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Hawaii 03:17
(bird) there's two of 'em, and they're on ya, right when you're born. they could be, all kinds of colors. most of the time, they're both the same color. you can open them and close them at your disclosure. (ricky) hey you over there, where'd ya Get That Shirt From? have you ever been on vaCation in Hawaii? what age were you when you met her? did you like the past, or do you like the future better? (both) we're here now, so we might as well kick somethin' (bird) i got this shirt from where i work it's pretty cool i guess i've never been to Hawaii, but i would like to go. i'm not sure exactly, but not too long ago. it's funny you ask, i guess i just don't wanna go back. (ricky) oh it's so cold, where is the AC remote? i'm cookin the coffee, there's cookies and candy around me. the fridges, the pizza, they make all the sound, woah. the walls white as knight never was. the restrooms to the right, it says on the sign below the exit sign, up above. (both) we're here now, so we might as well kick somethin'
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STUBBORN 03:25
summer's comin' up summer's comin' up you gotta go home no time left for us no time left for us to find out more no time left for us to find out more it's okay don't feel bad cause i feel bad i mean it i mean that i mean it i don't think of you as a bad person it's just that i'm sad cause i couldn't express my emotions, properly, probably. it's just that i didn't wanna make u feel uncomforty. ohh, nooo. i wish the words were enough i wish that we could be friends i wish i was something other than this i wish i wasn't so delusional oh, i hate when i can see myself i'm sorry but sometimes i get so sad and stubborn on the inside on the inside oh im sorry but sometimes i get so sad and stubborn on the inside on the inside on the inside on the inside nothin ever really ever matters anyway. it's okay cause nothing ever really ever matters anyway.
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Mafia Man 04:36
i don't know how i did it but im done w doin' school now i gotta find a job cause that's what happens after school but the only problem is i never tried in school i just put myself in classes that i thought would be the easiest, and i barely freakin passed w a degree that is the stupidest and now i feel the stupidest and now i feel the stupidessst oh i shoulda studied philosophy or art or something cool, now im lost without my noodle in the deep end of the pool, im swimmin in my underwear im swimmin in my underwear swimmin in my underwear swimmin in my underwear they say that running puts your mind to rest that's funny cause my mind keeps running aw there's nothing given next no not from here on out im on my own i can't live off what i love there's somethin wrong my brain is always buggin me it's tellin' me, i need to be better, but i am dumb and i ain't never changing that the cars don't drink da diesel gas i gave the car da diesel gas, oh my bad mr rental car my bad mr mafia man my bad mr rental car my bad mr mafia man
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Sun Go Down 01:35
when the cars drive by when the sun go down while i sit on the hill while i read out loud i notice, nobody, next to me. now i panic, forget what surrounds me. but why? why? why? why? why? why? why? why? it's okay, i'm okay it's okay, i'm okay
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Good Things 04:08
somethin' 'bout walkin' in the street got me feelin' so freeee now, somethin' 'bout walkin' by a deer by a house got me feelin' some magical feelin', feelin' some magical feelin', feelin' some magical feelin', feelin' some magical feelin', and it's real and, i remember yeah i remember way back when, i was seein' her, and i dreamt u were with him, i did not know what it meant, but i did know how it felt- it felt wrong, it felt wrong, it felt wrong, it felt wrong. i shoulda been, shoulda been, with you all along - good things come to those who wait, i suppose
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Wandering 02:36
now i'm in dis for the rest of time you see my face you know i mean it there ain't no other life for me, there ain't no other life for me. this is how good it feel- this is how good it feel- this is how good it feel to be with you. (repeat) i don't wanna get a normal job i don't wanna have normal hair i don't wanna be a normal guy (guy)
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The 70's 04:02
i know, i'd probably regret it, but i want to teleport to 2064 i knowww i'd miss all the good old days, like 'sittin' in my room, thinkin' 'bout the future' - seventy fiveee livin' like i'm seventy five seventy five, wouldn't that be nice? seventy fiveee livin' like i'm seventy five seventy five, my favorite age, in this life - through closed eyes, i see a smile, and a world much bigger than me. there is no time when there is no time, might as well daydream all week. memories, seem to be, a better place to be. that's why, i can't wait till i'm, seventy. - seventy fiveee livin' like i'm seventy five seventy five, wouldn't that be nice? seventy fiveee livin' like i'm seventy five seventy five, my favorite age, in this life

about

the final project from The Keys Knees.

The first two sort of warm us up, and then we enter the timeline, beginning at the end of ricky's senior year, with STUBBORN. He's graduated by the time we're listening to Mafia Man, and on Sun Go Down, he's alone. Thank goodness, on Good Things, he's finally started dating the one he was meant to all along, elly h. Then, we wander around, hearing ricky's thoughts on where he's at now, and finally, the dreamy ending, where ricky sings his views on old age.

thanks,
ricky

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released June 1, 2019

bird played the guitar on each track, and all of that was recorded at The Dup in Iowa City.

ricky took care of all the vocals in his bedroom over at the Clin-Mar Apartment complex. Well, except Hawaii, bird kicks it off, and his vocals were recorded at The Dup,

The piano for the opening number was recorded over at the Voxman Music Building.

All mixing and engineering done by ricky in his bedroom.

All original music. Thanks to Frankie Cosmos for the outline on how to structure "Hawaii", cc: her induced album

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vocalist: ricky
shredder: bird

We make music in the bedrooms and garages of a duplex in Iowa City, Iowa.

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