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Octatonic Exile

by Friends of Cesar Romero

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1.
If we’re lucky our paths won’t meet I’m not prepared for our awkward greet Breaking up and splitting in two Does no one know what I’m going through? Hometown anchors Memory makers Time heals but it don’t forget I can’t escape your emotional debt Another night fully impaired I tell myself we both didn’t care Hometown anchors Memory makers You picked a bad time for returning Everything in my life is burning
2.
Polite stalker, you’ve found me out Don’t know the facts but I get the gist And everytime I turn around It’s getting so hard to resist Lonely ever after Lonely ever after Lonely ever after all Now you got me wrapped around Your finger with another kiss Don’t know how you keep me bound? But I’m guessing it’s just like this Lonely ever after Lonely ever after Lonely ever after all Her polyphony Recruits me in monotone Now she’s into me My head went to the ozone
3.
When did you decide to break my heart? Now look at me, I’m back to the start Sing to me in cruel fidelity Every song is haunting me When I hear your cruel fidelity I should’ve known, certain as sin When you risk it all, you know you just can’t win Sing to me in cruel fidelity Every song is haunting me When I hear your cruel fidelity Tripping over my feet someone put there in my way Sing to me in cruel fidelity Tear it out and let it bleed When I hear your cruel fidelity
4.
Baby, could we share a light? To guide us through the night Waken by the sun Under the covers as one Who do you think of when you think of me? Who are you missing, when you’re not missing me? Baby, where did it go wrong? In our breathless song When will you make the move? On the last teen in June You put your heart out there It was taken without a spare You think that she don’t care Really, she’s always there Baby, my sweet baby
5.
Post meridiem pinups on the loose Doing what they like, doing what they choose Making exact change for the deranged They can be nice only if they’re contained Time of the has been You’ll need more than aspirin To get through this nightmare There’s nothing to compare If you’re lucky at all Post meridiem pinups on the loose Coming for your pills, coming for your booze Making exact change for the deranged They can be nice only if they’re contained
6.
Every night, after the kids are in bed They remove their halos from the tops of their head Screening stares and breaking news Deciding which bad habits to lose Take me where the girls all smoke But don’t tell them that my heart is broke Spoken to by the spoken for Still queen forevermore There’s drinks to be had in allotted time They’re past their bedtime but not their prime Taking steps and finding heir I feel the guilt when I sit in her chair Take me where the girls all smoke But don’t tell them that my heart is broke Spoken to by the spoken for Still queen forevermore Blacked out widows Acute angels Blacked out widows Won’t you stay a little bit longer? Someday I hope to be like you Head on the pillow right before 2[a.m.] Classy like a champagne buzz With all that sass, just because And let us not forget- pilot or patriot Cleanse yourself of the vice Early to bed, early to rise
7.
Tripping with the strippers Drifting towards the left I’ve muted all the sirens But still I’m going deaf 12th Cycle Freakout For no one 12th Cycle Freakout Get it done Hunted by the creep chick Hanging by a thread Fell for a chief trick Hatchet in my head 12th Cycle Freakout For no one 12th Cycle Freakout Get it done If you don’t believe me Try and find me now Circular emotions When the time allows 12th Cycle Freakout For no one 12th Cycle Freakout Get it done 12th Cycle Freakout It’s just another blackout 12th Cycle Freakout Get it done
8.
Hey cat, jump back Bring out the claws, it’s time to attack Hey babe, I’ll be your slave Won’t even ask how you’ll behave Movie girls near you What were they supposed to do? Hey friend, it happened again Caught you there so don’t pretend Feline, it’s her time I hear the bells on her collar chime Movie girls near you What were they supposed to do? How close could they be? Back lit on a silver screen Time’s up they moved on There will be tomorrow but for now they’re gone
9.
You won’t hear this anyway I know There’s no reason to explain at all I know I never was the one Here’s to moving on And all your problems gone Resetting for your new next con You can’t hurt me anymore or less This silent witness probably suits you best I know I never was the one Restaging all your fear After your memory’s clear Like I was never here, at all
10.
How did it happen? It caught me by surprise For some little reason It only took a few tries Now and then I’ll see you and I fall just a little bit Subtle movements closer and we fall just a little bit Lipstick troubles denim demise The ban is lifted for all who comply Now and then I’ll see you and I fall just a little bit Subtle movements closer and we fall just a little bit It never was explained How these feeling can’t be contained And how they’re meant to trip you up, confused The simple terror of compromise Turning into restless nights Talking out the do’s and don’ts, amused Now and then I’ll see you and I fall just a little bit Subtle movements closer and we fall just a little bit Reigning beauty and passion in your cries Now and forever will none of the rules apply
11.
Stop a minute baby won’t you please stop and listen to me You don’t know the misery and heartache you've been causing me After all baby you're leaving me in misery Since you been gone baby all I ever do is cry Won’t you come and dry these tears from my eyes If you come back you know you'll make satisfied
12.
Girl you’re coming up fast Don’t you know it just won’t last Girl you’re on my mind How do you get there all the time? Don’t you know you’re the one I’ve waited for all this time? And now you said that you can’t wait this long You said I’m holding you back It’s probably best I’m what you lack Now I’m covered in blue Just a ghost without a clue

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released August 8, 2016

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All songs © 2016 Fluorescent Brown Publishing (BMI)
except track 11, published by Rockmasters I.N.C. (BMI)

recorded at Various Wreckage by Lonnie Luscious, with all reasonable dispatch.

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Friends of Cesar Romero Rapid City, South Dakota

Friends of Cesar Romero, is the solo project from J. Waylon Porcupine of The Reddmen. FOCR deliver melodic garage rock that mixes equal parts The Mummies, Guided By Voices, and Big Star, for the uninitiated. “The prolific and talented J. Waylon just might be the most underappreciated songwriter in the modern power pop/punk world” as described by Lord Rutledge of Faster and Louder. ... more

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