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And So Are You

by Baxter and the Basics

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1.
Black Ice 03:01
I had a girl who used to treat me nice But she threw it all away on a big ol’ patch of black ice A dirty mouth, but her moves were clean And her sheen’s gone now face down in the gasoline I had a girl who used to treat me nice But she threw it all away on a big ol’ patch of black ice It didn’t help when she pumped the brakes And she knows a rough ride but that’s more than even she could take Black ice, black ice It’s rare to live but it’s not rare to die Black ice, don’t think twice Take me away yeah wooooah You slip, you swerve It’s rattlin’ all in your nerves She could touch and lick and she could feel But now she sits still hands stuck on the steering wheel Evil’s ugly, baby that is true But watch out 'cause the dashboard monster is comin’ for you He’s gonna get you too yeah Black ice, black ice It’s rare to live but it’s not rare to die Black ice, don’t think twice Take me away yeah wooooah You slip, you swerve It’s rattlin’ all in your nerves
2.
I’m up alone cause everything shuts down so goddamn early in this town the sun comes up my cig goes out and one more drink my whiskey is all gone yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Baby said she fell off the horse again and threw her lover under the bus now my old band is turning to soldiers my neighbors keep on turning to dust some fill in the holes in their shotguns some of them have nothing to show but nothing could have prepared me for the beautiful ache in my soul close the door put out the light you know I won’t be coming home tonight the buzz has crawled into my eyes the lines and lights just keep on rushing by Baby said she fell off the horse again and threw her lover under the bus now my old band is turning to soldiers my neighbors keep on turning to dust some fill in the holes in their shotguns some of them have nothing to show but nothing could have prepared me for the beautiful ache in my soul
3.
Speak 04:18
Watching you walk away Wonder what to say Head down, tongue turned around, get back get back get back to your side of town Before all natural language fails us, Can’t we just say what we mean? Casual happenstances Carve me at my joints I don’t want to chalk this up to some dumb hypothetical maxim of conversation Branches grow and instincts falter A phrase loquacious stuck Birds and shit fly everywhere Disappointment, I don’t care Scream and shout, we’ll figure it out the next time Lesson learned, another hat to wear Hymen, semen, rocking chair Close the door, no more lest you’re a mortician In which case it’s gotta sound something like this I said a-woah woah woah You’re a hefty ho Said a woah woah woah Pillsbury dough Woah
4.
i play this guitar in a rock n’ roll band we tour the southeast in this broke down busted up old van i’m strummin’ all night for my girl back home but something tells me that there’s some yuppie fuckin’ her when I leave her alone she works the night shift at the lingerie store sometimes I wish that she’d bring her work home with her but she don’t love me she saves it all for him she only needs me to seem legit in front of all her faggot hipster friends and now she’s livin’ in mansions and benzes she has a suit now who gives her every goddamn thing she says so take the money and I’ll take the blame and get your kicks with that drunken douche who just forgot your name
5.
Hey hey, what can I say I wanna make today our very best day For now, nothing matters except for me and you We’ll hit the road and all the old spots We’ll go and we’ll come like tomorrow may not So get up, let’s live, let’s go before the day is through and so are you Let’s go down to the water where the dirt is cool And the grass can grow over our heads The no taste fish paste traffic jam world Is lost to the life-laced river bed The day is beat so I hopped to my feet And took a last deep pull from the river so sweet We grinned as we floated and danced with the flies With beer in our bellies and hell in our eyes
6.
Green River 03:48
I wanna lay you down in the green river bed and leave you breathless by the water’s edge give you back to the night you serve lock your lips and calm my nerves with the lamb of god you feel is true but don’t believe what the good lord told you but you won’t sleep alone I’ll linger after you have left your bones miss, do you need a ride this ol’ truck driver’s lonely and I can pay your price and is there something wrong if you tell me what’s the matter I can clear your head and in the river’s arms I’ll pose you like the bible spread upon my knee and even though you’re scum I’ll pray that I’m forgiven and pray you’re doomed to roam I wanna lay you down in the green river bed and leave you breathless by the water’s edge give you back to the night you serve lock your lips and calm my nerves with the lamb of god you feel is true but don’t believe what the good lord told you but you won’t sleep alone I’ll linger after you have left your bones
7.
My name is James McDonald That’s M-C-D-O-N-A-L-D I live at 1918 Ictus Veil Lane And I’ve got a rat in my brain On June the 17th My neighbor stepped and trespassed in my yard I was calm but I was firm When I threw him to the dirt, that filthy little worm No further questions, your honor I worry for his wife and public health This vicious man has eyes for violence Has the defense anything to say for himself? He’s lucky that I only shoved him I could’ve chopped his fucking head off Just how am I supposed to deal With these bills, this charge, the hate I feel? I find you guilty of assault No, please, I swear it’s not my fault! Six months of house arrest, take his arms You’d better not cause any more harm My mind’s a maze and the rat has found the end Stuck inside this house that I can’t defend He took my guns but he’ll never take my pride Let’s see him run his mouth with my fist inside
8.
well her voice was a whisper as she reached out to me and she told me he went to the lord she was lovely and helpless and alone in this world so i told her don’t cry anymore she surrendered to me in the dead of the night so as not to be left on her own and i reasoned that being a scoundrel’s alright cause it’s better than being alone through all her sorrow and through all her pain the lust in my soul was all that remained and thank god your brother did not die in vain what have I done what have I done now the demons they rape me and pick at my mind I’m caught between archers and blood and a flower cries out that justice was served as slowly it drowns in the mud but I’ll fix it all with this barrel of steel and turn myself into a tree I’ll move into this circle to try and escape but I know I’ll never be free through all her sorrow and through all her pain the lust in my soul was all that remained and thank god your brother did not die in vain what have I done what have I done
9.
Two Years 04:34
He packed his thoughts up in a brown suitcase made for two And placed a picture in his pocket This one time he did not leave the key under the mat He took the subway in Atlanta, and realized he wasn’t coming back He grabbed a hotel on his way, whatever way that was And bought drinks to occupy the time He spent the night alone, but he wasn’t really Whenever they asked him he’d say, “Fine, fine, yeah I’m just fine.” He never wrote and he never called Until he showed up on her doorstep, one fall And immediately her feelings came rushing back For the moment she was happy But he said, “I am sorry, I’ve made a mistake. I should never have come back to this place. Yes, I am sorry, I know I was wrong. For two years I’ve been gone and it’s been too long.” Two years made a difference, you’re not the same one I loved. No, you’re not the same one I loved.
10.
The Beating 03:07
late on a saturday night they’re swapping their spit while I’m pumping my fist there isn’t even a plot and there isn’t a number that’s sadder than this and here it comes yeah yeah yeah I can’t be alone between god and my shame and the hair on my hands and the seed spilled in vain i’ll bury my face and i’ll wait for the sun but it’s no use cause I know what I’ve done when I take off my sock and open myself to the night and the weight it presses down on my soul but I’ll rub one more cause it isn’t that late and here it comes yeah yeah yeah I can’t be alone between god and my shame and the hair on my hands and the seed spilled in vain i’ll bury my face and i’ll wait for the sun but it’s no use cause I know what I’ve done I can’t be alone between god and my shame and the hair on my hands and the seed spilled in vain i’ll bury my face and i’ll never come up but it’s no use cause I’m not good enough
11.
Heaven 05:11
I took a trip fishing with my dad in his boat In the cool of October Packed up all our things and sailed off into the morn While my mother watched and waved We cast out deep in the middle of the pond Couldn’t snag a single bite But all around us were dead carp, floating and swollen With our nets we hauled them in They ruptured and thanked us for being so kind We shuddered in the breeze and the water poured in And brought us down into the pond The fish were gone We swam to the shore and looked to the sky And didn’t see a thing Except our own reflections, crying, And wondering why we had ever come at all

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released January 24, 2014

All songs composed by Baxter.
Produced by Wyatt Pless at Chase Park Transduction, Athens GA.
Mastered by Tom Waltz at Waltz Mastering.
Album layout and design by Micah Jones.
"The Watermelon" by Lindsay Davis.

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The Basics:
Courtland Hyatt
Chris Parker
Brian Benzinger
Lemario "Black Ro" Abray

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