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American PI

by Austin Willacy

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1.
Away 03:50
Go away you can't just go away i seem to need you here to absolve my fear fade away i can't let you fade away but i can't cope anymore it's hard to ignore I'm on my knees and i can't breathe today Tried to play but something died anyway now it's shriveled and gone it was leavin' all along cried today but i knew why today a rusty blade cuts the chaff you had the last laugh I'm on my knees and i can't breathe today Every time i feel okay you just shout and shake your finger every time i feel okay you've been beatin' on my heart you never miss your mark bangin' me around like a captive in the dark I can't go on like it's any other day Stowed away i got so far away but still i run back to you it's the easy thing to do night and day i really really tried to pray now i'm bloody and confused perhaps you've heard the news Been on my knees i still can't breathe i'm back to say i can't stay away
2.
And god made good boys and we make evil men bottom feeders in this sea of sin revelations cannot soothe me not the way you do I will never drive that fast again tell me i can hold your hand again And god made good girls but we don't let them fly we pull their wings off and drag them from the sky justification is perpetuation but everything must die I will never drive that fast again tell me i can hold your hand again If this is christmas where is jesus christ we only seek him when we know we're right merry christmas all that fruitcake blocks the holy light I will never drive that fast again tell me i can hold your hand again I will never be that man again tell me i can hold your hand again
3.
Them 03:51
If you told me the world would fall apart and all the countries pieces that get swept up and thrown out the weary rubbish gets dumped in a dented ashcan slammed on the ground and kicked around until it understands If I see clear with bleary eyes can i focus on my past surprise a tinted lens subverts my mind with candy coated lies…and you see them Thru all you watch and want to be thru deafening noise so quietly you want the lens to focus now so you can see them thru all you watch and want to be thru deafening noise so quietly put your wits in focus now so you can see them Barren logic led us thru the door dragging feet and screaming 'til our ears heard no more right behind us i saw it thru the cracks inertia crippled action and stopped it in its tracks If I see clear with bleary eyes can I focus on my past surprise a tinted lens subverts my mind with candy coated lies…and you see them Thru all you watch and want to be thru deafening noise so quietly you want the lens to focus now so you can see them thru all you watch and want to be thru deafening noise so quietly put your wits in focus now so you can see them Smell rebellion it's looking thru the door closer every hour it toes the red tape more in the alley constituencies meet to lift the laden ashcan and dump it in the street If I see clear with bleary eyes can i focus on my past surprise a tinted lens subverts my mind with candy coated lies…and you see them Thru all you watch and want to be thru deafening noise so quietly you want the lens to focus now so you can see them thru all you watch and want to be thru deafening noise so quietly put your wits in focus now so you can see them
4.
If you knew 03:54
if you could banish all the pollen from the air I would weave the floral wreaths to bind your hair and all the creatures in the garden better know the secrets of the pulchritude you grow if you knew how much you wanted me you would understand how good I've tried to be endless setting suns of love flow to the sea if you only knew how much you wanted me if you could listen to the song inside my heart you could dance to me until I fall apart I'd try to not hang on too long when letting go and we could christen every room from high to low if you knew how much you wanted me you would understand how good I've tried to be endless setting suns of love flow to the sea if you only knew how much you wanted me When the angel of your faith is flying high and you shed the tears that you alone can cry please release me from the corner of your eye you know that I need you you know that I need you you know that I need you you know… If you knew how much you wanted me you would understand how good I've tried to be endless setting suns of love flow to the sea if you only knew how much you wanted me if you knew how much you wanted me you would understand how good I've tried to be
5.
Heaven 02:33
yes my baby the sun is cryin' low yes my baby it's off to work we go meet and make you gonna take you to… heaven whoa sweet lady you're what odes are for you're what saved me from that bacchanalian unforsaken taken all the way to… heaven and they will open creaky gates and greet me with my cloak of fate and all the prayers that i prorate will keep me from ever reaching… fire in hades is cooling rain to you cavalcades of blushing waterloo panty raiding sacred wading heaven
6.
I dig you 03:30
if i didn't love you i would flee, hannah other people have no hold on me don't you understand i'm not the man who won't make something better i dig you if you will come with me i will go live on love and money ‘til we're broke don't you wanna have another chance to decimate your lover i dig you if we are together i'm ok, hannah mother nature always gets her way don't you need to know that we're alone when this world's dead and gone i dig you yeah i dig you
7.
a piece of paper that bears your name scanned by a laser on the mainframe it's in the water and in your brain it's paranoia it's paranoia and we say hey hey we all wanna be free of your supertechnology hey hey we all wanna be free of your supertechnology they thought they cured it that's what they said they killed the virus before it spread when our computers leave us for dead thank god for science thank god for science and we say hey hey we all wanna be free of your supertechnology hey hey we all wanna be free of your supertechnology but i don't know i don't know where to go i don't know i don't know where to go a nanosystem that's in your face can read the data in some new base it's quite exciting we've won the race that's progress for ya' that's progress for ya' and we say hey hey we all wanna be free of your supertechnology hey hey we all wanna be free of your supertechnology hey hey we all wanna be free of your supertechnology hey hey we all wanna be free of your supertechnology but i don't know i don't know where to go i don't know i don't know where to go
8.
Mary Jane 03:38
they're sellin' mary jane to bring us all a little nearer the lights expand in the rain to help us see a little clearer i saw you bringing the blame you told me that you hold me dearer because you think i'm insane for suckin' face with broken mirrors what the hell are we doin' what the hell should i say what the hell were you thinkin' is there some other way where the hell are we and why why why why and now you're feelin' ashamed 'cause mary now is your disciple she says "go back where you came 'cause you can't stay at this recital" your eyes are weary and tame the prayer smoke has made them lazy you taste her kiss just the same 'cause mary's giddy as a daisy what the hell are we doin' what the hell should i say what the hell were you thinkin' is there some other way where the hell are we and why why why why
9.
Anymore 04:36
the grass is always kinder in july give your sister wings and she'll go high and pluck the cotton candy from the sky melt the fluff to syrup as you cry i always tried to almost died to you don't seem to understand i always loved you always had to have you you never want to play anymore all my teeth are waitin' in my hand blasted loose by jets of stingin' sand it's ok i don't know my demands but my bums are bleedin' thinkin' 'bout your plans i always tried to almost died to you don't seem to understand i always loved you always had to have you you never want to play anymore
10.
I am the wish drowned in a kiss of freedom breathe like a fish truth in a myth for me love are you man or are you mouse I flood the holes in my house You don't know how much i want to tease the laughter from your spine all the pretty colors faded grey and gone in time hot cantonese floats on a breeze to tease us blue in the freeze you sing with ease to me love selling china by the pound brings no rice to this mouth you don't know how much i want to tease the laughter from your spine all the pretty colors faded grey and gone in time
11.
Always 03:41
When i met you in the may palms broken children playing to win I'll be wanting you always I'llbe haunting you always when I loved you sand in sodom futile feuding do your duty I`ll be wanting you always I'llbe haunting you always I'll find you anywhere god and money square off when we start again can i keep you warm when i lost you there in timor they pretended that it's ended I'll be wanting you always I'llbe haunting you always I'll be taunting you always I'llbe haunting you always
12.
Overmind 04:50
the u.s.a. can penetrate affairs of state erase the slate the overmind for humankind is goin' blind i've come to find and i say hey, hey, hey you're no child of mine just give all you have away everything will be okay have a good day everyday everything will be okay we have inspired thru t.v. wires we fell admired and never tired but if one day we hesitate we fear our fate 'cause it won't wait so i say hey, hey, hey it ain't quittin' time just give all you have away everything will be okay have a good day everyday everything will be okay by your design a fleshy swine will peel your spine and eat the rind and you say hey, hey, hey you can't drink my wine hey, hey, hey back you fleshy swine hey, hey, hey fear the overmind

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released October 9, 2023

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Austin Willacy Berkeley, California

Austin is an award-winning singer and songwriter creating raucous, tender and comical songs for your soul. In addition to his 6 solo albums and EPs, Austin is a veteran member of The House Jacks A Capella Group, founder of 'Til Dawn Teen A Capella Group, and Co-Founder of WildChoir. ... more

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