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1.
Similes in G 03:05
Like a fix to a junkie, like a john to a whore, like a bum to a box, like a punk to a liquor store, I'm into you. Like flesh to a bite, like a razor to a stone, like a thief to the night, like a person all alone, I want you. Like a candy to a babe, like a cop to a gun, like dancing to a rave, like a man on the run, I need you. Like a junkie to a fix, like a hooker to her lips, like a beating to a cop, like a man who just can't stop, I love you.
2.
One Thing 03:13
Walk me up the mountain. Stroll me by the sea. Float me down the river, baby. The only place I want to go is anywhere you're gonna be. Lookin' out on Frenchman Bay, you know that sunset sure looked fine. The only thing looking better was the look in your eye. I only know this One Thing. I only know One Thing to be true. I only know this One Thing, Baby I love you. Let's go up the North Beach where those wild horses roam. Anyplace we lay our heads feels like home. I'm coming home. I only know this One Thing. I only know One Thing to be true. I only know this One Thing, Baby I love you.
3.
'Shine 03:59
Blue eyes, red wine All our dreams are coming true. Firefly in the night sky lightin' up for me and you. And I'm gonna love you like nobody ever loved you with this crazy heart of mine. And I'lm gonna love you like nobody ever loved you and our love will turn the rain to 'shine. River wild, mountain side let it be a life long serenade. When you smile, my bride, I see everything we've made. And I'm gonna love you like nobody ever loved you with this crazy heart of mine. And I'lm gonna love you like nobody ever loved you and our love will turn the rain to 'shine.
4.
Tell me again how much you love me. Tell me again how much you care. Tell me one more time how you hate to break my heart. Tell me once again, "It's not fair". I love to watch the way you justify every little consequence you cause. Such an elaborate dance around the words just so you don't have to pay the cost. Tell me everything. I'll take it. Hang me from a string. I'll make it through the pain somehow. Baby, somehow. When you were broken, I was your nightingale. When you were scared, I held you tight. When you were leaving, I left an open door. I always made everything alright. But you've got this way that keeps you all alone. Baby, Jericho got nothin' on you. Now you tell me everything is falling down and there was never a God damned thing I could do. Tell me everything. I'll take it. Hang me from a string. I'll make it through the pain somehow. Baby, somehow. Tell me everything. I'll take it. Hang me from a string. I'll make it through the pain. I will rise again from the ashes, spread my wings and fly. This song is just to say goodbye.
5.
She came to me in paisley and lace and the candles lit the room. The light that flickered on her face made her skin white as the moon. Mandolins played, fiddles wailed. I should have seen the signs. But I forgot my past and my heart sailed. I must have lost my mind. Nothing else can hold me but the highway and the sky and they occasional good time and the sad eyed morning smile of a woman in blue and the things I see in you. The night time came and left me. The morning rose with a scowl. But the birds are nestled all snug in their trees and the dogs are gonna howl. Those are found who once were lost, but nothing stays the same. Except the paisley and the lace that draped her when she came to me. And everything is beautiful. Or so I have been told for all the beautiful people. But it can all be sold for a woman in blue and the things I see in you. When I lie awake at night, horny and strung out and my bones they ache for a fight and my soul just wants to shout I drift off to the night She came to me in paisley and lace and the candles burned and flickered on her face my woman in blue who reminded me of you.
6.
I wish I had me a Porn Star Moustache big and bushy underneath my nose. I want to take you up to my farmland get you dirty just to see what grows. I wanna love you like a traffic jam baby long and slow at the end of the day. I wanna love you like a broken freezer turn you on watch you melt away. I want to make you the queen of my castle I wanna give you the key to my heart it don't need to be a great big hassle just promise me that we'll never part.
7.
So Long 03:48
I listen to every car that comes down the road hoping that it's bringing you home. I hear your voice whispered on the wind saying that you're sorry again. My heart just wails like an old mountain song. I never knew that the night could be so long. Every creak in this old house is your footstep. Every crack is your key in the door. Every drip from the sink is another tear I cry knowin' I won't see you anymore. Till the morning came and you were still gone I never knew that the night could be so long. I guess there were plenty of things I never knew. Including how to hold on to you. The silence screams in your darkest dreams. Until you're drowning in it baby, you haven't got a clue. Well it's 3 am and I drank the last beer filled up the ashtray three times. And I'm waitin' for a phone call that's never gonna come. Maybe someday I'll stop cry in But until that day my heart just wails like an old Hank Williams song. I never knew that the night could be so long. Till the morning came and you were still gone I never knew that the night could be so long.
8.
daddy drinks a fifth of poison every single day some things in this world you just can't kill. momma cries herself to sleep. it's always been that way. she thinks it always will. i left home when I was 22 for the love of a green-eyed girl. no idea what we were gonna do two of us against the world. And Life don't give a good Goddamn about your dreams. you only learn nothing is what it seems. If you're looking for love or digging for gold the only rule on the road: No One Rides for Free. The green-eyed girl she left me for an illusion sometimes you just can't tell. so I lift that poison to my lips to calm the confusion. After all, it's just as well. if I could sleep at all I'd dream of runnin' away. hear there's work down South if you got skill. But I'll wake up tomorrow and face another day after all there's some things in this world you just can't kill And Life don't give a good Goddamn about your dreams you only learn nothing is what it seems. if you're lookin for love or digging for gold the only rule on the road: No One Rides for Free.
9.
I am a man of passion I'm a man of words I'm a man of conscience I'll say the sweetest things you ever heard I'm a man of mystery I'm a man of soul I'm a man with a past Got the sweetest kisses you ever stole Love me if you can Leave me if you must I can shed a few tears for a thousand years but this stainless steel heart won't rust. I'm a man of adventure I'm a man of skill I'm a man at peace with a spirit that nothin' can kill I'm a man of chaos I'm a man of attitude I'm a man of contradictions but I contain multitudes Love me if you can Leave me if you must I can shed a few tears for a thousand years but this stainless steel heart won't rust. I'm a man of velvet I am a man of chains I'm a man of the cold North wind I got Desire like a run away train. I'm a man of laughter I'm a man of song I'm a man of the Darkness I'll hold you when the nights are long. I'm a man of passion I'm a man with some soul I'm a man with a past Got the sweetest kisses you ever stole. Love me if you can Leave me if you must I can shed a few tears for a thousand years but this stainless steel heart won't rust. Yes I can shed a few tears for a thousand years but this stainless steel heart won't rust.
10.
That Girl 04:57
Can anybody tell me where that girl done gone? Can anybody tell me where that girl done gone? Thought I saw her walking down on Main Street with that pink dress on. She used to wear it special for me. Now I'm out of her mind. She used to wear it special for me. Now I'm out of her mind. Can anybody tell me why I can't leave her behind? Maybe we married too young. That's what her Momma said. Maybe we married just a little too young. That's what her Momma said. but if I would have listened to her, right now I'd surely be dead. If you see her around, tell her I'm doing fine. if you see her around town drinkin' and havin' fun tell her I'm tell her I'm tell her I'm doin' fine. Tell her I could never let her go cause she was never mine. Can anybody tell me where that girl done gone? can anybody tell me where that girl done gone? Thought I saw her walking down on Main Street with that pink dress on.
11.
Eden 03:17
The Bible says it all went down in the Garden of Eden. Life was sweet and the water pure They had no thoughts of leavin'. Then one day, Temptation crawled in dressed up like a Serpent. A few minutes later they had their fill since then nothings ever been certain. I know we're gonna get back to that place someday. No more in Darkness shall we roam. If we can bring a little Light along the way we'll find a place we can call home. They tried so hard to hide their Shame skies began to darken. The Serpent was cursed to crawl in the dirt. The Man was cursed with workin'. The Woman got saddled with a life of pain for that talk with The Devil And ever since then we've been out of our heads with the Knowledge of Good and Evil. I know we're gonna get back to that place someday no more in Darkness shall we roam. If we can bring a little Light along the way we'll find a place we can call home. The Bible says it all went down in the garden of Eden. Life was sweet and the water pure they had no thoughts of leavin'.

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The debut CD from Acoustic Kitty Project

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released December 7, 2013

Carter Lansing - Guitars, vocals, harmonica, autoharp, bass & percussion
Bill Matlack, Jr. - Drums
Dan DeChellis - Keys
Mike Carr - additional guitars & mandolin
Rebecca Altmann - backing vocals
Produced by Mike Carr & Carter Lansing
Recorded and mixed at Holland Studios.
Mastered at Dan's House Studio.
Photographs by Adam Atkinson
CD design by Carter Lansing

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Acoustic Kitty Project Easton, Pennsylvania

Acoustic Kitty Project takes its name from a failed CIA experiment to implant listening devices in stray cats. And like its namesake, this is an ill advised and expensive project. But, we do it anyway.

Soulful acoustic music with heartfelt lyrics about love, loss, sweetness and sorrow.
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