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1.
Broken Board 01:57
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Two brothers torn apart One hurt his head and the other hurt his heart A story false and also true Pacific Ocean Blue He's singing lead and he harmonizes He forgets the words that he memorizes He's singing lead---still---out They're picking up what you're sending off Your face is hard but the words you sing are soft Hitchiking girls and a songsmith, too There's no way you knew Little bird, do you play the drums? Can you hit this beat, while our cousin hums? He's singing lead---still---out Step by step he's been climbing up He's in a bed of sand with an empty cup His hair is long and his board is broken Every word he wrote was left unspoken One brother shakes his head "The things you do are never what you said." Oklahoma will have to do And California, too He plays the bass with a rhythm first The notes don't matter if the beat is worst He's singing lead---still---out
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Skateboard 01:57
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I'm on a skateboard I fall on my face I cannot help it How can I face you Now that I'm back I'm feeling sunburned I'm smelling chlorine I won't swim and Floating's boring I'm back I won't play music; I won't make any noise No sideways glances made, like some other boys No reason left to let me do what I can And I won't ever turn around No, I won't ever turn around again I'm not a card cheat I never play it I cannot hold my hands still They're shakin' Since I'm back It's not an article of faith It's not just something I can take I can't just close my eyes and feel the same I'm on a skateboard I cannot help it I fall on my face But falling is selfish I'm back
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Caroline 02:13
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Caroline was my friend She said she'd hang with me now and then I'm always askin' "Is it then yet?" Caroline Caroline We're swayin' front and back I know how to dance, Jack I'm singin' "Spill the Wine" With Caroline Have you seen this move? Still don't know what I got to prove I think it's no use tryin' With Caroline Down a cold one I'm seein' no one Sleepin' next to me Caroline Where you lyin' You said you were sleepy Caroline made a call And we went hangin' at the local mall Asked for a kiss and she said, "You bet." Caroline Caroline I'm marching to her door I can't take it no more "Uh, do you have the time, Caroline?" Am I screaming now? Do you need me, somehow? Your leg's touching mine, Right, Caroline? Hot and heavy The burstin' levy Drenched us head to toe Caroline Am I blind Or did you always know? Caroline was my friend She said she'd hang with me now and then I'm always askin' "Is it then yet?" Caroline Caroline
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Hollywood 02:57
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I'm not a lion I'm not trying Take my wording It means I'm yearning I'm just painting Women fainting There's nothing, no one, I'm not showing Mondo expression Reasoned exception Symbol artist Salon parties Mama, I'm trying Mondo Elijah You can't see me Never between me I kiss you and I fall apart You know I must return by dark There's nothing like a London night But here I come to Hollywood I'm just painting Women fainting I'm nothing special Too much affection There's nothing going You will know when It's time to leave her I'm a believer Typically distant No need to listen Emotions, Maria A difference between us A love that we had Don't you see that He's not something I'm not something
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Dark Glasses 02:51
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Across the room Eyes closed in the corner Shut tight still No light at all Walk on with me Just one look, please Sweet blue moonrise Luminous nighttime It hurts to look So I fall in love Won't you please Only see me? Keep your dark glasses on Keep your dark glasses on She's my girl---the only one Keep your dark glasses on Light my way Witch of the mystic Allow me this Speak to me one word Whispering trees And feelings so deep I've got a place to be tonight There's something lost but I'm alright There's something lost but I'm alright I've got a place to be tonight I'm alright---I'm alright The sun's bright to see Hunger in the morning Tuesday's gone She's by my side Let me please Look in your eyes
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I Won't Ever Come Back 02:31
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I hurt my back sleeping by the lake You shoulda woke me and saved me the pain I dreamed you were the girl that felt that way I drove a hundred miles to see your face You broke my heart up just to get your way I know you never thought you'd see this day Don't need a reason to run this hot I used to love you then I stopped, stopped, stopped I left a letter saying nothing lasts And I won't ever come back The gate closes fifteen minutes late Did you know that I could escape? How long was I holding in this state? I cut a tether now I'm on my way My chest is pounding and I feel again You think I'm different but I never changed
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The End of High School 02:25
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Stayin' after school just to meet up with a guy who can Get me to the game, you know I need to see who's there so I'm Taking off my shirt cause it's hot here in the stands There's a girl just to my right and the heat's coming from her I think she starts to cry so I grab her like a friend and she Touches lips to mine and I think that it's the end of high school In the middle of a class I'm feeling pretty low and so I'm Standing from my seat and I'm walking to the front and the Teacher's speaking slowly cause he don't want to break my stride And the room just starts to tip when I realize where I am And I crash right to the ground as the thoughts loose from my head and they Didn't make a sound so I think that it's the end of high school Leanin' on a wall with my best friend in my face and she's Making all these lips while the others just look on, is that Winking just a tick or is she thinking what I'm thinking, is it True that friends are friends, or is it true that friends are more? Is it true that friends are true, or is it true this is the end Must time stop before it moves, or is it true this is the end of high school?
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Allie M. 04:03
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Strong words I never learned: Don't let a woman turn Just hold your eyes and walk away from her But you saw me faltering Nervously mumbling Sighing and spitting out the wrong things You held my hand to it You make me end, Allie M. Your poison lips do it You make me end, Allie M. I know where you come from You never need to run But don't place your trust in just anyone Find a way back to me With doubt and disbelief I don't make sense right now, but listen please: Three times I heard from someone new Three times I wished that it was you You held my hand to it You make me end, Allie M. Your poison lips do it You make me end, Allie M.
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Corduroy 02:10
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She was walking through the mall I followed her from store to store We ate together before she left And I watched her walk away She was dressed in corduroy Dressed in corduroy By the time you read this I'll be gone We watched an awful movie The lights went down when we kissed She ate all my popcorn I spilled soda on her breast Dressed in corduroy She was drenched in corduroy By the time you read this I'll be gone We made love in her apartment I found her dark and docile She left me happy She left her clothes on my floor Piles of corduroy I was wrapped in corduroy By the time you read this I'll be gone She left me happy She left me happy
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Wild Plains 02:47
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Spilled a glass of grain Work with Walter Wade No man to raise a child I'm livin on the wild plains Salt and pepper sand Arid, barren land Brings me to my knees All these hopeless seeds The girl I'm dreamin of Sprouted from a love song Wade just hums along The chords I'm playing wrong I don't know what it means Somebody's gotta sing He's reading Lonesome Dove And I'm pickin all these love songs Symptoms of the night: An ever-fading light The looming frightened calm Of a faraway dawn A woman feeling strong In the echoes of a love song A woman feeling strong In the echoes of a love song Spilled a glass of grain Work with Walter Wade No man to raise a child I'm livin on the wild plains Rain showers cool and mild I'm livin on the wild plains
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Every Time You Look Back 02:53
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When I was 21 Thought I was done I had some fun I thought And then at 24 I changed some more Walked out a door and thought back when When I was fourteen years I crossed a sea Entered a plea Then tried to flee Met up with you And came to see what's true You can't be more than your past It's true that prelude is a pest So you must blindly lead the rest of your life Cause everytime you look back you lie I said I knew you when I can't pretend to know much more When I had met you I had just been born I coulda sworn that was the start When I was sixteen years I thought back when I had some friends Cherished a past That couldn't last That wouldn't do That never flew And wasn't true Or so I thought I knew
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It Rains It Pours 02:02
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I ran into you at the corner of some dusty old ghost town tell me did you drop this note I found it on the ground it said that she's leaving, that she was deceiving when she said she was yours man, when it rains it pours I met you at some social event a meeting of local minds I saw a gaze directed at you And not just any kind the look said, "I can't take a world with such heartbreak, and all the fault is yours." man, when she whispers she roars I argued with you just outside the doors of a nameless local dive tell me did you care what I said or was your anger contrived our words push the gears they grind on for years and now the next move is yours man, when time flies it soars
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Two in My Hand 04:36
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I was waiting all my life For the one who makes things feel right But you know you can't think twice Just close your eyes and roll the dice Two in my hand, just two in my hand I've got roll them one of these days Two in my hand, just two in my hand There's something about her Just something about her There's someone that I think about She's someone I don't want to live without I don't how she feels but I see the traces I've just got to pick up the cards and pray for aces Two in my hand, just two in my hand I'm betting my heart on her Two in my hand, just two in my hand There's something about her Just something about her I called her on the phone And cried, "Please, tell me I'm the one." I said, "I've got just thing." I went out and bought two gold rings Now forever I wait in my lonely room With an empty heart and a bottle of booze If I gamble again it'll be too soon Now my hands are tired in this lonely room Two in my hand, just two in my hand It's the gold I bet—I bet and lost Two in my hand, just two in my hand There's something about her Just something about her
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Six Months 02:38
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Dreaming straight through noon No sign of waking soon Mondays on the phone Wont leave me alone Dreaming all the time And not quite feeling fine This one cant be true Its one long dream of you Six months worth of sleep I never fell so deep The nightmares waking up Too much water in my cup My throat is feeling dry Cause love is on my mind Did you leave while I slept still Am I that fool sleeping on the hill I dont care if its true Its just another dream of you

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Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.

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released June 11, 2013

music and lyrics by Stephen Jones

mastered by Filip Pietrzykowski at Red Mastering Studio, London
redmastering.co.uk

cover photo by Jessica Harwood
back photo by Ron Lyon

www.facebook.com/stephen.and.the.strangers

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Stephen and the Strangers is the solo project of bass player and songwriter Stephen Jones, recording his music in Los Angeles, CA. Jones grew up playing punk and alternative music with his brothers in Oceanside, CA.

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