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Hanging out with Matt and Mike
Charlie and Tim on a school night
Remember hearing the sounds
Coming out of the Fairmount
Plastic Hearts would make me weep
Josh cycled through for a couple of weeks
And I heard the sound
Coming out of the sides of the Fairmount
Sitting on the porch
Over the nineteenth century floorboards
Political analytics
Shooting the shit about our favorite subjects
Everyone came over to play
Across the street from where the church was paved
Sounds were streaming from the sides
We'd usually stop a little after nine
Sitting on the porch
Over the nineteenth century floorboards
Living in a room
Room
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We were young
Just a few years out of college
All of the cool kids
Moved to cities with big names
you took a year
For big picture thinking
For counter culture drinking
For screaming
"Hope and change"
But don't go back
Not to Fairmount
That's just what they want
Find a way to get away
Don't go back
Not to Fairmount
Cause all is not lost
You'll be okay
You spent the night
Walking around Coventry
Till you became part of the scenery
Willing stop lights to change
And you grabbed a beer
With a friend you haven't scene in ages
And you talked about gilded cages
And how you really can't complain
And you don't go back
Not to Fairmount
That's just what they want
Find a way to get away
Don't go back
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There’s a knock in the front
And a tick in the back
Flat tire, bent rim
The heads are all cracked
In the carburetor’s a flood
The cylinders won’t fire
My automotive bills
Climb higher and higher
I’ll fix it myself
I’ll fix it myself
Don’t know what I’m doing
But I’ll fix it myself
Come on and start
Ford Fairmont
When am I going to learn?
That you ain’t worth the frame
On which you were made
And the engine will never turn
My boss’s demeanor
Gets meaner and meaner
Every time I miss a shift
But your wheels won’t roll on
And I am so forlorn
How could you leave me like this?
The wife she missed yoga
And I didn’t get my latte
The kids skipped lacrosse
Had to walk to karate
And I won’t quit the gym
I have to have cable
Tried cooking at home
But I just was not able
And I’m all out of cash
I’m all out of cash
Don’t know what I’m doing
But I’ll fix it myself
Come on and start
Ford Fairmont
When am I going to learn
That you ain’t worth the frame
On which you were made
And the engine will never turn.
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Away from home….
I've been peaking at the height of the moon –
Must have gotten my letters scrambled.
I've been hiding away in this room,
Staring at the clock for days.
I wish it would
Hold up
Cuz I'm holed up,
Getting absolutely nowhere.
Save me from drowning.
Save me from fading away.
Had a nightmare at The Fairmount,
Packed my bags and left.
Emptied out my gas tank,
Emptied out my head.
I could go all night, my love.
I could go to the end.
I could go all night, love.
I could go to the end.
Give out such sweet talk,
Then turn with your eyes.
Pack up my suitcase,
Head out with the tide.
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’m chilin down at the Fairmount
I’ll stick around baby if you want
I’m hangin out by the Jacuzzi
I’m thinkin bout want you can do to me
I’m chillin down at the Fairmount
I’ll stick around baby if you want
It has a really cool sauna
We can go to the pool if you wanna
Get down get down get down get down in this funky town
Get down Get down for some funk fa funk fa funk fa funk fa funk WHOO!
Get down get down get down get down in this funky town
Get down Get down for some funk fa funk fa funk fa funk fa funk WHOO!
Lookin’ real good in that bathing suit there,
You don’t that in the sauna baby,
You’re gonna get all hot and sweaty,
Why don’t you leave it right here on the floor
I am here at the Fairmount
I’ll be there baby if you want
I have a suite on the top floor
We can retreat and we can do more
I am here at the Fairmount
I’ll be there baby if you want
I got a room with a nice view
I won’t assume but I hope to
Get down get down get down get down in this funky town
Get down Get down for some funk fa funk fa funk fa funk fa funk WHOO!
Get down get down get down get down in this funky town
Get down Get down for some funk fa funk fa funk fa funk fa funk WHOO!
funk fa funk fa funk fa funk fa funk WHOO!
funk fa funk fa funk fa funk fa funk WHOO!
funk fa funk fa funk fa funk fa funk WHOOOOOOOOO!
Welcome to my suite
Why don’t you pop that Champaign baby
And I’ll hit the jets on the whirlpool
I see the sun coming up, why are you still here?
I see the sun coming up, why are you drawing near?
I see the sun, I see the sun, I see the sun, I see the sun
It’s comin, it’s comin, it’s comin, it’s comin
I see the sun, I see the sun I see the sun, it’s comin
Its’ comin it’s comin it’s comin it’s comin it’s comin WHOOOO!
Morning Delight
Don’t you know that you were right
When you came over last night
Such a beautiful sight
Morning delight
And the memory will haunt
When you get what you want
Down at the Fairmount
Get down get down get down get down in this funky town
Get down Get down for some funk fa funk fa funk fa funk fa funk WHOO!
Get down get down get down get down in this funky town
Get down Get down for some funk fa funk fa funk fa funk fa funk WHOO!
funk fa funk fa funk fa funk fa funk WHOO!
funk fa funk fa funk fa funk fa funk WHOO!
funk fa funk fa funk fa funk fa funk WHOOOOOOOOO!
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This is the place where you almost broke your arm
This is the place where they sang farewell to harm
This is the lawn that the clover overtook
This is the shelf, this is the book
And they always say to watch your head as you go down the stairs
And you turn the light and flick the switch, the sounds fill up the air
Summer Viking shook his static somewhere along the way
And carved a cedar tree canoe and made seaworthiness
Just like that song that Mr. Page sang many years ago
We'll walk the sidewalk, gawk and stare and wonder what they've done
And something about stomping on the floor for fun
Yeah, something about stomping on the floor for fun
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art by Gomez Addams
Seven musicians submitted prospective titles.
After a vote the title “The Fairmount” was chosen.
Each band then had a month to write and record a song by that name.
All sales go directly to the Jeremy 22 project.
www.jeremy22.com/contribute/ and donate to a good cause.
The Next Project starts this summer . Email
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released April 1, 2016
