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Turnpike Gardens

by Turnpike Gardens

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1.
Nonstarter 03:22
Living on borrowed time You live to borrow mine Time's not money So what are you saving it for If not now, when? No hope for a go again If not now, when? No hope for a go again And I know it's getting towards the end Still unbroken but starting to bend And time won't wait for you to check the tide No one out there's gonna hit rewind Today is always taken Tomorrow's always free In between is nowhere And that's where you'll be Nonstarter, try harder What's stopping you? Nonstarter, try harder What's your excuse? And I know it's getting towards the end Still unbroken but starting to bend And time won't wait for you to check the tide No one out there's gonna hit rewind If not now, when? No hope for a go again If not now, when? No hope for a go again Nonstarter, try harder What's stopping you? Nonstarter, try harder What's your excuse?
2.
Tiny Friends 02:32
Woke up in a story about someone else I tried to remember just how it felt In my little place with my tiny friends Now I stare into the ink and it never ends It never ends I killed the world, I killed the man, all I did was raise my hand I broke the book and all it took was just another look I tried to remember what I forgot To sell all the things that I never bought But even if I could, don't know what the use is Even if the punches stopped, I'd keep the bruises It never ends I killed the world, I killed the man, all I did was raise my hand I broke the book and all it took was just another look
3.
Good work if you can get it But don't let it drive you crazy With a fistful of knuckles and mouthful of maybes It can't be won So give them what they want How can you say it's worthless? If you want deep, check the pockets The kids just wanna move, and they're looking to you The only thing to do is put the needle to the groove If they got new, they wouldn't know what to do They want four on the floor and somewhere they've been before And you act proud, cause you play it loud Sure you got your feel, but that hook sounds so familiar Just one more thing Who they are playing I hear them swinging And a skip skip skipping Just one more thing Who they are playing Yeah, one more thing Just put the needle to the groove
4.
Hope I get it right Hope I make the grade So you can tell your folks Show them the girl you made Nothing a little love can't fix Get us on the same page Reading from your script But I'm all over the stage You say that I'm the one But that I'm just not done A work in progress Your little project I can't believe the things you said to me Like that I'll love you, just the way you will be Thinking of what could have been It's a bullet grazing my chin It's never 'how's your day?' Only 'where have you been?' Truth is never good enough You've always got to amend No matter what I say You toss your accusation Stuck in a fistfight With your imagination You say that I'm the one But that I'm just not done A work in progress Your little project I can't believe the things you said to me Like that I'll love you, just the way you will be Thinking of what could have been It's a bullet grazing my chin Ever since I broke it off You say you feel so lost You say you need us I say get a compass 'Cause when you say you're hurting That you're falling apart Know that I love you Just the way you are Thinking of what could have been It's a bullet grazing my chin
5.
Always moving, even when I'm stopped Think I've got it now, but it's just waiting to pop And when it does, I can never have it the way it was I try to get along, but I can't Cause we think like statues but move like ants I just want something in my hand Can't take it with me, but while I'm here While I'm here, I just want something in my hand Nothing's changed, from what I see But if these walls could talk, they'd ask what happened to me I would say, they don't take it all Just a little each day I want to get along, and I try But with each hello is another goodbye I just want something in my hand Can't take it with me, but while I'm here While I'm here, I just want something in my hand If I made believe If I thought it up If I made it breathe Would it be enough? Where we're going It should be said Enjoy the view but mind the ledge Is it what I want? Is it what I need? Statues and ants fall at the same speed Sometimes forever is just another day Can't keep everything But this I won't give away Something you can't take away I just want something in my hand Can't take it with me, but while I'm here While I'm here, I just want something in my hand I can never have it the way it was
6.
To make it all it ever could be To spin black and white into eternity It takes an island, keep the fires fed It gets you freedom and an empty bed Is what I don't know Worse than being alone What I got just isn't enough Do I bully my way or do I button my cuffs Neither's wrong and there is no right Put your dreams to bed so you can sleep at night Is what I don't know Worse than being alone Drawing circles with my mind One step forward, two behind And I know just what I'll get A finish line painted with my regret Oh no, they're gaining ground Two and a half headaches and a dog from the pound So proud to show the hand they dealt While hoping and wishing for something else One step forward, none behind No idea what I may find But this is what I know There are worse things than being alone
7.
Perfect Blue 04:06
I gaze outside at empty skies Because today the sun decides to hide Are you getting enough? Am I asking too much? Slowly now, it disappears Bit by bit then all at once Like a dream, or memories They're forgotten just the same Are you getting enough? Am I asking too much?
8.
You want to be first, but be shown the way Want to know what it gets, but not how it's made Not how it's made You say you want to learn, but you just want to know You want to be told, ain't got time to grow Ain't got time to grow And why don't you figure it, figure it out for yourself No more questions, pick a direction and figure it out Handing out words like they were yours to give Maybe what you heard but not what you did Not what you did Always in a hurry, got to be there today All the time in the world and you piss it away Yeah you piss it away And why don't you figure it, figure it out for yourself No more questions, pick a direction and figure it out for yourself At the mountain, didn't see the top Took a picture standing in the gift shop And why don't you figure it, figure it out for yourself No more questions, pick a direction and figure it out for yourself
9.
Stand Back 02:46
We made something out of nothing Then we made it nothing again Didn't like the price, so we took it No supply, all demand If we wanted to bring it back You'd just be in the way, in the way Stand back Got one thing on my mind Who we gonna stone today? But you better throw it fast Tomorrow's gonna wash it away Strong words which you retract You're never first but you always react Stand back You heard the words but you didn't know what they meant So you're feeling apathy but thinking it's enlightenment
10.
Don't worry I know I know just how you feel A full tank of gas and no one's behind the wheel And you keep on searching Search for what it's worth We dug and dug and all we got was dirt You better listen when I say You may not think it now But give it a little time Cause that's all you got anyway And it ain't worth a dime Turn you over to the other side No excuses, no reason to hide It happens again and again You're ready to go, just say when We used to scream at the top of our lungs Light it up and bang the drums And we thought we could keep up with all of that carrying on Now we just mouth the words to all our favorite songs You better listen when I say All good things, have to end What better time than now If you want something to show for yourself Let me tell you how Turn you over to the other side No excuses, no reason to hide It happens again and again You're ready to go, just say when

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Our self-titled debut LP, released January 2015.

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released January 10, 2015

Evan Mulgrave - Guitars, Lyrics
James Conley - Drums
Nicholas Funyak - Bass, Backing Guitar/Vocals
Heather Polvinale - Vocals, Lyrics

Produced, Mixed by Nicholas Funyak
Mastered by Treelady Studios
Cover Photo Danielle Mediate, MEDIAte Photography

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