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Township EP

by The Family Township

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1.
Welcome 00:46
2.
Lady Ann 04:19
When I was younger, younger than you I’d say lots of stupid shit that I knew I’d never do Like running up the charts like the seat of my pants Was a ball of burning flames I’d have so many goddamned women I’d have to give them numbers instead of names I’m gonna to write a book, you’re gonna read it It’s gonna change your life I’m gonna write a song there, too That’ll put an end to strife I’m gonna find me the smartest woman I’m gonna make her my wife We’re gonna live in a goddamned mansion And roam the hills at night Lady Ann, where are you now? Cause I’ve seen some things I could live without But there’s people, good people Who are here tonight I call them my family And I call you my wife Back to the salt mines and my chewed up hands And I drag my tired bones to go and meet the band Then something takes hold like a shot in the vein And my eyes, they come alive I’m forever being born again When I plug in and play it live Lady Ann, where are you now? Cause I’ve seen some things I could live without But there’s people, good people Who are here tonight I call them my family And I call you my wife
3.
Gunnin’ thru the night Scaring all the glowing eyes from the cold roadside Do you delight? Knowing that the path ahead has never been read In years before, in woodsman’s lore There stood a mare, in white, declared This isn’t right I see that all deployed will be destroyed There’ll be a fight To which all employed will be cast to the void In infinite and silent space We will come together to form a place Where human kind will be no more Our earthly bodies held closed the doors We’ll form as one as the beads are strung The energies of a million years Of life and death and countless fears Do you comply? With this prophecy of our reality It is a lie Our human path is not to last It is to die To be free from hate and earthly constraints We will unite As a celestial soul out of our control And the feelings of this genesis Like born again to forever exist Where human kind will be no more Our earthly bodies held closed the doors Well form as one as the beads are strung The energies of a million years Of life and death and countless fears
4.
I threw out my needles Just when I needed them most I’ve got these records I want to listen to Now it’s just silence and ghosts We may be getting older We may be coming through The weeks of March are a killer And I’m a casualty, too From this house in the sky I thought of all the ways to die And all the ways to do me in It’s a long way to the bottom But I think that I’m going to win Like the birds in the sky Who go to sea when they die It’s not to be understood It’s less like rivers And more like sap from wood I taste the earth and ocean Heavy in my mouth It’s coming down through the tunnels And going out through the south Days in a haze Repeat, repeat, one after one No ICU I’m the living dead I feared I’d become From this house in the sky I thought of all the ways to die And all the ways to do me in It’s a long way to the bottom But I think that I’m going to win Like the birds in the sky Who go to sea when they die It’s not to be understood It’s less like rivers And more like sap from wood Hands are clenched so tight on the wheel See the strain on my skin as it cracks and peels But the blood doesn’t flow Like the Lord knows it should No, it’s less like rivers And more like sap from wood Emancipation is coming For those that I love They’ll think they’ve failed Until time heals what I’ve done I’ve made a list I’ve checked it twice I’m checking out and not in Such a clever device From this house in the sky I thought of all the ways to die And all the ways to do me in It’s a long way to the bottom But I think that I’m going to win Like the birds in the sky Who go to sea when they die It’s not to be understood It’s less like rivers And more like sap from wood
5.
Laura, Laura Looking for a Heart to hold a hand Now I know I’ve seen something That I know I shouldn’t have And now her heart is broken Like the car parts in the street And now my heart is broken To see a phase of life complete Laura, Laura Years before a Mother and a wife Independent And sufficient To lead her own life And now her heart is broken Like the car parts in the street And now my heart is broken To see a phase of life complete Mother takes a phone call She’s been training herself to hear While the son plays with the phone cord Miles away from a mother’s fears Laura, Laura How ignore a Light that wasn’t green The car before You lost the war May very well have been me It comes to this As all things lose Their right to live at home I saw the beginning To your end But we all must die alone And now her heart is broken Like the car parts in the street And now my heart is broken To see a phase of life complete
6.
The Major 03:08
If by sea she called to me, “I’ll be around when your ship runs aground All our youth we gave to love And now I need a little something more” Cause she’s trapped when she ought to be free And she’s looking at me as though I held the key I play dumb, cause she knows that I’m young But when she turns to the sun and asks if I wanna come I say yeah Feel the light and the humming breeze Soothing your mind and curing disease Man alive who came down from the trees Has still got a long way to go When all that you’ve lost blurs all that you’ve gained And the creaking of doors are calling your name Pull you forward where you know you should be, But when she whispers, “A baby born has got to be free” I say yeah A dedication to the labor of the heart Friends and neighbors and bitter families torn apart Oh, holy nature, you’re the one to whom I serve You’re the major You’re the savior Save me

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Marc Pinansky - Guitar, Vocals, Keys
John Sheeran - Bass
Jason Gillis - Guitar
Greg Beadle - Drums

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released April 12, 2006

Produced by Marc Pinansky
Engineered by Mike Oor @ ZaraCoda Studios
Mixed by Chris McLaughlin & Township @ Hello Stereo
Mastered by Nick Zampiello @ New Alliance East
Design by Baby Hair
Music by Township, Lyrics by M. Pinansky
RUNNER'S HIGH MUSIC, ASCAP 2006

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The Family Township Boston, Massachusetts

Township, AKA The Family Township, has been making their Boston-bred brand of classic rock inspired music for nearly 2 decades. As the years and albums have progressed, Township's music has evolved, infusing itself with greater urgency, immediacy, and existential rumination; mirroring these days rather than “those days.” ... more

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