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Animals in Zoos
02:54
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A1: “Animals In Zoos” By: Andrew Neil Maternick, December 2014
Just fill my damn prescription
so I can kill my damn fiction
That’s how it use to be
But now I’m free
Sounds too…
Good to be true
Should I blame you?
For how I came into this zoo
They hate my noise
and they hate my voice
So what’s the poison of my choice?
My daily bread makes me like myself
And when I’m dead
you can fight for my wealth
Cuz we’re just animals in zoos
Different channels Same news
We’re just animals in zoos
We light our candles and play the blues
Zoo keeper
Is a sleeper
When we hear the snooze
We lose our fear and live the blues
We’re just animals in zoos
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2. |
Rocken
04:53
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A2: “Rocken” By: Andrew Neil Matenrick, December 2014
Cut with a Pen
The blood drowns now and then
All the King’s men
Couldn’t put me back together again
To want is for them
A falling star in a world that’s thin
All the kings’ men
Couldn’t put me back together again
I found peace and so much more
No longer rotten
Bloody pieces on the floor
Won’t be forgotten
Police man at the door ignore the knocking
Damned disease
I found the cure
It’s called rocken
rock rock rocken
rock rock rocken
not stoppen
rock rock rocken
It’s hard to rock when you’re all alone
I often talk into a broken phone
I walk the walk followed by a drone
David’s rock has already been thrown
It’s a matter of time before Goliath’s fall
It will free the mind the mind of all
It’s awfully dark but don’t you lose heart
Be a spark and in flames we will rock
We found peace and so much more
no longer rotten
bloody pieces on the floor
won’t be forgotten
policeman at the door
ignore the knocking
damned disease
We found the cure
it’s called rocken
rock rock rocken
rock rock rocken
not stoppen
rock rock rocken
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3. |
Boom
05:24
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A3: “Boom” By: Andrew Neil Maternick, February 2015
Here I am once again
without a friend
will it ever end
You will miss me
yes you will
bottle of whiskey
and another pill
should I pretend
I did it before
why not do it again
escape the world
in my head
truth or dare
dare or truth
the nightmare of past abuse
Juliet is dead
There’s a cricket in the corner of my room
Chirp chirp the gun goes boom
There’s a cricket in the corner of my room
Chirp chirp the gun goes boom
gun goes boom gun goes boom
I’m going a thousand miles per hour
and I’m not afraid to crash
For I have a super power
I can rise from the ash
I can rise from the ash
I’m exhausted I really am
If I’m lost I don’t give a damn
no going back
Ships have been burned
no going home
one thing you learn
when your all alone
your favorite color’s black
There’s a cricket in the corner of my room
Chirp chirp the gun goes boom
There’s a cricket in the corner of my room
Chirp chirp the gun goes boom
gun goes boom gun goes boom
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4. |
Super Hero
04:54
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A4: “Super Hero” By: Andrew Neil Maternick, November 2014.
Getting bolder living my dreams
And It ain’t over till’ the fat lady sings
I hear her choking on chicken wings
Casket open for all life brings
for all life brings (Repeat 2 times)
I am dead yet so alive
Color red won’t stop my drive
Thoughts in my head commit suicide
No regret or shame to hide
Does the truth always get raped by a blind mob?
I’m a superhero with no cape just living my job
And I’m the one they love to hate the broken cog
A superhero with the same fate as God
Salt on this slug a bit too much
Enjoying death by a thousand cuts
When I think of death I’m no longer afraid
Breath by breath the truth is made
The truth is made
The truth is made
Judas gets paid
I am dead yet so alive
Color red won’t stop my drive
Thoughts in my head commit suicide
No regret or shame to hide
It ain’t over... (repeat 4X)
It ain’t over till’ the fat lady sings
I hear her choking on chicken wings
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5. |
Lonely Road
03:46
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A5: “Lonely Road” By Andrew Neil Maternick, Feb 2015
Faithfully like autumn’s leaves
Label me do as you please
I shut my eyes see all the colors
I say goodbyes to all my lovers
Cause it’s a lonely road
It’s there and always is
It’s a lonely road
I don’t know where this place is
Trail of blood
Hound dogs bearing down
Walk through the mud
My tracks always found
My head in the moon
Is it a smile or a frown?
Hold on to a balloon
Higher than a mile no one around
Higher than a mile no one around
Higher than a mile no one around
Higher than a mile no one around
Higher than a mile no one around
Cause it’s a lonely road
Is there and always is
It’s a lonely road
I don’t know where this place is.
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6. |
Rain Song
03:07
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B1: “Rainsong” By Andrew Neil Maternick, July 2014
Window pane my brain wink wink Kirby
Just another name on those panes in this factory
Paper airplane, sugar cane, cups for tea
And a watch on a chain
As I’m watching the rain so free
so free
so free
so free
So so free
Where do they go?
Where do they go?
Where do they go?
All the beautiful people that I know
Here and there, there and here
Floating clouds
Truth and dare
Is life fair?
the rain falls down
the rain falls down and down and down
the rain falls down and down and down
Hello goodbye
I’m low I’m high
Hello goodbye
Just a cloud in a sky
Just a cloud in a sky
Make em proud when I die
When I die
When I die
When I …..rain
I got what I deserve
Fell down to earth
I’m just another pane on these names in this factory
A watch on a chain as I’m watching the rain so free.
So free So free So free
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7. |
I Don't Want to Play
04:40
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B2: “I Don’t Want to Play” By: Andrew Neil Maternick, December 2015
I’m leaving the floor
Body’s six feet under
Can’t afford to be another number
so I soar above the graveyard slumber
I’ve Been here before
Facing the same Thunder
I can no longer take it for another day
Eve is naked I like it that way
Bullet with my name for this I pray
God damn the devil’s game
I don’t want to play
no I don’t want to ply
I don’t want to play
Do I have the slightest clue?
Do the shadows laugh at you too?
Stupid questions waste of time
Here my confession behind enemy’s line
I can no longer take it for another day
Eve is naked I like it that way
Bullet with my name for this I pray
God damn the devil’s game
I don’t want to play
no I don’t want to ply
I don’t want to play
no I don’t want to ply
I don’t want to play
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8. |
Outlaw
04:29
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B3: “Outlaw” Andrew Neil Maternick, October 2014.
Orange and white jump suite
Day dream about you
I run they shoot
Under a blue moon
Hound dogs sing
I run and crawl
Let freedom ring
For this outlaw
Why be a prisoner of the past? My heart asks
I hear a minister full of wrath I had to laugh
Chuckle Chuckle
What’s the point of it all?
Destiny’s a bloody knuckle
That flips a coin and watches it fall
Watching it fall I’m an outlaw
Watching hawks draw everything I ever saw
When I was young when I was old
A smoking gun Cops earned their gold
Outlaw on my tombstone
Outlaw never truly known
Outlaw on my tombstone
Ma and pa left a desert rose...in front of the grave
A goodbye wave...wave
A desert rose
For the path I chose
Outlaw on my tombstone
Outlaw never truly known
Never truly known (repeat)
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9. |
Tears of a Soldier
02:49
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B4: “Tears of A Soldier” by: Andrew Neil Maternick, February 2015.
There was a soldier who fought in the Civil War
I think I told ya this story before
He lives in a forest right by a creek
He lost his horse all he does is weep
Tears of a soldier he had a woman he wanted to hold her
Tears of a soldier who never got older who never got older
I remember the day when Johnny did say
“Dad and mom I’m going to Vietnam”
He returned badly burned
Lost his legs now he begs
Tears of a soldier he had a woman he wanted to hold her
Tears of a soldier turn to ice as the world gets colder
Middle East a bloody bath
He lost his peace he can’t even laugh
He walks around doctor gives him pills
He’d rather drown and forget all his kills
Tears of a soldier he had a woman he wanted to hold her
Tears of a soldier “Baby I love you” the last words he told her
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10. |
Roses
02:53
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B5: “Roses” By: Andrew Neil Maternick, November 2014.
When you’re feeling lost and all alone
Just take a pause and let it be known
That you’re too beautiful to cast a stone
Just letting the blossom unfold on its’ own
Stop and smell the roses
They give hope to the hopeless
Today your tragedy’s’ curtain closes
Cuz you stopped to smell the roses
Take the “m” in me
And turn it upside down
What you get is we
And we don’t want you to frown
So...
Stop and smell the roses
They give hope to the hopeless
Today your tragedy’s’ curtain closes
Cuz you stopped to smell the roses
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11. |
Thought of You
03:08
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B6: “Thought of You” Andrew Neil Maternick, December 2014.
Today I thought of you
It made me awfully blue
It’s been such a long time
You still touch this heart of mine
There are no cures for a heart that hurts is this true?
For better or worst I still thirst for you
Like a candle blowing in the wind
Could I handle seeing you again?
You never really knew me
You just knew someone else
Who I was trying to be
I really needed helps
And that’s where you came in
You lent me a friendly hand
If I ever see you again
I hope that you understand
There are no cures for a heart that hurts is this true?
For better or worst I still thirst for you
Like a candle blowing in the wind
Could I handle seeing you again?
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Andrew Neil Charlottesville, Virginia
Andrew Neil is considered an "Outsider" music artist along the lines of Daniel Johnston. One can also hear influences of Elliot Smith, Anthony Kiedis, Kurt Cobain in his vocal delivery. Andrew began writing songs following a head injury sustained in a car accident in 2009. Since then he written nearly 400 songs since late 2009, and never had any music training to speak of. ... more
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