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Candy
03:43
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CANDY
Candy where’d you go, go on Candy
Kids hold court on the dickery dock
Of Hannigan’s Market at the end of the block
Pepsi bottles and a girl that I like
The 10 cent deposits and the 3-speed bikes
With the playing cards in the wire spokes
It’s the afternoon brigade
Sweet talk and taffy, everyone laughing
Candy don’t tell no lies
Candy where’d you go?
You sent me flying then you laid me low
Chocolate chip dragons and one more show
But Candy you come and go
Go on Candy
Hoist that speaker on top of the stand
Ain’t no kick like a rock’n’roll band
Mutts and misfits coming of age
The pickups, the riffs, the door to the stage
Nobody said it would last forever
Sometimes you fade away
Lost tambourine, Boston Baked Beans
Candy you harmonize
CHORUS
You like your sugar, man, you like your haze
You score the ticket and it always pays
You write the script, you never fulfill it
You can poison the pain
But you can never quite kill it
Somebody said it will last forever
You better run away
Shoot for the moon, fumble the spoon
Candy might get you by
CHORUS
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2. |
Stone's Throw
03:14
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STONE’S THROW
You got me restless, got me on my feet
I’ve been one place too long
Let’s rinse the day away and then repeat
Get something going on
Raisins come from grapes you know
And so does that wine, I’ve got a lot to do
I’m eating grapes these days
Straight off the vine, it saves a step or two
It’s just a stone’s throw, stone’s throw away
Train’s in the station and the wolves are at bay
It’s just a stone’s throw, stone’s throw away
People are waiting for the breakthrough
You moat your castle and you sit and stew
And take another call
The chambers are loaded with blanks like you
Just stay behind your wall
It’s kind of clever but it’s not that smart
You haven’t heard the news?
Stopping now would be a good place to start
Don’t wait on your reviews
CHORUS
You’ll never see her in the bylines
She’s a pen for hire
Throws her flames under other people’s names
Set this town on fire
CHORUS
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3. |
At Least Once
03:56
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AT LEAST ONCE
Left my heart laying around, you found it
Picked me up and didn’t let me down
When I look back on those days I’m astounded
You even thought of sticking around
Didn’t know what to do about life’s persuasions
Kenny said, “You gotta try at least once”
He made a lot of sense on that particular
occasion
On occasion I get it right
At least once I arrived at the right place
Walked in on you in my life
At least, once we survived some hard times
We knew that we could survive
I’ve been knocked to the ground a few times
You dust me off, and I face the day
At least we got each other – that’s the most it
could be
At least forever is going our way
You never really let on but I knew
The laughter couldn’t hide all the pain
We were still talking at dawn, my first clue
Maybe we felt quite the same
CHORUS
You’ve been knocked to the ground a few
times
I dust you off and you face the day
At least we got each other – that’s the most it
could be
At least forever is going our way
And If I really thought that this life that we’ve
got
Could be got just by paying those dues
I’d re-live all the hard, hard livin’
I’d re-live it and end up with you
I’d count on luck, or whatever it was
That allowed us to see this thing through
Yeah I’d count on luck or whatever it is
That landed me right next to you
CHORUS
We’ve been knocked to the ground a few times
Shake it off and then we face the day
At least we got each other – that’s the most it
could be
At least forever is going our way
When you live in the present moment
Forever’s just a time of the day
Taking every step like we’re walking in glory
And forever is going our way
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4. |
Flag of Convenience
05:15
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FLAG OF CONVENIENCE
I dig our love, I dig our call for peace
A little patience and the other cheek
But this can’t go on and on
It’s been going on too long
We’re not fooled, the truth is in our sight
Crazy lies don’t gaslight what is right
Patience must be earned
Some fools never seem to learn
You’re all wrapped up in your trappings of
hate
You wear a mask of delusion
A shroud of lies and your shoulders are
draped
In a flag of convenience
You sail under a flag of convenience
Don’t let our old days old ways drag us down
Take a stand, gotta turn things around
This same old same old’s gotta go
This old way’s getting really old
CHORUS
Daddy taught you how he got things done
You got your heat like you’re the only one
We will bring that ship to bear
Believe me we’re already there
CHORUS
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I DON’T LIVE IN COLORADO (ANYMORE)
I heard that you were calling around
To some of my old haunts
To tell me about Angel, that news had got
around
Got around, so tell me about Angel
Got around, I still don’t understand
For every time she’d fallen down
This earth had propped her up
And every scar that marred her face
Her laughter covered up
Covered up, so tell me about Angel
Covered up, I’ll never understand
Haven’t you heard?
I don’t live in Colorado anymore
I got the word from this cat in Lacombe
About Angel
No I don’t live in Colorado anymore
Leave it up to Angel to put us together
Angel, we didn’t talk too much
I guess we just fell out
That news was like a dream I have
When everything’s going wrong
Going wrong, so tell me about Angel
Going wrong, we’d fallen out before
CHORUS
So you and Angel had lost touch?
Did it ever dawn on you?
That Angel asked much more
Than either one of us could do
Than we could do, I’ll tell you about Angel
What could we do? She’d walked away
before
CHORUS
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6. |
Diego
04:49
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DIEGO
Cast aside in a surreal move
He wouldn’t be captured in the cage
Gazing off into the distance
One war within, one war men waged
The cigarettes, the dusty workspace
Those encounters in Montmartre
As each maquette grows ever smaller
Terror drives the brilliant art
I closed my eyes and saw Diego
Chez Montparnasse atelier
An ashen dreamscape, silver moon’s glow
A vision of man, a muse in the dark, enduring
fate
A walking man off in the distance
His isolation draws me near
He shares the god strain of the one dance
And yet he holds it all within
CHORUS
Annette stood by she understood
Awareness guides the endless trail
She found her peace, she saw the good
And she loved, oh how she loved
CHORUS
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7. |
Djarke
01:18
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Instrumental
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UP ON THE STREET (SWEDE HOLLOW)
It’s humble, as humble, as gray old snow
A tough humble village nestled below
A city that bustles above the deep soul
Of a hollow as humble as gray old snow
The French and the Germans and the Irish made do
Up on the street where a boomtown grew
On land that was sacred and stripped from the Sioux
On land that was taken a boomtown grew
The boomtown life was an immigrant dream
Down in Swede Hollow where hard times seemed
To flow down the hillside and freeze in the creek
And try to keep you from making it
Up on the street
From the shoreline of Phalen to the ridge of the bluffs
The East Side is gritty and proud
The pride just ran deeper down where times were tougher
The hollow as gritty as gritty allows
Now the hollow is empty but the dream’s still on hold
From the Midway to the West Bank
They shoulder the load
Of the weight that can keep a man off of that road
The weight can keep a man off of that road
CHORUS
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9. |
One Horse Town
05:24
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ONE HORSE TOWN
In a one horse town
There are few roads leading out
Jesse Westfall, “Westy”, he took a hard road
About that there is no doubt
Man, he was a real hard worker, Westy
Detasseling corn in July, binding wreaths in December, some kind of machine shop job
A lot of catching loops and working on the grounds crew at the local Country Club out on Dodd Road
He was a smart guy, too, although he was raised to believe he was dumb
That got him in some trouble – his old man wasn’t really happy until there was trouble
He learned a few tricks from his brother Dean, who’s probably still out there scrapping today
The foot wedge, the extra tips, a few sales on the side
In a one horse town
Your luck can be dependent
On the souls that you’ve befriended
And the way you move around
You can get lost in a one horse town
Westy was the third son out of seven kids – the one named after the old man
I guess Jesse’s dad was trying to show the first two how they had let him down
They were 3 and 5 when Jesse was born
Westy watched out for those girls, though, and they turned out real good
He mostly watched out for other people
In a one horse town
Redemption strains to find you
And that hitching post reminds you
That your fate has tied you down
You can get lost in a one horse town
In the front seat of a ’79 Chevy Nova, Jesse’s ride ended
Just him, some payments he couldn’t make, a broken heart and a 9 millimeter
He never made it to 25, man I wish he was still alive
I guess everyone in this town wishes for that
CHORUS
I had hoped he’d make it out, but he never did
I still see him come around from time to time
Still watching out for other people in this one
horse town
It’s always good to see you, Westy
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10. |
Open to Changes
04:56
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OPEN TO CHANGES
It seems I get a little bit more invisible every day
To those young folks walking by
I don’t mind and it’s OK
I’m not really trying to catch their eyes
I walked in their shoes once-upon-a-time
And - god willing - they’ll walk in mine
And still we’re the same thing
Still we’re all changing
I’m staying open to changes just as long as I can
I’m staying open to changes just as long as I can
I’ll strive to be a better man
And draw to the changes
Yeah, I’ve had some help to find my way
And I need that help, it’s true
My love comes through, what can I say?
And I’m gonna help my love too
I’ve had every break known to man
And I’ve squandered most of them
I know it’s not too late
No time to hesitate
CHORUS
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The Other Hit Minneapolis, Minnesota
THE OTHER HIT is a Minneapolis-based band formed in 2014, taking its cues from radio playlists of the 1970s. Their 2022 debut album DIEGO consists of 10 original tracks reflecting that influence. 1970s' Top 40 radio was a tapestry of bubblegum pop, straight-up rock, soul music, cross-over country, and acoustic-based singer-songwriter fare. Those transistor radio-era sounds echo throughout DIEGO. ... more
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