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Live and Acoustic

by The Mutineers

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1.
We've had our bellies full, we've built a nest, our home The mountain climb's behind us, now we're down in the valley You were brave in the beginning, you were strong, you hadn't a care We were dangerously living, and we had no plans But lack of planning cannot stop the march of time And our love won't keep burning, unless we keep that fire alive If you take my heart for granted If you take my heart for granted If you take my heart for granted It might not be there when you call It might not know your voice at all If you ignore me, if you ignore me When I looked at you before I saw a mystery Now your life is an open book that I don't want to read Can love survive a look into our deeper selves? I let my demons out and you've seen my inner hell You're not the only one. I've got my own disease And the drugs that once worked well enough are now too weak If you take my heart for granted If you take my heart for granted If you take my heart for granted It might not be there when you call It might not know your voice at all If you ignore me, if you ignore me I know you love me but that you forgot That you can't treat me like an afterthought I know you love me but that you forgot That you can't treat me like an afterthought If you take my heart for granted If you take my heart for granted If you take my heart for granted It might not be there when you call It might not know your voice at all If you ignore me, if you ignore me
2.
Driving around in this country of ours There's wide open land that is empty of towns And the land is so cheap we could buy a big ranch And start up a farm and bring all of our friends And restart our lives from scratch Based on love and trust and put greed in our past There'd be art and great music instead of TVs And everyone there would have plenty to eat... for a while, for a while But you can't run away No you can't, I'm afraid to tell you Can't run away Sure enough someone would enter our zone And bring jealousy and hatred and discord along And sure enough fighting and liars and thieves Would force us to make up some kind of police And the police would soon be abusing their power And our system of trust would all be devoured We'd have locks on our doors cause our neighbors are strangers We'd have to get used to living with danger again... again But you can't run away No you can't, I'm afraid to tell you Can't run away... from yourself What if someone with the same big idea Started their town up the river from here And they poured all their waste in the water that flowed Away from their village but into our homes We'd form a committee and it would decree That you can't poison water and send it downstream And when they don't listen and heed our demands We'll raise up an army and take all their lands for our own, for our own But you can't run away No you can't, I'm afraid to tell you Can't run away... from yourself I understand why you want to begin again It feels like we're stuck in a rut A nightmare from which we just can't wake up And I want to wake up with you I'm not saying our lives can't be happy and free We can sing in the moonlight and dance in the streets But our troubles will find us like hounds on the prowl You can run you can hide but they'll still sniff you out all the time All the time But you can't run away No you can't, I'm afraid to tell you Can't run away... from yourself But you can't run away No you can't, I'm afraid to tell you Can't run away... from yourself
3.
It's been a warm winter guess we're lucky that way No snow, no ice, no frozen rain So I traded my coat for two pints of beer Cause everyone's saying no winter this year I buried my shovel, I threw out my gloves Don't think I'll need them when the next winter comes I'm planting my garden despite my own fears Cause everyone's saying no winter this year Buds on the trees take no notice Of the name of the month that we're in Bugs and the weeds feel no onus To die off like they always did Birds and the bees didn't make it on time To feast on the flowers no fruit on the vine Pests and the vermin are all in good cheer I'm left here crying to winter this year Storm off the coast came a-blowin' Ground became frozen as stone Everything here in my garden Was covered with one foot of snow Who is to say what's good or what's bad We know that we hate to be cold, to be sad Funny how nature ignores all our tears Now everyone's saying no winter this year Now everyone's saying no winter this year Storm off the coast came a-blowin' Ground became frozen as stone Everything here in my garden Was covered with one foot of snow
4.
On the banks of the Great Columbia Where the deer and the elk go to play There are shadows and ghosts of a world that’s been lost Full of beauty and full of decay And the river had fish in endless supply The canneries dotted the shore line Now the only things left are pilings and waves On the banks of the Great Columbia The loggers came in and the old trees came down There were sawmills and churches and schools Now the old town is empty where hundreds once lived On the banks of the Great Columbia And this song has been sung by others before And they weep for a world that is no more And all things must pass and so too shall we As the river rolls on to the sea, merrily merrily All the ships they are bringing an endless supply Of everything made cross the sea And a foghorn is blowing in the middle of the night On the banks of the Great Columbia And what will there be in 100 years What fading gifts will she keep Cause the lock has been picked and the safe has been robbed To the bank of the Great Columbia And this song has been sung by others before And they weep for a world that is no more And all things must pass and so too shall we As the river rolls on to the sea, merrily merrily To the sea
5.
I’m gonna burn my mind out With a night of heavy drinking I’ll push away the banshees That been breaking out my windows There’s a shotgun full of bourbon I’ve been aiming at my demons But they always dodge the bullets And come calling in the morning I’ve been called a bitter man But I don’t deserve the label I was bitten on the hand Feeding horses at the stable If you wanna take a dive into That murky pool of mine I’ve got the bottle, if you’ve got the time I climbed onto the wagon And I held onto the side And then it started raining When I wanted to get dry I took a look around me Felt I made a big mistake Then that road got rough, I fell off I jumped into the lake I’ve been called a bitter man But I don’t deserve the label I was bitten on the hand Feeding horses at the stable If you wanna take a dive into That murky pool of mine I’ve got the bottle, if you’ve got the time I tried to pray to Jesus But the line got crossed with Hell And Satan’s secretary Said I had an unpaid bill I could afford to pay it If I signed away my soul But you can’t pull any water From this whiskey filled well I’ve been called a bitter man But I don’t deserve the label I was bitten on the hand Feeding horses at the stable If you wanna take a dive into That murky pool of mine I’ve got the bottle, if you’ve got the time
6.
Picture all your memories Like tiny grains of sand One-by-one they're funneling Through the choke point of an hourglass You feel yourself diminishing The vessels almost empty The light is getting dim It must be so frustrating To be so near and so lost We keep falling Into others We keep falling Into everybody else And some have seen it coming And some have seen it pass And with is goes a person To be sand in your hourglass And on and on and so it goes One mind dies and one mind grows You fill me up and then you flip the glass Oh god, it goes too fast We keep falling Into other We keep falling Into everybody else We keep falling Into other We keep falling Into everybody else
7.
Who's gonna break your fall? Who's gonna break your fall when your coming down Down from that tree? You say you've been forgiven, been forgiven But who's gonna make it up, up to me? You've destroyed everything I've got the sense to worry I can see that bridge is out ahead Someone's got to get it through your head Who's gonna break your fall? Who's gonna break your fall when your coming down Down from that tree? Feeling for the bottom, for the bottom But who's gonna help you up, up to breathe Yeah we all gotta breathe I've got the sense to worry I can see that bridge is out ahead Someone's got to get it through your head Who's gonna save your soul? Who's gonna save your soul when your going down Down from that tree The key is in your body, it makes your heart ache But you've got to dig it out, out and sing I'm giving back everything I've got the sense to worry I can see that bridge is out ahead Someone's got to get it through your head
8.
When Johnny was a teenage boy, Timmy blew that building away Down in OKC, Down in OKC He stared into the TV set, he couldn’t pull his eyes away He thought of all the bodies and debris up in the air He thought it would be beautiful to witness it from there And all those perfect people who never seemed to care The world’s fucked up so I’ll go on a tear In Heartland USA The son of wealthy parents in a gated community Fourteen years of solitude; his social poverty Ate him up inside, Are him up inside Then boredom pushed his hand and confusion broke his mind He thought it would beautiful if all of us would die So he took his daddy’s gun and all the ammo he could find And that’s the first time that he cried In Heartland USA 
The sad part of the story is you know how it’s gonna end One more Columbine, one more suicide We all start pointing fingers like we’re children at the zoo The red, white, and blue, the red, white, and blue It’s not some other country or somebody else’s kids We’re all a bit demented from the lives that we all live Lives that we all live, lives that we all live It’s not just in the ghetto or some fucked up podunk town It’s running in our blood stream the countdown
9.
When you're on the road, sunglasses, hair in the wind The friends you have, you can't convince That all they have ain't worth shit The toll booths fade and leaves are changing And Petty's singing out again And the car you drive gets 35 miles per gallon Through the valleys and rolling fields Keep your eye out for roadkill Storm's gone by you missed the worst There's dry wood by the fire And some sweet angel lifts your curse Success fuels your desire And you can't find the words for how you feel Keep your eye out for roadkill Nashville gave you single-malt You decide to love America Cause cowboy boots are back in style And religion doesn't burn It just gives you a wry smile I-10 is a broken forgot road and her lover's never coming home But she'll take you in for the night So give her all you own When the music starts to build Keep your eye out for roadkill If you want it all to last If you want her to remember Don't let her sad eyes pass Hold her hand while her lips tremble If that's how you want the road to feel Keep your eye out for roadkill
10.
Ace - Live 04:22
It used to be that we would spend our days inside And guiltlessly take pleasure in the rain You would bake the bread and I would light the fire Our friends would say we're prisoners of desire But life's too short to play it safe Let's hit the road before it gets too late I was drinking on the roof and I was cursing like a fool When the fire came and sparked the edge of town That fire was getting near and we were all out of beer So we turned our backs and spit into the wind Cause life's too short to play it safe Let's hit the road before it gets too late Throw our fate to the wind You're the ace up my sleeve You're the lighter in my pocket when there's no fire to be found You move me baby, oh baby I'm so moved This is how we want to be Our lives a mystery We've dug the earth and planted our own seed If the whole thing goes to hell And all the good folks felled Let's sing this song before they get us too Cause life's too short to play it safe Let's hit the road before it gets too late Cause life's too short to play it safe Let's hit the road before it gets too late Throw our fate to the wind You're the ace up my sleeve You're the lighter in my pocket when there's no fire to be found You move me baby, oh baby I'm so moved I get so moved, I get so moved, I get so moved by you

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Recorded in Bremerton, WA at Rimbert Illustrations by Jack Parker (Homegrown Recording Co.) on 6/20/22

Cover art by Sydney Berko

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released October 28, 2022

Merry Young - Drums and vocals
Brian Mathusek - Acoustic guitar and vocals

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The Mutineers Portland, Oregon

The Mutineers are a rock duo that blends the twangy influences of Johnny and June with the punk vibe of John Doe and Exene, and the dark sounds of Nick Cave and PJ Harvey. Husband and wife Brian Mathusek and Merry Young have been living mostly on the road since 2017, completing 5 national tours in 3 years. ... more

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