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Assemblage

by Ellis Ashbrook

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Therefore, I'm trying to get my fill I'm so lucky that I'm not blank Responsability Awaits But when I think too much about it I can't change fate However, we wish to fantasize We wait to find the compromise I've never been to the future but I see it everyday It comes down like acid rain on a 21st century day And so forth we now control the tide In blinking time the pressures change the sky Passive masses watch and don't ask why but I walk by and wait to see inside
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A Shot 04:00
Its fallen down, upon the reign, of my emotions, If its about me, Why can't you see that, I don't want nuh-uh please no, not me, help me, save this, safety, far from. I saw a man it was too hard to see what he had, In his left hand, all the sudden A Shot in the Dark. As the silence fell I was relieved not to hear it anymore, and as I left all I saw was A Shot in the Dark And my wounds are just ringing, oh that gunshot just stings me, I could see it so clearly, all the sudden there was the blood, I knew my life was in a bind. If its about me, why can you see that, I don't want nuh-uh, please no not me, help me, save this, safety, far from. I saw a man it was too hard to see what he had, In his left hand, all the sudden A Shot in the Dark. As the silence fell I was relieved not to hear it anymore, and as I left all I saw was A Shot in the Dark Cold, dark and shady, it was cold and ever raining, and it was black and grey, black and grey To save me he just left and I was dead, yes I was dead, alone, and I was blown.
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$avior Self 04:32
Looking for somebody to save The corporate, religious politicians all know what is right But they're better off just looking at their own Selves Instead of at mine, we're probably both blind At least I know that I know that I don't know Riding on the radiowaves Put it all in a box Trying to sell it to me But I'd never buy your fear-driven propaganda There's blood on your hands Money in the bank It's all one in the same Insane to me Not even trying to see I don't have to believe Whatever it is you believe I'll be fine with what is mine That's all you need to know
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Hard 2 B EZ 04:58
He makes it so hard, You see he lives with bars. Playing the parts, and buying trends he'd never start. But don't take it heart, its all the things that people think and say you are. Hey, The red light's on you face, you've learned to levitate, Now everything is great. But some, they've got no time for this, they've got their make-up shift, I think their wings are clipped. We're parked outside the court house in a pocket full of lies, just made of all the things that rot, and bring all of the flies. So stop, check your diagnostics its not too late to change. Sleep when you are sleepy. I think you're beautiful. You sane, you deranged. So watch and learn from me it isn't hard to be easy. Sometimes when its free it doesn't see to be me. Hey baby, its not easy, to live for free, cause you've got to eat. Oh I know that pointillism's fine, but you'll be working all the time, and your progress as it slows cannot possibly stop the show. So stop, check your diagnostics its not too late to change. Sleep when you are sleepy. I think you're beautiful. So watch and learn from me, it isn't hard to be easy. Careful with the free it so hard to be so cheap now. My heart silenced every time you walk by, and oh even more, when you walk through that door. I've got something that you wanted to share and I've been thinking, that its not I don't care. I'd die waiting. Hell and hating. Loving every minute of you. Can't describe it. Will not hide it, can't you see I'm in love with you. So watch for me to say if this is really that easy.
5.
Skunk! 05:29
Get in the rotation Have a revelation Make a contribution To our evolution When you get convoluted You know you can dilute it Just break up the confusion It's really an illusion
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Do we live for pain and are the mistakes we make exactly the same Just with seperate names And if it's true who am I and who are you When will this die and if there is no linear time then when And if it goes when I feel then why Is it any wonder when you call?
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Mr. Anyone 05:20
I've been planning me a family vacation vacation Living in the nation of freedom we beat 'em read 'em and weep Stop pretending I'm not talking It's not too often you find a full time job So honey have another Crispy Crunchy I've been sinking listening to weekly opinions But the rewards that I will reap will beat the thinking jacket off this racket Please, please give me lots of paid vacation time And maybe, just maybe I can begin to get my feet wet I don't want to lose my mind I don't want to stay in line, there's no time I don't want to lose my mind Why is time so hard to find? So I'll head down low Call me if you know where to go Living for the weekend's got me working in a window office I'm no novice but that doesn't mean that I don't have no vice Please, I want my mint julep or hurricane Any little lovely thing to take away my sober pains Waking up without a care is something I could never bare Why is it that waking up is never what it seems like? So here I am down low Call me if you know where to go Things here move real slow Call me if you know where to go Got a friend down low Call him Mr. Anyone
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credits

released October 1, 2008

Ellis Ashbrook is:
John Barber - vocals, guitars
Jonathan Granoff - bass, keyboards, samples, turntables
Natalie Lowe - vocals, keyboard
Alex Major - drums, electronic percussion

Additional musicians:
Ryan Gildea - guitars throughout
Mike Forst - keyboards on track 11
Joseph Lemerise - guitar ambience on track 7

Produced by Ellis Ashbrook

Artwork by Tom Deininger
Layout and Design by Schnar

Recorded at Studio G, Cranston, RI and Excello Recording, Brooklyn, NY
Engineered by Jonathan Granoff, Nathan Rosborough and Hugh Pool
Mixed by Hugh Pool, Nathan Rosborough and Jonathan Granoff at Excello Recording, Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Sarah Register at The Lodge, New York, NY
Sound Design by Jonathan Granoff

Lyrics on Track 1 by J. Barber/ N/Lowe; Track 2 & 4 by N. Lowe; Tracks 3 & 6 by J. Barber; Track 5 by Ellis Ashbrook with R. Gildea; Track 8 by A. Major. Music by Ellis Ashbrook with R. Gildea except Track 2 by H. Mancini (arranged by N. Lowe); Tracks 7 and 10 by J. Granoff.

This album exists thanks to: John A. and Barbara Barber, Rick and Marcy Granoff, Chip and Julie Lowe, Winfield Major and Susan Starkweather, Ryan Gildea, Doug Shineman and Region 9 Productions, Nathan Rosborough, Hugh Pool, Lincoln Major, Tom Deininger, M. Connor, Dasmico, H, Pups, Left Hand Does, The Shills, Honest Thomas, The Rectangle Club, Babies in Limbo, and Joe at Barcade.

© 2008 Ellis Ashbrook, LLC,. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized Duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Lyrics and Music © & ℗ 2008 Ellis Ashbrook, Ellis D Music (SESAC)

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