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The Crenshaw

by The Crenshaw

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1.
How far down the rabbit hole Would you like to go today? If you could stay in the moment What would be revealed in a cosmic wave Could you be freed By the forgiveness of indifference On a scale That brings your little lungs to shuddering? How far down the rabbit hole? Bird songs entwined with voices in the distance Register with those drums I carry, sympathetic Measured carefully by whiskers without mathematics These trees don't have a map for how they want to grow Wanna make the universe laugh? Make plans, firsher My personality's a monogrammed briefcase with nothing in it And if a thought rings true, then I know I'm kidding myself But a true-scale draft will suffocate you in its useless folds Thoughts are useful lies- useful lies or deadly ghosts.
2.
Baseball 02:57
As God, you are responsible for nothing And everything all at once Sometimes it sucks hard I once went to a minor league game Relegated to the cheap seats, had only my friends to blame They were hawking cotton candy off a crucifix Sat up to sing God Bless America after the sixth My love, life is very short My love, it's a lot to bear So I never can say when I've been set like a slow clock Minutes fast, delayed the shock I was not made to be Tested by a power much greater than me
3.
Free Dumb 02:01
Took his kin Cut down his tree Took their lives Took them free Play these games Who makes rules? Who collects? Who plays fool? Sooner Or Later Figures out Suffering works When you're in doubt Sooner Or later Figures out Freedom goes as far as our menu of options Dumb as free gets, the house is favored on all bets Tense but relaxed Mindful but distracted Wish I could go back Teach myself how to act
4.
Cut in Half 04:24
I'd commit a genocide on this freeway But wouldn't harm a fly I'd tell you that I'm honest But that would be a lie I try to be good, I can't help it A TV trained killer or a gorilla in disguise More than a monkey because I know deceit Better than some not as completely As most of you people You fucking people, don't you people have jobs? Or someplace better to be? Than killing yourselves slowly With the drone blaring loud in your stained-steel coffins? I think these thoughts too often. Cut me in half, you'll get a clown and a giraffe And I can't tell who's playing who And if you want a laugh, Well then have I got a joke for you
5.
Invasion 03:06
Don't be alarmed These stories are just ideas And you can rest assured Should occur either one, There's nothing to be done We cast a net into the sky Made of satellites flying near the speed of light Our childish cry into the unknown Didn't go too long unnoticed Come back to my hotel Cause I'm fresh out of nothing Suffering an age of dire need Rare commodities exhausted there on planet greed We came in search, indeed, and found And when our giant needle touched down It broadcast on all frequencies this sound Come back to my hotel Cause I'm fresh out of nothing Tiny fingers probe easily through my frontal lobe Hungrily Exhausted their supply on planet greed
6.
Poetry 03:18
Triangular dawn Thou art more beautiful than I can bear If nothing is wrong How can I ever feel righteous again? Poetry is nature's answer To the problem of being conscious of your own death Enemies are a byproduct of A dis-ease inside our heads Charity is adaptation Like opposable thumbs and eyelashes The neurons that fire when i walk in your shoes Serve me well between ashes to ashes
7.
Surgery 03:03
Folded up inside this letter to myself In the next life I'll put the screws that hold me tight Remind that stranger how to break out of his skin And realize Our limits are our definitions The doctor said His muscle broke his own arm This is the lesson When will he learn his lesson? Shadier trees have led to this rare skin disease An allergy to reality Patiently waiting for the moment to reveal Its perfection Illuminate the path and be healed in the firelight His muscle broke his own arm This is the lesson When will he learn his lesson? Are these dreams my own? it's hard to say Some are real And some are printed on my DNA It's hard to think While radio and micro waves slice through my head Slow and steady win the race The race? I've lost the will I've lost the track And the rabbit's far ahead
8.
Just Jared 02:51
Words don't mean what they mean Can't tell me anything Mother Nature's car alarm I go off like a charm, pay attention to me Ahhhhhhh! Loneliness is a key I was exploited for free But the effects were profoundly costly My ex-friends couldn't know I was surrounded by foes Sabotaging my life invisibly I could tell what's real By the high that I'd feel And my faith in common wisdom's failure My receptors were primed Was fucked up all the time The world was dying, only I knew how to save her I like my cage I like my hierarchy Ain't no one gonna take it away from me I like my cage
9.
Uneasy 02:57
I saw the trophy And I saw the beast I saw what someone wanted me to see These scars that I've acquired over time Have taught me truth as an evolving thing Uneasy with myself 'cause I don't get it Got seconds to decide, a lifetime to regret it Nothing adds up when your values are shot The pricetag's infinity, I get embarrassed a lot Of being a man: an animal what know right from wrong And does wrong anyhow My bed of nails thinks maybe we aren't even really worth saving And nobody knows how Oh hell, goddamn Oh what's the point If we can't treat each other that well?
10.
Beddy Bye 00:50
Hug your dad And say your goodnights Brush your teeth Sleep tight Remember forever And don't let those bed bugs bite.

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weirdo poetic ADD punk jazz footwork avant-pop

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released October 15, 2016

The Crenshaw is
Andrew Jones- voice, bass, effects and programming
Christopher Johnedis- drums and triggers

Recorded By Josh Powell at the Map Room

Mixed By Ryan Breen
*stems on Cut In Half mixed by Cal Campbell

Mastered by Drew Thomas at Sage Audio

All songs by Andrew Jones

artwork by Beth Tom

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The Crenshaw Portland, Oregon

songs by
Andrew Jones (voice, upright bass and programming)
featuring-
Christopher Johnedis (drums and triggers)

This project is where my scatter-brained poetry finds a musical home. Thank you for listening.
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