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Citizen Badger

by Citizen Badger

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1.
Walk With Me 05:10
Rolled out of bed at a quarter past eleven Got a buzz about today's friendly gathering Trying to give the impression I do cool stuff Said I was interested far too easily Ooh-ooh-ooh Walk with me but not too hastily so we can leave this party early I like to have fun but there's stuff that needs to get done so please don't try to distract me I've got bills to pay, grades to make, so please don't think I'm boring I've got mixed self-esteem, high anxiety, and I'm not trying to blow off my priorities So tell me kindly what do you do for a living? And ain't this how having fun is done? I'm a little outlandish for conversation But we're all just trying not to die alone Ooh-ooh-ooh Walk with me but not too hastily so we can leave this party early I like to have fun but there's stuff that needs to get done so please don't try to distract me I've got bills to pay, grades to make, so please don't think I'm boring I've got mixed self-esteem, high anxiety, and I'm not trying to blow off my priorities I may have said I was going but now I just want to relax Work was brutal as usual so I just want TV and snacks I wanna be supportive but I also want to chill I hate to disappoint you when I say I'm feeling ill So please don't take it personally if I only stay for a few It took a Titanic of commitment to have put back on my shoes So thank you for the invite but tomorrow is a workday And before I go there's just one thing I gotta say Ooh-ooh-ooh Walk with me but not too hastily so we can leave this party early I like to have fun but there's stuff that needs to get done so please don't try to distract me I've got bills to pay, grades to make, so please don't think I'm boring I've got mixed self-esteem, high anxiety, and I'm not trying to blow off my priorities
2.
It's 11 AM on a Sunday Survivors flock to the strip Mimosas for the headaches Leaving inadequate tips Barkeeps wanna go AWOL To wash their Harleys at home Barflies live for the moment While adhered to their phones Ooh-ooh-ooh they're looking for a good time Ooh-ooh-ooh they want the best stuff Ooh-ooh-ooh they're existential landmines Ooh-ooh-ooh it'll never be enough They're the heart throbs for art snobs They'll never ever be tied down They're indefinable and unattainable And they'll never stick around Ooh-ooh-ooh It's 3 AM on a Tuesday And nobody seems to have a job There are shadows in the corner Spinning gossip like a fog Band trivia is the currency And speculation is the change Egos swelling with the tides Currents indelibly ingrained Ooh-ooh-ooh they're looking for a good time Ooh-ooh-ooh they want the best stuff Ooh-ooh-ooh they're existential landmines Ooh-ooh-ooh it'll never be enough They're the heart throbs for art snobs They'll never ever be tied down They're indefinable and unattainable And they'll never stick around When the dust settles they're just people Just like everybody else With sin and shame. pride and grace So don't put them on a shelf They're the heart throbs for art snobs They'll never ever be tied down They're indefinable and unattainable And they'll never stick around Ooh-ooh-ooh
3.
I Don't Care 03:22
I don't care about money I don't care about clothes I don't care how I look I don't care where we go I don't care about yesterday I don't care about what's been done I don't care about tomorrow I don't care about what's to come I just want some good clean air, and a day without regret I wanna drift until the sunrise, and not make any bets I just want to sing off-key from the top of a mountain I'll let everyone else be while I drink from life's fountain I don't care about the mortgage I don't care about the debt I don't care about the bonus I don't care that we've been blessed I don't care about furniture I don't care about class I don't care about the future I don't care about the past I just want some good clean air, and a day without regret I wanna drift until the sunrise, and not make any bets I just want to sing off-key from the top of a mountain I'll let everyone else be while I drink from life's fountain I just want some good clean air, and a day without regret I wanna drift until the sunrise, and not make any bets I just want to sing off-key from the top of a mountain I'll let everyone else be while I drink from life's fountain
4.
I should have been a sailor Living in a different time An overseas navigator With quick wit and weathered mind Anthologies of false triumphs Passed from man to man Working months at a time Doing the tasks at hand I should have been a sailor Living in a different time An overseas navigator With quick wit and weathered mind I could have sailed through storms That would make you fear God Or seen the calm of seas Few men ever drift upon I should have been a sailor Living in a different time An overseas navigator With quick wit and weathered mind Calloused hands and hot tempers The only life I've ever known Waves and strong currents Distant winds that have blown, yeah I should have been a sailor Living in a different time An overseas navigator With quick wit and weathered mind I should have been a sailor Living in a different time An overseas navigator With quick wit and weathered mind
5.
Quick there mister what do you see? I've been running for days and I'm fresh out of steam Is there something chasing me fast? Could this midnight ride be my last? I sped through Florence about an hour ago Pedal to the floor ash out the window The future don't exist or don't you see We're trapped in a lag between you and me These crossfire souls, sailing by my window Living for their tribes, wearing out their glow We went to the creek and I asked her name She said actually it's a crying shame Dolled up for decades before we're cut loose And there's hardly nothing out there we can choose I said, "Well hey what's a guy to do? We're all just trying to coast on through" That's when things took a bit of a turn She said, "You better take off if you're not gonna yearn." These crossfire souls, sailing by my window Living for their tribes, wearing out their glow Would you be my friend and have some sympathy? I'm drying out in this midsummer heat I've made a few mistakes but wouldn't you know I swear I'm a bigot with a heart of gold I really couldn't blame you for hedging your bets But I'm telling you sir I could use some rest Trudging through meadows and bathing in mud Hoping for redemption but I'll settle for grub These crossfire souls, sailing by my window Living for their tribes, wearing out their glow These crossfire souls, sailing by my window Living for their tribes, wearing out their glow
6.
Memories 04:20
Cruising down A1A with the windows down I turn my head and look to you Dreaming that the world is as dreamy as this town Partners in crime doing what young folks do There's a warm breeze wafting off palm trees And a saltiness in the air like a haze This Wednesday afternoon masterpiece Should be how we spend all our days And the sun shines down, gazing on us all Loud or meek, bright or bleak from Winter to the Fall Things will stay the same, no matter where we lay Because memories are the best things we contain There's a purple tint to the horizon With the excitement of a Summer storm A cool breeze blows in from the West end And the thunder starts expressing its scorn Mothers start calling their kids inside No more playing in the sprinklers in the yard As the rains start falling and the ditches rise Water takes over where the sunlight once starred And the rain comes down, dancing on us all Loud or meek, bright or bleak from Winter to the Fall Things will stay the same, no matter where we lay Because memories are the best things we contain Reading a good book in the comfort of bed Listening as the rain spills its last drops And you're writing a paper about stealing bread As the record we have on spinning stops The sun decides to pay us a visit Making our patio get nice and warm So we go outside and try to bask in it Singeing our skin until the next storm And the sun shines down, gazing on us all Loud or meek, bright or bleak from Winter to the Fall Things will stay the same, no matter where we lay Because memories are the best things we contain Memories are the best things we contain Memories are the best things we contain
7.
The Pearl 05:31
Everything looks better from 10,000 feet Free falling through the fleeting seconds Life tastes better when it's all a treat A slow-mo replay of what was destined Whoa-oh take the pearl from its shell Whoa-oh go and poison your own well There's no sacrifice too great for all our future days The clouds all seemed to disburse When that first sin was gently planted But the drought and pain is far worse Than the selfish desires granted Whoa-oh take the pearl from its shell Whoa-oh go and poison your own well There's no sacrifice too great for all our future days So run, kick the dirt up with your feet And run, though there is no relief Desires blinded you to the evil around and you will never overcome your grief Any gold struck is made for fools The lust for wealth is the sweetest poison It justifies breaking all your rules Braids of good are frayed and broken Whoa-oh take the pearl from its shell Whoa-oh go and poison your own well There's no sacrifice too great for all our future days So run, kick the dirt up with your feet And run, though there is no relief Desires blinded you to the evil around and you will never overcome your grief
8.
There's a short circuit in my brain They say I'm out of touch My friends plead in all directions And I just want them to hush My turbulence is internal Well-hidden and out of sight Listening to songs no one relates to Well I guess that makes me bright This is a song for the creatively challenged; That's me, and probably you This is a song for the creatively challenged; That's me, and probably you Beats bouncing at different tempos Inconsistency is certainly key All words have already been written How can art set me free? Expressionless from the outset Mundane and out of touch Decrypting boring enigmas Knowing so little so much This is a song for the creatively challenged; That's me, and probably you This is a song for the creatively challenged; That's me, and probably you I'm the thought police chief Patrolling my own mind Not uninspired by force of habit But simply from a lack of trying I'm just gonna melt into this groove And turn my thoughts down for a while I can always create later Forgoing everything worthwhile This is a song for the creatively challenged; That's me, and probably you This is a song for the creatively challenged; That's me, and probably you This is a song for the creatively challenged; That's me, and probably you This is a song for the creatively challenged; That's me, but definitely not you

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released May 25, 2018

Daylen Brinkley - Guitar, Vocals, Mandolin
Jon McGrath - Bass
Mike Francoeur - Drums

Daylen Brinkley - Lyrics
Derek Campbell - Production
Tyler Sherrod - Production (Should Have Been a Sailor)

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Citizen Badger is a funky folk rock trio out of West Palm Beach, FL. Their self-titled debut LP was released May 2018 and they are actively performing in support of it.

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