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Note the Clever Slate

from demos from mystic falls by Monaural

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The intended opener with a first draft set of lyrics. Nonsense about being a musician with diminishing returns.

The Charlie and Blake characters start their presence on the album here. Granted they're only prevalent on side one, but still.

Yes, that is the Squeakquel riff.

I hope Bernie Grundman is alright with 23-to-24-minute sides.

lyrics

Part One: Walk-On

What do we do?
We play our silly little tunes
Trust our songs to you
Might make you feel a little less blue

Charlie Fleming - charity case
a nobody, just a waste of space

What do we do?
Climbed up this mountain, but the car's at the top
with melodies we keep true
to ourselves - not even Alvy can make us stop

Charlie Fleming - charity case
was, is, and will be in grace
Blake Grady, gettin' in the zone
our sound can only further grow

Father and daughter on the superstation
carry out our thoughtful preparation
and at the end, always ask for the Wolfman
but it's she left standing at the end

What do we do?
They said to note the clever slate
The Great Spirit's gloom
out of Heaven, in Hell we reign

Charlie Fleming - charity case
drive the van from state to state
Blake Grady - loyal at your side
we won't strike until the time's just right
Elive Cochrane, she's so happy to see you
real names be the proof (punk rock changed our lives)
Draco - just Draco...what can I say?
y'all keep pushin' on each and every day

Father and daughter on the superstation
carry out our thoughtful preparation
and at the end, always ask for the Wolfman
but it's she left standing at the end
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Part Two: The Ballade of Charlie Fleming

Moved back home, singin' stupid songs
days were long, nights were so damn hot
runnin' the rides all day and night
feelin' the knife, so I saw the light

Drive up to the Stor-Mart after work
get the paper, go home, and get my rocks off
I asked the clerk - well, he went bezerk
with his insults, it all had to stop

White knight with blue hair intervened
my rightful anger was't diggin' his scene
with a push and a shove, we hit the shelves
a new friendship was what we were sellin'

Crazy things, illnesses, the light
singing kinks, Shenandoah, his strife
in Atlanta? Way down here?! a Cosmonaut!
Diggers dig, Alvy fears, bands exalt!

I bid greetings from Mystic Falls
weird person on my mind, pain she wrought
hey, I'm game for whatever you say
I fell under her soulful spell
I sensed inside that her mind she was hurt
when I came out, I was quite unwell
and I still dream of her psychic Hell

Help me, I am lost
I can't find my way out
what I chose I cannot doubt
peace of mind is what I've sought
I'm so sorry, Charlie
I have to die

Father and daughter on the superstation
carry out our thoughtful preparation
and at the end, always ask for the Wolfman
but it's she left standing at the end

Cry as you come down, cry as you come down
Isolate, farms go steady
and I don't think that we're quite ready

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from demos from mystic falls, released May 24, 2019

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