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EIGHTEEN

by Danger Painters

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1.
Twice Nothing 03:04 video
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Twice Nothing Time and listening We understand that We know what that means I can’t hear you I’m locked outside that I need to hear you You know what I mean Tell me you agree Tell me you agree completely Tell me that you see Twice nothing is nothing Disasters and miracles We can survive that In scene after scene I need to see you Outside of gravity I need to show you what I mean Tell me you agree Tell me you agree completely Tell me that you see Twice nothing is nothing Where did our love go Our love like treasure How did we spend it all Show me you agree Show me you agree completely Show me that you see Twice nothing is nothing It’s still nothing
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Squeezing Day to Day 03:27 video
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Squeezing Day to Day I don’t know what we’re gonna do With these kids Rolling around on tiny wheels In concrete cars Their arms out in beautiful arcs Living from day to day Squeezing on the orchestra Another drop of drama I’m here to sing my opera Dressed in my best pajamas How we gonna hold the ears Of these kids Rolling their orbs and turning heel So darn contrary Raising their arms Just for the hits Living to feel the feels And what are you gonna do With me now Cutting my tight set down to Nothing So just file me under monkey man Cranking an organ From day to day Squeezing on the orchestra Another drop of drama I’m dancing in a coma Dressed in my best pajamas Chasing the elected To put onto them the beat To be a constant pest Hey we pay our rent Though we gotta wear a helmet When we slip it in the slot Or it’s just another haircut Shaving up your heart
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Après Midi Madness 03:50 video
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Après Midi Madness It went on for a long time Or I wanted it to Already on the ferry I’m missing you missing kissing you Don’t know what to do Desire is surrender Come on set me free I willed myself to breathe again Just for your kiss We’re paying close attention To all the noise and light Binding this beautiful day We watched it burn Extinguished then languished Then brought back to life again A rock in an open sea You said so Desire is surrender Come on set me free I forced myself to breathe again To share your cigarette You answer like a scarecrow Surrounded by birds You never looked your age So you must already know Your hand moved from hair to pocket Never to be seen again I hold you inside a locket Très bel mon ami
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Back into My World 03:19 video
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Back Into My World Pull back the curtain Pull up your mask It’s all so uncertain Still I have to ask Are you gonna let me If you’re gonna let me When you gonna let me Back into my world I used to live at that address A dream we try to suppress But it’s science You’re bearing witness Now go discuss amongst yourself Don’t touch the leftovers It’s just too dangerous It’s time to get wilder now Bring on the emphasis I pull on that door Yea real vigorous I pull on that door This time I’m serious Outside is over there I’ll do it on a dare Will you be waiting for me Will you be waiting for me I feel so romantic So romantic I feel so romantic So romantic Or is it science again Are you gonna let me Gonna let me Back into my world
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Big Brut (Silver Screen) 04:17 video
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Big Brut (Silver Screen) Come down to the music hall Watch me juggle Watch me spin it all My pony expressions Standing in for the truth Leaving the East behind Scatter the trail With bones and tears The West is our divinity Our sunny asylum Come down with your hat peeled off Drop your knuckles Watch me pull it off Our excuses are showing But will never come due Leaving the East behind Scatter the trail With bones and tears The West is our divinity Our sunny asylum Come try out the big sky Try the clover Try the horse size flies Our lust for creation Got a taste for it now I am a pilgrim Outside my body Where there’s nothing in front Or to the left and right The market is empty There is no shadow Where there is no shadow There is no fear Come down to the music hall Watch me juggle Watch me spin it all These tattered notations Standing in for the truth Come stand on the hardwood Wet your whistle Wet your weary cough Our tintype silence Slides back into the mung
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A Minor Waltz 03:51 video
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A Minor Waltz It’s so strange and touching This moment in time I look to the mic stand It answers in rhyme The courses of treatment are scary and varied And none of it helps with my overwhelmed mind If things can’t be helped We just leave them alone And wait for the days to turn fair When all hope seems lost We still have our reason If reason is gone we still care So out of my hands In bliss unawares You spoke to my character It answers in swears The reek of behavior is hung out to dry And none of this fixes what’s wrong with your prayers If things can’t be helped We just leave them alone And wait for the days to turn fair When all hope is lost We still have our reason When reason is gone we still care It’s one of those nights Ringed round with thunder Distracting us all From the work to be done There’s no point in bluffing I’m so bad at poker Just deal If things can’t be helped We just leave them alone And wait for the days to turn fair When all hope is lost We still have our reason When reason is gone we still care
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In Early January 03:41 video
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In Early January Up above the heights Above the cash and carry Awash in red light Topped with a cherry Working the last nerve That’s our latest fairy Is this a mineshaft Is this a goldmine We’re standing alone We’re standing together There’s a jump in the film There’s a change in the weather Still I’m holding on to you To you Shut down the day We shut it nice and tightly Pull on your gear It fits you nicely Plug in here and there Disappearing nightly Aren’t you cold In your new short haircut We’re standing alone We’re standing together There’s a jump in the film There’s a jump in the weather Still I’m holding on to you To you Wake up from the dream You’re in New York City Inside the hot zone You’re way past pretty Unplug everything As you re-burn brightly Spare us the hustle Throw us a lifejacket We’re standing alone We’re standing together There’s a tear in the film There’s a hole in the weather Still I’m holding on to you To you Still I’m holding on to you To you
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Nothing But Love 04:00 video
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Nothing But Love It was already dark When you got home Everything was quiet Only the ringing phone Where have you been Are you sitting down I’ve got some good news To pin you to the ground There’s nothing but love And it’s all ours And it’s all stolen Let’s take the car Let’s fall in love Our love is rollin’ Let’s make a holiday Let’s make it every day Let’s set our skin aflame Let’s set our sails for never coming down From the high of love From the look of love One look at you My heart just read the book of love There’s nothing but love And it’s all ours And it’s all stolen Let’s take the car Let’s fall in love Our love is rollin’ I’ll never let you down I’ll keep you by my side I’ll turn the planets around I’ll pretend to be tongue tied As I sing it all for you And we know it to be true We know it to be true There’s nothing left to do There’s nothing left to do There is nothing left to do Only love
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She's American Tho 02:46 video
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She’s American Tho Sliding down the banisters At the tender age of five Preying on the donor list Gonna keep herself alive Just watch her Just watch her Oh no She’s American tho Just like her money is Locked inside a coke bottle Then surgically removed Pookie’s got the real thing now Come on over Oh no She’s American tho Born in my country tis Cleaning out the register For the last four hundred years Polishing her marbles All ripped off and removed Pookie owns the Parthenon now Come on over Rub her shoulders Rub her shoulders - rub her shoulders Oh no She’s American tho Just like her money is Witness what she’s done with it Visit any time Exit through the gift shop Level up to prime Squeezed into her orange suit Her very own creation Rolls of bills and trolling farms The mother of our nation Sorry Joe She’s American tho
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Waiting Then 03:31 video
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Waiting Then Everyone is bothered Everything is closed for good Again Everyone is broken No schedule for repair But here’s the thing You think you’re waiting now You don’t know what waiting is You think you’re waiting now You don’t know what waiting is The end feels so near You feel it in your bones so cold It’s all gone to hell No schedule for return But here’s the thing You think you’re waiting now You don’t know what waiting is You think you’re waiting now You don’t know what waiting is I’m gonna write myself a letter In it I won’t be brave I’m afraid it won’t get better Even my doctor Has beat me to the grave Let’s cut the chase Let’s cut the end and face it down Run it to ground Run out the clock It’s over We thought we waited then We’d kill to be waiting now We thought we waited then We’d kill to be waiting
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Years And Years 03:12 video
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Years And Years I saw you in that cold bar The one on the west side We fell in together Sharing a shady pride I recall it all Like yesterday I won’t look back And you can’t make me I won’t be back Cuz who can take me We were friends for years and years Years and years ago We were friends for years and years Years and years ago You left for the mountains Said it was time to hide The distance was more than the miles Through all the hazy jive I waved goodbye to yesterday Closer than others Still left in the field To blow away To walk away My old un-friend Now unconcealed We were close for years and years Years and years ago
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To a Million 01:41 video
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To A Million How will I ever count the ways The million ways I love you The only way to count the ways Is to skip From about sixty To a million How will I ever count the ways The million ways you care for me The only way to count the ways Is to skip From about sixty To a million

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This is the eighteenth Danger Painters album

Written, recorded, and released in response to the
2022 RPM Challenge

Recorded in Santa Monica, CA, Silver Spring, MD,
Shohola, PA, and New York, NY

Mixed and Produced by Bob Boilen

Cover Art & Design by Michael Barron

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released March 1, 2022

Kevin Lay : Vocals, Lyrics
Michael Barron: Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Bob Boilen: Drums, Bass, Keys, Synth, and Things You Thought You Heard

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Danger Painters Washington, D.C.

Danger Painters is Michael Barron, Bob Boilen, Bill Harvey and Kevin Lay. Their musical Heritage dates back to the seminal 70s-80s DC music scene, including Tiny Desk Unit, Fuji's Navy and Rhoda & The Bad Seeds.
The band members met in DC but now live in Maryland, New York and California, collaborating via the internet and very rarely meeting in one place to perform in public. ... more

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