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lyrics

(Dug)

An empty venue is a practice space.
Give it up for both the people at the place.
If my only concern was being successful,
I should've learned the words to Wonderwall
and Basket Case.
On the week nights
tell em all to sleep tight.
Maybe hit the next gig up
if it seems right.
Taking freestyle topics from the bartenders,
it's already one of those nights.
Make a small part better.
When my heart shredded
and the promo didn't make a difference.
What exactly was the plan
besides getting my name on tickets?
I start to wonder if my moment's finished.
Sometimes I wonder if it was there
to begin with.
I work too hard if this is self indulgence.
But I don't really know what else to call it.
If I missed my hypothetical shot
at least I built everything
that I helped demolish.
At a certain point you gotta move on
from childish fantasies about
how you could ever move on.
I don't count years,
I measure time by new songs.
And hang out probably because
otherwise I'm proved wrong.
Get your groove back,
that's where all the truth's at.
Even if it's not my confidence
is a huge act.
And that's that.

(HT)
(Chorus)

Some nights we just play for the sound guy.
Every gig feels a bit like down time.
Some nights we just play for the sound guy.
Depending on the town and what the crowd's like.
Some nights we just play for the sound guy.
Never knew I'd need a draw for the outline.
Make noise one time,
for the sound guy,
unless we're alone
and everybody is outside.

Sometimes we just play for the sound guy.
Sometimes we just play. x2

I wrote a thousand songs
to play at hundreds of venues
for ten people
and it's never been an issue.
Went to Illinois
to try and fill the void.
Finding I'm still annoyed
by your stilted joy.
Still employed
and I hope the shows are worth it.
So nervous,
drove til there's no service.
Hypothetically speaking
think I regretted this evening.
Except I repeated
succeeding in incompletion.
I hate booking shows.
Don't wanna be a promoter.
A wannabe artist.
I wanna be a loner.
By and large
drive a car to align the stars
in a violent march
to start fights in bars.
This ones a personal
memorandum.
Keep tryin when you're stranded and you can't run.
Even if you're all alone in the interlude.
And you know they're sick of you,
and didn't move,
it isn't true.

(Chorus)

I remember shows
where we did our own sound.
Either the speakers or our ears were blown out.
I remember shows were we were our own crowd.
Rains and no one goes out,
stage-time slows down.
If you think we'll call off
then you got the wrong act
but we'll probably skip all the
call and response tracks.
Call all your contacts,
goes straight to voicemail.
We'd scream into the void
but even the fucking void bailed.
We don't know what the other acts
even do,
but we're here for your set.
We won't leave the room.'
We'll play your bar, or your yard,
or your festival.
Even if the venue says it has to be rescheduled.
One day we'll play all 52 and every city when we do,
until then I can't help but grin
when we see empty rooms.
Luckily I know a couple songs
about life sucks.
Can you turn the beat up?
Also turn the mics up!

(Chorus)

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from The Signal Glittering Inside The Storm, released March 14, 2020

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"The Signal Glittering Inside the Storm is not the Dug & Happy Tooth album that you’ll want to throw on at a party, but it is an emotional and personal album you can put on your headphones and get into some shit with. Sometimes that’s just what you need, and the Columbus duo are there for you in 2020." - Scratched Vinyl ... more

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