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Striking a Serious Pose

by Preston Hull

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1.
Down Here Too 04:26
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on the third day they called his house no answer was coming out they pulled in sirens spinning loud and the people were peeking out through the curtains of every house on down and calling everyone on the phone say, did you hear about Jimmy Jones? CHORUS how big were the shoes? what kind of hopeless were you going through? I’ve been there too I bet you I’ve been there too what kind of corner were you in? what kind of hole did you dig yourself into? I wish you’d have looked around buddy we’re down here too. and his friends they were standing out in a circle outside his house they stood there not making one sound and the news crews were making rounds and some lady was blubbering about how Jimmy used to ride bicycles up and down the street how Jimmy used to ride bicycles hey, is this gonna be on TV? CHORUS if it’s sleep you wanted, there’s night for that if it’s pain you’re killing, there’s beer on tap and I know they must have told you how all things must pass CHORUS
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People In Love 03:45
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I’d be lying if I said it’s not cold tonight and I’d be lying if I told you I mind it’s fall in this city and I don’t see nothing I recognize well the street’s kinda wet from the rain we just had and it’s shining all red in the light the sign says “don’t walk” but I don’t think anyone minds tell me are there always so many people in love? do they only come out when I’m trying to forget about us? I played the cigarette king on a park-bench throne and God knows a king’s on his own come on even those bums got their arms ’round each other refrain I think I’m turning back, turning round I think I stumbled on the wrong side of town the odd man out under the boiling clouds I’m bouncing all through the crowd a pinball on his fall, on his lonely way down the static sound of the traffic on the slick streets in the background well the rain’s coming back and there’s nowhere to hide but I’d be lying if I told you I tried they’re huddled in doorways they’re sharing umbrellas and everything
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...And a Hard Place 02:48
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I’ve been between a rock and a hard place I can’t even explain but everything around me seemed to break in its own way I spent my days on the seashore looking for a sail and when I turned my back to the wind and the waves believe me I prayed CHORUS hear me now though I don’t know your name your point’s been made just get me home safe I fought a losing battle with my ache at the mercy of days I was like the world’s latest widow all of the way CHORUS the doorbell unlatch, unchain a worried face then a look that’s like caving in where have you been I’ve been worried sick? I’ve been between a rock and a hard place I’ve been at the mercy of days and every new disaster come my way was only one more hear me now believe me when I say if I’d have known I wouldn’t have left home in the first place
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Tonight (Too Much) 04:23
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I’m thinking that maybe I look in the mirror too much whatever it’s telling me I’ve probly heard it enough I’m thinking that maybe I stress out a little too much I think about something I can’t think about it enough but enough about me I’ve got nothing to prove I just wanna spend my time here with you tonight CHORUS So clear your mind and take your time cause all time does is take but for now I’ve got a big fucking smile on my face just put your face in my arms, dear and put your faith in my heartbeat tonight I’m thinking that maybe I go around smiling too much like maybe there’s some kind of secret and life really sucks but if that’s so I’d rather not know I’d rather just keep the lights burning low tonight CHORUS I’m thinking that maybe I sit around thinking too much I think I just need to believe it’ll work out for us but enough about us there’s nothing to say nothing that words can express anyway tonight CHORUS
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Pass This Up 03:11
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pass this up if just for now in your search for love you’ll take the scenic route turn me back into a bitter one another cynic that’s been spit out by love but last September we knew better then. pass this up for crushed up pills and experiment with other girls pass this up for fear of missing out I’m excess weight I’m overstock until next time you need to talk but you can’t make a menu out of me. pass this up cut the strings and let that empty freedom ring and no one can ask you for anything but darling don’t you know you only get what you put in?
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The Sidewalk In Between 04:28
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there’s no kiss better than an I’ve-missed-you kiss the bus stop she’s waiting at the bottom of the steps and it’s the tiptoe reach on a city street zoom in and rotate around you and me. we can be invisible here if we wanna be here in the city that’s the one thing that’s free we should be strangers but we’re standing here, hand-holding fools and it’s love but you know it’s too early to say it out loud that privilege restricted to eyes and to hands just for now CHORUS not the choir of angels not the orchestra of pipes beneath my feet all I need is on the sidewalk in between. she gets excited she smiles she looks like a little kid at the most I would say we’re both 15 again but this time I’ve got my own place she’s got lingerie anchors away CHORUS there’s no kiss harder than an I’m-gonna-miss-you kiss I get on the bus and a countdown begins well making eye contact’s a bitch through the bus window tint so I give up try to trust that I’ll see you again.
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If Anything Lasts 03:45
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we arrived here to our surprise after all these years when did this all become the past? I always told myself that if anything lasts it would be this. in my room with all the souvenirs of my past they go back to you call me back if you care to I always told myself that if anything lasts it would be you. we arrived here to our surprise after all these years we arrived here just in time to ask ourselves when did this all become the past? I always told myself that if anything lasts it would be this call me back if you care to I always told myself that if anything lasts it would be you here’s credit where credit’s due you made me and I made you.
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My Buddies and Me 03:28
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we’re sitting here waiting we’re gauging the scene fresh out of basic and we’re heading overseas in the meantime we’re trying to laugh about things well they’re yelling at home and they’re yelling for peace they’re yelling here too and they’re shooting at me well I’ve been here for weeks the most peace that I’ve seen is passing a bottle between my buddies and me. well she wasn’t waiting the way we agreed but after these years who’d expect her to be? yeah it’s a story you’ve heard but it happened to me. some bar exam boy swept her off her feet she moved on to bigger and better things while I sit here on porches most nights of the week passing a bottle between my buddies and me all this moving away all this moving on well here’s to everything that’s never gone well I guess you could say that I hit the streets but hit’s a harsh word this was gradually now the point is that something was taken from me. it’s not as bad as you maybe would think I’ve got some new friends and they’re so much like me and we sit in a row here at this city’s feet passing a bottle between my buddies and me and I never did see a more peaceful thing than passing a bottle between my buddies and me
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Come With Me 03:14
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come with me to the north of the line to the rivers of ice to the snow and the pines stand with me in the still of that night the only silence that I’ve ever truly heard. come with me to where the trains still run through the fields of rust past the mounds of stone piles of tires reaching up to the sun the glory in everything at once. come with me to where the trains still run come with me for everything that I have ever loved. come with me to where the old world sleeps it off in german castle towns and all the streets in france so empty and so bored down the coast through the ruins of the war and we’ll walk along the quiet beach they stormed. come with me to where the old world sleeps come with me for everything that I have ever seen and bring your beat-poet love of keeping on. come with me to where the day is almost done to where the summer’s almost gone we’re driving straight into the sun ride along, just the awesome and us if you’re silent then I’ll know it’s really love.

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released December 1, 2008

all drums by Thomas Hartman
electric bass by Chris D'Ambrosio
upright by Zak Croxall
words and music by Preston Stanley Hull

produced by and copyright 2008 Preston Stanley Hull
mastered by Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital

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Pennsylvania native Preston Hull is one of Philadelphia's most versatile songwriters. His most recent album, "Man Up," ventures from alt-rock to alt-country, pop-punk to piano ballads.

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