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Cop Light Parade

by High on Stress

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1.
Late for the red train 22 blocks to the station walking with your heads down soaking up the sidewalk 20 seedy blocks people look scared even when they're not lost they're trying to find the the quickest way back home and we're riding it out till the cop light parade takes us to the places where they'll always stay we see their reflections you know it's inside the lake takes us to the places where they'll always stay Why are we here Another slammed door for every changed gear we're trying to find the quickest way back home sit and watch our tvs shakin' our heads counting casualties and we're waiting on something that never really seems to end We always wanted so much more than this never ending war I used to know this girl she wore all black and lived inside her head Yeah, she's waiting for something that never really seems to change She never told the truth made collect calls from a telephone booth she came and went like she was never really there at all
2.
Abbey Rose 03:38
It's not like they told you but it's the way that it'll be Things have a way of changing frequency playing in the corner hair down the back your little brother's gonna make me smile with his photograph Abbey Rose this is how life goes I never want to see you feeling bad Abbey Rose this is how life goes I never want to see you feeling sad you light us all up like a corner store match with your love and childhood energy when things get bad please don't be sad you know you can always talk to me
3.
White Sugar 05:09
You've been running since the day you left me It was a long time coming but it's the way it's meant to be I don't want to see you if you don't mind I'll call someone who cares if they can spare me some time I need time Hey you, you've got a lot going on You're half drunk and dreaming of someone and you know the months can be so long so long you've got me wrong You're talking at me with a glass in your hand you got an alcohol smile and an artificial tan you said you'd like to see me because you haven't since the end back when I told you I said we'd never be friends you're gone You know you put it all on me you get so drunk you cannot speak I don't need your religion cuz I got my own it's called letting everyone have their own we keep moving along and I used to get so sad but now I'm just frustrated cuz things still go bad so bad
4.
Memorial Day 02:59
She's blowing smoke and I'm blowing it You know she's cold and grey like Memorial Day and it's alright you know it's alright if you don't know me at all We bury our hearts deep in the graveyards walk six blocks to the end of this town when you're young you know your heart will break when you're old, you know nothing will change there'll be times when your heartaches it's hard to admit it but you know you're gonna live it down
5.
Rock n' roll can kiss my ass it never saved anyone Driving under the overpass you never helped anyone This year has been so great I'm walking in the shadows of our first date this year has been so cursed I've been walking in the shadows of a near divorce you can't let go Now that you're grown you can't leave it alone what you want is now all gone and it's here where you belong Old friends can kiss my ass they never done anything and the years go by so fast and I wouldn't even change a thing I'm just being honest with you why can't you honest with yourself too I'm glad I didn't change my mind I lost my friends to the neon signs they couldn't let go You say you got what you wanted now you can't write it off your mind most of this is what you wanted trying to find something you'll never find Rock n' roll can kiss my ass it never saved anyone
6.
So afraid like you do sitting in your chair as empty as a room Summer days couldn't come too soon darkness at six o' clock leave me screaming at the bastard moon cuz I don't know you like I did I want to know you like I did Times are changing like 18 to a kid "Summer Babe" plays out loud Remind me of a time that's so far from now Did all you could Nothing to do Sitting in a late night restaurant wishing there was more than you Scream out loud broken cupboard door some days are ok and somedays feel like a war you had it good, born with this brain that tells me I'm not good enough that all of this could go away
7.
Rhode Island 04:17
Living in your busted broken walls Living like you'll never run out of time Meet me in the elevator said I'd call, I said see you later down on Rhode Island Avenue Mad as hell I can't take no more I got one foot out and you know I've got one more Every time you open your mouth I'm never quite sure what's gonna come out Still you go on anyway When you're lonely you do stupid things and sometimes you're surprised at what the morning will bring Down on Rhode Island Avenue Wasting all my time you know it's true Wasting all my time just waiting for you Meet me in the elevator said I'd call, I said see you later down on Rhode Island Avenue
8.
Driving down Highway 42 Trying to figure out what to do to get through to you Everyday I don't know what to expect Happy on the outside or a nervous wreck I don't need the number to your telephone sometimes you just need some time alone You know they make you feel bigger than you are staring at my white pages trying to figure out where to take it now You know they build you up so they can tear you down sending you back to that southern MN town
9.
I have dreams of you walking towards the light call you in the morning to see if you're alright you're overworked and behind on sleep you've been pleasing everyone it's got you in too deep you have to learn how to say no 27 washed up at best you've been staring at the walls while you second guess me Now I have to learn how to let go This is what it's like choosing sides Just this once, do you think you two could let it slide This is what it's like choosing sides You want more than you can get You carefully construct your sentences Feeling washed up, broken bad at best You feel broken like the dish from the time that they missed you want somehow to fill the cracks We only hurt the ones we love the most It's about time to give up the ghost I keep telling you to give it time Get some rest you know it'll be alright Sometimes it's best to let sleeping dogs lie before the words hit you right between the eyes and the scars grow deeper than you realize
10.
Are you proud of me like you were back then With your yellow hat and your big old grin can you see things real clear through the clouds and snow to see how far I can go and where I've been There are things you'd never say never let it get in the way Red Cross, name on the chain Second world war through a young man's eyes did what you needed to survive you wouldn't shoot no one against what you believe wearing a Purple Heart on your sleeve 70 years not enough time I got you looking out my partner in crime
11.
The truth is I don't know what to do got so much more to prove sad to see you walk on You know I believe you know that's true more than you realize, more than some do Maybe we'll get there if we stay the course or maybe again we'll lose I don't want to believe you when you say you're moving on don't want to see this all come undone don't want to believe it but you're telling me the truth I want to make you stay I want to get in your way I want to get to you There's a woman on a wooden bench said satan's done a number on us then she gets on the bus but life is life what are we supposed to do can't let it fade out like a series end we can make something new begin
12.
In the city that never feels like spring better leave now before it sucks you in The stars turn metallic and then fall asleep awakened by the night in the morning they will say goodbye In the town with boarded up motels weekend warriors and stores with nothing on their shelves the kids get older and their minds need sleep awakened by the night in the morning they will say goodbye Some will grow up to be remembered some will try all their lives and leave the towns that they were from awakened by the night

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High on Stress is:
Nick Leet - vocals, guitar, organ
Mark Devaraj - drums
Jim Soule - bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals
Chad Wheeling - guitar
Ben "Country" Baker - guitar, organ

Special Guests:
Rev. Matt Marohl - pedal steel
Pete Christensen - Wurlitzer

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released September 5, 2008

Mastered by Bruce Templeton @ Magneto Mastering
Design by Ben "Country" Baker
Engineered by Jon Tranberry @ OBT Studio Champlin, MN

All songs by Nick Leet except "Cop Light Parade", "Memorial Day", "Table 8 in Queens" and "Partner in Crime" (Leet/Baker) "Tomorrow is Coming at a Bad Time" (Leet/Baker/Soule/Devaraj)

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