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Church Bells
04:06
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I’ve been running around
Just pounding the ground
I’m sorta listening to them church bells
Screaming out loud
I’ve been thinking about
The reasons in the dark for the light’s delay
But the credit that they’ve been giving me
Let’s me forget to pay
There’s a dead man
Waiting at that bus stop bench
You can tell the absence of life
All from the presence of the stench
And when his trip is over
It’ll just start again
Cause you know sometimes hard beginnings
You know they have hard ends
Well you asked me once
Why I make up these lies
Why I make up these false visions in my own eyes
Well it’s just because
I can’t admit I despise
Every single time I’ll fall
I’ll fall before I rise
There’s a dead man
Waiting at that bus stop bench
You can tell the absence of life
All from the presence of the stench
And when his trip is over
It’ll just start again
Cause you know sometimes hard beginnings
You know they have hard ends
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2. |
Spend It All
02:59
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Well we’ll just lay here in bed
Until the sun
Shines through the shades
Try to forget about
What’s to come
Just let them thoughts fade
There ain’t enough to save it
So let’s just
Spend it all today
It’s all gone
Before you even know
Don’t let it go to waste
There’s plenty of work
That’s left to do
But what’s the use?
Thinking of
A million reasons why
Just need one excuse
There ain’t enough to save it
So let’s just
Spend it all today
It’s all gone
Before you even know
Don’t let it go to waste
Don’t wanna worry about
The way things will work out
Plan everything
But never sure without a doubt
Don’t wanna worry about
The way things will work out
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3. |
Whiskey at the Bottom
04:23
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You call me to say that it’s over and done
But you know the things I don’t tell anyone
And that’s why
Letting you leave would be too dangerous
I’ll keep you with me
I can’t trust no loose lips
Because
There’s never whiskey at the bottom
Of the bottle
When you call
You think I’d keep some more to myself
But I’ve already
Spilt it all
You say it’s no use cause they already know
The money’s all spent you can’t pay what you owe
And that’s why
I thought we agreed this would stay between us
Better move fast
Cause you’ve caused quite the fuss
There’s never whiskey at the bottom
Of the bottle
When you call
I thought you’d keep it all to yourself
But you’ve already
Spilt it all
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4. |
Rarely Wronge
04:13
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Only if she knew
That’s its always been true
I didn’t need nobody here by my side
Though never quite enough
There’s no reason now to bluff
While my feelings run and hide
But rarely am I wrong
Empathy ain’t that strong
And that’s the reason for most our fights
Rarely am I wrong
It’s worked for me this long
She’s the only one that knows when I’m not right
Everything that she sees
In this person that is me
Makes her realize what she never had
But I’m nothing but myself
And she loves me just as well
And now her heart’s locked on me ironclad
All the plans of her youth
Were so easy to excuse
I watched her expectations grow
Hope all that glitters still is gold
When the one you have and hold
Sees resentment take its toll
With my shining armor down
She somehow sticks around
I hope I’m always the man she thought she knew
But castles aren’t built in a day
Stones and mortar pave the way
I’ll follow through on everything I ought to
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5. |
Got It Right
03:28
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Will I fall?
On my own for so long
Will I fall?
I don’t ever wanna do you wrong
I’ve been riding on a roller-coaster
Up and down for 15 long years
Despite the backs and forths the round and rounds
Falling off has always been my fear
But this time I think I got it right
Feels like I finally won the fight
Will I fall?
I’m not the same as I used to be
Will I fall?
Only steady hands hopefully
I made a promise and I never ever lied to you
I know that you’d agree
I made up my mind, you best believe
Finished stealing low-hanging fruit
From the poisonous tree
But this time I think I got it right
Feels like I finally won the fight
This time I think I got it right
Feels like I finally won the fight
No more punches in the face
No more coming in last place
As far as I can tell
Seems like things are going well
And I gotta thank myself
Cause my demons that I held are gone
And I gotta thank myself
Cause my demons that I held are gone
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6. |
Transatlanticism
05:44
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7. |
Frayed
05:29
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I met you in another life
When things just weren’t the same
And everything got tangled up and turned around
Cause you couldn’t fix your name
And you said
I’m afraid
That I can’t take any more
And I’m ashamed
That I don’t know what’s wrong
Well I thought about those afternoons
And those weekends in the sun
And I told you you would always be
The only one that knew that
I’m afraid
That I can’t take any more
And I’m ashamed
That I don’t know what’s wrong
Or how to change it
It’s not really there
Or is it sometimes?
I don’t even care
I’ve made up my mind
I’m afraid
That I can’t take any more
And I’m ashamed
That I don’t know what’s wrong
Or how to change it
It’s not really there
Or is it sometimes?
I don’t even care
I’ve made up my mind
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8. |
Oklahoma
05:37
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I went to Santa Monica in the genius of my youth
And I found myself in a pair of weathered shoes
Didn’t ask for anything except for no bad news
But I ended up with more than I could use
Money wasn’t everything
Till I was down to my last dime
And I shunned the ones I never knew to need
Cause the one thing you can never buy is time
So you take the most
From the ones that give the least
There’s a home in Oklahoma
That I never should have left
Please take me back leaving you’s my one regret
Cause my heart still owes you
Let me settle up my debt
There’s a home in Oklahoma yet
Doo do doo do
Some calls I was waiting for
And some I didn’t expect
But the sound of nothing never sounded sweet
So I took my turn though I wasn’t up next
Cause second place is just the last one beat
There’s a home in Oklahoma
That I never should have left
Please take me back leaving you’s my one regret
Cause my heart still owes you
Let me settle up my debt
There’s a home in Oklahoma yet
Doo do doo do
Though I can’t turn back time, no
You’ll always been mine, oh
Though I can’t turn back time, no
You’ll always be mine, in Oklahoma yea
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9. |
Goodnight
03:00
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Well it won’t be long
Till the good Lord he comes to call
With a voice so sweet
You’ll find your home
But I guess it’s time
I should be lucky that I
Was the one
You called your own
So I sit and watch
That damn ticking clock
And I wonder, did I
Do you right?
When the sun
Goes down
In our old home town
Will I see you
At the light
Or is this goodnight?
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10. |
Crybaby
02:45
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Go ahead now and
Cry your eyes out
What you lost
You’ll never regain
Keep on
Just cry baby
They hear your song
But they don’t know your pain
The cries ain’t yours to keep
Stuck in a place that you can’t leave
They’ll never know
It’s not your selfishness to blame
Don’t stop
Cry for your baby
They hear your voice
Sing the same old refrain
You had it all
But then you lost it
You had it all
Now you’ll never leave these plains
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11. |
Sixty Seconds of Silence
04:34
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Some people just stand by the wayside
And watch the river swell
They don’t damn it up so damnit it’ll take us
All the way to Hell
You’re spending money when you know you don’t have it
Learn a lesson or you know it's gonna happen
Again, and again and again again
Again, and again and again again
Pay the man so the man can make his payments
The bills are coming due
It ain't my debt but damn I gotta pay ‘em
It goes straight to you
Young man who don’t agree he’s got no heart
So many mouths to feed
Old man who don’t agree he’s got no head
Watch his pockets bleed
The bus we’re riding on don’t got no mechanic
It’s slowly breaking down
Don’t fix it then there won’t be a seat left
When it comes back around
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Adam Banner Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Just a guy from western Oklahoma making music that pays homage to all his various influences. It's a mix-mash of alternative country rock with a dash of synthesizer and some groovy beats.
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