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Stupid Mountain Too Big

by The Hot Seats

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Ida Red 03:39
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Springtime 04:08
Gar fish rolling in the marsh Why do you roll all day? I roll with my girl, gonna fill this world With little gar fish at play Spring time, spring time Sunny days and sweet sweet air (Birds and bees and the buds in the trees) (Thunderstorms and the winds are warm) Spring time, spring time feelin Oh to live like an animal is soo appealing. Little grey squirrel in a tree Why do you leap and chatter? I'll chase my mate, and seal her fate To spend her spring gettin fatter Rooster crowing in the yard Preen your comb and waddle I look the part to win the hearts All the little hens will follow. Cricket singing in my room Why do you sing and fiddle? I play in the dark with loons and larks Gonna get myself a little (To fuck like an animal is so appealing).
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Bad Decision It feels like I'm about to make another bad decision It won't be the first time, it won't be the worst time, it won't be the last Maybe I should try to find a better way of living But every time I try to change I can’t get out of my own way, And I wind up in the same old way loneliness and a little whiskey taking trips down memory lane making calls to my ex girlfriends change my voice, change my name too much time and too little action too much money in my pants too many beautiful distractions shoot at my feet to watch me dance
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When you were young Everything was so much fun Now you're not young And nothing's fun. You used to like things It was exciting Making something out of nothing When there was nothing else to do You used to make things Now you're just faking What's the point, what's the meaning what's the use,
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Compliance 03:29
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You don't like the president Hey get yrself a gun Landlord wants you to pay the rent Everybody line up and get yourself a gun Neighbors lawn is overgrown Hey gt yrself a gun Daughters always on the phone Everybody line up and get yourself a gun Maybe it's a Muslim on TV Or the black kids a strolling down your street If your looking for some good red blooded fun, You don't need a reason, it's good for every season it's a gun!
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Hammer 02:27
Well baby, I know that ive been traveling out of town And while I've been stepping out, youve been staying in but darling now i'm home, and you don't seem so lonely and i wonder if there's something you're not saying His hammers in my junk drawer, since you let him in the back door, and now another man is stuffing his stuff where my stuff used to be If you want me to, I'll be coming over We can play house and we can pretend Be baby don't be mad when I get up early Leaving is how I make a living, and this highway never ends.
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Bad Luck 03:04
you aint got nothing but bad luck thats all you got that’s not just a lot you aint got nuthin but hard times from when you were born honey from now on when you were a baby lying in your bed the chandelier fell off the wall and stove your tiny head you aint got nothin but bad luck bad luck, honey thats all you got when you went to school just to learn to read and write you stared into a laser and lost your sense of sight when you went to work out on the factory floor your hand caught in a spindle now you can’t wave no more
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Briney Foam 03:55
One of these days you're gonna go to sleep And you're not gonna wake up again. You'll open your eyes, but to your surprise You'll be free as a bird floating high overhead All of your friends will weep and moan about where you've gone Pretty Soon they’ll be talking like you never were born. And though your nails and teeth grow when your down below And you can't take nothing with you where you go. And oh, whatcha gonna do now (you're all alone you're really all alone)? And oh, whatcha gonna do now (that you're dead and gone)? When you're a wash in the briny foam There's no wind that's gonna carry you home. And oh, you can never go home One of these days your gonna write your name It ain't gonna be your name no more All of the people you knew, all of your secrets and games They'll be stolen away into some strangers dresser drawer All of the stain glass memories of yesteryear All of your foibles and all of your fears All that you hold dear into thin air And your left without a feather of a care one of these days you're gonna walk out side but the outside world has gone away when you look up there's a hole in the sky all the true believers praying like it's the judgement day but the ancient reptiles knew it was true the universe don't care about me or you when the world comes crashing in there's nothing you can do but you never really mattered anyway.
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Wake up with the cows, looking out over the fields wind is blowing, roosters crowing, sun is glowing on the farm step out on the porch, breath that clean virginia air, if i had a different life, i believe i'd give up my left arm goddamnit i can't stand this country living these stupid mountains are too big, these paychecks are too small i'd like to do more taking and less giving i'm headed for the land of cul de sacs and mini malls.
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Life Story 03:41
Congratulations Here's a brand new body From yr daddy and yr mommy And yr family line Congratulations Here's a brand new burden You'll be howling and hurting Til the day that you die And it's a short time here And a long time gone and we all stand in the same old place and we all sing the same old song And it's a short time here And a long time gone Welcome home, welcome home Congratulations Every hour you're getting larger And your thoughts are going farther Every brand new day Congratulations You're a bona fide human Spend your hours consuming Everything in your way Congratulations You got yourself a family A little house in the country And a brand new car And the futures looking brighter And your nights are getting lighter All your best years are behind you Time to say goodbye

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Greetings Album Owner!

PF HotSeat here, ready to provide you with useful (?) information about the songs and tunes and general feeling of this new album. The album is called Stupid Mountain Too Big. Yup, that’s what it’s called. Ben came up with the name and idea, and I wrote the song to accompany it. I guess it started as an attempt to write a bunch of songs with faux nostalgia for the things that occupy the mindspace of oh so many country songs – home, trains, love, mountains, old time living, etc. It took a turn somewhere, and we basically have two albums in one – one that hits on this aforementioned conceit, and one that tells a general story of life, from procreation all the way to the inevitable realization of the inconsequential nature of existence. You know: life. The second one contains some actual nostalgia and sentiment, something we have strayed form a bit as a band, but hey, we’re 17 years old now, on the edge of adulthood, and we have become reflective. Or shiny, we might just be shiny.

We had a lot to say, and hadn’t made an album in nearly 3 years, so it’s a long album, more reminiscent of those that we put out in 2002-3. You may notice some different instrumentation here, you may notice some stripped-down tracks as well. Being all spread out and busy, we have to be spry and improvisational. We tried different arrangements and brought new people into the studio to make up for those that couldn’t make the dates. We said to ourselves, “the time for banjos and accordion has come.” And the skies parted, and black rain fell at our feet. Nevertheless, we persisted.

What makes a band? Is it 5 pairs of legs with accompanying feet? Is it desire? The will to spend a lifetime together, crammed into a moving box or flying tube? Is it the name? It’s probably the name. We’ve had two names, one was questionable, the other one is too. What isn’t questionable is that we are a band, I’ve seen it in print. .38 Special is also a band. You ever heard Hold On Loosely? Or Hang On Sloopy? Never really understood how I could lose control if I was holding on tightly, not until I entered pubescence, anyway.

But hey, you’re not here for that kind of talk, you wanna hear about the songs, amirite? There’s an arc to some of the songs, a separate arc to others, and others stand alone as dots on a featureless plane. All told, I’m envisioning some kind of double banana situation with gnats flying around them, floating gracefully in the vacuum of space. I’d like to see .38 Special write a song about THAT!

Stupid Mountain Too Big.

Climb it if you want, it’s too big.

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released August 1, 2018

Musicians and arrangements:

Josh Bearman – overhand banjo (1, 6, 12), guitar (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 16), mandolin (3, 5, 14, 17), tenor banjo (7, 13), bass (9, 10, 11)

Ben Belcher – 3 finger banjo (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17), guitar (1, 12), bass (7, 13)

Edward Brogan – guitar (3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17)

Jake Sellers – percussion (7, 9, 10, 11, 13), bass (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 24, 16, 17)

Rudy Bzdyk – fiddle (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 17), trumpet (9, 11, 13, 15), accordion (2, 6), piano (10, 11, 16)

Graham DeZarn - not featured but very much present, don’t worry.

Engineered, Mixed, & Mastered by Lance Koehler - Minimum Wage Studios

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