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Postmodern Novelties

by David Groves

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David Groves - Postmodern Novelties 04:39
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Warm beer and cigarettes with fashion magazines Tommy says he’s moving to Tampa or Miami I can hear sadness in the music that’s composing in our mouths There’s a face forming in cloud of smoke Laughing with poet charm The ashtray is full of breath Now our breath is all gone Our thrones divine as we sit poolside Wondering what will happen to all of our Saturdays We absorb into the floorboards Inhaling the ghost of our past Dogs are barking the moon is lost And now we’re all lost at last I look over at time But his hands are tied So there’s no goodnight or goodbye for my friends just Black and white old photographs some sugar for your coffee but I prefer black tea in the early morning Foreign films or cool music on a cassette or on vinyl, our postmodern novelties
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Northeastern Daydream 04:00
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When I was seven years old I moved to Florida from a small suburb in New Jersey And when I turned 19 I moved to Boston for education and new scenery Some winters and some summers I’d visit family up north and we’d take a train into New York City And just recently you told me you plan on moving there and I can’t say that makes me happy. So when you’re crossing over the Brooklyn Bridge don’t look anyone in the eyes Not because you’ll be jumpy or afraid You’ll be looking at the skyline or the boots that hold you feet or in the eyes of lady liberty And now all the gold of September is turning into sand, washed away by the Atlantic Ocean We’ll be dancing in the snow now with all the angels, wooed by winter’s handsome grin So just let me dream a little more Just let me believe this is something more Because every now and then I pretend that I’m already there and you’re there with me outside and you’re smiling And then you run, run, run, run, run, run with the wind in your hair
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Umbrella 05:12
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Come on come all come out to the downtown district square where all the pretty boys can candy up their noses All the waifs with their tattoos they’ll all dance with you and then throw a promise down the drain We’re falling from the car with our mouths full of fire Our fingers are shoveling up our graves here So go on and grab a cup the fountains full of mud And tonight we’ll drink our sorrows away All the puppets against the wall sip a glass of moonlight Then they kick open the cemetery gates So open up my ribs and everyone climb in and take what you can while I sleep Just stand with me underneath my umbrella keeps us safe from the rain
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Another Day 03:42
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Well my A/C is broken and it’s hot as hell so I put all the fans on high A glass of tap water with five ice cubes my shirts off because it’s summer time I’ll smoke my last cigarette on the back porch while reading a few pages from an old saint’s book I’m learning new words to use and to say for my vocabulary and for my stuttering so maybe I wont shy away Another day You know you could come over for movies and ice cream you could even spend the night And in the morning I’ll make you breakfast, bacon, eggs and toast And all of Sunday I can dream you away remembering the first time we met Girl it’s true I’m falling for you so am I good looking enough or am I saying too much Or am I just scaring you away? Another day I phoned my mother I said, “hey what’s new?” She said “times are hard for us.” “We ain’t got no money, we won’t be celebrating Christmas, no eggnog or tinsel town.” Don’t worry about it mom we still have each other to hold, I know dad’s struggling to pay all the bills Under the tree it might be empty but I don’t care too much Mark and I are old enough we don’t need another holiday Because it’s just another day
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Naughtsburg, U.S.A 04:15
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Burnt bridges and the monuments all around These streets are cold like the people I’ve known So I stomp my feet to the stiff rhythm of time Broadcasting through a broken radio Everybody’s got to wear a mask So they can hide their ugly faces So when the shit starts to rise You got to either sink or swim I’m on the last line out of this town On the last train away from you And this place I’ve called home for so long Well I guess I won’t be coming home soon
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Mortality 06:22
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This old hat of aluminum hangs on my head Late in the night these blinking lights shut their lids The joints of this machine well they all gradually slow down My beautiful mistress, my sweet Morpheus don’t make a sound A shipwreck of bones adrift the foggy blue The ocean’s drunk again and the tide's high as the moon The oyster in the sky the pearl of the sea Those faded diamonds are your eyes and that black dead coal is me The geography of our anatomy has been charted We can’t change who we are not even with scars or a scalpel to the skin All the lines in our faces and the degrees of our mouths wont mean anything Except time, we’ve had some time to notice mortality So when all the beauty starts disappearing and we can see whom each other are All the music falls to pieces so tell me what will be our fate? Will we be just another song?
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Phantoms 04:24
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I bite down on this full pink blossom ripping the head right from the stem Then I’ll spit you out and leave you to die with all these forgotten leaves Can I go back to the place I used to hide behind the warmth of lying eyes? The reflection wont lie and I don’t like what I’ve seen So I break you break the glass and then break me Never love me because when I leave I wont return I’ll never give you or owe you anything Mama I’m scared, I’m scared of everyone, I’m scared of what I’ve become So can the phantoms come out tonight? Can they come out and come play? Because we’ll be rattling the bones of yesterday
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Summer Days 05:29
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Two dollars will get you over the bridge and in the comfort of good friends And all our twist and turns and just how shady we can be weighs heavy on my head Looking out into the night, bright lights burst in the sky Lying in the street with no one to keep it’s the Fourth of July The ants on my jeans all get lost in the seams and I got sunburn on the left side of my face Oh, these summer days So let’s drink tonight lets be merry we’ll hold our glasses up real high Sing out your lungs all you dissonant birds Sing your songs tonight Because tomorrow will be just the same Another poor excuse for a day And everyone in this town oh hell they all get around and no one knows anybody’s names So you wear black I wear white you wear red and then tonight we’ll go out and play Oh these summer days I got both of my fists clenched Someone keeps messing with my friends My mouth starts grinning but head is spinning I can barely stand Oh no… Her hot wet mouth kisses my neck and immediately I fall in love And she’ll love me all night and then just put me away Until this dream comes undone We’re just dirty laundry blowing in the wind With our flesh neatly stuffed in Hanging from the line our skin’s dangling from our bones We’re funny skeletons So I belt some more till I fall to the floor I’m laughing I am insane Oh these summer days My fingertips just became cigarettes and I ran out of cool shit to say Oh these summer days
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Potter's Field 03:46
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Tonight’s the night I try to make things right So I pledged my allegiance to all of my dearest friends But specifically I had a memory, a memory of you made me understand The word honesty and what it truly means so now I keep it close to my side, close to my heart Because I don’t want to let you down, like I’ve done before because I’m just made up of excuses, shadows and smoke So I walk these tracks Back to my past and all I can see is a young naive insecure boy But I could play guitar and sing a few melodies it’s the only way I learned how to speak But now I’m howling at the moon Don’t you worry baby it’s just the animal in me I could go on for days trying to find all the right words say, but I just need you, I need you, I need you. Because I’ve been low, I’ve been so lowdown Now I’m falling so baby hold on There’s a storm coming, the clouds are settling Tell me girl, tell me you'll be my light. You don’t have to call me darling if it’s raining I’ll be there I’ll meet you on the stones in potter’s field
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Steam 05:55
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Slowly moving mouth, I don’t want you to leave Everything we have ends with this kiss Wherever your heart goes I know you got to just follow Letting all you dreams run wild again I’m exhaling steam Can you hear that engine roar? This town has lost its charm so you’re moving to the big city. That city will give you everything, everything but me Wherever your heart goes I know you got to just follow Even if that means it’s not with me I’m exhaling steam Can you hear that engine roar? Through open panel on the train your hair catches a breeze Hello dear old friend, remember me? I’m the wind Wherever your heart goes I know you got to just follow As the memory of us fades away I’m exhaling steam Can you hear that engine roar?

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All music and lyrics – David Groves

Recorded with enthusiasm by David Groves at The Dungeon, Naples, Fl – September 2009 – March 2010
“Summer Days” vocals recorded by Jeremy Robertson at hothouse studio

Cover Photo by Chanda Jamieson Portrait Photo by Justin Giustizia

Design and layout concept – David Groves / J. Merrill
Layout pieced together – J. Merrill
Printed in 24 point Marzo and 9 point Century Gothic font.

Mixed – David Groves
Booking – Davidgrovesmusic@gmail.com
Distribution- www.fordocumentationonly.com
© Open Lab Productions 2009-2011

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released August 9, 2011

Written July 14th – October 13th, 2009

David Groves
Featuring-
Vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, upright bass, Mr. Shambles the Accordion, mandolin, percussion, thumb piano, kazoo, harmonica, recorded audio observations

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