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Quiet dawn, breathe upon Auvers-sur-Oise yard
Bold greeting of the day is graced with little disregard
By the church, a sunrise like a burning wick a-glow
Fractal rays of light, they shine upon the old chateau
On the landscape plains
Air is still, not a soul here wishes to intrude
The visionary is trading empty chatter for some solitude
Spike and ripsaw moaning low and gently far away
Wilhelmina’s got a stack of letters she must read today
Right eye was cyan & green like fresh romaine
Blind eye was silver like argent hanging from a chain
On the landscape plains
La Seine River, running for so long a steady flow
“It absorbs me so much that I must let myself go”
Prodigal son holds a loaded gun beneath his eyes
Wilhelmina wishes she had never learned of his demise
On the landscape plains
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Struck black gold in Titusville
Six years later in Signal Hill
Swimming in a new cash crop
Then along came Spindletop
Pick a side in the ballot booth
Left or right, let’s make ‘em choose
Option three they’ll toss away
and it don’t matter anyway
Movie franchise marketeer
You sell lots of burgers here
If we can combine the two
Odd man out won’t have a clue
Keep it in the family and make ‘em proud
We got two companies but three’s a crowd
Let’s write a new country song
Call or text, we can’t go wrong
It starts in pairs, it ain’t no trick
Father & son, hero & sidekick
This niche has room for me & you
Cable or dish, both will do
Squeeze ‘em out, it’ll be alright
Rich & poor is like day & night
Now that the working class ain’t so loud
We got two companies but three’s a crowd
Keep it in the family and make ‘em proud
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Hard times I reckon, they give ya no choice
You’re gonna try to take away all my precious toys
but I was born in money, I’m wisest of my kin
I put traps around my house that thieves like you fall in
Trespassing notice, six locks on the door
Gun’s under the pillow, you know what it’s for
You’ll slaughter me for anything, value on life is down
Ain’t no one that you can trust in this wicked town
You’re waiting till the time is right, and you won’t get too far
but in the meantime, you’re stealing my car
This diamond wristwatch is in great demand
and you’re gonna have to pry it from my dead hand
My solid gold statue of Edgar Allan Poe
stands in the corner behind an infra-red glow
The keys to all three helicopters are sitting in the jar
but in the meantime, you’re stealing my car
System’s in alignment, I built a brick wall
Bright lights are flashing, moments ago they made the call
My devices are all shut down, passwords protect
I’m sittin’ here counting all the accounts that you won’t get
My stocks & bonds are shielded by satellite radar
but in the meantime, you’re stealing my car
You're stealing my car
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Charcoal and lead, draw the twisted skies
Big cities of promise
and dreams in disguise
Answer the call, unexplainable visions
Communicate
Paintings are not her decisions
They retrace the night light
when sister goes bad
Choose not to play right
when sister goes bad
Her lonely arms tightly around
the restless perspective she always found
Everyone’s feeling sad
when sister goes bad
Energy speaks, still her faith has no life
on portraits and blotches
from this palette knife
The galleries don’t buy
when sister goes bad
The apprentice will cry
when sister goes bad
The elderly give up
when sister goes bad
The power lines get cut
when sister goes bad
Her lonely arms tightly around
the restless perspective she always found
Everyone’s feeling sad
when sister goes bad
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Winston Price
Winston Price
You did it again, but I warned you twice
After vows they’re gonna throw the rice
Jumping Jack
Jumping Jack
Your closet door is carbon black
Battering ram, a surprise attack
Pack it up, Sara Sota, Pack it up now
Sara Sota, Pack it up
Dead, bolt, lock
Dead, bolt, lock
They broke your latch with a cinder block
so now I’m rockin’ all around the clock yeah
Pack it up, Sara Sota, Pack it up now
Sara Sota, Pack it up
Steering wheel
Steering wheel
You crush my chest, and the tires squeal
Now I’m one with stainless steel yeah
Pack it up, Sara Sota, Pack it up now
Sara Sota, Pack it up
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New second sight, late Wednesday night
swirling through shades of blue
Symptoms are mild and figments run wild
with paint by numbers for you
Through the stained glass, sirens they pass
to separate heaven and earth
Just wait and see, when the processing fee
doubles for more than we’re worth
OoooooOooooh Brothers
Instantly fear is alive
OoooooOooooh Sisters
Settle down, darling, let go to survive
Change in the seasons and speaking these reasons on
Thursday morning at two forty five
Bleach on the tooth that chipped in my youth
A religion Tolstoy can’t deny
Growing old grandsons missing their loved ones
giving their final goodbyes
You my sweet love, benevolence thereof
who learned about pain too soon
A digital ember in cloudy september
Won’t dampen the strings of your tune
OoooooOooooh Brothers
Instantly fear is alive
OoooooOooooh Sisters
Settle down, darling, let go to survive
Change in the seasons and speaking these reasons on
Thursday morning at two forty five
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Achoo
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I knew a girl who wouldn’t stay clean
Twenty five years in a sleepy dream
Daddy just died and mama just left
She was never home and she never slept
Cops all knew her ‘cause she’d been around
The kids gathered up by the old playground
Ink on her fingers by the age of ten
She’d wanna be better every now and then
Living under pressure every day
City State and Town in every way
I met a man by the overpass
Says he was born into lower class
Daddy’s in jail and mama don’t care
All of his cousins had best beware
Cops all know him ‘cause he’s been around
The kids beat him up by the old playground
Ink on his fingers by the age of ten
He’d wanna be better every now and then
I’m a stranger trying to be a friend
I’m in danger trying to pretend
So sharpen up those hooks and lay ‘em down
‘Cause we’re draggin’ that line across the ground
Living under pressure every day
City State and Town in every way
So sharpen up those hooks and lay ‘em down
‘Cause we’re draggin’ that line across the ground
Draggin’ that line across the ground
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If you’re lonely and in an empty chair
shadows casting everywhere
Remember that I care
and I’m wishing I was there
If your melody is a broken tone
in a strange place on your own
You are never alone
You are never alone
Once again the sun will rise
in the blink of an eye
If you’re feeling lost on this ride
You will see me by your side
in the blink of an eye
in the blink of an eye
Once again the sun will rise
in the blink of an eye
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I want to feel the air
that Curran felt at Cragsmoor
on that Breezy Day, I feel the air
I want to hear the scream
of Caravaggio’s Medusa
while I turn into stone, I hear the scream
I want to see the sky
that Cezanne gazed upon
at Sainte Victoire mountain, I see the sky
I want to feel the glove
of Bellows’ champion boxer
Striking me down, to knock me out
Rodin felt The Kiss, as he broke the stones away
taken from The Gates of Hell
Showing all the world that this warm embrace
made senses he could tell
making senses we could have and never sell
I want to hear the sound
of Mona Lisa laughing
soft and quickly pause, just to laugh again
Rodin felt The Kiss, as he broke the stones away
taken from The Gates of Hell
Showing all the world that this warm embrace
made senses he could tell
making senses we could have and never sell
I want to sing the songs
played by Tiepolo’s angels
ascending away, while I sing the songs
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Baltimore front-man Andrew Luttrell (Andrew Luttrell Band, The Coal Mountain Ramblers, Luttrell-Grimm, Luttrell-Noon-Wenger, EchoSeven) assembles a lineup of band-mates & musicians he’s worked with over the past six years & hand-picked for this project, forming a rock band to attack the senses. Recorded by Christopher Freeland (Wye Oak, Beach House) and Mastered by Roger Seibel (The Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie), Andrew Luttrell Band PAINT BY NUMBER$ is a diverse musical ride with narrative themes focusing on the arts, creative survival, current social & political economic structures, and the recent occupy movement.
