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To Those That Ain't Around

by Will Layng & The Ribs

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    all 11 tracks, no fiddling with your phone! Artwork by Dylan McConnell, Tiny Little Hammers. Photography by Kelli Pennington.

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1.
Boilermaker 03:13
I’m midway through a half rack, in the afternoon The sun is beating down and I’m thinking I’m missing you Would you come over tonight if I sing you a little tune? Can we forget our fights, at least for a moment or two? CHORUS Sometimes when I’m looking at you, I start to come undone You’re a boilermaker, you’re two in one Where’d you get that nickname? Where’d you get those shoes? Where’d you get thost highway arms, that beat me in three moves? The dotted line is forever, or at least to another town At certain speeds our machine starts breaking down CHORUS Pour me a special, from the bottom shelf It’s not my first or my last and I guess it’s just as well We won’t settle for just enough, or even pretty good We took what we were given and we wrung out what we could CHORUS You’re a boilermaker, you’re two in one You’re a boilermaker, you’re two in one
2.
The sky never felt so far, I need an airplane to get there all I’ve got is a car Hartsfield felt like the moon, I wanna say “let’s do it” but it feels too soon So much that I’ve gotta say, when we are together again The things that seem fun today, they’re not even close, they don’t relate It’s hard to keep banging these pans when the wine we’ve been drinking all turned to sand Got some catching up to do, when we are together again My grandad told the truth when he said to find a place you can hold onto Maybe its too much say to take off the mask and let the pain away One bright shiny day, when we are together again Like the last day of school, throw up all of your papers and break all the rules Let’s start something new, we’ve never had so much and so little to do The songs I wanna sing, when we are together again When we are together, when we are together, when we are together again
3.
Pilate Blues 04:16
I gotta get out of this place They can’t get their story straight I come from a noble line Judea’s just a waste of my time And the ones above me only see the nickels and dimes Seemed like a simple choice the robber or the one that anoints My words came out all blurred couldn’t give that final verdict Washed my hands and said it’s not my circus CHORUS The Pilate blues the Pilate blues Don’t make me choose the Pilate blues One or the other, either which way you lose I’d rather be in Rome this place it isn’t my home The ways of men I don’t understand they use words like the ocean uses sand I have no one my dog is my only friend I sent a sponge soaked in vinegar so he wouldn’t suffer Drank gallons of wine under the moon that night as the pain shivered up my spine And I dreamed a bird was clawing out my eyes CHORUS That’s the last you heard of me lost in history Fear won’t set you free ask the man on Calvary I washed my hands but still they won’t come clean CHORUS One or the other either which way you lose
4.
The ruins of the Local Lounge A watering hole I can see from my porch, they fly the flag and give a healthy pour And the party goes on till two or more and they’re sweeping the floor A lot more fun than the tapas place next door CHORUS I wish we could go and order one more round, and raise it up to those that ain’t around Now the flags are tattered and torn, and fallen to the ground The ruins of the Local Lounge One time I went with my lady on Saturday late to a dance party A guy sidled over and made some moves like we were three Turned out he wanted my girl, he didn’t want me CHORUS The loud Sunday brunches were a little bit much cheap champagne and Let It Go for lunch But if all comes back I won’t make a sound, I miss the Local Lounge CHORUS The ruins of the Local Lounge
5.
I’ve always been an outsider, at least that’s how it seems to me I always wanna get higher, than anyone around me wants to be In the house that I grew up in, they’re turning out the lights I’m catching on that they’re moving on, leaving me behind Leaving me outside with no place to hide Leaving me outside with no place to hide I know things seem a bit scary, and take their time to be born Dead things gotta get buried, and put away when they’re worn Now it’s the last call, we’re calling it a day Too many close calls, we’re headed for the wall and there’s nothing left to say Leaving me outside with no place to hide Leaving me outside with no place to hide We cannot seem to find shelter, though towers are all around All I see is water in this dried out deserted town For those that have gathered here and those that stayed behind All those that are living and all those that have died Leaving me outside with no place to hide Leaving me outside with no place to hide Leaving me outside with no place to hide Leaving me outside with no place to hide Leaving me outside with no place to hide Leaving me outside with no place to hide
6.
Hard Hearted 02:37
CHORUS Hard hearted, don’t let me get hard hearted Hard hearted, don’t let me get hard hearted Second skin the shape I’m in and it’s coming right down to the wire Black smoke rising from below the road and I can’t see my way through the fire Beautiful world for those who own it, but if all you do is take? Half of me is slowly dying, the other is wide awake CHORUS CHORUS Me and you and the world we made though it’s getting so much smaller How did we do all the things we did? There’s no word from the caller Now that the last is the first, or did I get that wrong? Being pulled down the drain, till the water is all gone CHORUS
7.
Fidelity 05:53
All we hear is deception, from the ones who run the nation We met at the house on T Street, then we promptly went to a party And I can’t hear you, what you say And I can’t hear you, what you say And I can’t hear you, what you say What you say, what you say CHORUS Fidelity, you’re always what you seem, the way you speak to me Fidelity, what we wanna be, on hi or low frequency It’s not like it makes a difference, whether you’re screaming or you’re whispering The receivers are all broken, from the rockin’ and the tokin’ And I can’t hear you, what you say And I can’t hear you, what you say And I can’t hear you, what you say What you say, what you say
8.
Pick You Up 04:33
Saturday night at seven I put on a clean shirt Went out to the driveway to see if my car would work I had high hopes that things would turn out right At eleven in the morning we’d finally say goodnight Now we’ve gone round the sun at least a dozen times Even with these years our stories seem to rhyme Hold on me when I fall and never give me up Anywhere you are dear I will pick you up CHORUS I will pick you up and never put you down Even in our winter I’ll still want you around Any kind of weather, in any part of town I will pick you up and never put you down There’s something sultry in the air tonight Walk with me down by the riverside If men love war then is this my Waterloo? Can a warring lover stay right here with you? If there’s snow on the roof, don’t mean the fire is gone From the look in your eyes I can tell that we’re not done From the highest mountain to the never ending plain Stay with me until the end of day CHORUS I will pick you up and never put you down
9.
CHORUS If you’ll be my mansion, I’ll be your Porte Cochère Drop you off and watch you in and drive away from there A nice feature at your side, columns twenty feet high Porte Cochère Close your eyes and visualize the place that you live And just before midnight, you can have any wish I’ll make your dreams come true, yeah I’ll give it all to you But by your side, accessorize, a driveway to something new CHORUS The gravel under your wheels, the coachman at your heels The built ins by the fire, can’t hold all your desires Brushed concrete and stainless steel, fully wired and dressed to kill A carport is alright, but you deserve a brighter light CHORUS Porte Cochère
10.
We headed west and spent the night in Nashville Tennesee Saw some friends, Union Station, and the Grand Opry Then on to Memphis on Highway Forty Living together as free as can be One winter we met the poet in Solentiname Told us his story, the prizes and the pain What would he say if he saw this today? The Lost Revolution and The Doubtful Straits CHORUS More salt than pepper, more raisin than grape, we’re loving how we’re living no tears in the rain All your strength its like you pull up from the ground beneath you And hold it in your arms like the way that we’re used to And if at that time there is something that can cure you It isn’t much, but what I have, you know I’ll give to you CHORUS We’re loving how we’re living no tears in the rain
11.
Every fever, gotta break, every nightfall got a day Every winner, gotta pray, every last stone wash away I’m high as a kite, a comet in the night, it’s alright It’s a silver way to be, an ocean in between It’s a mirror laser beam, a carbon gray machine I’m high as a kite, a comet in the night, it’s alright You’re my hometown, on the shore, you’re a harbor in a storm You’re all that and a little more, you’re what you were looking for I’m high as a kite, a comet in the night, it’s alright I’m high as a kite, a comet in the night, I’m alright

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released May 5, 2023

All Songs By Will Layng
Will Layng- Guitars, Vocals, Harmonica
Ben Kreusser- Keyboards and Vocals
Eric Mellor- Drums
Jada Pierce- Guitar and Vocals
Chad Sullivan- Basses
engineered and mixed by Matthew White
mastered by Gus Elg, Sky Onion Mastering
photography by Kelli Pennington
graphic design by Dylan Marcus McConnell, Tiny Little Hammers
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