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Dusty Lavender

by Al Murb

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shotgunmorris Great emotional lyrics and guitar melodies. PPP is my favorite on the EP!
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1.
Just because there’s always a next part Doesn’t mean this part doesn’t suck Rottweiler chasing the mailman But the mailman is quick so he doesn’t give a damn. Happiness is only a mood So why do I keep on trying to chase something that’s not perpetual? I wish I had another answer other than my favorite triple threat. I don’t know. What’s a mouthwash bottle with no crusty ring around the top? I’m feeling rusty. Washed at 24 No more revelations left in store. For years I was so Switzerland. Married to the thrill of not making any enemies. What’s a book with parts where you’re not all self-absorbed as you read? You chalk it up as daydreams Even though the book is giving you exactly what you need. What do you mean? Am I really that dependent? It couldn’t be my fault though, can it? Yes. It could. There’s a me themed everything if I’m not looking hard enough. Hopefully it’ll pass. So October’s gone fast Okay, this is not so bad. November will probably last a little longer. December wastes away Sorry, I’m such a humbug. January probably will be the same. February, maybe that’ll be a little better. March, march much faster, would you please? April, why are you still fucking here? May, May, May Why are you still fucking here? Next Summer is the Summer Or so we think. Next Summer is the Summer Or so we’ve thought all along. We thought the same about this year though And look how wrong we were. At least we can break the chalk back out And deem it all a clean slate. Unless we all die before then. That would suck.
2.
Today I wore my coolest clothes. It’s gotta be the fish. This evening I wrote songs I liked. Tonight I felt the touch of Fall. It’s gotta be the fish. Right now I’m holding my love tight. No coincidence. I don’t want this to end ever. Every day I’m feeling heartbroken It couldn’t be the fish. Every day I feel like I betrayed myself I wasn’t careful for what I wished for. Back then I was holding my love tight It had to have been the fish. What a coincidence. Here I am Back for seconds.
3.
7/11 AM/PM How un-fucking-convenient. It’s kind of pathetic I am so hungry. I don’t want to admit it. The simplest handshake or high five shouldn’t get me as hyped as they both do. Starving, starving I’m a nightmare You said it yourself. Yes, I know that you were joking. I don’t got the touch. Power is a monument What the hell? Lowe’s Home Depot What’s the difference? Leo Virgo Sagittarius There’s obviously a difference. I don’t know. I don’t know. All I know is my catchphrase. It’s “I don’t know.” I don’t know if I’ll get the touch. Trap beats blaring from a Camry with a Jesus fish Is this my soulmate? Juxtaposition. That shit’s my Pepsi and Coke. No, I’m not joking. Actually, I don’t know if you were.
4.
I was such a fucking asshole the day we painted Xena’s bookshelf Dusty Lavender. I am such a pleasant little guy to be around When it’s brink of disaster When everyone else is acting too much like a bastard. The air around the bushes has been beaten by me More times than the Bushes bombed Baghdad It’s not all that hard to see why I have this reputation for being sad. Swallowing cinnamon rolls on the side of the hill My bosses are mad at me What do you mean you are furious? I’m building muscle Like you wanted me to. If Anthony Bourdain killed himself after traveling the world What chance do we have trapped in hick towns? Don’t drown, please, in what I have a tendency to say. Family get married And then they get divorced, of course The wildest I’ll probably ever go is getting myself a ranch And maybe an abandoned mule What can I say? I’m afraid of being abandoned too. I hope that mule kicks attitude I need someone to check me like a hockey player Preferably every day. If Mario Lemieux came back with nothing left to prove What does that prove about my likelihood of being too clingy? Don’t become stingy, please, in what I have a tendency to not do. (na na na na na na na na na)
5.
Tried to buy a pawn shop DVD copy of “Sideways” Didn’t have any money It was pretty funny. I think I am scared of middle age just like Paul Giamatti in the movie And the others that he’s in. All my friends play Words With Friends without me I feel so excluded. “Sensitive” That’s worth a lot of points I knew it. Just like the homeless guy’s sign said outside of Denny’s by the curb “It all could be worst.” But what’s the ’t’ for? Is he praying? Should I start praying? Should I?

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Songs inspired by cuddling bunnies, painting bookshelves, impatience, Paul Giamatti, and the sometimes fleeting sensation of feeling like you truly belong and realizing that that's a mostly fleeting sensation so you end up seizing it as much as humanly possible.

THANK YOU: Mom + Dad + Andy and the whole family. Shotgun Morris. Rebekah. Kevin and the other floppy eared lads. Joshua Tate Little and Little Xena Little. Maddie. Horatio. Christian Novelli and Michael Todd Berland. Giamatti. Sandy Discord peeps. r/indieheads. PTA. Marky Mark (please don't sue). Strange Ranger and Cool American and that whole squad who are such inspirations to me. Baked Cheetos. Fred Meyer sushi heroes. Sunsets. Freight crew. Drive thru.

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released November 21, 2018

Recorded at The Pod, Fall 2018.

Music/lyrics by Al Murb.

Al Murb - Vocals, Guitars, Drum Machine programming, Synth garbage, Sampling/Soundscapes/yada, yada, yada

Beastmaster - Vocals

Mother Beastmaster - Vocals

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