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If I Left The Country​.​.​.

by Self-Help

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1.
Whippits 03:28
Theres gotta be, somewhere else I can fool around on my computer Feeling lost in this coffee shop Everyone here knows i'm a loser Its not true but yes it is im smokin cigs and taking whippits And when I get home, pick up the phone I see my line nobodys hittin Theres gotta be, something else I can do without my computer feeling lost while my brain just rots all these pamphlets call me a user Its not true but yes it is I'm pluggin in downloading torrents when I get my fix, shits and kicks I'm staying up til the morning
2.
Infection! 02:50
They're trying to change to a certain degree they're pumping my body full of liquids and im sick with a type of infection that I had let in when i was wrestling with depression at the westin Im feeling wrong I feel it on my skin Im feeling wrong Im feeling right I feel so light im feeling right Im out in the lobby feeling real slobby im looking for something a jar of liquids to cure my sickness a type of rejection my body was lettin something less than perfection when nyquil nightmares are all i'm gettin Im feeling wrong I feel it on my skin Im feeling wrong Im feeling right I feel so light im feeling right
3.
McDonalds 00:57
4.
I don't know what it means to be a fool in love, a full up cloud thinkin about sincerity and why my heads clouded in doubt when you bring me round your family they never know what i'm talking about they just wanna see you smiling and hope that smile sticks around stuck on the ground wasted on my way to perfect sound a house for one but we cook for two I'll help you when you're feeling blue because thats what a roommate does they patch you up with loads of love see ya soon i'll be back in a few theres something i've just gotta do unless I feel a surge come through quit my job hangout with you stuck on the ground wasted on my way to perfect sound stuck on the ground wasted on my way to perfect sound
5.
jack i'll bring you love you are my cat jack I just can't wait til I get back laying on my bed we're getting fat I'll play my guitar while you take a nap when you wake up I'll make you a snack a fancy feast for one ya you better believe that ya you better believe that jack i'll bring you love I am your man jack i'll keep you safe however i can hold you in my arms when you feel sad go do what you want i've got your back laying in the sun on our gravel path you made this house a home you are my cat i love you jack
6.
So long farewell my love so long, I love
7.
Wit 01:01
Are you making fun or can I take your picture in my favorite park does it weird you out or something when I point out dudes with shitty looking cars its just not mean cuz i'm one of them with an empty account and a shitty dead end job i'll tweet about how i don't exists, cuz I know my wit will never take me far
8.
it's new years day and i'm stuck in bed man can't find a way to get up and put my slippers on walk to the trashcan throw the bag in it's full and oozing with the joy that last year brought along we went outside some played some sad songs lost some friends so I guess we just didn't get along If I left the country In 2019 would you miss me borrowing your fruit to make a smoothie If I left the country in 2019 would my cat survive if I left him all my belongings If I left the country in 2019 would you think the plane would have dinner and a movie
9.
told you how I felt inside with silence self aware I thought you wouldn't buy it left on read thinking about the time spent tucked away under the sheets of my bed theres something I have to do with my head my best friend thinks that my brain wants me dead spiral sad sack pile bathroom tile doodled smile spiral sad sack pile bathroom tile doodled smile pictures in my house that came from your pen hung them on my wall i'll always keep them drawings of the world we never lived in take a bunch of drugs so we can peak in drenched in ink and rolling on the weekend how could i forget about my best friend
10.
11.
it's too bad I met you on my first day in North Carolina you seemed nice like a dog that never learned how to bite through your acts and conversations I learned my lesson not to trust just anyone with a smile and the funds to keep having fun whats a night out with your friends when we all know that it has to end but if you pay attention you'll find out sleep is such a blessing so long farewell my love so long, I love you

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If I Left The Country....

An album for your eternal health by Self-Help

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released September 17, 2020

All songs written and performed by
John Stych - guitar, vocals, synth on tracks 5, 7, 9, drums on tracks 3 and 7, percussion on track 2
Parkins Davis - drums
David Murray - bass, vocals, guitar on tracks 8 and 9, percussion on tracks 2, 9, 11
Edward Rojas - guitar, vocals, uke and slide whistle on track 8
Frank Hartman - synth on tracks 4 and 11
Veronika Cloutier - vocals on tracks 1, 4, 6, 10, 11
Dr Science Robovine - vocals and glockenspiel on track 3, horns on track 4
Austin Brose - percussion on tracks 1, 5, 10
Vincent Arcuri - synth on track 3
Josh Donnelly - piano on track 6
Blair Howerton - vocals on track 9
Daniel combs - organ/keys on track 10

Recorded largely by Jack Dahnke and John Stych in Boone North Carolina, partly by Dr Science Robovine, Veronika Cloutier, Daniel Combs, Josh Donnelly, Blair Howerton and Austin Brose in Boone, Asheville and Chapel Hill North Carolina, as well as in Livingston Manor and New York, New York

All songs minus “Infection!” Mixed by Frank Hartman in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Thanks Frank.
“Infection!” Mixed by Jane Askew in Charlotte, North Carolina
All songs mastered by Frank Hartman in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Album art by Margaret Barry

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