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Take Out The Poison

by The Bye Bye Blackbirds

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I am me The songs on this new album are either smooth but tight or rock your world. Above and Beyond their already outstanding sound, "Take out the Poison" will enter your inner being with songs that penetrate your soul through lyrics and music that are uniquely their own. These songs are the most diverse yet similar from their other albums. Listen to their songs they are awesome. The Bye Bye Blackbirds continue to exude their special sound of infinite talent. They have done it again and I believe always will; as if there was ever any doubt about these gifted musicians. Rock on Gentlemen! "Take out the Poison" is a winner !
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1.
Have we been so wrong Have we been so lost for light That we wrote sad songs And squandered every line? ‘Cause there are new ways Of winding up the gods And when the song fades The minor can’t resolve And I will hold the best of you Yes and I will kiss the rest of you For so long With all your time left You send pictures from Lyon Real lives lived Making real loves And I tell bad jokes And I’ve been throwing the big fights Till your heart broke So I can slip inside Listen Listen And tell me it’s not wrong
2.
Last night left some marks on you that I can see With chapped up lips and bruised up heart set on repeat Grab me by the shaking hand let’s straighten the crooked out And let your hair fall down No one in this town will know our name The sweat dries on your skin and it tastes like rain Shake your dress loose bite my tongue let’s straighten the crooked out And let your hair fall down And if it happens all the time What time is the right time to tell you? Do you recognize a thing you see? We passed this way before but it was in the Spring Seems we’ve died a thousand times to straighten the crooked out So let your hair fall down And it’s about time we go too far far far There’s no coming back from far far far They can’t find us we’re too far far far
3.
Duet 02:51
Out under the moonlight Up and down the streets you wander From the open windows come songs that we both know You sing high and I’ll fall in Down the streets and through the city And I will sing with you but I can’t make the show Sing it all by yourself Like it’s you and me and no one else I will sing with you but I can’t make the show This chord’s a major These heartstrings ring and chime You set the tempo You know how it goes I can’t remember These words I meant to write You say it better Show me how it goes Lately I’ve been searching through all the records that you left me Trying to find you waiting in songs that we both know Wishing I could hear your voice ring out with me one more time But it’s too late now you’ll never make the show Sing it all by myself Like it’s you and me and no one else I will sing with you but you can’t make the show Don’t worry baby We’re never far apart Open your window and walk with me down through the city
4.
Wasted 02:50
Gimme that sign Automated You know I love that electricity You wanna get high I'm frustrated Girl I'll be the sugar in your tea All the ways you're found and lost Where'd you go? Where'd you go? All the ways these words don't add up it seems so Wasted wasted wasted You burn so bright I'm cremated Turn it up and on and feel the heat You drank all night but never tasted The morning breaks without an ounce of sleep All the ways your ship's been tossed Where'd you go? Where'd you go? All your lusty sailors lost I feel so Wasted wasted wasted Praying for you down upon my knees Listen for you stumbling up my street, girl There's must be somewhere loud we can meet All the ways you're found and lost Where'd you go? Where'd you go? Turn the green, green grass to dust until we're Wasted wasted wasted
5.
Tell them all that I meant to write Tell them I stayed up all night But couldn’t get it right Still, I tried Took a walk when the sun came up Felt the heat through a coffee cup My eyes were cold and numb Still, I tried Walking through these gray days, long days, clear ways past all light There’s a place where the pavement ends Before the beach and the pier begin The trains come screaming in So, I tried Tell them all it’s a losers’ game Kiss me baby, say my name So I’ll come back again Or, I’ll try Do you think this breeze is never ending Where land and sea conspire to keep me standing Don’t tell me how the winners will be spending their Cold, dead nights Tell them all it’s a losers’ game Kiss me baby, say my name So I’ll come back again Or, I’ll try
6.
Time's a rag doll With something bright and cold in its chest Words can strip bark and seep between the buttons of your vest The cold is rising Is someone here to tell me it's fine? So fine Smoking by the window Fine Freezing in the winter All right, I'll be listening, I'll be listening, baby All right, right now You know I love you Unravelling and troubling the signs With words that stand still and brighten in the corners of your eyes So come inside, dear Where everyone will tell us it's fine So fine Smoking by the window Fine Freezing in the winter
7.
Tall tales in songs that never end Two ales, and a whisky for my friend We catch a fever But how are we now? We trade secrets But how are we now? And do we dream the same at night? Rolling and tumbling Baby we’re fine Believing in something like “time flies” Who says that we don’t want to know Stay late, but hurry up and go We don’t see it So why are we blind? We don’t feel it So why don’t we mind? And do we dream the same at night? Time to drink up time to fly, with all our fears and hard luck stories, ‘round in circles you and I Time for make-up, dry your eyes, someone calls but I won’t answer Blue sky clear but too far from the ground
8.
Broken Falls 03:40
Come alive or don’t come at all I don’t think we can make you My brothers tried, grew cold, lost it all I don’t think we can make you Walk back out to the old ovations Flip the sides never asked the stations why Spend it all on the new vocation Rock the baby, dull the nation Why Raise your toast or don’t drink at all I don’t know who would make you Potions fire sick brews, broken falls Where’s the love that would make you Love all you own Try Love all you know Try
9.
Turn off the light, dear You see much better at night I don’t need your night, dear I see what’s hidden here Listen the rain has gone still, dear Will you be alright, dear? The chill sucks down into your bones Don’t feed me your lies, dear I know you’re waiting for Some sign that I’m scared to go, dear The moon is a friend of fate Ghosts rattle garden gates Maybe your spell is too late Turn off the light, dear You’ve had a long, weary day It’s just the start, dear I’m spinning webs to catch Stars that won’t bring me their shine, dear Turn off the light, dear Turn off the light, dear
10.
Poison Love 02:43
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Have we been so wrong Have we've been so lost for light That we wrote sad songs To hold you through the night 'Cause there are new ways To reach out for a hand And when the songs fade You forget about the band And I will hold the best of you Yes and I will kiss the rest of you For so long With one more night left And all the stars above Walk through this world with me And sing me poison love So I tell bad jokes And I've been throwing the big fights Till your heart broke So I can slip inside

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released August 25, 2017

Recorded and mixed by Scott Evans at Sharkbite and Antisleep Studios (Oakland) with additional recording by KC Bowman at Timber Trout (Oakland)
Mastered by Carl Saff

Performed by
Bradley Skaught, Aaron Rubin, Lenny Gill and KC Bowman with
Charlie Crabtree, Ian Lee and Andrew Wakefield

Featured guest vocalists
Lindsay Paige Garfield (“Duet”)
Olivia Mancini (“Baby We’re Fine”)
Julie Wakefield (“Your Spell Is Too Late”)

Additional harmony vocalists
Brad Brooks (“Wasted” and “Poison Love”)
Julie Wakefield (“Alfred Starr Hamilton” and "Earl Grey Kisses (Reprise)")

Horns arranged by Jamison Smeltz
Performed by Jamison Smeltz (saxes) and Scott Jensen (trumpet)

Strings arranged by Mark Clifford
Performed by Crystal Pascucci (cello), Shaina Evoniuk (violin), Kevin Rogers (violin) and Jacob Hansen-Joseph (viola)

Organ on “Your Spell Is Too Late” and piano on “Poison Love” by Khoi Huynh

All songs by Bradley Skaught (BMI) except “Poison Love” by Mrs. Elmer Laird and “Duet” by Bradley Skaught and Lindsay Paige Garfield (BMI)

Cover photograph by Michael Tittel
Layout design and packaging by John Conley

This record is dedicated to Paul Tyler, Jim Kaiser, Alicia Filomena Cota & Gil Ray

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