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Old Joy (demos)

by Old Joy

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1.
I don't mind flyin in liars die mired in sin dialers all are dialin' in the numbers of their lot If I call, don't you shout I'll call you up or call you out cancel all your paper routes, give as good as I got You've got your voodoo eyes on where my love goes to die It didn't come as no surprise to anybody's spies Sick dreams flood the streams of thought in my minds busted seams, seemingly in reverie, I'm really in disguise And if you recognize me in all my over-sized ambition and my do or die speeches one must give then you've earned the trust lust has mustered into rust, goin' big or goin bust at least you're gonna live Love's not a carnival, some lovers are carnivores sellin love will make you poor but buyin's either/or Keep calm, keep the cut, keep stallin while you're cullin "what's?" from the seriously stunted cancer called a crowd. Thick veins raining down all around the reigning sound, kings and queens go pound for pound but princes just go down. Downtown rounders round corners like they cut em out, but I just fuck around stuck up on my mound. I'm the king of the hill, starving till I get my fill of subjects who breathe through their gills, drowning right out loud. Don't keep hope on high, loneliness will get you by. Utter isolation's fine, but sleep is better still. Dreams are curses all, cursive at the curtains fall, curators curtailin' all the cold fish they can call. God's got his mighty fist wrapped around a crucifix, he's askin' me to kiss it, shit I'm dyin' bit by bit. well, love lies, suicide rides a thin red honest line. It's almost like you wanna die by just bein' alive. Good girls hurl their pearls at pigs in this shitty world. Turntables do good turns for spurners wearing spurs. Blood runs down the walls like subway station waterfalls, fallin' out in bathroom stalls or fallin' out of love. I won't be the one that you put the hit out on, girl you gotta pin it on someone you really want. Still I'll die for you, lay inside a lie for you, all I"m really tryna do is be used not abused. Look, little rivers run, what are they all running from? The stream that gave birth to some....
2.
Pretty Waste 03:53
No I ain't just a pretty face, I'm a pretty waste and I'm pretty wasted Aches make waste taste pretty great, If I'm a little late call me a little later Yeah I been up the bend a bit, a little bent, and some brittle men lent me little friends A fiend fans flames like the fire's shame and the smoke is names that he used to know. Why burn bridges you can live under? Why sink ships that still can be plundered? Why steal stories that you can spread? If they're in your head or from your mouth they're said they might as well be yours. No I ain't just a last resort, I'm a common course, not your cowboys "horse." Spores poured for steamy softcore porn, like a crown of thorns, scorns saviors more. Thieves please lead huntin' scum police fulfill the need to break the backs of scenes and they're in your dreams only you believe that they are your friends, and you wake again to a bed of sweat and a shit eating grin then the day begins and you feel nothing till you break that skin or bust that seal or light that smoke, this ain't a fucking joke. Why burn bridges you can live under? Why sink ships that still can be plundered? Why steal stories that you can spread? If they're in your head or from your mouth they're said, they might as well be yours.
3.
I”ve been living inside myself too long I can’t even tell my right from my left from my wrong I don’t even know which hand I’m counting on I won’t even count the fingers that I’m keeping crossed There’s no frequency I’d rather hear than you Shutting up after you’ve had one or ten or two You’ve been drinking ‘bout me, thinking up all your booze You’ve been inking in the winking and you’re fucking smooth There’s no reason that I’m wishing I get rich. There’s no reason why I piss and whine and why I bitch. There’s no meaning behind leaning out the window and letting go of the baby below you. There’s no decency you recently said to me Decent of you to repeat the talk you think I need I’m not listening ‘till I’ve heard another word That sounds more like you and less like you’re getting insured There’s no reason that I’m wishing I get rich There’s no reason why I piss and whine and why I bitch There’s no meaning behind leaning out the window and letting go of the baby below you Forget families having panic self portraits made Don’t forget the premature baby born too late Throw him in the frame or throw him out of touch Throw him down or throw him up like your wet lunch There’s no reason that I’m wishing I get rich Theres no reason why I piss and whine and why I bitch There’s no meaning behind leaning out the window and letting go of the baby below you.
4.
Blue Train 03:30
Wake up in the morning feeling blue Cuz I go to bed at night thinking I’m with you Oh I’m so out of tune No one else will do I can’t get over being without you The prospect of bein’ present’s wearin’ thin Along with my wan and wine-fed grin I, I’m spacin’ out again I think I got the spins I’m waiting for someone to bring me in I been waitin’ on this blue train I been blowin off some steam again Cuz I don’t wanna miss you Like I know I’m gonna do I been waiting on this blue line I think I really got it right this time And the things that you’ve been tellin me, you really wanna be telling me Don’t believe a lover’s heartfelt lies Or wind up wearing water in your eyes Oh, one once said to me They’re words I do believe But to have you whole I’d gladly be deceived I been waiting on this blue train I been blowin off some steam again Cuz I don’t wanna miss you Like I know I’m gonna do I been waiting on this blue line I think I really got it right this time And the things that you’ve been tellin me, you really wanna be telling me.
5.
Sickness, I call it sickness Comin’ over me as you walk down I saw your eye wanderin’ Flashin blue salutes through the corner crowd Pick me Pick me Pick me cuz I love you, and I”ll love you for real I got all the blues that one boy’s even allowed to get. Hope you fall in love with the only one who doesn’t cast his net Pick me Pick me Pick me cuz I love you, and I’ll love you for real Pick me Pick me Pick me cuz I love you, and I’ll love you for real
6.
Well I’ve been livin out of boxes and out of mama’s pockets and there’s one thing that I’ll say to you: You better duck down the alleyway under what you’re going through Well I was raised on all the lies and the cheap fucking hype and there’s one thing that I’ll say to you: You better duck down the alleyway under what you’re going through Cuz people got ways of being mean And people never say what they mean People got ways of being cruel to you What are they going through? What are they going through? Well I been living out of boxes and out of mama’s pockets and there’s one thing that I’ll say to you: You better duck down the alleyway under what you’re going through I been rockin on the bed posts my dreams are made of dead ghosts and I don’t have nothin’ to say to you I’m just duckin down the alleyway under what I’m going through Cuz people got ways of bein mean And people never say what they mean People got ways of being cruel to you What are they going through? What are they going through? Well I been living out of boxes and out of mama’s pockets and there’s one thing that I’ll say to you: You better duck down they alleyway under what you’re going through
7.
I’ve given you no reason to trust me But I hope that you do all the same Cuz deep in my heart I’m miles apart from the man I was, Honey I’ve changed Your dad gets a sick sorry feeling When you say that I’m doing okay And your ma just goes totally silent Whenever you mention my name I’ve fucked you up worse than I imagined The thing I swore I’d never do And the shit that I’ve done, I’d wish on no one Least of all someone like you I’ve given you no reason to trust me But I hope that you do all the same Cuz deep in my heart I’m miles apart from the man I was, Honey I’ve changed I can’t say I blame you at all babe I really kinda hate myself too But the people out here all call me dear, You’ll learn to love the man that they do Yeah the people out here all call me dear, You’ll learn to love the man that they do Well your dad gets a sick sorry feeling When you say that I’m doing okay And your ma just goes totally silent Whenever you mention my name But I love you too much to wonder What our life could have been No matter the price, even if I pay twice I really wanna try again No matter the price, even if I pay twice I really wanna try again Cuz deep in my heart I’m miles apart from the man I was, Honey I’ve changed Yeah deep in my heart I’m miles apart from the man I was, Honey I’ve changed.
8.
If love is a bottle, a bottle of wine Then I love you girl all the time You’re my girl, you’re my girl Well if I’ve got the problem And you’re the fix, What are you gonna do about it? My girl, you’re my girl I’m sure that you’re, I’m sure that you’re my girl If love is a baggie of some stuff Well I tell you I”ve had enough No more, no more for me If I had one thing I’d wanna say And one way that I could say it, to your face: Fuck you, fuck you Fuck you, fuck you Fuck you, you’re my girl
9.
Misses 03:07
I’ve got this pain I never use And killin it gives me the blues I gotta hand it to you, girl You sure taught me how to lose I’ve got this love I never share I’ll keep you close and say I care There’s enough cut to go around I”ll keep my heart lyin’ on the ground My chemical condolences A couple claims, a double shift A bummer bleeding out in shit Some layer cake to flavor it I got this friend I never see He could be gut shot and bleeding For all I know and I could care less I’m looking forward to missing him I just cannot make out the point Why am I here? Why am I your boy? Leave me alone like you found me Or I”ll leave you, I’ll leave you be I only love the things I miss I don’t love you, you’re who I’m with But once I lose you and you’re gone You’ll be the one, you’ll be the one
10.
I’ve got a friend who hates everything I do But he’s oh so poetic when he talks to you Ooooh here he comes talking now He’s trying to say I love you but he don’t know how He’s only lonely in a crowd, where his sadness has an audience I’ve got a friend who loves everything he says He takes all his words from the books he thinks I’ve never read Yeah here he comes misquoting me He’s trying to say “I love you” instead he says “I need” He’s never cleverer than these people that he feels the need to please I’ve got a friend who hates everything I do I’ve got a friend who lies and loves to lose I’ve got a friend who pretends when he says “please” I’ve got a friend who wishes he was me I”ve got a friend who leaves nothing up to chance Only gets angry if it’s in advance Oooh here he comes, the knives are out He’s trying to say “I hate you” but he don’t know how He’s always playin it so cool, he’s the only one fooled I’ve got a friend who steals all of my best lines Passes them off as thoughts from his fertile mind Oh god we got a genius here My brilliant buddy’s gonna make it clear He’s the only one worth hearing here I’ve got a friend who hates everything I do I’ve got a friend who lies and loves to lose I’ve got a friend who pretends when he says please I’ve got a friend who wishes he was me
11.
Yeah I’m the burnout boy in the basement I’m hoping a Replacements song comes on when I cum Yeah eyes wide as moons, I’m as yellow as the sun I wonder if I really ever really loved someone? Urinal cake eyes watering up, I think I cry when I’m fucked up, I think I’d die if I didn’t already feel dead…. It’s something to do with the way that you look at me, you hate me, you don’t want me, you’re looking for something real, and it’s horrible, the way I make you feel Yeah come downstairs to the basement I’m smokin’ up what could have been a nice card or a rose I’ll never give you more than what’s easiest for me So let’s get high and I could try to fake some empathy Urinal cake eyes watering up, I think I cry when I’m fucked up, I think I’d die if I didn’t already feel dead… It’s something to do with the way that you leave me lyin’, a coffin under the stairs, starin’ at the pairs, and it’s horrible, the way you make me care Yeah I’m the burnout boy in the basement I been hoping a Replacements song comes on when I can cum, I can come, And my eyes wide as moons, I’m as yellow as the sun I don’t think that I really ever loved anyone
12.
Baby get trashy like trash bags are passes And cover my eyes up like gas station glasses If love is blind, deaf, dumb, or on time Then I”ll make love late, waitin’ till youre mine I could be dreamin or I could be dead But I won’t be sleepin till you’re wrapped round my head And we won’t look flashy, we’ll tell by their glances But I”ll wear you round town like gas station glasses Girl I”ve been hunting for a stylish pair Of some Dolce Gabana or Prada to wear But they don’t do me justice, though precious they’re poor And though they look good they’re not what I look for I’m looking for something striking to the core I think I’d care more for something more care worn The good ones are cheap and babe you were free Like death in a dream you just came to me They say that true beauty’s as fair as it’s price And tell me that true love is clean and thinks twice But I can get trashy like trash bags are passes And wear you all day like gas station glasses I’d rather be crass than class conscious or casted The life I have left is too quickly passing So babe lets get trashy, trash bag back stage passes And get outta this town like gas station glasses
13.
Oh God 02:39
I was born in Illinois And that’s probly where I’ll die A deer in the headlights Too shocked to say goodbye I was raised on white lies And with vinegar in my eyes Some tears ain’t for cryin’ But I can compromise Well I was born in Illinois And that’s probly where I’ll die Oh God. She was born in Chapel Hill In the moonlight and divine Life’s bitter mystery A shroud, a shred of sky If I found her I could love her I think I’m the only one I believe in true despair So I believe in true love But she was born in Chapel Hill And she’s probably found someone Oh God There’s some living I should be doing In the daylight, in the night Or I could cling to comas, my God gave me that right I’m a vulture circlin’ over Some hulk of rotting love God give me courage To keep my head above All the memories that would drown me If they got into my eye But I was born in Illinois And that’s probly where I”ll die
14.
Well Susannah’s the hole I’ll throw myself into for a while Slink around Follow her perfumed hair I’m getting sick at the prospect of having to live Oh, I can’t Oh my Lily’s the hole. I just can’t get out of this one, No, it shouldn’t be this hard to move I’d lie if I could, but this is too true to be good Oh it’s no good.
15.
When we’re together again my love, you know I won’t forget a thing. I’ve seen both faces of the watch, fast and slow, and I know what those second hands bring I’ll make every minute count my dear, to make up for the time we were apart And If I lost track of the tickin’ of the clock I never missed a beat of my own heart Cuz everybody has their own true love whose heart keeps time with theirs even far apart I’m lucky I know who mine is I’m lucky I heard your heart When we’re together again my love, I hope you don’t forget a thing And if the fates decide to separate us again, I’ll always stay true to the love that I’m in Cuz everybody has their own true love, whose heart keeps time with theirs even far apart I’m lucky I know who mine is I’m lucky I heard your heart
16.
Saw you just the other day Felt like there was something I should say But the only words that would come out of my mouth were “honey, you’re a stranger to me now” You were still deeply in love That at least to me was clear enough The last thing that I wanted to do was to bring you down But baby, you’re a stranger to me now And it’s not your fault or mine All it was was too much passing time We let the king of memory bow down and drop his crown And darling, you’re a stranger to me now But to recognize your face Brought me back to much happier days When I could read the thoughts behind your pretty little brow But baby, you’re a stranger to me now When I walked away again Who could have said that we’d ever been friends? I used to love you more than anything I’d ever found But honey, you’re a stranger to me now It’s funny how the heart forgets the things it used to hound Funny, you’re a stranger to me now
17.
I don’t know why when you cry tears don’t fall from your eyes I don’t know why when you cry tears don’t fall from your eyes Ooh you’re so pretty to me Don’t know why nobody else sees Wanna make you my world I’ll never be with another girl I don’t know why when you laugh it sounds like an attack I don’t know why when you laugh it sounds like an attack Ooh you’re so pretty to me Even though you turn me green Wanna make you my world I’ll never be with another girl I don’t know why when you love it feels like giving up I don’t know why when you love it feels like giving up Ooh you’re so pretty to me Even though your eyes are green Wanna make you my world I’ll never be with another girl I don’t know why when you cry tears don’t fall from your eyes I don’t know why when you cry tears don’t fall from your eyes I don’t know why when you cry tears don’t fall from your eyes I don’t know why when you cry tears don’t fall from your eyes

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Demos recorded over the past four years while I was in a different band. These songs span from late 2012 to mid 2016. Sonic groundwork of things to come, and songs that have been building up that I've been wanting to share with people for a while. Technically not an Old Joy album but these are all demos of songs we will do.

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released June 5, 2016

Alex Reindl wrote and recorded and played it.

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Scum Pop/Power Trash from Chicago IL
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