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After the Revolution

by Carsie Blanton

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You and me by the warming sea buyin something in a bag walking through the war to the corner store everyone looks poor and sad So I picked a fight later on that night I was sick of all the shame And I know it all Couldn’t be your fault But I need someone to blame After the revolution We’ll have a better life You’ll be a better husband I’ll be a better wife We’ll have a jubilation We’ll take a holiday It won’t always be this way Well the world is small and they fucked it all long before we came around And we work all day Tryin to catch a break but it’s nowhere to be found And it’s hard to love like you won’t give up when the whole thing’s coming down But after the revolution We’ll have a better life You’ll be a better husband I’ll be a better wife We’ll have a jubilation We’ll take a holiday It won’t always be this way My grandad fought at Leningrad when they all knew what was fair now we try to fight but it don’t feel right when the war is everywhere But after the revolution We’ll have a better life You’ll be a better husband I’ll be a better wife We’ll have a jubilation We’ll take a holiday It won’t always be this way
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Empire 03:26
Bring me a coat and a parlor guitar neon and smoke comin up from the bar I’m out on the roof with a couple of friends watchin the empire end I guess America’s comin untied half of my neighbors are living outside whoever don’t break better learn how to bend watching the empire end you been throwing your weight around and you wonder why everybody wants to take you down every bully dreads the day they get their due you’re gonna get what’s comin to you three people dead at the hard rock hotel I heard the crack in the air when it fell neighborhood kids runnin down to attend watchin the empire end trash in the gutters and trash in the sea trash in the hearts of the powers that be freedom for all who have money to spend watchin the empire end you been throwing your weight around and you wonder why they try take you down every bully dreads the day they get their due you’re gonna get what’s comin to you I’m in the belly but I ain’t the beast Like everyone else to the west and the east they say we’re enemies, but I know we’ll be friends after the empire ends
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You and me settin traps Catchin fevers, takin naps Crackin jokes and chuckin rocks Itchin like a chicken pox You and me in cahoots blowin bubbles, knockin boots clappin hands & paintin toes puttin on each others clothes You and me, spinnin tops stealin supper, dodging cops pittin peaches, sippin rye kiss the boys and make em cry You and me pitchin fits Droppin needles, pickin nits diggin records, bangin toms learnin all each other’s songs Money, ooo No we ain’t got none But honey, ooo Ain’t we got fun You remember when we hitched that ride Sam pullin over on the other side You were twenty I was just sixteen Singing in a dive bar by eugene You remember when we walked downtown Everybody givin us the runaround we never ran with the coolest crowdest But we was always laughin loudest Money, ooo No we ain’t got none But honey, ooo Ain’t we got fun
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Hope 03:18
Hope what a brutal thing Oh the way it stings Coming down like rain upon your desert sands Hope comes riding in Makes you think again Just when you thought you’d folded up that losing hand She breaks into a heart that’s broken Blowin all the doors wide open I’ll keep hopin til the day I die Hope what a brittle thing but oh the way she sings Comin down to light upon your prison wall Hope, first you start to cry then you wonder why you got so lucky ever to be born at all She breaks into a heart that’s broken Blowin all the doors wide open I’ll keep hopin til the day I die Some may say it’s better not to dream And sometimes I can see just what they mean on a very lonely day I’ll put my silly dreams away And face the world exactly as it seems Hope But then she breaks into a heart that’s broken Blowin all the doors wide open I’ll keep hopin til the day I die
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Caroline 02:45
It’s a strange time to be a human being Strange time to be alive I was just about to stop believing That our planet can survive Now I can see the world keep turning When I look into your eyes Caroline And as you’re growing up One thing to be sure of You are always gonna be loved I know you’re gonna see some transformations Year by year & day by day Revolutions and the fall of nations Little lies that people say Remember when your heart starts breakin And you wanna run away Caroline as you’re growing up One thing to be sure of You are always gonna be loved Caroline there’s hardly anything That we can say with certainty still people keep on raising babies Making music, planting seeds It’s a bold hope that makes the world keep turning I can feel it start to shine Caroline When I look at you One thing that I’m sure of You are always gonna be loved You are always gonna be loved
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Well they oughtta be afraid of us Cus the whole world is made of us People workin hard to get along It isn’t that I really care I’ll never be a millionaire But I get the feeling something’s goin wrong It’s a labour of love I guess Cus it sure doesn’t pay To work this job or raise these kids Or feel this way Dinner’s on the table And I put a roof above But goddamn this labor of love Well I don’t mind workin hard But I get home after dark And I feel my spirit sinking to the floor Pretty sure I used to be Somethin more than an employee But i hardly can remember anymore It’s a labour of love I guess Cus it sure doesn’t pay To work this job or raise these kids Or feel this way Dinner’s on the table And I put a roof above But goddamn this labor of love It’s a rich man’s game and they play to win But there’s more of us than there are of them I think sometimes they should change the locks We’re a powderkeg, they’re a tinderbox And I don’t know if you might brother can you gimme a light? It’s a labour of love I guess Cus it sure doesn’t pay To work this job or raise these kids Or feel this way Dinner’s on the table And I put a roof above But goddamn this labor of love Well they oughtta be afraid of us Cus the whole world is made of us
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Cool Kids 01:37
I was a weird kid That’s just the way I do it I tried to hide it But everybody knew it I tried to fake it You know the way they work us I couldn’t take it I ran away to join the circus I’m never gonna be one of the cool kids I’m never gonna be the prettiest one I’m never gonna be one of the rich kids Imma be the one having all the fun I tried to sell out But nobody was buying I got the hell out Now I’m sick of even tryin If I never win a grammy I won’t be mad There ain’t no grammy for the most fun had I’m never gonna be one of the cool kids I’m never gonna be the prettiest one I’m never gonna be one of the rich kids Imma be the one having all the fun Throw my phone in a pool Pay my debt when I’m dead Cus I only feel cool with my stupid friends telling stupid jokes with a stupid song in my head There isn’t any bottom There isn’t any top Just smoke em if you got em Be a friend, don’t be a cop Cus everything in the world We’re livin it Is all made up And we can make it up different
8.
I’m swimmin in the pool Alone and feelin amorous Swimming in the pool lookin fuckin glamorous Alone and feelin amorous lookin fuckin glamorous thinkin somethin scandalous truly useless swimming in the pool I’m swimming in the pool Yellow moon a followin Swimming in the pool cuppa wine I’m swallowin Yellow moon a followin cuppa wine I’m swallowin just a dream to wallow in truly useless swimming in the pool I’m swimming in the pool nothin here to worry us Swimming in the pool Ain’t nobody curious nothin here to worry us Ain’t nobody curious feelin really glorious truly useless swimming in the pool
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I know that you don’t know me baby will you hold me tight I wanna feel that holy feeling in my soul tonight I’ll be a little tender It’s been a little while and if you can’t remember I’ll show you what a smile can do Ooh oh oh ooh ooh ooh If you want me to the moon is above you pretty penny in a pool if i said I love you would you say that I’m a fool? We ain’t well acquainted but you can feel a spark don’t ask me to explain it let me open up my heart to you
11.
when the smoke has cleared birds begin to sing though the world has ended suddenly the spring after all is lost every little thing all that you defended suddenly the spring from the winter’s dark little flowers grow from a broken heart suddenly something comes from underneath the snow when the ashes fall bells begin to ring singing from the rubble suddenly the spring When the smoke has cleared birds begin to sing after all the trouble suddenly the spring
12.
I guess I’m never gonna be a figure skater and I’m never gonna be a saint Never gonna shows all the haters who I am, or who I ain’t I used to think that I could heal the whole world with a song I guess sometimes everybody gets it wrong But when the darkness descends I call up my good friends They come down to the riverbend And crack me up until the light gets in I ain’t the only person who gets lonely But when I’m feeling lonely it sure seems that way And trying not to think about the things that I done wrong Gets harder at the dimming of the day So when the darkness descends I call up my good friends They come down to the riverbend And crack me up until the light gets in On those days when hope feels like a needle in the hay you’re losing all your faith in humankind and everyone around you swears there ain’t no brighter day but everything is darkness to the blind when the darkness descends call up all your good friends bring em down to the riverbend we’ll crack up until the light gets in

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released March 21, 2024

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Carsie Blanton Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Carsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Whether alone with her electric guitar or fronting her four-piece “handsome band”, Carsie delivers every song with an equal dose of moxie and mischief, bringing her audience together in joyful celebration of everything worth fighting for. ... more

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