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All Our Heroes Live in Vans

by Todd Farrell Jr.

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1.
VERSE 1: They say the man with the clearest conscience Probably has the poorest memory Well my conscience is fading And I can’t remember which memories I see There’s this burning sensation Where my memory and conscience don’t agree Well, that fire isn’t dying And it’s slowly burning me CHORUS: It’s been a long year But we made it through And with choking words and Christmas lights We’ll sing these songs into the night So here’s to the new Cheers to the new VERSE 2: And I’m past the age Of being disappointed she didn’t make it to the party And it’s not the call that gets me It’s just the rate at which I write these songs is alarming I guess I’d just rather stay up drinking with my friends Long after all the girls have gone home And spend all my mornings Trying to figure out where I left my coat CHORUS
2.
VERSE 1: For all the words I wrote down that no one ever heard Out of some misguided sense that you might just leave me be For all the nights that I tried, but never found the words While the vampires just hung around, hiding their teeth CHORUS I’ve heard a hundred times you hate me But ain’t never heard a reason And they both keep multiplying Every minute, every season So, don’t make you no mistake I hear every word you say And it doesn’t matter ‘Cause you don’t exist to me anymore VERSE 2: For all the girls at the party without your approval For all the boys at the bar just looking for a fight For all the John 15:13 tattoos pending removal Tell him, “don’t you worry, it’s just a little blood and ice” CHORUS BRIDGE: And you must be so lonely For you to keep on trying to tear me down But I’m through with all you vampires I’m sick of all these vampires VERSE: For all of my faults, and the ill thoughts you’ve wished me Your condescending agenda always painting me black For all those words you spit up just like last night’s whiskey While I spend years pulling plastic knives out of my back CHORUS You don’t exist to me anymore You don't exist to me anymore I’m sorry, darling, you don’t know me anymore You don’t exist to me anymore
3.
VERSE 1: I moved to Atlanta back when I was 6 years old I spent 10 more years in the cul-de-sac wishing I was Chipper Jones I saw the lights in Fulton County, fireworks in '95 I've got a heart full of these memories that I'll love for my whole life CHORUS: So I think God for Atlanta baseball and foam tomahawks thank God for Chipper Jones and the way he wore his socks I thank God for old Ted Turner and the way Skip Carey talked thank God for Atlanta, Georgia, thank God for Bobby Cox VERSE 2: Well I'm older now, and I traded my old glove for a guitar but I've still got all these memories, souvenirs and baseball cards and every spring through late September, I put my heart into the dirt but I could never explain to Bobby what those years were really worth CHORUS BRIDGE: And I can still hear Skip on the radio I can still hear Skip on the radio Don't know how we're gonna get through this Bobby said, "grown men shouldn't do this" as he spoke with a tear in his eye CHORUS
4.
Pawnshops 04:31
VERSE 1: I think dreams are bought and sold in pawnshops It’s where they start, and it’s where they stop All my friends’ old dreams, they're are all for sale Guess it’s a matter of time before mine get there CHORUS: I've got a tendency to childish prayers Of rock stars and ballplayers Work all day to make it mine Working for that Saturday night Sometimes I think that Tennessee Will someday be the death of me Not the Western taste or Southern charm I just still find relief in Mother’s arms VERSE 2: Those of us left are stuck somewhere between The front of the stage and a failure’s dream With our fingertips just like our hearts Calloused, bruised and torn apart CHORUS BRIDGE: So when it’s all said and done Did we ride or did we run? The hardest part when all your heroes play in bands Is finding out that all your heroes live in vans VERSE 3: Yesterday I thought I'd sell my guitars So I can buy all my friends drinks at the bar And say I’m sorry for what I’ve put you through But they interrupt me before I do, and say Sing us a song before you go Something sad, sweet and slow ‘Cause we still believe that rock and roll Can take us home and save our souls And all that glitters is not gold Don’t let this heart on fire grow cold ‘Cause we still believe that rock and roll Can take us home and save our souls CHORUS
5.
Liner Notes 02:53
VERSE 1: Sometimes I wait for you in places Where we might get to speak So we can talk a while about the weather And you probably don’t notice How I hang on every breath And a prayer that I just might say something clever And there’s things I’d like to tell you And there’s things I’d like to know But tonight, I’ll have to settle for movies and records ‘Cause everything that I could say’s been said By better men before And I can’t bear the thought to give you lesser CHORUS But I don’t need to find my place In those songs that they wrote ‘Cause I just want to find my way My way into your liner notes VERSE 2: ‘Cause in a few simple lines A repetition and a rhyme Alliteration and some subtle imagery I see your face a thousand times In every song that they could write Configuration of my heart stitched on their sleeves CHORUS BRIDGE: Some day I’ll bring poets and prophets To their knees and to the ground 'Till then I'll see you around VERSE 3: So if you think my feet are dragging Or I fumble what to say Or my balance seems less that sturdy Please don’t let it be off-putting I’m just running through my head For a few good words for you that could be worthy CHORUS
6.
Better Men 03:09
VERSE 1: I know what I am And I know what I ain’t I try to be as good as I can be But I know I ain’t no saint So all these boys in pressed shirts and six-dollar haircuts Might make you sure feel safe But you know, that’s gonna get lame CHORUS: I know there’s better men than me That hang around this town I see them every single day And watch them follow you around But if you give me this chance tonight, darling I’ll show you, my will is true There may be better men than me But no one’s better for you VERSE 2: I know what I do And I know what I don’t I spend a lot of time in bars Singing bad punk rock and roll So all these phonies with their moves and their alto-tenors Might sing some songs you know But you know, they ain’t got no soul CHORUS VERSE 3: I know what you are And I know what you’re not I know you like to dance around these dive bars Like you don’t care if you get caught So baby put on that dress and those high-top sneakers And let’s burn out these 40 watts Come on, come on just give me a shot CHORUS
7.
VERSE 1: It was early January I gave you something I cannot take back If I was your George Bailey Darling, would you be my Mary Hatch And we spent the early morning hours In some dirty Nashville dive Dancing like this was the last time We thought we’d ever be alive CHORUS: And if it’s alright by you I would like to see you again VERSE 2: I still see confetti Falling from the sky just like rain If I were a big blue high rise Darling, you ‘d be a hurricane And if I called you on a Tuesday Would it be so out of line? Or if I came down to Atlanta Could you even find the time? CHORUS BRIDGE: 75’s not a long way But when it hits up 24 It’s two hundred and fifty miles Between mine and your front door And I don’t mind the distance And I sure don’t mind the drive I just can’t always run your pace While keeping two steps behind VERSE 3: We ain’t George and Mary We can’t even be Diane and Jack Cause when you hit that highway I know, you’re never coming back But if I showed up uninvited That just wouldn’t be enough Because when you went back to Georgia I went back to fucking up CHORUS
8.
Take it Slow 04:44
VERSE 1: Saturday night's alright for fighting but Sunday's such a drag Just reminding and rewriting so it doesn't sound so bad This whole town is getting smaller one less love and one less dollar it's like every night's another chance to get it wrong Another chance to let my friends let me down again VERSE 2: Sometimes I think I'm like a child who never really learns Every time I get close to her I always just get burned But tonight, tonight is mine as they're singing Auld Lang Syne there's a girl in the bar line and she's standing all alone Darling tell me, what's your name? It might never be the same CHORUS: Pour another drink raise a glass to the night It's all over me everything will be just fine I'm too sober to sleep but I'm too drunk to drive Girl, take it slow with me and dance with me a while BRIDGE: Take it slow, take it slow we ain't got nowhere to go Take it slow, take it slow we ain't got nowhere to go VERSE 3: Everyday I'm getting older forgetting everything I told her 'cause your head's still on my shoulder and arms around my neck I think I'll be alright if you'll just be mine tonight CHORUS Take it slow, take it slow we ain't got nowhere to go
9.
My currency is doubt And my pockets are deep It funds my heartache Bankrupts my sleep My currency is doubt And I spend all the time I spend it on her intentions I spend it on mine My currency is doubt And I’m well on my way To King of the Lonely Dallier of the Day My currency is doubt But it’s all I’ve got To compliment the memory Of a time I lost Well she took my breath And she took away my pride If only I could take her On one last ride I’d decorate her finger With diamonds and gold And she’d never be lonely When the wind gets cold But I predicted the weather So I’ve got no excuse While my heart burns for her heart Mine’s just being used ‘Cause she loves another It’s black and white That my heart was wrong And my doubt was right VERSE 3: There’s an ancient river That bares her name That promised freedom On its muddy banks But her river’s dying It's fell into drought From my weary heart And my surplus of doubt Well it’s ashes to ashes And dust to dust I’ll give up the dream Of what’s left of us My currency is doubt But I’m cashing in Let some other river Wash away my sins Lord, I surrender I can’t keep up this game Take away my sorrow Take away my pain But if only one burden I pray to live without I can live with what’s certain Just take away my doubt

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released October 31, 2013

Todd Farrell Jr. - vocals/guitar
Eli Rhodes - guitar
Matt "Goose" Rewinski - bass
Jack Whitis - drums/percussion

Piano on "Pawnshops" by Todd Farrell Jr.

Programming on "Liner Notes" by Jack Whitis

Steel Guitar on "If It's Alright By You" by Dan Fernandez

Harmonica on "My Currency is Doubt" by Eli Rhodes

All songs written by Farrell except “If It’s Alright By You” written by Farrell/Rhodes

Tracked at Bedbug Studios in Kingston Springs, TN

Produced, and engineered by Jack Whitis and Todd Farrell Jr.

Digital editing by Todd Farrell Jr.

Mixed by Jack Whitis at Planet Jack Studios, Nashville, TN

Tracks 1, 3, 6 and 8 mastered by Jack Whitis at Planet Jack Studios in Nashville, TN

Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7 and 9 mastered by Eli Rhodes at The Roost in Nashville, TN

Artwork and design by Stuart Whitis


Special thanks to our friends and families for their endless love and support, Jason Kyle Saetveit and Allan Hall for giving us access to their amazing recording studio, and their guidance throughout the years, Bryan Childs of Nine Bullets, Andrew Wilson of DixiePunk, Greg Van Dyke of Captain’s Dead, Couch By Couchwest, Sloane Spencer of Country Fried Rock, Eric Risch of Bucket Full of Nails, Southsounds Review, Corey Flegel, Charles Hale, Brandon Jazz at Mercy Lounge/High Watt, Adrienne Ervin, Roman Grimaldi at 13Design, Farce the Music, Chris Martin, Michelle Evans, Bobby Wilbert, our brothers Those Crosstown Rivals and Fistful of Beard, Wess Floyd, Great Peacock, Arliss Nancy, Austin Lucas, John Moreland, Matt Woods, Alone at 3am, Ned Van Go, Tim Lee 3, Andrew Leahey, Alaina Thetford, August Spies, Furious Primates, and any of the assorted Nashville country singers that paid us to be their band for a gig or two so we can afford to do things like this.

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Solo material from Nashville based songwriter/guitarist Todd Farrell Jr, of Benchmarks.

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