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Wrecked

by The Kevins

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ANOTHER PLANET by K. Dennis She didn't hear another word the suit said After "two weeks for every year" It's sunny outside, it's getting warmer in here Feeling lighter already, hey look over there The furniture is floating, I've come unbound... It's like another planet far from here It's like another planet nowhere near She was already feeling alien enough Old friends were growing strange Treating me like a cousin gone crazy Trying to talk in some long dead language This earth is foreign to me, maybe it's time to fly... Off to another planet far from here Maybe another planet nowhere near Off to another planet far from here Maybe another planet nowhere near This earth is foreign to me, maybe it's time to fly Off to another planet far from here
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DREAM OF THE TRUTH by K. Dennis We dream of the truth but we're afraid to live it We dream of the truth but we can't admit it We have doubt We dream of the truth but we're afraid to live it We dream of the truth but we can't admit it We have doubt - crippling doubt We dream of the truth but we can't admit it We dream of the truth but we're afraid to live it We have doubt - paralyzing doubt We dream of the truth but we can't admit it We dream of the truth but we're afraid to live it We have doubt - paralyzing doubt We dream of the truth but we're afraid to live it...
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Shades 03:28
SHADES by A. Bergey You can't hide I won't abide I am in a dream Find me here No need to fear I'm not what I seem Sleep by day And dream by night Please do close the shades Shades . . . Stay in bed And clear my head The night time is mine Stay in sheets The day completes I don't know the time Live in bed And die in bed Please do close the shades Shades . . . Can't complain About the rain It blots out the rays On my pane It keeps me sane For all of my days Sleep by day And dream by night Please do close the shades Shades . . .
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Hip Hop Star 03:00
HIP HOP STAR by K. Dennis If I was half my age I'd climb up on stage And take a crack at bein' a hip hop star Rap is not my thing But I'm liking all that bling I think I want to be a hip hop star Those videos are wild Booty shakin' all the time Just another day at work when you're a hip hop star Dripping all that gold All that chronic, man I'm sold! Where do I apply to be a hip hop star? Cash and cribs and cars I wanna be a hip hop star Who am I tryin' to fool? I'm so old they closed the school No one wants a middle aged hip hop star Ain't got the tools, ain't got the cred I'm gettin' tired, let's go to bed I think I'll never be a hip hop star I wonder what it's like to be a hip hop star? Do they know they're lucky, they're hip hop stars Cash and cribs and cars I wanna be a hip hop star
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Problems 02:22
PROBLEMS by Landis Davis Slinking 'cross the sidewalk like a cat caught in the rain I've got fourteen kinds of trouble on my mind Things have got me thinking that my life will never change You know I think now that I ain't no friend of mine When I woke up this morning, the sun behind the clouds I thought that this might be my day to die But then I started thinking, and then I got to drinking For the life of me I can't remember why I've got my problems, and you've got yours You know that ain't no fault of mine Sure as the sun sets in the east and rises in the west I'm gonna get my life back in line Well I called up my baby just to tell her that I loved her But I could not get her on the phone So I went down to the drugstore and drank a cherry coke Now I'm sittin' here watching tv all alone Some day a big wind's gonna come breathe life into these sails And it's gonna blow my ship right into port And I'll be there on the gang plank with a gun that doesn't shoot straight And an IRS man who'll take me straight to court I've got my problems, and you've got yours You know that ain't no fault of mine Sure as the sun sets in the east and rises in the west I'm gonna get my life back in line
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WHERE SHOULD I FALL by A. Bergey The undisputed truth Came tumbling down Caught on stone cold lies Buried me in the ground Unmitigated love I testified A panel of fears Sat before me and lied Find me standing on the edge With a double-sided ledge On one side lies the truth On the other is my youth Keep me looking straight ahead Don’t think where my life’s led You can tell me don’t look down I will when you’re not around Where should I fall If I should fall at all A decision to make For decision's sake Where should I fall If you were my Daddy You’d hold me down If you were my momma You’d talk me down Where should I fall
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START TO LET GO by K. Dennis Clouds obscure the moon Sleeping town Quarter for the phone Rings off the wall You're not home Clouds have had enough Rain begins to fall Hours til dawn Siren echoes From across the tracks Homeless toss and turn Soggy cardboard shacks Walkin' slow Dead end one-way street Cold and wet Crush out the last cigarette Far away radio plays classic rock Queen and Dead Zep and the rest of that schlock Thunder cracks and the rain turns to hail Open my mouth in a silent wail Bus station john Mirror never lies Splash the demons back Air dryer whines Back into the night Phone booth sentinel Rings and rings and rings Start to let go Start to let go
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Derelict 02:54
DERELICT by K. Dennis What's a derelict? Someone who failed or the one who never tried? What's a derelict? One who is scared of love or one who is cold inside? I've been derelict Let down those who cared and made their lives hard I keep telling myself I'm only hurting myself I'm a derelict Full blown stumblin', rollin', tumblin' Derelict What's a derelict? Someone who knows what's right and still does wrong What's a derelict? Too wrapped up in themselves to see who they've lost I've been derelict Let down those who cared and made their lives hard I keep telling myself I'm only hurting myself I'm a derelict Full blown stumblin', rollin', tumblin' Derelict Looks like I'm going down that same road again... What's a derelict? Can't seem to face the facts What's a derelict? Hidin' my head in a sack I keep telling myself I'm only hurting myself, it's a lie I'm a derelict Full blown stumblin', rollin', tumblin' Derelict Looks like I'm going down that same road again...
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The Former 02:44
THE FORMER by A. Bergey I'm the former lover of the lady in the paper Don't look to me to try something heroic to save her If you think she's crazy now you should have seen her then Even if they had a program they wouldn't let her in I'm the former father of the girl knockin' at your door She disowned me the day I couldn't get up off the floor And now she's asking for donations that'll help out the poor She's making this a better place, that's what daddies are for You can ask me now, you can ask me later You can ask the salesman, you can ask the waiter You can ask for money, you can ask for free If I was the former, and I'll always be I'm the former founder of the foundation you have heard Where they set up clinics and keep track of people they cured The demographics and diversity have been defined The funding and the leaders with concern have been aligned You can ask me now, you can ask me later You can ask the salesman, you can ask the waiter You can ask for handouts, you can ask me now If I was the former, why am I nothing now?
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MAKE HER MOVIE by A. Bergey / K. Dennis Now that she is gone Movies are all wrong Now that she's away I don't look forward to the day They make her movie - they'll make it funny They'll make it groovy - to make them money They'll make it up - to make it sell They'll make it up - so you can't tell Now that she is gone Movies are too long Now that she's away I don't look forward to the day They make her movie - they'll make it funny They'll make it groovy - to make them money They'll make it up - to make it sell They'll make it up - so you can't tell I thought Nastassja would be the next I loved her in Polanski's Tess But any thought of her taking your place Were banished by her follow up disgrace Now that she is gone Movies are all wrong Now that she's away I don't look forward to the day They make her movie - they'll make it funny They'll make it groovy - to make them money They'll make it up - to make it sell They'll make it up - so you can't tell They'll make her movie
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DREW GOT A MOHAWK by K. Dennis Mary Ann and Drew having a real good time Knocking back the poison with a twist of lime Mary Ann got an idea Drew said "I'm not very clear - What are you gonna do with those shears?" Mary Ann got a case of the shaky hands And Drew's makeover is the talk of the land Drew got a mohawk today Heads turn, people say "Hey!" Drew got a mohawk today Drew got a mohawk and it's okay Finest strip of hair in the USA Off to the mall down to Glamour Photo Twenty-five prints and we're ready to go Drew got a mohawk today Heads turn, people say "Hey!" Drew got a mohawk today
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STRANGE ANIMALS by A. Bergey Teacher and pet That's what you get Strange animals Worker and boss This is the cost Strange animals Lawyer and clerk Might never work Strange animals Doctor and nurse That is the curse Strange animals Strange animals - go figure Strange animals Teacher and pet, that's what you get Strange animals Strange animals - go figure Husband and wife Together for life Strange animals Police and crook Both have the same look Strange animals Strange animals - go figure Strange animals Husband and wife, together for life Strange animals Strange animals - go figure How strange can we be? We can't control the chemistry How strange can we be? Diving off bridges 'cause of chemistry Strange animals - go figure Strange animals Husband and wife, together for life Police and crook, both have the same look Strange animals Strange animals - go figure

about

Wrecked, the fourth album from The Kevins, was released in fall 2004.

The title referred not only to the untimely end of a long-lived auto (its battered hulk is pictured on the cover), but also to the stories of turmoil and malaise told in the songs. It's not a happy album.

There are characters reflecting on how they fell so hard and landed so far from their goals (The Former, Derelict, Another Planet), folks pondering existential questions (Dream Of The Truth, Where Should I Fall, Shades) and darkly comic tales of frustrations and vexations (Hip Hop Star, Strange Animals, Problems).

Despite the sometimes heavy lyrics, Wrecked features some of the punchiest playing ever by The Kevins. And the album is a musically diverse collection: wall-of-guitar rock, country folk, minimalist dirge pop, and a crazy-quilt of punk and roots styles jostle for attention.

Wrecked is also the only Kevins album (to date) that offers all original material (no mainstream covers). The group supplied eight tunes, friend of the band Andrew Bergey contributed four songs, and long lost collaborator Landis Davis penned the old-timey country-styled Problems.

For The Kevins, Wrecked was another big step forward. The playing and production continued to improve, and the songwriting had found a new voice - granted, a somewhat depressing one, but a style not so derivative of its multiple influences. The Kevins would release two more collections (consisting largely of cover tunes) in the next year before taking a nearly three-year hiatus.

(Click on individual songs for writing credits/historic info/lyrics.)

credits

released October 1, 2004

Played and Produced by K. Dennis

Ashley Swagerty - additional vocals on Another Planet

Recorded 2002-2004 at the Chase Drive Basement.

Thanks to Andrew Bergey for all the songs! Check out his cool website: home.comcast.net/~bubblegumusic/

(c) 2004 Slowfist Productions
8106 Gray Ct. #468
Arvada, CO 80003

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The Kevins (Denver, CO) have been conjuring up home-made rock music since 1998: original songs by K. Dennis, tunes by friends & colleagues, and covers (Steppenwolf, Blondie, The Delfonics, Husker Du, The Banana Splits, more). Inspired by Neil Young, John Fogerty, Paul Westerberg, Ian Hunter and many more, The Kevins' continuing quest is to create the perfect single - or at least some cool b-sides. ... more

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