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Victoria
04:23
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Coors Light and Marlboro Red
Something extra in the cigarettes
A back porch on Maury Street
That fall Des Moines was crisp and sweet
We got to talking, I forgot my lines
So I just asked if we're on Central Time
I'm from a place a little farther east
The whole Midwest is a mystery
We started playing those little games
I rattled off trivia about her state
All I had was Slipknot and the Music Man
She laughed at that so I took my chance
This really isn't like me
But I just have to confess
I'm so sorry, Victoria
I gotta have you as more than just a friend
I could tell that you knew what I was thinking
Opened my mouth like a dam was breaking
I'm running up the phone bill
I can't stop thinking 'bout you long enough to sleep
Nights with you are like a Best of Motown CD
Tori, you've really got a hold on me
Climbed on statues at the sculpture park
30-something's with open hearts
Brought me home to meet your family
Drove to Davenport down 80 east
Took you to a River Bandits game
You knew the whole starting lineup's names
Told me they were headed for KC
Asked if I was ready for the major leagues
Spent a lifetime in the dugout
Now I'm swinging at that pitch
I'm so sorry, Victoria
I gotta have you as more than just a friend
I could tell that you knew what I was thinking
Opened my mouth like a dam was breaking
I'm walking 'round in daydreams
I swear it's like I can't get anything else done
You're a prairie rose glowing in the sun
I'll leave my heart with you, Victoria
Sunday morning at Smokey Row
Broke the news that you had to go
You got transferred to Sioux Falls
I don't think I’d ever felt so small
I could tell you were choked up
You were clinging to your coffee cup
Well, before you leave I need for you to know
I'm so sorry, Victoria
I couldn't bring myself to watch you drive away
So I'm calling just to see if you're okay
I know it hasn't even been a day
Fell asleep with all the lights on
I was afraid that I might see you in my dreams
Tori, you're always haunting me
Can't get you to fade from memory
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Landlocked
05:41
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Self-checkout
On a bleak Sunday morning
Let a breath out
And a thought started forming
Gonna drown it
Before it makes me think of you
But these blue laws
That this red state is making
That's the last straw
This is too much to take
I'm buying White Claw
‘Cause somehow that slipped through
I ain't been taking such good care of myself
My friends are worried 'bout my mental health
But I just smile and say I'm doing well
‘Cause I’ve learned by example how to let it rot inside
If there's a reason I should stay
You're gonna have to show me
Since you left the whole damn state's a scrapbook
Of spoiled memories
And I'm landlocked by a whole bunch of places that I don't wanna go
And I'm sick to death of the fact that I call this home
There's the restaurant
Where we met in the kitchen
And the front lawn
Where my heart made the decisions
Like a love song
I suddenly believed was true
It's been a month now
And I'm still saving things
I should've thrown out
‘Cause they're making me sick
Like the bath towels
Your mom bought when you moved in
Can't I feel good for a little bit?
Do you have to be in everything?
Never showed you the engagement ring
But it's here in the dresser in case you change your mind
If there's a reason I should stay
You're gonna have to show me
Since you left the whole damn state's a scrapbook
Of spoiled memories
And I'm landlocked by a whole bunch of places that I don't wanna go
And I'm sick to death of the fact that I call this home
The Bible Belt is wrapped around my neck
And the specter of who you once were is holding the other end
At night in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
I see your face inside the ambient light in the sky up above Tulsa
You're the constellation that never seems to fade
Even though the stars burned out and died away
Put in two weeks
I'll be gone before August
Broke the new lease
Didn't need that deposit
On two feet
Gonna walk before you see me crawl
Here's hoping I don't need you after all
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