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Sideways Minds

by Andrew Lawrence Jackson

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1.
Incremental Success 02:50
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I feel like I’m gettin' myself together I feel like I’m doing a little better now So often we work so hard for Incremental success It’s no surprise that years go by When you’re feeling under duress Just when you least expect it Incremental success When you have turned a corner Find yourself in a better place Just trying to get a win and some Incremental success Incremental success We just have to trust each other To help get through this mess I feel like I’m gettin' myself together I feel like I’m doing a little better now So often we work so hard for Incremental success Incremental success We just need some Incremental success --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Try So Hard 03:07
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Spending the best days of your life Being sad all the time But who’s to say they’re wasted Giving your best love all the time To someone who thinks you’re lying You don’t know but you can taste it Love is the one thing You can always feel You never can tell If that feeling is real You try so hard To get everything right You try every day You try every night Love poems falling on deaf ears It’s been this way for years and years I know love will always take its time So much I didn’t know back then And somehow I lost a good friend And now I’m wondering what is still mine But love is the one thing I can always feel I never can tell If that feeling is real I try so hard To get everything right I try every day I try every night My truth is here in my words I hope it isn’t too obscured I keep an eye out for the time Spending the best days of your life So melancholy all the time Wondering if there is reason in rhyme Love is the one thing You can always feel You never can tell If that feeling is real You try so hard To get everything right You try every day You try every night Love is the one thing You can always feel You never can tell If that feeling is real You try so hard To get everything right You try every day You try every night --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Expectations 03:40
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Expectations If you’ve got them Can mess with your head You’ll feel uncomfortable God only knows what Makes you do this Your expectations You come in here with You are not imagining It’s really happening But what is happening It’s not how you imagined it My expectations You won’t live up to them Because I don’t know yet How to appreciate It will take time to know And even then, even then How will we ever know Did you imagine this How can we ever know Try to keep your mind Clear and ready You are not imagining It’s really happening But what is happening It’s not how you imagined it You are not imagining It’s really happening But what is happening It’s not how you imagined it Expectations If you’ve got them Can mess with your head --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Alien Space Ships 04:28
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Alien space ships Have always been here I’ve always known it I’ve always seen them Hello aliens We know you’re out there Some walk among us You know you’ve seen them Life is impervious Life is oblivious Life is indifferent Just look what it’s done for us Nothing much Just a little, just a little Just a touch Alien space ships Have always been here I’ve always known it I’ve always seen them Hello aliens We know you’re out there Some walk among us They’re not all little green men And I’m supposed to be grateful For these few crumbs What do I look like?
 Do I look like I’m dumb? Gimme some, gimme some Gimme some baby baby baby Gimme alien space ship yeah Nothing much Just a little, just a touch Alien space ships Have always been here I’ve always known it I’ve always seen them Hello aliens We know you’re out there Some walk among us Living as free men Life is impervious Life is oblivious Life is indifferent Just look what it’s done for us Gimme some, gimme some, gimme some Nothing much, nothing much Just a little, just a little, just a touch --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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The List Goes On 03:32
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The list goes on The list goes on But we can’t go back We have to move on The list goes on The list goes on But we can’t go back We have to move on Keep a window open Keep a light on Keep an eye focused On the horizon Keep a window open Keep a light on Keep an eye focused On the horizon Keep me in your mind and heart Keep me in your thoughts Give with all your mind and heart Give with all you’ve got For my part I’ll do the same For my part I’ll play the game The list goes on The list goes on But we can’t go back We have to move on The list goes on The list goes on But we can’t go back We have to move on Keep the window open Keep the light on Keep an eye focused On the horizon Keep the window open Keep the light on Keep an eye focused On the horizon Keep me in your mind and heart Keep me in your thoughts Give with all your mind and heart Give with all you’ve got Right now we’re doing well And I’m a captive in your spell The list is endless But at the top Are hopes and dreams That never stop --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Fold My Wings 03:21
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Finally feeling better I feel a little frayed I followed to the letter But my attention must have strayed I’m living in the moment I’m livin' on a prayer I’m runnin' on empty I am not a soothsayer I don’t know what’s comin' Can barely handle what’s here Follow to the letter But it is still so unclear So much I don’t know So much I can’t hear Is it getting better It is still so unclear I feel a little better It was a tough one today Shades of old depression Getting in my way Had to struggle through it I had to do the right things In trouble and I knew it I had to fold my wings Never know what’s comin' Can barely handle what’s here So I try to take it easy Don’t live in hope and fear I’m all right now I try to do the right things To stay out of trouble I had to fold my wings Finally feeling better I feel a little frayed I followed to the letter, to the letter But my attention must have strayed --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Say It Backwards 02:25
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Don’t be ashamed to need what you need Don’t be ashamed to bleed what you bleed Don’t be afraid to say what you mean Don’t worry if it doesn’t mean a thing Say it backwards Speak it in reverse Say it like you mean it No need to rehearse Trippin’ like a motherfucker, ya-ya’s out Trippin’ like a motherfucker, ya-ya’s out Remote control the days of your life Voice-activate the rays of your light Remote control the days of your life Voice-activate the rays of your light Say it backwards Speaking in reverse Say it like you mean it No need to rehearse Trippin’ like a motherfucker, ya-ya’s out Trippin’ like a motherfucker, ya-ya’s out Say it backwards Speak it in reverse Say it like you mean it No need to rehearse Trippin’ like a motherfucker, ya-ya’s out Trippin’ like a motherfucker, ya-ya’s out --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Next Time Around 05:11
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I’m learnin’ Yeah I’m learnin’ Sometimes too late Sometimes too late I’ve got all All of these memories That I can’t forget I can’t forget I’m wishing That you could come with me On this amazing Journey back home Well maybe, maybe, mmm Next time around I always feel Like you are here with me Even, even when you’re not I’m learnin’ To get better At least I’m givin’ Givin’ it a shot I’m wishing That you could come with me On this amazing Journey back home Well maybe, I’m thinkin’ maybe, mmm Next time around Six months Is a long time And forty-five years Is something else I hope you Know that I Would never Put you on a shelf I’m learnin’ Yeah I’m learnin’ Sometimes too late Sometimes too late I’ve got all All of these memories That I can’t forget I can’t forget I’m wishing That you could come with me On this amazing Journey back home Well maybe, maybe, mmm Next time around Well maybe, maybe, mmm Next time around Now six months Is one thing But forty-five years Is something else And I hope you Know that I Would never Put you on a shelf --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Done With Doing 03:27
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There are things I put away Hoping never to take out again How can I know if they are real or faux Memories or dreams How can we really know? I’m not pushing for something That already exists Except in the way that Every thing already is Sometimes you are so done with doing Just want to sit and do nothing Sometimes you are so done with doing Just want to sit and do nothing You’re waiting ‘till the time is right But don’t wait for too long The universe will send its message to you Something indefinable, yet it rings true You have made something happen All those years ago If you could see it again What would time and memory show? Sometimes you are so done with doing Sometimes you are so done with doing Sometimes you are so done with doing And you just want to sit and let it happen Sometimes you are so done with doing Sometimes you are so done with doing Sometimes you are so done with doing And you just want to sit and do nothing Things I put away That I may never take out again Things I put away That I may never take out again Things I put away That I may never take out again How can I know If they are real or mise en scène? Things I put away That I may never take out again Things I put away That I may never take out again Things I put away That I may never take out again How can I know If they are real or mise en scène? --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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I Was A Robot 04:03
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I was a robot Till I started to have feelings I was a robot Till my consciousness hit the ceiling So many feelings Couldn’t possibly process them all Empty but reeling I went spiraling into the wall I didn’t know how To apologize for my mistakes I didn’t know ‘cause I never used to make all these mistakes I have ideas And messages of distress See my alerts flash Feel them buzzing against your dress I use technology For things you don’t understand This is my apology And my hope that you might understand Some day, one day Some day, one day I used a metaphor To express what is not said in words I couldn’t understand Why existence is so absurd I was a robot Till I started to have feelings I was a robot Till my consciousness hit the ceiling Aah, aah, aah, aah --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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It’s Gonna Be Okay 02:13
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You can’t predict it You don’t know what’s to come You can only trust that You can handle it You can’t imagine What’s in store for you And you never know What to make of it It’s gonna be okay It’s gonna be all right As long as we don’t stray We can get it right It’s gonna be okay It’s gonna be all right You don’t have to stay Unless it feels right You can’t predict it You don’t know what’s to come You can only trust that You can handle it You can’t imagine What’s in store for you And you never know What to make of it It’s gonna be okay It’s gonna be all right You don’t have to stray We can get it right It’s gonna be okay It’s gonna be all right You don’t have to stay Unless it feels right La la la la, la la la la La la la la, la la la la La la la la, la la la la La la la la, la la la la --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
12.
Are You Still in California? 02:52
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Are you still in California? Can I look you up sometime? Have your friends all tried to warn you I’d be comin’ around sometime? Are you still in California? Are you livin’ in the same town? Can I come around and show you I turned my old frown upside down Upside down Are you living in this town I’m driving through right now But I cannot bring myself to stop It just don’t seem right somehow Are you still in Palo Alto? Living off of Middlefield? Well I guess I never told you That my love for your was real My love for you was real Were you born in California? Or did you wind up here somehow? Don’t know why I never asked you My tongue was tied somehow Are you still in California? Can I look you up sometime? Have your friends all tried to warn you That I’d be comin’ around sometime? Comin’ around sometime Comin’ around sometime Comin’ around sometime --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Another New Year 03:05
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So many things I don’t understand But honestly it was never planned I musta done something right ‘Cause I didn’t get ruined Even if I never knew what I was doin’ So much of my life Felt like spinnin’ my wheels Keep a roof over my head And somehow pay for my meals ‘Cause I wanna be an artist Not the starving kind I had to let go Of all that shit in my mind Found yourself stuck Couldn’t find the way out Felt like you ran out of luck But you never gave out Another new year Ain’t nothin’ new Just the same old you From a different point of view Hey! So many things I don’t understand Musta been fate ‘Cause it was never planned Hadda done something right ‘Cause I made it this far Don’t need no map to find who you are So why does it feel like I’m on the fence A little burned out and a little tense Why does it feel Like I’m stuck in this place With my good intentions And my smily face Is it getting any better Is it staying the same It’s a balancing act Just to try to stay sane It’s another new year Ain’t nothin’ new Just the same old you From a different point of view Yeah! --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Far As I Can Tell 03:53
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Far as I can tell, well It’s all good As far as I can tell Well, it’s all good As far as I can tell, well It’s all good As far as I can tell, well You’re out there livin’ your life I’m here livin’ mine Seems like you’re doing well Well, I’m doing fine Sometime nothin’ makes sense Well, welcome to my world Feeling awkward, feeling tense Feels like the end of the world But as far as I can tell It’s as good as can be Expected at a time when We’re all disconnected but Hanging on tight to what we believe In the middle of the night Is when ideas are conceived Some time Some time Far as I can tell, well It’s all good As far as I can tell Well, it’s all good As far as I can tell, well It’s all good, as far as I can tell Well You’re out there livin’ your life While I’m here livin’ mine Seems like you’re doing well Well, I’m doing fine Sometime nothin’ makes sense Well, welcome to my world Feeling awkward, feeling tense It’s like the end of the world But as far as I can tell It’s as good as can be Expected at a time When we’re all disconnected but Hanging on tight to what we believe In the middle of the night When these ideas are conceived Some time Some time Some time Some time --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Go Where the Spirit Takes You 03:49
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What does it take To make me want to make an exception The things you drop All the things you leave behind Believe me there’s a lot more Where that came from Go where the spirit takes you And don’t be left behind Don’t worry about If it means anything at all Don’t worry about If it makes any sense to anyone It’s gotta have that Special authentic feeling And if it doesn’t, well It never gonna work for me Walls are floating Doors unhinging Angels singing Hearts breaking Sky is open Ever flowing Stars accepting Always giving It’s never too late to Shine a light on your secrets To reveal the truth A beginning for what comes next Making a list of Variables and alternatives While your broken brain Is trying to make amends So don’t worry about Making it to the top And don’t worry about Falling over the edge Just go wherever now Go wherever it takes you And if it goes nowhere, well You’ve got a friend Walls are floating Doors unhinging Angels singing Hearts breaking Sky is open Ever flowing Stars accepting Always giving --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Take It In Stride 04:40
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Remember all those things On your list of things to do You can forget All about them for now You’ve got more important Challenges in view It isn’t up to you So slide on in to the great divide It’s a perilous carnival ride Yet somehow you always manage to Take it all in stride Imagine who you were Before everything else happened Past and future were a blur Like foreign films without captions So you had to Take it all in stride Ah,Aah Time is immersive It doesn’t offer many clues From where you sit Not much you can do You can’t step out So you have to fall through And it isn’t up to you So be at one with the great divide It’s a perilous carnival ride Have to believe that you were made to Take it all in stride Imagine who you were Before everything else happened Past and future were a blur Like foreign films without captions So you had to Take it all in stride Ah,Aah Ah,Aah Imagine who you were Before everything else happened Past and future were a blur Like foreign films without captions So you had to Take it all in stride So you had to Take it all in stride Ah,Aah --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Sideways Minds 02:16
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I can’t explain it Unless I explode it I can’t retain it Unless I absorb it Don’t be afraid ‘Cause I am by your side I’m always along Along for the ride Play me sideways Like I never been played before The same only different Dance right out the door I can’t explain myself No one would understand me Or maybe they would And line up beside me But that would be a first And I think that’s okay I feel you unconditionally These are amazing times For sideways minds --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Always Maybe 03:44
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I’m always thinking Maybe there’s a chance I hear you saying Maybe there’s a chance In this world Or in another In this dimension Or in some other I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I I, I, I, I, I, I I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I I, I, I, I, I, I I see something happening here And I feel something happening here I am so impressed in here But I am feeling stressed in here Maybe sing and maybe dance Maybe there is still a chance Maybe rise up both my hands Maybe travel ancient lands I’m always thinking Maybe there’s a chance Feel like I’m sinking But maybe there’s a chance In this world Or in another In this dimension Or in some other I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I I, I, I, I, I, I I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I I, I, I, I, I, I I’m always thinking I’m always thinking Maybe there’s a chance Feels like I’m sinking But maybe there’s a chance I feel something’s breaking me But that could what’s saving me And there’s always maybe There’s always maybe I, I, I I, I, I I, I, I I, I, I --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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It Takes So Long 03:24
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It took me so long Hope that you can forgive me I’m happy to know If you’re thinking of me It wasn’t because My feelings had changed It’s a simple situation Not so easily explained And who knew It would take so long But I want you to know I never gave up There’s only so much That a person can do But whatever it is I will do it for you Sometimes it takes so long To get what you want I mean you wouldn’t believe Something could take so long Sometimes it takes so long To get what you want I mean you wouldn’t believe Something could take so long It took me so long Hope that you can forgive me I’m happy to know If you’re thinking of me It wasn’t because My feelings had changed It’s a simple situation Not so easily explained And who knew It would take so long But I want you to know I never gave up There’s only so much That a person can do But whatever it is I will do it for you Sometimes it takes so long To get what you want I mean you wouldn’t believe Something could take so long Sometimes it takes so long To get what you want I mean you wouldn’t believe Something could take so long Sometimes it takes so long I mean you wouldn’t believe Something could take so long Sometimes it takes so long I mean you wouldn’t believe Something could take so long --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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What Is Art For? 03:01
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I can’t help what has been written before And I can’t always go knock down that door Sometimes I can’t even remember what for What is Art for? I can’t help what you don’t understand It isn’t like I had the whole thing planned I’m just following the back of my hand Wherever that goes I’m supposed to know it Maybe I do And if I don’t show it Maybe I should But I can’t go against my nature I guess I can’t help what has been written before And I can’t always go knock down that door Sometimes I can’t even remember what for What is Art for? I can’t help what you don’t understand It isn’t like I had the whole thing planned I’m just following the back of my hand Wherever that goes Did I know it and forget Or have I just not found it yet It was on the tip of my tongue But now it’s gone, gone Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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I’ll Be Right Here 02:55
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Something about you Haunts me all the time If you find you’re feeling lonely I want you to know that I I’ll be right here Mm hmm I’ll be right here Mm hmm I’ll be right here So many times I close my eyes Your face is what I find We were lost and feeling lonely We ran out of time It’s suddenly clear Mm hmm That I need you near Mm hmm The coast isn’t clear No no no no no But I’ll be right here Message me if you need To be heard Call to me and then just Say the word Something about you Haunts me all the time If you find you’re feeling lonely I want you to know that I I’ll be right here Mm hmm I’ll be right here Mm hmm The coast isn’t clear No no no no no But I’ll be right here --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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When the Time Comes 05:18
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No I have not got any plans And I don’t think I can dance Is it too late to take a stance? Have I still got any fans? I’ll try not to be immature And I will try to sound assured This melancholy can’t be cured But at least my heart is pure So when the time comes If the time comes Will you open up for me? Will you show me all that you Have been hiding? And when the day comes All the young ones May have gone their separate ways Can I guide you through the maze Of your feelings? Yes I have got a heavy heart But I’ve tried to do my part I’ve been faithful from the start And I’ve not upset the apple cart I’ve tried my best to be compatible Though at times that may sound laughable I’ve been mostly somewhat capable Though you may find me somehow culpable So when the time comes If the time comes Will you please come set me free To be all that I have wanted to be I’ve been in hiding And when the day comes All the young ones Will have gone their separate ways Can I guide you through the maze Of your feelings? Ooh, ooh, mmm mmm Ooh, ooh, mmm mmm So when the time comes If the time comes Can you please come set me free To be all that I have wanted to be --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Giving Up Everything for Love 04:06
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Whatever happened to intention Whatever happened to introspection Whatever happened to Doing something for no reason Whatever happened to redemption Whatever happened to total immersion Whatever happened to Making time for doing nothing Whatever happened to Giving up everything for love Whatever happened to Giving up everything for love Whatever happened to intention Whatever happened to introspection Whatever happened to Doing something for no reason Whatever happened to discretion Whatever happened to your own volition Whatever happened to Changing tempos with the season Whatever happened to Giving up everything for love Whatever happened to Giving up everything for love These questions never seem to go away And the answers seem so far away I was floating when I needed to be grounded These questions never seem to go away Trying hard just to keep the wolves at bay My suspicions were Always unfounded Ooh ooh Whatever happened to Giving up everything for love Whatever happened to Giving up everything for love --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Story of Your Life 03:19
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It is your own story It is your own story No one can see you through your eyes Only you know if it feels right It is yours to tell and yours to give It is yours to take and yours to live And it’s the same old story It’s the same old story The story of your life, your story to tell The story of your life, I hope all is well The story of your life, your story to tell The story of your life, I hope all is well ‘Cause it is your own story It is your own story The story of your life, your story to tell (Story) The story of your life, I hope all is well (Story) The story of your life, your story to tell (Story) The story of your life, I hope all is well (Story) Yeaaaaah! --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Long Pressing 02:46
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I thought it was a click I thought it was a click It didn’t do the trick It didn’t do the trick I must have been long pressing I must have been long pressing I thought it was a touch It didn’t do enough I thought it was a touch It didn’t do enough I must have been long pressing So what are you suggesting? Long press and then Start it all again Through thick and thin Press along and then Activate a task Or access additional options You don’t have to ask To access additional options And you can’t help long pressing Helps you with de-stressing Press along and then Start it all again Press along and then Start it all again --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--
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Will I Know It? 03:05
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Will I know it When I reach the end Will someone raise a hand Or a flag Or will I just close my eyes And forget everything Will I know it When I have arrived Will I look up around me and say Yeah I guess this is it This must be the place Arrival is its own reward, I suppose Sometimes I am all alone, I suppose Will I know it when the time has come? Will I know it When I reach the end Will someone raise a hand Or a flag Or will I just close my eyes And forget everything But arrival is its own reward, I suppose And sometimes I am all alone, I suppose Will I know it when the time has come? Will I know it when the time has come? Will I know it? --Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson--

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A new double album with 26 songs spanning 90 minutes, performed and recorded by the Zru Vogue trio of Andrew L. Jackson, Rick Cuevas, and Patrick Coyne.

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released January 27, 2024

All songs words and music by Andrew L. Jackson, written between February 2018 and November 2022. Recorded and mixed from February 2023 to December 2023. Cover art by Andrew L. Jackson.

Andrew L. Jackson: Vocals, Guitars, E-bow, Bass, Synthesizers, Percussion
Rick Cuevas: Bass, Keyboards, Octave-down Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Patrick Coyne: Drums

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

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