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Daughter

by Lydia Loveless

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  • Daughter 12" Black Vinyl
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    Release date - Sept 25, 2020.
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  • Daughter 12" Violet Vinyl
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    Release date - Sept 25, 2020.
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1.
Dead Writer 04:16
Welcome to my bachelor pad I stay here when things get bad and I Just want to get away Send the kids outside to play And do whatever I want Because I don’t want to be your lover anymore But I’d be a fool to let you out the door Like Exley on the davenport Or Carver fishing off the shore I just Know I can write a book One sunny day is all it took to change Pour the booze down the drain Cuz I don’t want to disappoint you anymore And I don’t know what all this drinking has been for So tell me which part you want me to be and I will try If this is where the story ends why do I have to lie to you When I don’t want to anymore So if there’s a way out of this mess I’ll find it when I’m less depressed Right now I just want to disappear Happiness won’t visit here It’s true I’m out of the loop Cuz I don’t want to live in this world anymore But death is not the thing I’m looking for
2.
Talk to me Tell me how it feels to always see everything in a major key When I’m drowning in ennui Cuz all I do is try to conjure up a little sun for you And when it doesn’t come you ask why the sky ain’t blue And things show no sign of looking up Love is not enough I wonder if it ever was I shouldn’t have to break you down to build me up These days it seems No one even cares if you get hurt Cuz being kind is just a phrase that you wear on a t-shirt I can’t believe the worst kinds of people achieve Everything they want But it takes medication to get me off So sick and tired of living in a rut Love is not enough I wonder if it ever was I shouldn’t have to bleed you dry to fill me up I shouldn’t have to break you down to build me up Love is not enough I wonder if it ever was I shouldn’t have to bleed you dry to fill me up
3.
Wringer 03:23
How did it come to this Dividing of possessions? Only reason it got this far is your Childish obsession With everything you thought I’d be But could not deliver All that loving me ever did was run you through the wringer You say you don’t do it for fame Or financial gain And didn’t you always stick by me Through everything You give the sweetest kisses dear But you leave the stinger All that loving you ever did was run me through the wringer So don’t just sit there playing with your life Honey pull the trigger You’ve gotta leave everyone behind To really be a winner You give the sweetest kisses dear But you leave the stinger All the honey that we made started tasting bitter I want to be a symphony but I’m just a singer And all that singing ever does is run me through the wringer
4.
Can't Think 04:40
Desperate and selfish Say I can’t help it Hopelessly jealous of the time you spent away Living the highlife I find my spotlight In deranged fantasies of the things you didn’t say It’s almost too much to take Loving you baby I can’t think when I’m in love It’s never good enough Why can’t I just close the door And let the work be the reward Is there a God or Is that my upbringing Telling me to cast aside the little I have earned I don’t believe in anything yet I don’t Take the time to find something that maybe I could learn It’s almost too much to take Loving you baby I can’t think when I’m in love It’s never good enough Why can’t I just close the door And let the work be the reward The work is the reward I can’t think when I’m in love It’s never good enough Why can’t I just close the door And let myself be more than yours
5.
Say My Name 04:32
Say my name Cuz I forget who I am Give me a reason To put some effort in Finish what I started to write down Cuz you’re the only one who knows me now I’m going out Just to run into your friends But I’m watching the clock Cuz if you don’t come in Feels like I’ll meet every gin in this town But you’re the only one who knows me now And when it was good it was very good I was always floating on your cruel cloud But how did I get so wrapped up I couldn’t pick my face out of a crowd I guess that’s why you’re the only one who knows me now And there were times that I thought You were my only friend but it can’t be true If you’re not around You’re just the only one who knows me now
6.
Never 04:17
In a second floor apartment The heat does rise It’s a sensory bombardment Sweat and tears in your eyes Well isn’t this what everybody does Go out on their own I was the one who wanted more Now I’m just sitting at home And I know that I’m not ever gonna get you back Let me tell you that I’m sorry cuz I owe you that Well I walk around in autumn And tell myself it’s new But it doesn’t feel that honest With no one to report to But I’m standing on my own now Isn’t that what everybody wants I’m not a liberated woman Just a country bumpkin dilettante But I know that I’m not ever gonna get you back Let me tell you I regret it cuz I owe you that I carry around this pain I live with all the mistakes I made I carry around this pain knowing you don’t care that I went away I carry around this pain wonder what you’re doing every day Happiness comes from within that’s what everybody says Maybe learning that I have none in me was the point of all of this I know that I’m not ever gonna get you back Let me tell you that Im sorry cuz I owe you that You’re the blood in my veins and the bone in my back And I know that I’m not ever gonna get you back
7.
Daughter 04:59
What is my body worth to you Without your blood in it Is my story worth the read Without your name on it Where you find me at the bottom of a lake What a headline that would make There’s never been a better time to be alive The arms of opportunity are spread wide I wanna be a part of you but it’s not enough If I gave you a daughter would you open up Oh to be like Mary full of grace You’d be worshipping my body and my brain Cuz I know you never take me at my word It’s always something you’ve already heard Why can’t I show you this side of me And prove to you who I could be There’s never been a better time to be a wife I wanna show you something you can’t memorize I wanna teach you baby but you’re all grown up If I gave you a daughter would it be enough Don’t call me sister victim or your child bride I’ve been somebody’s woman on the side Just take me for what I already am Honey make me feel like a man Cuz there’s never been a better time to be alive The same sun shines in everybody’s sky But everything inside of me has turned to dust If I gave you a daughter would you open up
8.
When you’re gone There will be no healing No moment of clarity You will be dead There will be no reeling Out into the street Cuz there was never anything I could do Never anything anybody could do I lie awake and wonder when it’s coming for me My fifteen minutes of weakness There is no peace Not a hint of camaraderie In this fistfight around the casket And there was never anything I could do Never anything anybody could do So if that’s what you meant When you said “I’ll give you something to cry about” Well I want out
9.
September 04:51
Happy birthday, make a wish I know this isn’t really how you want to celebrate it Withdrawal shits and gun fights on the lawn All your friends are idiots Man the air really went out of his balloon, didn’t it I wish he would just leave us alone So hold your breath past the cemetery now Feels like it could still be all right somehow And I can smell the winter on the breeze It makes me feel like starting over Do you wanna go somewhere with me? Cuz I can see that you’re a bird Let me grab onto your wings and fly out of this world I can see it’s never gonna change And I’m so tired of being harangued I know if we leave he’s gonna be mad But I’ll kill anyone who tries to make me stay So even though I don’t know where to go We’re almost to the end of Kauffman road But I can feel the wet grass on my cheek And I think this time it’s really over Is anybody going to rescue me?
 Can I get a ride? Daddy’s got the gun out tonight And the neighbors are all riled up But I wanna have some fun To the kids you’re a hag To the older ones you’ll always be a spoiled brat But there’s some things people never really see So I know the turnpike ain’t the place to be But at least you’re here with me And I can smell your Mitchum on the breeze It makes me feel like I’m getting older September is the only time I’m free So can I get a ride? Daddy’s got the gun out tonight And the neighbors are all riled up I wanna have some fun September is the only time I’m free But I know this time it’s really over So do you really wanna fuck with me I swear this time I’m really gonna leave
10.
Carolina lost my identity Or it’s coming in the mail, either way I’m not the same, and it isn’t just a change of place I’ve slowed to a lion’s pace, pacing here Anything for you my dear Anything to keep you near This can’t be where it all ends The summit of don’t bother mountain I am on the verge of brilliance You’re on the verge of death I’ve been patiently taking my time Or I’m just lazy, your guess is as good as mine All I know is leaves have grown Over my soul All I know is leaves have grown over my soul And stopped the fountain I know I am not there yet The summit of don’t bother trying I don’t need all the things you took from me I’ll get em back eventually It’s not the source of pain It’s the family that gets to me Either way you’re not the same Everything has changed Either way everything’s changed

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released September 25, 2020

Songs written by : Lydia Loveless
Arranged by : Lydia Loveless, Todd May, Jay Gasper, George Hondroulis
Produced by : Lydia Loveless and Tom Schick
Recorded and mixed by : Tom Schick at The Loft, Chicago, IL
Mastered by : Shelly Steffens at Chicago Mastering Service
Record design, makeup and photography by : Megan Toenyes

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