1. |
Road To Bartow
04:50
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Took a ride to shake the blues
Bad case of the 2022s
There’s a town an hour away
Reminds me of where I grew
The things we used to do
These days you gotta be a brand
You used to only need a band
And the reason to get famous
Was to lead your generation
A six pack and a six string
Could heal the world
Now in an alley
Behind a pizza shop
Dishwasher’s writing songs
On his smoke break
He gave me back my life
So let’s go let’s go
Where there’s music all night long
Let’s go let’s go
Where they turned the light back on
Figured out where we’d work
Picked out houses for our friends
Flashback to those nights
Getting ready for the club
We smelled like booze and youth
That was enough
Now in a diner behind a plate of eggs
Two Kids map out the world
On a pancake
They gave me back my life
So let’s go let’s go
Where there’s music all night long
Let’s go let’s go
Where they turned the light back on
Gotta find the house
Where they turned the lights back on
Gotta find the house
Where there’s music all night long
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2. |
Alright 2022
03:25
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What’s your rights look like today?
This makes no sense
To accept this consequence
Yeah my heart’s broken in two
The pandemic’s done
We’re back to having fun
And they’re meeting in their chambers
Drafting up a letter
“Influencers” tell me what to do
There’s a party in the streets
There’s a stranger in the sheets
And quietly a bill passes through
Alright 2022
Why’s it hard to comprehend
Sex and gender
Are two different things my friend
Adults and the wars they play
Count me out
This isn’t free or brave
And I love the Only Fans
Body positivity
And I really really miss community
Legislating women’s bodies
One hand tugging on a bra
The other signs a bill to law
Secretly
lright 2023
Getting harder getting faster
This whole thing is a disaster
Alright
Getting harder getting faster
This whole thing is a disaster
Alright
Getting harder getting faster
Alright
Getting harder getting faster
Let’s fight
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3. |
Clemency
03:07
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Damnit I’m so tired
System’s broke
I’m uninspired
Another round of try and try again
You say you wanna help me
If you really wanna help me
Show up - be on time
Sit next to me
Lay down your hands
In discord and harmony
Lay down your hands
And give me clemency
I’m not needing answers
I don’t need advice
I just wanna be heard
Non-judgmentally
Don’t send me philosophies
Metaphysical therapies
Let’s crack some cans
Turn on the TV
Lay down your hands
You be you I’ll be me
Lay down your hands
And grant me clemency
Can’t always be the fun friend
Can’t always be the happy friend
Can’t always be the easy friend
And every single time that’s alright
Instagram-able moments
Everyone’s opponents
Fighting for curated scripted fun
The revolution’s starting
It’s in coffee shops and Waffle Houses
Admission - sweatpants and no gun
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4. |
Oh Sweet Girl
03:22
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Oh sweet girl
Can you feel it
When you dance when you
Oh sweet girl
Can you feel it
Running and running
And oh sweet girl
Can you feel it
There’s somebody out there
Just took his last breath
There’s some mother out there
Her son will never come home
Someone took some pills
They’ll never wake up
Somebody just logged in cause he’s lonely
Chorus
A baby that’s bawling
He’ll bleed to death
Old lady so lonely
She put a gun to her head
Tears and some scabs
Can’t put the needle down
A girl that just logged in
Cause she’s lonely
I must tell the truth
The monsters are hiding from you
Little miss youth
Wish I could freeze this forever
Chorus
A Barbie Doll rising
A country that’s falling
A house in foreclosure
Five kids and no job
I see it in faces
Everyone’s broken
See you little friend
And you’re smiling
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5. |
Zephyrtown
02:51
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And you’re counting up the views
Study who’s engaging you
Then evaluate the charts
Demographics of your art
And you’re tracking the response
Buy an ad and click the prompts
And the data’s coming in
Did you win? Did you win?
There’s a light up on 5th Avenue
Shinin’ every time we come through
Grab a coffee come and sit down
Up in Zephyrtown
Yeah that outfit makes you young
And the fillers make you young
Chemicals make you young
Years are ticking we ain’t young
Don’t want the second half of life
Chasing my first half of life
That was twenty years ago
I want every year to show
There’s a song up on 5th Avenue
Singin’ every time we come through
Grab a chair come and sit down
Up in Zephyrtown
Like me follow me
Come subscribe to me
Hear this join my list
Crowdfund philanthropist
Gimmie space in your day
Give attention my way
Repost to thrive
Like to survive
Look at me look at me
Hear me hear me
Be me be me
See me see me
Now I need twice as much
Forty times as much
It’s never enough
It’s never enough
There’s a door up on 5th Avenue
It’s open every time we come through
Grab a table come and sit down
Up in Zephyrtown
(Dreaming of Zephyrtown)
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6. |
Modern Times
04:20
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I gotta learn to say no
To this overload
Gotta find the rhyme or reason
In moral codes and self-control
And there’s someone I’m friends with
Looks cute in hats
And flirts back
And I could care less
Cause I’m feeling cute again
In this world of rent-a-touch
People come and go so much
And yes I’ve done it
Oh oh oh - zombies all around - chasing me around now
Oh oh oh - running after me - homogenizing me now
Oh oh oh - I really miss the touch that used to mean so much
I gotta run like hell
I gotta run like hell these modern times will catch me
And I’m a fairly nice guy
Your PHD and big degree
Won’t count when you die
Turns out that we’re equal
Back to the one I’m friends with
Really cute with their words
And I’m fantasizing
Laughing all night long
And I’m looking all around
Everybody’s Denver bound
Guess I’m just boring
Guess we’ll keep on running
Guess we’ll keep on rambling
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7. |
Obituaries
04:03
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They’re looking out drafty windows
They hear voices through the floor
They know no one understands them
They’re a whimper and a roar
Had their time
Had their place
Made their mark
Had their space
Owned the room
Held the floor
They live on
They’re marching through all the snow drifts
They’re in a basement with no call
And the ones who woke up this morning
They outlived them all
Had their time
Had their place
Made their mark
Had their space
Owned the room
Held the floor
They live on
They’re no more
Stand up tall
Catch your breath
Feel the life
Feel the death
Own the room
Hold the floor
Don’t let them
Follow you
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8. |
One Bad Night
04:00
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One bad night
Angry traffic outside
Desperate for a happy ending
A little light
Miss what is gone
It’s healthier to let it go
Miss the laughter
Happy ever after
Miss the glow
All the love that’s in the world
Come on and love me
All the love that’s in the world
Go ahead and love me
Anxiety
More bad news
More self-doubt
Been hiding out
In my blues
And these battles
No easy fights
New enemies
After me
Ignore them in plain sight
All the love that’s in the world
Come on and love me
All the love that’s in the world
Go ahead and love me
Have a good life
It’s just a bad night
Come on and love me
Have a good life
It’s just a bad night
Go ahead and love me
Hypocrisy - vanity
Pick a side - them or me
Unjust - mistrust
No love just lust
Vandalism narcissism
Everyone’s twenty and skinny
All the labels
All the boxes
I need some sleep
I need some sleep
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9. |
Buffalo Survived
02:52
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They say it’s nice now
They say it’s better
It’s come a long way
Except the weather
When I go back
There’s new buildings
Years I couldn’t manage
All I feel is damage
Buffalo went on without me
I survived without Buffalo
And I left just like summertime
And I melted like the snow
You might be nice now
You might be different
We’ve come a long way
This could be perfect
Now that I’ve gone back
Those messed up feelings
Screaming in a chamber
Here I am in danger
You went on without me
And I survived without you
And I’ll leave you in the summertime
And I melted like the snow
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10. |
Estero Blvd
02:54
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Estero Boulevard
Your queen’s on the run
Down Highway 41
She’s got seashell hands
Wind gusty eyes
You might not recognize her
Her senses are tangled
Body is crumbling
Sky is all violence
Ocean is rumbling
She’s still breathing
She’s quivering
Run from the trees
And sandcastle debris
Coastline danger
Lighthouse in her hands
Pushing the weather bands
And the fires burn hotter
Storms banging harder
Waves cresting higher
Sighs in the water
She’s still breathing
From Punta Gorda
Cape Coral she flies
From Hideaway Village
Sanibel she’ll rise
She’ll rise
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11. |
Don't Wait
04:40
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Go make that call
Ask that scary question
Admit you’re hurt
Speak up with that suggestion
Loss bounces around our souls like
Neil’s band off the hill
Shoot your shot
While you can still
Don’t wait
Might be too late
Never wait for anything
On your mark get set go
Just say you will
Done the tell now let’s show
Regret bounces around our souls like
Dad’s band off the fish house wall
Gotta have that wherewithal
Life is like lightning
Goodbye Irene
Life is like lightning
Goodbye Christine
Life is like lightning
Listen up it’s time to go
Life is like lightning
Time to get on with the show
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12. |
Meet In The Middle
03:25
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I’d get in my car
And drive twenty minutes
To meet in a parking lot
To see you smile
Been too long a time
My heart did nothing but keeping time
Let’s meet on County Line
My mind is racing
My heart is thumping
Eyes are blurry
Spirits jumping
A hundred real
Exactly how I feel
Hey diddle diddle
Let’s meet in the middle
If I jump too soon
I’m over the moon
I don’t care
I really wanna see you
Hickory dock
Look at the clock
I’m gonna be
Sincerest me tonight
I really wanna see you
I’d leave my high horse
And sit for a minute
To sort things out inside
See things from your side
Been too long a time
My way all day only way okay
Tell me what you say
Tired of not acting like myself
Tired of not sayin’ what I want
Tired of toning down
Show me your town
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13. |
Keep The Magic Alive
03:26
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There’s a highway across Florida
There’s a line through my soul
Once I told you I deserved better
My wheels rolled
There’s a highway to the Atlantic
There’s a space never whole
Once I told you we’e too different
My wheels rolled
All the times I tried to save them
All the times I tried to fix them
All the times I tried to love them
I drove away this time
There’s a highway across the county
And a fracture in my soul
Once I told you you’re beautiful
My wheels rolled
There’s a highway off the exit
There’s a space downtown
I’m born again
I’m born again
My wheels spin round
All the times I tried to save them
All the times I tried to fix them
All the times I tried to love them
I drove away this time
Things I was too scared to say
Times I should have walked away
Time to keep the magic alive
I drove away this time
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14. |
Safe Spaces
02:14
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We never feel good enough
Never do enough at all
Spiraling down and down
Spinning round we fall
We all need safe spaces
There’s so many dark places
Enough’s enough’s enough
We’ve always been good enough
When you can’t find the words
Still say it out
Shout it out loud
Never crawl inside yourself
Never hide inside
The world needs you
We all need safe spaces
There’s so many dark places
Enough’s enough’s enough
We’ve always been good enough
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15. |
Josh Todd And Me
02:12
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Josh Todd and me
Riding down Route 20
A semi speeds by
There’s blue in the sky
Let’s learn how to fly
Exploring the woods in the winter
Coming of age in the summer
Hail Dave Coverdale
And Geddy Lee’s wail
And the TV was still grainy
My brothers ride next to me
Between 13 and life
47 and death
We once had so much life to live
Josh Todd and me
Didn’t survive ’93
But we’d meet again grown
Laugh like hell on the phone
I was never alone
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16. |
Estero Blvd (Video Mix)
03:40
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Estero Boulevard
Your queen’s on the run
Down Highway 41
She’s got seashell hands
Wind gusty eyes
You might not recognize her
Her senses are tangled
Body is crumbling
Sky is all violence
Ocean is rumbling
She’s still breathing
She’s quivering
Run from the trees
And sandcastle debris
Coastline danger
Lighthouse in her hands
Pushing the weather bands
And the fires burn hotter
Storms banging harder
Waves cresting higher
Sighs in the water
She’s still breathing
From Punta Gorda
Cape Coral she flies
From Hideaway Village
Sanibel she’ll rise
She’ll rise
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Jeremy Gloff Tampa, Florida
Jeremy Gloff is an independent musician and writer residing in Tampa, Florida. Since his first album in 1993 Gloff has released 24 solo albums with the newest being 'Road To Bartow'.
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