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Peaks and Valleys

by The Sapwoods

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1.
VERSE 1 There’s a song that we keep locked down It emulates the soul of our basement crown It’s pulsing through the floor There’s a road wrapped inside my head Colliding with the places my travels met And I’m free to meet you there CHORUS And if it’s alright with you I’m going to share it with the world On the lips and tongues of the lonely strangers I don’t even know Meet the people where they’re at Relax, be real, be yourself VERSE 2 There’s a sound waiting to be found Its nesting in the cosmos beneath the ground I’ve seen it climbing up the stairs There’s a time not too long from now That gravity itself will not keep us down Levitate our tattered roles BUILD/BRIDGE It doesn’t matter anyways if you’re going to do things your own way It doesn’t matter what you say I’m going to do things my way It doesn’t matter anyways I’m going to do things my way It doesn’t matter what you say I’m going to do things my way It doesn’t matter anyways I’m going to do things my own way
2.
Looking out the pane of my window and all I can see The blue bird floating on the breeze College girls pile out of their dorm rooms young and so carefree Living it up without me Hey! I want to live it up Don’t wait for me Hey! I want to live it up(repeat) Are you lightning? Do you strike and go? You once were boiling now you’re icy cold You were young and you didn’t know That you were lightning you trickle fast and flow Common ground yet between us Summer nights fancy free Sound of sneakers pass points A to B Now you’re on your way to see me We masquerade on quiet seas Lightning edge as sharp as the letter Z Oh ohh ohh ohhh ohh oh Strike swiftly or you’ll never know
3.
Let Go 04:12
Feeling urgent you feel so upset You’re anxious to your bones It’s nothing new yet with so much to prove You’ve got so much to learn But it’s all or nothing in your mind Feeling urgent do you need someone to hold you? Oh you feel so depressed Trapped with so much love inside and so much regret Still it’s all or nothing in your mind It’s always something like a knife inside your brain keeping you down You’ve only yourself to blame But I know that you’re no faker you’ll be happy Once you learn to let it go! Feeling urgent you feel so upset you’ve got to calm your nerves You don’t feel free to let things be addicted to your phone And it’s all or nothing in your mind Feeling urgent your mind is so spent Your will won’t ever be loaned There’s no weight over compensate you come off insecure Yet it’s all or nothing in your mind Let let, let, let, oh let it go!
4.
Drifters 03:46
You were stepping to a stanky leg and shaking what your momma gave You’ve got nothing to lose and no time to abuse Now you bounce around from town to town Run on fumes like Jackson Brown You gain new friends who will choose to watch the bands cut it loose Drifting in an endless sea unique with possibility Where molecules sink into the ink Drifting in an endless sea unique with possibility The universe sings for you and me You were hanging by a broken mask Threads they tear your shaky craft You’re armed to the teeth from disease but never get no release Now you float and sing into the space Where happy folks are saving face You feel the disconnect coming but never do anything
5.
Back To You 03:49
Spoken: It’s been awhile, out on the road without you A little time now That I’ll be coming home to you In this place I’ve got nothing to do so I walk around and think of you It hurts a little but I hold my head up high Because I know that I’ll soon be by your side Till I come running, running, running, running, running back to you Running back to you Running back to you Running back to you In this place I get bored real easy seems no one knows where I’m at I’m so glad that you try to understand just where I’ve been All these dreams I work real hard lay pursuit of my life Judge a book by its cover babe I’m a lost and lonely fool If you knew how much that’s not true but for now I’ll play it cool Cause I know that I’ll soon be next to you How come I only dream of you when I’m far away? Black and white dreams just won’t do like that old film that fades I want to lie down next to you and face the day
6.
Broken wires in my head Frantic locomotion Caught a smile while waiting for the bus Life shifts in and out Never stops to linger We do our best while holding our breath Thoughts they seem to drift To the weight that can’t be lifted C’est la vie the only comfort you won’t find One day at a time Letting go of what once was mine And if you ever stop to think of me I hope your memory serves you right Falling out of bed Growing bump on top my head Dreaming of falling from the sky I know at times it seems Life clips you by the wings But bitter never looked too good on you Time is not so kind When will it be on our side? So be kind to the people in your life Drifting fires in your bed Expansive like the ocean Fireflies are whizzing past the moon Tall grass over there Summers golden hair Like the beauty found from within
7.
Little boy close your eyes, you don’t have to fret It will all work out when the morning star sets Big brother why you worry? What you worry about? Don’t you know there’s nothing that can tear us apart It’s okay, it’s alright all you hear is the sighing of the tides Leopard tongue speaks it’s alright Its okay, it’s alright the grandiose is only a trembling ghost Leopard tongue speaks it’s alright Close your eyes Boss man, head honcho lifts the weight of the world He’s been sweating bullets waiting for his life to unfurl Sweet little girl there’s no need, there’s no need to cry Troubles will pass you as quickly as the night Even when the storms are raging on I know you cannot see the light but baby hold on Just a little while longer now It will all work out in the end
8.
Two wounded soldiers traveling across the plains One was a blacksmith molding metal for weaponry The other was an author writing novels for a girl he called Queen CHORUS They cracked down on the mouth breathers hiding the truth They set out on a journey with destiny Holding fast on each others company They looked out for a town with a peaceful valley They wore different colors but didn’t stop them from bonding The blacksmith saved the author from being attacked by a pack of wolves Two months of travel their restless hearts grew weary The one told the other, “I wonder is this how it will always be?” The other he said laughing, “You ain’t cashing in on me!” Man is like wire they bend alone but together won’t break The wounded soldiers caught up with the cavalry
9.
Perdition 04:43
Going out to the road past perdition Take those pills that steal my ambition Stay up late watch TV end transmission My hearts a rock she pulls the stops and says it’s easy The night is fair she had long blonde hair to her knees begging me Please don’t waste no more time with thieves Please don’t waste no more time with thieves Lay around, sink into omission Or go outside engage in front porch wishing Celebrate you hold the piece of me they cannot reach Please now Foolishness you won’t allow Please don’t waste no more time with thieves Please don’t waste no more time with thieves I wish that things could stay the same But they change by the day What a shame Going out to the road past perdition Take those pills that steal my ambition
10.
The Offer 04:04
I’m going to make myself an offer I know I can’t refuse Going to lie down in the garden that’s bountyless and bruised Inside I killed the lion, but I’m not sure if it was me Threw my cares into the canyon Skipped my free thoughts off the breeze Tonight I’m already gone I need somebody to take me home Lay down these weary bones I might feel better off alone I need somebody to take me home Lay down these weary bones Gonna make myself an offer the California way Pretend that there’s no fault line and slide into the sea Inside I killed the lion and now I know that it was me Threw my cares into the canyon Watched my ego start to bleed
11.
You want to solve the worlds’ problems But you only make more You want me straight as an arrow Can’t take me as I am You can’t say that you want me Stomp my heart to the floor You want to solve the worlds’ problems But you only make more Come on now elevate through the ceiling See what you’ve done Jacked up on the same old reeling Got ‘em on the run Now we’re indifferent From what came before Bleed away to the marrow Tell them look here I am That girl never loved me She wants to settle the score And it makes you indifferent To what came before Same old reeling Got ‘em on, its got ‘em on the run
12.
Everyday you wake up shuffle towards the door Heavy chains follow you down the hall Now you want to see the world See the world for what it is Disillusions are getting you down(everyday) Are you giving it up? Can’t lift American dreams? But you never understood why it was so far out of reach It was just an illusion Steady on the brakes don’t hurt yourself You’ll break through the glass Don’t you go on hurting no one Your only gonna hurt yourself Steady on the breaks don’t hurt yourself You’ll break through the glass Don’t you go on hurting no one Don’t you blow out your candle too fast Dizzy and out of reach From all the folks who shaped your life Memories of you lost in the by and by How easily we’ve fallen off The path to treat each other right Not a shred of love and respect in sight (waive bye-bye) Still some have given up That universal dream Shaking the peace from the tops of the trees (yeah)
13.

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released June 10, 2014

Peaks and Valleys was recorded November 2013-April 2014 at Jealous Dog Studios in Cedar Falls, IA.
Sound Engineer: Al Eacret.
Mixed by Al Eacret.
Mastered by Matt Holmes(Chicago, IL).
Produced by The Sapwoods with help of sound engineer Al Eacret.

Justin Swafford-Guitar, vocals, keys, percussion, harmonica
Miranda Peyton-Vocals, piano, keys
David Suchan-Guitar
Brian Speer-Bass, bkg vocals
Derrick Cook-Drums, percussion, bkg vocals

Shawn McVicker-Horns on “Are You Lightning?”

All songs written by Justin Swafford (BMI)

Artwork by Daniel Peterson
copyright © 2014 The Sapwoods

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The Sapwoods Iowa City, Iowa

The Sapwoods are a Midwestern Rock and Roll band hailing from Iowa City. The music they make has a strong focus on song- writing, energetic drumming, catchy melodies, jangly to nasty fuzzed out guitars, punchy organ and wiggly keys, classic pop inflections, vocal harmonies, and a wandering sway from one style to another all the while maintaining the sound that the band makes collectively. ... more

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