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Postmodernism

by Andrew Lawrence Jackson

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1.
Backup Plan 03:19
Can’t really guess What’s going to happen to us We just looked up And there we were Can’t really know What may come or go, so we Go with the flow And there we are Sometimes you don’t have a backup plan Sometimes you have to jump without a net Sometimes you don’t know who might 
catch you if you fall Sometimes you give more than you get And most times you can’t really guess Try to sound so sure as you’re Putting out the fires and Marking time Along the way You feel misunderstood People around you Don’t seem to get The things you say I’m the only one like me You’re the only one like you No one else can see what we can see It’s true Sometimes you don’t have a backup plan Sometimes you have to jump without a net Sometimes you don’t know who might 
catch you if you fall Sometimes you give more than you get And most times you can’t really guess Sometimes you give more than you get And most times you can’t really guess -- Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson copyright 2015-2016
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Autocorrect 03:11
Sometimes you cast a wide net Sometimes you hedge all of your bets Sometimes you narrow your vision Fixing your mind on your mission Sometimes you find her old letters Makin' it hard to forget her She's somewhere painting her nails Taking the wind out of my sails Gonna highlight the blank spaces In those old letters that we traded Gonna use a dayglo pink Between those words all old and faded Sometimes you take a big chance Sometimes you walk ‘round in a trance Lately you send a lot of texts Just letting them auto-correct Gonna highlight the blank spaces In those old letters that we traded Gonna use a dayglo pink Between those words all old and faded -- Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson copyright 2015-2016
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Fireplace Joe Where did you go? Somewhere with the missing persons We never got to know Fireplace Joe Where did he go? Is he Hanging out with missing persons That we never got to know? Fireplace Joe With a gun in his hand Knows that things never work out Exactly as planned Oh – where will he go? Fireplace Joe Oh – where does he go? Fireplace Joe Fireplace Joe Rubs up with citronella And thinks about the day he’ll find His own Cinderella Fireplace Joe And the Sunday sleepers Know that when morning comes Become Monday’s creepers What does he know? No more than anyone else Every fire he stirs up Comes right back to his self Oh – where will he go? Fireplace Joe Oh – where does he go? Fireplace Joe -- Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson copyright 2013-2016
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Some things I wanted to say But I couldn’t find the words So I substituted others Not sure what others might have heard Some things I wanted to do But I couldn’t find the time I could have made myself crazy But I didn’t want to cross that line ‘Cause when you cross the line With the wind at your back And the madness surrounds you You lose sight of the track And when you’ve crossed the line And your mind’s ill at ease It can knock the wind out of you It can bring you to your knees Some things I set out to find But when I couldn’t remember them I took another direction Still I never surrendered them Some things have taken a while Longer than I expected But I know that it’s better now Since I learned to accept it That when you cross the line With the wind at your back And the madness surrounds you You lose sight of the track And when you’ve crossed the line And your mind’s ill at ease It can knock the wind out of you It can bring you to your knees -- Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson copyright 2013-2016
5.
Picking a life up second hand Just wanna be authorized beforehand Stalking self-loathing feelings out of hand Not going back again, I’m also ran I just can’t stand another thing So much of nothing is happening She just won’t stop chattering And I just can’t stand another thing Reminiscing of a time you can’t recall Must have had the time of your life after all Since she blew up your phone, no one calls Just sit back and fade away until it falls I just can’t resist another thing So much of nothing is happening She just won’t stop chattering And I just can’t stand another thing! -- Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson copyright 2016
6.
Bill Jones 03:34
The C.D. player's broke So I went out for a smoke I didn't have a light And they didn't get the joke I started out asleep Aut then I finally woke Think about the words I say Don't think I haven't spoke The fire is alive for Bill Jones And the night is still young For mister bones Oh hey I guess you'll say Well that's just how it goes Napoleon Bonaparte His room upstairs is closed He's taking off his glasses And he's staring down his nose His life was once all poetry But now it's turned to prose I'm ready for a drink but My bartender just froze My motives were once hidden But now everybody knows Oh hey I guess you'll say... You think you made it out of there Until your garden glows Washing all your dreams away The river always flows And a Curated Swordfish Hits me on the nose "Oh hey" I guess you'll say "Well that's the way it goes" And the night's forever young For mister bones And the fire is a dream For the one who never knows Yes the night is ever young for mister raggedy bones And the fire is still alive for a man named Bill Jones "Oh hey" I guess you'll say "Well that's the way it goes" And the night's forever young For mister bones -- Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson copyright 2014-2016
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I'm a lucky man Swirling; Contest winner Imagining myself as someone You might like to To get to know better Admiring the view It sure looks good from here Where I stand Could be the future, maybe Poetry in motion Repeat and fade I’m so happy-go-lucky Making a home in an artificial world Chances are you're gonna get lucky Time to go home to your temporal world I'm a somnambulist Dreaming - I'm a contest winner Out with my better half And our nine cats Drifting On a life raft Admiring the view 'cause I'm a look look looker Watching the watchers Living the questions The poetry of every single day We're so happy-go-lucky Making our home in an artificial world Chances are we're gonna get lucky When we go home to our temporal world I’m so happy-go-lucky Making a home in a temporal world Chances are you're gonna get lucky Time to go home to your temporal world That's how I see it You can believe it Then maybe someday We can retrieve it -- Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson copyright 2015-2016
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You want your wings to be wide You want your wings to be fast You’ve got a long way to go You’re gonna make it at last (make it at last) You will leave behind Everything that is You’re gonna get up and fly Out over the abyss (over the abyss) You’re Gonna Fly Across That Bridge Of Sky You’re Gonna Fly Across That Bridge Of Sky Just like a great big bird Just like a beautiful song You will ride the wind I hope it won’t take too long (don’t take too long) ‘Cause the ocean is so deep And the sky’s so wide You’ve gotta go within’ For something deep inside (deep down inside) And when you take Take to the sky Wave to your friends They are the very thing On which your life depends First you fold your wings Then you open them wide Out of the underworld You will take off and fly You’re Gonna Fly Across That Bridge Of Sky You’re Gonna Fly Across That Bridge Of Sky You’re Gonna Fly Across That Bridge Of Sky -- Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson copyright 2015-2016
9.
Think about what they said The ones who’ve been there and back Their motivation was the same They've been down the same long track Think about what they said The ones who’ve been and gone The things they did for good To navigate right from wrong But it’s hard to get quiet It’s hard to get rest It’s hard to restart now To retake that test It’s hard to stay focused It’s hard to think straight It’s hard to get started When it’s already late Think about what they said The ones who’ve been there and back Their motivation was the same They've been down the same long track Think about what they said The ones who’ve been and gone The things they did for good To try to navigate right from wrong But it’s hard to get quiet It’s hard to get rest It’s hard to restart now To retake that test It’s hard to stay focused It’s hard to think straight It’s hard to get started When it’s already late It's hard to get ready It's hard to get set It's hard to get going When there's not much time left It's hard shift over and It's hard to get straight It's hard to get started When it's already late Going back to square one Before all this had begun Life was simple and fun Thought we were second to none, yeah -- Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson copyright 2014-2016
10.
A shadow of my former self follows me around He follows me around I wake up in the morning and I get up He’s still laying down A shady sort of fellow is my former self Don’t let him hang around If you can find him Sneak up behind him Turn him around I used to be connected to my former self He follows me around I wake up in the morning and I get up He’s still laying down And maybe you will see my former self In the lost and found And if you find him Sneak up behind him Turn him around A shadow of my former self follows me around He follows me around I wake up in the morning and I get up He’s still laying down A shady sort of fellow is my former self Don’t let him hang around If you can find him Sneak up behind him Turn him around Turn him around Do me a favor and Turn him around Do me a favor and Turn him around -- Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson copyright 2015-2016
11.
I’m thinking ‘bout clouds And bird formations I’m thinking about us How we’ve seen so many changes It’s just one big sky And we’re part of it Seen from below But sometimes we’re above it I’m lookin’ at clouds, and thinkin’ ‘bout all these migrations We move to and fro But the essence never changes Look at that big sky And the people in skyscrapers They walk around high In their cubicles shuffling papers Oh – I’m - thinkin’ about mountains Oh – I’m - thinkin’ about rivers Oh – I’m - thinkin’ about the ocean And it’s giving me the shivers I’m thinking ‘bout clouds And bird formations An endless sky And endless changes Oh – I’m - thinkin’ about mountains Oh – I’m - thinkin’ about rivers Oh – I’m - thinkin’ about the ocean And it’s giving me the shivers -- Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson copyright 2015-2016
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I went to the bridge But the bridge was burnt down The river was swollen It covered the ground To travel ahead I had to turn around There were no straight lines I just go round and round Oh… Where does this road lead? There’s no way to know I have to get up to speed Figure the right way to go I can’t say who I believe Because I can’t see through I only hope I will be Somebody new and improved Because the fire is alive It can consume you too It has the power to be More than a friend to you So if your path is obscured And you don’t know what to do Believe in Mystery And let it come to you And if you come to a bridge And the bridge is burnt down And if the river is wide So you can’t see the ground Don’t you be afraid To pick up the thread To just follow it back To a place in your head Now where do you go? Where do you go from here? Where to you go? Where do you go from here? Where do you go? Where do you go from here? Where to you go? Where do you go from here? -- Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson copyright 2010-2016

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The 12th solo album from Andrew Lawrence Jackson, founding member of of Zru Vogue, Sience Patrol, and Savage Roger. Alt-indie-pop-rock styles from minimal to baroque brought to you by the last post-wave singer-songwriter.

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released September 11, 2016

Words, music, performance, and production by Andrew Lawrence Jackson (with help from the delightful and charming Rick Cuevas).

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

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