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Minneapolis

by The Broken Bicycles

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1.
Love Song 02:02
I tried to write you a love song But I gave up Cause all the words come out wrong That i made up I could put you in a glass box I could stare at you all day I could get down on a knee And I could try to pray But this is not a love song For you i cannot write It wouldn’t do you justice Cause no words would be right And if you would ever leave And i should have to grieve You would be so naive To not believe That the words I would write Now by candle light Would be just right To make you mine tonight
2.
We have been idling In the jaws of a hungry giant We have been siding with the dark we became reliant We noticed our worlds moving away The “what ifs” were keeping us at bay But we didn't fall into that gray We pushed on to where we are today Our eyes adapted To the silent blackness in it’s grip The ice unwanted Eases us down as we slip We noticed our worlds moving away The “what ifs” were keeping us at bay But we didn't fall into that gray We pushed on to where we are today Waiting is the hardest part Longing for the beat of your heart We can gaze into each other eyes and beat the sunrise We noticed our worlds moving away The “what ifs” were keeping us at bay But we didn't fall into that gray We pushed on to where we are today
3.
Hymie's 03:18
I'm playing a show at a record store, And all my heroes live here. Cash, Dylan, Cohen, and more I'll play so load they can hear. My chords echo down the aisle as people grab what they see you know it always makes me smile to know theirs other like me For Music Changes everything, It always puts up a fight I've spent hours listening, Just to get the words right As a push down these strings I aline myself with the sound These aren't just any old things oh how they can Astound For Music Changes everything, It always puts up a fight I've spent hours listening, Just to get the words right I've spent hours listening, just to get the words right
4.
Change 02:55
The promises we made, Were in vain For we didn’t grow, We just stayed the same Now The rooms we haunt, The friends we taunt They all look so strange I want to change Lost in a sea of lakes In the middle of nowhere I am getting the shakes With the sun’s glare For all over the land Snow blankets the old The frozen deserts sand We’ll die in this cold The promises we made, Were in vain For we didn’t grow, We just stayed the same Now The rooms we haunt, The friends we taunt They all look so strange I want to change Winters slowly breaking Waiting for the thaw Trying to stop shaking My character’s flaw A longing for the light Old habits to drown Please hold me tight I’m stuck in this town The promises we made, Were in vain For we didn’t grow, We just stayed the same Now The rooms we haunt, The friends we taunt They all look so strange I want to change
5.
My Symphony 03:42
Your beauty Is the kind worth waiting for Not only that of skin But the kind worth loving and hating for And your ways Are so foreign and graceful In my mind stays Your thoughts and words so tasteful My symphony My song My whistling bird in spring My love when hope is gone You chose my hand To be the one you hold When you feel scared Feel happy or cold I chose your eyes To be the ones I gaze When i need to smile And remember happy days My symphony My song My whistling bird in spring My love when hope is gone From now until forever You are the song I sing From now until whenever I need some joy to bring Like a soft piano Or thunder far away You are the one voice That soothes me every day
6.
Little Crow 03:18
I saw a crow, flying low And in her mouth, was a tiny straw She’ll build a nest, where she can rest Up in a tree, she is Free I saw a boy, playin' with a toy A smile as big, as i'd ever seen He's peeling bark, in a city park And with his Glee, he is Free That little crow, as free as can be Can never, ever be me That little boy, with all of his glee Can never, ever be me I saw love, from up above When i had faith, it was enough I felt his grace, in everyplace With is decree, i was Free That little crow, as free as can be Can never, ever be me That little boy, with all of his glee Can never, ever be me I saw a crow, flying in low And in her mouth, was a tiny straw She’ll build a nest, where she can rest Up in a tree, she is free
7.
The monster that I hold inside Will not rest until I’ve cried For days and nights To gain back myself I’ve tried It comes and goes As well as it pleases Though the terror that i feel Never really ceases Hold me down Writhing and screaming That horrible sound Like a kettle steaming I’m somewhere inside The jaws of this beast Until in three days The horror has ceased I once was so pleasant Innocent and kind The most polite Girl you could find But some how she drowned And in it’s dark place The monster i hold inside Sometimes bares it’s ugly face Hold me down Writhing and screaming That horrible sound Like a kettle steaming I’m somewhere inside The jaws of this beast Until in three days The horror has ceased
8.
Control 02:50
You took from me But I still set you free I hope you learned your lesson But I doubt you ever will And you make me relive What should have been mine to give And I regret never teaching you And I hope you got your fill Cause every time I hear that word It makes me sick to my soul You made me so unclean If you had known what I had seen You took my control You stole from me I should have made you see that what you did neither can ever take back You think you made me scared But I am only more aware And I can use this Pain as an attack Cause every time I hear that word It makes me sick to my soul You made me so unclean If you had known what I had seen You took my control Because you do not have the power That for a brief moment you thought you had I am my own, and I belong to someone else I am not a wounded animal i am glad Cause every time I hear that word It makes me sick to my soul You made me so unclean If you had known what I had seen You took my control
9.
Leaving Paul 02:23
Spinning wheels and broken glass All good things will come to pass Summers dead I wasn’t scared Fall is here I'm not prepared For the coffee, tea, and cigarettes I’ll make a list of all my regrets Called you on a telephone You know I can’t be alone Lets leave everything Throw it all away Escape the pressures From all the preachers Lets leave today Throw it all away Boiling blood and heavy hearts I need fewer moving parts Rest my head on a makeshift bed With all the memories I will shred Guitar strings are useless things The blood on my hand stings Broken shattered cracked chords I will take my pens over your swords Lets leave everything Throw it all away Escape the nay Sayers, With their saviors Lets leave today Throw it all away
10.
Dreaming valentine Until they're dry You hush my mind To end the cries And sometimes it seems like The hardest thing we've known But the true test of it is If others would have flown We have so much more to learn To know our hearts and how they yearn For one another and each other Our love, our life, our dream Dreaming valentine You are finally mine Until the day I die I will always shine And sometimes it seems like This cannot be real You remind me with a kiss To send me into bliss We have so much more to learn To know our hearts and how they yearn For one another and each other Our love, our life, our dream

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released May 25, 2012

Turkeyes Laffity – Vocals, Accordion
Thomas Erickson Maddux – Ukelele, Vocals, Banjo
Kelsey Wefald – Bass, Percussion, Vocals

Produced by The Broken Bicycles
Recorded by Thomas Maddux
Mixed by Cody D Fitzpatrick
Mastered by Jim May

Cover Art by whittneyastreeter.com

© Old Fashioned Records 2012

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The Broken Bicycles Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Broken Bicycles started as a ukulele duo in the summer of 2010.Since then the band has release albums spanning folk, indie-rock, and now new-wave.

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