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by The Annandale Cardinals

 

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    Name your own price to download "Home," the debut full-length from Minneapolis' own The Annandale Cardinals. The e-release has a live version of a song Tyler doesn't sing, "Clean Hands," at Gastro Non Grata, and a few awesome photos from our friend Kelly Lone.

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Belles Of Cloud City 02:52
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Home 02:08
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One Decaffinated Beverage, Please 02:30
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Hwy 24 Revisited 04:44
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Kayla Baker and I 03:07
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Keep It A Secret 03:02
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Parking Lot Lights 04:17
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Bigger, Bigger, Bigger 04:13
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I Drink, Therefore I Am 02:34
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Recording our debut record was a months-long process of starting over predicated on a belief that good enough isn’t worth settling for. What started as a live five-song demo grew into a self-produced five song EP, and now we’re excited to announce a nine track album.

Included with this e-release is a live track that Tyler doesn't sing from Gastro Non Grata 12 at the Triple Rock in Minneapolis, MN. It's called "Clean Hands." There's also some photographs by our good friend and inspiration, Kelly Lone of IShootBands.net.
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released 19 February 2010
Tracks 2,5,6,8 recorded by The Annandale Cardinals at City Sound N (aka Teste Lauder). Tracks 1,3,4,7,9 recorded by Adam Kiesling at RT60 Productions, Annandale, MN. All songs mixed and mastered by Adam Kiesling at RT60. All songs by The Annandale Cardinals. Female Vocals by Bre Haag.
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Track Name: Belles Of Cloud City
He sits on the curb, waiting for his ride
He's got just enough change, he's got a buck seventy five
And his pockets are full, cause he pawned off all her rings
But when he gets paid he's gonna buy them back again.

I remember that summer well cause the girls all got too skinny
Started spending all their time in Waite Park in Cloud City
And the boys went to the cabin, and drank until we puked
I wouldn't have admitted it, but I just came unglued

When I saw you later on, but you didn't look the same
You were with that other guy, but I never caught his name
And no, I'm not sorry, I don't regret nothing
You stayed til you got comfortable and me, I stayed the same

And you
Felt comfortable knowing it was there
And I'm not comfortable
I'm not prepared

Now I'm smoking a cigarette alone outside the door
She's ordering up drinks and thinking bigger things I'm sure
What do you think about when you go to sleep?
What do you dream about and is it me?

And you
Felt comfortable knowing it was there
And I'm not comfortable
I'm not prepared
Track Name: Home
Don't know much about anything
Comfort will come, you gotta break it in
Pour me another shot of medicine
Think you were right, I'm feeling sick again

Spent my last two bucks on a cold cup of coffee
And I caught myself a case of the shakes
I didn't mean to break your heart but I could see it in your face
When I told you that I just couldn't stay

I waited for the right time
Know how you hate feeling the spotlight
I waited for the right time baby cause I didn't want to make it a fight
But I think that I'm leaving tonight

Well I know you ain't complaining but this time of year just hates me
And I think it might be snowing again
I'll be sitting singing the blues find me someone to use
And it'd be useless I'd be thinking of you

I waited for the right time
Know how you hate feeling the spotlight
I waited for the right time baby cause I didn't want to make it a fight
But I think that I'm leaving tonight

Pretty little baby with your hair pulled up you know you're so fucked up know I couldn't help but have it for you
Pretty little girl with your hair grown long you got all the boys singing long
Pretty little baby with her hair cut short you know she loves this place but she hates the cold
This place don't feel much like home

I waited for the right time
Know how you hate feeling the spotlight
I waited for the right time baby cause I didn't want to make it a fight
But I think that I'm leaving tonight
Track Name: One Decaffinated Beverage, Please
Two pots of coffee, and I am shook
Two shitty movies, and I am hooked
In a city that lifts me just to bring me down in time
I'm toking, and I'm towing the line

And the radio is my only friend
And we hope the means will justify the ends
But til then in this room I will hide
What's sleep if you can't open your eyes

No cigarettes and I am broke
Pockets are full with an old batch of hope
But that batch keeps running away with each step that I take
I encourage passing cars not to brake

And the radio is my only friend
And we hope the means will justify the ends
But til then in this room I will hide
What's sleep if you can't open your eyes

And I am on your side
Track Name: Hwy 24 Revisited
Finally did just what you said and bought a place out east
Found myself a job with enough money left to eat
Some people are saints, some people get caught
Well I'm not hear to judge you baby, I'm just here to talk

I'm just here to talk

Played it in my head about a thousand times since then
Try to see the light and how you wore it on your skin
And I hoped that you'd turn back, but you just turned away
Now I just go to work and go to sleep until it fades

We took that '87 Chevy out to Highway 24
(broken bottles in the gravel makes glitter. don't want to fake it, i just want to feel better)
And when she fell out of the back I saw her open up the door
And I haven't seen the same girl since. I haven't seen.

They're turning on the lights, they're telling us to leave
All the chairs are upside down and our waitress fell asleep
I asked if you needed a ride but you said that you were fine
So I walked home with absolutely nothing on my mind

I took that '87 Chevy out to Highway 24
(broken bottles in the gravel makes glitter. don't want to fake it, i just want to feel better)
She said she fell out of the back and I saw that road swallow her whole
And I haven't seen the same girl since. I haven't seen.

We took that '87 Chevy out to Highway 24
(broken bottles in the gravel makes glitter. don't want to fake it, i just want to feel better)
And when she fell out of the back I saw that road swallow her whole
I haven't seen the same girl since. I haven't seen.
Track Name: Kayla Baker and I
Me and Kayla Baker are sitting on the porch
We don't say anything, just sit there and smoke
And I had a dime for every part I detested
I'd be the richest drink of water in the Midwest

And I would fly my ass back home
To Franklin and Chicago
And you would never see my face again
I hate this town and I hate your friends

Me and Kayla Baker we don't think about the future
We don't think about the past unless we're staring at pictures
And god gave me the right to waste my life singing these songs
And I'll exercise that right until my last breath is gone

And I would fly my ass back home
To Franklin and Chicago
And you would never see my face again
I hate this town and I hate your friends

Time just drags by
I'm barely alive
When I arrive
We'll be drinking tonight

When I fly my ass back home
To Franklin and Chicago
And you would never see my face again
I hate this town and I hate your friends
Track Name: Keep It A Secret
Well I can see she's sick of being with such an ordinary man
Much less a friend
And her eyes they look so tired but she can't imagine sleeping all alone
But she won't come home

So I'm cashing in my change for cigarettes
And that paycheck that I got won't go to rent
If she asks about it please keep it a secret
Until I've gone

Another day, another dollar spent on the father of your
Poor and underprivileged unborn children and
Just twenty bucks would be enough to keep me breathing
I will pay you back when I get paid this weekend

I left a note in the jacket on the wall
I left a twenty dollar bill folded up small
Keys in the mailbox, and I am on a train
I am on train

So I'm cashing in my change for cigarettes
And that paycheck that I got won't go to rent
If she asks about it please keep it a secret
Until I've gone
Track Name: Parking Lot Lights
I'll meet you on Main Street
We can go and have a drink
It's been so long since I've been here
Hardly recognize a thing

They tore down our favorite bars
And burned our favorite chairs
All the neon signs were broken and dying
So they threw them all down stairs

We can go where you want to
I'll try to keep my chin off of my chest
But I'm not making any promises

Now we're standing in line at the bar of her choice
Screaming I'm losing my voice
She'll pay for the drinks, she'll pay for the food
But she won't pay attention to you

Told you I was freezing and you slipped inside your flask
And in two days I'll be leaving, and two days goes so fast
We might need to use the car
(We'll throw the proof into the trash)
Frequent trips to the bathroom, frequent trips to the car
And now she's running out of cash

I'm not opposed to leaving but I think that kid is coming back with our change
At least that what he said before he drove away

Now we're standing outside in the parking lot lights
Hoping we make it through the night
She'll pay for the drinks, she'll pay for the meal
But she won't pay attention, no she won't pay attention
She won't pay attention to me
Track Name: Bigger, Bigger, Bigger
Shook like a tremor in the passenger seat
Eyes concentrating on the other cars in the street
She could see I was nervous
But she didn't help me at all

I stayed until sunlight then I hit the road
And I made myself promise to never let it grow old
Now it's withered and broken, frail, and turned black at the stems

It's the cigarettes, it's the whiskey on my breath
It's her leaving town, it's the sound

I may have been young, but I still recall
When we'd all park our cars and drink until dawn
We would roll down the windows
And sing about life for a while

Now the bonfires are gone, we've moved to the city
Replaced our stars with streetlights and pity
And I long for the comfort I misused when I was child

It's the cigarettes, it's the whiskey on my breath
It's her leaving town, it's the sound

When all of our money has left us again
I know that you'll be here 'cause you're my best friend
And I'm hoping and praying for this thing to last
But if it can't

She shook like a tremor.
Track Name: I Drink, Therefore I Am
Well I will light one up knowing I smoke too much
And I will talk to you I don't care where it leaves us
And if that's too fucking mean, too fucking bad

And I will drink tonight and gather my thoughts
And if tomorrow comes I swear that I'll stop
If you think I'm giving up you're thinking wrong

I got a case of beer and a bottle of booze
A shitty memory I know how to use
Drinking everything, got nothing to lose
Just try and stand in my way tonight

My friends are sick of having me on their couch
And they hate everything that comes out of my mouth
But I just can't talking and I don't know why

And I will drink tonight and gather my thoughts
And if tomorrow comes I swear that I'll stop
If you think I'm giving up you're thinking wrong

I got a case of beer and a bottle of booze
A shitty memory I know how to use
Drinking everything, got nothing to lose
Just try and stand in my way tonight