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Where Are The Crawdads?

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1.
I'm in trouble with the law and I don't know where I'm going to I'm in trouble with the law and man I'm just trying to get away from you I'm in trouble with my friends and I don't know when it's all gonna end I'm in trouble with you and that's really got me too But when I saw your face fade away and when I saw you go I'm in trouble with the law and I don't know where I'm going to I'm in trouble with the law and I don't really know what to do I'm in trouble with my friends and I don't know when it's gonna end but the worst thing I can think of is I'm in trouble with you I'm in trouble with I'm in trouble with I'm in trouble with I'm in trouble with you
2.
Spaceman 02:24
Somewhere down in Los Angeles there lived a young man he went down alleys fought for empty cans He was a sad boy that took many dreams and he thought he was in space with all the stars looking down upon the entire human race And Johnny, Johnny was an astronaut Johnny Johnny was an astronaut Look over there you'll see Cosmic Helen she's all in drag and lace and running down the street toward her favorite melon She was once a little girl who had a lot of dreams but all those silly nightmares turned into screams And Johnny was an astronaut And Johnny was an astronaut And Johnny was an astronaut Johnny was an astronaut Look over there do you see that lonesome pair sitting all alone and really getting stoned It's a shame to see but they seem so happy
3.
The Creek 02:21
The fish are swimmin in the creek the bears are eatin in the creek the dogs are howlin near that creek the pigs are squealin near that creek But where but where but where but where are the crawdads? where are the crawdads? (mosquito: "bzzz...") The mice are scurryin to that creek the frogs are jumpin over that creek the deer are drinkin from the creek the man is seepin waste into that creek But where but where but where but where are the crawdads? where are the crawdads? where are the crawdads? where are the crawdads?
4.
When we were young then we knew the truth now we're older sometimes I pray on my knees to you Sometimes I stay inside all the time to be away from you when then now
5.
Incindiary heart beating inside my chest incindiary heart beating inside my breast you're going to the place where I was gone I can feel you going faster and I know that I am strong Incindiary heart beating inside my chest incindiary heart beating inside my breast incindiary heart beating
6.
Oh, I've gotta, I gotta take Regan home you know, Cyril wants me to be back by six o'clock You call your mother by her first name? Oh yeah, yeah yeah, her and Lee Well, I've gotta go You know, Brandon? Yeah Dad? That's the kind of boy you wanna grow up to be.
7.
Baby you came to me and said that it was over and I had no chance Right from wrong I looked at you and you wouldn't give me a second glance Right, right way wrong way right Up down squeeze me tight say what you will and say what you won't let's go hand in hand into the sunshine We're together now We're together now We're together now Facing each other when the time has come for us to be alone Can't stand the sight of you but I can't be without you can't you see?...
8.
I saw you walk into the room and you had a split skirt on I saw the lights and they were bright and I could see you smile and smirk at me And I said and I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah... Those lights were shining in this club the walls were sweating and I was drunk the room was spinning the globes were turning the people were singing the world was turning Said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah....
9.
Cop stopped me I said yeah Man stopped me I said yeah Girl stopped me I said yeah I stopped me I said yeah Crying in my crib Cry until I'm dead I said yeah I said yeah I said yeah Man stopped me I said yeah Cop stopped me I said yeah Girl stopped me I said yeah Man stopped me I said yeah I stopped me I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
10.
It don't matter what you say to me don't matter what I say to you I'm happy for the day can't you see and that's all that matters to me I'm happy for the day yeah yeah happy for the day yeah yeah happy for the day all the time happy for the day yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Don't matter what I see no no don't matter what I see no no don't really care what you say don't really matter anyway I'm happy for the day yeah yeah happy for the day yeah yeah happy for the day yeah yeah happy for the day yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

about

All songs originally recorded in Los Angeles in 1994, during same weekend as Woodstock 94 or whatever that mtv fest was called. The original recordings were improvised and done in one take with acoustic guitar. All other instruments and processing done about ten years later.

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released October 23, 2017

Music: Mark Foster
Lyrics/vocals: Dave Ottenfeld
cover art: 'Two guys fishing in Colorado' by Mark Foster

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