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lyrics

I Got My Mind Made Up
I Know What I Gotta To Do
Got The Sun And The Stars
Hissing Over The Truth

They Got Their Motors Purring
And The Scientists Too
Got The Clouds Rolling Up
To Block Out The Moon

I Got Fined For The Looking The Way
I Was Quietly Going
Sometimes You Don't Have To Know Anything
But A Direction Is Nice
Sometimes You Just Wanna Feel Like
Someone Is Taking A Notice

But Sometimes Time
It’ll Crush Your Mind
The Way You Think

You Open Up Wide
To Lower The Boom
They Got The Tricks Of Trade
To Disappear From The Room
They’re Levitating Spirits
That Are Heavy As Lead
When You’re Sleepin’
Now I’m Wondering What’s Under The Bed

It’s Hard To Keep Up With
All The Ways The Winds Are Blowin’
Sometimes All You Need Is Just
A Little Time To Unwind
I’m Just Trying To Stay Out Of The Way
That Leads Me to Nowhere

So When It’s Said And Done
I Did What I Should
In This Human Blood



I Want A Foot In The Ocean
And Caribbean Blue
I’ll Sign My X's And O's
And Mail ‘Em To You

The Mass Is Dividing
The Intricate Maze
With A Painful Emotion
And A Druggie's Sway

They’re Hypnotizing Kids
With Image And Spells
Hasn’t Anybody Noticed
The Crack In The Bell

I Don’t Ugh Ugh Ugh Ugh
With An Oh Oh Oh
You Can Keep That Shit
For The Rats Below

credits

from Long Playing Lo​-​Fidelity, track released December 15, 2015
*Produced & Written by Hawker M. James.
Mixed by Al Carlson at Gary’s Electric, Brooklyn.
*Tracks 1, 6, 11, & 14 Mixed by Hawker M. James.
Mastered by Adam Hill, at Ardent Studios, Memphis.
Recorded by Jason Milton, Callan Saunders, & Hawker M. James, at Young Lion of the West Recording, Rochester.
Artwork by Hawker M. James.
Photograph taken by Callan Saunders.
Hawker M. James : Vocals, Drums, Guitars, Synthesizer, Treatments
Jason Milton : Keyboards, Trumpet, Vocals, Additional Production
Callan Saunders : Vocals, Treatments, Additional Production
Ben Stephanus : Electric Bass , Guitar, Additional Production
Al Carlson : Saxophone
*Track 3, Produced by Hawker M. James, Jason Milton, & Callan Saunders.
All songs published by Rocknrollarama Publishing, Calsound, Jaysound (SESAC).
All songs written from March to August, 2015.
Committed to tape from August 6th to September 8th, 2015.
Thanks to all of the friends & lovers who made this possible,
you know who you are.

Dedicated to the memory of John Hampton & John Fry.

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Hawker M. James Rochester, New York

From his 90's beginnings making demos on a 4-track, to his brush with the millennial zeitgeist as the drummer in Longwave, (and solo-driven projects he's released since then), Mikey James quietly emerged as a journeyman songwriter. James' tunes struck a chord with TV producers and the indie music charts, and blazed his own trail with his singular blend of folk and art rock. ... more

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