PROMISE, by pete

PROMISE

by pete

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1.	I Promise I Won't Forget 01:16	lyrics	buy track
They don't know what it means To be a loser like me They didn't know what to do With some losers like you And more of us is gonna die But no matter how high The death toll gets I promise I won't forget
2.	Long Time Loving You Brothers 02:33	lyrics	buy track
I'll forget you and your advice That's what Leon told me twice You couldn't say I didn't try But then I didn't try and Leon died Say a prayer for Keith, our friend And say a prayer for Brother Joe because he found him When he was hanging from the ceiling I wonder how Brother Joe is feeling So bring me a blanket when I'm cold Cover me up and fill my eyes with gold When life's retreating and I stop breathing Just be there for me to hold
3.	Hawaii 02:07	lyrics	buy track
When I was twenty I went to Hawaii And on the way to Maui I wrote my best song When I was twenty I tried to jump out A high-rise apartment But my friend saved my life The sky flashed From black to navy As I was cleaning out my office So it could be a baby room And I found a ticket stub From Oakland to Maui January fourth 2008 And I'm going to Philly soon Cause I'm gonna find Steve Noval and say "thank you" When I was twenty I wrote a lot of songs Most aren't worth remembering I wrote 500 songs But this one was good From the new year when I was twenty No more new years please When I turn thirty
4.	Bug 02:55	lyrics	buy track
I won't take you down with me You're my boy and I love you I'll put you on my shoulders You'll pick apples off the trees And you'll be free And we'll stay up late With the cicadas humming When you were five minutes old We were both shaking and crying I know God forgives me But the details still haunt me Nights on the balcony With Brian and Chris I'm sorry I know I'll fail you But I won't ever leave you It's Daddy and Ezra Together forever And ever
5.	Not Reconciled 01:27	lyrics	buy track
As a boy you might have dreamed About being talented and being seen As a boy you might have wished For being known but not for this No one's ever gonna reach you now Talked it over in my head and I said All's well that finally ends And I felt it in my bones I felt it in my kidney stones You guys really had to raise the stakes My friends are cool and in LA I'm just old and in the way I feel it in my cartilage Like bullets coming down at Ruby Ridge No news is good news There is no news that's good news
6.	I Don't Owe You Anything 01:52	lyrics	buy track
Looking through screens since I was a kid Can't remember all the things I did My friend Leon died behind a screen And I don't owe you anything Do they all feel bad for me? It's getting late and hard to see From Brillo coughs to row homes haunted By the things I always wanted Sunday morning coming down Monday morning coming down I don't owe you anything In life, I betrayed my dreams Metal screens and soda cans Blades, plates, spoons, and foil
7.	Bodies 02:01	lyrics	buy track
I love you more than life itself But I don't love life like you You taught me how to sing You showed me how to lose I saw lakes from the plane That we swam in below I always wished you were my brother I just came to let you know Bodies of waters, bodies of friends We'll never forget These days I'd say I'm gunshy Cause so many of us died I only hope you live forever Just promise me you'll try
8.	Robotic Love (by Christopher Grubb) 02:29	lyrics	buy track
How does it feel to be the third wheel? Do you tip toward the sun? Do you tip your waitress when you are done? All of my colors look like those Polaroid pictures My mom took when we were young Young and on the run But I never loved when I was a teenager Always hooked on machines Is it the future that's eating me alive? Guess I got a case of the paranoid lover And the robotic love
9.	We Tried and Made Sure 02:41	lyrics	buy track
Did I cry the night David Berman died Or did I just sit around playing Scrabble with my wife? It can be hard to do things any different When I'm never all that optimistic And I wasn't that surprised My mind's always droning on, are you all alone? Are you on your own at last? I learned to walk before I learned to crawl He's one of many and I miss them all And some nights it's hard to focus Well we learned that there isn't much to say But when the deal goes down you got to say it anyway I hope Jesus sets us free I'll pray for you, please pray for me Cause it could have been us on other days I hope that one day we'll be reunited But until then all a man can do is Dream, dream, dream Whenever I miss you All I got to do is dream

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Recorded on a cell phone in an hour at my house.

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released March 27, 2020

Vocals, guitar: Pete
All songs written by Pete except "Robotic Love" by Christopher Grubb

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