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Ugly Brothers

by Ugly Brothers

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Well I am the vagrant dog who checked himself into the pound all of the beggars are from out of town, me I am from out of town I wander the city, flash my rotten teeth the grass ain't always greener but the candy's always sweet I denounce my dependencies, it's easy in the light but misery creeps in at night, get me a drink, tuck me in tight all of my bullshit burns holes into my mouth but if I really wanted out, then I would just get out I do not need any guidance and I do not need any amount of your time maybe I need a little pick-me-up because all that I need is the strength to reassure myself I'll write my own damn gospel and I'll preach my own good word forget the drunken truths you've heard from misguided little birds but my heady poetry falls limp upon your ears but that's okay I've got no say in what you want to hear I'm not the father or the son, I ain't no holy ghost I'm your self-serving savior, kids, but I'm not one to boast I'll carry your burdens until they're too much to bear then I'll disappear and reappear, say I was always there I'll disappear and say I never left
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Postcards 04:38
Sometimes I can't understand what keeps me here all of the friends I have made? All of them postcards to preach requires conviction I mostly just make jokes sets are made to be struck, not to be lived in and it's easy to forget that a moment lasts just a moment to preach requires conviction i mostly just blow smoke and pace around I won't fight it, can't deny it I have been hiding behind my heroes' backs I heard how it sounded and worked around it I have caught up with my heroes I won't fight it, can't deny it I have been plotting behind my heroes' backs I heard how it sounded and worked around it I have turned out like my heroes Would they let me go if I wanted to go? if I wanted to go, would they let me go? if I wanted to go, could I let it go? If I wanted to go, could I let it go?
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Topeka 03:06
This baptist family shares a bond this blessed gift of interpretation which god did confide to our father, fred shortly after his encounter in the men's room I started those wars (he's an angry god) disasters and storms (he's a vengeful god) to inform a country I might despise when a couple's love shares a gender (he's a cryptic god) Straight to the source we spread the word at the funeral of a soldier killed overseas we mock and protest your dead out of spite for a group of people with no affiliations for god came down and said there's a reason he's gone and we're giving you the heads up You're going to hell (he's an angry god) unless you act now (he's a vengeful god) and stop those sodomites from turning those stains to seed because stains these days have a tendency to take on more despicable forms Here in Topeka Good god, we're trying to help so drop the anchor, save yourself because come judgement day we don't want god's entire kingdom to ourselves because eternity after a lifetime with this family sounds like hell oh yes it's hatred, god's great hatred he just needs a medium to more effectively communicate it recite the chants, hold high the sign it's not yours but it's god's will that we abide by you're not gonna change our minds because regardless of relation, unlike others, we will sever ties and heaven we're bound (he's an angry god) you're lost and we're found (he's a vengeful god) who thought salvation would come out of action in this kansas town? though god's verdict's always guilty, we're hoping he'll let us off with time served Here in Topeka Good god, we're trying to help so drop the anchor, save yourself because come judgement day we don't want god's entire kingdom to ourselves because eternity after a lifetime with this family sounds like hell
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Caroline 05:08
I will leave, I won't even say my peace I won't be the ghost that haunts you though it hurt, you were never what I thought you were never what I thought you'd be No you're crass and you're cold you're a devil with a pretty face Caroline, I swear I never called you mine I swear I never thought you'd love but that's a lie, still it's better than the truth Honesty can be so ugly and the truth doesn't matter because it's always taking sides Maybe we'll save it or maybe we'll go our separate ways I've got so much to say when there's nothing to say I know that you left but maybe we forgot to close the door still I don't see you no more

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released August 29, 2014

All songs written and performed by Ugly Brothers and recorded, mixed and mastered by Andrew Jambura at Throwback Lounge Recording, Co, Milwaukee, WI

Ugly Brothers is:

Alex Shah: vocals, guitar, harmonica
Palmer Shah: vocals, acoustic/electric guitar, banjo
Anna Zaleski: vocals, violin, mandolin
Jenna Pepitone: vocals, cello
Alex Heaton: vocals, bass
Jay Joslyn: vocals, drums

Thank you to our supportive friends and family. Additional thanks to Andrew for his hard work and patience and Lizzy Altman, Josh Backes, Marco Carrera, Mike Snodgrass and Maggie Ikken for lending their voices to Topeka.

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Ugly Brothers Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee band specializing in multi-instrumentation, harmonies and not having friends

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