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by The Sunset Shipwrecks

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1.
There's a grove that stands tall in a clearing Redwood clings to the earth and scratches the sky The family name is carved within there They baptized me in champagne and good cheer There in the shade of the grove I've lived a life of many loves I've laughed with friends and family at my side I've traveled the world And I married a girl But lately I've been haunted by by the grove Leave me in the grove Let the rain wash the flesh from my broken body Leave me in the grove Let the sun bleach my tired bones Let time and decay push my mortal remains Down deeper into the grove Lately my travels have dwindled to nothing And my home has swept me aside My body and spirit have let me down Or perhaps it's the other way round But now I just want to lay there in the grove Leave me in the grove Like my father before me Leave me in the grove So my body can dwell with my soul Let time and decay push my mortal remains Down deeper into the grove Let time and decay push the joy and the horror away Leave me in peace in the grove Sometimes I feel the only place that I won't be turned away Is there in the ground in the grove
2.
Community 03:18
Here in the Bay times are looking pretty lean Except for those with more wealth than has ever been seen Can we survive? I guess we’ll find out in good time The richest are getting richer, everyone else is getting poorer You never knew there was a battle ‘til you found yourself with no quarter And that ain’t right, but I guess sometimes that’s just this life Oh sweet babe, we’re not getting any younger We keep working harder but we’re barely treading water Hold my hand girl, we’re going to be all right We’ve got to rage against the dying of the light This city sleeps with a cocaine fever sheen The wildly entitled relive the 80s dream But that’s all right, bust follows boom every time And when the bubble bursts we won’t be crying for your plight Somewhere far from here, the displaced dream Of a place they fought for and lost to greed Capital don’t care about community
3.
One third of my lifetime, I've woken up with you You've seen me at my best, you’ve seen me sleep in puke We make our way through this wicked world We fight as equals, two against them all There are so many directions that I've been pulled But your love keeps me whole We were children when we first met You were lovely with your dyed black hair You bought me cocktails, I had no cash The nights were perfect work was a drag I guess now we're getting old But still your love keeps me whole It's another morning and I'm still here I used to travel the world now I never leave It's damn lucky you've grown used to my idiot ways And lucky me, you're getting hotter with age Why should that be? Well, I don't know But your love keeps me whole
4.
Well, your kiss was a curse
 And it has haunted me these last few years 
And unlike Judas before
 You shan't be forgiven, I'll have vengeance if it takes forevermore So if you see dark figures from the corner of your eye Or a threatening shadow in the night
 Your heart may race while you twist, fearful on my line Perhaps I'm just biding time? Trust me when I tell you I am coming
 A dark whisper in the wind
 A snake in your bed
 Vengeance will be mine Oh, old trusted friend
 I never dreamed this was how it would end With you a traitor damned
 Your struggling throat in my hand You fooled me once, shame on me
 That second time, it was fait accompli 
No more shall you wrong, no more shall you lie
 No peaceful dreams will accompany your nights
5.
Let's slip off the rope let's cut the cord I can't take no more Babe we gotta get out of here
 There's nothing left but ash in my mouth this ain't our town Best time we hit the road We won't be seen we'll get up long before sunrise 
I'll hold the bottle of gasoline, kiss me and light the match The buildings continue to rise, but The City died
 The building continues but there's no water and the state’s on fire Build ever higher on shaky land, build on bay fill and sand
 The ocean will rise, slip-strike goodbye No more will we be seen haunting the old neighborhood 
It's no good to scratch and claw, burn the memory down and leave for good
6.
All The Road 04:15
My darling and I went out dancing tonight
 We hit the afterparty in full stride
 We're laughing and drinking with our friends creekside And she's looking at me, lovely and sly 
It's a long walk home and it's a moonless night
 We thought to bring the bottle but forgot to bring light You know me, don't you babe
 In any other circumstance I'd rather stay Up all night with this motley lot
 Raging with the devil and laughing at god It’s a long walk home babe, it’s a long walk home But we both know right where we're going
 To a bed where we can tangle the sheets until dawn It's a moonless night and we drank everything in sight Now we're walking home
 Walking home, yeah we’re using all of the road
7.
Get Busy 03:06
My babe and I were talking About our hopes and dreams I guess there's a clock ticking? I'm not listening, no All time is borrowed time And I'm only keeping half an eye On an uncertain future Life can keep you caged in Toiling on hook and line Working towards a future that may never arrive Time’s a damn thief I'm tired of gnashing my teeth Each day is a gamble I'm letting it ride Time flies, yeah it's true Got to hold onto something, I'm holding on to you We’re burying old friends and the dreams of youth Best get busy living while the living's still good The years have passed so quickly And some of the old fading dreams Weren't as important as they seemed Old friends are scattered far apart But I keep them in my heart And plunge ever forward You say I'll catch my death? You're wasting your breath Which pleasure shall I give up next? Time’s a damn thief I'm tired of gnashing my teeth Each day is a gamble I'm letting it ride
8.
When I was a young man I loved a girl
 And I wrote mournful songs I wished she would hear me sing And they were filled with promises I hoped she'd believe
 See, I believed I had laid out my yearning heart In such detail there could not be deceit
 But that was the song of a young man My heart was a burning ember that kept me awake all night Whenever you didn't come ‘round I'd dream of holding you tight But those were the dreams, the dreams of a young man And if you heard the song I sang to you 
I wish you luck, honey I wish you other love And if you started thinking I was the one
 Darling I'm telling you, I've moved on
 Girl I tell you I do deeply sympathize
 But you left me hanging for too long
 And I’ve come to realize
 That was just the song of a young man Yeah my heart was so tender
 But I was so unwise
 I didn't know heads from tails and that's why I've come to realize Don't go believing the songs of a young man
9.
By the time we reached the water we were shaking with the Pacific Ocean chill And the fog swirled We flung ourselves headlong into the sea plunging from a year of misery and our dogs danced nervous on the shore Hugged old friends and wished them a good New Year We all agreed that this would be McCaughan's year for sure Then we hit the Riptide And drank in the New Year Had some Bloody Marys and some pitchers of beer Warmed our bones by the fire Like so often before I refuse to believe that won't happen no more It's only a matter of time until the Tide rises again When the news hit I was on the Superior shore It came from a town I don't live in no more But it cut me right to the bone Place can anchor memory Adrift I found myself longing to be back there In my foggy home Seems so stupid now to cry It's already been so long since we said our last goodbyes But now I wanna hit the Riptide And drink in the New Year Have some Bloody Marys and some pitchers of beer We'll warm our bones by the fire Like so often before I refuse to believe it won't happen no more It's only a matter of time until the Tide rises again Darling it's two AM it's time for closing The cops are all sideways and I think Erin’s broken Best we leave of our own accord Arm in arm fog breathing Arm in arm walking and weaving Singing a song as we stagger our way home Yeah we'll hit the Riptide Like so often before I refuse to believe that won't happen no more It's only a matter of time until the Tide rises again
10.
No Justice 04:25
There's nothing left but the slightest vestige of a society No safety net, no sense of belonging, or of owing something Instead we are segmented, constant stimulation has replaced our dreams Blinders on, senses dulled, staring at our little screens There's a generation in jail, just wasting away When the economy tanked, we bailed out the banks and bonuses were still paid Sell drugs on the streets you'll be doing hard time But making millions lose their homes is treated like a victimless crime The money keeps pouring into the best government the wealthy can buy The protest always dies away People are scared of their own shadows of course they're scared of change We’ve gotta say, that this ends today I think it's time we all valued ourselves just a little bit more There's no person on earth who deserves seven hundred to your one Will there ever come a day when you open your eyes and see Wall Street's high cult of capital is nothing but a Ponzi scheme Drowning in debt, drowning in a toxic culture that poisons everything People march, hold hands and pray But the few years we are allotted are quickly fading away We’ve gotta say, that this ends today Will the cycle of violence turn once more? Will the masses rise up against the mighty? Will the guillotine roar? Violence will beget more violence and blood will fill our streets Until we finally learn that without justice there’s no peace

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This album is dedicated to the idea of community. To the understanding that we are all interconnected, and that we are at our best when we are responsible to something more than our own self-interest. To the notion that our homes and cities are not merely property to be used as vehicles for investment and speculation, but places for people to live, work, raise families, and grow roots. To the rejection of the cycle of boom and bust that enriches the few and leaves large swaths of human devastation in its wake. And to the hope (however unlikely) that the phoenix of San Francisco can rise again—this time not from a great earthquake, but from the ruin of failed economic policies and the tyranny of those who care more about profits than their fellow citizens. Raise your voice, light the match.

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released May 27, 2016

Recorded at Sharkbite Studios, Oakland CA
Produced by Kevin Army
Engineered by Ryan Massey, Scott Evans and Kevin Army

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Unrepentant Rock and Roll from the fog belt.

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