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Careless Love

by Sam Cooper

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1.
How can we know all the places we go When we’re passed out on the drop Out from the stables and traded by tables That only can see what we’re not Oh, oh and now you’ve come this far Oh, oh the lights are falling stars In the minutes they burn We think that we know what you are Whispered in fables and sung to the cradles I linger in bright broken lines I once was a twister but now I’m a mystery Man cause I’ve come back in time All the voices you hear when you fall in the dust And the spaces you fill with your blood and your rust When you’re down to your last dime Oh, oh it all will come to pass Oh, oh you’re moving on too fast In the minutes they burn We think that we know what you are There were faces but now there are symbols There were spaces but now we got time It was ending but now it’s beginning And it’s all in the back of your mind We had pictures but now we got progress There were circles and now there are lines It was something but now we got meaning And when the nighttime comes I finally can close my eyes And when a new day comes, I finally can close
2.
Self-Help 04:36
I’m out on the road Trying to make a connection Out in the fields Struggling for perfection It’s all the rage these days Cutting through these chains I’m looking for this Trying to see my reflection Having a fit Seek another direction Oh if you could help me out of here I swear that I would change Say these words that feed my fears I used to be just like you You know it hits like a fix Like you already know me Playing a game But nobody told me That it’s all right if I get sucked into your gravity I see my brightest days shine up ahead of me Oh if you could help me out of here I swear that I would change Say these words that feed my fears I used to be just like you Gotta lift up my head Make a minor correction Think about what you said Be aware of perception We're living in false, false times I keep spinning you false, false lines Oh if you could help me out of here I swear that I would change Say these words that feed my fears I give myself away
3.
Careless love, my sweetheart said to me I thought it was dead to me It’s sad but it’s true If you love me, then baby love me Cause to leave me, yeah that would be cruel Make me forget all the heartache, and Don’t ask what love can do for you It’s a dream, it's mirrors and smokescreens Just a dream, does she think I’m a fool? Careless love, though you’ve shaken and wrecked me And all the games we used to play seem worn out and abused Oh what’s a loving man to do? When we live in a practical world A clean and rational world It’s a mean and tactical world If you believe what you read But that’s not the half of the world There’s a sharp and natural world It’s a dark and magical world That we can’t see It gives me everything I need Oh engines and fables and crickets and tables are turning Lovers and cradles and pitchforks and babies are blue And everything over the ocean is quietly burning So don’t ask what love Don’t ask what love Don’t ask what love can do for you
4.
1983 04:25
I think that most of you would more or less agree with me I get the feeling nearly everything I see is deceiving Well it’s nice to know, but I can’t let go Getting sick of nearly everything I see on the TV Spin the web and catch me like a disease, will you free me? It’s nice to know, it’s good to go on Drops on the rocks, we head to the show Smile for the cops, and everything goes Bring it back and show me how to feel, Ruby Build me up and break me like a deal, when you do me You make me think that everything is real You make me think that everything is real Knocks on the locks, they close the door Race to the top and fall on the floor We had a laugh in 1983, do you know me? In a world where everything is free, you owe me I rocked, you rolled, I can’t let go Bring it back and show me how to feel, Ruby Build me up and break me like a deal, when you do me You make me think that everything is real You make me think that everything is real
5.
Angelina, it’s starting to show The rains are coming and you let me go You’ve been standing on the edge of the bed Traveling far, in your own head All your music has been killing my time Sharpshooter ain’t spending a dime Smell the plastic as it’s starting to burn See the narrator sit and wait his turn Annie, help me through the night (help me through the night) Annie, help me through the night (tell me everything’s all right) And it’s got to just be me Cause it’s so easy to see That you mean everything you say Angelina, I’m saying goodbye I’m lying here melting and you want to get high Angelina, it’s starting to show The rains are coming and you just let me go Annie, help me through the night (help me through the night) Annie, help me through the night (tell me everything’s all right) And it’s got to just be me Cause it’s so easy to see That you mean everything you say
6.
I’m a ghost that can’t stop walking A medicine man who won’t stop talking I can tell you your affliction Pennies in your eyes And no sense of diction, no It’s not a story, it’s a rectangle She's not a comet cause she moves too slow She's not a model but she gets to me Her erotic body’ll lift me off my feet Her twisted fix is going down on me I can’t resist it when she says to me Innocently I’m gonna ride when I want to Get high when I want to I’m gonna fly when I want to, whenever I want to Slip into Christmas in a garbage pale Momma’s pinker than a rusty nail Reptiles don’t need entertainment Forfeit tickets to my arraignment, yeah Ten million people wanna cut my hair Medieval preachers bleatin’ everywhere God loves his children I love my disease Makes me dismissive of reality I’m not a sailor boy I’m a chimpanzee Got mother nature looking out for me I’m holy rollin’ through the centuries And I do what I please I’m gonna ride when I want to Get high when I want to I’m gonna fly when I want to, whenever I want to
7.
Pick Me Up 06:14
He keeps her in the dark Smokescreens and shadowcasting She sees someone He thinks he is someone else As far as he can tell She's out for dinner With the loyal clientele Wake up baby, please wait up This old lady’s had a second cup Clear the sink into the cupboard Tell your boyfriend he is not your mother And he watches her try on new clothes for a while Elegant ladies go the extra mile But he can't tell She's got a way with getting what she Wants to be somebody someday Pick me up Turn me round Lift me up Knock me down All I ever wanted was to play a part Fills the empty spaces deep inside my heart Oh baby just don't start She's got a way to roll with punches Blames their problems on the flunkies Pick me up He seeks a modern life Plans a three-way Grows impatient With the pace of meek and mild It always makes him smile When he sees her face set With all the blitzkrieg of a child She's got a way with speaking lovely Reasons to get married someday Pick me up It's like water in a cup Once flowing down Getting stuck He tears it all apart Leaves her lonely She'll be stronger Never make the same mistakes A second landing From the stand-in The way they planned it Once they'd worked out what they was
8.
The strangest things start happening when you get to following the rabbit That fleeting beast could lead you anywhere, she’s not a creature of habit And when she’s caught a scent you can see it by the twitching of her nose A mellow fellow but she often gets a twinkle in her toes Now she’s a thousand miles away Misplacing tricks in the sorcerer’s hat Keeping the beat with the tail of a cat Channeling the spirit of her grandma Rubbing shoulders with the Dalai Lama I think he could learn a thing or two Her name is Tina and she doesn’t know if she believes in choice I saw her up before the sunrise painting pictures of the envoys Afternoon she’s by the river sifting through the mud for shells I trust her easily cause she has some secrets she will never tell Now she’s a thousand miles away On the steps to the Buddha after dark Speaking the words straight from her heart Whenever she can she’s taking off her shoes Never bothered by the newsman’s Depressing attitude She feels vibrations She knows not where they’re from Universal love Said the Cactus man Now she’s thousand miles away Got me feeling like E.T., I wanna go home I wanna give away everything I own Now she's a thousand miles away Receiving the signal through the static She said that she comes from another planet I do believe it’s true
9.
There once was a time that might not have existed Try not to blink; it’s so quick you might miss it You might find Something you might not expect to find You might find Something you might not expect to find Over the bridge And down by the trail Carried us away On top of an orange tail Floated a nest on the water Dead leaves and branches are precious materials For building something new I once lost my mind, so I fashioned a new one Retraced my steps and now I’ve got two of ‘em You might find Something you might not expect to find You might find Something you might not expect to find If you should live one hundred years from now Are you prepared to live forever? It’s harder to see when the sun’s going down Shadows all around Better watch your step Before you slip There once was a girl who chose death over prison A singer of songs who forgot how to listen You might find Something you might not expect to find You might find Something you might not expect to find Oh you might find something you might not have expected Yeah you might find something you might not have expected Yeah you might find something you might not have expected You might find Something you might not expect to find You might find Something you might not expect to find There once was a time that might not have existed Try not to blink it’s so quick you might miss it And if you should see it try not to persist it cause Sometimes the best things only last for a minute
10.
Albatross 03:58
Only lines cross A sickly little albatross Follows me You’re afraid we might Shoot the bird on sighting How can we agree? Will fortune favor Or are we only paper Burning bright and brief I love you, only you And you love me, just me But we were all too clever Tried to catch a feather On our way Then she tells me fall asleep Says that it’d be good for me We’re not who we are when we’re not Who we want to be I feel you breathing on my bed I feel your heart against my headstrong disbelief

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released April 25, 2019

All songs written and arranged by Sam Cooper
Produced by Mike Gantzer
Recorded and mixed by Justin Rose at GCR Studios (Buffalo, NY)
Additional recording by Ryan Nogle at Ocean Drop Studio (Buffalo, NY)
Mastering by Scott Hull at Masterdisk (New York)
Album artwork by Emily Tomasik

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