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Pandemonium

by Moors & McCumber

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    Produced by Gary Louris. Re-Released in 2022

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1.
My clothes aren't clean my mind is numb I'm so far from where I started from The things I thought I knew turned upside down I'm not so sure time heals all wounds or maybe it's just that life consumes so much it's hard to turn the other cheek I whisper in your ear I want to be sincere All that I can do is crack a smile All that I can do is crack a smile Life is short you've heard it said Maybe we’re already dead and this is all some game of make believe where your dreams come true and they fall apart you split your time between your head and heart hanging on for all you're worth What if it's later than you think It's always later than you think
2.
I'm going nowhere with the push and the pull You take me somewhere when there's nowhere to go I've been watching the stars disappear into the sunrise Life is changing right before my eyes Feeling like a road dog ragged and high lead me by the nose I don't need to know where or why I am constantly moving following the sound My feet are dancing but I’m rooted in the ground
3.
Everything 02:49
Peace and love look nice in print Now and then you catch a glimpse You try and try and try for something more than this you're gonna miss everything After all you pray for this A pot of gold a final wish To beg and beg and beg for nothing more than this you're gonna miss everything Everything is captivating There's no time for deliberating If you listen the facts speak for themselves Make believe is common sense so drag your stick along the fence Dream and dream and dream of oceans blue inside of you dream and dream and dream and dream dream and dream and dream and dream dream and dream and dream of oceans blue inside of you in spite of you and everything
4.
Left to my own devices I have a lot of time to spare me and all my vices pulling out my hair That ain't no way to live That ain't no way to live That ain't no way to live Left to my own devices That ain't no way to live when you've been pushed out to the precipice one too many times before when you're easy to forget it's hard to ignore Somedays you feel the struggle Somedays you don't feel at all All the angry voices filling up the air
5.
Take Me Away 03:11
Whether it's courage Whether it's will Whether it's luck I'm standing still I missed your call again but I thought of you I try and pretend but it just won't do Take me away The water can take my house and move it all downstream but if the water don't take your life it can't steal your dreams I've got an ache in my head and a song in my heart as I get out of bed I'm falling apart I may not be left with much compared to the norm I've weathered the storm The dogs are howling The children are crying The road is calling cause the bills are piling The forest is burning the river is rising and the water keeps falling from the sky
6.
It isn't a joke it isn't a crime to do what you do with your time When the best of intentions get you nowhere you'd rather be there Bend or Be Broken Bend or Be Broken I'm gonna be my own yes man I'll take it in stride make it my mission make it my life With all I've been given with all I've been taught doing is better than not Doing is better than Doing is better than Doing is better than not
7.
In the early morning hours before thoughts begin to stir there's a window in my mind where consequence obscure A white cross in a field a picture on a shelf endless tears from loved ones’ eyes and all that I can do is try to Wash my hands of all the pain I've caused lives I've taken, lives I've lost A soldier's fortune is one no soul can bear buried in the earth forever Tales of all the battles I wear upon my chest and the star upon my shoulder commands a deep respect from countless sons and daughters who march in rank and file to show me their allegiance and all the while I try to
8.
There are so many people walking round this world Says the laughing boy to the smiling girl The years are short but the days are long you gotta open up and sing along It only takes a little bit of joy to overcome the sorrow it’s all gonna make for a better tomorrow My heart is open my eyes can see A part of you is a part of me and the heart that beats here inside my chest is home and one with all the rest home and one with all the rest the heart that beats inside my chest is home and one with all the rest There are so many answers to so many questions So many ways so many directions So search we will and search we must just listen laugh love and trust It only takes a little bit of joy to overcome the sorrow it’s all gonna make for a better tomorrow
9.
Say it once if you love me Say it twice if you don't A boat built out of rotten wood would never float Fall to pieces make way to the shore dry out in the sun and sand worry no more I've been adrift for ages wondering if I’m good enough hanging on with the best of intentions Give me a minute to catch my bearings you caught me off guard Where did you find that dress you're wearing did you have to go far Tell Me that not a moment has passed us by Tell Me the truth is this good bye
10.
Always climbing this mountain to bury my hatchet for good but there's more to meets the ear than the sound of the steel and the wood I grew up asking forgiveness for every thing I'd done yet you’re bound to make mistakes here everyone's made some If living was easy and had no cost there wouldn't be a valley you'd have to cross to make it to the other make it to the other side I've been fighting this feeling there's something to fight off The minute I let my guard down the gloves just come right off Punching above my weight class since I drew my first breath I'm bound now to the ring it's a fight until the death If living was easy and had no cost there wouldn't be a valley you'd have to cross to make it to the other make it to the other side
11.
It's late and you're tired and you're far from home It’s hard to feel something when you've got nothing to hold You’ve got to work to stay alive when you're alone Many miles lay between I can't get you out of my head It’s hard to love a woman sleeping alone in an unmade bed I've been trying to get you out of my head As in all great tragedy no one really knows their part till they're fighting back at story lines that rip across your heart Some people lose themselves Some people lose themselves Some people lose themselves Some people lose themselves It's a hard way to be a man chasing the dreams of another Even if you stick to the plan you’re gonna lose yourself brother You’ll still disappoint your mother in the end and like all great tragedy, it's hard to comprehend
12.
Pandemonium 05:04
Pandemonium… Pandemonium… Pandemonium… Pandemonium... He wakes up early everyday shaves the stubble from his face makes himself an instant cup he don't have the time to waste Choices left and right which one do I like What looks best in the camera lens always wins, always wins Choices voices in my head All these voices so many choices it's all been said Won't you please turn off the light I haven't had a moment’s rest I never take the time to think should I have another drink to quell this

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released January 1, 2015

Produced by Gary Louris
Recorded & Mixed by Ed Ackerson @ Flowers Studio, Minneapolis, MN
Mastered by Bruce Templeton @ Magneto Mastering, Minneapolis, MN
Additional recording by Jim Gilmour @ Southview Arts, Middletown Springs, VT;
Ray Smith @ Gulch Groove Music, Rollinsville, CO; Neale Eckstein @ Fox Run Studio, Boston, MA;
and Gary Louris @ Pants Optional Studio, Minneapolis, MN
All arrangements by James Moors, Kort McCumber & Gary Louris
Artwork and photography by Amy Fortunato @ www.Cowboys-Sweetheart.com

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Moors & McCumber Boulder, Colorado

James Moors and Kort McCumber are Americana musicians who craft beautiful story songs that walk the line between rootsy folk and melodic pop. The two songwriters met at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, CO in 2005. Sitting around swapping songs, they each heard something in the music of the other that just fit. The two have been performing and writing together ever since. ... more

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