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Forever My Sparring Partner

by BUNCH

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1.
Almost Light 01:17
With so many books on the shelf Rearrange thine eyes in the almost light Can you hear the parade? That soft explosion Was that you learning? To know who we are To know who we’re not Kick start hard while the day is breaking It’s burning on But the dog bark breaks the spell The answer is___ Dog bark breaks the spell The answer is___ The dog bark breaks the spell The answer is gone The answer is gone
2.
Cheri&Brian 05:04
Cheri got off her job a little early Came home and she cried Make-up stains the pillow from the tears But the wondering dries the eyes Nothing left in the freezer but t.v dinners In the fridge just a bottle of uncapped wine She feels bad A little like carpet Always bene trampled on For someone else’s fun You look sad A little like Mars Always been left alone Somewhere behind the sun Church bells ring over the water Taste the salt in the air The door is always open Windows never closed The door is always open Windows never closed And there goes Brian He starts his car and he drives and he rides To find the one who tried to save him Could he be the one his father made him And he feels bad A little like carpet Always been trampled on For someone else’s fun Now you look sad A little like Mars Always been left alone Somewhere behind the sun
3.
Fiend 03:09
It melts the sun clean from the curtains It finds a home in your loving smile It’s off again It’s on and then It makes it’s way back to our lives It passes off in a cold persuasion where it lingers on with the smell of a rose Dip it in honey Take it down to the bone But you won’t find what your looking for (B’cause) you spend your money like the way I spend my time Trouble, he’s a fiend, a good kisser, a lover But he ain’t no friend of mine You can count the reasons why I’m never good at throwing things out It was written in stone The story is told from the old Bartered for silver Traded for gold Stolen on Sunday Broken on Monday It’s looking like a storm might break real soon It called me back home No louder than a pin drop Where it stood on my head and I couldn’t let it go Sneaks under the pillow where the secrets stay warm It’s the voice I wish I’d never known You spend your money like the way I spend my time Trouble, he’s a fiend, good kisser, a lover But he ain’t no friend of mine You could count the reasons why I’m never good at throwing things out
4.
I got attached to a useless track You get so hurried sometimes that you can never look back for the facts My misdeeds were out for me So, I hush and hurried them into the weeds And then I thought that that was that When you get along you start singing that song The one where everything’s right and nothing is wrong until it’s gone But when it’s gone for good Nothing takes its place when it should And the thought that it’s forever is gonna get you back Keeps me coming back Yeah, it keeps me coming back Like a train on time and on Or the fighter with his one-two-one Then collapse You got a call in your faithless fall It was your mother all night She said, “I think it’s your fault” When you fall for good There’s only one way up and it’s doing what you should And the thought that it’s forever is gonna hit you back Keeps me coming back Yeah, it keeps me coming back Like a train on time and on Or the fighter with his one-two-one Like a train on time and on Or the fighter with his one-two-one Then collapse
5.
Allie Mae 04:42
Allie Mae, the black-eyed girl Everybody knows from the side of the road Make your money selling newspapers on Sundays You always spend your most on cheap wine Allie Mae went to school Everybody’s girl who told the jokes and broke the rules She had a princess smile but some are gone now Curtsy for the boys that you can’t marry now When you’re two steps closer to death And you’re one step closer to my door Stars they shine all day But, at midnight they won’t turn to Allie Mae Oh, Allie Mae Allie Mae sleeps in water paints This girl is too deep to be out on the streets Wait, I remember the card you wrote to me in second grade It was Valentine’s Day A heart for two on a lifeline Was that me? Or was it you? Allie Mae in her laced up boots A John is on the phone Cigarettes and mascara blues In a motel room with the undercover blinds Porno on the t.v. Mama’s little girl make up your mind When you’re two steps closer to death And you’re one step closer to my door Stars they shine all day But at midnight they won’t turn to Allie Mae Allie Mae Oh, Al Oh, Al
6.
Look at this man He’s got love in his eyes And he sings of the things that he’ll never have He writes all of the names of his friends on his arm And he crosses them out one by one Katie is downtown in her basement apartment Where the static on the t.v reflects her mind She struggles in the darkness with her car keys and the liquor And the radio sends her out in her favorite song It goes: “La-da-la-da. La-da-la-da” The rain falling down reminds him of all the winners The ships that had sailed out in the night Each one full-loaded heavy with the kingdoms of now And all he can do is just stare and drown Stare and drown It’s all we can do It’s all we can do He’s up on that roof staring at the ceiling Where the sky has fallen down and cracked it’s head And she’s got a smile It reminds him of that summer In a field where we all could just lay it down There’s a field where we all can just lay it down.. Lay it down It’s all we can do
7.
The Ground 03:00
Let’s not talk about it babe We may scream and shout it babe Let’s get lost in things undone But there’s no time to fix this alone We can break it all into pieces Shrug it off our shoulders Make pretend it don’t hurt And another will grow from the ground Another will grow from the ground The ground I used to walk it all off babe But walking don’t solve everything Then I turned around and love it was gone When it took two hearts to make it a home We can break it all into pieces Shrug it off our shoulders Make pretend it don’t hurt And another will grow from the ground Another will grow from the ground The ground Picking up what we said You throw it away It’s not what we meant but it’s too late To break it all to pieces Shrug it off our shoulders Make pretend it don’t hurt And another will grow from the ground Yes, another will grow from the ground Yes, another will grow from the ground Yes, another will grow from the ground
8.
For The One 02:30
Looking back, against the world Try to find a little space enough for the one That you love Love to hate If it kills the bad dreams Either way There’s a million miles beneath your feet Every star has an end Always some fool on repeat And I want to show you love Because I never gave enough I’m looking forward to the world I try to find a little space enough For the one
9.
Day is Gold 05:47
I cannot wait to grow old and talk on things Of how we made it work and how we did get thru it When it was harder and we were smarter And we could wait a little longer We could wait a little longer And I cannot wait to grow young again And make new friends Conquer the cities we have never been to Make our minds on who we want to live with As it gets harder and it seems farther We should not wait any longer Should not wait any longer Did you forget about the laws that reinforce this world? Did you forget about them all when you wrote those words? And it gets harder as you get softer You need a little thunder to help scare your daughter Just a little thunder then I won’t bother And I can’t wait any longer What we should have done then Well, there’s always tomorrow The day is gold The day is good Just a little thunder then I won’t bother And I can’t wait any longer What we should have done then There’s always tomorrow The day is gold The day is good {Alexander it’s getting better..} I cannot wait to grow old and talk on things Of how we made it work and how we did get thru it When it was harder and we were smarter And we could wait a little longer We could wait a little longer
10.
Out of Reach 05:48
When you’re so far out of reach I dissolve my plans to nothing With this jar of stuff that I’ve made And the hope that it turns to potion To take me away O’ I can’t do this alone How I long for this planned discomfort With this jar of stuff that I’ve made Like a curse upon my forehead It takes me away No more that I can give There’s nothing left to say I’m more than I can see but I’ve gone away Away and somewhere far from this Enough I’ve had enough I’ve had enough of this

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This album is dedicated to the wonderful memory of Eulene Steele Engle.

Thank you to Nathan Picard for lending the Gibson J-45, Evan Seiling for lending his 70’s Fender P Bass, Alex Scharr for coming up with “The Ground” piano lead, and Blake and Lesley Smith for opening their home to me during all of this and letting me walk Marty.

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released November 18, 2016

Heath Underwood - All Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Lead and Backing Vocals, Pedals & Effects, Vibe-bells

Paul “Woody the Wiz” Kimsal - Electric Bass, Backing Vocals, Tambourine, Shakers, Pads and Pad Choir, Tape Hiss

Joe “Bass Is The Place” Dickey - Upright Bass and Good Vibes on tracks 5, 6, 7, 10

Allan “The Feels” Castleberry” - Yamaha Grand Piano, Lesley & B3 Organ, Wurlitzer, Rhodes Electric Piano, Mellotron, Pedals & Effects

Simon “The Brave” Roper - Drums and Leg Percussion on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9

Matt “The Animal” Prince - Drums on tracks 4 and 10

Maria “Make You Weep” Kowalski: Violin and Viola

Bruce “BB Strings” Bouton: Pedal Steel Guitar on tracks 5 and 6

Additional vocals by:
Lesley Jones-Smith on tracks 4, 6, 9
Amanda Smolinski on track 4 and 6
Victoria Noll on track 5
Samantha Harlow on track 7

Produced by Heath Underwood and Paul Kimsal

Recorded, Engineered and Mixed at Playground Recording Studio between October and November 2015 in Nashville, TN by Paul Kimsal

Mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering

Additional guitar tracking on track 10 done by Heath Underwood in September 2015 and Victoria’s vocals in December 2015.

All songs written and arranged by Heath Underwood
℗ Can’tFeelMyLegsMusic 2016

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BUNCH is an independent music outlet led by Alabama native songwriter Heath Underwood.

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