1. |
The Announcement
03:31
|
|||
An announcement
I’m announcing that I’m in town
what’s to do here?
Try to meet while I’m around
But what to do here?
‘cept to make a space for when I return
you’ll know when it’s me
I’ll be the one with the announcement
An appointment
I’m appointed to my day
a commitment
I’m committed to my way
I guess you missed me
guess you missed the whole point of my trip
I’ll be back, friend
I’ll be the one with the commitment
|
||||
2. |
The Grifter
03:15
|
|||
The grift is the purest form
the purest form I know
brand new networks, wonderful strangers
they carry my dough
I arrived in a big way, on a Wednesday
and I’ll leave town once I’ve found I’ve abused my stay
In a confidence man’s market
the trade goes one way
I love studying the unmasked
and my mask is opaque
I used to walk like everyone else
to watch the sun set
now I carry my own sunset with me
The young, performing lad
it’s a pitiful sight, I know
I have him going every which way
thinks he’s playing a role
missed opportunity
has him pleading to the community
don’t put any of this on me
it ain’t me
In a confidence man’s market
the trade goes one way
I love studying the unmasked
and my mask is opaque
I used to walk like everyone else
to watch the sun set
now I carry my own sunset with me
The grift is the purest form
it’s the purest form I know
the only true price
grifter’s paradise
I know I know
high the price is high
The grift is the purest form
the purest form I know
the advertisement louder than the content
I know I know
high the price is high
The grift is the purest form
it’s the purest form I know
the only true price
grifter’s paradise
I know I know
high the price is high
|
||||
3. |
This Summer
04:12
|
|||
This summer is placed right after
last summer in terms of time
from now on, for me, this is the structure
everlasting breeze
unreachable grime
someone’s mowed grass on my tires
a stranger’s work in sight
summer reading of some author’s devastation
the strange work of the night
I’ve taken flight
brief, solitary flight
flying away
Listen now
the way I say it, and not what I say
Listen now
to what I say, and not the way I say it
oh not the way
oh not what I say
Next summer is noisy and visual
you’re a busy bee, but I take you afar
next summer is mental and spatial
you’ve never met me, but I know your memoir
Someone’s debt landed on my doorstep
life was circular
all this noted and reviewed in my notebook
life as seminar
I’ve taken flight
brief, solitary flight
flying away
|
||||
4. |
Running The Tape Back
02:46
|
|||
5. |
Friends
05:14
|
|||
How much blood does not escape?
critical query not offered in last your note
come to a standstill, I’m standing like a stone stands
walking back into this very hour last year
Let’s be friends
The camera falls into the river
The ghost of earlier generations
haunting only until it’s discovered
I have no wisdom left for you to show with your camera
and the ghost is a stubborn type of ghost
and it gathers form and hopes it’s discovered
I’m not your next portrait to show off
and you’re not mine either
Pushing things I ought to do aside
there is traffic, traffic in my life
how are you? I realize I should’ve asked you
how you been? But, sincerely I wish
to still be friends
Let’s be friends
The camera falls into the river
The ghost of earlier generations
haunting only until its discovered
I have no wisdom left for you to show with your camera
and the ghost is a stubborn type of ghost
and it gathers form and hopes its discovered
I’m not your next portrait to show off
and you’re not mine either
|
||||
6. |
The Gardener and I
03:14
|
|||
the farmer and I
take stock of the harvest
the harvest is dry
dust kicks up wherever I turn
haven't written in a while
but I'm back in the habit
haven't worked since I was a child
and so I keep on going back there
my friend says it's an emergency
if we don't root down gonna slide all around
we said this at a meeting spot
impossibly
from miles all around
we said keep it comin on
keep it comin on keep it
runnin the tape back
the gardener and I
take pictures of the flowers
in my room, i don't know why
but I make drawings of the photographs
haven't listened in a while
but I'm back with the program
and I'm tracking all the miles
all the miles leading into this laughter
I'm afraid of what I'll do
of what I'll say
yes, you’ve said it all before
I'm in a better place, I'm in better hands
the future is bright
and you can come by anytime
|
||||
7. |
Change Is Not Enough
04:10
|
|||
This is not right
I saw it clearly
You saw it clearly
Last night
Change is not enough
Verne and Miranda
Inspired by the look of the veranda
Ended their relationship
A loss
We loved their pairing
Didn't realize we needed them to be together
Now we have a change to memorize
Move
Making moves
Time
Is gathering shape
To cook the food
You have to let it simmer
Verne came over
Four hours after Miranda
He even drank the same wine
The next day
I went to work
And work turned me into a monster
As I tried to control my hours
I'm a village's son
I'm a village's son
I just don't seem to know it yet
I'm clinging to the one village
That I mustn't forget
What’s that fifth season coming for us all?
batten down the one hatch I know
all the drama I could try to ignore
but I’m up all night
and I”m watching the night go
What’s that fifth season? Add it to the calendar
add it to the calendar, baby
Move
making moves
time
is gathering shape
to cook the food
You have to let it simmer
it has to change its color
you have to taste its flavor
and when you eat it
savor
|
||||
8. |
A Lofting Song
02:06
|
|||
9. |
Cooper Teare Day
04:20
|
|||
Who’s that slender fellow?
Champion, but so mellow
He’s about to cross the finish line
Mayor Spencer declared this Cooper Teare Day
I’m not going to work on Cooper Teare Day
Who’s your spindly brother?
In his wake, all others
as if he’s just running by himself
Go for a jog on the San Leandro Bay
All across Alameda it’s Cooper Teare Day
|
||||
10. |
Floating Song
05:28
|
|||
11. |
Landscape
07:03
|
|||
If I don’t get to it, I know someone else will
and I should be grateful
There’s a broken car window
I was thinking of it in the bathroom
I had shattered the mirror
and left it so I could remember
there’s a feeling that I know
know it so well I can describe it
but if I reach for the words and the tone
I’ll be stretching into infinity
there’s an artist
there’s a sleuth
there’s a criminal, which to follow
if you’re like me, you’ve got proof
if you’re like me let me know it
Not now, not now you say
not now, not now anyway
and how, how do we go on?
Drove out comin’ home on the train
drove out comin’ home on a slow train
walk with me, walk with me
rolling out the landscape
landscape
There’s a brilliant book I know
I’m tuned up, lemme tell you about it
there’s a takeaway, I took it all away
you’ll let me know if it doesn’t move you
there’s a feeling
there’s a feeling I know
pissed you off with my word salad
oh day
oh mark this day
mark, mark my words
hear what I say
Not now, not now you say
not now, not now anyway
and how, how do we go on?
Drove out comin’ home on the train
drove out comin’ home on a slow train
walk with me, walk with me
rolling out the landscape
landscape
if I don’t get to it I know, someone else will
and I should be grateful
|
Flat Mary Road Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An indie rock band from West Philadelphia.
New album out this fall with Whatever’s Clever.
Streaming and Download help
Flat Mary Road recommends:
If you like Flat Mary Road, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp