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R. Turner

by R. Turner

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1.
Cutting vegetables in the rain Ride my bike to buy propane Can't stop wondering how I got here Can't stop wondering why I came Gulaschkanone What have I done? I'm cooking dinner for everyone Gulaschkanone I light your fire Gulaschkanone I'm getting tired Jesus, make me new again I don't know what I am saying I can't sit down and I can't stand up Jesus, won't you fill my cup? Gulaschkanone What have I done? I sang a song about demons Gulaschkanone I light your fire Gulaschkanone I'm getting tired
2.
Robinson 04:05
Robinson O Little Blonde Boy You were born with overwhelming compassion but over the years you've been changed by the world and I don't know what happened Robinson O Little Blonde Boy O Hapless Alien you are a brilliant one Whatever you believe you haven't changed to me eternally you'll be Little Blonde Boy Younger Brother Robinson Robinson O how our lives have changed there are so many things I'd like to ask you but maybe we should play a game and forget about it all Cause whatever you believe you haven't changed to me eternally you'll be Little Blonde Boy Younger Brother Robinson
3.
The grey, faded skyline absorbed into the ember Foggy neon characters suspended like a lantern And my organs swim through smog-- Apocalyptic splendor A sleepy buddha stares From the tallest temple Stagnant golden skin where all the hopeful people Leave offerings and gifts hoping for a miracle
4.
Killin' It 02:58
Outside smoking the kids are all in black they don't need they don't need to see this act The dull light from their phones And the neon signs make their bodies glow Inside on a wooden floor There you are You are pouring out your soul You're killin it tonight for twenty people And twenty people Are hanging on to every word the walls are vibrating now with something pure And at the end of the night You might've made enough to cover gas but you left the people so inspired You're killin it tonight for twenty people
5.
This man came to me and asked if I was his friend who killed himself last year; he played in a punk band He said he was tripping when he saw me leaning against the wall of the bar I never felt so far And all my Alcoholic Saints they sang with fire on their tongues Hymns of desperation and together they were one and as I turned to go they sent their blessings on my way Good God, I almost stayed I made my way outside and stood out in the snow Ventured into the alley where I knew I could be alone Summoned the beer from my belly and I threw it against the wall $20 worth of porters now wasted and gone $30 worth of porters now wasted and gone And all my Alcoholic Saints they sang with fire on their tongues Hymns of desperation and together they were one and as I turned to go they sent their blessings on my way Good God, I almost stayed
6.
UC 4 ME 03:22
On New Years Eve we waited for fireworks but nothing happened and nobody was there I didn't care I walked away and shrugged what I wouldn't give for a Utica Club The decade is half over now so many things have happened I can't keep track of who or how I've changed but I know that I have Back in the old town again everybody's dancing with drinks in their hands I wasn't in the mood so I just stopped and stared I didn't care I walked away and shrugged what I wouldn't give to be back in Korea singing karaoke I didn't care I walked away and shrugged what I wouldn't give to be back with my friends singing karaoke
7.
Two weeks 'til I leave here now It seems so odd to go again to give away my things to friends Friends I've known for less than a year And Phoenix is an OK place; the people are nice and the coffee's great But who wants coffee when it's 110º So I'm headed to the East again I'm flying home to Utica Gonna see some people that I love Gonna take a trip up to the lake And wash away the desert there I'll turn Rainbow down for a cigarette I don't smoke, but if I did I'd surely give you one, my friend Maybe I'll buy a pack just for him I can't say I'm glad to leave Try and keep it out of my mind Cause every time I pack my bags There's people who I leave behind People who have changed my life People who I leave behind
8.
I've followed the tie in the silk I've followed the tie in the silk And I've watched as the fabrics from her body were spilt but my ribs had turned inwards with guilt And I thought of the desert again I thought of the desert again How lightly the wind blows to uncover her hand She had fallen asleep in the sand The dogs are unendingly sweet The dogs are unendingly sweet Until hunger sets in and one scrap of meat falls between the two dogs at their feet And I watch as they snarl and bite they put up one hell of a fight The reward, to keep living and vaguely survive if only for a limited time I've seen her now, naked and cold I've seen her now, naked and cold A woman so battered I've yet to behold and I wonder if I've sunken too low
9.
A sickening tongue reaches to Thee and finds itself wasted ghoulish and green and your eyes are adjusting to the dim glimmering of stones and of diamonds suspended by string like a savage in the New World I don't belong here I've crawled through the tunnels and whispered to me were glimpses of wonder for the future to bring and there's nothing to know now from now 'til the end nothing left to be thought of but to find You again
10.
Jungle Drum 03:44
Waking up with suddenness A kiss on the forehead Nothing needs to be said In the morning light the sun glares off of a building and it shines even through our curtains it shines My back it aches as I sit on the edge of the bed Nothing on my mind but your rapid beating heart like a jungle drum Wild One Sometimes the prettiest songs remain unsung

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Recorded in Anacortes, WA

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released June 9, 2017

Songs written and performed by R. Turner
Drums by Braydn Krueger

Mixed by Jonathan Keen
Mastered by Nich Wilbur

Released by Monopath Records

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R. Turner Anacortes, Washington

Making songs, living the dream / Making. dreams, living the song

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