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"Wake Up, It's Not Over" Part​.​1

by Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures with Jay Mayo

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It's a bitterly cold and crisp New York Day The kind of cold that can make your ears ring And I love you as I run to the delicatessen And suddenly this weather doesn't mean a thing You're a warm and a gracious smile on the wind And you melt my heart like butter in a pan Your eyes are the flickering fire of an arctic research lab And I've got to get to you any way I can I can't wait To watch the seasons change with you I can't wait To hold your hand tight as they do It's a bright and breezy New York Day With temperatures well below freezing And I'm the only one out here and I love you Let's cuddle up close and listen to the radiator wheezing I can't wait To achieve all that we think we can do I can't wait To watch season two With you I had sworn against all possibility Of this ever happening again I had cursed at the very idea of it And now I never want this to end You're the ripples of heat Seen as a shadow In my office window You're the sequel to my favourite movie And I'll never let you go
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Away awhile The country is bigger than you'd think Wait your turn We will work out all the kinks You had everything And now everything is gone Except Kris Kristofferson Don't hold back Let them all hear what you have to say Embrace uncertainty Each and everyday It can be all right When everything is wrong Except Kris Kristofferson Let the trumpets sound Your world is coming around Get dressed up to the nines Let now be your time You'll show them all You won't be taken for a ride You can achieve anything you want With the right person by your side In the hills of Pennsylvania The wind is in your face You notice similarities As you move from Place to place The more things stay the same The more they've changed a ton Except Kris Kristofferson Best slow down Sometimes there's sirens up ahead But you caught her attention It must be something that you said You work all night And everybody's having fun Except Kris Kristofferson
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The air on this city street is thick yellow with dust It exists only here and surrounds us No one in this town knows quite what they're doing Their lungs, eyes and throats are already ruined And I'm a survivor of so many storms And justice can come in so many forms And alcohol has robbed me of so many dawns Monday morning comes again all teeth, claws and horns My boots, the concrete, the steam and the drill Each day another case of hate, carry or kill You hide the sentences that make the most sense to you No one in this office has a fucking clue And I'm a believer in no more beliefs There's not enough jesters and too many chiefs And if you're the bread winner, I guess I'm the thief Stealing away for just one moment of relief It's all gone now, the quiet and the lull Remembering how you found the peace a little dull You prefer a place where all eyes aren't on you Too many distractions but the choices are too few
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Be my hatstand operetta On this baby food swing I got a face full of pancetta And an old wooden ring You climb up a crooked drainpipe You shake your fists at dimming stars Barricade yourself in the doorway Of a thousand shut down bars Plague ravaged and counting your chickens It's your round after all Be a cage raised hater of trumpets Get down before you fall I got a backpack full of roses I got a liver full of bad ideas Be sure to have your sunglasses on When the dust clears I got a dishwasher coloured corvette I'm going to drive it all over your town You can't fight city hall without breakfast We should just tear the whole place down You're a delight at the circus They sluggishly obey your demands I've been to worse factories than this one And still No one understands You're a closed down barbershop quartet There's surrender in the air Who needs a coat full of tic tacs When you've still got all your own hair He was a plumber in the 40s Before the whole thing went hi-tech I want to sit on all of your branches And hope the fall doesn't break my neck It's all of the summers you've ever spent Wondering where all of your money went It's the orchestra you couldn't get in To the party that's yet to begin And the clowns are all waving goodbye From this ghost train cloud filled sky
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Kansas City 04:00
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Hey man in the Mets hat Don't look at her like that It's bring your dog to work day Nobody cares about your cat There's a murmur in the train car No louder than the headphones hiss You can all argue amongst yourselves I'll always be happy doing this Don't take away from the moments Don't pass them off as somebody elses Don't let them steal you're thunder From the clouds you were living under Let it flash brightly Let it make a booming sound Make peace with living in the light of it Make peace with carrying it around The right person She won't mind The right person She's too kind Hey man in the Mets hat Did you really think you were all that? It's just another drag your ass to work day And your ass is getting fat Don't worry it'll all be over It's later than you think You might not be able to enjoy yourself But don't be the hole into which we all sink
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I've never felt anything like this I had said no more to one last drink Who knew I had the fight in me Stumbling back from the brink There was something in those words And later in your face And later still, in your arms, there was something I couldn't rest my case You showed me all that was missing You filled in all of the blanks You were more in a moment than I'd had in a lifetime You rose to the top of the ranks There was intensity in a half told joke That made my whole body hum The first second was perfectly natural And there was so much more to come
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about

Part one of this two part album (or double album if you will) was recorded at the Hold The Mayo Studios in Sutton, Massachusetts over a 4 day weekend with stand up comedian and musician, Jay Mayo.
Saturday saw the East Coast hit with Snowmageddon 2016 and so we hunkered down and recorded everything we could from original compositions to covers.

Lots of people to thank on this album, not least of all Jay Mayo for his talent, patience, producing skills and for driving around collecting stuff to make sure that, if nothing else, the studio was equipped with a full drum kit. Thank you my friend, a true pleasure!

Next up Kimberly Taylor for her inspiration, patience, support, love and for opening up her sketch books to provide the awesome album cover art.

Thanks to Cole Riel who provided an all important snare drum.

Thanks to Matt Farley and Jim Wallace for your encouragement, enthusiasm, friendship and for being my creative consultants.

and finally thanks to EVERYONE who has ever listened to, shared, purchased and downloaded the music. I feel very honored and lucky to have such wonderful support from friends and strangers too numerous to mention.

credits

released February 5, 2016

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10
- music written by Jon Cross & Jay Mayo, lyrics by Jon Cross

Track 3 "One Great City" - by The Weakerthans - John K. Samson, Jason Tait, Stephen Carroll, Greg Smith.

Track 5 "Michael Myers Resplendent" - by The Mountain Goats - John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, Jon Wurster

Track 6 "Proceed With Caution" - by The New Amsterdams - Matthew Pryor

Track 8 "Kansas City" - by The New Basement Tapes - Music by Marcus Mumford & Taylor Goldsmith, Lyrics by Bob Dylan

Jay Mayo - Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Bass, Lead Guitar

Jon Cross - Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Lead Guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Drums, Percussion, Bass

Album produced by Jay Mayo and Jon Cross at Hold The Mayo Studios, Massachusetts

Copyright Om/No Productions Music 2016

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Songwriting and banging your instruments together

The main thing I love to do is write songs. I pick up various instruments from ukulele to piano, accordion to percussion and electric guitar to harmonica and bang them about to try and get close to the noises I hear in my head but the writing comes first. ... more

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