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Vagrants and Pacifists

by the Ghostwrite

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1.
French Quartered (free) 02:45
Do you feel like you're missing out on everything with all your friends? I think that's part of the reason why we parted last winter Breathing heavy Still working in an economy that spawns enemies and war Breathing heavy Oh, I'm up in an airplane again Thinking of that time we went to New Orleans and how I wish I would have taken advantage of the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere Breathing heavy Do you still feel like you're missing out on everything, with all your friends? Don't worry the rising tide might become everybody's messiah So grab a paddle boat Grab a lover Take advantage of the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere
2.
I wonder what it sounded like that night? I wonder what it felt like? With all those helicopters overhead, those ground troops storming in And I can empathize with anyone who gets addicted to anything All those for-profit prisons making money off non-violent poor decision All those mammoth corporations neatly stacking up all our cash And I'm watching my friends kill themselves And they're watching me do the same We're growing up in an era of endless war And it's so fucking hard to stay neutral on this moving train Yeah, it's so fucking hard to stay neutral on this freight train
3.
Vagrant Velocity (free) 03:23
I tried to settle down once or twice before But I can't seem to help myself If my feet hit the ground I'm gone Still a rolling stone And there are factors I cannot comprehend like war and greed and greed and war and I don't know any more Still a rolling stone To all my friends and one-night stands I love you more than these three chords But I hope this clarifies on why I cannot stay another night Still a rolling stone
4.
It seems like everyone is running round barking orders following chains of command It seems like everyone is running round spouting nonsense as if it's the truth Well, my friends, can't we do this better? can't we learn from this? Oh my friends let do this better We can all learn from this It seems like everyone is running round flashing status like it's some secret club It seems like everyone is running round in paranoia like it's the end of days But down at the harbors It fades away Positive power of peaceful protest and demonstration Down at the harbors of Baltimore and Boston It fades away Come on, friends, lets do this better We can all learn together
5.
Our Voices Crush (free) 03:11
We are all individuals with individual thoughts But we are a unit united as one We are all individuals with individual beliefs But we stand together in solidarity We are all individuals with individual talents But we work together as a living, breathing whole Because it's 99 versus 1 Oh yeah, it's 99 versus 1 And there is not a tyrant we cannot topple No force required Hey, hey! What's going on, they ask It's a people's movement a world movement Hey, hey! What's going on, they ask It's a people's rebellion A world rebellion
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I will not turn my back on this I will not walk away from this About as real as I anticipated As much of a struggle as I could possibly imagine I cannot comprehend how anyone would turn their back on this I cannot understand how anyone would walk away from this A little too real, I suppose Too much of a struggle, I suppose
7.
Archaic Broadcasts (free) 02:21
Another misguided passenger screaming "get a job, you fucking bums!" Another misguided passenger screaming "anarchist, terrorist, socialist" or whatever buzz word FOX News tells them so Another misguided passenger equipped with batons and tear gas and LRADs Another misguided passenger about to take the wheel and crash it into us Take the wheel Wreck it into us! All the while we're organising Chipping away at foundations of tyrants' towers Peaceful, yet resistant Peaceful, yet resilient
8.
Motion Mobilized (free) 02:16
You might find me on a bus on a train possibly a plane But if you do please don't ask what's my plan? I have no direction No defined course of action But I'm organised and unionized whether it's building or dismantling or strumming this guitar And if you really know corporate greed is a foe If that means capitalism has to go I'll raise a fist in solidarity
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Tracks 1 - 8 were recorded on 11/22/11 at Magpie Cage in Baltimore MD. All of these tracks were recorded in one-shot takes on an acoustic guitar that was missing the high E string. Some vocals were doubled afterward.

Tracks 9 and 10 were recorded sometime in December of 2011 at the Man Cave in Westwood, NJ.

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released November 29, 2011

Songs written and performed by Robby Lester. Jay Snyder played a bunch of instruments on tracks 9 and 10. He also added vocals on track 10.

Engineer: Brooks Harlan (songs 1 - 8)
Engineer/producer/musician: Jay Snyder (songs 9 and 10)
Mastering Engineer: Robby Lester
Additional Vocals: Kristia Moya (track 10)
Artwork: Rose Savage
Design and layout: Chris Fredricks

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