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SAVAGES

by Bonesetters

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1.
Savages 03:11
I've been a deadman, but since those nights I've stretched to keep a level head If I've learned one good lesson, It's how to keep an eye or two open while in bed. Best watch out to what you're saying, cause bridges burn too slowly for my taste I could haunt you if I wanted, but even Jesus said all things have their time and place Oh mama, Oh sweet mama , don't you know your daddy he ain't gonna leave you yet He only had five dollars and he spent them all on those goddamn cigarettes.
2.
Bruises 04:44
These bruises on my arms are from where they drew blood three days ago When the vein popped and traffic stopped, and the tunnel fell on a subway car My head started swooning like a misguided Macy's Day balloon When they picked me up off the floor they said "Boy, you better get yourself a room" I curse the ghost for giving me up I curse the ghost for giving me up The helicopters swinging, zinging static and the television glow The silent flip of a switch, the whispering radio Well, this could've been my grave so I made my finest run The smell of death, the IV drip, the one-off wheel on the pudding cart In the dark who's going to find you out In the dark who's going to find you out In the dark who's going to find you out In the dark who's going to find you out In the dark who's going to find you out In the dark who's going to find you out These bruises on my arms are from where they drew blood three days ago When the vein popped and traffic stopped, and the tunnel fell on a subway car
3.
Saturday I woke up in a haze And all the pretty girls, they know my name and they sing my praise That one's Darcy, the other one's Penny They say, "Oh Shaun Gannon, were you shot from a cannon? You are lore you are free!" Then we cut right through the bones of each of our rivals We raised our crooked fists to the sun We tore it's heart out and then I ate it But I'm not the only one, I'm not the only one Ohoho Meanwhile, back at your old folks home You had a awful dream and you let out a scream, what a lucky lucky girl You were skating and figure-eighting When you fell through the cracks, flat on your ass, into your mother's arms Then we cut right through the bones of each of our rivals We raised our crooked fists to the sun We tore it's heart out and then I ate it But I'm not the only one, I'm not the only one Ohoho
4.
Xanax 04:11
I was prescribed several pills to ingest To fix the holes in my head, to fix the holes in my chest Then you stole them all and sold them to my friends I was not well after that, I was not well after that It was in grammar school when we first met You were a girl to burn the world for and time I'd invest Then the voices told my choices weren't the told And the doctor told me that I was a Horrible mess I cried, "Oh NO!" I was on an airplane bound for the new west When a baby started screaming, this new place to protest Like a girl in Catholic school with much to confess About the stains on her dress, and how she wasn't very blessed While sedated, we crept our bodies with our eyes We were twenty-one and reckless with our mind stuck on the high It was then I noticed you were a pessimist so I jotted down a list Of all the words that I would miss Oh no! You, my pretty little spell, I promise I'll be well You, my pretty little spell, I promise I'll be well You, my pretty little spell, I promise I'll be well You, my pretty little spell, I promise I'll be well
5.
Mama Prays 02:16
Daddy says John Wayne saved our asses back in World War II Daddy's flag waves on the street and all the pretty girls, they laugh and smile with him But Mom says, "Don't give him what he wants, Just give him what he needs" Mama prays everyday that the good Lord will grant her piece inside Mama Prays everyday that I will find him before the end of time She says, "Give him what he wants, and bless him with what he needs" She says, "Give him what he wants, and bless him with what he needs"
6.
Maypole 02:53
Well, I went to the station to catch my ride When I heard a tremendous crash and saw those strobing lights And I whispered to myself far too loud And I whispered to myself and the passing crowds "How I wish there was a train to take us out of here, how I wish there was a train. Don't make me walk away, don't make me walk away from you, sweet Marie, for I shall remain the same." When we reach the otherside of Heaven Where the angels sing and string their ribbons Round that old maypole and their bucket of gold I'll be strapped for cash, but I'm ready to go "How I wish there was a train to take us out of here, how I wish there was a train. Don't make me walk away, don't make me walk away from you, sweet Marie, for I shall remain the same." Don't make me walk away, don't make me walk away from you, sweet Marie, for I shall remain the same. Put pennies over my eyes, best make it quarters, for the river Styx. Then, I'll be illuminated like a casket made of bricks.
7.
Jesus 03:08
I like candy, I like shoes, I like the way you sing your blues to me. Sing your blues to me. I like candy, I like shoes, I like the way you sing your blues to me. Sing your blues to me. If love takes two, then two make three I shot the roots from an old oak tree with a .45 my grandaddy gave to me. Grandaddy gave to me. I shot the roots from an old oak tree with a .45 my grandaddy gave to me. Grandaddy gave to me. If we have a wedding, a shotgun it'll be Jesus came and saved the poor, Jesus came and saved a whore for me. Oh, sweet Magdalene. Jesus came and saved the poor, Jesus came and saved a whore for me. Oh, sweet Magdalene. If love takes two, then two make three If love takes two, then two make three If we have a wedding, a shotgun it'll be
8.
Shakespeare 01:56
9.
Sitting on a creek in a paddle borne boat made for two Never knew how long it'd take to keep my mind off of you Climbing through the leaves and the vines of old I woke my bones On bombs with rental suits, I wore my own set of shoes I sat waiting for the light in wanting to set my soul on fire I drew mushroom clouds aloft amongst the angel choirs Christmas lights and walls, a prison of my own design I lock myself into this madman suit made of stone And, lo, your rock and roll crept out my mouth into the air For ears or a nickel's worth of whispers to be unheard I sat staring at the light in wanting to expire You put the pillow to my skull and pulled the trigger higher Then something happened to me that I can't explain That seed you sowed through my bones went right to my veins It said, "You've been an awful person, don't go on It takes a grain of salt to let your soul linger on."
10.
I wish there was a light that shown half as bright as she did that morning. I've lost the will to fight, my flight is headed to the heart of the east, To find a soul I left all those years ago. But I'm finding out it's stronger, now, than it used to be. I wish I heard her voice to permeate the noise that remains, colliding through the hallways of my brain So I built myself a wall, in the days when summer turns to rain then fall, The pictures in the hallway throttle their frames I'm finding out It's more dangerous that it was before. But I'm stronger now so what's worth finding out anymore? Well, I wish there was a light that flickered in her eye, that shown half as bright as she did that evening. But I'm finding out it's more dangerous now.

credits

released December 6, 2011

All songs written by Bonesetters
Performed by Bonesetters and Friends

Bonesetters:
Dan Snodgrass: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, chord organ
Sam Shafer: electric guitar, organ, piano, trumpet, backing vocals
Ryan Rader: bass, backing vocals, auxiliary percussion
Dan Schepper: drums
Friends:
Lauren Eison: violins on tracks 2,3,4,5,6
The Four Star Hoosier Quartet (Benjamin Bernthal, Adam Gross, Oliver Hopkins, Duncan Kissinger): backing vocals on tracks 1,8,9,10
Wendy Lee Spacek : Backing vocals on track 8

Produced by Jayson Homyak and Bonesetters
Engineered at Reber Recording in Muncie, Indiana by Jayson Homyak
Mixed at Queensize Recording Studio in Indianapolis, Indiana by Tyler Watkins
Mastered at Sound Relic in Chicago, Illinois by Sean McConnell

Photos by Amanda Rains
Skull Masks by Dan Snodgrass, Rebecca Patrick, and Ryan Rader
Design By Travis Harvey

Special Thanks to our families and friends, Muncie,The Old Guard, The New Guard, Savages Ale House, The Big Red Main, Dan Schepper for filling in on drums, VGR and Travis Harvey for infinite love and art skills, Lauren Eison for beautiful violins, The Four Star Hoosier Quartet for lovely vocals and laughs, Jayson Homyak, Tyler Watkins, Amanda Rains, Frank Reber, Jeff Hillman, Sean McConnell, Our Kickstarters!, Seth Johnson, Mark Doenges, Andrew Reynolds, Adam Goff, Joshua Mollet, Susan Rosenthal, Kristin Newborn, Sara Vance, Dustin Sharpless, Spenser Querry, Cody B. Nix, Paul Schaffer, Rick Shafer, Taylor Muncy, Joseph Biasi, Jennifer Compton, Torri Covey, Chris Kauffman, Becky Rother, Christopher Eilers, Kyle Turpin, Nathan Lucas, Bryan Unruh, Rebecca Patrick, Cody Davis, Duncan Kissinger, Dan Zender, Heather Davis, Bradley Huffer, Michael Stebbins, Josh Condon, Joey Morrow, Nick Teaford, Bears of Blue River, Slothpop, You Are An Airplane, Everything NOW!, Cowboy Angels, Hotfox, Accordions, Peach Tree, & Amo Joy!

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