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Songs Are Songs

by Boss' Daughter

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1.
I wrote it down Because that is how I felt I don't feel that way now But back then it was so real The anger left inside Lingers on a million days But moving on Those songs are songs And everything is fine
2.
It's just me and a guitar A tape recorder and some words I'll play some chords to fit the mood And I'll think of you so nothing hurts Someone has already done this But that's alright with me It's just some stupid chords And some words and melody Do you remember when everyone Was here last week? Drunken smiles on faces Most everybody was smoking weed Sometimes I think about How good it could be With all my friends in one place Especially you and me The song needs a second verse And I don't wanna repeat the first The chords still play on And I think of you and it just gets worse I miss you and you miss me too But that's not enough for me 'cause all I have are these stupid words These fucking chords and melody Do you remember when everyone Was here last week? Drunken smiles on faces Most everybody was smoking weed Sometimes I think about How good it could be With all my friends in one place Especially you and me Do you remember when everyone Was here last week? Drunken smiles on faces Most everybody was smoking weed Sometimes I think about How good it could be With all my friends in one place Especially you and me
3.
I want to write about something else How about that time When we drank until the sunrise Got on our skateboards And drank in the Atlantic sunrise Leaving the water We almost stepped on a stingray Then you fell off your skateboard You fucked your hand and elbow up But the show that night was fine I want to think about something else There was that time When we drank in that abandoned graveyard Then we bombed some hills And lit that fire on the train tracks We laughed as the train came On that night I remembered We would be friends for life Though we drink until the sunrise The show is always fine I want to dream about something else I want to drink about someone else
4.
This Song 02:29
I should go write that paper But instead I'll write this song I have to study for that final But I'll sit and play guitar My sleep is all fucked up It's freezing in this fucking town My friends are likely drunk That's the easy way to think you're warm Alone in this tiny town And I still keep fucking up Mostly alone in this tiny town And I still keep drinking up It's five AM again and I'm still up Sleeping is my best friend With the worst intentions Distractions keep me sane Texting drinking writing nothing Drinking numbs the brain I don't want to do the shit they want me to I know I miss my friends Pictures just don't do them justice Writing useless words again But I guess they fucking get me through Alone in this tiny town And I still keep fucking up Mostly alone in this tiny town And I still keep drinking up It's five AM again and I'm still up Sleeping is my best friend With the worst intentions I should go write that paper But instead I'll write this song I have to study for that final But I'll sit and play guitar My sleep is all fucked up It's freezing in this fucking town My friends are likely drunk That's the easy way to think you're warm Alone in this tiny town And I still keep fucking up Mostly alone in this tiny town And I still keep drinking up It's five AM again and I'm still up Sleeping is my best friend With the worst intentions Distractions keep me sane Texting drinking writing nothing Drinking numbs the brain I don't want to do the shit they want me to I know I miss my friends Pictures just don't do them justice Writing useless words again But I guess they fucking get me through Alone in this tiny town And I still keep fucking up Mostly alone in this tiny town And I still keep drinking up It's five AM again and I'm still up Sleeping is my best friend With the worst intentions
5.
A year ago the pain came from my brain It still hurts every once in awhile Thirty years of punishment Thirty years malnourishment And now my body is fighting back I hope my brain isn't just distracting me from itself I hope my brain isn't just distracting me from itself I'll awake from the pain in my back It's the same ill-fitting morning as before Physical more than emotional it attacks the same Fuck yeah it still hurts (it fucking hurts) I hope my brain isn't just distracting me from itself I hope my brain isn't just distracting me from itself (I'm at war) I am at war with my brain (with my brain) And I think that it's winning (it dies with) Killing my body with ease (every drink) It dies with every drink I'll get sick again It all spins around I'll fall asleep again And dream everything is fine Strive for improvement Try not to let it win Keep puking keep sleeping I hope my brain isn't just distracting me from itself I hope my brain isn't just distracting me from itself (I'm at war) I am at war with my brain (with my brain) And I think that it's winning (it dies with) Killing my body with ease (every drink) It dies with every drink
6.
I've got some shit to do But why do it today? I've finally got a bed And sleep and music and a beer So I'll drink today away I'll hardly leave the bed And I'll make some plans that don't pan out Day drink today You can come over if you want But I won't put on a shirt We'll put a couch in the front yard We'll drink until we puke So we'll drink today away In the sun in the front yard And we'll fall asleep before it's dark Day drink today I'm day drinking today Whiskey beer day drink I'm day drinking today Whiskey beer day drink So we'll drink today away So I'll drink today away In the sun in the front yard And we'll fall asleep before it's dark
7.
My friends care if I die And that's the best thing that I could ask for Among all the shitty people I've found a lot Who I can trust to be there in the shittiest time of life (fucked up time of life) So it's to you that I drink to tonight The ones who are there 'til we die And now's the time to say it Thanks I'll love you 'til I die When everything falls apart Cliches all become true But that's what they offer you until a friend speaks brilliance And you start to pull through (you fucking will pull through) I'll pour this second one for you tonight My friends who always speak the truth Now's the time to say it Thanks I'll love you 'til I die I'll drink this last round for you tonight My friends who are there 'til we die Now's the time to say it Thanks I'll love you 'til I die
8.
Living alone with no TV or internet Can make you realize how unproductive Your life can really be Sometimes the songs just pour out of you And there's so much that you want to say To the person that you can't And I don't have the courage for that Maybe I'll find it somewhere I'll keep adding letters To the words that aren't there Everything sounds the same It's all the same Living alone with no TV or internet Can make you realize how unproductive Your life can really be Sometimes the songs just pour out of you And there's so much that you want to say To the person that you can't And I don't have the courage for that Maybe I'll find it somewhere I'll keep adding letters To the words that aren't there Everything sounds the same It's all the same I've heard that before It's all been done But I still don't have the courage for that Maybe I'll find it somewhere I'll keep adding letters To the words that aren't there Everything sounds the same It's all the same
9.
On the brink of something This is about nothing It's not about you or her I'll write this because I don't have it What it takes to say What I want to tell them Not fully sure what that is Just vague ideas floating around in my brain I can't formulate them (can't formulate) Mind can't encapsulate them (encapsulate) Can't think of what to say (think what to say) Forever I'll write about nothing My thoughts stay on the same thing (my thoughts the same) Sadness for when you leave me (when you leave me) Repetition about nothing (repetition) Gotta write this about something There's still a lot more room To address concern for you Those words that I can't write Instead I'll write this pointless rhyme tonight Never gonna say it Won't have the chance to play it For you tonight 'cause you are right Convictions I can't summarize in song I can't formulate them (can't formulate) Mind can't encapsulate them (encapsulate) Can't think of what to say (think what to say) Forever I'll write about nothing My thoughts stay on the same thing (my thoughts the same) Sadness for when you leave me (when you leave me) Repetition about nothing (repetition) Gotta write this about something And when you talk to me We speak of brilliant things They evade me somehow Before I get a chance to put them down And if they come right back to me Thoughts constantly escaping me I'm missing clarity Lacking pride to say what I want to I can't formulate them (can't formulate) Mind can't encapsulate them (encapsulate) Can't think of what to say (think what to say) Forever I'll write about nothing My thoughts stay on the same thing (my thoughts the same) Sadness for when you leave me (when you leave me) Repetition about nothing (repetition) Gotta write this about something Gotta write this about something
10.
Untitled 02:13
Orion's rising in the sky and I can sense that it's that time of year I'll get to drink with all of my friends In that desert we call home We'll burn and drink a million warm-flat beers But I'll be dreaming of the road To everyone it's so important The meaning's not the same We're all striving for it This time I don't To everyone it's so important The meaning's not the same We all struggle for it This time I don't This year it's all so odd to me It feels so routine That's not how it's supposed to be On this I feel that I'm alone I'd rather be out on the road Drop everything race towards that burning goal To everyone it's so important The meaning's not the same We're all striving for it This time I don't To everyone it's so important The meaning's not the same We all struggle for it This time I don't wanna go To everyone it's so important The meaning's not the same We're all striving for it This time I don't To everyone it's so important The meaning's not the same We all struggle for it But I know when we get there It'll feel like home It feels like home
11.
I lost my backpack in El Paso It contained one important thing We lost some gear in New Orleans And we also lost our weed We drank and smoked on a porch in Nashville Drank fighting cock with Chris The one thing that fucking sucked Was coming home to find that This merch is a pipebomb Fueled by beer in Austin, Texas Dave rode the tall bike down the stairs We played a full basement in Flagstaff There're fucking awesome people there In Vegas TBR showed up We filled that room up with smoke The Buick made it back to Reno And I don't think that we went broke This merch is a pipebomb Someone stole our merch at the returning show We lost money to guarantee So why come home? Someone found our suitcase in the parking lot With all our shirts, posters, patches and a note that read This merch is a pipebomb
12.
How could you forget something like this? We walked along that dark path Until we found that open park bench We sat and talked and smiled It was my birthday And you were the one who cared We had a real meal and laughed As we took in that It was my birthday And you were the one who cared On that spring night downtown I came up for a visit And stayed with you Those times were glorious We drank wine Listened to tunes Conversed about the future I remember that deal we made We drunkenly made out And fell asleep in each other's arms I woke to few words I left And knew I would see you again I was driving through your town I stopped by you showed me around We had such a great evening With drinks and food and I drove home I remember that deal we made I remember that deal we made The last time I saw you We were back downtown We laughed over beers As I was still sulking in pain You were the one (you are the one) (I think the one) (you're still the one) (I hope the one) (you were the one) I thought of all along We walk through the park with our drunken smiles It's twelve years later and I still drink of you The calls have long stopped but the love it grew Someday I will see you again We'll laugh and drink and talk about how we have been I wonder if it's you and do you feel the same? If we saw each other would we laugh and smile everyday? Those years are just fading into memories Drunken pictures only kind of bring you back to me
13.
Alone 01:40
Enough with the fuck yous for now Aside from her I am a happy person I share this shit because My life is great yours could be too A friend told me she was amazed How I'm laid back and driven all at the same time It just comes naturally I used to love to sleep Now I'll stay up and drink and Write dumb songs and be alone It's good to be alone So pick up a guitar and sing a song Just play the one that means the most to you right now Fuck everyone else just sing for you And you may learn it's good to be alone I'm starting to forget a life and learn Something new forget the constant reminders And learn someone new So pick up a guitar and sing a song Just play the one that means the most to you right now Fuck everyone else

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All songs by Boss’ Daughter
Engineered by Joe Johnston
Produced by Chris Fox and Jesse Williams
Recorded 2/8/15-2/10/15 at Pus Cavern in Sacramento, CA
Mixed and mastered by Joe Johnston and Boss’ Daughter
Photos by Chad Beaudoin and Jamie Locks
Trombone/trumpet/Fender Rhodes by Chris Fox
Backup vocals by Boss’ Daughter and Jesse Williams
Lyrics/tour dates/merch/etc. available at bossdaughter.com
bossdaughterreno@gmail.com

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released October 5, 2015

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Boss' Daughter Reno, Nevada

Reno, NV punk. Est. 2014. Songs about partying, depression, smiles, bummers, and friends.

Chris Fox - Guitars/Vocals/Trombone/Trumpet
Jamie Locks - Drums/Vocals
Danny Paul - Bass/Vocals
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