We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

New York, NY 12​/​15​/​18

by Ransom Pier

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $10 USD  or more

     

1.
Moving through the crowd I walk on eggshells I can spot him laughing as somebody yells And he tilts his head back at some old joke that Colin told And I could have sworn he never would have showed So I stop down by the bar and grab my drink Yeah I need some fuel to help me sit and think But all I can remember is what I used to have And babe I want to turn your head so bad I want to turn your head so bad I want to turn your head so bad I want to turn your head so bad I want to turn your head It’s funny how a man can make you weak With one look it’s like I forgot how to breath And I can’t believe I’m aching up inside And thinking man I want him back in my life And he knows exactly how he makes me feel It’s like a skip on some old rusty movie reel And with each go round I fall a little bit harder Yeah I’d like to think I got a little bit smarter But I want to turn your head so bad I want to turn your head so bad I want to turn your head so bad I want to turn your head So that whiskey warms me down to my bones With this confidence I could never be alone But I’m staring at myself across bar And all I see’s a girl who’s gone too fucking far And I dream of busting into that place With high heels and some makeup on my face But I grip my stool as I start to feel mad And all I can think is that I want to turn your head so bad But I want to turn your head so bad I want to turn your head so bad I want to turn your head so bad I want to turn your head
2.
Just Waiting 02:52
It’s 10 o’clock on Sunday night I’m basking in the red streetlight That illuminates The empty space For you You told me when you’re coming home But I still don’t like being left alone Just waiting Anticipating breaking Me in two The tree out back is in full bloom I try to see it from inside my room Concealing the entire Gleaming empire From view Glowing diamonds that dot your sky Slowly but surely intensify Here they lose the fight But these city lights Will do Each building’s a block of a still life Teeming with bodies, not one of them’s right I need that toss of hair That kind of stare From you Soon you’ll be taken through time and space To meet me in this familiar place My mind is a cavern Where memories gather Like dew It’s 10 o’clock on Sunday night I’m all consumed and there’s nothing quite Like this feeling of My truest love For you
3.
I know that this had to end But every now and then I wish that we could try again I wish that we could try again Remember when we laid in bed And you held my hand You said you wished this’d never end You said you wished this’d never end And I did what I’m supposed to do What I was supposed to do But I’m still without you But I’m still without you And I told the truth Like you asked me to But I’m still without you But I’m still without you D’you know when I look in your eyes I can see the sky Both beauty and my own demise Both beauty and my own demise With each message that you didn’t send Felt my heart crumbling But my love for you could never bend No my love for you could never bend And I did what I’m supposed to do What I was supposed to do But I’m still without you Yeah I’m still without you And I told the truth Like you asked me to But I’m still without you But I’m still without you
4.
Run So Hard 03:07
Yeah I run so hard, run so hard Thought I’d chase the rain that plagued me from the start Yeah I run so hard, run so hard Down that dusty, dirty two-lane boulevard And you thought you had me back in Kalamazoo If I could take that train back yeah I know what I’d do I’d run so hard, run so hard In a million years I never thought it’d come this far Run so hard, run so hard I can see those eyes shining through the jailhouse bars And you thought you had me back in Kalamazoo If I could take that train back yeah I know what I’d do And you thought you had me back in Kalamazoo If I could take that train back yeah I know what I’d do Can you justify the taking of another life Out here in the darkness it’s the only way you know to survive Walked up to your room, walked up to your room Saw the pale white face of the waning November moon Said I’ll be back here soon, I’ll be back here soon Before you see me coming you will hear that timeless tune
5.
There's a crash on the highway today "Nobody's going anywhere" they say It could be you up there So you better say your prayers And take it easy on the narrow way And we can't make it to our gig on time So we pull over and we drink some wine They gotta five car pile-up in Rosenheim Oh driver take me down the line Germany has been cold and mean I wanna get home to New Orleans Me and my baby all we do is fight Take me back home to BJ's on a Monday night They got these two-dollar coins here, man Some people say this is the promised land But me, I'm happy in some southern bar Just in the corner, playing my guitar Oh there's a crash on the highway today "Nobody's going anywhere" they say It could be you up there So you better say your prayers And take it easy on the narrow way All dressed up with nowhere to go Feeling like the last stand at the Alamo Man, I ain't got nothing but time And I got Louisiana on my mind Oh there's a crash on the highway today "Nobody's going anywhere" they say It could be you up there So you better say your prayers And take it easy on the narrow way And take it easy on the narrow way
6.
No Stars 03:13
Everything in time makes sense till it doesn't I thought it was love till he told me it wasn't It's cold all alone and he felt just like home The horizon's too far and there ain't no stars above it It was just last night he came to sweetly He said he had given his whole heart completely But it was not mine to own, I had it on loan And he said like a caged bird, I need you to free me He found him a girl who didn't make him feel small She's strong and she's sure and not like me at all With her virtues in tact, she ain't holding him back From a life with a backyard and fine alcohol I'm lying here feeling like it's judgement day I hear horns blowing but I choose to stay I'll pay what I owe to the devil I know Resigned to my fate to keep the good ones away Everything in time makes sense till it doesn't I thought it was love till he told me it wasn't It's cold all alone and he felt just like home The horizon's too far and there ain't no stars above it
7.
Silently speaking in zeros and ones Heads bowed down like the mind weighs a ton Engrossed in another world made of silver and chrome Buzzing and humming like freshly programmed drones When they pull back it seems that life has returned Taking in sights and sounds to reaffirm That indeed we are human of soft flesh and bone Unique and the same, nuanced and cloned But the weight presses down, the tapping continues To find the zeros and ones that haven’t been used Time slugs alongside us, it watches and shrugs Taunting we’ll end up like frayed wires and plugs I’m not cynical though, please know that about me I think that lines will always blur indefinitely I accept the uncertain, I don’t know what’s right But I know not to let the zeros and ones in at night The weight presses down, the tapping continues To find those zeros and ones that haven't been used We lean heavy on this automated crutch Time taunts us, the ultimate judge
8.
I could tell you that I’ve missed you These six months since you went away I could say I long to kiss you And wish I’d begged for you to stay But I’d be lying to say either The sun’s seemed brighter every day What I remember Is empty bottles in the afternoon And long Decembers Self medicating by the winter moon Then you turned on me when springtime came And your empty life stared back at you What I remember What I never can forget Backhanded compliments Barbed wire keeping me in check Did you think that if you weren’t there My whole life would be a wreck? So I see you crying, baby You say you’re lonesome and I can tell I hear you sighing, baby And I hope your conscience serves you well But when you whisper that you miss me You’d better keep it to yourself
9.
It’s up to you, I hate that phrase it’s lazy and a crutch you’ve used these days It’s up you to figure out the place Where we’ll eat dinner and talk face to face It’s up to you to pick what we hear You haven’t cared about music in a year It’s up to you where we walk to now If you could I know you’d walk right out of town It’s up to you to pick the movie we see You sit so close but feel so far away from me It’s up to you to pick our bed’s quilt The blanket to cover this home that we’ve built And it’s up to you to decide when we go It’s been four long years and there’s not much to show Now I know it’s up to me to make a new start To pick myself up and brush off the pieces of my very own, my very broken heart Now I know it’s up to me to make a new start To brush myself off and pick up the pieces of my very own, my very broken heart
10.
You could buy me flowers You could take me dancing Take me on a trip for two Or dine in some place fancy But darling don’t you know The most ordinary day we’re in One look from you could melt my heart And that’s where the romance begins We could fly to Paris Hold hands by the Eiffel tower Stroll along the Tuileries And kiss in a light sun shower But darling don’t you know The most ordinary day we’re in One look from you could melt my heart And that’s where the romance begins It could be so dreadfully mundane An afternoon of work and coffee stains But knowing I can talk with you at the end of each day Is a beautiful thing But darling don’t you know The most ordinary day we’re in One look from you could melt my heart And that’s where the romance begins
11.
P.P.O.P. 02:34
It was a bright clear night With sparkling stars in the sky Not a care on our minds, My brother, sister and I But sometimes accidents can happen In the quick blink of an eye We heard the glass fall on the patio And the whole town heard our cry Why why PPOP Why would you leave us so lonely After all the good times you were our one and only Bye bye PPOP There was nothing left for us to do But hang our heads and sigh We reminisced about our time with you And we joined our hands to say goodbye Why why PPOP Why would you leave us so lonely After all the good times you were our one and only Bye bye PPOP
12.
Baby, see how I've been living Velvet curtains on the windows to Keep the bright and unforgiving Light from shining through Baby, I remember all the things we did When we slept together In the blue behind your eyelids Baby, sweet baby Traced your scent through the gloom 'Til I found these purple flowers I was spent, I was soon smelling you for hours Lavender, lotus blossoms too Water the dirt, flowers last for you Baby, sweet baby Tangerines and persimmons And sugarcane Grapes and honeydew melon Enough fit for a queen Lemon trees don't make a sound 'Til branches bend and fruit falls to the ground Baby, sweet baby Come to my world and witness The way things have changed 'Cause I finally did it, baby I got out of La Grange Got in my Mercury and drove out west Pedal to the metal and my luck to the test Baby, sweet baby I've been tryin' to enjoy all the fruits of my labor I've been cryin' for you boy but truth is my savior Baby, sweet baby if it's all the same Take the glory any day over the fame Baby, sweet baby

credits

released March 21, 2019

Recorded live at Tals Studio on December 15, 2018 in conjunction with Master-Plan.

Produced by James Bolding.

All songs written by Hayley Harrington, except:
Crash on the Highway - Written by Alynda Segarra
What I Remember - Written by William Carrigan
Fruits of My Labor - Written by Lucinda Williams

All songs performed by Hayley Harrington, William Carrigan, and Evan Harris.

Cover photo by Luis Ruiz.

license

Some rights reserved. Please refer to individual track pages for license info.

tags

about

Ransom Pier New York, New York

For Fans of:

Hurray for the Riff Raff
Margo Price
Bonnie Raitt
Lucinda Williams

contact / help

Contact Ransom Pier

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Ransom Pier recommends:

If you like Ransom Pier, you may also like: