stare into the distance for an hour or two or three or four If you see my friend, please tell her I've been on vacation A postcard I will send, picturing me with a Jamaican I'm counting on a strong imagination To get me far away from this much pain Think I'll take a permanent vacation What's a little distance for a day or two or three or four or five or six or seven or...? Think I'll take a permanent vacation
4.
Arrowsmith 02:24
Though you've got the line on what to play Can we respect the seven seconds of delay? You've got to know this is goin' wrong You destroyer got me singin' pretty songs I won't be at the Be-In for you to "open up your mind" I was hoping you were the future and not the past I'll be your city's Arrowsmith if I can ever find the time Who can know what's turning on vs. what is passed? Bellboy in the Hilton family way You caught the terror from the concierge that day You should've known there was something wrong Vincent Gallo was the guest who stayed too long I won't be at the Be-In for you to open up your mind I was hoping you were the first but not the last I'll be your personal Arrowsmith if I can ever find the time, or show me going west and going fast I got a love, but my love is young Paris may be lost but the girl has won The honeymoon is over, but it hasn't happened yet Leave this suite, we can release you from this debt So: I dropped out of the Drop-In so I could hexorcise my mind You were hopin' I was still open to something new I'll be your city's Arrowsmith if I can ever find some time Am I not defined by what I finally do?
5.
Mild Thing 02:04
"Can't believe I hate the whole thing" Is what I said to make the ringer ring There it goes; I missed the call I hath not reached out to thee after all Mild Thing You make my pendulum swing Please make my phone ring Bring me another panacea You make me feel just like a cancer When I call on you and I get no answer Mild Thing You make my pendulum swing Please let my phone ring Bring me another panacea
6.
There was no more dancing or playing to be heard Though partial to ELO, The squire had prepared a little potion to be sure She went alone to Denmark on a train: the #1 She can't have fun The wedding celebrated every awful thing I'd known Still tired from the night before, I set fire to Princess Shelley's room just after noon The Young Man Of The Mountain from now on I must be They called me: "Young man, come down" I must be, they called me I'm the Young Man Of The Mountain from now on
7.
I was the color that filled up a room; you were covered with lies I was the one mood what moved too soon; you were coming up wise Cover up lies, cover up my eyes When you feel like the power of this mark is fair, Come after all my other demons and I'm through "I'll know it when I see it" says the father to son After all it was you I was the first in, the first one to go; you were coming up wise I wrote this to you and you'll never know, you'll just say, "Everything dies. Everything's jive. Everybody dies" When you feel that the power of his mark is fair, Come after all my other demons and I'm through "I'll know it when I see it" says the volatile son After all it was you I try to avoid affairs; I am scared that everybody will know I don't believe in all this radio It's no way to go
8.
Jesus loved The Byrds Practiced all the words "Turn, Turn, Turn!" was first His Father liked the verse Late nights with guitar Eight Miles High is far His Father feared the worst and killed all of The Byrds
9.
Bad Blood 02:58
The winter's here and the windows are thin We're trying so hard to keep this peace in Don't say a word when you walk out, you know I don't like to see you leave, but I love to watch you go We could use a thing just to talk it all out No one knows what they said, what they got on about I went back home to try to swallow myself When we're apart about this, something tries to part us Hearing our song and my eyes are sewn open There's bad blood between us What did I say?? (instrumental breakdown) It's sour in the air and the weekend is over Bad blood's been spreading What could I say??!?
10.
Zodiac 03:08
In another life I was a wreck Yesterday some things hadn't happened yet A zodiac in the back seat of your car and the rest I forget Down the street something's gonna happen Down the street something's bound to happen But down my street, nothing's gonna happen now Her lip uncurled, the goddess Love later would slip herself inside my glove Her zodiac was the trash talk of the bar, lest you forget Down the street something's gonna happen Down the street something's bound to happen But down my street, nothing's gonna happen now Your constellation is forever changin' There is no reason why You get to play the part of the drifter and drift on by I'm so twisted up inside I'm sending over my life I'm open-hearted 'til the day I die I'm sending over my life Two-Hearted 'til the day I die
11.
Richard said to come on to you So I reached out my hand and I hired this band - "Jailbird Joey" Jailbird Joey and the Monsters Of **** Appearing nightly in their monster truck I was spit on and refused You didn't feel like being used I unleashed the baby blues I took myself to the prom so I'd keep on keepin' on The end of it was over before it began The principals agreed I should not see you again But Jailbird Joey drug his name through the muck to bring you to me in his monster truck Everyone was there - people laughed, I didn't care No I didn't give a damn about it I took myself to the prom so I'd keep on keepin' on
12.
Miss K. 01:03
Find something in leather to hold us together Browned like the ass of a Nubian lass The sand-colored detail of a beautiful sea snail A stitch up the side for my ideas to hide Miss K. was changed, in my dream she looked strange Her seam seemed to wither but was constantly with her A sand-colored detail of a beautiful sea snail A stitch up the side for my IDs to hide
13.
Amy, Amy, save me from this mystery Realized that I wanted you Gets more and more each day Amy, save me Send me from this disarray Be this window, I want you to give more and more my way Save me from this Amy Save me from this mystery Realized that I wanted you Gets more and more each day Leaves fall all around, beech trees breathe House lights come on, I should really leave Copper eyes came from another world Lost electricity has found this girl I'm feeling like fifteen
14.
Turn off the century We don't want to be part of this entry no more We do things the old way, it's the only way to leave new evil at the century's door No use for time that is spent not working hard Not hardly working, that's a crime Here's a Little House in the middle of a field Papa gets a chicken and Mama cooks a meal Such a good meal No use for time that is spent not working hard Not hardly working is a waste of time
15.
Let's pretend we're entering the present tense Talk to me like we used to be friends or we used to do a shitload of drugs together Stop me, tell me if I ain't makin' sense Very alive, no she won't come alive despite them tearing up the seating Rich with disgust, we won't waste your life If you only keep repeating: You Can't Trust Rock & Roll First of all, I stole this chord from another Copped the vocal from a drifter I knew Secondly, we corrected it until it was smothered Stopped totally from speaking the truth Buried alive, there's no hope for a spark to start to fire up the fleeting Witches discuss how to waste your life Just stay high and keep repeating: You Can't Trust Rock & Roll All that I do, all I do All that I do is for you You Can't Trust Rock & Roll
16.
Start Again 04:01
Someone must have summoned you to come so close A country messenger from coast to coast A broken bird, a small-town ghost Wasn't it the passing of our pastoral scene? One from the wind and a few from the green Isn't that exactly where you thought that I'd been? Let's start again tonight I don't think I can leave your life Let's start again and make it right Wasn't it the passing of our passed-over scene? One from the wind and a few from the green Isn't that exactly where you thought that I'd been? I feel like I could die and you're the only one who seems to know why Let's start again and make it right

about

SIDE ONE is tracks 1-8
SIDE TWO is tracks 9-16

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released April 15, 2016

All songs written by Caleb Dillon and arranged with Starling Electric. Played by Caleb Dillon, John Fossum, Christian Blackmore Anderson, Ben Collins and Aaron Diehl. Recorded 2010-2016 at Big Sky Recording, Endless Nameless Studios,The Black Moors and The Basement Of The Alamo in Ann Arbor, MI.

Cover Art & Design: Stephen Dillon www.stephendillonphotography.com

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