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The Big Picture

by Big Picture

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1.
Diner Song 04:38
It’s two am but I’ve been tired since five I drive and drive, finally there’s a diner on the right The parking lot is gravel and the door needs grease Two eggs sunny side up, extra cream for the coffee please I eat like it’s my last, but it goes down like wax and there’s a pit in my stomach I’m scared to fall in Why was there a gun, why was he there, did I kill him questions with answers I know don’t matter now But if I could turn around and drive back if I could just come home, one last time to a house with just her waiting, with our love still whole and I cry, now a child at forty-four A killer married to a whore When she comes back for the check I think about surrendering myself right then and there but fear grips me deep and I choke I’m happy I never had a son, to see what I’ve become
2.
World I am ready to settle down world I am ready for my grand prize I’ll take the 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, I’ll take the gym membership too Let's make a kid, let's buy a dog Let's make love on the weekends Let's pack all our lunch to go in themed lunch bags of our favorite TV shows we’d go and go and go, until we were old retired, and spent and fragile we’d lay in matching hospital beds and close our eyes in tandem It isn’t much, I'll say But for now I will wait Stay at home, laying in bed Hoping they won't come and take it away from me Corporate administrative secretarial assistant Paraprofessional intermediate level three Who's ready to hire me I've got references available on request I'll be your little money whore Snap fat fingers and I'll perform Unsubsidized Stafford loans Economy five star retirement homes Woo
3.
Buried Love 03:25
We’ve all been wronged by the one we love but I’ve been more wronged than most more hurt than most So I made a plan, I found a way I’m going to put my love, so far away deep in the ground I’m gonna bury my love in the ground put her down beneath the earth I’m going to bury my love in the ground Deep in soil, covered in dirt my love will have no air to breath her lungs will rot, she will fade away Shovel in hand, no regrets It must be done, and she must confess What she did to my kind loving heart I’m going to bury my love in the ground put her down beneath the earth I’m going to bury my love in the ground Now the deed is done my love is gone No flowers are left no stone marks the spot And if I was wrong what have I done
4.
Jeanie 03:06
Jeanie, you’re the right kind of girl but they've grown used to you so Step back into place accept it with grace Jeanie, they’ll never love you the way that you love yourself No one here cares if you stay or you go but of one thing we can be absolutely sure They’ll all miss you when you die Wait, it’s not so bad they still want you around though you’re on the shelf you can still watch from above San Francisco waits like a promised land to the East you can leave when you please it won’t change anything No one here cares if you stay or you go but of this one thing we can be absolutely sure They’ll only miss you when you die Jeanie baby it's not so bad you know this city is hard but then so are we it won’t love or want or care for you No one here cares if you stay or you go but of this one thing we can be absolutely sure They’ll all miss you when you die
5.
It’s five o clock but I’ve been tired since two I pack my bags yet again and drive up my street and I can’t wait to hold you in the next minute I’ll be okay The door’s unlocked, the lights are off I make my way down the hall for the last time Through the breach, I hear sounds and my skin is screaming stay away but I push through, into our room wait stop, oh no, you’re not alone I hesitate, and he jumps at me And all I see are your stiff eyes I'm covered in tears, covered in blood I don’t know why or how but there is a gun in my hands I’m pulling the trigger and one problem's gone but more are soon coming so I'll run
6.
Czech Poetry 03:56
Under my breath I say strange lands I roam Less of a stranger there than when at home Swiftly they pass me by Tender green vines Tall slender pines Like freeways shrouded in fog I could not tell to speed up or slow down But you knew then you stayed behind as I chose to go on Under my breath I say strange lands I roam Less of a stranger there than when at home Swiftly they pass me by Tender green vines Tall slender pines I could see the birds in your eyes flying away over Altamont pass Last time I was there you would stay would leave Doesn't matter now I don’t remember at all Pressing my nose against passenger window Staring at lazy windmills wondering at the breeze Caught in the blades Could I be there sitting on the side of a hill Watching cars go by Under my breath I say strange lands I roam Less of a stranger there than when at home Upward the mountain-tops Dreamily gaze, Olive-trees tinting them silvery grey

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Recorded at Modesto Sound. Mixed by Lucky Lew. Mastered by Sean Duncan.

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released July 16, 2014

Ricardo Friaz - guitar/vocals
Nathan Duckworth - bass,
Jarrod Winter - drums,
Lucky Lew - tracking, mixing

Album Art: Zoey Adams, Nathan Duckworth

Modesto Sound personnel: Anthony Thompson, Erika Brown, Monica Arellano, Kate Coria, Jordan Fry, Karlei Buiz, Antoinae Austin, Hamilton Farrens, Lennon Kositchek, Louise Tran, Kenyon Taylor.

Special Thanks: Brenda Francis, Ren Gong Doo, Danielle Mingua-Lopstain, Garrett Neeley, Nate Yager, Play Shows Dot Org, Shashank Tangirala, Matt Hayes, Tammy Adams, Michael Flores, Evan Barrett, Amanda Heinrichs, Wesley Riddle, Kyle Griffith.

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