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Sway

by Conor Donohue

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1.
Elephants 05:53
Out in the streets elephants stomp on the ground To put out cigarettes that fall out of owls mouths And I can't see a familiar face in this crowd Fall off the wagon and take hold of my hand We'll build a shrine out of twine and rubber band Then we'll tear it down because we can We take our mistakes and turn them into love Cause we don't learn from what other people tell us We don't even listen to strangers from above Cut a rug and burn this one down The roof is on fire but I'm still in the house Kissing the prettiest girl in this town Out in the streets elephants stomp on the ground To put out cigarettes that fall out of owls mouths And yours is the only face in this crowd
2.
Satori In Buenos Aires (free) 02:50
Vice and shabby walls surround me Lightning will break them down Martyrs and thieves are ressurected You know we're all coming out St. Michael is drinking in the kitchen From Satan's finest scotch And I'm in bed hallucinating Wrapped in my visions and thoughts I see angels in the clouds And miners under the earth And my souls underwater Drown it out for rebirth So maybe I can find the secret Or just some false prophet's lie The shepherds are letting all their sheep loose With their madness and despair And thugs are passing out white roses The harlots wear them in their hair Subterraneans sing out their tragic hymns And they get on their knees and suffer for all sins But the words they can't sing they'll scream "I am" The holy fools lead the way All lines are blurred in the sand And there's just one thing to this secret We're all burning out here
3.
Skin 03:53
Listening to sound of hummingbirds Black snakes moan in their apathy Underneath construction paper earth Telling my secrets to her Gypsy eyes staring at me Filled with mystery and smoke And her words were all lost when she spoke Because she's naked under her coat Your touching my skin and I'm touching your skin Cure my aching bones with your fingertips It's what was prescribed but there's a side effect I can't stop shaking so Dreamers and dealers are here Screaming over each other But all my attentions on her She's got that promiscuous lure Now we're alone in the dark Naked bodies are tangled and throbbing And coming undone But we've just begun Your touching my skin and I'm touching your skin Cure my aching bones with your fingertips It's what was prescribed but there's a side effect I can't stop shaking so Shaking like a brown dying leaf I thought her touch was a remedy But it left me with worse maladies I thought she could save me Your touching my skin and I'm touching your skin Cure my aching bones with your fingertips It's what was prescribed but there's a side effect I can't stop shaking so
4.
The Hole 04:11
This town became a carnival Painted masks cover our souls The crooner's on the soapbox The fire eaters have been drinking and spitting Moonshine for days Distorted mirrors hide the truth And i knew that she saw it too Fireworks sounded mayhem She took me by the hand and then we Left it all behind She led me down a back alley way Past the house of strange And down the stairs It ended at a hole in the wall And before we jumped in she said You can tell me anything as long as it's true I like you for you The hole led to a swampy grove With lily pads and alligator roads Her green eyes reflected the moon And the frogs were singing doowop songs All night long At last our voices could be heard While the sound of crickets took our words Our bare feet held our morals And the humidity made us float up to the sky As we floated in the air we took off all our clothes And our despair Before the air turned to rain She held me close and she said You can tell me anything as long as it's true I'll like you for you
5.
Hovering above my bed Is the only way I sleep So when I toss and turn into the night The sheets can't contain me I want to lay Where all the seekers and desirers pray Inside the angel oak tree We carve out all our prayers On rings made out of halos That grow with every year I want to pray Where all the seekers and desirers play The streets are full of chaos As the bars let loose And we step on cracks for bad luck Cause we got nothing left to lose I want to play Where all the seekers and desirers stay
6.
Rose petals line the shore With foam and debris The stars can't cause heartache Like the moon The tides white fingers Pull at your feet And undress your dress of lace Seducing you into the waves Darling spark the match There's kerosene in the water Drop it and watch my baby go up in flames Cold water attacks your spine To paralyze your dreams Pins and needles and numb with pain You start to hallucinate flames And blue lips send kisses To lost sailors and me As your body drops degrees But your heart is burning like kerosene Darling spark the match There's kerosene in the water Drop it and watch my baby go up in flames The carbon taste in your mouth Stings your teeth Each breath is too late Your liquid and losing your shape Mermaids are singing "Ashes ashes we're all burning down" As we start to disintegrate And embers are lost in the waves Darling spark the match There's kerosene in the water Drop it and watch my baby go up in flames
7.
Poison Apple 04:09
A side show road Of harlots and gnomes We'll sell our clothes And streak through the streets And pretend that we're ghosts Naked like ghosts We'll spend our change On two bottles of rain To dull our pain And wash it all down with sugarcane Let it flow through our veins and spin us like a weather vane Or a hurricane Don't eat that poison apple It'll get stuck in your teeth You are a pink diamond And I am your thief The moon will move With the weight of our blues And our glass shoes Will reflect the light till we see every hue Every hue The night will shun Our temptations So we'll steal the sun And light up the sky that's so dark and numb With our loaded guns Like fugitives on the run We'll have some fun Don't eat that poison apple It'll get stuck in your teeth You are a pink diamond And I am your thief I'm a boy in a bolt of lightning I'm all sparks and heat Baby now don't be frightened In the belly of our beast
8.
Ruin 04:26
Lashing out like a snakes tongue on fire You're holding me tight with a rope The newspaper man starts to line the wires With headlines and frayed ends of coats The barrel house floor starts to ferment With sweat, spit, and stories never told And I'm in the back getting my fortune read The joker keeps getting pulled And I got all four aces in my fingers Bad luck will deliver All four aces and I have to fold If ruin is the destination towards which all men rush I'm in the lead The priest on the street whispers psalms to me From his bible full of holes And holy waters falling at my feet From rainclouds being formed by angels Junkyards are piling with debris And vagrants are searching for gold The fountain of youth's spilling in the street And now all the lost boys are old And I got all four aces in my fingers Bad luck will deliver All four aces and I have to fold If ruin is the destination towards which all men rush I'm in the lead
9.
Don't shut out the moon Don't hide from the light it's making Let it shine and glitter on you naked Your beauty will keep you safe A thousand gold and red balloons Rain up and flood the streets in celebration Tie your fears to the tail of a ribbon And watch them all float away Dawn up in the trees Dripping dew trickles down our knees As goosebumps rise with the sun and our spirits And nothing can bring us down Lay your head down next to me And fall asleep softly breathing As I stay awake till noon Remnants of our broken dreams Fall like confetti on New Years And wrap us up in a cocoon Jump into the sea Deep down with the rocks and the fish And cover yourself with shells and penny wishes Your beauty will keep you safe When you lay down softly In a field of poppies you'll be dreaming But if the morphine dreams start to bring out your demons Click your heels and you'll make it home Where you lay your head down next to me And fall asleep softly breathing As I lay awake till noon Remnants of our broken dreams Fall like confetti on New Years And wrap us up in a cocoon
10.
Draggin' Low 03:08
Baby I've been draggin' low I've been running at dawn and time's been treating me slow There's a lady smoking and spitting at stars For your soul and five dollars you can get it on in the back of her car The night is out and the mad saints are at it again They'll steal your women after they pawn the halos off of their head Baby I've been draggin' low I'm gonna pick myself up and be guts and juice and ready to go

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special thanks to everyone who participated in the creation of this album. also thanks goes out to my parents, paul allen, bobby watts, lee barbour, will pittman, john trotta, 120 cannon st, fuel, gareth hoernel, argentina, and anybody/anything else that helped support or inspire this album. finally, thanks to nicole pontón for being my main source of inspiration for these songs.

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released March 8, 2012

Conor Donohue- Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Percussion
Joel T. Hamilton- Vocals, Bass, Piano, Wurlitzer, Drums
Tyler Ross- Guitar
Micah Nichols- Guitar
Stuart White- Drums
Jack Burg- Drums
William Moore- Bass
Gerald Gregory- Wurlitzer, Organ, Accordion
Simon Harding- Horns
Ron Wiltrout- Marimba
Nick Jenkins- Vocals, Synth
Nicole Pontón- Vocals
Elise Testone- Vocals
Lindsay Holler-Vocals

Produced by Joel T. Hamilton and Conor Donohue
Mixed by Josh Kaler at Hello Telescope
Recorded at the HH
Artwork by Nicole Pontón and Sean Collins

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