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America's Sweetheart (Remastered)

by Shadow J. Brown

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1.
The Thanks I Get 04:17
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Don't rip out the stitches when I'm just trying to heal I lost my best friend today Lovemaking turned ordeal The tears I cried, I wish they weren't for you You don't deserve them, baby I'll save them for someone true I gave you everything I had, everything you ever wanted This is the thanks I get for loving you
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Oversaturation of Music 02:10
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We gotta do something about oversaturation We gotta do something about intoxication We gotta do something about stipulation We gotta do something about inspiration information Look out my window, what do I see, a sea of music watching over me A friend of mine sent me a text saying, "hey you gotta check this song out" "It's like if Bo Diddley met Bauhaus, it's like post-punk without the punk" So I click the link, it's a good song There are a million just as short and just as long Sometimes I wonder what went wrong We gotta do something about that hot buttered soul We gotta do something about that rock n' roll We gotta do something about that white savior We gotta do something about the violator, oh yeah I got the first pressing of Night Beat, how about you? I got the British pressing of Tapestry, hey, I do too! Everybody in town's got a mandolin, and a brushed-up grin, and a life of sin with a bottle of gin and juice It's too late to sing the blues We gotta do something about the nuclear codes We gotta do something about Depeche Mode We gotta do something about ethnicity We gotta do something about playing Misty for me
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Black Metal Serenade 02:32
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sing me a black metal serenade when everything has turned gray and I'll be the last one to say beauty is power until it's taken away, and then no one gives a damn what you gotta say you're a cold motherfucker, Charlie Brown You've ruined Christmas again with your ugly frown
4.
Seeing Other People With Your Ghost 02:12
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When we were young, man we had fun But good things never build to last So you called me a child, you called me a fraud You called me everything in the book except for my love Seeing other people with your ghost It's kinda funny to watch it happen I can't wait till it breaks your heart in two But that's one for the books, it doesn't matter anyway When you left me astray, I never thought i'd be okay But now I'm better than I ever was Got lots of friends and time to pretend Out of sight, out of mind Seeing other people with your ghost It's kinda funny to watch it happen I can't wait till they know the real you But that's one for the books, it doesn't matter anyway
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America's Sweetheart 03:26
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money won't change you but I certainly will America's sweetheart, don't you remember me from the films? the siren's song were in a twelve-bar blues if you let me baby, I surely can love you I love your poofy hair you must love Brigitte Bardot we can dance the waltz right here in the snow I'm just like any other man I have a mortgage and a five-year plan i got a lot of scripts to read and auditions to attend but this whole time, it's this broken heart i've been trying to mend i will treat you like an equal cause that is what you are no special treatment because you're dating a star you don't have to be nervous the way my phone blows up those are just my agents baby, i would never give up on our love no! no! you've been so sweet and kind I wanna know if you're ready to cross that line there's no turning back, but there's nothing to fear if you ever get scared, darling I'm right here!
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Kim and Thurston 03:10
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America's favorite couple is dead Oh, how the fame got to our head There are things I wish we had not said The girl in the band No one could understand what she really wanted You never wanted my help One played bass and the other played guitar One moved south, the other to the stars It's a shame once we grow, we grow far The fruit of rock n' roll never tasted so sweet Breaking up is hard, had me numb to my feet Americans are mourning today Because rock n' roll will never be the same One played bass and the other played guitar One moved south, the other to the stars It's a shame once we grow, we grow far and far and far
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I've Got a Crush on You 04:21
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ooh I've got a crush on you i wonder if you feel it too it feels so right to be next to you this funny feeling's filled with bliss sign, seal, deliver with a kiss You're cool as hell and I want to get to know you better Your style is so rare, you've got the artsy flair I wonder if you pray to the sun Lacquer and pigment dye, you can paint me anytime I bet you can name every piece at the Hirshhorn Yes, i've loved and lost and had to pay the cost but I remain hopeful for that special day when I can finally say I can open up to someone new And baby, I hope that it's you You have the vibe of an intellect, sitting at home smoking cigarettes Those are not ideal for your health Pondering the state of affairs, take a polaroid of a chair Frame it and hang it on an amber wall I don't want you to think you're the one Love is like a loaded gun You've seduced me with your charm If we part, well that's okay I'm grateful any way for whatever time we spend together And baby, it's not forever
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Rose Colored Lens 03:15
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I'm sure you're happier with him You left me for another one I think that's a sin but whatever Your rose colored lens they're turning black The sour part of life you can't counteract with sex and drugs and rock n' roll Lonely lonely me I was the fool who thought our bond too strong to break I'm sure you never take a trip for nostalgia's sake Who am I kidding when I say you're worse off without me Making my bed with denial and pleas that things will get better When the waterfalls came running down I had to make sure no one was around I don't want anyone to see me this way I'm crying how you threw me away The reasons why, you didn't say How was I supposed to know that your heart belonged to another Lonely lonely me

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America's Sweetheart has been remastered.

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released August 23, 2019

All songs written, composed, performed, and performed by James Lepinsky, aka Shadow J. Brown
"The Thanks I Get" was recorded by Steph Rohde in a house in Rockville, MD
"America's Sweetheart" was recorded and produced by Steph Rohde and Daniel Carballo at Goodside Productions, Silver Spring, MD

Cover painting by Shadow J. Brown

J. Lepinsky - vocals, guitars, bass, organ, keyboards, drums, drum machine, auxiliary percussion
Bill Dempsey - Wurlitzer

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