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Stare Down (EP)

by JJ & The Rogues

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1.
This town is dirt poor and it keeps score It’s the last place that you’d see bombed It’s time to get up and bet on my luck I can’t stick around here for long Got a bus to catch, the arrangements are set I’m leaving on the fastest line Gonna get some sleep while the axles creek Soon I’ll be reading some new street signs Don’t want to settle down then I’ll never be found I’m only running till I find the race My girl is caught up and intent to disrupt I still wonder about the look on her face There’s nothing here, I wish there was I won’t look back when I’m running out the door Cause there’s nothing here worth staying for Nothing here worth staying for I know trouble like the back of my hand That’s why you love me I’m the only kind of man Don’t have a dial tone so I won’t call home Plus the chord always creeps around my neck I’ll send a postcard from my honest start Don’t come looking when you’re life is a wreck There’s nothing more, I wish there was I won’t look back when I’m running out the door Cause there’s nothing here, I wish there was Nothing here worth staying for
2.
Stare Down 03:08
It’s a stare down I don’t want to blink first It’s a stare down I don’t want to think first I can’t look away, I can’t take a drink I’m afraid I’ll die of thirst It’s a stare down I don’t want to blink first It’s plain enough that I want to be your man But you led me on so watch me rub your face in the sand And we’ll see who’s crying when your head is buried in your hands It’s a stare down, been going since the world began You’re a bitch babe, and I breathe with your every word Your silence is the loudest I’ve ever heard You’re a cheap thrill and your kiss only leaves me disturbed You’re a chair away, too far to be on earth Oh you’d take the highway It’s free and you don’t care Don’t forget to bow when you leave it in disrepair You're high society and you're stepping on people's hair You’re a cheat babe, any man will take you there It’s a stare down I don’t want to blink first It’s a stare down I don’t want to think first Well I can’t take a hint, you’ve gotta spell it out Don’t act like you’re never heard It’s a stare down I don’t want to blink first It’s a stare down I don’t want to blink first
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Escape Plan 03:44
You’ve been working late tonight Suffering an indecent plight I see now why you keep such track of time You don’t have to justify It’s clear that you’ve been brushed aside And fate dear has picked your lot in life Sometimes I think I’d strangle them It wouldn’t be the worst sin for this man I’ve seen that road before I know I’ve got the grip for When they bust up your lip girl I promise there’s worse for them in store She thinks she found another She’ll soon discover he’s not looking for a good time Just someone to relieve his mind Is he a demon or a man or a ticket to a far away land At least it’s an escape plan You told me where you’ll go and why I should leave It’s no home like I have seen So meet your debts and settle your soul If you don’t, you’re never gonna live to grow old They say that it’s criminal Maybe I’m just cynical of dreams They’re destined to betray Everything I’m telling you I wish it were a happy ruse But the world will make you make your way She thinks she found another She’ll soon discover he’s not looking for a good time Just someone to discharge his mind Is he an animal that stands or a desperate, drowning man He’ll show her that he can take you to a far away land It's an escape He's an escape It’s an escape plan
4.
These fancy friends you take are no friends of mine They have inquisitions when the stars don’t align A difficult fate I know, you’re sucked in head to toe What a horrible crime, you’re reborn but still maligned They’re burning sage inside but you’re out on the porch What you don’t understand I guess you just ignore Another fever you take, or just a well timed headache You won’t dance tonight, but your feet are moving Away from the plain hard facts So clear that they must distract That you’re a bird flying straight at glass These concrete vows you take marry you to decline Just like those effigies on the walls of your mind It’s time to lighten up, lets try to move on The sun still shines at night, in another place in another time We’re not to the top just yet so don’t make camp on the ledge That’s no kind of life, where you avert your eyes Can’t you see there’s no end in sight

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released May 10, 2011

Recorded, Mixed, and Produced by JJ & The Rogues
All songs written by JJ & The Rogues

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JJ & The Rogues Fort Worth, Texas

It’s the soundtrack to a drive from Austin to New York. Blending rock & roll and leading-edge pop styles to form a unique sound that’s throwback and modern all at once.

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