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Moral Untold 07:56
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Stoned there on the couch Peacefully layin' about Thugs kick through the door Push our faces to the floor Big, Big men, Big, BIg Guns Have no idea just what they've done Big, Big men, Big, Big Guns Prejudice so thick Beat em' with a night stick guided by laws untrue to justify just what you do At times I wish there was a God To clarify the laws you bought Build a police state I believe He'd be irate Prejudice so thick Beat em' with a night stick using laws untrue to justify just what you do Feel so vulnerable Jail bed oh so cold Spirit is filled with scold and the moral is still untold the moral is still untold, the moral is still, the moral is still the moral is still untold Big, Big men Big, Big Guns Have no idea just what they've done Couldn't see them coming Didn't know they was coming for me Finger outstretched you Judge, you judge, you judge, you judge Ignorance shows so boldly but you won't budge
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Spies In The Room, Drones In The Air 01:44
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Spies in the room, Spies in the room Spies in the Room, coming for your doom Spies in the Room, Good God they're spies in the room Drones in the air, coming to kill you dead Drones in the air, they fly unwarranted Dones in the air, coming to kill you dead Drones in the air, they fly unwarranted Spies in the room Drones fly in the air
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Porn Producers 02:29
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Starts with your stripper skills when you're wearing clear heels we pump your lips, we inflate your tits and you look strange now, so strange, completely rearranged We are the porn producers now Yellow camero never lived life slow plowing drugs up your nose, you nearly overdosed, so strange No longer just a game We are the porn producers now 33 years old and you're heart is cold you died inside, when you kid came home and cried he asked you why, his friend, saw you fuckin' 13 guys We are the porn producers now Pee Paw'svoice message, "Well Sherry, this is Pee Paw, I've been calling you for a while. Hope life is good there in the big Los Angel-leez. I can't imagine what its like. Me and your Mee Maw never left Wisconsin, we think about you every time we eat the aged cheddar. You're always our little super star. We know your doing big things out there. We miss you so much Sherry, we're so proud of ya." (The porn producer speaks to Sherry simultaneous to her Pee Paw's message) "Oh yeah, do a line of that and feel like somebody special. Gotdamn woman that ass could walk for days. Where did you say you are from? Wisconsin? Bet they didn't have blocaine like this in Wisconsin. Welcome to L.A baby, sunset strip, the land of dreams, all the dreams. Do another line with me. Gotdamn that's amazing, don't you feel alive?"
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No Gravity (Elise & I In Space) 06:42
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You tell me it's only a placebo effect that nothing I ever feel ever is direct I could never ever doubt your intellect but I need you to give my affection respect one time, just tonight, I dream of holding you, think it'd Feel fine But you tell me there's no gravity, my feelings hold no levity lies of no gravity just to float away from me My heart floats off into the sky, like a dim lit star left to question why he's sitting beside his brethren so bright trying to reach your heart that won't ignite my scars show boldly at night The dim lit stars the dim lit stars with bold, bold scars of inadequacy they shine boldly through the night they make it alright Once admired your being aloof I'm at my wits end now to tell you the truth you deflate me, shatter my reflection I feel like a balloon, on the floor at a party that was long since forgotten Cause you tell me there's no gravity my feelings hold no levity pretending there's no gravity you've floated far away from me You floated away, away from me because of bullshit illusions your protective delusions spawned by inadequacies for the dim dim stars by the bold bold stars shamed by half lit scars drink whiskey through the night just to feel alright i blurred my sight you were in my vision my feet, my feet, my feet my feet was on the ground and the planets alligned you remained blind just to tell me lies just to hide hide from what? just a hiding from feelings staying under ceilings you need you need to get out the world has love that's what it's all about put your feet on this ground and get yourself around people are here for you helping them's what to do they're here for you just you be there for them your feet are the ground love the town so whenever you are down you can come find me
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How I Come Up (Airbrush & Ecstasy) 02:44
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Daddy was a banker who stacked a lotta' funds, the government came and took em' he stacked a lotta' guns Woh oh woh that's how I come up Daddy left my Mama to find a younger one She never loved him she only loved his Mom Now I notice me and girls don't get along I'm a child birthed of hatred me and love go wrong Woh oh woh that's how i come up I'm the darkest sheep with the purest fleece, The darkest sheep with the brightest lease on life I've had a bright lease all my life Huffin' nitrous oxide in a trailer park coming of age, shit felt oh so dark Who oh who that's how I come up Next thing I know they had me on a plane Ship me off some place to try to rearrange my brain all they ever said, "that boy is bad, bad, bad" ship him off to some Jesus freak rehab Woh oh Woh oh, that's how I come up That's how they did me, that's how they did me Methodist Divorce Airbrush, Ecstasy Hatred, Arguin' Questioning my intelligence Questioning my enthusiasm Wearin' on me They put me down Let me go, they let me go and i'm far gone now
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Pills At Night 07:05
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You used to have anxiety till you found the perfect remedy you've got that bottle you adore life no longer such a bore poppin, poppin' pills at night poppin', poppin' pills at night takes a pharmacy to feel alright poppin' poppin' pills at night poppin' poppin' pills changin' changin' how you feel Benzodiazapene floats you into a dream can't remember what you said waking up in some strange bed poppin' poppin' pills at night takes a pharmacy to feel right Poppin' poppin' pills changin' changin' how you feel Too much hydrocodene affecting you something mean your skin is starting to sweat your spine feels so wet poppin' poppin' pills at night 100 milligrams right? Poppin' poppin' pills changin' changin' how you feel I'm gonna tell a tale of two Pumpernickels. There's Johnny Pumpernickel, Johnny Pumpernickel started with pills at night, and ended up taking pills in the morning. Johnny's Mama Linda started with pills in the morning and ended up with pills at night. Johnny likes to go out and party on the weekends. Johnny is an all A honor student, his parents aren't worried about a thing he does. But now, Johnny has encountered a lil' thing we like call oxycontin, it make him float. He forgets about the pimples on his face. He feels ten feet tall. But Johnny started slipping a lil', his grades fell to C's. Johnny's parents sent him to counselor. Johnny couldn't tell the man about the oxycontin' so the counselor put him on adderol. Now Johnny takes his pills in the morning to get to his pills at night. Johnny's Mama Linda found those aderols. She found they could feel all the holes deep in her soul. Her husband no longer seemed so boring. Her daughter no longer seemed so fat. Her friends no longer seemed so judgmental or at least she didn't give a fuck. So Linda gets jittery around 11 in the morning when her stories come on, she can't sit still throughout the whole story. Come 5 she is in a daze cooking look a champion wielding her kitchen cutlery. Come ten o' clock at night, when her husband goes to touch her thigh, and she's still awake and can't take him touching her thigh. She starts to take valium. Linda is doing a lil' thing we like to call Poppin Poppin' Pills at night Poppin' pill just to feel alright Poppin' poppin' pills changin' changin' how she feels What comes through in the night Always comes through in the light The Lord said do my work The Lord said do my work Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah! Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah! In the suburbs, In the church, In the streets, In the home Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah! Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah!
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One Family's Mortgage Crisis 06:02
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All the stuff is packed now, The kids in the back seat My wife is so angry, she can't even look at me Hundred bucks in my wallet, that's all we have left it's not enough gas for the trip, and i could't be more stressed. We packed the last of the refrigerator in our lil' ice box Behind us a U-haul that holds all we've got A deed for your deeds, Your behavior's receipt A deed for your deeds, Your victory, our defeat Got family in Kentucky, my brother said we'd stay in his home He's got one extra bedroom, but we cannot stay long His wife she's expecting, He told me he's no savior He has no fishes He has no loaves, I think back on your pretty, pretty picture you painted to show me I'd be richer you never drew me A deed for your deeds, Your behavior's receipt A deed for your deeds. We've yet to see it. It's a shame, such a shame, such a shame, sad, sad shame My wife she once loved me, I don't blame her for not The days were so safe then, seems like she's forgot. All my bad investments loom within the room. The children smile and laugh, yet to inherent our gloom. Neither of us is the villain; it's hard to act WELL when you feel BAD Stressfully consumed, she's belittling me I'm screaming at her Shame to my name A deed for your deeds, Your behavior's receipt Shame to my name A deed for your deeds, we desperately need it Shame to my name A deed for your deeds, Your behavior's receipt Shame to my name A deed for your deeds, and we've yet to see it
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Friend On Crack 03:51
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I got this friend who started smoking crack I kinda fear he ain't never coming back He disappeared eighteen months ago Last thing we heard he was in sunny Orlando Living with two prostitutes, Trying to get by They're alright, as long as they are high They stay high, so high Don't ask them why, they must stay high Just chasing rocks all day To smoke that pain away seeking suffering's refrain Stole a TV from me and money from our friends Goddammit man, tell me this shit is gon' end Had the prettiest smile, had the best laugh Oh Goddamn man, get your life back on this track Cause we need you and we love ya oh we miss you, just come on home Its so dark and so alone We're here for ya, we need ya Smile on yr face Awe tell me man, Would it be that bad? Take a lil' break and go off to rehab talk about yr problems just talk about ya life try and rearrange and get yo shit tight We ain't gave up on you We ain't walking away on you We wouldn't give up on you Why would we do that? When we are here for you When the world is round, so round I am down baby, if your down I am up baby, when you're up I am here baby, just to lift you up I am here baby, to not disrupt C'mon baby, don't give up on me C'mon baby, don't give up on me I am here for ya, with love and affection It ai't cheesy as it seems, its everything we need we need dat love we need affection we need dat love and so much affection just bring us your love we'll bring our affection just bring us your love we'll bring our affection don't give up on me wouldn't give up on you, wouldn't dream of giving up on you, why would I do that?

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released February 1, 2014

Produced by Jake and Toby Vest

Album recorded at High/ Low recording in Memphis on March 2-4 2013
All songs written by C. Hardee, J. Vest, B. Stabbs, G. Faison, K. Cooper, F. McLallen, except How I Come Up (Airbrush & Ecstasy) and* Porn Producers* by J. Vest, C. Hardee.

All Songs Recorded, Edited, and Mixed by Toby Vest.

Mastered by Leo Goff III

The Band:
Jake Vest (Rhythm and Lead guitars, Bass, Synth, piano, Background Vocals)
Brent Stabbs (Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals)
Greg Faison (Drums)
Keith Cooper (Lead and Rhythm Guitar)
Frank McLallen (Synth, Guitar)

Also featuring:
Toby Vest (Background Vocals on One Family's Mortgage Crisis)

Art Direction and Design by Josh Breeden

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"Clay Otis & The Showbiz Lights (Pop)- A Showbiz Lights show is a genre-bending walk through the history of pop seen through the tormented, girl crazy mind of Clay Otis Hardee. Backed by members of Tiger High, Dream Team, and The Bulletproof Vests."
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