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The Faded

by Cousin Dud

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1.
Illinois 03:42
It was a nine hour flight to heaven God said, "Son, you look destroyed, it aint a shame you had to waste your life its just a shame you had to waste your life in Illinois." The angels they weren't who I thought they would be they were drunk at the bar and they were fitted with airplane wings stumblin' around blowin' halos of smoke, to faded to float they were taking the trains home I thought this heaven must be some kinda place here its not what you were its more what you aint God said, "Son, I want you working the gates, we need someone to paint over the spraypaint." Heavens just a place to waste we'll spend the afterlife destroyed heavens just another place to waste after ya lived in Illinois.
2.
Repo Nights 05:06
she could get what she wanted if she just made the payments, Iron learned that the hard way when they showed up to take it all she bought the big t.v. just so she'd never have to fake it, she bought the brand new car cuz she had a place to park it she used to sign her checks right on the dashboard but she don't live like that no more so she got drunk that night and went out looking for a fight she found it with some kids from Detroit some of the places you go you know the stars don't shine at night but here in the Midwest they shine alright sometimes they get pretty bright like on those repo nights and poolside days we get golden, stay that way poolside days, nights undone we're so golden our skin burns the sun when she wanna get smart she'll say she met Ray Carver at the rv park, a lotta things went unsaid she thought F. Scott Fitzgerald bought too much Ernest Hemingway talked too much and David Foster Wallace was better off dead so now she's made up and wasted and laid out beside that rv park pool with a bottle of polish and a carton of kools the classic rock runs on batteries here they're always singing something about the golden years and it's mostly how they aint around no more
3.
you can rip the letters off the jacket Hayley but you can't take the jacket from the man and a man of letters he's built to practice baby he don't suit up just to kick it in the stands and i'd just love to hold you under all those summer stars down by the Harlow River we can take my car because my DUI expired on Tuesday so when you see me walking you know now I can drive it never gets old we never get old
4.
I may not remember every note from every show I may not recall every picture that we took but I could not forget the way you made the city look oh, babe you made it look so good but the skyline ain't got nothin' on you wilco by the river jacket in the park some folks take it to the ears but you and me we took it to the heart damned if god don't love a good song girl you had me singin' from the start long as they make rivers we can never be apart but a chorus ain't got nothin' on you
5.
Halftime Hayley underneath yer bleach blonde bangs you got yer smile turned on bright lights halo yer skirtin' over grass and grid stay fine baby don't you go fadin' don't you ever let 'em grow you old Halftime Hayley yer the top of the pyramid. Don't look down you got the whole world holdin' you up. Don't everybody wanna hear it just kill 'em with yer spirit and if you cheer it then thy will be done Halftime Hayley hallowed is thy game don't ever let the unfaithful go run off with yer makeup and if you nail it that can never say "Halftime Hayley all shallow is yer name." Don't look down you got the whole world holdin' you up.
6.
Oh I guess it has been some years since i seen her last that sawtooth girl that froze up my bones and turned my blood to sap it was up there in the rust belt where they strip mined all the hope the clouds were chipped like marshmallow flint the sky was full of holes sweet angel Iron queen of the virgin pine comes a time when i spent all that was mine but they got better beaches on the other side of the lake and i will reach those shores if i have to swim with the bouquet between my teeth. Hazy were the lines and hazy so was me but when she said I wasn't myself who else would I be I'll meet her in the water see how deep it goes see how fast we sink see how far we float Cherokeelo kid of the casino makes his bets in a red Corvette in the washed out reservation roads.
7.
Jonny 04:14
Jonny gonna get us and he knows just where we are he's gassing up his daddy's car 'for dropping mommy at the bar. He's ready oh to rip us yeah to rip us all apart he thinks savagery an art and he paints with all his heart. So one eye to the back and one eye to the side, lend an ear to the devil so he knows that you'll abide. And when you're walking home, stay out of the park. Don't be afraid of the dark. Better now than later ain't the way you feel no more. Keep on staring at the door as you're pacing round the floor. Skin as thin as paper yeah and paper can be torn, used to laugh at being sore but yer laughing not no more. One eye turning black and one eye been split wide, ears have fallen deaf to the way you feel inside. When you're all alone, racing through the park, don't be afraid of the dark. Natural born forgetter better get to where you go. Walk it off the hurt and woe cuz he's comin' still ya know. Jonny now or later yeah the difference is small. In the end we're gonna fall. In the end yeah one and all. Never too far gone all along said ya know. Looks like you were wrong, sad there's no more time to grow. I guess we'll never know what you were doing in the park. Don't be afraid of the dark.

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released March 10, 2014

written and recorded by Cousin Dud
mixed by Nick Sherman
mastered by Collin Jordan at Boiler Room Mastering

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