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July

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1.
July 03:12
you said the lake was cold when you dipped in your toe and called out to me in the night i sat back by the table sipping on a foreign ale just watching you swim under the moonlight when we fell to sleep we fell to our knees and cursed at the sun when it rose we headed back to work nursing heads that surely hurt but we'd be back tomorrow night i suppose in july i held you in my arms and in my heart in july you were mine only for the month we rolled around under the stars and in the backseat of my car we'd hide out from the other for a while i kissed your neck, i kissed your cheek i told you lies you believed this thing we have ain't never gonna change when august came and went the fall just like my promise i would call went flying out the window just the same but i swear that every time them summer months arrive i miss you baby i wish you'd say my name
2.
Honeyloo 02:54
i heard what i owe ya babe i can't believe it's true cause i ain't seen ya for a week or maybe even two so why don't you come on over babe i'll show you where i sleep just don't look under my carpets baby or check behind them drapes honeyloo all i want is you honeyloo can't believe it's true i bought you a drink of whiskey and i got you something to eat but if that don't buy me nothing i guess i'll go to sleep seems like every night i go out i've got nothing to show except a lightness in my wallet and flatness on my shoes i just wanna love you babe i swear that it's true so why don't you come on over girl i'll show you how i do i'll clean up my apartment i'll even cook a meal i'll show ya what you wanna see if you tell me how ya feel
3.
Havemeyer 04:18
winter's she's a coming can't ya hear my heat pipes play i pull tighter on my jacket while i wait on the j train and i'll freeze off my fingers while i'm praying for rain cause the time on my hands sure looks like she's gonna change i wear my blue suit walking let the wind color my face spend the night out on the east side with a woman twice my age and in the morning i'll need coffee but i can't stand the taste i'll have my head in my hands and my rent money to replace so it's one more drink for those who think that no stones been unturned but for those of us who know there must be somplace left on earth to keep us high we're gonna find it here i never said i was a hero i only said i don't turn down fights so unless you need a punching bag don't be leaving on your bedroom light cause it'll only take one shot to put me down for the night i'll have you're head in my hands but i'll still think i'm right so what i gotta do babe what i gotta say to make you wanna run my track record up to this point ain't nothing to be proud of but if you got time and i got time let's give it a shot i stumble home in the morning with the big rigs running south winter's now turned to spring time and i think about what i found and i ain't sure for nothing if i'm gonna be sticking around i've got a bed and a lease on the other side of town
4.
holy man unholy land building castles in the sand ride your tanks through bethlehem another thousand years to go before we're dead fair haired beauty from the west raised to love the government dreams of houses with a white-picketed fence half a lifetime to go before she's dead oh they rolled my baby down rolled her deep into the ground no more to see oh they rolled my baby down all that's good enough is gone no more to be just let it be i let her go my only daughter they gave her food and bed and water only love can make it better for it's an endless road of sorrow left to go
5.
Carnival 02:56
the carnival pulls into town raging through like an old dust cloud set up shop in a parking lot got a dollar that's all it costs i want so bad just to be there the lights from the rides i can see them from where i stand young and old they're flocking to cotton candy and the petting zoo and the high school boys try to get with girls who are all dressed up in their mama's pearls i want so bad just to be them the lights in their eyes i can see them from where i stand the lights go dim and the brooms come out they're sweeping up and moving south and the rodeo clowns in colored rags put paper cups into plastic bags and i want so bad to just be with them a family of fools i'm just a witness from where i stand

credits

released July 19, 2011

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© 2011

basement band:
jeff malinowski - guitar, harmonica, vocals
amal bouhabib - vocals
john durgee - drums, vocals
james preston - bass, vocals

with:
patrick hay - guitar
thomas bryan eaton - pedal steel, guitar

violin on "roll my baby down" by skye steele.

additional vocals on "roll my baby down" & "july" by kamara thomas.

recorded at vacation island, brooklyn, ny & beatstreet productions, nyc.

basic tracking engineered by bryan trenis.

additional tracking engineered by jeff malinowski.

mixed by jeff malinowski.

mastered by warren russell smith at the magic shop, nyc.

album artwork by julia durgee.

all songs written by jeff malinowski except "roll my baby down" by amal bouhabib and jeff malinowski.

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Since its inception in 2005, the Brooklyn-based band has brought its unique mix of four-part harmonies, honest lyrics, and searing guitar solos to rock clubs, coffeehouses, barns, and outdoor festivals across the country.

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