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Hide A Light

by Old Milwaukee

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maybe time fucked up cuz you got lost growin' up still ain't got sense enough to fill your coffee cup but if you got the acumen to lock horns and shake hands good it's the sweet by and by or else you eat more shit before you drink that wine i'm not a sucker but i play one in real life got pockets full of magical beans i'm prob'ly dyin' from cirrhosis of the liver great god almighty, let me drown in whiskey river where have all the bad times gone? not to tempt fate or to be an ingrate but where have all the bad times gone? i used to feel like i invented disappointment where have all the bad times gone? it's always love, love, love if you can wait long enough then it's that old junkie two-step and cheap domestic stuff i've got these newfound positive vibrations in my psyche and this strange little smile and people really seem to like me and i'm profoundly tired bewusstseinslage obscured my mental outlook then johnny took his gun and went home still, sometimes i miss the comfort of the shadows how am i to hide this little light without my bushel?
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alarm clock says, “good morning!!!!” a pounding in my head need to find that dog that bit me i gotta go to work instead sleepwalkin' through the day shift dreaming about tonight gwine see my easy rider she'll make me feel alright bust ass to earn a dollar adulthood was a trap time to make the doughnuts comb-over, heart attack something sweet to chase the kool-aid ™ some time with you alone oh, easy rider, let me ride you home mediocre corporate restaurant cheap domestic wine we gravitate toward what we hate for some folks that's just fine but if you do me right i'd do you no wrong oh, easy rider, ride me all night long
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here comes that old feelin' says, “hey how you been?” love's made a fool out of me just stopped by to size up the shape that I'm in love's made a fool out of me they say it's all you need and they're probably right but it's also got teeth and it knows how to bite now I'm licking my wounds and i'm too weak to fight the bottle's no answer but it's a fine place to hide now I'm covered and safe so here's mud in your eye i pray thee, sweet jesus, in fact i downright insist you grant the strength and the courage just to get me through this but I'd trade 'em to the devil just for one more sweet kiss we had a good life and we were so close as to almost be kin but we were perfect and someone had to pay for that sin and I'll love her forever and never again
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this old girl keeps haunting me from where i left her in the past she keeps threatening she's coming back and this time it will last and i hope these memories of her and her strawberry curls won't deceive as i romanticize and long for this old girl this old girl keeps haunting me when i wallow in regret she might be hours away from here but what did i expect and it hurts me to remember when she used to be my fan and i know i need that old girl but does she need this old man? this old girl won't let me be she gets a kick out of my pain i can't take back what i did to her and she won't leave my brain if i try my damnedest i might win my life won't come unfurled i'm deceived as i romanticize and long for this old girl

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Recorded in late August, Old Milwaukee's first EP, "Hide A Light" showcases the band's diverse influences ranging from classic country to 50s/60s era rock and roll and 70s/80s punk rock.

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released September 21, 2011

Recorded and mixed by Chris Walldorf (Sioux Sioux Studio);
mastered by Dave Harris (Studio B);
all songs written and recorded by Old Milwaukee (Slade Baird, David Meigs & Adam Phillips);
ivories (and our fancies) tickled by Jon Lindsay;
album art by Adam Phillips;
and endless thanks to our friends who sang with us on "Where Have All the Bad Times Gone?", henceforth known as the Bad Times Choir.

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Old Milwaukee Charlotte, North Carolina

Old Milwaukee is three dudes making hip-shaking rock and roll with influences ranging from the alt-country movement of the last two decades, classic American music of the 50s and 60s and punk of the 70s and 80s. With hook-laden melodies and strong three-part harmonies, fans of Old Milwaukee have likened their sound to everything from Hank Williams to Elvis Costello to the Pixies. ... more

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