So I wrote this like a song, so try and sing-a-long.
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You and I
Take a walk
Take a ride
Learn to talk
To- each-other- with- each- other- today…
To- each-other- with- each- other- today…
Pretty excited
Thinking a lot
How you make…- me so hot
Just- can’t- wait- to- get- together- with- you..
Come- on- baby- lose- yourself- in- me..
Won’t you come on baby and lose yourself with me…
Into the ocean
Going to swim
Waters pretty chilly
But we dive right in
I- just- can’t- wait- to- splash- in- the- water- with- you….
Sun’s feeling good
It’s warming our skin
I’m mostly a good boy, but you make me want to sin
Don’t- you- just- want- to- come- and- sin- with- me…?
Won’t- you- come- and- sin- with- me…?
Come- on- baby- lose- yourself- in- me..
Won’t you come on baby and lose yourself with me…
Here we are
Singing our song
Waited a few years
Thank god I waited this long
Come- on- baby- lose- yourself- in- me..
Come- on- baby- lose- yourself- in- me..
Sun’s going down
Air a bit crisp
I pull you tight
Biting your lip
You- and- I- got- a- lot- too- give.
Ya- you- and- I got- a- lot- too- give..
Come- on- baby- lose- yourself- in- me..
Won’t you come on baby and lose yourself with me…
Drive-By Truckers are an alternative country and Southern rock band based in Athens, Georgia, though three out of five members (Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood, and Shonna Tucker) are originally from The Shoals region of Northern Alabama. Their music is noteworthy for its “three axe attack”, or three guitars as well as bass and drums.
Drive-By Truckers was co-founded by Patterson Hood (son of bassist David Hood of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) and longtime friend and musical partner Mike Cooley in Athens, Georgia, in 1996. The two men had played in various other bands including Adam’s House Cat which was chosen as a top ten Best Unsigned Band by a Musician contest in the late 1980s.
Together with a revolving group of musicians, Drive-By Truckers put out their first two albums, Gangstabilly (1998) and Pizza Deliverance (1999). Following their second release, the band embarked on a nationwide tour, resulting in a live album called Alabama Ass Whuppin’ (released in 2000 by Second Heaven Records, re-released in 2002 by Terminus Records). They had an entertaining and informative website long before most bands had begun taking advantage of the internet as a promotional tool. It was the band’s constant touring, however, that helped them develop a large and dedicated fan base both on and off-line.[citation needed]
After three years on the road a tight-knit group of musicians emerged and they began work on 2001’s Southern Rock Opera. Southern Rock Opera is a double album executed as a song cycle. The album uses the rise and literal fall of Lynyrd Skynyrd as a magnifying glass for the cultural fall of the South as a whole during the 1970s.[citation needed]
Southern Rock Opera, originally released independently on Drive-By Truckers’ own Soul Dump Records on September 12, 2001, garnered praise from fans and critics alike. In order to meet new demand brought on by, among other things, a four-star review in Rolling Stone, Southern Rock Opera was re-issued by Mercury and Lost Highway Records in July 2002. Soon after, Drive-By Truckers were named Band of the Year by No Depression.
Before Drive-By Truckers could record a follow-up to Southern Rock Opera, they ran into a problem when they were left with only two guitarists (Cooley and Hood) following the departure of Rob Malone, to the band the Fiddleworms, in late 2001. It was during this time that the band added fellow Alabamian guitarist and songwriter Jason Isbell, originally from Greenhill, Alabama. During his five years with Drive-By Truckers, Isbell’s compositions became as highly praised as those of Cooley and Hood.
After signing a new deal with Austin-based record label New West, Drive-By Truckers set about recording the follow-up to Southern Rock Opera. The result was 2003’s Decoration Day, which, like its predecessor, received critical praise. It was another concept album, containing characters who are faced with hard decisions about marriage, incest, break-ups, revenge, murder, and suicide.
After years of producing and playing with Drive-By Truckers, bassist Earl Hicks left the band on December 22, 2003. Hicks was immediately replaced by studio bassist Shonna Tucker, then wife of guitarist Jason Isbell. Tucker had previously guested on Decoration Day playing upright bass on the Cooley-penned track, “Sounds Better in the Song”.
In 2004, Drive-By Truckers released The Dirty South. Like Southern Rock Opera, The Dirty South was a concept album. The Dirty South further explored the mythology of the South, with songs focusing on Sam Phillips and the Sun Records crowd, John Henry and his hammer, and a three-song suite about Sheriff Buford Pusser.
After touring throughout 2004 and 2005, Drive-By Truckers found their way to the Fidelitorium Recording Studio in Forsyth County, North Carolina during late 2005. These recording sessions, once again produced by David Barbe, resulted in the band’s seventh LP, A Blessing and a Curse.
Released on April 18, 2006, A Blessing and a Curse showcased Drive-By Truckers’ ability to branch out into new territory, and can be seen as the band’s attempt at shaking labeling by critics, detractors, fans, and followers, particularly the Southern rock label that has haunted the band since Southern Rock Opera.[citation needed] The album sounds less like Skynyrd, and more closely resembles the bare-bones British rock of the early 1970s such as The Rolling Stones and Faces.[citation needed] Tom Petty’s influence on the band’s sound is more prominent on this album as well.[citation needed]
In 2006, Drive-By Truckers reunited, both on-stage and on-record, with Athens-based pedal steel guitarist, John Neff. Neff first played with the band on their 1998 debut LP, Gangstabilly, and played pedal steel on three subsequent albums, 1999’s Pizza Deliverance, and 2003’s Decoration Day. Neff was featured heavily on the 2006 release, A Blessing and a Curse. During the next year, Neff began touring with the band as an unofficial sixth member.
On April 5, 2007 Jason Isbell announced that he was no longer a member of the band. The following day, Patterson Hood confirmed the break on the official site. In his letter to the fans, Hood described the parting of ways as “amicable” and expressed the hope that fans would continue to support Drive-By Truckers as well as Jason’s solo efforts. In the same letter, Hood announced that John Neff would become a full-time member playing both guitar and pedal steel.
Shortly after Isbell’s departure, on April 20, 2007, Patterson Hood announced via the band’s website that a longtime friend of The Hood Family, Spooner Oldham, would be joining the band playing keyboard for a string of acoustic performances called The Dirt Underneath Tour.
Drive-By Truckers performed as backup musicians for Bettye LaVette’s 2007 album, The Scene of the Crime. The album went to #1 on Billboard’s Blues Chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
On January 22, 2008, the Drive-By Truckers’ eighth album, Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (named after a line in a Cooley song entitled “Checkout Time in Vegas”), was released in the US and went to #37 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Once again, David Barbe produced the album and artist Wes Freed provided the artwork. The album has nineteen tracks and features the first song contributions from bassist Shonna Tucker.
The band’s online presence has been created and maintained by long-time friend Jenn Bryant[1] and cover art and posters are mostly done by Wes Freed.
I wonder if the world is ready for us
I wonder if I care
I wonder if we’ll get caught in the rain together
And if we’ll breathe each other’s air
I think about the places we’ll go
I think about your different glances I’ll come to know
I think about being happy, and I think of you
I believe you think about me in this very way
I believe I won’t ever have to beg you to stay
But I believe, I would if I had to
I imagine seeing you in the clouds in the sky
And like a tree in the woods I reach for you until I die
Lying amongst the Earth, gazing upon your beauty, and ultimately your curse
But I am not a tree
I shall not suffer such
Freedom is mine
Freedom to touch
Freedom to see
Experience
Won’t you take a ride with me?
The unexplored, yet unwilling to be denied
As if having a destiny
Wouldn’t you want to take a look?
Down the rabbit hole
Around the corner to the edge of the Earth
To where we stand, impossibly removed from this land
Once instant
Once blazed –trail, the obliteration of a former reality
Because in this life I live, yet reality is now mine to give
To you, for you, won’t you disappear with me amongst the masses?
Dissolved into a transforming passage
Experience life for the first time
Breath. of a heart now mine
A soul only sings the desire of the mind
Leave the walls and windows behind
Imagine not imaging what there is to find
Live it
Take the walk
Take the ride
Climb the mountain
Just stay by my side.
Rock me to sleep each night
Wake up to round two is an unreal sight
On top of me you climb
Ready to blow my mind
My heart beats faster
We are a beautiful disaster
Colliding with one another in lust with your body to master
Learn, cherish, squeeze close
It’s you I want the most
Every second
Ever hour
Instill in me the power
To believe
To become
I want to be your someone
In you I enter
Warm, full of life to surrender
Myself to you
These feelings true
Under a sky blue
On a blanket on a picnic with you
Amongst nature
It’s in my nature
To pain for your pleasure
A man wishing to be measured
By the size of his heart
What you fell for from the start
Without site
Only sound
Rolling around with you on the ground
Arms pinned down
Hands above your head
We have the world as our bed
Our landscape
Our horizon
In ecstasy with you under the sun rising
Through these eyes I look
To see the heart of the girl I took
She sleeps at peace tonight
Soon I’ll have her in sight
At my reach, my finger tips
Hands down by her side, on her hips
Electricity begins to flow
A bit further my hands go
She bites her lips like this
Her eyes, begging for a kiss
I move closer to her and momentarily resist
She curls her toes as we brush noses
Her body is warm
Her heart beats fast
Each moment our lips lock I pray will last
I hold her firmly in my arms
I protect her from all immediate harm
She grips me tight, despite no need for alarm
She tastes so sweet, like candy for my soul
To quote a great musician
‘”Sweet you rock, and sweet you roll”
Fueled by passion, your pleasure the only goal
From head to toe
Not an inch undeserving of attention
Not an ounce of beauty not worth a mention
Breathe out, so I can breathe you in
A moment of ecstasy as my blood runs which with your scent
Remember this moment as our advent
Together we lay with a world to invent
I am your is if you want me
And please do remember
The moment you walked into my life
I had already surrendered.
Don’t you worry
Don’t you cry
I will be here, at your side
Someone to hold
Someone to trust
Someone to desire
Someone to lust
I will never ask much
Only your heart
Your eyes, your lips
Your smile, your kiss
Never more than you’re willing to give
Nothing short of everything I need to live
Full of life
Full of spirit
Some men fear this
I gravitate near it
For the sincerest
For you
For this
For what I have I come to miss
For your thoughts
For your worries
For your hand on a night’s journey
The full moon lights the night’s sky
But it takes just one look, to light the fire of this guy
This feels real
Something tangible to touch
Don’t be ashamed, if you find yourself blush
Take it slow, no need to rush
Trying to curb my expectations, yet hope for the best
One treasure that lies in chambers within your chest
A smile that lights the horizon from East to West
A simple laugh in your life
A single whisper in your ear
Belief in something bigger than yourself
Can be the release of all fear.
The band started in 2004 in historic downtown Fullerton in guitarist/vocalist Jonnie Russell’s apartment above the restaurant Mulberry St. Ristorante (their first EP title).[2] The band relocated to Los Angeles and began recording their first demos, and after signing to Monarchy Music, the band released their debut EPMulberry Street in the spring of 2005. The band toured extensively in 2005-2006, which ultimately created internet buzz amongst the blogging community. While touring, the band released two more EPs, With Our Wallets Full and Up in Rags in 2006. In the summer of 2006, Cold War Kids signed to Downtown Records (home to Gnarls Barkley, Art Brut) and released their debut LPRobbers & Cowards that fall.
In 2007, they contributed to OKX, a tribute to the 10-year-old Radiohead album OK Computer, recording their version of the track “Electioneering.” Willett identified Radiohead and the album as a strong influence, saying, “It’s the only album that I feel compelled to say way too grandiose things about, that rock journalists have already said plenty: Like that OK Computer is the single most important album to be released during my youth and that it was a rite of passage. But that really is the truth and I have never had an emotional connection with an album quite like I have with this one.” He also explained why the band chose to cover “Electioneering” from the album: “I’m not saying ‘Electioneering’ is the best song on the album, but (still, a big claim!) it’s certainly the most badass. It’s lyrically everything we want to do – bursts of concrete imagery.”[3]
“We Used to Vacation” was the second track on music magazine Q’s Best of 2007 promotional album. That same year they did a Take-Away Show video session shot by Vincent Moon.
Cold War Kids were long said to be keen backers of organic farming, but this was recently confirmed as nothing more than a bizarre rumour by keyboardist Nathan Willett. They have toured in support of Two Gallants, Tapes ‘n Tapes, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Sound Team, Muse, and The White Stripes. Their music is heavily inspired by artists such as Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan and the Velvet Underground. Recently they starred in an MTV2 special titled “Cold War Kids Takeover!” They appeared on Soccer AM and were announced as Norwich City F.C. Fans. They were going to tour with The White Stripes for their Icky Thump tour, but The White Stripes had to cancel. They recently played to a sold out gig at London’s Bloomsbury Ballroom on August 11, 2008 and will be returning to UK shores to play the legendary Astoria venue in London on the November 7, 2008.
In December 2007, Cold War Kids returned to the studio to work on their second album. In June 2008, the band posted a video on their website containing an in-studio video featuring new song material. Later they put up a free MP3 of a track from their sophomore album, entitled “Something Is Not Right With Me.” They also revealed that their new album would be called Loyalty to Loyalty. It was released on September 23, 2008.
In a 2008 rockumentary, Call+Response, headed by Justin Dillon, Cold War Kids performed “Hang Me Up to Dry” and “We Used to Vacation” in support of the film’s cause: a movement against current slavery and human trafficking.
Really cool song. They remind me of Modest Mouse at times. Cool video too. Wow very creative today Kevin. Forgot my headphones again, can’t listen to music at the office, big drag, defintely affects my creative drift.
Can we miss what we don’t have?
What we’ve come quite used to being without
Absolutely.
Can a hungry man miss the taste of food?
A prisoner, freedom?
Without question, without hesitation
No reservations for something to come
Nothing to fear, no reason to run
Yet still here I remain
And this is alright
That is what is mine
What is mine, becomes me, as an extension of myself
A good man is his good deeds
And the devil his noble steeds
Every man has a mission
Few men any vision
Most far-sided, of course undiagnosed
My vision is not twenty- twenty
But my heart helps me see plenty
In every which way
On each last day
Until my last day
Hoping to be left with nothing to say
I am not holding onto my chips
There is not fortune I seek to cash in
This is my only hope for my plentiful riches
To communicate through the haziest of smoke filled rooms
Belief in the jazz-man spitting the blues
Belief that he his singing my song
Belief that even madness can’t last this long
It must just be sanity
An ever-evading flee from vanity
This must be daylight after a few too many long nights
Too few breaths per thought
Imagine, just peace I sought
Let the heart win a few battles
An ounce of bleach to cleanse the shadows
Something to reestablish dark from light
Contrast to restore a man with a hitchhiking heart his sight
Something, nothing, all I ask is a distinction
Nothing much, nothing all, anything but a night’s sleep wishing.
“There are few things pure in this world, and home is one of the few.”
But then I found you, and I believed for a moment it might not be the case
In just a matter of seconds, being saved, took on the shape of a face
A beautiful face, sweet to see, sweet to touch
You tricked a worn heart, a dampened soul
Not the first, not the last, but each seems so uniquely crushing
I will stand again
I will rise to my feet
But this isn’t a proclamation of my manhood
I know what I am
Nothing to prove
Only hearts and minds, to discover and lose
I will still look
I will still fail
I will still believe
Giving up is a condition of the weak and dim witted
Giving up is an excuse to stop trying and expect a favor from the world
Wont you wake up and realize life is only yours to live
I can count the times you were so quick to give it away
Forget your intention, grief is yours and yours alone to stay
Take credit for your shortcomings
Remind yourself of why you’re so often not enough
Nothing so perfect will come without struggle
You think you’ve grown so wise
Twenty four now, the sun has just begun to rise
Remember the pain
Remember the unexplained
The without justification
Not a single word, or reason why
Because is enough for any free flying soul
Because is enough to get these fingers typing without goal
Without reason, motivation, or even a point
This is the point
I am the point
Live, feel everything, for better, for worse, and for hell
Whatever it takes
I want it all, I need to be broken, tormented within an inch of my life
I will still be standing
I am here to survive
To bare the pain others cannot
Without reason
Without profit
In this moment I am free
I am honest
I am left with the world, with heaven, hell, fire, and water
But I am still here.
I first heard this song in the movie Ghost Town, surprisingly hilarious flick. I liked the song when I heard it, but it wasn’t until my friend JP recommended it to me the other night that I made the connection. Version without Santana’s great too, just thought it was a nice touch.