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Everybody Loves You
07:04
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EVERYBODY LOVES YOU
Morning came sweetly burning sweat out of your skin
The night spoke bleakly coming clean bout what y’all did
And the horrors of your head tore the fervor from your spine
And the only reason you stay here is reserving that you just might
Little white pills swimming in bath tubs of booze
Your ears are bruised by the sound of the water as it moves
You gave the rhythm to the river, took to resting in the sand
Filled your lungs up like canteens until the rivers were dammed
And your fingers are getting softer and the record’s getting old
The voices keep on talking, tugging bills out of your fold
Pinching pay days for hey-days, waylaying shakes and spins
And you party like an animal and scare all of your friends
You break your head against the wall to break the wall inside your head
But, everybody loves you
Everybody loves you
Everybody loves you now
Oh, but all you talk about is laying in the ground
And you may have had a chance back then
But you sure as hell don’t know
Cause everybody loves you
Everybody loves you
Everybody loves you now
You shouldn’t of thrown your heart out to the crowd
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2. |
Tie It Up
06:02
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TIE IT UP
I was never lonely til I met you
I was never lonely til I cared
I was never lonely til I left you
Til I found you weren’t there
So now I’m a hopeless debtor
My hoping got to rusting awful quick
So long since I’ve cared for tomorrow
I fear tomorrow might’ve taken a hint
So I’m no long-term investor
I got a pocketful of rocks I can’t keep
I know that I seem so insistent
But I want you to throw those stones with me
Sure, I wasn’t sober when I met you
But catching me sober takes some luck
I know I overstayed my welcome
But I’m never sure that I’ll be waking up
Each moment of life is alive
Aging behind our eyes
Twine on our spine we will walk individual lines
From a knot in the center where all those who enter combine
And if the knot should ever unwind, I’ll tie it up
And the clock’s always talking so loudly
The money’s always showing up late
I hid inside and drew the curtains
I’m nauseous, but awake
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Mother Mountain
05:25
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MOTHER MOUNTAIN
I pull up slow and quiet the engine
The porch light’s on like it always is
I throw a tall can in the trash can
And catch her lonesome eye
And I ask her how she’s doing
Almost hoping that she’ll lie
She says, “Son, I’m not having a good time”
I hear her voice through the smoke and fog
She asks me why I look so tired
I say, “A drunk don’t go to sleep”
He just turns out the light
Then I fumble with my feelings
When my thoughts begin to fight
I say, “Ma, something happens at night”
But, a day will come and we’ll start over
We’ll start clean and mean and sober
We’re just gonna have to get a little older
These mountains are just moments
Melting slowly into oceans
And I have never seen one the same
My mother
My mountain
I am afraid
The skillet’s warming in the kitchen
We’re singing along to Justin Townes
She says the son outdoes the father
And I sharply ask her, “Why?”
And we argue over nothing
Until she begins to cry
She says, “Son, you’re tongue ain’t a knife”
The air is filled with silent whispers
She says she needs to hear a song
I play the one that she’s wanting
And we howl at the night
And we’re sitting at the table
With every lonely soul that shined
And all we are is music
And everything is true
And I can feel the weight is lifting
And the fear is leaving too
And the gold glows in our green eyes
And rain flows through the root
And a good time is our heartbeat
And it’s pretty hard to lose
I say, “Ma, you wanna sing another tune?”
A day will come and we’ll start over
We’ll start clean and mean and sober
We’re just gonna have to get a little older
These mountains are just moments
Melting slowly into oceans
And I have never seen one the same
My mother
My mountain
It’s okay
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4. |
Matchbox
05:01
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MATCHBOX
You’re a real good person
That’s why I don’t tell you much
You’ve done some real clean living
I’ve done a touch
I’m beat, blind, and digging
And your tooth ain’t cut
I spoke in fragments and fidgets
You spoke and had nothing to say
I spoke and I swallowed my coffee
And I choked on the rest of the day
You’re a brave, broken rascal
Man, you’re a car wreck
You’re a bottom-dwelling bastard
You’re climbing like a cat scratches
You purchase your next days
With a matchbox full of ashes
You’re right and you’re wrong and you’re honest
You pull at your blood comet trail
You’ve clowned around tugging on tears
You’re a bad guy and that’s why I’m here
You’re a bad guy and that’s why I’m here
That’s why I’m here
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5. |
Body Lying Down
05:58
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BODY LYING DOWN
She traded birthing morning’s burden burning knives into her spine
For a red-eyed ride on a steady stream of ever-dying nights
And we all dug the rhythm of her rolling black hole eyes
And the way her words would climb above our beaten down confines
And, boy, she won’t touch the ground
Boy, she won’t touch the ground
And when we find her in the morning there ain’t no one to be found
Just a body lying down
Her sadness hid in silence for Susie was polite
Her honest talk began to stop when she heard her mother cry
And waking in the alley, she would dream her mother died
So she could follow after, cutting loose the anchor line
But, boy, she don’t feel proud
Boy she don’t feel proud
So, when we find her the in the morning don’t you feed her with a crowd
Just a body lying down
Well, we all thought her a gambler and she wore it like a shroud
She played her hand like a guilty man, all in on her way out
And some blacked-out night she told me of her blameless exit route
As she cocked her head back in my bed pouring bullets in her mouth
And, boy, she just wanted out
Boy, she just wanted out
And when I find her in the morning, I won’t know where she is bound
Just a body lying down
She traded birthing morning’s burden for her rolling black hole eyes
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6. |
I'm Not One
04:11
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I’M NOT ONE
I’m not one to reminisce
The man I am today I won’t miss
In the morning where my bookshelves shake their heads
And the mirror adds a couple days, cause I swear just one has passed
I swear just one has passed
I’m not one to lay me down
The sleep I need would put me in the ground
In my dying, where I’ll dream my leaving proud
And my dreaming offers breathing and my sorrow can’t be found
My sorrow can’t be found
I’m not one to build a house
I’ll burn the wood I find til I burn out
In the darkness where the silence starts to joke
And the lonely wind throws dirty smoke down my lonely, dirty throat
And I start to get to the joke
I’m not one to figure out
I hide behind the shadow of a doubt
In the evening where hot neons seer your skin
And you shake the sight out of your eyes with a chuckle and a grin
Things like that just don’t exist
It’s just in my head
It’s a scab I like to pick
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7. |
I Just Wanna Sing
04:38
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I JUST WANNA SING
I just wanna sing
I don’t wanna talk no more
My mind has done its time and my thoughts are worn
My eyes don’t wanna sleep and my belly don’t wanna eat
If you asked my soul to speak it wouldn’t make a peep
It’s plain to see that I just wanna sing
Boy, I think I’m going crazy
All my words are having babies
Grinding tight and tighter to a halt
Throw my words into the fire
Burn the barbs off of the wire
Hear the holy truth that can’t be claimed
I just wanna sing
I don’t wanna write this song
I’ve killed so many things by naming them
My eyes just wanna see, but my thoughts are still breathing
But, I found one way to suffocate the stream
Can’t you see that I just wanna sing
Boy, I think I’m going crazy
All my words are having babies
Grinding tight and tighter to a halt
Throw my words into the fire
Burn the barbs off of the wire
Hear the holy truth that can’t be claimed
I just wanna sing
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8. |
Sinking Got Me Swimming
03:01
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SINKING GOT ME SWIMMING
Take the hurry from your head
Put your worrying to rest
If we can die any old time it’s time we put it to the test
Stomp the starch out of your collar or you might just break your neck
I got some dirty water if you got a dirty dress
We could drink like weary sailors smiling at the sinking ship
Thinking sinking got me swimming with all my sinking friends
I had a touch of vertigo
Frantic scrambling after ropes
I found that I could not erase it, so I embraced the come-and-go
Dragging dead meat up the mountain tops
I rise to rock and roll
Let’s roll another number
It ain’t no one's but our own
We’re stumbling and fumbling staying steady down the road
We’re stumbling and fumbling staying steady down the road
Burn the box over your head
The mental vines aren’t vestiges
They don’t fear us going out our minds
They fear us going in
And crazy is used vaguely just to trap what don’t fit in
If you’re making what they’re breaking they’re gonna try and break your wrist
And the greatest line I ever saw was written in a ditch
Sinking got me swimming with all my sinking friends
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The Hill Dogs Newberg, Oregon
The Hill Dogs are big-hearted, fire-breathing folk rockers. Rich, honest lyrics, soaked in beautiful harmonies are kept afloat by gritty grooves. The group hails from Oregon. Taylor Kingman (lead vox/lead guitar), Ricky Rohr (drums/vox), Lucas Benoit (rhythm guitar/vox), Kayla Stroik (viola/vox), Rowan Cobb (bass guitar/vox) ... more
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