We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Don't Take Off

by Wise Old Moon

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $7 USD  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes in a plastic jewel case, with cover photo by Daniel Herzog.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Don't Take Off via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 10 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $12 USD or more 

     

1.
Out driving on a Wednesday night, something tells me that I'm not feeling alright, no no I'm not alright Lovers quarrel you could call it a fight, you could call it whatever the hell you like, no I'm still not right Don't take off if you can't look down Try not to give up if you hit the ground Wrong way down a one way street, ain't got no time but there's some places that I want to see, and people that I want to be Dead end she's in the passenger seat, I move on closer, she grabs ahold of me, oh no this just can't be Don't take off if you can't look down Try not to give up if you hit the ground
2.
Losing Speed 04:01
My momma said right before I left town again, "baby don't go down south, how long are you gonna run away from yourself? I figured it out about that time, I'm not sure which time, it was all the advice that I needed it just didn't make sense 'till now I am so far from what I know and I've been riding that train wherever it goes, sometimes I think that I live for it, that loss of control I know momma said that there was nowhere to go, but when I look at the land and I watch it all roll, I forget what she told me and I don't care where I'm going And I watch the world as it passes by me Everything keeps moving, moving too fast to see You can't stop a train once it reaches this speed But its alright momma, I've got a window seat Was it something she said or it might have been a note left on the table, she's been gone for a week I just didn't want to be the one to call first And I figured it out right about that time, I'm never sure which time, I got down on my knees and I said please don't ever give up on us Now I am so far from what I know, I've been riding that train wherever it goes, sometimes I think that I live for it, that loss of control I know momma said that there was nowhere to go, but when I look at the land and I watch it all roll, I forget what she told me and I don't care where I'm going One more time for the people that can't be reached One more time for the people, the people in need One more time can someone please tell me, why this train keeps moving, and I keep losing speed
3.
I've got a little bit of money after paying all my bills And I've been walking around town, looking for a cheap thrill Just wondering what am I going to do with myself I think life's pretty funny with a stomach full of pills Then I'm stumbling down and the pain's never healed And I've got a million stars to prove it sitting on my shelf The summer never seems to end around here, but the winter can't come soon enough this year I'm always looking down cause when it rains, it pours My neck it always hurts and I don't know what for I've got this old guitar and a notebook to fill And every song I write's about something I've felt 1000 times along the road I've got a whole lot of heart and no reason to steal Everybody I know seems to think I'm not real I tell them that's not true, you've met me before The summer never seems to end around here, but the winter can't come soon enough this year I'm always looking down cause when it rains, it pours My neck it always hurts, and that's what the doctor is for
4.
I ask you how do you feel about it and you tell me that you feel alright I ask you how you really feel about it and you tell me that you'll be just fine Come on and tell me all about it, I know we're living separate lives Come on and tell me all about it and I think it will be alright Darling please don't ignore me I know everything is not alright I can look the other way if it helps you get to sleep at night I think I can live without it, the fever dreams and restless nights Still clinging to the sentiments and fragments and wishing you were really mine I remember how it felt when I first met you, but I can't remember what you said I saw your face and I felt your presence when I should have just been listening Come on and tell me all about it, I know we're living separate lives Come on and tell me all about it and I think it will be alright
5.
I guess I woke up again this morning And you weren't there at all I looked out a dirty window pane, the rising sun was all I saw I think I might run away from here, see this country and get real far But I know that in the end my dear, I'm gonna end up where you are When she left she took my money, she took everything I wanted When I went to find the whiskey all I got was an empty cupboard I've been trying to find the words to say Been getting closer and you get further away I rub my eyes and wipe the sleep away Been dreaming about all the roads I did not take If I stop and I see you tomorrow, I know I'm gonna do something I don't want to It's a long, long way between Denver and Charlotte I know I can't pass right through Cause when's the last time I had any shot at, Sitting in the same room with you I guess I'm gonna see you tomorrow I just hope, I just hope we don't do something we don't want to When she left she took my money She took everything I wanted When I went to find the whiskey All I got was an empty cupboard
6.
I once knew this little kid and he had a camera The camera had no film He went around taking pictures anyways The pictures, they were just for him One day that kid grew up and he knew the pictures weren't real So he went down to the gas station and he grabbed himself some film He put it in his camera and he looked down through the lens He saw the world through it That kid was all grown up, he was old enough to be called a man Some people started saying, "man those pictures really ain't so bad Then that same kid went around the world chasing people cars and things I even seen his pictures on the fronts of magazines One day I got a postcard with a picture from the kid In his hands he had the camera, yeah the one without the film He saw the world through it He stared life right in the face, he took with him what he saw And all he ever carried was his camera and his heart That kid with the camera had the eye right from the start He saw the world through it He saw the world through it
7.
I know what you're made of and I know it's nothing that I can't fall to the ground Take off that runny make-up and undo your hair so that it all falls down You know you've got it, you know you've got it going on And I can tell, I can tell that there's something wrong I don't know what you told me but I know it's nothing that I can understand Please stop laughing at me I just can't live up to your harsh cold, cold demands All a plan, it was all a plan to get you off of my mind Can't condemn, cause I'm the one that had you in my sights I had you in my sights, I had you in my mind
8.
Skyscrapers 04:01
I grew up in the heart of a shining city I hadn't seen the stars in my whole life The night that I left town it looked so damn pretty I slept outside just to make up for all the lost time Skyscrapers taking flight I still look up almost every night But I miss the glow from the traffic lights Sometimes time makes sense but its a delicate thing That I cannot maintain, cause it's always chasing me Please let me turn back time just a couple more days I swear I'll change, these stars have set me free I've been wrapped up in the glow all my life, I never stopped to wonder whether day turns to night I've been coming up in the city on a digital high I've been sitting out in this field counting my last days down on one hand Time is wasting, time is taking me for a ride Skyscrapers taking flight I still look up almost every night But I miss the glow from the traffic lights
9.
Life & Press 04:03
He was never not stoned, but he was always on time He had a history of running away from all the things that made him pent up inside Now he's lying face down with the police surrounding him It turns out that running away was all it took to do Freddy in Been running away again, we can't seem to face our sins They'll say don't you go running to fast you stupid kids We've got to get out of here, like outside this atmosphere Just don't reach down for your waistband or they'll shoot to kill He was never on time, I heard he chain-smoked cigarettes I heard he grew up in the projects, at least that's what the paper said Now Freddie's doing hard time, the hardest time a young man could get His body's shining in the light as a martyr for the national press He was such a great guy, yeah that's what the neighbors said But I've been having a hard time finding out where they printed that That's life and press, lies and death Now Freddy is on the run and we know he's not coming back
10.
Watch the sunrise all you want to do is go home As the buzz dies down she's thinking about you come home Hard to come by love when your only friend is the road I hear that song on the radio I hear those words that we used to know I pulled that car to the side of the road I called your house but you weren't home I got back in the car and I hit the road Just kept on driving turned up radio I slow down sometimes the highway still continues to glow I try to drive a straight line but there's a curve in the road I've been running, running out of places to go You can find me parked out by the side of the road People passing me by, I don't have nowhere to go Watch the sunset, all you want to do is go home I'm not coming home...
11.
Play It Back 03:38
I found your love at the bottom of a cold lonely heartbreak It was sitting there behind a half empty bottle of whiskey Someone once told me that love's what you see in all the movies But I ain't never seen any movie show it like this Play it Back, hit rewind one more time The old Cadillac, backseat loving on my mind On my mind The first house on the right, that's the one I grew up in I spend many a sleepless night just dreaming of nothing Somewhere inside that dark house lies the shell of a woman Oh, she's been there before and she'll be there until we come hom Play it Back, hit rewind one more time The old Cadillac, backseat loving on my mind On my mind One more time, one more time, one more time Play it back

credits

released November 1, 2015

Produced by Wise Old Moon & Andrew Oedel at Northfire Recording Studio in Amherst, MA.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Wise Old Moon

contact / help

Contact Wise Old Moon

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Wise Old Moon, you may also like: