Released June 3rd, 2023
Funded by the Michigan State Fair Superstar Competition for winning the grand prize for the 2021 Superstar Competition.
Produced & Mixed at Tuxedo Avenue Recording Studio by Paco Higdon and Josh Karpowicz.
Album cover Art by Jana_Pr00.
Song art by Carly Aldridge.
Vocals, Guitars, Keys & Moog Opus 3 Synth by Mo Day
Vocals, Drums and Percussion by Joe Neminski
Bass & Lead Guitar (for Oil Man and Tearing Me Apart) by Rhett Yocom
Keys and Moog Opus 3 Synth by Colton Ray.
Track listing:
- Happy Life
- Tearing Me Apart
- Ten
- Flint Water Crisis
- Oil Man
- Philly Hippo
- The Snare
- And I Wish
- Lionheart
- Mr Daydreams
- Lulu the Psychic Ladybug
- Step into the Sun
Happy Life
Get a job. Go to work.
Work hard, play hard.
Stash away Roth IRA.
Get a nice car and aim higher every day.
Keep a tally please of your calories,
Your body will be a money machine,
And don’t forget to exercise at least three times a week,
And when you meet the one you’ll see it in their eyes,
You’ll just know and then you’re both combined.
You’ll grow old with them and soon you both will die,
Turn around and see your happy life.
Second mortgages are all the rage the really great way to grow at pace and maintain face,
Building up equity at exponential rate,
Take a pill, every couple hours, with a meal, down it with some water
And when you meet the one you’ll see it in their eyes,
You’ll just know and then you’re both combined.
You’ll grow old with them and soon you both will die,
Turn around and see your happy life.
They say he had traveled very far in few steps
It’s the truth but he doesn’t know it yet.
He is in way over his head
And when you meet the one you’ll see it in their eyes,
You’ll just know and then you’re both combined.
You’ll grow old with them and soon you both will die,
Turn around and see your happy life.
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Tearing Me Apart
Daddy gave me no kisses. Momma wasn’t no misses.
So when you’re talkin about love I don’t know what you’re speaking of
So listen up
When it comes to you, What am I supposed to do?
Because you’re acting like it’s hard to tell an ‘A’ from an ‘E, R’
So fuck you, hard.
What am I’m supposed to do with that?
Well I don’t care if you want to break my heart,
And I don’t care if you were lying from the start
And I don’t care if you think my song is dark,
And I don’t care cause you’re tearing me apart.
I would have you believe, I’m a man of the world
But the cheater also lost the girl. The cheater, cheater also lost the girl
If you want it, you can’t have it. If you need it, you’re gonna grab it
Because you wouldn’t tell me this you said you couldn’t tell me that
It’s not enough why couldn’t you just be another one of us?
Well I don’t care if you want to break my heart,
And I don’t care if you were lying from the start
And I don’t care if you think my song is dark,
And I don’t care cause you’re tearing me apart.
Well I don’t care if you want to break my heart,
And I don’t care if you were lying from the start
And I don’t care if you think my song is dark,
And I don’t care cause you’re tearing me apart.
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Ten
Twice bitten but you’re once shy
Only trying to be a nice guy
If you only knew that it would have taken so long
And I’m gonna ride it again, on ten
Get up and tell all your friends, on ten.
And I’m gonna ride it again
Talking crap in the back room
Anybody can be one of those dudes
That ain’t me you better believe
I won’t talk, I will walk
I will fight you every step of the way
And I’m gonna ride it again, on ten
Get up and tell all your friends, on ten.
And I’m gonna ride it again
Tomorrow never knows I can’t believe we’ve see the peak
Dark side of the moon, I say to you is that all from you?
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Flint Water Crisis
The water flows from the faucet and the hose,
There is nothing you can’t see. Child, you can trust me.
Drink the water.
I used to walk these city streets at night.
Watch this crazy world spinning round.
Don’t say you won’t forget. You’re no better than them.
God please help us this shit’s going down.
Whoa Whoa
Can you listen to my heart break?
Whoa Whoa
Can you listen to my heart break?
Whoa Whoa
Can you listen to my heart break?
And I’ll stand right here and dare you to lead.
They’ll try to place a debt on all of our heads.
We’ve let some mad men at the helm.
And they’re gonna work us all until we’re dead.
Cause you’ll forget.
When I was a young man my daddy set me down.
He said, “Son, You’ve got a lot to learn.”
“How to spot a good lie. How to look better than you are.”
I said, “Pappa how do we turn this world around?”
Whoa Whoa
Can you listen to my heart break?
Whoa Whoa
Can you listen to my heart break?
Whoa Whoa
Can you listen to my heart break?
And I’ll stand right here and dare you to lead.
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Oil Man
Born poor. All I’ve got is what I’ve earned.
Everything I have it’s cause it’s what I deserve.
I’m a family man and I don’t say that lightly.
Here’s my son. He’s my pride and joy.
Look boy, have you yet heard the good news?
There are many great things in store for you.
Just trust in me and everything will be fine.
Please sign on the dotted line.
Put your trust in me,
There’s nothing you can’t see
Don’t you know what I am?
I’ll make you a wealthy man
Put your faith in me,
It’s alright to believe
Don’t you know what I am?
I’ll make you a well-off man.
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Philly Hippo
Joe- Umm, I guess let’s try it. Al-kay.
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The Snare
There’s something wrong with daddy, he’s got a hole in his heart.
He could’ve been a better man if it wasn’t for his start.
He’s gonna do things that say ‘I don’t love’.
But in the end you’ll realize, you’ll see that it isn’t true.
You said that, you promised this wouldn’t happen again.
You said that, you promised that this time wouldn’t be like the others.
That this time wouldn’t be like the others.
Just like an animal caught in a snare
He may try his best but he’s not going anywhere.
These bruises are only the badges of my pride
Reminders of the progress that isn’t in their eyes
Resentment is only for these poor chosen few
And in the end you’ll realize, you’ll see that it isn’t true
You said that, you promised this wouldn’t happen again.
You said that, you promised that this time wouldn’t be like the others.
That this time wouldn’t be like the others.
Just like an animal caught in a snare
He may try his best but he’s not going anywhere.
How can a god let something like this happen?
But Jesus was no stranger to suffering innocent.
You said that, you promised this wouldn’t happen again.
You said that, you promised that this time wouldn’t be like the others.
That this time wouldn’t be like the others.
That this time wouldn’t be like the others.
Just like an animal caught in a snare
He may try his best but he’s not going anywhere.
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And I Wish
You and I we did decide
Over a game of checkers and a bottle of wine
We would never ever ever tell another single lie
What we got to hide?
We went out for a couple of days.
Had some fun for a couple of days
But just like that the love faded away
But nothing seemed to change
And I wish, And I wish, And I wish, And I wish, And I wish
I once saw a tiny mouse
With a suitcase he walked up to my house
He couldn’t reach the doorbell
Each time he tried he fell
And I wish, And I wish, And I wish, And I wish, And I wish
And I wish and I wish that all of my problems would go away
And I wish that you and I could fall in love for just one day
When all the world around us has seemed to fallen apart
For just one day I want you to have my heart
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Lionheart
It seems you’ve fallen once again
And this time it looks pretty bad
But you’re gonna get back up,
You’re gonna get back up and ride that horse once again.
Don’t say easier said than done.
Not to say that you would
Just to say that you could
No fear. You’re a lionheart.
Lionheart.
You see that evil coming up on you
And it feels there’s nothing you can do
You’ll turn around. You’ll turn around.
You’re gonna stare that evil in the eye and into the ground.
Don’t say easier said than done.
Not to say that you would
Just to say that you could
No fear. You’re a lionheart.
Lionheart.
Don’t say easier said than done.
Not to say that you would
Just to say that you could
No fear. You’re a lionheart.
Lionheart.
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Mr Daydreams
She’s the girl I see in my dreams
But that boy keeps her away from me.
There is love between her and me
But until that day she makes me Mr. Daydreams.
I wanna believe what my eyes see in front of me
Something more that just two warm bodies passing by
One night alone he let you free.
We stutter and stammer about everything.
He ain’t here but he stands between
What we know we want and cannot have can he stop me?
I wanna believe what my eyes see in front of me
Something more that just two warm bodies passing by
With every step we take
We’re only one mistake away
From starting the rest of our lives.
Whatever choice we make.
Regret your gonna make. You can’t help it.
It’s the price of wanting more.
I wanna believe what my eyes see in front of me
Something more that just two warm bodies passing by
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Lulu the Psychic Ladybug
Cooped up deep inside her home
Drinking wine and imbibing for free.
Oh Soon she will find her paradise was breaking inside.
When suddenly and image blew her mind!
She began to cry
She began to cry
Lulu saw her world on fire
(It was all on fire)
Lulu had a had a desire
(had a strong desire)
Lulu saw the flames fly higher
And so she flew
Her life was pure bliss.
Nothing was a miss unless you look under the surface.
The bees and baddies were all plotting a scheme
thinking nothing but me me me
She began to cry
She began to cry
Lulu saw her world on fire
(It was all on fire)
Lulu had a had a desire
(had a strong desire)
Lulu saw the flames fly higher
(saw the flames fly higher)
Lulu had a had a desire
(had a strong desire)
Lulu saw her world on fire
(It was all on fire)
Lulu had a had a desire
(had a strong desire)
Lulu saw the flames fly higher
(saw the flames fly higher)
Lulu had a had a desire
(had a strong desire)
If you want to do
It’ll be better if we work together,
If we stick together through good and bad weather
And work for a better way to a better day
We can change the world again
And work for a better way to a better day
Oh yeah Lulu
Oh yeah Lulu
Oh yeah Lulu
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Step into the Sun
I don’t like you but I guess I can stay
You say you love me but you don’t act that way
Oh no, they’re knocking at the door
Oh no, they’re knocking at the door
It’s the same way as before,
Nowhere to run we can only stare at the floor
This, that and the other thing I’ll get to it one day
Oh no please don’t bother me I’ll deal with it in my own way
Oh no, they’re knocking at the door
Oh no, they’re knocking at the door
It’s the same way as before,
Nowhere to run we can only stare at the floor
As I step into the sun and close my eyes
I can still feel the light
As I step into the sun and close my eyes
I can still feel the light
As I step into the sun and close my eyes
I can still feel the light