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Intentionally Blank

by Andrew Lawrence Jackson

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1.
Michigan Avenue 02:56
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Michigan Avenue It’s hard to believe I was so cold and far away Yesterday’s only one day And now I am home, closer than anything No longer wandering streets on my own Even though I could have called you up Somehow that wasn't the same Finding myself out on Michigan Avenue Knowing I’d gone the wrong way I don’t even know, Dear, what day it is anymore I thought it was Sunday but that wasn't right Sleeping for days on end, lobbies and lounges Waking and writing this, all in one night Even though I could have called you Somehow that wasn't the same Finding myself out on Michigan Avenue Knowing I’d gone the wrong way Comfort is knowing I have you Even when we’re far away Memories linger, Dear, when I’m around you Yesterday’s only a day (it’s only a day, it’s only one day) It’s only one day, it’s only one day Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson ©2013 Andrew L. Jackson
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I Subtracted 02:30
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I Subtracted When you stood in my way I just turned away I stared into space And I laughed at the sun When you couldn’t relate I just had to wait Now it may be too late But I’m still not done I subtracted all of the things That I didn’t need, stepped out of the wings And planted a seed of something I didn’t know what it would bring I subtracted all of the words That divided my life from hers But nothing from nothing’s How everything leans When you laughed in my face I washed it away I wasn’t complacent What you couldn’t see It’s a terrible waste When someone you’ve chased Turns out to be something You’d never foreseen I subtracted all of the things That I didn’t need, stepped out of the wings And planted a seed of something I didn’t know what it would bring I subtracted all of the words That divided my life from hers But nothing from nothing’s How everything seems I subtracted all of the things That I didn’t need, stepped out of the wings And planted a seed of something I didn’t know what it would bring I didn’t know what it would bring I subtracted everything Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson ©2013 Andrew L. Jackson
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Into the Sound 03:12
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Into the Sound The softer the sound The deeper the trouble You’re floating around In your own little bubble They think that they know Because they’ve seen it all But they don’t know That it’s your curtain call Now they’re watching from the wings And it’s time to drop the curtain There’s a cast party later But where, nobody’s certain If it’s under the sea Then we’ll all be underwater Taking turns dancing With the king’s only daughter Moments are passing Days at a time Minds are expanding Turning on a dime Beauty is hidden Under the ground Flowers are growing Into the sound Flowers grow toward the sun And love is free for everyone Flowers grow toward the sun And love is free for everyone Moments are passing days at a time Minds are expanding, turning on a dime Beauty is hidden; it’s under the ground Flowers are growing into the sound Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson ©2013 Andrew L. Jackson
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Hypnotized 05:02
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Hypnotized You try to pull it apart You pull at all the loose strings You know that something is up Try to unravel the plot You want to cut it to pieces And throw it into a pot Drink from the soup of your memory You eat the lies of your words Go on and pull it apart So it can go undercover You become hypnotized When you think you are the center You have to take it apart So it can crash into itself When you are hypnotized Then you do not see yourself You have been living underwater You have been living in a dream Try to unravel yourself So you can pull yourself together The whole is not the sum But there is no need to worry When you are hypnotized Then all the world around you Sees you as you are But you do not see yourself When you are hypnotized Then all the world around you Sees you as you are But you do not see yourself You do not see yourself (4x) When you are hypnotized (2x) Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson ©2013 Andrew L. Jackson
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Ready for You (Low Country) 04:09
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Ready for You (Low Country) She's a chicken fried chicken With white pepper gravy She is minding the Gap But she is all Old Navy She's a low country girl Makes a fine Brown Betty Not the marrying kind Till she is good and ready She's an estuary queen She's a sweet potato fry With a broken down dream And a twinkle in her eye She's a hula hoop hobo In a pink tutu You are not ready for her But she is Ready for You Ready for You, she is Ready for You You are not ready for her But she is Ready for You, yeah (2x) In a low country, she's in the low country Better watch out, She's from the low country South Carolina, yeah the low country Hunting Island in the low country Hampton County in the low country Plenty of bounty in the low country Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson ©2013 Andrew L. Jackson
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Outta Nashville 02:26
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Outta Nashville Nashville, shrimp n' grits Real beer n' fake tits Real music, cheap junk Cutie Pies and country punks Music city, sittin' pretty By the river, feeling gritty Roll the dice, snake eyes Open your mind, close your eyes Showmanship is still alive "You 'n' your buddy, come inside" Deep fried anything Hap'N'Harry's, collard greens No one here is left out Left Hand Milk Trout Nash Vegas, sweaty teeth Catfish n' iced tea Oh My God it's too late I'm loving music that I hate So give me a headache pill And Get Me Outta Nashville Nashville, Tennessee Antebellum county seat Real music, dirty tricks Beatin' drums with big sticks Parthenon, Marathon I could go on and on I could get in deep trouble Living in a country bubble Duck fat tater tots Ten dollar parking lots Fried green tomato things Bourbon whiskey, porch swings Printer's alley, Five points Honky tonks n' boogie joints Hillbillies sellin' riddles On the stage at Second Fiddle Oh My God it's too late I'm playing music that I hate So bring another headache pill And Get Me Outta Nashville Get me Outta Nashville Get me Outta Nashville Outta Nashville Outta Nashville Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson ©2013 Andrew L. Jackson
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The Ice Age 03:24
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The Ice Age A clear-headedness is needed this season Autumn-to-winter when the mind is obtuse You need to reign it in, from madness to reason To keep your neck from slipping back in the noose These are the urges that can drive us to madness We ride the tension as an awkward excuse To remain calm is a crowning achievement Call on a wisdom that’s too right to refuse I see a sky that is shrouded in darkness The clouds part as the sun breaks through The rain falls as if to release the tension A bright rainbow begins to diffuse I feel the ice age is coming to pieces I feel the ice caps are melting for you I feel the ice age is coming to greet us I feel the ice age is coming for you It came to me at the end of a dream I didn’t know yet what it wanted to be All that I know is that the band didn't play There were no instruments as far as I could see I feel the ice age is coming to greet us I feel the ice age is coming for you I feel the ice age is coming to meet us There is a yeti that is looking for you Don't feed the yeti / don't feed the yeti It came to me at the end of a dream I didn’t know yet what it wanted to be All that I know is that the band didn't play There were no instruments as far as I could see Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson ©2013 Andrew L. Jackson
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Born Unready 03:40
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Born Unready Captivated, encapsulated Inebriated and deactivated I been emasculated, intoxicated Precipitated, then confiscated Alienated, lost for words Incarcerated, like jailbirds Permeated, infused with dust Uncalculated, yet still nonplussed It’s a lifelong lesson I keep unlearning It’s my confession with the fires burning A lost concession, the gears are turning Modest profession, but my wheels are churning It’s a glue-gun wedding with the gown unthreading My needle is getting enmeshed with the hay I’m paper shredding, identity forgetting A phosphorous netting, unhinged all the way Percolated, contra-indicated Elevated and improperly vetted Calculated, inundated Perpetuated, stamped and post-dated Emulated, looking for the right words Subdivided like the rule of thirds Under-rated, well that’s nothing new Over-achieving gives me something to do It’s a lifelong lesson I keep unlearning It’s my confession with the fires burning A lost concession, the gears are turning Modest profession, but my wheels are churning It’s a glue-gun wedding with the gown unthreading My needle is getting enmeshed with the hay I’m paper shredding, identity forgetting A phosphorous netting, unhinged all the way I said “I’m not ready!” I’m not ready, I’m not ready for this! I was born unready, my feet are unsteady And I’m really not ready for this I said “I’m not ready!” I’m not ready, I’m not ready for this! I was born unready, my feet are unsteady And I’m really not ready for this Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson ©2013 Andrew L. Jackson
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Stolen from a Dreamer 03:04
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Stolen From A Dreamer All of my ideas Are stolen from my dreams Stolen from a dreamer Who doesn't know what it means Every message that I deliver Started its life as an arrow in a quiver Of a cartoon madman El Dorado Fixing his gaze on a golden swallow Every existential phrase Depicts a look askance And every animated sequence Looks like a skeleton dance All of my ideas Are stolen from my dreams And only a somnambulist Would know what it means Living in a dreamland plastic city Mandrake dances in the fire so pretty Successions of images, ideas and emotions Simmering together in a goblet of potion Every existential phrase Depicts a look askance And every animated sequence Looks like a skeleton dance All of my ideas Are stolen from my dreams It takes another dreamer To get what it means Stolen from a mandragora, stolen from an imp Foe or friend, REM, walking with a limp Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson ©2013 Andrew L. Jackson
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Better to See 03:35
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Better to See I close my eyes The better to see, the better to see, the better to see I open my eyes To see what I need, to see what I need, to see what I see I am looking inside To see what is real I don't need to hide To show what I feel In a moment when I have no hesitation I can sense that something deeper is in motion I am ready for a vestal visitation To steady some of this inner commotion I take out my pen To write what I see, to write what I see, to write what I see There’s a myriad of men Who are talking through me, talking through me, so I write what they see I keep on messing around To find what can be found I go deep into the sound Dig deeper for something profound In a moment when I have no hesitation I can sense that something deeper is in motion I am ready for a vestal visitation To steady some of this inner commotion I close my eyes The better to see, the better to see, the better to see I open my eyes To see what I need, to see what I need, to see what I see Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson ©2013 Andrew L. Jackson
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Sleeping in the Backyard with Unicorns 04:11
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Sleeping in the backyard with unicorns Well that’s something I am planning to do Out there with my sleeping bag and a uniform Searching for an obfuscated clue Pieces of my dreams torn asunder May be scattered out there in the dark Underneath a moon that's all ethereal Maybe meet my match and make my mark Oh, I’ve been sleeping, mmm hmmm Yeah I’ve been sleeping, ooh ooh I’ve been sleeping in the backyard with unicorns And that’s something I always wanted to do Sleeping in the backyard with unicorns Well that’s something I’m intending to do Dreaming of a world that’s so much simpler Happy just to be at home with you Oh, I’ve been sleeping, mmm hmmm Yeah I’ve been sleeping, ooh ooh I’ve been sleeping in the backyard with unicorns And that’s something I always wanted to do Oh, I’ve been sleeping, mmm hmmm Yeah I’ve been sleeping, ooh ooh I’ve been sleeping in the backyard with unicorns And that’s something I always wanted to do Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson ©2013 Andrew L. Jackson
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Battles 03:59
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Battles I can't say if we expected something different 'Cause at the time there were battles to be fought It’s hard to say if things might have turned out different If at the time we were less caught up in thought Baby we fought our battles Baby we bent the rules Without the necessary resources We did the best we could do I can’t say if we have a clue where we’re headed But we have a sense of something we need to do It’s hard to say for sure if we’ve succeeded It comes down to the definitions that you use Baby we fought our battles Baby we changed the rules And I don’t care how history judges us We done what we could do There might have been some more that I had wished for You lose some battles to win the war We haven’t got out of the woods just yet, my friend But I can see, I can see the distant shore And all that one can do is all that one can do You plan your work and you execute your plan But no one can foresee unforeseen circumstances You lay your strategy out and when you can, you play your hand There might have been some more that I had wished for You lose some battles to win the war We haven't got out of the woods just yet, my friend But I can see, I can see the distant shore Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson ©2013 Andrew L. Jackson

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For my 2013 solo album Intentionally Blank, I took inspiration from the structure and production of classic rock songs from the 60s and 70s. Some of the songs were inspired by short trips to Nashville and Chicago. Dreams and existential thoughts also pervade the album -- both “The Ice Age” and “Michigan Avenue” came to me directly from dreams, while “Hypnotized,” “Stolen from a Dreamer” and “Sleeping in the Backyard with Unicorns” are thematically dream-oriented songs. These songs are uptempo and the riffs are memorable. I hope you enjoy it.

Andrew Lawrence Jackson
San Francisco, California

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released February 17, 2013

Intentionally Blank was written, arranged, and produced by Andrew Lawrence Jackson at his home studio and at Rick Cuevas Studio. Mixed by Andrew L. Jackson and Rick Cuevas.

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Alternative singer-songwriter, recording artist, Zru Vogue co-founder, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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