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City of Sound

by The Revivalists

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1.
When the night comes and I'm able I could see you across the table You're a shooting star staring at me I'm paranoid now why are you laughing? So I called you just to call you I'm on a roll now still looking for you Looking out that window pane I feel the soft rain I'm going down the drain It's washing me away That’s why I called you just to call you It's not like I left you at the altar Got to get this boulder off our shoulder And make this load here a little bit lighter If you got something left to say Would you could you see me In the daylight you're a mystery I catch a cool glimpse and let it stone me When are we coming closer to what this could be Somehow I feel a little bit further Further from the truth it's not typical I feel invisible some days I'm miserable So if you ever want to see me Just take a load off wild and free If you got something left to say Would you could you see me Because I see you when I am able Yes I see you When the truth came out it was you
2.
When I Die 04:10
When it's late at night and dark as hell Where I'm going to well you know damn well I ain't got nobody else to blame Cause you know it's my fault and ain't it a shame The pearly locks on the pearly gates ain't just for show make no mistake Can nothing I do in this life of sin make it up enough to ever get me in So when I die I know in my life I ain't done things well, tried to do things right It's been a long dark road and try as I might I can't make it any closer to the golden light I'm a long lost soul meant to toil all day Inmate of my mind, with nothing to say You can't break those chains so let them be I'm not the one who ever held this key There's one thing that I know for sure No matter what I do, there is no cure For the things I've said, the things I've done There's only one chance it's his only son So when I die I know in my life I ain't done things well tried to do things right It's been a long dark road and try as I might I can't make it any closer to the golden light I'm close to the edge I lit my soul on fire So when I die I know in my life I ain't done things well tried to do things right It's been a long dark road and try as I might I can't make it any closer to the golden light I'm close to the edge and holding on All I can do is set my soul on fire with the golden light
3.
Upright 04:22
You broke my heart to save our one true chance to grow old year-by-year Forever we're dancing away a summer's night without all the rain You can rely on me honey I'll always remain You’re confident you know you're my best friend You're the thoughts in my mind that I can't comprehend Like you and me living two worlds so departed Forever you're the only one who'll mend my heart Lie on the ceiling stare up at the floor Fall upstairs to answer quiet knocks on my back door There's water in the streets and roots in the sky Wind blows away my mind I'm up all night The earth don't spin unless I'm by your side One day together babe we'll flip the world upright We're gonna flip the world upright Don't speed to find me babe but don't you drive slow I'll be here waiting in the place that you know Shoes hang in windows and no one knows my name Now that you're gone I'm the only one to blame For a heart that hardened with each shortening breath The undeserved tears that your blue eyes wept That seeped into the cracks I carved in the ground and Slowly but surely tipped our world up side down Lie on the ceiling stare up at the floor Fall upstairs to answer quiet knocks on my back door There's water in the streets and roots in the sky Wind blows away my mind I'm up all night The earth don't spin unless I'm by your side One day together babe we'll flip the world upright We're gonna flip the world upright Don't deny it, in your diary I saw you wrote how you still love me The imprint of the words that have all been erased Fifth line, third page You want to see me as I do you You wish it felt the way it used to And I can tell you it's coming soon
4.
We broke out the hounds Track them down, track them down, track them down And lock them up pound for pound Eye for an eye I've come to know In the city the city of sound Timeless is how long you'll sing When you're not with the one in your dreams She sends her love for me to see A pretty photograph to my telephone screen Well I really don't know what time will tell I never grew up I've never been in jail I've seen the inside of a cinder block cell With eyes rolled back in head oh well It's been a long time coming I'm proud to say I know what it takes to greet a sunny day You keep on pushing those clouds away While your knocking on wood every goddamn day Timeless is how long you'll sing When you're not with the one in your dreams She sends her love for me to see A pretty photograph to my telephone screen I really don't know what time will tell I never grew up I've never been in jail I've seen the inside of a cinder block cell With eyes rolled back in head oh well It's been a long time coming, I'm proud to say I know what it takes to greet a sunny day You keep on pushing those clouds away While your knocking on wood every god damn day Timeless is
5.
The sun itself is colorblind To the light it’s putting out somehow I watched it pass as a rider Gaze away from the seat Digital map live driver Stomach’s full head is hungry The women of the highway do their best to get by My best is unrealized The worst is when the best goes untried You can call it fear of failure, dying to succeed The wind blows at closed windows The billboards advertise their greed Take a look at my outlet Lend your ear to the beat You think you heard something It’s just the jingling of my spare key We can work it out We’re not heroes no Look up to the sky Navigate Below The thrills sought after They are numerous now You can find them in the ether in any part of any town In any heart that’s crooked or straight In the sunlit hours or when it’s late Wander the prism Witness the schism See the Yin-Yang cousins dancing Buddha rhythm Feel the sheet rock rattle below See the confidence surely grow With an army of days reflected through the haze Wisdom will accumulate. We can work it out We’re not heroes no Look up to the sky Navigate Below
6.
Criminal 05:11
Hello…can anyone hear me? I can't believe you came undone that's not your style I'm the only one who ever believed in you I always saw you through the toughest of times that's my style You were broke you were tired you were cold you were living a lie friend and I'll be with you till the end Is this all a con and lie? I’m a criminal I do this everyday I take the low road I roam the highways Maybe we'll meet again Maybe we'll die today Maybe we'll live forever never throw this love away Hello… am I coming in clear girl? Take a look in the mirror I know you don't like what you see Slip away slip away for a moment, not a day It’s all right child I'll hide you in the safe and sound But I never like that side you know because I’m a criminal I do this everyday I take the low road I roam the highways Maybe we'll meet again Maybe we'll die today Maybe we'll live forever, never throw this love away Hello, do you think that you're able To sit at my table, and speak with the right kind of mind It's all just a dream so clean what you clean and be dirty I get a feeling that the lows are chasing the highs down They hide in the safe and sound There will come a day when the night will be ours you know because I’m a criminal I do this everyday I take the low road I roam the highways Maybe we'll meet again Maybe we'll die today Maybe we'll live forever, never throw this love away I'm a criminal I throw this love away I do this everyday
7.
You pick me up, you put me down Although you never made a sound I'm living natural feeling free So I drift away, thinking in blurred photographs All the way to the mansion of my mind You push buttons I pull weight Every single day You're a fool to think I'd waste, and throw this all away Spending all this time Weighs heavy on my dime Everyday, I ain't got a second to waste Well I know I'm no fun When I'm moping like the pope Humming Otis in the rain These arms of mine will hold up hope And I can't tell if I'm owed, or do I owe So I'll put that on the list of all the things I'll never know You pick me up, you put me down And still we're wrapped up in the love That's always hung around Tell me is this all a dream Swimming the unconscious stream That flows into the mansion of my mind Let there be light Let there be longing for a better way of life It's not neurotic it's melodic when we're struggling Hanging from the fallen string Unraveling the fabric of my time Well I know I'm no fun When I'm moping like the pope Humming Otis in the rain These arms of mine will hold up hope And I can't tell if I'm owed, or do I owe So I'll put that on the list of all the things I'll never know
8.
Masquerade 04:58
It's a masquerade with all the troops out on parade Up till now we've saved Every woulda, coulda, shoulda that could've ever been made Riding tall on a ten foot bicycle Feeling small when I passed by city hall I caught a glimpse of the night mayor dressed in black taking nips from a flask filed with cognac With the memory of R.C.N speckled in trash I made a mad-hatter dash for the Frenchman stash I hope a couple grams will last Because there's four lungs puffin’ mama you can do the math It's a masquerade with all the troops out on parade Up till now we've saved Every woulda, coulda, shoulda That could've ever been made Look at us now Riding on the rooftops letting it out You could have the same We could be as one We could find a solution in the sun Now I'm breathing into you And I don't even know your name If my breath’s enough to save your life Why won't it stop all these games? Politicians playing with all of our minds Wrecking all of our lives They're like blind surgeons in the dark Their blue pens are scalpels in disguise It's a masquerade Insecurity guard, there's a force at the border That won't be let on It's a masquerade with all the troops out on parade Up till now we've saved Every woulda, coulda, shoulda That could've ever been made Look at us now Riding on the rooftops letting it out You could have the same We could be as one We could find a solution in the sun I don't need to fall into all your lies It's all I see for you and I I’m in a dream I’m holding on I’ll be here you’ll be gone Hurry, hurry, hurry I need you now In the dark we find the sound
9.
Joanie packed her bags Made sure to bring her mate' Told her mom and dad that She never met nobody else Quite like lee He moved down from Oregon in the rain Established a connection with an underground king They'll have it all, in the blink of an eye I'm the only one who knows how this happened all so fast We both grew up together I thought I knew this love would last Guess I was wrong, Heaven song, goodness gone In the blink of an eye She's a very pretty girl With a magnolia smile In this white wedding world It only takes a little while To get what you want When no one's looking in There's a river running through The backwoods of her brain It brought a rapid fast delivery Of aqua colored pain, that no one could see Pity please, pretty please goes on in the night They're trading places, they're missing faces Their wanted poster’s on the wall They're keeping pace with Two hopped up hippies in the Superdome Mama calling on the phone, when you coming home? She's a very pretty girl With a magnolia smile In this white wedding world It only takes a little while To get what you want When no one's looking in Go get what you want When no one's looking in So I keep an eye out for the bright searchlight I swear I'll never let you down again And if we try with all our mite Maybe we can reach the shore again But there's something in the air That's keeping me up, and I know why… So I keep an eye out for the bright searchlight I swear I'll never let you down again And if we try with all our might Maybe we can reach the shore again I've searched for you all my life Stealing in those backwood halls again It's up in the air the feelings we shared I never know just where to begin
10.
Btbd 06:34
Hello my friend Are you happy with what you see? I know that things aren't right between you and me Under the scope, I've done all that I can And I have been watched by many of jealous men Who are you? This one goes out to all my fallen friends I know that we'll all be together in the end So hold your loved ones close For forever and a day I know only god can tell when we'll be washed away Who are you? Who are you still inside of me? Who are you still in love with me? I told you so… All that she needs is a banker, a toy, a boy and a dress All that he needs is a lock on the door Some love in his heart to fill this hole in his chest You could be the love, I could be the fight We could say forever, staying up all night This is about as low as I could be tonight You could be the love, I could be the fight Who are you? Who are you still inside of me? Who are you still in love with me? My place is cold, I've been up all night I'm alone, but it's alright Is it in the air? I feel it in the air I've said it too many times The places I go could white out your eyes like the color of snow The rain or the sun could never prepare you For the seduction that comes with a fare Hot fire sex in the third degree Burning blunts, blowing lines, popping ecstasy I'm free from their world It had its hooks in me Still a fish out of water, but now I can breath All that she needs A banker, a toy, a boy and a dress It's all that she needs

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THANK YOUs:
To the many friends we have made at home and on the road.
To the pretty ladies who tolerate our absences: Amanda, Maggie, Carrie and Bertha, Stu Schayot, LtCol, USMC Ret. Dave Glassman and Kitt Lough, Glen Feinberg, Galactic, Rebirth Brass Band, The Campanelli’s, a Great American Musical Family, The Mighty Williams Clan, The indomitable Gekas’s, And Rob’s Family, The Shaws, “Aunt” Linda Doss, Mamakins F aka Zippy’s Mama, Darron Wood, Flip and Lina Faenric, Howie Kaplan, Wade Dowdle, Sam Shahin, Zac Evans, Mark Samuels, Donny Beall, WWOZ, Sherwood Collins, Roosevelt Collier, Tori Kaufman, Pat and Tara, Drew LaPlante and Michael Zozz, Steve Goodson, The Girardot Sunshine, Bill Jacobs, Kevin Laborde, Martin Guitars, D.L. Lap Steel Guitars, Bosphorus Cymbals, Bamboo Willie’s, Dave Jackson, Phil deGruy, Brett Tierney, Paul McDonald and Jonathan Pears

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released April 24, 2012

Produced by Ben Ellman
Mixed by Mikael Eldridge a.k.a. COUNT

Recorded December 2010 at The Music Shed in New Orleans, LA
Engineered by Chris Finney and Ben Ellman
Asst. Engineer: William R. Moesta IV
Overdubs recorded in August and September 2011 at Galactic’s “Studio Number C” in New Orleans, LA. by Ben Ellman.

Album Art by Eugene Serebrennikov

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