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Runaways

by Work Drugs

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1.
Runaways 03:26
I held the spot kept it up and felt the sonic boom watching the victim fall down outside the cellar room I ran away in the night but it was too late to hide my face a witness made we’ll be erased today living your life as a runaway giving us a chance to start it over paradise lost in a single frame witness protection is all we know I made my name fooled them all and left the city rare flashbacks remain this is my cross to bear but I don’t mind and you don’t care cause there are things they don’t know this worked out fine I’ll be their John Doe living your life as a runaway giving us a chance to start it over paradise lost in a single frame witness protection is all we know living your life as a runaway living our lives as the runaways witness protection is all we know
2.
Free to Roam 03:35
stringing out the calories we’ll make them last all through the week feeling higher than the actors could pretend to be I found her there in command Spanish moss her only friend counting change from a paper cup that’s seen better days we were just free to roam we’ll face the consequence later fortunate souls no matter what the weather it’s two on one they say we’ll never make it in honor of the fallen vagabonds we teamed up when it was time city limits racing by never knew how big the country was till we beat it people stare and often glare at ruined Pumas and cardboard chairs but we just laughed as the shackles tapped like slaves in motion we were just free to roam we’ll face the consequence later fortunate souls no matter what the weather it’s two on one they say we’ll never make it in honor of the fallen vagabonds don’t need a reason a reason to wonder why don’t need a reason to try don’t need a reason to live mistakes don’t need a reason a reason to run away we were just free to roam we’ll face the consequence later fortunate souls no matter what the weather it’s two on one they say we’ll never make it in honor of the fallen vagabonds don’t need a reason to live mistakes don’t need a reason a reason to run away
3.
Double Life 03:10
salaried muses just lost in the shoals silicon laces get tangled in our souls just rhythm for the soul playing in the streetlights selling off the sunshine howling at the moon blow by blow the people in your pockets don't bother knocking gonna lead gonna lead a double life under the golden gate you thought you found a way you live a double life you never paid your price overworked people tied to the steeple feeding on the details bill by bill underworked evil just seems so simple the devils in the details you lived a double life under the golden gate you thought you found a way you live a double life you never paid your price thought you're gonna let me down tonight white collar crooks in the daylight sociopaths are ever so bright double parked rooks who own the night credits
4.
Lost Weekend 03:47
fools take a ride Pacific Heights the falls and the slide historic blues cover up all the bad news, bad news Cabrillo Way keep the inner dragons at bay tolls underpaid slipping off this cliffs embrace the streetlights they don’t tell no lies the guardrails keep us safe and dry I won’t ever make it home just feel me go the end is implied the sand, the story, the wind, and the tides I followed the moon just save face and take the balloon love knows the way it’s easier tomorrow, today Big Sur’s the place skipping nouns and the blame the streetlights they don’t tell no lies the guardrails keep us safe and dry I won’t ever make it home just feel me go feel me go
5.
The Moment 03:37
I remember when we were young everything was looking up dancing to our favorite songs from cassettes that we used to dub CNN made us older the war on drugs got us over just a middle class warrior with a story to tell stand up knock down the borders a future love is waiting out there time is now this is the moment don’t stop just keep it going don’t stop just keep it going no permission for you to speak raise your head and follow me watch them turn the other cheek and dismiss what we believe the dollars all they know love is a change a house in Key Largo we’re all the same stand up knock down the borders a future love is waiting out there time is now this is the moment don’t stop just keep it going don’t stop just keep it going Lets say we own the night leave all our fears behind Fire in the battery beneath these two hearts beat they cry a spastic plea they lie in blue and green she whispers next to me I will set you free stand up knock down the borders a future love is waiting out there time is now this is the moment don’t stop just keep it going don’t stop just keep it going just take my lead
6.
Heatwave 03:36
it feels good in the nighttime warm hands trying to break the mold it feels good in the nighttime cruel intentions and hearts of gold wind blown patterns change the artic chokes us we want to know why who am I to notice? hope lost feels like June solstice nights bring longer moons 23 but still brand new it feels good in the nighttime warm hands trying to break the mold it feels good in the nighttime cruel intentions and hearts of gold heaven sent the polar spray the frozen coffins you’ll turn a blind eye who am I to notice? hope lost you’re letting go it feels good in the nighttime warm hands trying to break the mold it feels good in the nighttime cruel intentions you’re letting go melting ice around our lips the taste of Canada lingers on us who am I to notice? we’re taken back or we’re born to follow it feels good in the nighttime warm hands trying to break the mold it feels good in the nighttime cruel intentions and hearts of gold it feels good in the nighttime and I’m over it now
7.
the darkest hours are often kept between the cushions and under stairs just waiting for someone to fall another chance to climb that Berlin wall hey, did you see it? maybe our love was predictable hey, can you feel it? do you believe in miracles? now I what I really need to look for meaning among the dreams to know what life’s all about just a moment, a moment to share a doubt hey, did you see it? maybe our love was predictable hey, can you feel it? do you believe in miracles? sudden hours and last goodbyes broken promises and desperate lies sleep is over and dawn has come for in the morning, the morning I’ll be gone hey, did you see it? maybe our love was predictable hey, can you feel it? do you believe in miracles? do you believe it?
8.
green is for the hunting sex is for the kill knock me over and spread the wealth you’re even dressed to thrill basement shops on Crosby tourist mugs refilled miniskirts and studios where love is bought and spilled New York city just fragile creatures and lights feeling grand on one night stands we won’t put up a fight sun is for the upstate socks are for the sand Prince is where you’ll find the gold Why can’t they understand sewer pipes below me closet Romeo’s hold your body closer and closer and melt away those clothes New York city just fragile creatures and lights feeling grand on one night stands we won’t put up a fight
9.
standing tall a 6 foot trunk blazing paths behind the bus the sulfur fumes when he entered the school lacking smarts but bold enough tearing phone books in camouflage he had a way to ruin your day I knew, I knew his weakness saved by the bell you must never tell last chance to change this fairytale saved by the bell slick jacket, steel toed boots monster trucks, the Pineland rules a broken home, just fuel for the clone creature habits, skipping school evolution to the diamond noose this has to stop before he takes one of us but I knew, I knew the secret saved by the bell you must never tell last chance to change this fairytale saved by the bell fire drill, the pocket game kids slice on the blank canvas the finish line, or just die on the vine now’s the chance to cut the rug garden shears in the parking lot the sweetest smell as the tires spinned out I knew, I knew the secret saved by the bell you must never tell last chance to change this fairytale saved by the bell
10.
Man of War 03:42
how does it feel? to live through forced perspectives trading cartwheels for green rooms with the reckless older than most surrounded by ignorance this is cut throat boogie lights could pay the rent we’re all just child actors we don’t know what we’re after smart enough to draw the line powerless on the decline flying blind above the scene plastic friends and figurines following screams the mazda or the benz fifteen minutes of fame is this how the story ends? a studio slave just a hinge on a door one foot in the grave I never was a man of war we’re all just child actors we don’t know what we’re after smart enough to draw the line powerless on the decline
11.
reach the frozen nights to hit me from the broad side with the hi-fi drowned my friends don’t want you around and you don’t know what it takes to make me smile and you never knew the songs a temporary life line trust the tension, just trust the tension as the pills roll on you swing there, banging on my drums loves a broken bell the cracks are lost in the swells and you don’t know what it takes to make me shine and you don’t know what it takes to change my mind now you never knew the songs a temporary life line trust the tension, just trust the tension
12.
connecting the clocks it’s syncing our eyebrows pull up your stocks and pictures of him worth saving now this is our show and tell who’s up? I’ll bring in a carousel just watch it stop watch it stop float your bones and leave us stateside this ports unknown I’m waiting for reaction from the sand this is our show and tell who’s up? I’ll bring in a carousel just watch it stop I’ll bring in a carousel watch me stop

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Recorded during summer hiatus 2012 on a trip to Marseille.

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released October 7, 2014

Music by Ben Louisiana and Thomas Crystal
Mixed by Ben Louisiana
Mastered by Wally Bunting at Relief Mastering

Additional Musicians: Nero Catalano, Rachel K Haines, Jonas Oesterle, Dan Callahan

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Philadelphia's premier Bat Mitzvah and Quincenera party band. For booking / legal / general love notes contact WORKDRUGS AT GMAIL

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