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The Two of Us

by John Frank

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Todd Zimmer
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Todd Zimmer Like David Bowie run through a spaghetti western filter with a side of country and the Church. Beautiful.
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1.
South of No North 03:02
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Three big crows Looking in the window Smart birds, I’ve heard Looking after me and my ghost While our kids live it on the west coast I can see it in that black eye Where I’ll go I can taste it in my mouth Blood of the beautiful south I know We all know Gave each one a name that I can’t say First born, second born, third… Live out my days here I guess Oh how life puts you through the test I can see it in that black eye Where I’ll go I can taste it in my mouth Blood of the beautiful south I know We all know I can see it in that black eye Where I’ll go I can taste it in my mouth Blood of the only south I know We all know I know We all know (c) Jonathan Frank MT 2020. All rights reserved.
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Evacuated 03:23
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I dreamt so long ago Think I was driving Through some flyover state No apologies For the things I did Hid my drinking from the kids And now they’re great So you feel Darkly fated Home sweet home Evacuated I want nothing more to see you Shining at that morning You once shattered But just like alchemy And your prescriptions And the labors of love It just doesn’t matter So you feel Darkly fated Anticlimactic now that you’ve made it Home sweet home Evacuated I want nothing more I want nothing more… (c) Jonathan Frank MT 2020. All rights reserved.
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One Nature 03:08
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Don’t want to take sides Don’t want to take shots There is one nature One nature City sights and sounds Better off without me around The lights will go out in town We’ll see the real picture The one nature One nature And I’ve got a smile For everyone I meet But talk down to me You’ll find yourself at it’s feet The one nature… One nature Deep in the woods This life it found me There are two ways But one nature One nature… (c) Jonathan Frank MT 2020. All rights reserved.
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That North Korea We Once Knew 04:01
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The kid arrested You and I getting tested On things we don’t even understand So in this fight for control Gotta lean back on what you know Let the iron roll and off you’ll go Oh, that North Korea we both knew… That concrete wall you see right through That lights out sky I know you see it too So don’t say a word—I’ll meet you Got the eyes of a man Photographed in that land That is all I ever saw of him You’re from trouble yourself Out the window you stare Don’t worry, baby—we’ll talk when you get there Oh, that North Korea we both knew… That concrete wall you see right through That lights out sky I know you see it too So don’t say a word—I’ll meet you We are stronger as one than apart Come into the great heart Come into the one heart We’ll stand the border all night Sleep work and fight, sleep work and fight A sense of purpose clear and true So don’t say a word—I’ll meet you Don’t say a word—I’ll meet you Don’t say a word—I’ll meet you (c) Jonathan Frank MT 2020. All rights reserved.
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I'm Worse 04:01
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Until you get your life together I can hang around Be your date at some awful wedding Or kill your empty Sundays And I promise I won’t call it anything I promise I won’t I promise I won’t call it anything I promise I won’t When it’s time I’ll be gone Watch, I’ll go first As bad as you are As sad as you are Trust me… I’m worse I’ll come over when you get your drugs changed And can’t go to work I’ll answer your phone when it rings and it’s Your boss the jerk But I won’t get any big ideas I promise I won’t No I won’t get any big ideas I promise I won’t When it’s time I’ll be gone Watch, I’ll go first As bad as you are As sad as you are Trust me… I’m worse When it’s time I’ll be gone Watch, I’ll go first As bad as you are As sad as you are Trust me… I’m worse (c) Jonathan Frank MT 2020. All rights reserved.
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Stevie 03:56
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And so you woke Shitfaced, desperate, broke So long, go be kind Ease your gentle mind Drop the lines End your Eastern time Your disarming spark Made you the unshameless mark The soul of the game Left you alone with a made up name Stevie, you were the worst Here you’ve got to shoot first And your trouble Is no trouble for us So, so long, go be kind Ease your gentle mind Drop the lines End your Eastern time Your disarming spark Made you the unshameless mark The soul of the game Left you alone with a made up name Stevie, you were the worst Here you’ve got to shoot first Stevie, you were the worst Here you’ve got to shoot first All eyes were upon you Every last V.C. jerk But your hokey midwest confidence Just didn’t work Stevie… Stevie, you were the worst Here you’ve got to shoot first Stevie, you were the worst Here you’ve got to shoot first Here you’ve got to shoot first (c) Jonathan Frank MT 2020. All rights reserved.
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Only Show In Town 03:39
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There’s a murder every second there is torture going on somewhere Right now Right now But kiss me baby, let’s have a baby With your sweet face and my soft heart It’s a lonesome background But it’s the only show in town Your mom was a homewrecker And your father was a motherfucker And they still are They still are But kiss me baby, let’s have that baby With my spare room and your great taste It’s a lonesome background A god awful empty sound Whatever happened to that lush budget That full orchestra Throngs of extras, method immersion Don’t tell me this is it The only show in town But kiss me baby, let’s have that baby With your sweet face and my soft heart It’s a lonesome background But it’s the only show in town The only show in town… (c) Jonathan Frank MT 2020. All rights reserved.
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Let Me Back In 03:14
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Centering yourself Always a good thing Rolling up your sleeves Without that heavy ring It’s liberating I’ve always watched from the outside Defended your borders And most often I win So when you’re done defining Will you let me back in? Can’t see any place Until you get there Some moments turn you kind to cruel But I don’t care Maybe I ran when I should have walked Maybe it’s the big way people talk But I have always watched from the outside Defended your borders And most often I win So when you’re done thinking Will you let me back in? When you’re done defining Will you let me back in? Will you let me back in? Will you let me back in? (c) Jonathan Frank MT 2020. All rights reserved.
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All Heart 03:58
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Please don’t take me apart I’m all heart All heart Simple country life Is for me One land under God One flag free But please—don’t take me apart I’m all heart All heart I’m in the quiet time of my life My work is done I’ve lost my wife She hangs in the kitchen Pale in the fading light I feel things so deep at times I can’t speak The only son estranged, the soul’s weak This was never my nature Until it was Don’t know why the cross spins now It just does But please—don’t take me apart I’m all heart All heart But please, please, please—don’t take me apart I’m all heart All heart I’m all heart All heart I’m all heart All heart I’m all heart All heart (c) Jonathan Frank MT 2020. All rights reserved.
10.
Only You 02:54
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We’re all bugs We’re all thugs To quiet the mind takes a slug Every time I thought I’d made it out I was in deeper Every time I thought I’d turned it around It wasn’t true Set me free on the breeze Carve our names in a tree The only peace I knew was you The only peace I knew was you The only peace I knew… (c) Jonathan Frank MT 2020. All rights reserved.
11.
The Two of Us 04:16
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Don’t fall apart Don’t take it to heart This summer set Never gives like they get But the champagne toasts Will move back to the coasts And we’ll get on my bike and we’ll just get lost And we will be just the two of you’ll see We will be in each other’s eyes free Because we’ve not waiting on anyone It’s just the two of us Just the two of us We’ll take our time as we go You need something let me know Got the marks on me Just like you But in time we’ll forget that too In time we’ll forget that too Class war’s nothing new… So it’s just the two of us Just the two of us Just the two of us Just the two of us (c) Jonathan Frank MT 2020. All rights reserved.

credits

released November 18, 2020

ALL SONGS JOHN FRANK. RECORDED 5/18 THROUGH 7/20 BY JF. MIXED BY RYAN HILTY. MASTERED BY MIKE HAGLER AT KINGSIZE SOUND. DESIGN AND COVER PHOTO JF. BACK COVER PHOTO AND ROOM BY JEAN FRANK. STEVIE MASON DRUMS ON 1,2,3,5,6; JOHN FRANK JR. DRUMS ON 4; ELLE FRANK BACKGROUND VOCALS HIGH ON 5; JEAN FRANK BACKGROUND VOCALS LOW ON 5; JESSE PAULSON DRUMS ON 6,9,11; THANK YOU DAVE FERGUSON, MARK GUARINO, STEVE FORS, CHRIS PELRINE, DAMON HENNESSEY, AUSTIN STAMBAUGH, CHRISTIAN HANKEL, WARREN HENRY, AIMEE ZELLER, FRANK AMATO, MIKE VILLEGAS, BRIAN ASQUITH.

@ 2020 JONATHAN FRANK MT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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