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Be Still My Beating

by The Way It Is

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1.
you can live without me but why would you want to babe? you can hide my car keys but how would i get around? all these things you insist on throwing in my way all these things you insist on throwing in my way these obstacles you love to shove into my face this pleasure you get from tripping me up well, it's more than you need it's more than enough so i apologize and you say, hey what's the use? it's like kicking up the sand into my eyes this affairs getting rough and way too dangerous time bomb, bail bond, jail time come on out with your hands up and these things you insist on throwing in my way all these things you insist throwing in my way these obstacles you love to shove into my face the pleasure you get from tripping me up well, it's more than you need it's more than enough so i apologize and you say, hey what's the use? it's like kicking up the sand into my eyes back when our love was new i would open doors for you i can't live with the truth but i will consider it
2.
8th Grade 03:34
8th Grade it's so fucking clear how it's gonna be between you and me it's so very clear how it'll be now with me over here and you over there nothing can compare to acting how we did when we were in 8th grade it's always the same you win or lose the again win or lose a friend the rest of junior year will never be the same with me over here and you over there nothing can compare to acting how we did when we were in 8th grade boys boast in the locker room girls purge in the john everyone is worrying about which team they'll be on and it's always the same can we just be friends? it's all up to your cool like it was back in high school
3.
It Was Over 03:45
IT WAS OVER it was over before it ever began what were we thinking? where were our minds when our bodies were intertwined? oh, where were our minds? it was over our heads a technical joke why weren't we laughing? where were our hearts when everything came crashing down? oh, where were our hearts? remember you once told me "home is not the same without you here" oh, my dear and all of these stupid words and cliches ringing in my ears remind me that you're not here and it's over... it was overdue we knew it needed to end so why did we fight it? where were our guts when it came time to give it up? oh, where were our guts? remember you once told me "home is not the same without you here" oh, my dear and all of these stupid words and cliches ringing in my ears remind me that you're not here and it's over...
4.
At The Party 04:46
AT THE PARTY you can avoid me you can act like you don't see me at the party standing here with my hands free all of these people they smile and talk and mingle they're all having good times at the party i can't avoid you it's not easy in this crowd here at this party voices boom and basses loud what was i thinking i laugh and shout, i'm drinking i haven't the faintest at this party no one said you'd be here between the cigarettes and beer maybe it's me or maybe it's you or everyone here's got a clue maybe everyone but me had been so long since we last spoke remember when our hearts broke? remember when we were friends? maybe it's just like my mother used to say maybe it's just like she said she said you never fit in
5.
IN A STRANGE PLACE where do we go now? travelled 3,000 miles away from you and i find myself in a strange place this timezone's got me all fucked and i want to call you up
6.
SHE LIKES TO GET HIGH she likes to get high she likes to get high she gets confused and sad and can't talk to her dad which sucks because they used to be such good friends and her dad likes to say that it's all a passing phase it'll all go away someday
7.
Sixteen 03:37
Sixteen she's just sixteen years old unaware of the hearts that she stole she puts up her hair without a care she's just going going gone she's just there she listens to jade tree when she's down on her knees praying to God not to let her feel too guilty she's only sixteen she's just sixteen years old and just barely curvy underneath those clothes she can laugh like an ass she's just going going gone she's just crass
8.
WHAT WILL WE DO? i'll be huck finn and you'll be tom sawyer and we'll go and have adventures together what will we do? what will we do when this city burns down? the U-district's nice with all of it's lights Christmas is close we'll walk in it's streets what will we do? what will we do when this city burns down?
9.
Bridle 05:03
BRIDLE as it turns out i'm no better than i was all the lying and cheating and stealing has left me for the worst how could i know i was running in reverse all the stopping and stalling and hoping for more things got out of control at the rodeo you got to know how to make your horse go slow when you say whoa
10.
I Hate Music 10:42
I HATE MUSIC after the show we go out to the car and drive slow let's not listen to anything let's just sit in the quiet of the highway i say i'm too tired you say they were really great and i agree but i can't listen to another beat another note would be too much to take can't we give the radio a break cause right now i hate music
11.
THE NEW DEATH SHOW where've you been? where you been hiding? haven't seen you around haven't seen you around thought you were gone thought you were dead did you miss my hands? did you miss yer bed? where've you been? where you been hiding? haven't seen you around haven't seen you around sorry about before sorry about after and the whole disaster wish i could say more where've you been? where you been hiding? haven't seen you around haven't seen you around

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Written and recorded by Michael Sanchez in Seattle, WA during the spring of 2005.

If you're interested in my current musical project ELECTRIC DYLAN, you can find that here:

ElectricDylanControversy.bandcamp.com

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released February 12, 2007

Michael R. Sanchez / Microphone, guitar, programming, harmonica, broom
Victor Mance / Bass, piano
James Reinhold / Drums, organ
Ethan Jones / Harmonics, bass, piano
Chris Zasche / Pedal steel
Rachel Sanchez / Microphone
Alice Tippit / Water jar

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Michael R. Sanchez "lives" in Chicago, IL.

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