Weeks LP
I wrote this record in my car and basement over the past year and a half. It feels electrifying to finally share it with you. The encouragement from my friends and family during this process has warmed my heart. I’m forever grateful to play music.
Thank you Sam Athanas for adding drums and groovy percussion! Thank you to my roommate Marcus for putting up with me recording at random hours. Thank you to Sean Russel and Reese Clutter at 38North for recording the drums- that was a super fun experience! Thank you Eric Palmquist for mixing and helping transform these songs. Thank you Tess Greenham for mastering this album to perfection! Thanks Joe Carabeo for the album cover photo!
Weeks Lyrics
You Give Me Hell
I’m standing in your underwear
Tell all your friends you wouldn't dare
You let me wonder what you seek
Won't you take me out into the night I don’t wanna sleep
You give me hell
You give me hell
Falling thru so fast
I can't seem to separate
All your childish acts
Accumulate in my numb brain
You give me hell
You always give me hell
I’m taking candy when I want
You get my pictures when it’s fun
I always forget there's no peace
When were together its a riot in my heart
It's so hard to breathe
(so hard to breathe)
Falling thru so fast
I can't seem to separate
All your childish acts
Accumulate in my numb brain
You give me hell
You always give me hell
So hard to breathe
You make it so hard to breathe
So hard to breathe
You make it so hard to breathe
Falling thru so fast
I can't seem to separate
All your childish acts
Accumulate in my numb brain
You give me hell
You always give me hell
Secret
If you say you won't break my heart
I can keep you secret
If you say you won't tear me apart
I can keep you secret
If you say you won't break my heart
I can keep you-
It was all in my head
Guess I made it all up
What a fantasy of mine
It was all in my head
But when I look at you
There's a glimmer in your eye
Never been one to press
Don't know quite how to act
That girl you keep around
Is she more than a friend?
I want you in my bed
I want you to be mine
My secret
Its so wrong it’s so right
I can see when you stare
I can feel it all the time
It's so wrong it’s so right
A vibration we share
Could we try it out sometime?
Never been one to press
Don't know quite how to act
That girl you keep around
Is she more than a friend?
I don't want to forget
I don't want to forget this secret
(Yeah Yeah Yeah be my butterfly
Yeah don't want no other guy)
I can keep you secret
If you say you won't break my heart
I can keep you secret
If you swear you won't tear me apart
I can keep you secret
if you swear you won’t break my heart
I can keep you secret
if you swear you won't tear me apart
(Yeah be my butterfly
Yeah don't want no other guy
Yeah be my butterfly
Yeah don't want no other guy)
Rosie Gave Me A Gun
Rosie gave me a gun
She said don't point unless you gonna shoot
But Rosie dont know whats going on
Dear Rosie, what's a woman to do?
When she's locked up all alone here in the coop?
And her man comes home reeking of girl?
Yet i'm there sorting his bills
Wrecking my mental health
Losing my skills
He's got one too many devotee
It’s breaking the sticks
Breaking the sticks, for me
Boww boww
Boww boww
Boww boww
Boww boww
Rosie gave me a gun
She said don't point unless you gonna shoot
But Rosie dont know whats going on
Cause Rosie what's a woman to do?
When she's fed up and downing his booze?
What's a woman to do?
(what's a woman to do?)
I wouldn't wanna be you
And you wouldn't wanna see me
An eye for an eye
I'm here to save ourselves tonight
Oh, we should end this
It's all so clear
Oh, what's the difference?
I'll still be here
Oh, we should end this
It's all so clear
Oh, what's the difference?
I'll still be here
Boww boww
Boww boww
My love left me no choice
I gotta sing about truth
Oh, my love left me no choice
My love left me with the boys
I said let's pack up our stuff by dawn
Cause tell me what's a mother to do?
She’ll protect what she loves even if she's accused
I wouldn't wanna be you
And you wouldn't wanna see me
An eye for an eye
I'm here to save myself tonight
Oh, we should end this
It's all so clear
(on, and on)
Oh, what's the difference?
I'll still be here
(on, and on)
Oh, we should end this
It's all so clear
(on, and on)
Oh, what's the difference?
I'll still be here
Rosie gave me a gun
She said don't point unless you gonna shoot
Rosie gave me a gun
She said don't point unless you gonna shoot
Rosie gave me a gun
(on, and on)
She Knows
I’m starting to think
That you know what you’re doing when you’re doing what you’re doing to me, baby
You could be my Jim James
Cause you know what you’re doing when you’re doing what you’re doing to me, baby
I don’t wanna get to know anybody else
I just wanna get to know
And you should know that I know
Everything else
I just wanna get to know
Why don’t you wear that coat?
Your blue jacket that opens at the throat
You cast a spell on me
Ya know the one that brings me to my knees
Why don’t you sing that song?
You know the one I love to sing along
How’d I get so wrapped around your finger?
Just like a flame - this won't last forever
I’m starting to think
That you know what you’re doing when you’re doing what you’re doing to me, baby
You could be my Jim James
Cause you know what you’re doing when you’re doing what you’re doing to me, baby
I don’t wanna get to know anybody else
(She knows what she wants)
I just wanna get to know
And you should know that I know
(She knows what she wants)
Everything else
I just wanna get to know
Sing4U
I’d love to go out on an evening or two
I'll sing you songs if you want
I know I'm quiet but I wanna get to know ya
Listen to stories ‘till dawn
I'd love to go out as a stranger
Visit a town overnight
I would be lying if I said I wasn't longing
For someone to give me a reason to write
I have been staring into those eyes
Twisting my hair wondering if I should try
When do the doubts leave?
When does the confidence rise?
Who wants a woman
Whose always so occupied?
But I would sing for you
Hold you in the night
Tell you I love ya
And always keep things light
Baby, I’d sing for you
There's nothing I wouldn't do for my man
Understand?
But I would sing for you
Hold you in the night
Tell you I love ya
And always keep things light
Baby, I’d sing for you
There's nothing I wouldn't do for my man
Understand?
I get this feeling that I might be a void
Someone to help pass the hours
I wanted so badly to be someone's lady
But I'm left with a taste that's oh so sour
Are they lying to me?
Are they keeping me safe?
I can handle the truth
I don't wanna escape
I can face my fears
Do it all for lust
Take a trip to my head
Been told it runs in my blood
I have been staring into those eyes
Twisting my hair wondering if I should try
When do the doubts leave?
When does the confidence rise?
Who wants a woman
Whose always so occupied?
But I would sing for you
Hold you in the night
Tell you I love ya
And always keep things light
Baby, I’d sing for you
There's nothing I wouldn't do for my man
Understand?
Baby, I’d sing for you
Hold you in the night
Tell you I love ya
And always keep things light
Baby, I’d sing for you
There's nothing I wouldn't do for my man
Understand?
Oooh ahhh
I’m such a loner!
Do you think of me as often as I think of you?
Ooh ahh
I’m such a lover!
Do you think of me as often as I think of you?
(But I would sing for you
Hold you in the night)
Oooh ahhh
I’m such a loner!
(But I would sing for you
Hold you in the night)
Do you think of me as often as I think about you?
(But I would sing for you
Hold you in the night
Tell you I love ya
And always keep things light
Baby i’d sing for you)
Ooh ahh
I’m such a lover!
Too Much
It's too soon to know
What you mean to me
It’s too much to say
I wanna go all the way
It's too dark outside
To be alone
It's too hard to try
To get you out of my mind
So tell me where you're going
I wanna come along yeah
I wanna go play
Oh, tell me where you're hiding
Why don't I get to know
Are you keeping something?
Too much
Tell me baby, am I just too much?
Tell me baby, am I just too much?
Tell me baby, am I just too much?
Tell me baby
I can't help myself
I give all I have
When I fall in love
You become my half
I try not to share
My only beating heart
If I do not know who you really are
So tell me where you're going
(tell me where you're going)
I wanna come along yeah
I wanna go play
(I wanna go play
Come on, honey)
Oh, tell me where you're hiding
(tell me where you're hiding)
Why don't I get to know
Are you keeping something?
(shhhhh)
Too much
Tell me baby, am I just too much?
Tell me baby, am I just too much?
Tell me baby, am I just too much?
Tell me baby
(tell me baby, tell me baby)
I call you in the day and night
But you never pick up
Then you get mad that I don't look
When you’re pulling up
(yuh)
I used to
Talk about you lots
(blah blah blah)
But now I don't feel a thing
You’re just so into your own damn self
And that's not how I swing
(Tell me baby am I just-)
Too much
Tell me baby, am I just too much?
Tell me baby, am I just too much?
Tell me baby, am I just too much?
Tell me baby
Junkyard
I'm sick of this lonesome town
You cannot fool me with a fairy tale
Seems like days turn into weeks
Every moment is a sliding scale
Because you crushed me like a junkyard car
In the middle of December
And just when we felt that spark
You had to run around with my heart
Baby, baby, baby
Forget about it
It's time I wake up in a stranger's arms
Pass out on couches just to
Forget about it
It’s getting blurry in this house of cards
I’m looking for the light in the dark
A part of myself is gone
I feel it most when I’m laying down
My inner thoughts all speak your voice
It’s as if you’re still hanging around
Why did you walk us thru the depths of hell
Only to plant a little flower?
And just when I knew things were going well
You had to leave at the final hour
Baby, baby, oh baby
Forget about it
It's time I wake up in a stranger's arms
Pass out on couches just to
Forget about it
It’s getting blurry in this house of cards
Pass out on couches just to
Forget about it
It's time I wake up in a stranger's arms
Pass out on couches just to
Forget about it
It’s getting blurry in this house of cards
I’m looking for the light in the dark
You crushed me like a junkyard car
I’m sick of this lonesome town
Dead Ends
Not worried about a thing now
I got nothing on the down low
Living like I'm so close
Not worried about a thing now
I got friends by my side
I got flowers in my eyes
Not worried about a thing now
I got nothing on the down low
Living like I'm so close
Not worried about a thing now
I got friends by my side
I got flowers in my eyes
If you surround yourself with love
It's amazing what it does
You can drift in the mountains
You can cruise in the sky
Baby this is the life that we dreamed of
Yeah, give back to our friends
Baby this is the life that we dreamed of
Yeah, no fucking dead ends
I’ve been working hard sweating day and night
Come back to my pad screaming like i'm dying
Breathing on me babe yeah I swear it drives me wild
I’ve been focused on this record like its been prescribed
No one been to the top without breaking down
It's been years I can feel it coming now
Fly me to outer space - put me on the moon
I ain’t taking photographs if you got attitude
I want nothing but love for days
Big smiles with grills and tofu sauteed
Pressed rings you can catch us in the city
Drip on our nails and diamonds on our titties
I am always ready for what's coming next
They can't slow me down nothings got me pressed
Ima do it my way - ima keep the style
Save CD’s
I get this feeling
That I've been burnt out
Off the same old same old
May have been stretched thin
Off the same old payroll
Still I get this feeling
It took too long to save CD and now it's dying
(It’s dying)
It took too long to save CD and now it's dying
(It’s dying)
It took too long to save CD and now it's dying
(It’s dying)
It took too long to save CD and now it's dying
(It’s dying)
These days we want it just a little too bad
I finally done burnt out
Doing the same old same old
I didn't let you down
I just brought to the table
Everything I needed to say
Find it in the melody
Everything I needed to say
You can find it in the melody
It took too long to save CD and now it's dying
(It’s dying)
It took too long to save CD and now it's dying
(It’s dying)
It took too long to save CD and now it's dying
(It’s dying)
It took too long to save CD and now it's dying
(It’s dying)
These days we want it just a little too bad
Did you hear the news?
Are you tuning in for it?
They're calling this: The Event of The Century
No more crunching numbers
They said you're gonna be big big big
Making them lots of money
It took too long to save CD and now it's dying
Live N Love
Why can't we just live and love?
Why can't we just live and love?
It's a matter of time
‘Till our heartbeat draws a line
Did you do it all?
Would you ask for one more sign?
We all wanna be loved
So what's with all the hate?
We can run from shame
But we can't escape judgment day
I put on my glasses
I see old friends in the sky
When we get to heaven
Watch a playback of our lives
Why can't we just live and love?
Why can't we just live and love?
No excuses now
No redemption coming around
Did you care for others?
Did you pause to slow it down?
We all wanna be loved
So what's with all the hate?
We can run from shame
But we can't escape judgment day
I put on my glasses
I see family in the sky
When we get to heaven
Watch a playback of our lives
Why can't we just live and love?
Why can't we just live and love?
Why can't we just live and love?
Why can't we just live and love?
Why can't we just live and love?
Why can't we just live and love?
Why can't we just live and love?
Why can't we just live and love?
Grey
Looking at the sky
Brings a tear to my eye
It's grey
Color is not the same
I don't feel like I used to
It's hard to explain
Could you help me?
I'm reaching out
For someone,
Something
Could you grab me?
And shake me back
To someone,
Something?
Waking up to die
Try to change my mind again
I know I'm not alone
I know it’s a normal feeling
And I love you
More than I love myself
And it's hard to
Feel this way
When I'm loved by everyone else
And it pulls me down
It pulls me down
And it wears me out
It wears me out
And it pulls me down
It pulls me down
It wears me out
It wears me out
A computer part
Destroys my mind
Quickly
I was built to grow
To nurture a human
Slowly
Oh, I've lost myself -
Could I still find
That pure child
I know is hiding inside?
I've lost myself -
Could I still find
That pure child
I know is hiding inside?