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The first single from the soon to be released full length album by Albany Park Wirephoto called "Random Acts of Commandment."
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This song clocks in at 10:56 and is kind of odd for a single. However, give it some time and it might grow on you. It builds and it grooves and from a lyrical standpoint it's very Kathleen White. It social. It's political. It's for our time and for all time.
lyrics
Watch That Name
You'd better watch that name
Midas promise everything yeah
You'd better watch that game
With eyes out the back of your head
You're waiting on that big pay day
Love and peace and hoping for some petty change yeah
We're sorry but the lottery
Won't be paid today
You'd better watch that name
Judas gonna turn you in yeah
If you don't buy in to their plan
With lies put in the back of your head
You're thinking that you'll have your say
Taking pictures of yourself out on the motorway
We're sorry but it just won't play on the beat today
And I heard about this kind of thing
So many years before
So I'm going down to the river
To watch that willow bend
And I've had my doubts like I did before
So I'm really not that sure
I can't stand in this land of pretend
And still have the sun on my skin
And my back to the wind
You'd better watch that name
They run in packs, enslave the kid yeah
Common Core zombies to the highest bid
Oh my! Who made that bed?
You're swinging on a pendulum
Drawing your conclusions from the late night shows
We're sorry but you're being sold
The goods today
And I heard about this kind of thing
So many years before
So I'm going down to the river
To watch that willow bend
And I've had my doubts like I did before
So I'm really not that sure
I can't stand in this land of pretend
And still have the sun on my skin
And my back to the wind
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah
My back to the wind
You'd better watch that name
Midas promise everything yeah
You'd better watch that game
With eyes out the back of your head
You're waiting on that big pay day
Love and peace and hoping for some petty change yeah
We're sorry but the lottery
Won't be paid today
You'd better watch that name
Judas gonna turn you in yeah
If you don't buy in to their plan
With lies put in the back of your head
You're thinking that you'll have your say
Taking pictures of yourself out on the motorway
We're sorry but it just won't play on the beat today
You better watch that name
You'd better watch that game
Midas promise everything
You'd better watch that game
You better watch that name
You better watch that game
You'd better watch that name
You better watch that game
You better watch that name
Midas promise everything
Yeah yeah yeah yeah.
Words and Music by Marc Teamaker and Kathleen White
Copyright 2017 Oolong Songs/ASCAP.
credits
released August 29, 2017
Words and Music by Marc Teamaker and Kathleen White.
Copyright 2017 Oolong Songs / ASCAP
All instruments played by Marc Teamaker
Vocals by Marc Teamaker and Kathleen White
Produced by Marc Teamaker and Kathleen White
Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Marc Teamaker.
Special Thanks to Robert Baird, Myles Cochran. Iain Clarke, Lou Hallwas,Jared Nixon, Ray Herrmann, Ed Sambucci, Brian Gerosa, and Violeta Balhas, for their ears and support.
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