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Folk Song Singing Cliche'

by Boo Lee Crosser

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1.
Soggy cigarettes in the rain when I was with you I couldn't change Sitting near an old storm drain till the kids come by asking who's to blame Wait a minute I gotta go pull in the driveway 'fore daddy knows I'll see ya Monday back at school don't hold my hand can't look like a fool And I never thought that I'd be playing in a hall getting free joints from Mikey and a little alcohol Or that snow would fly with the changing of the leaves while Christmas got annoying with the hope it brings Sunday morning boring church songs but I love how everyone sings along Sunday school with the babies downstairs I got the smell of vodka and judging glares I'm sorry I'm just a teen with community service the old routine I still gotta try and have fun while the devil owns the moon and the angels own the sun And I never thought that I'd be in a haunted house sleeping peaceful in my bed with the shadow of a mouse Or that Friendly faces would become a constant sin about the prison of this town and the cell I'm in (break) And I always wanted to go to travel round the world drinking champagne in the desert with a bunch of foreign girls And I want to dream outside the realms of my own room with a paint brush in my closet and a beat up broom Dusty records in the background maybe one day I'll find what had to be found Until then get up go to work. I'm happy to say I'm not the same jerk I kept a picture of you in a frame and you gave it back to me at the old storm drain Its okay I threw it away I had to much shit I had to re-arrange
2.
Whitetail 04:36
(verse 1) I'll walk you home just to make sure you get there safe Yeah we can stop by the diner on 86 street I'll pick you up something to drink I ask you how you like your coffee you say with a little bit of cream but not even a hint of sugar cause the taste of sweetness brings me memories (chorus 1) of who I was and who I am the face of a lover a foiled plan for life and my sacrifice for life and a pair of dice thrown at the wayside (verse 2) You looked at After I sung you an old country song And I said I'm sorry my throat hurts its been awhile I heard your laughter go on and on You told me wow your really talented I still don't believe to this day there's no way someone like me creates beauty cause someone like me only destroys everything (chorus 2) He's ever loved and ever known I'm a starving dog toss me a bone for life and my sacrifice for life and my pair of dice thrown at the wayside (verse 3) it seems so long ago our first kiss is too me and if you ever hear this its not a love song I promise its not helpless plea to be honest I'm rather happy though I continue to be alone But I'll be the only one getting hurt now That gives me so much joy to know (chorus 3) that your okay and I'm still here I'm caught in the headlights a whitetail deer for life and my sacrifice for life and my pair of dice thrown at the wayside
3.
I don't wanna live I don't wanna live anymore This worlds a pile of shit There's nothin' but sinners and whores so take me down to ol' gates bridge I'll fall there and end my war it's been raging in my head since the day I was a tot they sent me to a doctor gave me some pills to hide my thoughts that evil came right back up and it will be there as I lay and rot Oh mercy, mercy me Where did I go wrong? I said mercy, mercy me Where did I go wrong? Was it cause mama never loved me? Or was it cause daddy didn't live for too long? (solo) That's the end of my story told from ol' gates bridge where the waters flows like blood and sharp sharp rocks stay hid don't go lookin' for me now I'll see you from the bottom with him
4.
(Verse 1) Well this ain't love it's just one night stand on a Tuesday night and this confusion sparked from a small contusion proves someone knocked out my lights well ahead and tell every damn stranger that you bloodied my smart ass up but missy Mary thought that I had lots of bravery so we started pouring "lean" in our cups (chorus) And the boys at the gas station are yellin' my name I see a chica riding longboards senorita made me lose my brain comb it back, and keep sweating till the sun goes down I'm just laughing by myself with a bottle like drunken clown (Verse 2) Well this is ain't a friend it's just jerk I meant when I was 20 and dumb he gave me weed laced with a little speed the next thing I know I wanted to run seven miles down state route sixty led me to a place with goblins and ghosts All I wanted was a cream cheese bagel, but I got what was comin' I suppose (chorus) And the shoppers in the market hate my country songs give em' devo with a singer like stevo so they sing along comb it back, and keep sweating till the sun don't rise I'm just laughing by myself with a bottle killin' my insides (Verse 3) Well this ain't luck it's just a hole in the wall I can squeeze right through And if more women lined up for my sit-ins I'd have more than one girlfriend too but lord knows I'm a gutter punk singing with my teeth looking bright as gold so don't hate me cause ya' know I'm someones baby digging through your backyard garbage for a soul (Chorus) and the dogs made of puff balls keep on barkin' high have a drink with your buddies gettin' fuzzy on the daily grind comb it back, and keep sweating till the sun looks dim I'm just laughing by myself with a bottle searching for a ten I'm just laughing by myself with a bottle trying to fit in
5.
Cmaj The finer things in life don't come in a magazine fmaj7 on sale for 19.95 a specialized set of Cmaj buffalo Quarters manufactured in Virginia fmaj7 by a guy who's knows his history a little too well Cmaj I bought one in December cause it was our anniversary fmaj7 and you worked all night in the hospital where I find it hard to breathe Cmaj cause all the pathogens make me nervous like a middle school kid in health fmaj7 so I stayed home and quit my job in a bad attempt help myself but it didn't work... I wish it did... But it didn't work... I wish it did... Cmaj I can manage my depression, but I can't talk you out of yours Fmaj7 and some days I get so lazy and think this time it will work Cmaj So I bought a buffalo Quarter cause I can't afford a ring Fmaj7 besides you have one from our wedding where I was too damn scared to sing Cmaj and you sang along... Fmaj7 and I wouldn't stop... Cmaj and you sang along... Fmaj7 and I wouldn't stop... The make-up on your face runs when your worse for wear crying salty tears in a kitchen sink I forgot to clean last Tuesday maybe I can get it Wednesday I'll try my best but promises always make you mad been together for 3 years but it can end in just one day so tell me when your scared, I'll run right to you and I'll say hold on to this buffalo quarter and my bruised hand over yours and pray that one day we'll be happy until then we'll fight the war and it may not end... but I'll stay with you... and it may not end... but I'll stay with you... You can help me pay the bills and you can help me save myself and I can give you anything marked as priceless on a shelf though they priced the buffalo quarter for 19.95 we still treat it like a treasure that keeps our souls alive it did just that... and I swear it's true... it did just that... and I swear it's true... The finer things in life Don't come in a magazine on sale for 19.95 a specialized set of buffalo Quarters manufactured in Virginia by a guy who's knows his history a little too well...
6.
I got a get down. In my go around. I'm gonna leave town. headed southbound Stick a needle my vain and watch the colors change... See me on easy street doin' hard time Lookin' for little nickle, or a cold dime waitin' for a lil' somethin' gotta run down my throat And there's stranger with a sign where yo' mamma died and there's a savior on the cross with a gun by his side Sit on my lap sugar pour me a shot Leave the table baby meet me in the parkin' lot we got some dyin' on the way we got some livin' to do... I'm gonna lay ya down with my six string feel fire in your eyes make your heart ring I'm just a little country boy with a trick up my sleeve And there's stranger with a sign where yo' mamma died and there's a savior on the cross with a...gun by his side Strap me in sheriff let the current flow I wanna feel the burn burn from my head to my toes don't let it stop cause this is all I deserve don't let it stop cause this is all I deserve
7.
(Verse 1) Said now I'm gonna take a spaceship to the planet where the people follow Aryan sobriety Where the fishes feed their children hershey kisses destroying little bodies for the new world theocracy who's this? what's that? what you saying? How the fuck do we feed the people in a cop station anthropology. molecular biology none of this shit makes much sense so stay away from me (Chorus) Stay away from me! Stay away from me! Stay the fuck away from me! Stay away from me! Stay away from me! Stay the fuck away from me! (break) allow me to please pass on a message that our worlds composed of wreckage from this 50 state hypocracy served out with the works of a textbook destroying the very nexus of democracy it's your fault! work hard! get a job! leave your urban family for a little white security and don't fret they won't hang you by the neck they'll empty all your pockets leave your family in foreclosure! (Chorus) Stay away from me! Stay away from me! Stay the fuck away from me! Stay away from me! Stay away from me! Stay the fuck away from me! You fucking fake ass hillbilly's! (break) (bridge) Leave me alone Leave me be Take your guns and god stay away from me Leave me alone Leave me be Take your guns and god stay away from me!
8.
Ferguson 03:41
Take my hand take my heart pull the pieces apart as you sever we have no more brethren of faith in this land color-coated in shaking policeman always aching for love from the protected lamb seize the moment of riot and fire families all hire the gangs so that they can fight back understanding there's no understand we fall as a nation divided forsaken in time What is life? you cowards you begger's you swollen disaster of swine What am I uncaring and sharing withholding the pressure to act (verse 2) run the food run the guards of your state to the cities of hate where minorities already know weak mentality harsher realities garnish the wages and watch as Wall Street will grow no more amateurs fuck the perimeters and fuck all the licenses that say we can kill for the sport no more limits there's just no more limits as we watch on the Nile where cities were great and were known needles sow the quilts that are making for God judgement taking of us and our souls we have no more reason forgot as the seasons will go (verse 3) So come to me now with your prayers and your reefs fall asleep on the beds once reserved for the lively and dead follow my heart to the start of a country betrayed hostage by birth of its art burn the flag the longer we have it the longer we drown it in history we'll always hide education we need education to free Lady Liberty beaten in bondage and tied to the past to the last Klan member descending our way
9.
Mass Pike 05:07
I tried sleeping on the Cape where grandpa seems to lose my face but he put down the glass of wine now it's time for me to lose mine and I don't know if I'll be able too... This cemetery is filled with trash I mean the people not the cans and bags and the pubs rotting from within I guess the money's all in tourism and I don't know if I'll be back again... So here's my farewell to Massachusetts your dead dog under the bridge just made me lose it I can't stand another drink in this little green room while the sunset cries alone So here's my farewell to Massachusetts Walk down streets leading to the bay the old motel has no more place to stay maybe by morning we can head out west sleep on the highway while we starve to death and I don't know if I'll survive the night But for the moment yeah we pay our dues lock up the door so no one can breakthrough and call the cops because your safe in jail by late October mom can pay your bail and I don't know if I can let that stand So here's my farewell to Massachusetts your overpriced way life seems far to ruthless I can't stand to see a girl singing Caroline while my own drives away for good So here's my farewell to Massachusetts So here's my farewell to Massachusetts I'll miss you deep down even though I can never prove it I'll miss the burned out buildings near the old canal where the only girl I loved would laugh So here's my farewell to Massachusetts Yes here's my farewell to my Massachusetts...
10.
Hilltop Rock 02:44
Got a hilltop rock mama come down Got a northbound Mississippi class clown been living in the rust belt gloom snowy doom ah ha what you got to lose said it No job for a hard working rich man No life for a bum living off the land spare can got some change shaking in his overcoat high quality crank and a little dope (move up to fifth fret) And I said it gonna say it again we're blowing in the wind what you got to spend Keep working with the smoke above gonna kill the doves and leave us out of love (move up to 7th fret) It's that good Ohio sound... Every country boy got him a camo cap Every city boy hates country loves rap Old tracks without a train little pain gone with jobs China gains go to Walmart buy a shirt with Heisenberg little KFC gravy on a dirty bird Whats the word? Tea Party makes us deaf and dumb hugging children with a bible and a handgun (fifth fret) And I said it gonna say it again this life is filled with sin ask the preacher man Keep asking for the mills to close daddy told me so go to Colorado (7th fret) It's that good old Ohio sound... (Fifth fret) And I said it gonna say it again we got depression and gin what you got lend now Keep praying for a little change baby ain't it strange everyone's insane now (7th fret) It's that good old Ohio sound...
11.
Well if I had a girl to keep to myself A penny on a rail line could figure us out And if I had gram of sense in my brain I'd give it to the homeless and break this old chain If you hadn't left me I'd still be this sad and holes would line walls and you'd still be mad my tempers so fragile like an old statuette wagered forsaken by a gamblers lost bet (chorus) Now don't mind the tears that surely won't fall Don't mind the longing and late midnight calls My story's unfinished, but Deist and true take what is given from falsehood and truth Well if I had money in a wallet so warm I'd buy a new habit and go to the store And if I had spit in the rims of mouth I'd shot for your dad's feet and stepmothers blouse If work doesn't kill me then learning sure will while drinking black coffee and snorting up pills the stress gets so heavy I just want to yell It's too hot in Heaven, It's a cold day in Hell (chorus) Now don't mind the burdens that lay in our wake Don't mind dysfunction or chances you take I gave it my best and that's all I can do Take what is given from falsehood and truth (bridge) Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh it's getting hot yeah Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh it's getting weird yeah Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh you're kind of cute yeah Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh you married who (chorus 2x) Now don't mind your noggin leave right through that door and don't say you're sorry you two-timing whore Don't utter my name for your cunning and shrew Take what is given from falsehood and truth
12.
(verse 1) Am You come to me with a broken Dm You come to me with a broken bottle 'tween your fingers Am and eyeliner in the rain Am You lost your sanity and closed off Dm You lost your sanity and closed off people from the crying Am that you can't annunciate (chorus) Dm bar And I... Am try to remember you E7 but the ground has some space Am for a casket made for two Dm bar And I... Am I carve the headstone over you E7 Oh Lord knows Am I got them suicidal woman blues (verse 2) You hold a cancer so heavy You hold a cancer so heavy I can see exhaustion within your glassy eyes You yell at me, "show emotion" You scream at me "show emotion" I'm tired of this waiting for words only forged by lies (chorus) Dm bar And I... Am try to do better for you E7 the church bells only ring Am for a lover baste in blue Dm bar And I... Am I carve the headstone over you E7 Oh Lord Knows hold on E7 I got them suicidal woman blues (Chorus ) And I... I felt like flyin' away with you but I woke up so numb from those pills I consumed And I... carve the headstone over you Oh Lord knows I got them suicidal woman blues
13.
Well here I am drinking with the last hairs of the dog to heal events from my past The scars white and dry line the skin upon my arms and curse the memories that last (chorus) So if your shoulders get weak run to me run to me And I'll bless your old heart with a rose petal black And if your hope fades away you can have a little place to stay in the dream lost by lies that God always told saw your picture on a billboard at a rest stop headed east it looks like your finally a star listed villain for murder with your dead husbands gun the night he got home from the bar (chorus) So if your shoulders get weak run to me run to me And I'll bless your old heart with a rose petal black And if your hope fades away you can have a little place to stay in the dream lost by lies that God always told The last verse to a sad song written on a sunny day is heard by those trapped in beds and the drugs for enjoyment are a dim exit light and the victims they suffer in their heads (chorus) So if your shoulders get weak run to me run to me And I'll bless your old heart with a rose petal black And if your hopes fade away you can have a little place to stay in the dream lost by lies that God always told in the dream lost by lies that God always told
14.
Dmaj Gmaj Dmaj Well I'm to poor to work for 4 days in this town Gmaj Dmaj Amaj and my blood has run boil and dry Dmaj Gmaj Dmaj yeah I sit by the phone for a ring that won't come Gmaj Amaj Dmaj so I'll play that old folk shit all night Gmaj Dmaj And I'll play till my fingers turn turquoise and in rust Gmaj Amaj or till tears can escape from my face Dmaj Gmaj Dmaj Gmaj yeah I've said it before and I'll say it again Dmaj Amaj Dmaj I'm a folk song singing cliche' God bless my friends on those fun smokey nights when I'm too drunk to drive my damn car yeah I'll stumble back home with a bump up my nose could be molly or prescription bars And I'll do it just once to add more to that song or till tears can escape from my face yeah I've said it before and I'll say it again I'm a folk song singing cliche' Tomorrow I'll wake to an unsightly truth I'm alone with my thoughts and my art yeah I've suffer for songs and they've ruined my life for they've tarnished the pride in my heart but I'll take all this sorrow and give it to you and let tears escape from my face yeah I've said it before and I'll say it again I'm a folk song singing cliche' yeah I've said it before and I'll say it again I'm a folk song singing cliche'

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Thanks to all who have supported me creating this 14-track original album. The songs range from genres of blues, to folk, and even experimental punk. This is the first album I have ever produced. I hope you can all enjoy this album as much as we did making it. A lot of love went into this and I could not of done it without the help of my friends and family.

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released December 21, 2015

Produced and Recorded by Mike Bryce in Bowling Green Ohio. Graphic Design by Flannery Murnen. Photography done by Eric Burgasser. Also featuring JP Stebal, Kathleen Schnerer, Jared Lucas, Colton Buettner, Barry Johnson, and Tanner Young. All songs written and performed by Tom Vasey.

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Boo Lee Crosser Bowling Green, Ohio

I have been playing music for the past 4 years now. Everything that music has given me to this point in my life would not be possible without the friends and family who have always supported me. I hope no matter what music the listener enjoys, they can see some value in what I do as a folk singer. For any contact information hit me up at:
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