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King of Hats

by King of Hats

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1.
Monday Night 02:28
Obligation-less, and wanting to do something fun I left my room, and I sat down by the fire Heard them speak the things I've spoke many times before But then I came to realize it was a different kind of night And so I left my house, and walked over to that hotel It felt like home so many times before Met some people there, and took them down to that old place We used to drink, used to dance the night away Tried to join the fun, but the person at the door She wouldn't let me in, so I left without my grin So in my room again, I sat down and wrote this song We all end up just the same as we begin
2.
Paperboy 03:22
Pretty sound, you best get runnin' They're coming to make hell for you Your sister she got stoned for singing And they got a ransom out for you Seems music makes for bad production When every time it swallows you So corner daylight, curse the twilight and do those things you want to do Here we sit with headaches, mouths on mute ghosts of echoes torturing our every move And no one dares to sing, for fear is afoot The law of blood is in place so melody stays put Lock the door to your apartment with headphones, records, books to read It's a death by playing dumb for drunkards when you see the things they'll never see Seems silence only makes you older when everyone is sound asleep So write it down and play it louder It has to wake a thousand dreams The paperboy wore headphones before dawn as he spread the morning paper with the news that they just found a way to make more time of our silly morning, sunny afternoon Don't let it go too soon Don't let it go too soon Don't let it go too soon
3.
Tannins and too faced Perfume and speed a riddle blows its cover when you say what you mean You know I never knew I needed things like shelter, therapy, and sleep Take off the glasses strip off the tie you're staring at a child and there's truth in his eyes But we don't listen to each other without words and we don't act on insights Too stubborn (to kill the lights) Too stubborn (to stop the fight) Too stubborn Check the clock and tear it off the wall for telling lies Tannins and too faced is refuge tonight we'll talk until morning still there's no end in sight 'Cause it ain't over, till it's over and the heavy lady is backstage, quiet The crowd thinks it's a riot Too stubborn (to kill the lights) Too stubborn (to stop the fight) Too stubborn Check the clock and tear it off the wall for telling lies
4.
Well time came through your door she's sitting on your floor and asking please, I must have your voice For your have to make a choice You can hold the side rails close And live off pictures with no surprises Or open up the gate From certainty to stakes And see the world in technicolor And the chance is such good bait that you push on through the gate you never know what lies around 'Cause somewhere there's some fearless kids out on the streets downtown with caffeine eyes and reckless mouths they're talking about a new sound The fight just can't be found 'cause it's lying on the ground in quite a questionable manner So let it writhe around and laugh when it makes sounds 'cause you know it doesn't matter You've got the ones who care you've got a lot to share before you go and let it shatter So take these words and run maybe you're the sun have you ever thought of that? 'Cause somewhere there's some fearless kids out on the streets downtown with caffeine eyes and reckless mouths they're talking about a new sound So leave the busy sidewalk and travel through a tunnel a level underground and surface with a new mind one that sees the future in everyone around you
5.
Secret Spies 03:40
Alice, I am out here on my own Talking history with the herons While the present laps the shore Sometimes I refrain from talkin' loud But my thoughts are in Pamplona Chasing down a crowd They would make you proud Alice, would you take me from these thoughts Let's get high and cover distance on highways through the dark Tonight I am no longer twenty three And I'm lit up like a candle So make a wish and blow me Settle on the good side of my dreams Secret spies are switching on the lights The night is getting bright Watching from a satellite Laughing all the while Alice, I am out here on my own Trying hard to keep my good head Just in front of my great heart When something slick and shiny steals the stage Takes the reigns and brings the beast up And suddenly it's day I don't know what to say 'Cause anyway by now you're out the door And I'm stuck here spitting phrases And staring at the floor But I'm hopeful you'll come around again When time will lose it's patience And satellites will dim I know this from before Secret spies are switching on the lights The night is getting bright Watching from a satellite Laughing all the while
6.
All my friends are not wasting their time fighting grizzly bears for nothing I think it's time I took their lead and finally shot a gun for something I go out to the tall trees and I travel alone at night I hear movement in the darkness I'm scared of animals I'm afraid of animals I'm scared of animals Their wild hearts don't lie You spend your whole life chasing raccoons up trees Well one day they might fight back And once you're surrounded, it's way to late 'Cause wild things never show mercy I got out to the tall trees And I sing my songs to the night Yeah, there's movement in the darkness I'm scared of animals I'm afraid of animals I'm scared of animals Their wild hearts and wild charms Their wild hearts and wild charms Don't lie I'm scared of animals I'm afraid of animals Can't look them in the eye I think they can see inside of me I'm scared of animals I'm afraid of animals Can't look them in the eye I think they can see inside of me I'm scared of animals
7.
It's a little bit hard to tell what you want when you're hoping Impossible to need what you're not knowing There's a little lost town, I'm going, with no roads to get there so I swim, getting tired I'd give up, but I hear there's still gold in Acapulco I'd give up Some things you hold so tight, you go nowhere without them While the others, you drop so many times You never get used to side effects like fever dreams and cigarettes and the kind of shit that's only real in your imagination I'd give up, but I hear there's still gold in Acapulco I'd give up, but I hear there's still gold in Acapulco Gold in Acapulco
8.
I will be home in the morning I'll strike a match, spark the sun In the morning Clear, bright, and new after sideways snow In the morning Tonight I'm running with the wolves Swiftly and silent through the woods I will be home in the morning I'll have a window from which I'll watch the morning I will be wrapped in the warmth In the morning Tonight I'm running with the wolves Swiftly and silent through the woods
9.
It's so hard to say what I'm trying to say is I can see you falling like a pretty piece of rain while I do all the talking about nothing at all, and everything at once Ain't it just the hardest thing To explain everything at once It's so stupid, silly Here in such a place with no one else but us So stop me when I speak 'Cause I don't wanna drown The world in my words There's people on the shoreline waving hands to catch a train To anywhere a dancing spell might lead to a parade they got waves to take their focus off of memory and fate To start out with nothing, isn't that the point? We like to create To explain everything at once It's so stupid, silly Here in such a place with so much more than us So stop me when I speak 'Cause I don't wanna drown The world in my words We promised to imagine I think we did pretty well You know that I was scared when the plan was to explore But here it is still feeding us Now that we're sixty four And now that I'm old I know that soul is easier to find, and just as tangible as gold But I need more time To explain everything at once It's so stupid, silly Here in such a place with no one else but us So stop me when I speak 'Cause I don't wanna drown The world in my words The world in my words That's it.
10.
Circles 03:52
Make believe you've got a three-fingered hand and there's people flying in just to see There's no such thing as a sinking ship When you never cry wolf to the sea Begging you please, stay with me this time You know you always crawl away around 3 Sugar don't leave Let's not keep running in circles around this pile of thoughts I'm sure there's no perfect path, 'cause no one's stacking rocks It takes a lot of trying not to stop Begging you please, you got a three-fingered hand And you never cry wolf to the sea There's no such thing, so stay with me this time 'Cause there's people flying in just to see Make believe it's a sinking ship, You know you always crawl away around 3 Sugar don't leave Let's not keep running in circles around this pile of thoughts I've got faith that nothing is perfect, 'cause no one's throwing rocks It takes a lot of trying not to stop
11.
Please don't bring back all those ghosts 'cause they're happy now living alone And I'm not surprised by the flicker of light on the side of my eye But if you want to, I want you to Dance in the rain Be my parade Tell me you're happy to make me the same Drive me insane Please don't bring back all those ghosts 'cause I'm happy now making the most And I don't get rendered cross-eyed and crazy like you used to do to me But if you want me, I want you too Dance in the rain Be my parade Tell me you're happy to make me the same Drive me insane Drive me insane Drive me insane
12.
Till Tuesday 02:33
I will not forget, But I could easily forgive you For thinking you know everything I am And I would love to talk, But then I'd never want to stop And I don't want to be a burden to my friends Friday night will come The other side is calling strong Wave the magic wand and I'll be gone But only gone till Tuesday The pretty girl you met last night is not really what you're hoping I guess everybody changes day to day But this one goes so far Playing tricks on all you tricksters In many ways, you know she's just like you Saturday will come The other side is calling strong Wave the magic wand and she'll be gone But only gone till Tuesday Saturday will come The other side is calling strong Wave the magic wand and I'll be gone But only gone till Tuesday Gone, but only gone till Tuesday I'll be gone, but only gone till Tuesday

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released July 22, 2016

(c) 2016 King of Hats

All lyrics by John Velazquez. All songs by John Velazquez except "Afraid of Animals" by John Velazquez/Out on the Streets. Recorded January 2015 - February 2016.

Produced by Al B. Quirke.
Mastered by Lukas Untersteiner.
Engineering: John Velazquez, Shane Steed, Sean Morrissey, Jeremiah Robinson
Cover Art: Charles Richards
Additional Musicians: Sean Morrissey, Jeremiah Robinson, Shane Steed, Kenji Ulmer, Chris Wadsworth

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