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Penny, where you walking? Penny, where you walking to, my dear?
Penny are you going, going with somebody new my dear?
Have you lost your glasses or your mind, because I shouldn’t be so hard to find!
I’m the man who’s gonna love ya, standing on the corner just-a watching as you
Walk on by
Lately I’ve been wandering by myself. Just wandering to nowhere.
Wasn’t gonna leave today, but the sunshine was leading me to my front porch stair.
Just a few blocks down and to the right, that’s when I saw the most amazing sight!
It was the image of ya, standing on the corner just-a waiting to walk on by
And there you go, and there you go
Stepping out into the street but
You didn’t know, you didn’t know
The car was coming; streamlined, gunning
Hit its mark and kept on running
Penny are you breathing? Penny, if you can please do, my dear!
Penny help is on the way! Penny! Stay with me! Don’t you give up on me!
“Heart rate’s slowing down! We’re losing light…” Why didn’t I do something to save your life?
I was daydreaming of your love on the corner, just-a watching as you walk on by
Penny, where you walking? Penny, where you walking to, my dear?
Penny are you going, going with somebody new my dear?
Have you lost your glasses or your mind, because I shouldn’t be so hard to find!
I’m the man who’s gonna love ya, standing on the corner just-a hoping that you’ll
Walk on by
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LOA (Love One Another)
03:38
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The beautiful Queen of the Irish hill is done
King Thomas picked her up in the old Benz and drove off with the sun
He took her to his perfect garden, we’re invited too
They wouldn't be pleased to see these green thumbs had all turned blue
Carrots, Tomatoes, and lots of potatoes- but not just because our heritage
Digging in the earth, I swear I understood what real marriage is
Giving a hand to your neighbor, even when you’ve got none to lend
The queen embodied her battle-cry, LOA, all the way to the end
Fourteen reasons, planted in your backyard
14 reasons, this has to be so hard
Fourteen trees, grown so tall
Seeds of your love, after all
Seeds of your love after all
Coca-cola, cookies, and backyard football,
Games of checkers that I never won
I learned that the roots do the work,
while the flowers get the sun
But in the dark and in the dirt, there’s love
In the dark and in the dirt, there’s love, just like up above
Fourteen reasons, planted in your back yard
14 reasons, this has to be so hard
Fourteen trees, grown so tall
Seeds of your love, after all
Seeds of your love after all
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Neural Twin
04:27
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Lying in the middle of a single bed, listening to the sound of my alarm sing; Mmmm
Wondering just how I’m ever gonna reach the door and if it’s even worth arising
But the Neural Twin inside my head says, “Get up! Let’s go! Deep breath! I am so proud of you!”
Yet my conscious subconsciousness is aware of a heaviness that comes with being Part 1 of 2
4ft. isn’t quite that far. Then, tell me, why is it like jumping from star to star?
Standing in the middle of the kitchen here, thinking about my, well, everything; Mmmm
Pondering over obscenities and positives and which one of the two will swallow me
But the Neural Twin inside my head says, “Shut up! Let it go! Deep breath! I’ll be so proud of you!”
Yet my conscious subconsciousness is aware of a heaviness that comes with being Part 1 of 2
Tidal waves, they crash and tower and don’t subside for more than 24 hrs.
Holding the handle of a kitchen knife, tenderly caressing my arteries; Mmmm
How long have I been standing in the kitchen here? 5 minutes worth accrues like centuries.
Then my Neural Twin inside my head says, “Do it. Deep breath. Let go. They’ll be so proud of you!”
And my consciousness is fully aware of the heaviness that comes with being Parts 1 & 2
I know he’s a voice and nothing more. I gently put the knife back and close the drawer.
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I found you when I returned home
Parched and sick to your bones
Don't lie and say you've
Been up or out of
your bed today
Why would I give you your keys
When you can barely say please
Don't lie and say you
Won't come back
So hopelessly sleepy
Our charming conversation
Grows increasingly
Distant and vague
You believe you're in first rate form but
You don't become sentimental and warm
Don't lie and say you
Haven't been with
Your very best friend
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Change
03:19
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Change is something that they said was good when I was growing up.
Change is what falls in between the seats of the car.
Change comes from some greater design; Nah, fuck it. It just happens.
Change out of your shoes and coat ‘cause nobody’s home.
Funny the seasons change, but to them it’s just normality;
Autumn, she always comes and goes.
With all this change in life I wanted you to me my one normality but
Autumn, she always comes and goes.
Change is what I did to myself so I could simply feel loved
Change was gonna fix everything that I thought was wrong
Change was gonna make them all feel sorry about then before.
Change was gonna take just about a year or so. Whoa.
Funny the seasons change, but to them it’s just normality;
Autumn, she always comes and goes.
With all this change in life I wanted you to me my one normality but
Autumn, she always comes and goes, goes.
I changed and didn’t see all the good I thought would headstrong come my way.
I changed, but still inside me I knew that something was wrong.
So one day, I’m at my mirror and say, “Hey boy, I think we need some help.”
So now I skate along the border of a human being and a human becoming.
It’s so funny the seasons change, but to them it’s just normality;
Autumn can pack her shit and go.
I’ve changed my mind. In life, I just want truth to be my sole normality ‘cause
Autumn will always come and go, starting off warm to abandon you cold as the morning Sun fades Earth from green to gold
Change is something that they said was good, but I’m still growing up.
Change is what falls in between the seats of the car.
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Day Off Chicago, Illinois
Day Off is a Chicago-based indie rock band formed by Andrew Milliken (Keyboard), Grant Brown (Guitar/Vox) and Kieran McCabe
(Drums/Vox) in the summer of 2017.
Using their only day off from work at a summer stock theater, these lads created a musical coalition (as well as a comedic origin short film) in order to take the Chicago music scene by storm and have fun doing it.
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