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Bad Luck

by Answering Machine

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1.
Riverdale 02:28
I’ve got one less regret Tonight I pay my debts Whatever it takes to survive So what kind of trouble you in? Is it clover or crimson? You keep the truth at arm’s length Or right by your side? I’ll meet em out in the cold and dirt Tonight I’ll prove my worth We’ll find our own kind of freedom Where the grass grows through the sidewalk crack We might leave but we’ll be back We don’t gotta hide We don’t gotta run From the subway to the bus It’s just the two of us Nowhere fast Or someplace slow I still believe in a neighborhood I still believe in you my love And that most things I’ll never know I’ll meet em out in the cold and dirt Tonight I’ll prove my worth We’ll find our own kind of freedom Where the grass grows through the sidewalk crack We might leave but we’ll be back We don’t gotta hide We don’t gotta run
2.
Bad Luck 03:56
Security makes you feel calm You’ve got a roof and lover on your side Along for the ride But nothing gold can stay You place your bet and you feel so safe The rain held out another day Statistics will help you sleep Oh, numbers for the keep But I’ll still lie awake I still lie awake So I’m leaving, I’m leaving A loss of sense and a lack of believing Defeated, defeated I place all my chips and now I’ve got nothing I’ve got nothing And you can blame the stars Shake your fists and curse at the cards before you Or take some time to realign Feel the calm in the air and feel your lungs, your lungs I’ll come back around Oh I’ll find a better sound Oh, I’ll be alright I’ll be alright So I’m leaving, I’m leaving A loss of sense and a lack of believing Defeated, defeated I place all my chips and now I’ve got nothing I’ve got nothing So I’m leaving, I’m leaving A loss of sense and a lack of believing Defeated, defeated I place all my chips and now I’ve got nothing I’ve got nothing
3.
Bubblegum 02:53
Gimme gimme gimme Gimme bubblegum Gimme gimme gimme Gimme bubblegum Cause I got that Elvis syndrome And this ain’t enough Gimme gimme gimme Gimme bubblegum Gimme gimme gimme Gimme bubblegum Cause you all talk so loud But ya don’t say much You don’t know What’s in my soul No you don’t know What’s in my soul Tell me, tell me, tell me Tell me what I need Tell me, tell me, tell me Tell me what I need If not for happiness Than for some relief Tell me, tell me, tell me Tell me what I need Tell me, tell me, tell me Tell me what I need I’m chasing something simple Or it’s chasing me You don’t know What’s in my soul No you don’t know What’s in my soul I think she knows What’s in my soul Yeah she knows...
4.
Apologies are turning stale As I watch you run out of tales I’ll believe anything you say With a smile plastered across my face Making plans to skip town again Sleepless for hours looking for someone else to blame I bet it’s hard to complain in LA where they never see rain Our shoulders were singed by the sun As we watched all the we had come undone You are too tired to talk And my head is filled up Filled up with Hollywood smog I knew it had gone too far When I squashed your tired heart Couldn’t get a hold of it Honesty couldn’t pull me out of this tar pit Our shoulders were singed by the sun As we watched all the we had come undone You are too tired to talk And my head is filled up Filled up with Hollywood smog
5.
This Year 01:50
Spent the first day of this year Shivering on my bathroom floor I don’t want to do this anymore Spent the last day of this year Doing shots of whiskey with my friends I’m not good at learning I don’t want to wake up early tomorrow I don’t want to go to the hospital again Hallways filled with beds Everybody’s kids Visiting out of love or guilt I’m tired of errands and chores I did when I was young And I’m tired of traveling To finish what you’ve left undone To finish what you’ve left undone To finish what you’ve left undone To finish what you’ve left undone, undone Spent the first day of this year Shivering on my bathroom floor I don’t want to do this anymore Spent the last day of this year Doing shots of whiskey with my friends I’m not good at learning
6.
Cherry Coke 03:11
Candy Canes and Cherry Coke Looking through mirrors and smoke To try and find someplace To settle down Oh please try to make me dumb Keep me right under your thumb Some place that’s never Safe and sound Baby needs a brand new parasite Someone to keep me nervous Through the night Cause yesterday’s another day So we can sort it out And every word you spoke Candy Canes and Cherry Coke Sleeping off a bloody nose Subway train, rose colored clothes You know you feel So close to home A TV fever dream Some psychotic fantasy Left hanging on The telephone Baby needs a brand new parasite Someone to keep me nervous Through the night Cause yesterday’s another day So we can sort it out And every word you spoke Candy Canes and Cherry Coke We’ve got time Cause yesterday’s another day So we can sort it out And every word you spoke Candy Canes and Cherry Coke
7.
Marie 03:02
You fell in love when you were young Cigarettes and Pom-ade Daughter collecting recipe cards And the polaroids that you would take You never lied, you told it straight Leaving notes in the linen closet You’ve got seven ways to tell your story Seven faces like your own You’ve got seven ways to tell your story Seven faces like your own At first light, you took a breath Slipped away in the morning Broken voice, son in law On the other end of telephone You never lied, you told it straight Spools of thread, color coded You’ve got seven ways to tell your story Seven faces like your own You’ve got seven ways to tell your story Seven faces like your own You’ve got seven ways to tell your story Seven faces like your own You’ve got seven ways to tell your story Seven faces like your own
8.
Wet Blanket 02:20
She don’t know where to start Or what to do with her exploding heart A dying wish in a living hell Not unsatisfied Something I can’t define Ain’t bored or lonely as far as I can tell The air was dry And it got caught in my throat But I’m a wet blanket And I’m ringing out over your clothes I’ve got these violent fantasies Sometimes they get a hold of me There’s something down there Trying to get free Fear comes out in funny ways Is this normal? Is this strange? I’d like the truth but I’d settle for some sleep The air was dry And it got caught in my throat But I’m a wet blanket And I’m ringing out over your clothes
9.
Water Signs 02:42
Face your problems they’re going nowhere Or leave them at the door before you enter Face of regret painted as a smile You want to be anywhere else but I know you’ll stay a while Crocodile tears in your eyes Too sorry for yourself to realize There’s a body of water Pulling you further from land But if you swim long enough It’ll swallow up your arrogance High ceilings Double flights of stairs Hurt feelings Overpriced taxi fares A victim mentality You took whatever they could lend Just to mess it up again Crocodile tears in your eyes Too sorry for yourself to realize There’s a body of water Pulling you straight from hell And if you swim long enough You can handle the swell I’m a body of water Pulling you further from land And if you swim long enough It’ll swallow up your arrogance Swallow up your arrogance Swallow up your arrogance And if you swim long enough It’ll swallow up your arrogance I’m a body of water I’m a body of water Pulling you further from land
10.
Someplace 02:50
These disgusting anthems I’m sifting through A savage detective Looking for clues I tell myself that they got a choice But these souls are missing This voice white noise Always looking for someplace I wanna get out of my own head For one night One night on earth Sleeping In a cotton tomb With all the lies That were fed to you Born on The other side Worn thin But ready for a fight Always looking for someplace I wanna get out of my own head For one night One night on earth She’s a Shangri-la A New York Doll And I’m there to catch you if you fall But fear it crawls Up your side So stand down and wait for the light I wanna get out of my own head For one night One night on earth

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released April 17, 2020

Engineered and mixed by John Mollusk. Mastered by Jesse Cannon.

Samantha Campanile: Vocals
J.D. Fetcho: Guitar/Vocals
Jackson Connor: Guitar
Louis Rabeno: Drums
Craig Shay: Bass

Cover Design: Brittany Fetcho
Cover Photo: Ada Jane McNulty

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