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Pictures of the Moon

by Captain Automatic

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1.
After Yesterday's Crash 04:48
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MY YOUNGER BROTHER CRASHED YOUR FATHER'S OLDSMOBILE HE SAID THIS IS NOT A TEST HE GOT OUT AND SAID I KINDA LIKED THE WAY THAT FEELS THIS IS NOT A TEST AND I SAW YOU ON THE DOCKS YOU WERE WEARING A RED BANDANNA AND YOU SHOWED ME PICTURES OF THE MOON AFTER YESTERDAY'S CRASH NO ONE FEELS LIKE BREAKFAST AFTER YESTERDAY'S CRASH NO ONE FEELS LIKE MUCH AFTER YESTERDAY'S CRASH ..... MY LITTLE SISTER SAW THE TWISTED CHARRED REMAINS SAIL THAT SHIT AWAY SHE'D ALWAYS HAD A PECULIAR INTEREST IN TRAINS SAIL THAT SHIT AWAY MAMA TOOK THE LAST TRAIN TO CHICAGO STAY WITH ME TONIGHT SHE MET A MAN WHO'D BEEN TO SEE THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BALL MADE OF JUST BARBED WIRE STAY WITH ME TONIGHT
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The Recognitions 04:17
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WHAT DO YOU RECOGNIZE IN THESE HUNDRED THOUSAND LIES WITH YOUR MODERN EYES FOR PERFECTION I HAVE TRADED RECOGNITION I HAVE WAITED FOR FOR EVERLASTING FAME WILL EVER BE DENIED RECOGNITION OF MY HAND IF NOT MY LIFE YOU SAY, FOR ALL YOU’VE GOT YOU SAVED FOR ALL YOU GOT YOU SAVOR ALL YOU’VE GOT ALL YOU FORGOT ALL YOU FORGOT ALL YOU FORGOT
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New Hampshire Rodeo 03:31
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(no chord) C / Oh New Hampshire F / In a million shades of green C / Take me further F / Leave me somewhere in between Am G/B F / young and old Am G/B C F/C / Let me stay until the air turns cold Am G/B F / Go to sleep, you're here Am G/B F / Let your childhood sorrows disappear Go to sleep, it's late Watch your childhood wounds disintegrate F / C F And Michaela sees me (ba da ba ba) C F In a million shades of skin C F Michaela sees me (ba da ba ba) C F Backing up we may begin Am G/B F / I can feel your pain Am G/B C F / I may never hear those words again Oh New Hampshire In a village by a lake Put me under Show me where I used to break my small heart Can you find me through the years we've been apart Go to sleep, you're here Let your childhood sorrows disappear Go to sleep, it's late Watch your childhood wounds disintegrate Am G/B F / Go to sleep with me And Michaela sees me (ba da ba ba) In a million shades of skin Michaela sees me (ba da ba ba) Backing up we may begin Em C Am G A continent's span, a welcoming hand, a face Em C Am Bb- F Gsus G A decade or more from here to your shore to fall into your embrace And Michaela sees me (ba da ba ba) In a million shades of skin Michaela sees me (ba da ba ba) Backing up we may begin Michaela sees me (ba da ba ba) ba da ba ba...
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Jenny Says 02:52
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PEOPLE WERE KIND THEN THEY’RE ANIMALS NOW DON’T GO TO TOWN THEY GOT TROUBLES IN TOWN A GOOD EDUCATION IS THE PATH TO SUCCESS THE NEW GENERATION IS A SEXIFIED MESS WHATEVER JENNY SAYS, GOES AND NO ONE WILL BE THE WISER WHATEVER JENNY SAYS, GOES AND NO ONE WILL BE THE WISER WHATEVER JENNY SAYS, GOES AND NO ONE WILL BE THE, NO ONE WILL BE THE, NO ONE WILL BE THE (REPEAT) JENNY SAYS, JENNY SAYS, JENNY SAYS, JENNY EH-OH JENNY SAYS, JENNY SAYS, JENNY SAYS, EH OH (REPEAT) GENESIS GENESIS GENESIS JENNY EH-OH GENESIS, GENESIS UH UH UH OH (REPEAT) I GET HARD MY KNEES GO WEAK DISCARD IDEOLOGICAL CRITIQUE JAW SLACK DOWN ON MY KNEES PREPARE FOR WISDOM I RECEIVE
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Equanimity 04:04
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EQUANIMITY G it's a pleasant confusion with no resolution in sight all your temperature readings have been slightly misleading despite all this breathing and this velvety night C though you've tried to make a bed for me i've been thrown off my legs by your bounding sea G but you bring me home in your equanimity G Gentle now, patience now, gentle now, patience now Am Bm C D don't ask how ... or why ... or who ... are you G patience now, gentle now, patience now, oh and how Am Bm C D C/E D/F# could we find ... some other.. way .. to ... do ... you I can taste your reaction, but I'm getting no traction this time i could blame the ship sinking on my damn overthinking or the same thing that's kinking up my body and mind there's a sweeping feeling deep in me sees me lose my towering solidity but you bring me home in your ... equanimity Gentle now, patience now, gentle now, patience now don't ask how .. or why ... or who ... are you patience now, gentle now, patience now, oh and how could we find some other way to ... do ... you
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All Your Wendys 03:49
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WHEN WE LAST HAD LEFT OFF HAD YOU LIT OFF FOR THE WEST DREAMING OF UNCONQUERED NATIONS WITH A WILTING MEMORY AND A WILLING GIRL WE MIGHT CALL WENDY WE PICK UP OUR HISTORY ILLITERATE, BORN OF FRUSTRATION TIME REGAINED, HOW TIME FLIES DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT YOUR ALIBI DELIVER ME BEFORE I DIE TO THE DAUGHTERS OF UNCONQUERED NATIONS NOW TURNPIKES TURN TO NIGHTMARES AND ALL ROADS LEAD TO HOMES WENDYS BECOME WOMEN WHERE YOU ROAM AND ALL THE WORLD'S YOUR HOLSTER KEEP YOUR WEAPON COOL WENDYS HALF-FORGOTTEN WILL KNOW YOU NA NA NA HEY HEY HEY HYMNALS OPEN! PAGE FIFTEEN. SING TO ME THAT THINGS ARE WHAT THEY SEEM. TURNPIKES WAKE YOU FROM YOUR DREAMS GARDENS LIE UNDER YOUR ROADWAYS THOUGH YOU'LL NEVER SHED A TEAR FOR THIS OPPOSITE OF A FRONTIER SET ASIDE THAT WHICH APPEARS IN YOUR DUST-COVERED TROPHIES OF GLORY DAYS (THE SAME HAND HOLDS YOU AS THE HAND THAT LETS YOU GO)
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I Remember Travis 04:02
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I remember Travis We were brothers savage Eloquent and avid Jeu de mots sublime In our desert palace Wardrobes halfway ravaged Geniuses of damage Lighting touched by crime I remember Travis Where you walk You’ll find forests Where you sit You’ll find shade Where you’ve been I can’t get there So hold on to what we’ve made Schoolhouses crumble Pumpkins rot Oceans roar History rumbles What you’ve got You’ve gotta get some more You’ve gotta get some more I remember Travis We were brothers savage Eloquent and avid Jeu de mots sublime In our desert palace Wardrobes halfway ravaged Geniuses of damage Lighting touched by grime I remember Travis Love is right By your side In your body In the ground And you’re always Growing older We have systems We have sound Postmarked Australia L.A.’s waiting L.A.’s gone Love will never fail ya Just remember What we’ve done What we’ve done I remember Travis We were brothers savage Eloquent and avid Jeu de mots sublime In our desert palace Wardrobes halfway ravaged Geniuses of damage Lighting touched by time

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Recorded at Hot Pie, Pasadena; Rockets Red Glare, Culver City; and The Ship, Los Angeles in 2006-7

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released December 20, 2007

Josh Kamensky: Vox, guitars, accordion, wurlitzer
Leigh Bardugo: Vox
Michael Pessah: Bass
Dan Braun: Drums

All songs by Josh Kamensky except New Hampshire Rodeo by Josh Kamensky with Michael Pessah

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Captain Automatic was disbanded by force under the edict of the Seventh Charmain

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