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Alchemedic

by Just After Zero

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1.
Coming Down 05:02
--Backlot-- Come on, darling, let's go down in the basement And bring your ruby red shoes We can dance on broken glass You left after the news Keeping waltz time with the heartbeat Coming up out of the floor We can swing and dance like madmen Then pretend that things are like before That's when I start to come down I should get out of this town Come on, darling, let's go out on the driveway Lean back and look to the sky We can count the stars that shine Like sympathetic eyes Then they're moving, and then they're blinking I guess they weren't all that high And if machines could grant our wishes There would be no need to wish tonight That's when I start to come down I should get out of this town Come on, darling, let's go somewhere exciting Be on our own for a while See if sound can drown the silence Just behind your smile When I called you nobody answered You didn't leave much behind An eye for eye for eye for eye Until we're out of sight and mind That's when I start to come down I should get out of this town
2.
Backlot 02:47
Seven years old on a Saturday The finest of tales on the world's greatest stage But it can't last forever, or so they say Eleven o'clock Come on down to the backlot today Come on down to the backlot today The heroes and villains have flown away Let's talk on affordable four-doors in beige And palaver on merits of Chevrolet Come see what we got Come on down to the backlot today Come on down to the backlot today Come on down to the backlot
3.
--I Write Horrorshows-- Well, you’ve been chosen, I have too, Inside we’re both brown and blue And I’m just a man who thinks it’s quaint That butchers see more than the saints Come along and hang with me As I show you solidarity ‘Cause vulgar doesn’t mean you’re wrong It’s ugly where we all belong So keep your distance, I’ll keep mine We’ll make it through these troubled times There’s beauty here that I need to show Me, I just write horrorshows Something I can help you find Is there something weighing on your mind Whose woods are these, well now you know Me, I just write horrorshows I met a man who said I’m smart Says I’m making works of art That all this gore it represents Some wars from foreign governments And before you know it, all I see Are kids with fancy art degrees And dissertations to explain Why Suzie ate her mother’s brains So come on Keep your distance, I’ll keep mine We’ll make it through these troubled times There’s beauty here that I need to show Me, I just write horrorshows Is there something I can help you find Is there something weighing on your mind Whose woods are these, well now you know Me, I just write horrorshows And that’s all they ever were I bring you beauty you’d discard I bring you Pollocks made of lard And I bring you banquets finely charred On beds of Hallmark greeting cards I bring you raw and honest truth And I bring you wilting feverfews I bring you heart without a soul Still beating while the camera rolls So keep your distance, I’ll keep mine We’ll make it through these troubled times There’s beauty here that I need to show Me, I just write horrorshows Something I can help you find Is there something weighing on your mind Whose woods are these, well now you know Me, I just write horrorshows And I promise nothing more
4.
--Electric Cicadas-- There's lightning in the distance and thunder coming soon Come on, wave goodbye to this delightful afternoon Now, I'd know that buzzing anywhere, that gentle humming sound And these electric cicadas got me down These electric cicadas got me down The sun is getting far too bright, radio's getting loud There’s no place left to lose yourself when every room’s a crowd Now, and it's all so indescribable, these new thoughts that I've found And these electric cicadas got me down These electric cicadas got me down And I see your hands are shaking, babe, I guess this one's your first You say it's 'cause you love me and that only makes it worse And pretty soon you're a psychologist, a doctor and a clown And these electric cicadas got me down These electric cicadas got me down These electric cicadas Ooh, they got me down now They got me down They got me down Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no Think we're in the clear now, that lightning's come and gone So why do I feel nervous when you tell me nothing's wrong Now, will someone call the bomb squad in and say which wire's ground 'Cause these electric cicadas got me down These electric cicadas got me down These electric cicadas They got me down They got me down They got me down Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no
5.
--Building Code Under Fire!-- I'm just a simple man, but Lordy This new age has got me beat When teenage psychopaths Are running through the street And flying saucers making headlines On the early morning papers And by evening Humankind is in retreat But through it all My bedrock still remains To get me through the tension And the strain Banality contrasted with the dire Here it comes Down the wire Building code is under fire I'm not a scientist, but Lordy This here headline can't be right An indestructible man Haunts us in the night And at the high school kids are terrified A werewolf walks among them As the monster Takes another for his bride And through it all This verse needs a refrain To teach us right from wrong and keep us sane Bureaucracy, the kind that we admire Here it comes Down the wire Building code is under fire Here it comes Down the wire Building code is under fire And through it all Well nothing really changed We slay the beast And give ‘em its new name Mortality and children getting high Here it comes Down the wire Building code is under fire
6.
--Harvest Song (C'est La Vie)-- I met the devil in a truck stop He was waiting for a ride He snapped his fingers to the radio That was playing from inside He smiled and said that the dream was dead Though the words still travel on 'Cause the war's still fought and the kid's still shot In the fields outside Saigon But we all still danced and we felt entranced 'Cause he made those words sound sweet And we all still danced and we felt entranced When he made those words sound sweet C'est la vie I met the devil in a truck stop He was outside for a smoke, he said You're always gonna leave 'em laughing But you still don't get the joke 'Cause you can't erase their smiling face When there's nothing underneath And you can't insist that they're innocent Or you'd sound a lot like me But we'll all play nice and we'll act surprised If you finally start to see And we'll all play nice and we'll act surprised If you finally make us see C'est la vie I met the devil in a truck stop And he reeked of kerosene He said you'd better pay attention When you see the things I’ve seen A rush of fire in the coiled barbed wire And the ashes in the breeze And specters huddled in the dirt and mud In a foxhole overseas But we'll all sing along to the harvest song As the chaff piles at our feet And we'll all sing along to the harvest song 'Cause we make those words sound sweet C'est la vie C'est la vie C'est la vie C'est la vie C'est la vie
7.
Only Monika 04:24
--Only Monika-- Ink is dripping on the page in a river running down the words I wrote for you until somebody else Could get there first For the best the words were messy though my thoughts were true What can I do to move my hand if there are No words left for you Now it's only Monika In my head I'm hanging on your smiles And the words you said Now it's only Monika I need her bad Dreaming of a life That I wish we… Slow pan fade to black And we're back again Endless summer nights when life was so mundane And then I met you, can't forget you Can't unlearn your name It's nice to finally meet you was all I could say And then the world began to move again And we were swept away Now it's only Monika In my brain A broken record track Driving me insane Now it's only Monika Every night Looking for the words That can make you… Slow pan into white Won't be sleeping much tonight Now my evenings fade away like a watercolor in the rain I could have sworn that I've been here before But things have changed You're smiling at me sweetly as the walls break down Around our heads, I blink again, and There's no one else around It's only Monika Here with me Staring eye to eye For eternity Now it's only Monika That I can see Quiet and alone On our own In your reality Now it's only Monika Here with me Staring eye to eye For eternity Now it's only Monika That I can see Quiet and alone On our own In your reality Now it's only Monika It's only Monika It's only Monika It's only Monika Now it's only Monika
8.
TexMex 03:18
9.
--The Good Life-- I woke up this morning with a nagging fear that the world was gone ‘Till I opened the blinds and looked around I put on my best shirt and a pair of jeans and I hit the road To a liquor store outside of town And halfway over it finally hit me I don’t drink and I don’t smoke The manager looked at me a little pe-ki-ki-ki-culiar Paying three bucks for a can of Coke Oh, yeah! This must be the start of a new day! Oh, yeah! This must be the start of the good life! I woke up this morning with a keen desire to go back in time And visit some friends I left behind The lighting was perfect, the heat was intense, the radio played its song And reveries crawled up and down my spine But there was no place to go and I recognized The reasons that I couldn’t stay Those tacos, you know, they tasted a little pe-ki-ki-ki-culiar ‘Till the Mountain Dew washed the taste away Oh, yeah! This must be the start of a new day! Oh, yeah! This must be the start of the good life! Oh, yeah! This must be the start of a new day! Oh, yeah! This must be the start of the good life!
10.
Irene's Call 04:41
--Irene's Call-- Caught up inside a hotel room Those thoughts of doom and gloom They’re back again They’re back again Running away from your job, your wife Now you’re running away from life When will it end, oh let it end When a ringing nearly scares the brains from your head And you promised you’d be leaving no loose threads You reached out to the phone charged by the bed And you laughed yourself to fresh tears when that voice recording said My name is Irene with incredible news Your credit’s finally be approved If you give me a call back when you get back home Just use the number on your phone On the phone The sanctity and gravitas had disappeared You were still hear to see the dawn The lovely dawn Running home looking for hands to soothe But life did not improve It just went on and on and on Though there’s not much that appeals about time and space And the thoughts of leaving life without a trace Still haunt you as you walk about your place And then history repeats and brings a new smile to your face My name is Irene with incredible news Your credit’s finally be approved If you give me a call back when you get back home Just use the number on your phone Again! My name is Irene with incredible news Your credit’s finally been approved If you give me a call back when you get back home Just use the number on your phone On the phone You’re talking now to friends who care But you’re still aware good times are far away So far away It helps to know you’ve been here before At exactly 3:24 each and every day Every day! When they say that all that glitters isn’t gold Well it helps to know the inverse sometimes holds Life goes on and insurance still gets sold And an automated telemarketer can save your soul My name is Irene with incredible news Your credit’s finally be approved If you give me a call back when you get back home Just use the number on your phone Again! My name is Irene with incredible news Your credit’s finally be approved If you give me a call back when you get back home Just use the number on your phone Repeat! My name is Irene with incredible news Your credit’s finally be approved If you give me a call back when you get back home Just use the number on your phone On the phone

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released March 3, 2020

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Welcome to Just After Zero, described as "Edgy Folk Rock" by those that know me best. Operating in a Saint Louis coffee house or bar near you!

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