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Chimeys

by the Young Sinclairs

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1.
your heart is keeping all the time your head is similar to mine the room is dark, your lantern's broke you're writing songs inside the smoke can't you see it makes no sense, it doesn't matter ease your mind, you can't keep time forever after you're sucking scraps out of the sink your pen is running out of ink the past is back, you're coming home you're writing words onto the stone
2.
I thought I told you not to speak to me although you want to you should leave me be you tried to freeze me, didn't you baby? I won't make that mistake again now when you see me turn and walk away I'm not in any mood to talk today you tried to burn me, didn't you baby? I won't make that mistake again
3.
you were always talkin', you were too proud to listen laughin' at me for a while you've had it bad, but I doubt you're worried I just wanna see you smile I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you to be strong all the years you want to do alone songs to show here 'for she's dyin' please believe I'd never try and turn you don't belong and don't be mine I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you to be strong I can feel it when I start to dream
4.
when you cry the truth is coming from you when you try and fight it you're only kidding yourself though I realize you must keep happy when you were a child your tears were laughing and I don't think you should be so serious 'cause we all know nothing anyway
5.
Kind Of Soul 02:02
are you really gonna let her win after all she's done? she's just another one are you really gonna take her back after where she's been? do you see what I mean? recognize her mystery if you'll promise this to me don't be around that kind of soul are you really gonna speak to her? I can't believe, you wouldn't let her leave are you sleeping standing on your feet after all you've done? you're not the only one
6.
Have A Home 02:08
we use each other for personal gain only to leave or still worse to remain I think I'm playing your game I seem to be there when moments arrive we have no memories attached to our lives except for those in disguise I need protection from those who try to use me I don't possess you and still you do this to me how could it be that you'd never want to have a home you have to wander to know you can breathe to be a sender and not to receive with the greatest of ease like tools of heaven we cross in our path the words of treasure you'd said with a laugh I didn't want to be mad
7.
Open One 02:27
ageless warriors fallen to the ground in some deepness that captured every sound all the drummers gathered 'round parading through the streets of abandoned towns grass and apples lightly brush your bones words unspoken lay deep beneath the stones all the Earthly shrieking tones are lifeless in the flight logs of unanswered phones paisley banshees have called you to your doom fabric prisons that lock you in your room all the notes you wrote too soon you're naked and you're homeless underneath the moon you've condemned me but that makes you my slave like the moments when you don't seem so brave all the gifts you never gave don't forget to buy your copy of 'No More Graves'
8.
you haven't been amazed with what we've done but have you ever felt the piercing gaze from everyone pull you apart, push down on you yes they do there's so much to be said, do you agree I know that we could move ahead if you'd come with me
9.
you can have her, 'cause she'll only bring you harm you can love her, but you're just a thing on her arm you can have her 'cause I know she's gonna drain your waters dry she doesn't need you she just needs a reason to cry oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah you can have her, man you wait 'til she rears her ugly head you can love her, but before too long I bet the love is dead you can have her 'cause she feels the need to leave everything behind she doesn't need you she just needs a piece of your mind oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah you can have her 'cause she feels the need to leave everything behind she doesn't need you she just needs a piece of your mind oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
10.
you search for a key and you spy from a tree and you slip along corners between every note that you smoked was a cough in your throat and a song you tossed in a dream and who was it on the hearing end, you slip through the woods in fear and then you finally make it back in the shadows he can't track, but he's tracing your steps you keep out of sight like a creep in the night and you sneak along numbers so plain you're sorry you looked what I wrote in my book but one of us cannot have a name now you scrape underneath what I use for a seat and the remnants are all you can take for me to come in and sit right down 'cause he don't want me comin' round and believin' that the world has been deceivin', can't you see how I'll get even
11.
people didn't find it acceptable at the time we spoke our minds, we spoke our minds you can call it what you wan't I'm lookin' fine we spoke our minds, we spoke our minds when I take sick one day and lay my head to rest the papers all will talk of when I was my best I'll keep repeating myself all of the time we spoke our minds, we spoke our minds you should check out the world it's lookin' fine we spoke our minds we spoke our minds will daybreak come tomorrow you'll have to wait your turn the clock will strike your number your candles cease to burn we spoke our minds, we spoke our minds
12.
you tried to turn her and yourself against everyone else a dark cloud full of rain you complain but you don't want to help what to do, I can't trust you oh everyone sees through you you can't be wrong so I don't know what to say you'll get defensive or something so I'll keep away where to go, I don't know oh and I told her so if I'm not just how you want me to be, I'm not sorry no pity party thrown for you, I'm not sorry I don't have all the answers and I'm not perfection myself but I know how to be a true friend to somebody else where to go, I don't know oh and I told you so if I'm not just how you want me to be, I'm not sorry no pity party thrown for you, I'm not sorry and you're not sorry I'm not sorry
13.
Future Man 02:33
I'm very smart you know I'm reading all the time fine art and poetry and slavery and wine are you impressed with my intelligent today extract the meaning of a stupid thing to say future man digital distraction has become something required you once felt peaceful but you just thought you were tired optic limitations have you permanently bummed drugs and transportation always got you on the run future man

about

This is The Young Sinclairs' vinyl-only sophomore LP, recorded in the summer of 2009 and released in conjunction with Chimney Sweep Records in 2010. It's 13 songs from the heart, for the heart - on purple vinyl! "Chimeys" (not 'chimneys') is a word created by the band that perfectly describes this fully-realised, highly-refined collection of the band's inimitable brand of chiming 12-string fueled Rock & Roll. The sound quality and strength of the songwriting on this record is astounding in its focus. Hear The Young Sinclairs take it to the next level - put this purple platter on your turntable and go there with 'em!

"The embellishments on the songs are few; the Sinclairs typically stay true to their album title with bright, chiming guitars and lots and lots of hi-hat/tambourine, while the bass sounds warm and expansive. The familiar psychedelic grab bag of effects is used sparingly enough that it still excites, and the overall vibe is one of the evening in late '65 before psychedelia hit. The reverbed vocals are never over the top like a good deal of modern 60s pop imitators, which is fortunate, as these guys are actually quite talented singers and don't need to bury their voices under all that fuzz." - KVRX Radio, Austin, TX

"This Virginia band is all about the jangle, the wistful voices and the unspoken promise that nothing here is going to get too heavy: in a musical sense at least. The words on the other hand, more often than not, come across as a hurt, scarred and heartfelt narrative. It's clear that the warm infectious guitar picking that pushes each track forward in elegant and unobtrusive fashion is nothing more than a distraction: a feel-good decoy drawing your attention from the deep emotional turmoil, or the bitter experiences being spewed out. The circling guitars, rolling rhythms and rounded bass all beat along in time with bands gone by, The Byrds mainly, but others too." - Bowlegs Music

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released June 15, 2010

produced by Samuel Jones Lunsford & John Thompson
recorded & engineered by John Thompson at The Mystic Fortress, Roanoke, VA, Summer 2008

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