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Look Alive!

by Mother of Earl

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1.
Look Alive! 03:41
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Haven’t moved in what feels like eons My entire street is lit by neon Lights that keep me up at night But I don’t care much, I’m feeling alright High Street was looking kind of low They’re sleeping on the steps when they’ve nowhere to go Another girl too drunk to find her way home Who the fuck still uses a payphone? Oh no Thought I wasn’t used to the games being played But I’ve walked the walk and I’ve been this way, hey This all seems too familiar You fall harder the higher they build you Alright now, stop Night’s young, the freaks are out, you best not rest your eyes Wake up, put on your shoes, and try to look alive Hey look alive! Hey look alive! Hey look alive! Hey look alive! In technicolor, I saw the sunrise The star explodes well before light ever hits your eyes I’m on a mission for your survival One thing you can do to prepare for my arrival (Hey look alive!) Is look alive, darling, hey, just look alive (Hey look alive!) Is look alive, darling, hey, just look alive (Hey look alive!) Is look alive, darling, hey, just look alive (Hey look alive!) Is look alive, darling, hey, just look alive Hey look alive! Hey look alive!
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Different Music 03:17
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The more I hear, the less I know The DJs on the radio All say, they all say That disco’s dead and dance is gone But rock won’t be around for long It all fades, It all fades Hallmark, Disco Demolition at the ballpark Rock jockeys blow the discotheque to outer space But we know they were just afraid of change And it’s strange, love Different Music Playing in your head Different Music The discotheque ain’t dead People line up to see, set fire to the seventies But we can stand strong, if we can believe In different music The discotheque ain’t dead Under cover of dark The scene at center field was tearing us apart We were setting in stone, we were making our marks They were just biding their time Afterlife, disco punks were lighting fires at night Rock jockeys blow the discotheque to outer space But we know they were just afraid of change And it’s strange, love Different Music Playing in your head Different Music The discotheque ain’t dead People line up to see, set fire to the seventies But we can stand strong, if we can believe In different music The discotheque ain’t dead
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Royal Blood 03:59
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Up against a wall And you want to peel away but gravity won’t let you Did the curtain call? If they call you by your name, don’t you let ‘em get you The cavalry is after me But I promise you I’m not scared The lords and ladies of a one horse town They can’t get me when I’m in the air Mr. America Wrap him in a flag and send him to the riot And if I’m scaring you Know the hills are on fire and they’re glowing ultraviolet And it seems to me That it’s pretty simple to see Oh, a fish rots from the head down, going downtown I can see your head has fleas So, stand up straight, son, you’ve royal blood Shout your family name on the streets you run You said fuck old age when you can die young Some things never change, you’re your father’s son Hey long face, you bleed royal blood Forget this place, you’re a cut above Take your father’s gold, buy a loaded gun You’ve got old money and a big trust fund Yeah but you’re still street, man, you’re still thug We sleep in the streets that you think you’re from Hey long face, you bleed royal blood Forget this place, you’re a cut above And that’s the end You took off last night In a car with a blonde You arrived at the gate just a little too late Just to find that your castle’s bridge, it had been drawn You’ve got nothing to prove Certainly not to me Common folk make you choke because you know that we know That you bleed Royal blood Royal blood Royal blood Royal blood Royal blood Royal blood
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Rotator 02:57
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Inside, outside, upside down A few more years in this border town Can we grow old and dignified Or will we reach a familiar line? Wasted all my time And all my friends Think I lost my mind And it’s bound to happen again And you know you should, But you really don’t care As you head down 79 With the wind in your hair I may tell a lot of lies but I tell them with conviction Said you “didn’t mind my eyes” but I think I mind your diction Let the idiot speak, all eyes on me I’d keep my eyes on the prize but I’ve only one left to see 15 excuses that I won’t use And 14 friends that stick like glue And 13 occultists must have cursed my name And 12 more months for something to change You know I’ll just rotate Echo ain’t got nothing on me But we have the same affliction, Juno showed us no mercy Forgive me if my words repeat, But there’s comfort in a familiar beat So I’m biding time Across a bridge I burned And we’re crossing lines From which we can’t return But I’ll find a way back Like I always do We can run out of sight But we’ll stumble back into view Now a father to a sister of my convoluted thinking Will drag me out to sea, but soon i will be sinking Just seems like this old story is never ending And I’ll tell it again from behind a set of strings 15 excuses that I won’t use And 14 friends that stick like glue And 13 occultists must have cursed my name And 12 more months for something to change You know I’ll just rotate
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College Radio 04:15
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Far away from little West Virginia Played the tune of someone much bigger than you and I Some misguided wisdom Told you to make the way above the ground and see the sky And canyons and craters and ravines and valleys Only down, down, down, a descent is all I see And I’d run and jump, but oh lord, what a distance I forget how to fly, think I need some assistance I said i could sing, never said i could dance Hey turn that noise off give this one a chance I’ve heard this before I need a new sound You know that I prefer my music underground Turn on the College Radio Play me a song that I don’t know We dance, we dance to that same old tune Can we please just dance to something new Hold on Just turn on the college radio Just turn on the college radio Still, you’d sell your soul Just to be heard by another one tonight So get me out of this hole Take me to the overground, the true and trite I‘ll admit I’m a fan, oh I’m sure not a cynic And life isn’t fair, oh it sure ain’t a picnic Ignore all the static, ignore interference You gotta sit down, oh you gotta hear this We can just dance or we can just listen Look at them shine, look at them glisten I dig this station, the mainstreams a bore And i’ve never heard this song before Turn on the College Radio Play me a song that I don’t know We dance, we dance to that same old tune Can we please just dance to something new Hold on Just turn on the college radio Just turn on the college radio
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Kings and Queens 03:03
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Oh, I don’t even know why I try Stuck here on the ground while they crash the sky Sitting, waiting, searching for a silver line Freezing time to unwind Let’s forget our alibis Kings and queens, they make it seem That we all can reach our dreams But who am I to intervene? Under control, or so it seems, hey, hey Kings and Queens Kings and Queens Kings and queens, they make it seem That we all can reach our dreams But who am I to intervene? Under control, or so it seems, hey, hey Kings and Queens Kings and Queens
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Cloud Nine 03:29
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Exotica, show me something that I have never seen And all I was is all that I am, all that I’ll ever be Don’t break me, chain me to the ground, I’m aching, shaking to a foreign sound And steady drums keep me in time when I skip a beat I’m headed up, floating like a feather, carried by way of breeze I think I’m done, I’ve tried it and ,you know, this ground just ain’t for me I’ll be up in the sky, least you can do is try And all I was is all that I am, all that I’ll ever be It’s ancient history I was on Cloud Nine, did I get to high? Don’t wanna leave you, I wanna see you When I touch the sky I was on Cloud Nine, did I get to high? Don’t wanna leave you, I wanna see you When I touch the sky Young America, look alive for a few, then try for the next 50 Exotica, get closer now, get closer, get closer to me Won’t catch me stepping down won’t you step down off of this higher cloud It’s all I was, it’s all I was, and all that I am, and all that we’ll ever be Woah, get closer to me I was on Cloud Nine, did I get to high? Don’t wanna leave you, I wanna see you When I touch the sky I was on Cloud Nine, did I get to high? Don’t wanna leave you, I wanna see you When I touch the sky
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Nevis 03:41
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I can remember the Atlantic Ocean Think she remembers me Once I was static, now a man in motion She’s always headed towards the sea She said, “I felt the waves crashing on me” But I just felt her heart beating slowly And I let it control me Nevis, travel the world to kiss your lips You don’t have much but what you have is enough And that was more than I had Half a world away, you’re still driving me mad Nevis, travel the world to kiss your lips You don’t have much but what you have is enough And that was more than I had Half a world away, you’re still driving me mad Nevis Nevis left me in the night Said it was getting late, she was gonna miss her flight I said, “Stay, don’t go. You’re leaving me here alone.” Nevis left without saying goodbye But she said, “I felt the wave crashing on me” But I just felt her heart beating slowly And I let it control me Nevis, travel the world to kiss your lips You don’t have much but what you have is enough And that was more than I had Half a world away, you’re still driving me mad Nevis, travel the world to kiss your lips You don’t have much but what you have is enough And that was more than I had Half a world away, you’re still driving me mad Nevis Come on, Nevis Nevis Nevis And I can feel the waves from here And I can feel your heart race from here She’s the one, we rise with the moon and we set with the sun She’s the one, we rise with the moon and we set with the sun Oh no Nevis Nevis Nevis
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Feel 04:33
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Just another day, feel the breeze and sway Is there another way to feel or be or say 'Cause all I wanna do is breathe this air with you Where's the intellect when we choose to neglect the truth Hyperventilate trying to equate absolutes Yes or no, please tell me so Will it wash away? Will it overflow And if we let that levee break The rising tide may flood our veins But that's okay Just another day, green fades to gray Will the ash remain, or will it wash away All the memories of all this make believe Where's the intellect when we choose to neglect the truth Hyperventilate trying to equate absolutes Yes or no, please tell me so Will it wash away? Will it overflow And if we let that levee break The rising tide may flood our veins But that's okay Yes or no, please tell me so Will it wash away? Will it overflow And if we let that levee break The rising tide may flood our veins Yes or no, please tell me so Will it wash away? Will it overflow And if we let that levee break The rising tide may flood our veins But that's okay I feel you, do you feel me Do you feel the ground beneath your feet We shake as the earthquakes And the rain falls as the sky breaks We hold our heads underwater as we Drift just a little farther from the feeling You thought you knew so well But darling this doesn't ring any bells, oh no I feel, I feel, I feel you I feel I feel
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Electric Dreams 04:36
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Maybe I'll go where I can see the stars I'll head north in my flying car Away from San Francisco, and all that I know We can leave our electric sheep back home Said users and losers sit perfectly still But I refuse Something inside makes you go for the kill Was it something in the drugs we used? Electric Dreams Swirling 'round your head Did you hear a word I said to you? Electric Dreams Everything in its place As they drift to outer space Electric Dreams So emigrate or degenerate They leave the earth, but you and I will wait Right here in San Francisco and just decompose Under the dull light of the stars through the smoke Said users and losers sit perfectly still But I refuse Something inside makes you go for the kill Was it something in the drugs we used? Electric Dreams Swirling 'round your head Did you hear a word I said to you? Electric Dreams Everything in its place As they drift to outer space Electric Dreams I've seen things you wouldn't believe I've seen things you wouldn't believe I've seen things you wouldn't believe I've seen things you wouldn't believe
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Werewolves of Indiana 03:50
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It's not personal if I hurt you, darling I am victim to the moon Cursed our blood as we woke up by Indiana sun at about noon Come on farmers hide your daughters and your livestock now while you still can You're the one who has the problem I don't think I need a helping hand Oh yes I know Oh yes I know Oh yes I know you're armed with silver bullets Finger on the trigger but you won't pull it Darling take your hand off of the gun We're just werewolves on the run I don't blame you if you hate us, you deserve the likes of better men Lost my mind as you walked by, I stumbled out of Kilroy's half past ten Bloomington will burn again, I almost feel like maybe I should care But I lost control, fell down a hole where the wolves of Indiana all despair Oh yes I know Oh yes I know Oh yes I know you're armed with silver bullets Finger on the trigger but you won't pull it Darling take your hand off of the gun We're just werewolves on the run You say I couldn't get much worse But I just blame this ancient curse While Indiana it may burn A man can change, a man can learn So take your hand off of the gun We're just werewolves on the run

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Look Alive! is the debut album from Mother of Earl.
Mother of Earl is a band defined by their love for music and songwriting, and the proof is in Look Alive! - their debut album - where the band makes stops at the discotheque, with Talking Heads, to alt rock anthems, and of course at the ever-true indie pop jingle. Their love for catchy hooks is present in every song, yet a closer listen reveals a thoughtfulness and intention to every word sang and every note played.

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released November 26, 2021

Drums for tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 recorded by Andrew Jemiolo at Culture AV in Morgantown, WV.
All other tracks recorded by John Kolar and Alex Nanni in Morgantown, WV and Pittsburgh, PA.

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Mother of Earl is a rock & roll band formed in Morgantown, WV in 2019. The band consists of core founding members Alex Nanni and Ross Weidman supported by a revolving cast of talented friends.

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