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Old Enough By Now (EP)

by Dylan Roth & the Duke Street Kings

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1.
21 04:22
When I was 10 I was 20, when I was 20 I was 12 I spent four years of high school trying to be someone else And then three years of college, trying to learn whatever I can Just to come back for another and find I don't give a damn I never wanted to grow up, I swore I'd never break down So I kept dancing in cooridors, trying to be someone's clown I never raced for the finish, figured life would find a way But now time's going faster, going faster every day And all the storefronts are closing, drifting out to the sea And I can't even think about what's gonna happen to me I'm 21 in an instant, got nothing to fear And I wanna be 21 while 21's still here I know I gotta look forward, I know I gotta finish school But now we're running out of money, yeah, we're running out of fuel I know the real world keeps turning, I don't wanna stand still But I'm afraid if no one makes me move, then I never will You know I've shuffled and shambled through a quarter of my life Before too long I'll have a mortgage, maybe kids and a wife And the suburbs will all vanish, the coastlines will recede And it'll be way too late for me to get what I need Am I too late for adventure? Did I pass up my chance? Should I have reached for that soft hand and asked her to dance? I won't be 21 later, I'm only 21 now And I wanna be 21 while I still know how Now the world's tipping over, not much more time to be young My dad warned me I'd be finished before I knew I'd begun I got one year left of freedom, eighteen months at the best Then it's a life full of compromise and working to death I wanna cast off my worries, I wanna scream them out loud Cuz there's an old man who'd kill to be where I am right now I wanna leap without looking, I wanna run some red lights I wanna make love to a stranger and not spend the night I wanna run like a child, I wanna walk like a man I wanna put all my faith in a rock n roll band I'm 21 for a moment, 21 for a song And I wanna be 21 before 21's gone
2.
Cosplay 03:40
Does it ever bother you the way he never seems to care or feign an interest in the things you loved before you met? Does it ever bother you the way he picks out what you'll wear for these occasions so that you can make a perfect set? This used to be the place where you could feel most free But now you're an accessory You're a sidekick, you're refrigerator bound But you can't help wanting him around Cuz it's a cosplay, it's a secret identity You don't wanna be yourself You're thinking maybe it's the wrong way to get somebody to love you And at the end of a long day you'll know it isn't quite right Cuz you can't sleep in something so bright and skintight It's okay to show what's under the costume You met him at a summer con. Such divine providence, he claimed! He wore a purple suit and you were dressed as Harley Quinn Remember how it turned you on the way he called you by her name up in the hotel suites, tangled up in checkered sheets? It wasn't all that much later that you felt so lost He liked you best as Emma Frost His ruby-covered eyes could not resist It makes you wonder if you still exist Cuz it's a cosplay, it's a secret identity You don't wanna be yourself You're thinking maybe it's the wrong way to get somebody to love you And at the end of a long day you'll know it isn't quite right Cuz you can't sleep in something so bright and skintight It's okay to show what's under the costume Won't you show me? So bright and skintight
3.
Neurology 03:14
What we had wasn't real, wasn't special It probably achieved its full potential It was pretty good for me and it was awful for you and if I stopped texting you, you'd forget it altogether But I'll remember you forever It's been months and years between you and me But I see your face in strangers, in the people on TV When I think about that night, the Republicans were right Because I'll never love that recklessly again And I want to It's a mystery to me It's a study in Neurology It an echo, it's a shadow that I miss And I wish you'd just get out cuz you're the only one I dream about and to tell the truth, I regret everything I did except the first night that we kissed (Lie to me) yeah, tell me it's alright (Lie to me) that you remember me well (Lie to me) that I didn't blow my chance It's a mystery to me It's a chemical dependency It's a whisper, it's a flash, it doesn't register It doesn't exist, but it's useless to deny Can I picture us alone this time and remember that one moment you were mine? Oh, I want to, I want to
4.
Others 05:20
Don't ask and I won't tell It's not as if we even know them all that well We'll talk about anything else But it's the only time when we can be ourselves I'll brush your hair back You'll shoot me a look that says "What the hell are you doing? But please do it already, I've been waiting weeks for this" I'll move in so close, our lips an inch apart And then we'll go our separate ways 'cause we belong to others Come home to bedside lights We're dodging questions about where we've been tonight We lie, but there's nothing to hide As long as we don't touch, then honor's satisfied But what's the difference? We look them in the eyes and say "I'm forever your lover and I've forsaken all others," with a silent asterisk Their arms around us, we kiss them goodnight Our eyes are shut so tight 'cause we belong to others How could I be such a coward? Nobody gains from this. You call, and I'm calling it off I try to explain that this is not the life I want You cry, and I'm keeping track One weight is lifted while another grips my shoulders and breaks my back This should be easy, doing what is right Thought this kind of thing was objective But from another perspective, I just threw away my life She lets her hair down and says "honey, come to bed" But it's you inside my head 'Cause we belong
5.
I'm doing better than I was before I got a part-time job at a record store I'm still borrowing the keys, and I'm still paying rent to my mom I'm not crazy 'bout the hours, but it's better than a grown-up job I'm single, but I chose to be And while it's not all it's cracked up to be I get my kicks where I can, and I get 'em just often enough It's not perfect, but it's better than being in love I'm living at home Sitting at the bottom of the stairs I still feel almost grown, and it's never enough The feeling isn't going anywhere And neither am I Playing at the bar this weekend To the same twelve kids again I should count myself lucky that I've got a pack of friends like this But it would be great to play for someone that I didn't go to high school with
6.
I've got things to do There's work to be done, and I'm sitting here I look out my window in the opposite direction Of where you are Of where you are Of where I should be, but I'm sitting here I pretend that I'm working 'cause that means I'll see you As soon as I'm done Never knew I could be so amused By the innocent thoughts of the things that we do With our clothes still on You've been here all day You woke up in my bed and you never left Now we walk through the graveyard With fingers in shackles and a long list of names Got a list of names And mean little things that you say to me With hours of smiles and half-crooked glances And awkward romances Never knew I could be so enthused By the tiniest things that attract me to you Without trying Never knew what a sunrise could do Now I'm raising a glass up to ten thousand new mornings after
7.
Don't ask and I won't tell It's not as if we even know them all that well We'll talk about anything else But it's the only time when we can be ourselves I'll brush your hair back You'll shoot me a look that says "What the hell are you doing? But please do it already, I've been waiting weeks for this" I'll move in so close, our lips an inch apart And then we'll go our separate ways 'cause we belong to others Come home to bedside lights We're dodging questions about where we've been tonight We lie, but there's nothing to hide As long as we don't touch, then honor's satisfied But what's the difference? We look them in the eyes and say "I'm forever your lover and I've forsaken all others," with a silent asterisk Their arms around us, we kiss them goodnight Our eyes are shut so tight 'cause we belong to others How could I be such a coward? Nobody gains from this. You call, and I'm calling it off I try to explain that this is not the life I want You cry, and I'm keeping track One weight is lifted while another grips my shoulders and breaks my back This should be easy, doing what is right Thought this kind of thing was objective But from another perspective, I just threw away my life She lets her hair down and says "honey, come to bed" But it's you inside my head 'Cause we belong

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Unfinished album from NJ band Dylan Roth & the Duke Street Kings, recorded in 2012 and half-mixed in 2013.

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released January 17, 2015

Music and lyrics by Dylan Roth

Vinnie Daidone - guitar, vocals
Keith Hasselbrink - drums
Max Pfister - bass
Dylan Roth - vocals, keys

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Dylan Roth's Deadshirt Records Queens, New York

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