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SEAN ELDON Former guitarist of The Arrogant Sons of Bitches (and brief keyboardist of Bomb the Music Industry!), Sean Eldon wanders out into the pop landscape and hitting all the good stuff. Written and recorded in little over a month, The Sausage Factory is an immediate and incredibly fun record to listen to. For fans of Squeeze, Dismemberment Plan, Elvis Costello, The Supremes and other good things. click here to download the album! 1. Hey Now! Written and recorded sporadically and manically between June 6, 2012 - July 19, 2012 at The Sausage Factory in Boston's lovely Back Bay. Sean Eldon handled all of the writing, arranging, recording and production, vocal stylings, many different ukuleles, walking the dog and taking bike ride breaks, baritone guitars, "regular" electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass guitar, drinking truly upsetting amounts of beer, piano/keys/synths, melodica, percussion/programming/stomping/clapping/etc. Extra-special-super-duper thanks to Alyssa Voorhis for putting up with my nonsense and especially for making spectacular coffee every morning even though she doesn't drink it (weirdo). Oh, and she did the artwork! Regular thanks to Jeff Rosenstock, Mom & Pop & Brother & Sisters (and other assorted family, I guess), Alex Perez, Reese Boisse, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, Corey Blay, Marie Capasso, Fletcher, Greg Kalar, Sierra Nevada, Victory Brewing Company, Guinness, hippy lettuce, every writer and musician that I've not-so-subtly "borrowed" from, everyone who paid for this shit before it was free and everyone who will pay for this shit now even though it's free.
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HEY NOW! Feelin' the heat of the hot seat in a dark and dirty room. Got no window, no exit in sight. Well I'm bound to break a sweat, hasn't happened as of yet and I'm fighting it with all of my might. Seems it's too late to call foul play. Ain't no one buying whatcha don't give away, not for lack of trying. Sick of hearing how the times have changed. HEY NOW, what's the pulse? Did everybody die, was that something I missed? Well then -- HEY NOW, what's the point? Will anybody even take notice of this? Y'know I'd hate to see that I'm doing this all for naught, that all my hard work would be brushed aside. You can go wash up and dig in to this here food for thought -- Just make the check out to me this time. Hate to turn back, I've come this far. Won't someone tell me why I bother at all? Could it be that I'm crazy? Sick of hearing that it's too far gone. HEY NOW, what's the pulse? Did everybody die, was that something I missed? Well then -- HEY NOW, what's the point? Will anybody even take notice of this? (HEY NOW, dontcha know that everything is free at the end of the day?) Well I say HELL NO, but watch them go quickly file out when I expect to be paid. Ain't no one buying whatcha don't give away. Sick of hearing how the times have changed. Won't someone tell me why I bother at all? Sick of hearing that it's too far gone. MY LUCK'S GONNA CHANGE I got bills piled up, tumbling over. Collecting dust, stacked in the corner. Well I got my health, that's what they tell me. Destroyed my wealth, not that I had any. Dropped the bomb on all good notions. Slipped and fell on forward motion. Honestly thinking' my luck's gonna change. I pray to God and hope that she'll listen, but no reply. What am I missing? I'll brave the rain, run for the ocean blue. Don't wet my feet, learning to follow through. Dropped the bomb on all good notions. Slipped and fell on forward motion. Honestly thinking' my luck's gonna change. Can't quite explain all of the questions 'cos my left brain left with all of the answers. Won't sing a note until I mean it. Won't say a word 'til it's worth repeating. But I wait around and hope that it happens. My luck won't change, not 'til I let it. THIS SONG I got this song in my heart. Yeah, y'know it downright hits the spot. It's pullin' my lips apart and it's givin' me somethin' to say. I got this song in my head. Yeah, y'know it follows me to bed. It's pullin' my hips around. Shakin' down with my hands swingin' over my head. 'Cos I got this song written down. Pens and papers thrown all on the house. Careful, remember now just how I found that sweet melody floating around. Now that this song's all about, fancy speakers shootin' their cones right out. Won't make no fuss about what I'm spittin' out when my song gets all over the town. Got hooks so strong, y'can't help but sing along. I got this song in my heart. Yeah, y'know it downright hits the spot. It's pullin' my lips apart and it's givin' me somethin' to say. I got this song in my head. Yeah, y'know it follows me to bed. It's pullin' my hips around. Shakin' down with my arms swingin' over my head. I got that song in my heart. MUST BE SOMETHIN' TO DO My glass is empty, my friends all left me. Don't know how much time has come and passed. I shift and shudder, stare and stutter and hope our gazes have a chance to meet at last. (I'm moving closer, I'm coming over) The night is young as far as I can see. And I hope you're catching what I'm suggesting so very silently. Woah-oh-ooo, must be something to do to getchu comin' back to my place. Well well well, I got stories to tell, just keep pullin' on my heart strings. I'm kinda thinking that since you're drinking, you should go and have another on me. So I embark to miss the mark. Another wasted evening begging at your feet. Grab your arm, no need to be alarmed, but I think you'd like me all in all. Let's discuss, no need for us to rush. Just let me know before last call. Woah-oh-ooo, must be something to do to getchu comin' back to my place. Well well well, I got stories to tell, just keep pullin' on my heart strings. Woah-oh-oh, I can't wait anymore. Patience wasn't ever my thing. My my my, ain't got nothing' to hide. Just keep pullin' on my heart strings. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU (FOLLOWING HIM) Overtaken with how you were talkin' to your friend. I'm brushing up on reading lips and I understood nearly every word that you said when you hushed your voice and turned your head. 'Cos I've been following you. Not quite hidden from view, no, but I've been following you following him. Nothing wrong when I happen upon you on your night out. I guess it's fate or something like that. Hold my breath when you're making the left down to his house. I'll have you know he's not interested 'cos I've been following you. Not quite hidden from view, no, but I've been following you following him. Maybe one day I'll get my way. I don't bother with seeking the cover of nightfall. Y'know I'd swear it hides my good side. And I got nothin' but time and I'm in for the long haul. Stay out here 'til I'm invited inside. 'Cos I've been following you. Not quite hidden from view, no, but I've been following you following him. WHAT I SEE Not so long ago, not that you would know, I took a chance and showed my hand. Didn't quite go as I'd planned. It's right in front of me. I know you disagree, but it's time to let that go. It's what I see. Shall we review how I been makin' eyes at you? It's nothing new, but it's no use. I guess you're never gonna see what I see. Now you're holding back. Never mind all that. It's my heart that's on the hook and you should take a second look and see you're what I want. I hate to ramble on. But the fact remains the same, it's what I see. Shall we review how I been makin' eyes at you? It's nothing new, but it's no use. I guess you're never gonna see what I see. HEY! Bid farewell to that image of yourself. Come away and let it be that you're plenty good for me. You're right in front of me. I know you disagree , but it's time to let that go. It's what I see. And you're who I adore. The one I'm looking for. Not some distorted point of view. It's what I see. DOWN THE TUBES I been searchin' high and low for the cure to the cold, cold tone of them things you done wrote. Y'know what I found out, baby? It's just to much to raise a toast to the people you told you'd be going on your own. They heard that your voice was shakin' so throw it down the tubes. Throw it down the tubes. Seems like yesterday when I said we'd give it a try to keep it movin' by and by, you already thought that maybe you'd be better off alone, but your cover was blown. You'd be surprised at what I know 'cos everyone's talkin' lately so throw it down the tubes. Throw it down the tubes. See, I'm comin' to grips with what we never became. Just keep my name from your lips and I'll be sure to do the same. I got nothin' left to show. Took your letter and tore from every corner, every fold. Tossed it aside, so easy. One last thing to make you sweat is I ain't so upset, no, you'll be easy to forget. Throw it down the tubes. Throw it down the tubes. COMFORT I'm dirty and depressed. Wouldn't say that I'm obsessed but I washed myself over and over. Done drank myself to sleep one too many times for me and I've forgotten what it's like to be sober. Would you care to comfort me a little more? Oh, y'know I need it so would you care to comfort me a little more? I despise this empty house. It's as quiet as a mouse and I'm not really used to being so lonesome. I'm looking for a friend to lend an ear, to lend a hand and I'm hoping to get both of those from you. Would you care to comfort me a little more? Oh, y'know I need it so would you care to comfort me a little more? SLEEP WITH THE LIGHTS ON Crossed your heart and I believed it. Now you've made a mess and nothing can quite clean it. Seems to me something fishy. Y'know I toldja once, I'll tell you once only. You can go ignore my calls, take your time and have a ball, but sleep with the lights on if you're gonna sleep at all. Left me shocked and appalled, threw my trust against the wall, so sleep with the lights on if you're gonna sleep at all. I'll shed no tears, won't be crying. Think it's time you understand what I'm implying. Didja think that I'd forgive you? Well my guns are comin' out, that's what I'll stick to. You can go ignore my calls, take my time and have a ball, but sleep with the lights on if you're gonna sleep at all. Left me shocked and appalled, threw my heart against the wall, so sleep with the lights on if you're gonna sleep at all. Close your eyes and accept what is due. I'd bet my own life no one here would miss you. You're getting tired, your new one right beside and scream and shake at the knots that I tied. I hope he gave you what I couldn't. You can ponder that while I do what I shouldn't. I'll kill you both and take the fall. Joke and laugh from my cell walls. So sleep with the lights on if you're gonna sleep at all. Left me shocked and appalled, threw my heart against the wall, so sleep with the lights on if you're gonna sleep at all. ONE LOUSY KISS Tumble outta bed, hold the sheets through every thread. I mumble like you're there, though you wouldn't be. It's the wrong way to the right place. All told, I'm not exactly lost. No denying I've decided that it's time to leave at any cost. This shitty day crawls by as slowly as before. One lousy kiss goodbye, I'll shy away from more -- Not that I'm shy. Somewhat outta sorts. Think I'm right, but can't be sure. Well maybe I'm a jerk -- nah, I couldn't be. But I'm refraining from explaining just why I'm gone 'n out the door. It's the new me. Exit old me. Didn't mean to leave you wanting more. Some days go flying by as quickly as they came. One lousy kiss goodbye, they're sadly all the same -- Not that I'm sad. Call your friend Michelle. She could help you fairly well. I'm sure she knows a man like I couldn't be. I packed a suitcase, cleared the whole place saying "Oh my god, what have I done?" It's a shame, see, you can blame me. Couldn't walk before I learned to run. And now it's time for me to go. Wouldn't you think so? I'M NOT GIVING UP ANYTHING Spending what I make at a real alarming pace. To live beyond my means, that would be just like a dream. So I'm not giving up anything. Never scrimped and saved but I've collected all these things. Think it's really great, all those records in their crates. But I'm not giving up anything. No I'm not giving up anything. Got no fancy clothes. Never needed none of those. I much prefer my scotch or this nice expensive watch but I'm not giving up anything. No I'm not giving up anything. I'm not giving up anything. And if I don't get rich then I'll conclude that lives a bitch. Sink down with this ship 'cos I deserve to keep my shit. And I'm not giving up anything. No I'm not giving up anything. I'm not giving up anything. I'm not giving up anything. |
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