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Sharpen Up The Dynamite

by The Something Brothers

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1.
A Boston kind of smell Yeah, I’ve been dying for something new, yeah Some kinda hoopla, some kinda hullabaloo, yeah I hear a new kind of breeze whistling in my ear There’s a Boston kind of smell lingering in the air Who’s got the keys to the next big room, yeah? What’s going down on the mystery side of the moon, yeah? I hear a new kind of breeze whistling in my ear There’s a Boston kind of smell lingering in the air I see you, yeah. My brand new moon, yeah I hear a new kind of breeze whistling in my ear There’s a Boston kind of smell lingering in the air There’s a brand new fire in my hair My ashes scatter everywhere Brand new eyes for looking through I see you brand new moon
2.
Let Go 02:42
Let Go I am the past, I’m a fuzzy faded photograph in some magazine, some old rag nobody reads I am just a dream, forget that you remember me Please release me, it’s alright Let go let go let go Your mind is out of its time Time never waits for you to waste it Time never waits for you to slap your face awake Let go let go let go Your mind is out of its time I am the future, I’m a laughing little Buddha I might give you a wink but never kiss you on the lips I am just a dream, nothing like you think I’ll be Please release me, it’s alright
3.
Cat Fight 02:21
Cat Fight Ahhh, pretty kitty’s out tonight Ahhh, Fluffy’s looking for a fight Heads will roll when all the screamin’ turns to howling’ bloody murder Caterwauling, best believin’ all the claws come out tonight Ahhh, sharpen up the dynamite Ahhh, spittin’ hissy pussy riot Heads are rolling, fangs a-gleaming Growlin’ howlin’ bloody murder Fur’s a-flyin’ best believin’ all the claws come out tonight
4.
Super Lonely 02:27
Super Lonely I am not, but you might call me super lonely I am like a super hero, Super Lonely You rabid dogs no longer interest me You growl & hobble around your cages so aimlessly Your world has not been worth my time Go save your own lives & I’ll get on with mine I am not, but you might call me super lonely I am like a super hero, Super Lonely You dogs of war, you only anger me You peddle your poison around your world so thoughtlessly My pearls are cast before the swine My power is my content in my resign I am not, but you might call me super lonely I am like a super hero, Super Lonely I am not, but you might call me super lonely I’m a goddam super hero, Super Lonely
5.
Eternal Sunshine What things ring the bells at midnight? They sing, it’s like the galloping of wings I think I know, it’s got to be… It’s got to be the crows Bask in the eternal sunshine of the idiotic mind My sunshine Who lights this blue neon crucifix? They spin, just like the drunken sailors sing I think I know, it’s got to be… It’s got to be the crows Bask in the eternal sunshine of the idiotic mind My sunshine What things ring the bells at midnight? They sing, it’s like the galloping of wings Wings wings wings
6.
Nails are for hammering When you’re the one who’s holding all the hammers everything looks like a nail, and nails are for hammering But once that you have hammered all the nails you’ll be left with only hammers Then what is left for hammering ? Once upon a time you were a kinder man But, then again, so was I You may find a hand that’s full of fingers On these fingers there are nails Fingernails for hammering Once upon a time you were a kinder man But, then again, so was I This world has a way of getting in the way like a thumb that’s ripe for striking When you were young you had your whole life by it’s throat But now you don’t You’re the one who’s holding all the hammers therefore everything’s a nail and nails are for hammering Nails are for hammering
7.
Love Room 03:07
Love Room There’s a monster loose in the love room He’s making the scene & he’s sewing the seeds of doom and gloom All of the clowns will be leaving the party soon There’ll be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth and red balloons All the fat girls cry All the pretty boys get high Call the police to come up to the love room There’ll be whiskey and cake and trouble to make If they’re in the mood All the fat girls cry All the pretty boys get high 1,2,3,4 everybody hit the floor 4,3,2,1 everybody jump and run In the love room
8.
You’re being lied to If you believe the things you see you can trust in me You’re being lied to We play the carnival games, yeah We’re living in the death of days, yeah We’re living in a dream that won’t come true You’re being lied to You don’t know what I’m saying But you know what I mean Baby, you’re in tune It’s when you can’t hear the bats coming That’s when you know the bats are coming No bells ringing, no alarms buzzing No needles dancing in the red, no nothing
9.
These Eyes 02:36
These Eyes Sharp things, soft things, life washes over me These eyes have come useless They don’t surprise me These eyes, they disappoint me There’s nothing shiny Behind these eyes, these eyes Have I come so jaded that light will hide from me? Am I so emaciated that the sun can’t find me? Behind these eyes, these eyes Dilated, fixed, dilated, fixed, dilated Behind these eyes, these eyes Sharp things, soft things, life washes over me Black holes, two rings, god watches over me
10.
Captain Willard’s Mirror These days don’t matter, man These days I’m damaged I’m damned and I’m damaged beyond repair These days I’m shattered I’m shattered man, like Captain Willard’s Mirror These days don’t matter, man No, these days don’t matter man These good old days These days I’m fractured I’m busted man, I’m broken on the wheel These days don’t matter, man No, these days don’t matter man These good old days When I pray my little prayer And god does magically appear I would ask him why the hell he placed me here When I pray my little prayer And the devil holds me dear I would ask him “is it you who placed me here?” These days don’t matter, man No, these days don’t matter man These good old days
11.
The next Big Bang Red Rover c’mon over Time has come and god has got himself a shotgun Hey mister, let ‘er rip Let’s get it on Bring on the next Big Bang Supernova my Sharona Time has come and I have got myself a hot one Hey baby, gimme some lip Let’s get it on Bring on the next Big Bang Bring on the next Big Bang
12.
No cracker for Polly Everybody wants what someone else has got It’s something that nobody needs You open up the box, it’s just an empty box So you open every box you see No cracker for Polly, no oats for Molly No red meat rack for Rocky, no peach for me Someone should have warned you just as you were born about what you’re about to see Someone should have told you it ain’t no bed of roses living the American Dream No cracker for Polly, no oats for Molly No red meat rack for Rocky, no peach for me You know what they say about the birds of prey, baby? They say they only take what they can carry away They say they leave the scraps for all the weaklings and the rats That’s quite a thing now, wouldn’t you say? No cracker for Polly, no oats for Molly No red meat rack for Rocky, no peach for me No cracker for Polly, no hope for the ungodly No big deal, god is oddly at peace with me Everybody wants what someone else has got It’s something that nobody needs
13.
Mystery Box 02:29
Mystery Box Who are you, who am I ? You will look me in the eye I will try to hypnotize you. Never mind who am I, this is all your space & time It is you who realizes you The mystery box is for no one The mystery box is for no one but you. You. Just you Is it you, is it this? How’s it look from where you sit? Does the skin you’re in still fit you ? Is the mirror fine? You & only you decide Is it you who stands behind you? The mystery box is for no one The mystery box is for no one but you. You. Just you
14.
Evangeline Lilly You might be Cilla Black You might be Walter White You might be Dorian Gray You might be Long John Silver But you ain’t me You might be Virginia Woolf You might be Beaver Cleaver You might be Bobby Bare You might be Captain Kangaroo You ain’t me & I ain’t you But we are all together here & now You and me You might be Tuesday Weld You might be Doris Day Ou might be Peter Noone You might be Ted Knight You ain’t me & I ain’t you But we are all together here & now You and me You might be Charlie Rose You might be Herbie Flowers You might be Daisy Duke You might be Evangeline Lilly

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What do you do to follow up 2021’s trippy 3 disc mind flood “FLAK”? You go back to the basics - a power packed 36 minutes of straightforward rock. Well, as straightforward as The Something Brothers can do things, which isn’t really that “straightforward” after all.

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released December 1, 2023

Produced by Edwin Pierce
Mixed by Edwin Pierce & John Ganser
Mastered at Carl Saff Mastering, Chicago.

All songs written & performed by
Scott Lee Wilson, Edwin Pierce, Tommy O’Donnell,
Ryan Nelson, John Ganser
Copyright 2023 the something brothers (ascap/bmi)

With Sol Amarose, Olive Black, Ivy O’Donnell
Vocals on “Cat Fight”

Photography by Steve Hollis

A million thanks to Tim Piper at Argosy
Big loud thanks to Rich Teegarden & Joe Chrisman
Headphones highly recommended

2023 Argosy Records

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