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Four Songs for Sad Bastards

by The Synthetic Blues

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1.
Smiles 02:50
Your smile makes stars shine brighter than mars On a clear and moonless night Your smile makes men agnostic born again But my smile only makes me blind And you'd be perfect You'd be perfect You'd be perfect if you only made me cry Your smile says "kiss these longing, lonely lips," And I am lucky I'm that guy This would be bliss if I weren't such a masochist 'Cause my smile makes me want to die And you'd be perfect You'd be perfect You'd be perfect if you only made me cry 'Cause when you smile it only makes me happy And being happy's really not my style You want to convert me, but pleasure only hurts me Is it really all that hard to reconcile That you'd be perfect You'd be perfect You'd be perfect if you only made me cry If you only made me cry If you only made me cry
2.
The first night that we fell in love we drove until the dawn And drunkenly we fucked atop my parents' neighbors' lawn And when I stopped you asked me if you'd done something wrong Then I painted the bermuda with a technicolor yawn You'd say that I was crazy and that's just what you adored But you don't call me crazy anymore The first time that I held you it was pure as the cocaine My temporal lobe was bleeding but my heart beat just the same But now we just watch box sets of yesterday's TV We used to go for broke, but now we just go for Chinese You'd claim I was insane and what a change from such a bore But you don't call me crazy anymore I miss the jealousy and envy, I miss the bruises and the bites I miss the yelling in the morning, my love, Only to make up for it in bed at night So someday again, maybe, you'll be amorous or angry Or just learn to love to hate me But you don't call me crazy anymore
3.
I'm Your Guy 02:05
I don't like fun, I don't like drinkin' Out with my buds on the weekend I don't like clubs, I don't like dancin' I don't like drugs or dressin' up or nothin' fancy But if you want a man who always listens Or always tries Then I'm your guy I don't like love, I don't like kissin' I don't like hugs or gettin' touched or shown affection But if you want a man who sticks to his convictions At least, some of the time Then I'm your guy I'm your guy
4.
Jesus Christ, I've been in my twenties for a while I can't say I'm old but I can't say that I'm still young and wild If time won't take my side Maybe in Brooklyn time will change its mind I keep building empires out of desert sand Every hour the wind blows, I rake up the grains and start again If the wind can't be confined Maybe in Brooklyn it will change its mind I'm not getting younger, I'm not getting younger I'm not getting younger, I'm not getting younger But there's a place older than I Maybe in Brooklyn, maybe in Brooklyn Maybe in Brooklyn time will change its I will change my mind

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released April 14, 2015

Songs by DAVE NEFF
Arrangements by NATE JASENSKY
Produced by FEN IKNER

Dave Neff -- guitar, vocals
Nate Jasensky -- banjo, ukulele
Evan Runyon -- bass
Lizzy Gaston -- cello
Zara Ahmad-Post -- viola
Anna Sheldon -- violin

Mastered by ALEXANDER DETURK
Album Design by ALEX ITALICS

Recorded at TTO Studios by Fen Ikner, Greenpoint, Brooklyn; April 18-20, 2014.

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