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Better Run of Bad Luck

by Atlantic Fadeout

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    Front: I will break your heart for you
    Back: 2.5-inch Atlantic Fadeout Cicada Design
    T-Shirt Color: Navy

    50/50% cotton/polyester blend
    Cut with smaller sleeves and body for a narrower fit.
    Smaller ribbed collar
    Seamless collar
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    Cicada T-Shirt Details
    Front: Cicada Atlantic Fadeout Est. 2010 Design
    Back: Atlantic Fadeout Logo

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1.
Making Out With Strangers 03:05
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Lyrics: I’ve made out with strangers Fallen hard and played the fool And I did it all the right way Until they went and changed the rules I wore it all right on my sleeve Until I learned how to pretend And I’ve got devoted enemies As golden as my truest friends         And i could be forgotten         And i could be outdone         But I’ve got one more thing To put down in this world Before I’m gone I climbed up the mountain And I took off all my clothes I’ve got a couple secrets That only me and bourbon know I hold a grudge like its a diamond But I’ll stand by you through it all And I’ll be the one to beat their ass When they’ve got you backed against the wall         And I could be forgotten         And i could be outdone         But I’ve got one more thing         To put down in this world         Before I’m done Well my mama always told me Its not your beauty its your mind And my daddy always warned me The saddest thing is wasted time I spent enough time wasted And enough time being cool Where I've been don’t mean a god damned thing Its all that I’ve got left to do         And I could be forgotten         And i could be outdone         But I’ve got one more thing         To put down in this world         Before I’m gone
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Blood and Bone 03:21
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Lyrics: There was never a road too long A place you couldn't get to Never a storm too hard That you couldn’t get through And I fought for years The color of my eyes, The sting on my tongue But I am what you are Half your blood and bone         I ran like you ran         Am what I am         Because of you         I did what I did         Hid what i hid         Because of you         I’ve been where I've been         Seen what I’ve seen         Because of you         So how will this go?         How will I know         How to get through?         How without you?         How without you? There was never a fight worth fighting That you haven’t won Never a thing worth doing That you have not done And for all the mistakes you thought you made You taught me to be strong And to hope when all else fails Shut up, get up, and then fight on         I ran like you ran........         …....................
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Better Run of Bad Luck 03:41
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Lyrics: The home team won And no one called me A bitch tonight 20%, pretty much Straight down the line Got a fifty In a brand new pair Of Levis Hoping to make it Out of here on time There’s a new band At the bar down there On Main Street Full of boys born After 1985 Still dumb enough To talk smack To the soundguy They won’t make it Out of here alive         And July was hot and full         Of bad intention         Nights were long and all         My dreams were strange Here’s to thinking we might be on A better run of bad luck for a change Downtown’s a mess, let’s go To that shithole Down on Broadway Where no one knows Our names Or even cares. Let’s talk about the weather Or that evil fucking summer Forgetting all The ghosts Still in the air.         And all that I gave up         It left its mark on me         Nights are long         And all my dreams are strange         Here’s to thinking we might be on         A better run of bad luck for a change. Walk me home Past 39th Street Past the slouching County hipsters Smoking Kools Outside the bar Bad habits Just bad habits And the Tower blinks Her madness All we’ve been And all we’ve lost Are exactly what We are.         And all that I gave up         It left its mark on me         Nights are long         And all my dreams are strange Here’s to thinking we might be on A better run of bad luck for a change
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Tra La La 04:07
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Lyrics: Well you’re scratching at the window Have you got something to tell me? A message from the places where you’ve been? Come around the back door then Don’t you mind the wolves They’ll be glad to let you in. Well I’ve done all that you’ve asked But there’s still so much to do Why don’t you let me muddle on in peace? All these scratches in the walls And all these flashes in the halls Are making it impossible to sleep.         Tra la la.......is that the song your whistling past the graveyard?         Tra la la.......that old song won’t get you very far Tell me what you want Tell me why you haunt Is there some message that’s not getting through? Well leave it on the table then Or write it in the sand Cause I’ve got more important things to do. There’s a moan upon the wind A sting up in the air Cold fingers they come crawling in my bed. Yes I’ll pay attention To this worthy apparition But it’s no match for all the monsters in my head.         Tra la la......is that the song you’re whistling past the graveyard?         Tra la la......that old song won’t get you very far............
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Break Your Heart 03:34
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Lyrics: Somewhere where the stars don’t shine I will break your heart for you I will come and take what’s mine I have always followed you Make your alters make your beds Make your prayers and offerings Bless your children, bless your dead If it lets you sleep then do these things         But no matter where you run         The good you’ve done         No matter if you’re lost of if you’re found         I still come around Some may lose and some may win Some may borrow and some may steal Some may stray and some may sin But you’ve been misinformed, there is no deal Don’t wish for money, fame or love A pretty house, a diamond ring Instead wish when our moment comes That its a quick and quiet, painless thing         Because no matter where you run         The good you’ve done         If you’re lost or if you’re found         I still come around.
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Bright Young Things 03:02
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Lyrics: Its been fifteen years, a thousand miles Since you went South and I went wild Since I came back and you left town Since I fell hard and settled down The hallowed halls and junkie floors Southern drawls and hometown bars You lit out, I took my time Saw the world roll by an Econoline         Raise a glass to what we lost         And to what might have been         Glory, glory to the bright young things I held you when you couldn’t walk And you spoke for me when I couldn’t talk Jamaica Plains and New Orleans St. Louis got the best of me The red-eye flights and Belgian joints Stolen nights and hollow-points Top rolled down, cowboy boots Are we the only living proof?         Raise a glass to what we lost         And to what might have been         Glory glory to the bright young things... We lost a few along the way Some found God Some found L.A Some just walked away I’m still walking I’m still walking         Raise a glass to what we lost         And to what might have been         Glory glory to the bright young things.... Glory glory to the bright young things.
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Traveling Girl 02:48
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Lyrics: Through the armchairs of Manhattan Through your fierce and fragile hands Through the lamplight off of Montauk Through those silver summer sands There are secrets told to children Born a little out of time Truth is that you’re only What you’re brave enough to find         Traveling girl, go and run         To the far side of the sun         Far away, far away         Far away home         Traveling girl, set me free         Kiss me hard, come back to me         Traveling girl, come back home         Come back home The storms came to the Rust Belt In the last days of the fall And stayed until July came down And cracked the stone gray wall Pass me back the bourbon Pass me your cocaine Because the North will take your soul If you let it have its way Traveling girl......... City made of rivers Tiny mountain town The desert came back calling So you chased the lightning down Take what you can carry, leave the rest behind In a ditch out by the wayside, in the moonlight on the pines          Traveling girl..........
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Waiting on the End 02:55
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Lyrics: It wouldn’t take much for this all to go to hell Civility’s a thin veneer, a cellophane veil And everyday we try, everyday we pretend But no one outruns the end. It wouldn’t take much for the light to burn out In the gutter with the monsters of ego and doubt And say what you will about your lovers and your friends When its gone you’ll save yourself in the end. Dogs fight for scrap when there’s nothing Nothing left but tendon and bone And they’ll kill for the promise of something Something they’ve never known........ It wouldn’t take much for it all to fade to black Walk out in the shadow, never come back And the brave may never break, and the brave may never bend But no one outruns the end No one gets a pass in the end Two fingers in my drink, waiting on the end.
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West 03:47
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Lyrics: I wish I had the solace of a true believer But I’ve seen too much pass by my way Whoever’s got the cards is probably cheating Jesus was a gambler anyway And every dawn is wasted at the beginning of the day As we rush to fill our hours up with things Shadows they grow longer and the light begins to fade As fear sets in for what the undone brings         And the shadows they grow long         The shadows they grow long         The shadows they grow long out in the West The things we do, the things we dream The things we hold and try to keep Closets full of memories All the thank-you notes and documents, All the trophies and the voided checks The records that you kept for the ones you left         And the shadows they grow long         The shadows they grow long         The shadows they grow long out in the West Reminders of the life before, the ring you bent, the clothes you wore, the keys you left In the bottom drawer Passports and the wooden beads All the prayers in Spain and Italy Photographs of you and me All the letters that you never sent All the money that you never spent Trinkets of coincidence         And the shadows they grow long         The shadows they grow long         The shadows they grow long out in the West.
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Be Safe Home 03:22
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Lyrics: The engine is cold It won’t turn over easy Frost on the inside of the window February, Oklahoma Shadows and dirty snow Lights go out in this town Around midnight         Be safe home         Come back alive         You used to say it all the time         Long ago         Be safe home         Come back again         Because it won’t ever end         Be safe home.... I know a warrior Out of Portland, Oregon Who blows holes in the night with a voice Like a shotgun. And there’s a ringmaster Up in Minneapolis Polished like a star That’s falling. Take a good look, take a good look While you’re passing through One day the stillness, oh the stillness It’ll frighten you Remember the clouds, and the heat, and the truth And the color of the eyes of everyone who said they Loved you....... Be safe home Come back alive You said it all the time Long ago Be safe home Come back again It don’t ever end Be safe home

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released May 13, 2011

Abigail Henderson - Vocals, Guitars
Chris Meck - Guitar, Vocals
Dutch Humphrey - Bass, Vocals
Amy Farrand - Drums

Recorded at Manheim Studio B, Mixed at Gloryland.

Recorded by Chris Meck
Mixed by Chris Meck with Chad Meise

Flyover Records

Artwork by Eric Lindquist

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