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Weight of the City

by Matt Focht and the Faders

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1.
Born Yesterday 04:33
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Snowflakes are coming down Like couch pillows in the air February’s on my doorstep We’re packed in here pretty tight Let’s go outside together And roll on the snowy ground Sure had a weird day I’m glad to be back at home Sometimes I wish that the world was a brand new place And I was born yesterday I’ll start all over and make a plan this time It’s hard to move ahead when you’re living in the past Here comes mid-September Get a sharp knife from the drawer Chop an onion on the cutting board These voices keep screaming at me “You should have stayed at University! Do you understand the possibilities? Don’t throw it away cuz it’ll be too late.” I’ve seen the poisoned mind destroy precious things Overindulge and lose control of who you want to be I climbed up high on a branch Looking down at the house from a different angle I saw a beautiful Christmas tree Things were better and the record played...December’s changing me Sometimes I wish that the world was a brand new place And I was born yesterday I’ll start all over and make a plan this time It’s hard to move ahead when you’re living in the past In the morning a song came to me I was riding my bike to work and the sun was blinding to see I was wondering if my life was slipping beneath the cracks of eternity Hoping one of these days the answers will be real and not a dream...
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Cincinatti 05:12
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Eden Park on the hill We took pictures of each other Tour ‘96, we may split No more laughing by the tape deck Radio tower Swinging on the art school green Over the Rhine we follow your lead To downtown fancy hats and iced tea And the Indians were forced out of the city We can never give back their stolen freedom Cincinnati You’ve got brotherhood I wonder, was it just a dream? Cincinnati Changes come to mind when I walk through your streets Cincinnati A ball glove and Redleg stripes I waited a long time to see the Ohio river shine In Corryville we begged to play I did ten pullups for Dan McCabe For every year that I’m alive I wish Timmy Taylor never died His deep soul vision still hangs over Vine street Twenty-eight years is nothing but one heart beat Cincinnati You’ve got brotherhood I wonder, was it just a dream? Cincinnati Changes come to mind when I walk through your streets Cincinnati
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Faded Memories 03:32
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Back in Omaha I cut my teeth In a smokey basement on Walnut street I got a set of drums when I was fourteen Said, “Beat those heads in and let ‘em bleed.” I liked Ringo, I liked Charlie Watts British Invasion bands taught me a lot I wish I had a Delorean to go back in time Stand by the clock tower, watch the lightning strike All your faded memories come back to life when you play The footlights shine on a lonely boy trying so hard to be brave All your faded memories All your faded memories Remain the same When I go home for the holidays The streets are icy and not too safe Family pressure, I can’t get organized I see you’ve got your agenda, you can’t be compromised Remember when it was easy? Everything fell into place It’s gonna get more complicated With every breath that we take All your faded memories come back to life when you play Rosenblatt stadium, marching band in the parade Firecracker fourth of July, John Denver on the stage All your faded memories All your faded memories Are still the same Back in Omaha I cut my teeth Off a bicycle on Marcy Street Popped a wheelie and hit the concrete
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Silver Cups and Fish Hoops 03:28
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You don’t believe You don’t believe You don’t believe anything He will bring fish in a pail He will bring fish in a pail He will bring fish in a pail Don’t try to fight him ‘Cause maybe you’ll like him He’s all you got You’re walking through cities It’s not so happy when you can’t find work Waiting for the sun, it shall fall Waiting for the sun, it shall fall Waiting for the sun to fall As long as you’re staying here They can’t try to hold you back Your journey means everything Don’t try to fight him ‘Cause maybe you’ll like him He’s all you got You’re walking through cities It’s not so happy when you can’t find work He will bring fish in a pail He will bring fish in a pail He will bring fish in a pail The silver cup is full of wine The silver cup is full of wine The silver cup is full
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Too Far Gone 04:29
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I push the dirty dishes on a cart backstage Through hallways of paintings That show who’s graced this famous stage Angels take up residence in the rafters above Swaying and singing to downtown song We found seats that reminded me Of the Abe Lincoln crime scene Tucked into the red velvet covered balcony All my hopes and all my dreams Were standing right in front of me As I watched the band playing I knew this is how I wanted it to be Am I too far gone to make you still believe in me? I need every friend I’ve got to keep my motor running Am I happy or sad, am I staying, am I leaving? Am I too far gone to make you still believe? Danger has crossed my mind’s eye many times I lay awake at night with ideas I can’t start Hey lady, show me the targets in the trees Will you be at the gate when they close the book on me? Lately I feel like leaving home And never coming back I’m gonna drive out to Montana By my uncle’s mountain pass I still remember Fleecer And the fortress that was built Surrounded by the willow trees On the edge of the creek What ever happened to all the neighborhood’s poor, lost souls? They’ll be sinking in their drinking, ‘Cause to them there’s nowhere else to go Am I too far gone to make you still believe in me? I need every friend I’ve got to keep my motor running Am I happy or sad, am I staying, am I leaving? Am I too far gone? Too far gone...
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The Night is a Deep Blue Sea 05:15
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How’d it get so late? With every hour brings more mistakes I wish my mind wasn’t such a blank slate I watched the dawn break Heard the windows shake I thought about everyone who cares for me Sleeping in again I should be hungover but I don’t feel it I can’t remember the dreams I had last night You cannot hide from life anymore Gotta stop pretending and get up off the floor There’s a tiny world in every drop of rain If you get inside, you’ve won the race I took a walk down the beach The ocean seemed so out of reach Is it true that rivers find the sea eventually? I thought love was strong I thought it could sort out everything that’s wrong Over the horizon you can see the making of a storm Now I’m here underground The soil is caving in all around Before you get too high They say you’ve gotta be all the way down. You cannot hide from life anymore Gotta stop pretending and get up off the floor There’s a tiny world in every drop of rain If you get inside, you’ve won the race
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Please Don't Say 04:59
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She cries a river of tears and an ocean of sorrow I don’t know how to calm her waters down I want to be there for her through the rain and through the snow January gets so cold when the wind blows And she said... “Please don’t say that you love me But you’re going away I’ll expect to be lonely honey But you still have time to save me” Deep down she is troubled despite all the love she gives I’m just a broken record who thinks she’s too negative I know she wants to try again and take another chance But I gotta keep moving on babe where the sidewalk ends “Please don’t say that you love me But you’re going away I’ll expect to be lonely honey But you still have time to save me” I got so much to do, I have to stop myself from calling you You can sit and wait by the phone But if it don’t ring, you think you’re still alone She can’t wait another day for me to realize She’s going to take it upon herself to help me decide Sitting in the car, watching the ice melt I get so damn depressed, unable to reach out And she said... “Please don’t say that you love me But you’re going away I’ll expect to be lonely honey But you still have time to save me”
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Hard Times Detroit 03:51
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Keep your train rolling, keep your head up high New ideas will come to you tonight For every chain link fence that divides There’s a brother who believes in you on the other side Sweet lady, my woman, my child You were right about the garden, how it grew tall and never died I worried nothing would survive Sunflower skyscraper makes a shower head Pouring sunlight in the morning from the window to the bed But it’s much too late for your green memory And your glad tidings Alright The candidate at the podium says I really need your vote I can kill every fascist full of greed and evil Is she a symbol for the devil, or maybe the antichrist? Shooting wolves from an airplane is how I spend my nights Job cuts, setbacks, no money, no time The Detroit sun beats down on the unemployment line Street corner cheap store, weeds growing from the cracks The hookers walk in silence right beside the railroad tracks Waiting for someone to ask Goodbye lady love, staying I wish I was Think of the green moss on the farm and the big sky above We’ll ride horses through the sandhills Because tomorrow might never come Tomorrow might never come But it’s much too late to fear the unknown If the ice caps melt we’ll be underwater Well, it’s hard times Detroit Your city’s in need, get your wheels spinning free
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King of Peace 04:21
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Landscaping with no money is something I hold true I never close my mind to it, I just go outside and do it I like to see my baby’s hands Feed the children of the starving land Sowing seeds in a concrete jungle It’s not always a struggle You spin your wheels and talk down to us But in the end I’m the only one you trust Taking advantage just ain’t right Suck the soul dry I will travel through the horizon on a wooden ship Lord only knows my destiny It’s where the sky and ocean meet Who is the king and who is the queen of peace? Take your message of good will out on the street Quinoa and kale will cure the sick from disease Stop the greed and you will be set free Can I finally stand up to the man in the pulpit? And tell him it’s not right what he’s doing Some peoples’ God, some peoples’ fear In one side out the other ear I just believe in what I see That never lies to me Dealing with change has always been hard Wake up tomorrow and your friends are gone I know you like things to stay the same Better learn something new or rearrange She lights candles when the sun goes down And the red wine flows all around I wonder if she knows my longing? To be next to her on every last dawning Who is the king and who is the queen of peace? Take your message of good will out on the street Quinoa and kale will cure the sick from disease Stop the greed and you will be set free
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Shed the City 03:00
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I don’t know where my mind’s been living It’s probably hiding miles beneath the sea Catching a ride on a seahorse procession Chasing the turtles under the coral reef It feels like I’m not really sitting at this table Think I’m floating high above the clouds I see a silhouette through the first class window Blue ocean and sky are the same It sure was a big airplane Oh, how I wonder about everyone around me How they stay in the fast lane Cars swerving, mouths moving, money stacking Light up the room with a computer screen I’m gonna meet you in the jungles of Asia We’ll shed the city from our bones There are temples of worship to visit Never again lover will you travel alone

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released October 28, 2016

All songs © 2016 Chez Denise Music (ASCAP)

Engineered by Dan Dietrich, Frank Caruso, and Paul Wierdak
Wall to Wall Recording, Chicago, Illinois, Jan 2011— Dec 2014

Mastered by Dan Dietrich
Produced by Dan Dietrich and Matt Focht

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Matt Focht (Faders) — the Chicago pop auteur whose music The Chicago Tribune hailed “as forward-looking and thrilling as indie rock gets,” returns with “Weight of the City,” an ambitious new musical project that combines the hypnotizing folk of Neil Young, the collective spirit of The Band, and the guitar bliss of Big Star.

"Please Don't Say" is the tip of the spear for an album from the heart. ... more

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