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This American Life

by Zane Brune

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1.
Freedom Prkwy 03:40
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freedom parkway near the river's edge covered with song lost, young defeated, war-wittled deciet, coming begging in the busk wind, wild waves that powerful stage beastly deliverance from tatters torn lovers lost looks not and guns dropped I Know You lowels, river, wind, east, west best the best The beheaded god idle of the city cratering the comfortable white-bread needless orb That needless orb, O I know You sanction, the terrible discontorted thing thing! thing! thing! thing! that wonderful all-engrossing thing I Know You that wonderful all-engrossing trickling light
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Wake Up! 01:37
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lyin' in bed the hair on your head eyes sunk back wake up! wake up! Not so blind you, just can't see walkin' instead it's shortly ahead sign your name wake up! wake up! you just signed your life away to me now we are sending you overseas good luck!
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Huh? 03:02
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trees bend to my will the lawn is dying flowers fading, still and she's the only one crying Huh? / What? sunny day rainy month something in this room weighs a ton gold, silver, smooth O, to be with you Huh? / What? ailing, waiting here it comes sailing, waiting havin' some fun Huh? / What? Who? / When? Where? / How? Huh? / What?
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So Long 02:36
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I'm gonna live longer than the president didn't see nothin' he just came and went once was there, then no more what do you think he did that for? fire and burning coal say your sorry I'll throw the bone you can't be serious in this day and age I got the key You got the cage seen it comin' all along don't want nothing gone gone gone I realize that I'm a nasty fellow don't scrutinize with the master's cello pretty thing with a real big laugh just like the past you're a gas, O seen it comin' all along don't want nothin' so long! seen it coming, mama dead and gone don't want nothin' so long!
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Ballad Of American Skeletons 04:06
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SAID THE PRESIDENTIAL SKELETON, "I WON'T SIGN THE BILL!" SAID THE SPEAKER SKELETON, "YES YOU WILL!" SAID THE REPRESENTITIVE SKELETON, "I OBJECT" SAID THE SUPREME COURT SKELETON, "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?" SAID THE OLD CHRIST SKELETON, "CARE FOR THE POOR" SAID THE SON OF GOD SKELETON, "AIDS NEEDS CURE" SAID THE HOMOPHOBE SKELETON, "GAY FOLKS SUCK" SAID THE HERTIAGE POLICY SKELETON, "BLACKS ARE OUT OF LUCK" SAID THE MACHO SKELETON, "WOMEN IN THEIR PLACE" SAID THE FUNDAMENTALIST SKELETON, "INCREASE THE HUMAN RACE" SAID THE NANCY SKELETON, "JUST SAY NO!" SAID THE RASTA SKELETON, "BLOW NANCY BLOW!" SAID THE DEMOGOG SKELETON, "DON'T SMOKE POT" SAID THE ALCOHOLIC SKELETON, "LET YOUR LIVER ROT" SAID THE JUNKY SKELETON, "CAN'T WE GET A FIX?" SAID THE BIG BROTHER SKELETON, "JAIL THE JUDGE FOR KICKS!" SAID THE MIRROR SKELETON, "HEY GOOD LOOKING" SAID THE ELECTRIC CHAIR SKELETON, "HEY, WHAT'S COOKING?" SAID THE TALKSHOW SKELETON, "MOCK YOU IN THE FACE" SAID THE FAMILY-VALUE SKELETON, "MY FAMILY-VALUE MAKES" SAID THE NEW YORK TIMES SKELETON, "THAT'S NOT FIT TO PRINT" SAID THE CIA SKELETON, "CAN'T YOU TAKE A HINT?" SAID THE NETWORK SKELETON, "BELIEVE MY EYES" SAID THE ADVERTISING SKELETON, "DON'T GET WISE" SAID THE MEDIA SKELETON, "BELIEVE YOU ME" SAID THE COUCH POTATO SKELETON, "WHAT ME WORRY?" SAID THE TV SKELETON, "EAT SOUND BYTES" SAID THE NEWSCAST SKELETON, "THAT'S ALL, GOODNIGHT"
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Pretty Baby 03:00
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I see her walkin' down the street she got pearls wrapped round her neck and no shoes on her feet she's my baby pretty baby yeah woah here she comes all alone staring with those eyes that have been blown up she's blown up O pretty baby she's my baby woah she likes to drink her wine in a coffee cup she never heard about the Tundra but she thinks she's grown up she loves me O my baby O pretty baby yeah she's mine woah
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Ice 03:29
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water I need water one lit cigarette falls to the ground one chance left at turning things around out the window are only ghosts as the statute raises its glass and toasts to hell one lit cigarette falls to the ground one chance left at turning things around don't leave us its cold here faces changing the ground water without any sound ice help, I'm stuck ice, help, I'm stuck one lit cigarette falls to the ground one chance left at turning things around water I need water
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Bang Bang 02:06
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So, there I was sitting with Jean-Micheal and out of nowhere he just sits up takes his shirt off and climbs the wall, man Jesus fucking Christ! hey, missy wink come over and let me see your lovely hair tonight lets see if you got it I know I got it right pray for us say to us life, go smoothly love, go through me charge me, with what I got my rights are altered but I am not just sitting in a tree k i s s i n g and real time pranksters storming on the pike Calder's ceiling came down in the tike money, don't use it faith, don't abuse it while Porto came crashing down the pavement wild eyed and asleep mimicking the things he saw with no eyes to see the car was found deep down in the valley shook the ground, bang! they all sang, bang bang they all sang bang bang they all reared their fangs and said, pastor brought the news stamped it on a door right out front brother saw what he had to and Jack was already on the hunt crawled low down in the tide they were bound, bang! they all sang, bang bang they all sang bang bang they all reared their fangs and said, hopelessly lost all of us in the heat of the crash none of them can ever get out alive only dead with their cash stuck here where the wind is wild they were sad, bang! they all sang, bang bang they all sang bang bang they all reared their fangs and said, bang bang
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This American Life 04:20
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things happen godsmack me down suffering from the blight of infinite praise secluding myself from others bringing me down for no other American longing my American dreaming dead, dead, dead, dead, dead O, this American life such waste, lies and taste O, be careful this vortex surrounds on the TV it is another anchorman fluttering pillow talk to me and my walls shuddering on the picture plane brought up by the ball from whence the beast came he is here among us O, this American life such waste, lies and taste be careful my brother this vortex surrounds on the tv, implode and explode my heart is with you go now without me ill be here the anxiety presents itself in fear O, don't look back halt go no further or a pillar of salt you will become O, this American life such waste, lies and taste
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We've All Been There 02:44
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we've been there before tripping and laughing we've carried that weight before loving and happy so push your troubles away cause we are here to stay, O be glad and thank the Lord you're not a kentucky whore, O we've tried to do our best better than all the rest we've won at nothing before can't feel the suspense anymore so push your troubles away cause we're here to stay, O be glad and thank the Lord you're not a wisconsin whore, O we've all been there before tripping and laughing we've carried that weight before loving and happy
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Until Next Time 03:31
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Goodbye is not the best word to describe this bitterness we have, it's only the end until next time! I'm sorry for all the things I did it doesn't matter, anyhow it's only the end until next time! it's all over, the end is here I really should have been more clear it's only the end until next time! change matters not not when it's all I got it's only the end until next time! see you later when the next world comes around forgive me later when we meet again it's only the end until next time!

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released February 11, 2015

All songs written by Zane Brune unless otherwise noted.

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Zane Brune Chicago, Illinois

"Zane Brune embodies the perfect compromise between a edgy rock and roll lifer and a elusive song-writer with his own unique language and expressions. Borrowing from the vast vernacular of rock, pop, soul and alternative, Brune swings from light to darkness seamlessly and frantically within a playlist that feels like a inner travel within the most remote corners of the human psyche." ... more

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