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Produced, Engineered & Mixed by LL.
Mastered by Brent Lambert at The Kitchen.
A Stepladder to the Stars
I've got a stepladder to the stars
I've got a toolkit in the woodshed
It makes me laugh when people say
I make my own beats
I choose the words that come out of my mouth
I get funky on the keys and make the schedule
And tie my shoes too
I've got a stepladder to the stars
I've got a toolkit in the woodshed
I might show you where I keep it
I use reason, I use logic, all the tools I use are pro tools
I produce my own productions, mix my own emotions,
I engineer all my engagements, I am the master of my own mastering
I am the author of my own experience
I'm not mad though
I take all of my bravado
And put it into my vibrato
I've got a stepladder to the stars
I've got a toolkit in the woodshed
I might show you where I keep it
Might even let you borrow it
But you got to bring it back
Music & Lyrics by Louis Landry
LL: Vocals, Drum Kit and Machines, Synth Bass, Harp, Gongs, Tibetan prayer bowls, Kettledrum, Clavinet, Mellotron, Vocoder, Critter & Guitarri Pocket Piano, Electric Guitar (Jackson V)
Harp, kettledrum and percussion sampled from the collection of Eric S
(c) 2018 LL Music
IS MY MIND A MISTAKE MY BRAIN MADE?
Yes no maybe I don’t know x2
BRIDGE
Is it still a mistake if i do it on purpose / Is it still a mistake if i repeat it again
And again ?
VERSE 1
Is it still a mistake if i do it on purpose? / Is it still a mistake if i repeat it again ?
My mind feels cracked and broken / I don’t know if i can trust my brain
In the middle of the night when I’m listening to my mind
BRIDGE 2
Is it still a mistake if i do it on purpose? / Is it still a mistake if i repeat it again ?
My mind feels cracked and broken /I don’t know if i can trust my brain
Maybe if I’m lucky nobody will notice
And I’ll make it through the end of one more day
PRECHORUS 1
Feelings
(My mind is not a mistake / my mind is definitely not a mistake
My might might not be a mistake / My mind could be a mistake )
What am i thinking ?
(My mind sometimes feels like a mistake / it’s a mistake )
Nina Simone said it better (It’s a mistake)
CHORUS 1
But i can never tell / when I’m listening to mind
I’m not doing well with each mistake I find (When I’m listening to my mind)
Maybe that’s not right but I’m not sure I can tell (And the dendrites sing)
In the middle of the night when I’m listening to my mind
(When I’m listening to my mind)
In the middle of the night
when I’m listening to my mind
VERSE 2
But the dendrites sing and the synapses dance and the cortex says
So tell my why I don’t like Mondays -Janis Ian said it better
What am i thinking? - Frank Black said it better
Where are my manners? - Trey Anastasio said it better
Where are my synapses? - Kim Deal said it better
Are they in my brain? - Kelley Deal said it better
PRECHORUS 2
Are they in my body? (My mind is not a mistake)
Why does the mind feel pain? (my mind is definitely not a mistake)
Why does the heart beat? (My might might not be a mistake)
Why do the lungs breathe? (My mind could be a mistake)
Why does the nightmare creep in through the sweet dreams?
Feelings of love
CHORUS 2
But i can never tell / when I’m listening to mind (When I’m listening to my mind)
But i can never tell / when I’m listening to mind (When I’m listening to my mind)
I’m not doing well with each mistake I find (And the dendrites sing)
Maybe that’s not right but I’m not sure I can tell (When I’m listening to my mind)
In the middle of the night when I’m listening to my mind (And the dendrites sing)
In the middle of the night
when I’m listening to my mind
OUTRO
Harvey Danger said it better
(If my mind makes a mistake does that mean that I have a bad brain?)
Rosetta Tharp said it better
(Does my bad brain cause my pain / Is my mind a mistake a brain?)
Ola Belle Reed said it better
(If my mind makes a mistake does that mean that I have a bad brain?)
Kurt Cobain said it better
(Does my bad brain cause my pain / Is my mind a mistake a brain made?)
I myself said it better ten years ago
(Yes no maybe I don’t know)
In another song
(Yes no maybe I don’t know)
Stars they come and I know they go
(Yes no maybe I don’t know)
(Yes no maybe I don’t know)
LL: Programming, Fender Rhodes, Drum Set, Electric Guitar & Bass, Synths (Yamaha DX21, Mellotron), Glockenspiel
Eric Mrozkowski: 2nd Drum St (Prechorus 1)
Shea D Broussard: Vocals (Intro & Dendrites)
Emily Levinstone: Vocals (Chorus & Operatic)
Dan Ruccia: Viola
JUST ANOTHER TRANSCENDENTAL COUNTRY WALTZ
You can call it dark and light You can call it death and life
You can call it dominant leading to resolution
They all mean the same thing
In every story you’ve ever been told Somebody falls in love
Somebody dies, and somebody gives up
Somebody starts a new life
So let’s sing along for every man and every woman
And all the gender non-binaries
Every coin has two sides
But it also has an edge
And you can do some cool stuff out of the edge
But if you slip you’re surrounded by emptiness
Sometimes it seems the only way to make a life on the edge
Is to be clawing your way to the other side
You’ve got to find someone to take hold of your hand
And help you find your balance when you land
But not me, I’m going out into the darkness
And float around for a week or two
Someday we’ll get to the end of the slow part
And dance another transcendental country waltz
Every coin has two sides
But it also has an edge
And you can do some cool stuff out of the edge
But if you slip you’re surrounded by emptiness
Someday we’ll get to the end of the slow part
And dance another transcendental country waltz
Luis Rodriguez: Lead Guitar
Eric Mrozkowski: Drums
Kurtis Keber: Bass
LL: Vocal, Programming, Log Drum, Congas, Farfisa, Clavinet, Synths, Rhythm Guitar
A WALK ON THE ICE
When the echoes of the summer finally die away
There’s nothing left to do and nothing more to say
A tree had fallen in the middle of the night
In a lake which had slowly frozen into ice
Three young friends walking in the morning light
They crept out slowly, hoping not to die
They all agreed that they should turn back, but instead
they took another step to hear the ice crack
Everyone knows that time will pass
Snow will melt and ice will crack
But they had not learned that lesson yet so they held their
breath and took another step
Tip-toe or you might fall in
But don’t turn around cause you never know
when we’ll do this again
Crazy things happen when you’re young, but who ever
knew that risking your life could be so much fun?
Everyone knows that time will pass
Snow will melt and ice will crack
But we had not learned that lesson yet so we held our
breath and took another step
It was a step to the stars with both feet on the ground
It was a step that we took cause we couldn’t turn around
From a future we couldn’t ignore
A step that almost killed us but still we wanted more
From tomorrow that we had to take today
it was a step on a path where there was no other way
Phil Rodriguez: Trumpet
Emily Levinstone: Vocals
Dan Ruccia: Viola
LL: Vocals, Fender Rhodes, Drums, Electric Guitar & Bass, Mellotron, Piano, Organ, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel
THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY
You tell me happiness is a choice I can make
You tell me misery is a cycle I can break
Try as I might to fight this fate
It’s all around me and I can’t escape
I don’t need love from anyone
If I work hard enough I’ll be someone
I don’t need any help from you
I’m going to find my own truth
And the only friend I have left is the enemy of my enemy
You tell me happiness is a choice I can make
You tell me misery is a cycle I can break
If you work with me to win this fight
We’ll see who’s wrong, who’s left and who’s right
And the only friend I have left
And the only friend I have left
And the only friend is the enemy of my enemy
Josh Robins: Guitar and guitarmony
LL: Vocal, Drum Set, Rhythm & Bass Guitars, Synths (Moog, Yamaha DX21)
CARRIED AWAY
(Music and Lyrics by Shaun Dickerson)
To tell you just how I feel; Describe the situation I’m in:
Oh, that would be the dream
But the words don’t seem to come
It’s not funny anymore, and the feeling’s begun
So I’ll just pack my stuff and go away,
but there’s so much I want to say
Now I don’t know what to do You got me seeing things in blue
My mind is stuck on you
With my head against the wall Waiting for you to call
And carry me away
Put my thoughts down on this page
To let you know that I’m here — Oh, to get out of this cage
To be free to do as I please to
Spend a little time with you And let it be OK
But I just packed my stuff and left
What could’ve been is only a guess
And I don’t know what to do You got me seeing things in blue
My mind is stuck on you
With my head against the wall waiting for you to call
And carry me away
Carry me, carry me away
Carry me, would you carry me away?
Tell me, did you think of me today?
Jessica Flemming: Vocal
Kim Deschamps: Pedal Steel
Dan Ruccia: Viola
Emily Levinstone & Shea D. Broussard: Vocals
LL: Vocal, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Rhodes, B3, Leslie'd Piano
(c)(p)2019 Louis Landry Music. Original Music and lyrics (c)2003 by Shaun Dickerson.
FLASHBULB
Lyrics by FM Turner and LL
Maybe we’re from the same place
A light from a system above
A cold leftover memory
of trans dimensional love
Maybe the memory is a chord
that links to the tune of the past
and the present is a lightbulb
that dims as soon as it’s flashed
Maybe we knew who we were
Maybe we’ll meet there again
Maybe we’ll stay in one place
or maybe we’ll blow in the wind
Maybe we once knelt in the temple
and offered our prayers to the stars
and wondered if we knew each other
before biological scars
Maybe we once sang melodies
and spoke in the fires warm glow
and danced in the ceremony
where a primitive river flowed
Maybe we knew who we were
Maybe we’ll meet there again
Maybe we’ll stay in one place
or maybe we’ll blow in the wind
Maybe we’ll laugh in our sleep
and time and science will bend
maybe we are all in a dream
and i’ve known you before my friend
Alexandra Valladares: Vocal
William Dawson: Vibraphone
Luis Rodriguez: Guitar
LL: Drum Set, Bass Guitar, Fender Rhodes, Mellotron, Electric Guitar, Banjo, Vocal
(c)(p) 2019 Louis Landry Music. Original lyrics (c) 2002 F.M. Turner
TSUNAMI OF B.S.
LL: Programming, Guitars (Yamaha, Jackson, Landry), Drum Set, Critter & Guitarri Pocket Piano
Luis Rodriguez: 2nd Guitar Solo (Fender Mustang)
All songs (c) (p) 2019 Louis Landry Music except as indicated. All rights reserved.
