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The Rough Cuts

by Accidental Vandals

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1.
Decent Man 05:05
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Decent Man There’s candy cars outside the bars Back where I’m from And every night somebody’s fightin’ Well ‘cause somebody’s drunk Well I wouldn’t go there if I were you just to hold onto my life But if you’re ever feelin’ lucky on a Friday night Be sure you’re right In the town where my daddy’s in the ground people don’t even smile ‘Cause the only decent man who ever made a stand well he’s been gone for a while There’s a black cloud growin’ ‘round this town It ain’t goin’ away But today’s the day of penance baby So I’ma play with the graves Now tonight if I don’t get him send him to jail Well I hope I send him to hell I know this rain’s comin’ and it’s gonna roll through Hopefully I’ma stay with you In the town where my daddy’s in the ground people don’t even smile ‘Cause the only decent man who’s ever made a stand well he’s been gone for a while I’ma callin’ to you Ol’ Tree, I’ma burn you down Well I got my body outta the dirt and on this hallow ground I’m gonna make you feel the fires you’ve set By your evil deeds And it’ll light the skies so you can’t rest Until you’re in the ground with me
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The Answer 04:14
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The Answer Well I logged on to the Internet Just the other day I had a million and one emails And one was from my baby The rest were ads for penis enlargements Affordable places on the housing market Maybe find my center to some degree Using hyper-techno yoga energy Well we’ve found answers from all around Diseases in places like our basements Things I’d never heard of until Wild-eyed people came over the hill Well the kids got A double D on the side And that ain’t exactly a source of pride I said My son can play 7 video games Without even smiling Well if you find the answer Maybe keep it to yourself ‘Cause this world’s got enough problems We don’t really need your help Well if you find the answer Best keep it to yourself ‘Cause this world’s got enough problems It’s probably bad for our health Well let me give you an example For world peace we just need a sample Of water from the purest well We’d just protect it by blowin’ ourselves to hell Maybe we buy a little toy for every little girl and boy Watch the companies take over We’d be workin’ ourselves to the bone making little toy soldiers Well if you find the answer Maybe keep it to yourself ‘Cause this world’s got enough problems We’d probably just kill ourselves Well if you find the answer Best keep it to yourself ‘Cause this world’s got enough problems It’s probably just bad for our health Maybe the best advice I’ve heard Is fall in love, don’t utter hurtful words And you’ll be so preoccupied with paradise You won’t even hear my advice so If you find the answer Maybe keep it to yourself ‘Cause this world’s got enough problems We’d probably just kill ourselves Well if you find the answer Best keep it to yourself ‘Cause this world’s got enough problems It’s probably just bad for our health
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Happiness 04:36
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Happiness Happiness is a lifetime Happiness is a long ride Happiness is a lifetime Happiness is a hell of a time Well I’ve just got to get this one right oh lord I’m just gonna have to get bigger or bite Happiness was money But they took that away from me Happiness was money Before they took that away from me Well if we don’t get the thrills tonight We’re just gonna have to get bigger or bite Happiness is a cul-de-sac A place where I can turn around Happiness is a cul-de-sac Where what once was lost is now found Well I don’t feel very happy right now In fact I’m in misery Happiness is that rollin’ pin Looks like the doghouse for me Happiness is that rollin’ pin Looks like tall trouble over me Well when you get your yellin’ done Why not say hello to me darlin’ I’m sorry baby Happiness is I'm sorry Happiness is I’m sorry
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Miss Direction 03:37
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Miss Direction Cuffed Skit: Aww, man. She did what?! Where’d she go? And she took that?! Well, now I gotta reach the damned handcuff keys with my toes. She wore steel toed heels That matched her red bag Wore her heartstrings With Gucci tags She takes strides That take men’s lives Like her legs got a double knee cap She’ll break you down and she’ll never look back She’s a fancy queen, Miss Direction She’s the cold owner of my soul She’s the queen of Miss Direction She knows all the roads back home She’s like a firecracker in the night At first you’re dreaming then the firefight She’ll blow all those dreams away with a kiss so they say She's heading out to the road Kickin’ on the lights Pedal to the floor Your dreams by her side In the early light And there’s a kiss at your door She’s the fancy queen of Miss Direction She's the one night stand in your nightmares Well she's the queen, Miss Direction And she knows all the roads to your soul
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Walk the Stars 04:36
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Walk the Stars It was a good day for a hurricane I got pictures of us sinking I was circling the drain But it got me thinking I was choking in my sleep And I was too tired to fight I was a stone trying to weep While I was dreaming of flight So I was walking downtown Memphis And looking up at Mars I was writing you a letter I’d just rather be in your arms Walking down in Memphis And listening to Mars I was thinking about the tempest The night I left your heart Well I was walking down the street I saw your smiling face in the gutter You’re a vision so sweet But only the crazies muttered And it was too dark to see The stars kept me together I was burnin’ so deep But it changed just like the weather And so I was walking downtown Memphis And looking up at Mars I was writing you a letter I’d rather just be in your arms Walking in downtown in Memphis And listening to Mars I was thinking about the tempest The night I left your heart My baggage was the liquor And she left me in the bottle She said I was getting sicker Just before she kicked the throttle Now people say I’ve snapped Ever since she left That was just the breaking glass As outta the bottle I stepped So now I’m walking in downtown Memphis Looking for a star And I’ll be dreaming about you forever And Venus ain’t that far See I was walkin’ in Downtown Memphis Lookin’ for a star And I’ll be thinkin’ about the tempest Till I repair your heart
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Where to Begin 03:09
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Where to begin Where to begin When no one knows the end Your life isn’t yours But we promise it will be again We’re gonna send you to hell So you can talk to God We’re gonna put down the bottle and it’s gonna be hard I sent you to jail with your own dollars I will take you there in a black collar And we’ll put you there for the rest of your days Just so you won’t mess with my society I can put you down I can take you over Stop looking forward and start looking over your shoulder We’ll send you to a license plate factory Where you’ll be punchin’ numbers thinking live or die free I can take you there I will show you the way I’ll send you to hell just get you to pay For 20 years at 20 cents a day Just so I got my new star in my parade One less vote one less voice One less person with one less choice We’ll bury you deep in the system So get your memories so you can miss them Where to begin when no one knows the end Your life isn’t yours but we promise it will be again We’re gonna send you to hell we like to call it jail And I forgot to mention there ain’t no God around here
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Hard Times 03:03
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Hard Times Well the trouble that I left breathes new strangers It’s all about forgiveness no false starts or containers All I found was a place to hide my Own selfish living behind the mind’s eye All I needed was a home to give my only soul to My heart in the wilderness oh oh she’s so true Maybe I will find a place for you too And I will be your guiding light through Oh the hard times Yeah them hard times When the man pulls the trigger on the gun He has everything he never had at once And all of a sudden he becomes the powder Reignin’ like he was a meteor shower It’s them hard times It’s them hard times Trouble left her name on the sidewalk ‘Neath red fingerprints She was found face down in a ditch All we could do was have a whole lotta fun While trouble was subdued we wouldn’t hurt anyone Some say it was a hit and some people tried Trouble is a thorn in everyone’s side Well we watched sun set on a new dawn Where everything is one It’s them hard times It’s them hard times I don’t need no remindin’ I’ll just keep on tryin’ as we’re rollin’ through these hard times
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Whiskey 05:27
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Whiskey Announcer Skit: SKEEEERRR. Whoa! Lookit Granny hold that curve! #94 she is turnin’ around just to wreck #78. BRWAWWW SPluoepps! Whoa, my God, that’s some senior citizen demolition derby right there. Welcome. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the “Feelin’ Frisky Drinkin’ Whiskey” Senior Citizens Demolition Derby. Huh, thankyaverymuch. Oh, my God, look out! Well I woke up at noon today Rolled me up a jay Got drunk and started fuckin’ around Met the girls at 11 Left the bar at 7 Cut my headlights on got the fuck outta town Well we always play fast Yeah we’re playin’ risky We’re the type o’ boys who are always tipsy ‘Cause my only lo-ove is whiskey My keys are in a sewer drain My car got towed again So I sat down I got on the couch Went to the ‘frigerator That’s where I found my savior And I picked her up and threw some doubles down ‘Cause we always play fast Yeah we’re playin’ risky We’re the type o’ boys who are always tipsy My only lo-ove is this whiskey Well I broke down saw my own vision Got 360 degrees of what I was livin’ Got a new way down a lonesome road I didn’t run across new religion I found myself at the welfare building And I couldn’t afford no drinkin’ anymore Well we used to play fast Now we’re just plain tipsy We’re the kind of boys who were always risky And my only, my only lo-ove is Whiskey
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The Rains in Spring 04:30
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The Rains in Spring It was a cold March day When I last saw you You packed away your bags And my love for you When the ropes were tied You hung me out to dry We were both thinkin’ it was goodbye The rains in spring will never be the same The flower petals are all stained The rains in spring will never be the same The flower petals are all stained Heart torn between a cold winter and the sunbeams I held my breath and waited for a dream no dreams no thoughts no second guesses I need to see The seasons would change But my feelings were always the same The rains in spring will never be the same The flower petals are all stained The rains in spring will never be the same The flower petals are all stained When the sun came to me I was clinging to my destiny When the light shined I climbed out of the darkness Into her arms Ah summer where shady trees Where angels blossom in the leaves The rains in spring will never be the same The flower petals are all awake The rains in spring will never be the same The flower petals are all awake The rains in spring will never be the same The flower petals are all awake
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The Night Ol' Trees Came to Town 05:16
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The Night Ol’ Trees Came To Town The trees are rollin’ Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah yeah Whoa the trees are rollin’ Somebody’s gonna touch the sky tonight I felt the hair stand up on the earth today I felt the nighttime suddenly change into day And when the lights turned down there was no one around to hear the sound The trees are rollin’ Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah yeah Whoa the trees are rollin’ Somebody’s gonna touch the sky tonight I felt the earth move when he stepped on the ground It’s like the buildings jumped when he put his foot down And then they leapt up into his hands and All he left was a long list of lonely demands Whoa the trees are rollin’ Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah yeah Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah Somebody’s gonna touch the sky tonight I saw a man dead face down in the gutter He had one leg they couldn’t find the other Then they said when he went down he hit the ground so hard he bounced up and down I said Whoa the trees are rollin’ Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah yeah Whoa the trees are rollin’ Somebody’s gonna touch the sky tonight Ya’ll gotta catch this man he’s a criminal Why can’t you get him and I can I’ma leap on over the falls I’ll pick him off I’ll bring him back to you all Whoa the trees are rollin’ Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah yeah Whoa the trees are rollin’ Somebody’s gonna touch the sky tonight Gotta stop him he’s a felon on the run with a gun Gotta watch him cops’ll get him But believe when he’s done Well there ain’t gonna be no one alive And oh yeah they gonna touch the sky And you can’t run you can’t hide ‘Cause the Trees’ll get you anywhere you want to go Whoa the trees are rollin’ Whoa the trees are rollin’ yeah yeah Whoa the trees are rollin’ Somebody’s gonna touch the sky tonight
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Easy 04:40
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Easy Shit was poppin’ in my Maserati Gotta go check up my hotties Workin’ down the corners Runnin’ the avenues and the ‘hood stores We’re open all 24 and If you got 100 dollars or more We can show you a good time for just a little while Aw don’t worry Cinnamon will make you smile It ain’t easy It ain’t easy Pimpin’ ain’t weak nor lovely But I love makin’ money It’s the only way I can forget My love and daughter that I left Tell these girls they can’t fall in love Gotta get that paper What do you think we’re runnin’ here a charity for ya And better hold on to it tight I don’t want to have a repeat last night Love cost too much money I should’ve stayed with my lovely But I left her and her mother If they try to find me tell ‘em shit don’t even bother It ain’t easy It ain’t easy Pimpin’ ain’t weak nor lovely But I love makin’ money It’s the only way I can forget My love and daughter that I left This new girl had her mother’s eyes And a body that did surprise Matched a birthmark and a tattoo I was about to sell my daughter To an army in cheap suits It ain’t easy It ain’t easy Pimpin’ ain’t weak nor lovely But I love makin’ money I will never be able to forget My love and daughter that I will never see again It ain’t easy It ain’t easy Shit was poppin’ in my Maserati
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Queen 02:45
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She lived on the cover of a magazine Stole me away like some ol’ drunk demon I found myself on the other side Surrounded by lies from a corporate tide Our lives turned into glossed pages Stuck between advertisements for Your legs your shakin’ hips and how about some triple-D fuckin’ tits Oh my darlin’ where’d I go wrong Probably started when you put that thong on Oh Queen you destroy me lovingly Oh Queen you can take away my dignity Oh Queen how am I supposed to get by Without your prowess standing by my side She came along and removed me from time Such a bitch living way past our prime Maybe asleep I’ll dream that she will resolve As we watch the flashes and cameras dissolve Oh my darlin’ where’d I go wrong Probably started when you put that thong on Oh Queen you destroy me lovingly Oh Queen you can possess my dignity Oh Queen how am I supposed to get by Without your heart beatin’ in time…
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The Dump 03:01
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The Dump Well my son came back to me he said Why do girls gotta be so mean And I said amen brother you ain’t lyin’ Thinkin’ about those aubade’s a-cryin’ Gotta wonder well what makes a broken heart Gotta come up with some answer Better than I didn’t do my part and I said Well most my exes they are good friends And if you’ve got the time you could talk to them It’s a long road communicatin’ About the pains of that heart achin’ Well it’s best to listen if you’ve got the time You better find out the reason behind the dump Well I’ve been probably dumped every third Thursday of the month Hell that was just a few years between 1997 and 2001 I had to learn what the hell a Chesterfield was? Where does the seat go? Why do we have so many rugs? I tell you what I heard Ronnie Wood say You’ll have to learn just like me and that’s the hardest way Well most my exes they are good friends And if you’ve got the time you could talk to them It’s a long road communicatin’ from the pains of that heart achin’ Well it’s best to listen if you’ve got the time You better find out the reason behind the dump
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Yrtnuoc 04:56
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Yrtnouc Morning Arrives Skit: Bill Radio DJ: Whoa! And it is 7:35 in the morning. This is Bill (and I’m Arty) and it is an early morning for all those campers out there. Man: Oh man. 7:35!? Hey! Put on some Hank Williams. Bill: What do you want? Man: I don’t care--just remember--put it on backwards. When I get me a new country CD I like to listen to it in reverse Quench that lonely mind of mine’s ol’ terrible thirst Well On Monday I got my dog back Come Sunday I got my trailer too But the best part was a week later I got right there next to you Well the only problems I encountered Were a couple of fights Baby when you’re backwards All your fights are like a Friday night Well we start off yelling When we end it’s hello If I time it right I can decide Why we explode By the end of the show I know We’ll be right When the album ends I just spin it again I tell ya I listen to my country in reverse When I get a great 38 I just lay her down And when I hear suphecoB I’ma rolling on the ground And I don’t mind because my life is fine since I started listenin’ to my country in reverse Well I’ve heard no Satanic rituals Only locations for good shine stills A couple for sale trucks and a ‘67 Cam—er—o I got a recipe for fried okra pass me a jar and a joke and I’ll toke with ya I said I like the folks who listen to their country in reverse And if I could say something ‘Bout those lonely nights In between the albums Sometimes I’ve been in too many fights Well to listen to all my pals But when the time is right I tell ya I could listen to Hank Williams all night I said I listen to my country in reverse
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Dedication 02:30
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Dedication This song’s a dedication to all the fools Who saw me through If it wasn’t for you who knows What kind of shoes I’d be wearin’ Where my people would be Or for whom I’d be caring Thanks for all that math homework Damn that history exam was hard I think I needed every little piece of knowledge Every little piece and everything I got through college baby So this song’s a dedication to all the fools Who saw me through If it wasn’t for you who knows If I’d eat Who knows if I’d be livin’ out on the street It’s just so hard to be free You’ve made that choice You can help people just like me Nab them something for a voice and sing out loud And proud reach out to somebody in your own town Get it out across the land Where the good people can reach to your hands Only a fool can dream But every man can stand

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This is a selection of songs from three albums I've written, recorded and produced in the past ten months. All recordings have been done at home, using some pretty limited equipment. I'm selling this album to get all the albums professionally recorded.

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released July 26, 2011

Written, Recorded, and Produced by Tait Studebaker
Executive Producers: Joshua Owens & Steve Studebaker

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Accidental Vandals Hendersonville, North Carolina

Grew up in Hendersonville, NC. Went to UNCW and studied poetry, been writing music and learning every day.

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