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"Curiosity Killed The Laissez Fairs​?​"

by The Laissez Fairs

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1.
Image 04:06
I can see an image of you in my mind I can see an image of you in my mind and I can tell there's something that I must find I could travel the world and never come close Time can move so slowly Sometimes it just stands still and all my crazy worries Just fade to dust and blow away I can feel your image burning my brain and I can tell I'm never, ever gonna be the same There's no escape trapped in a memory unreal Time can move so slowly sometimes it just stands still and all my crazy worries Just fade to dust and blow away I can see and image of you in my mind and I can tell there's something that I must find I could travel the world and never come close Image in my mind, image in my mind, image in my mind, image in my mind, image in my mind
2.
The girl’s name is Sunshine Tuff She’s bulletproof rain A laugh grenade She’s the spike in the punch Out in her 66 Dart Tricked out for speed Taking the lead She’s breaking hearts But Sunshine Tuff’s not fast enough She’ll flash a smile and offer up Her blood and soul, her physics book Sunshine Tuff you’re a funny little throttle loving fool Sunshine Tuff not fast enough She’ll flash a smile and size you up For heart and soul, a physics book Sunshine Tuff you’re a funny little throttle loving fool That’s the way of Sunshine Tuff Ritual schemes for quicksilver needs Her foot’s off the clutch Riding high and burning rings Round your big ideas And your Karmann Ghias You don’t know anything Sunshine Tuff not fast enough To pagan gods she’ll offer up Her blood and soul, her physics book Sunshine Tuff you’re a funny little throttle loving fool
3.
They're digging up your bones taking them to school telling all the kiddies you were a fool Everyone is there as wrong as wrong can be laughing at your fate and nobody's free I can see why they're doing it I know why they're scared I saw things that shouldn't be and I'll tell you what it means Tell you what it means Tell you what it means Dancing in the graveyard yelling at the dead wishing that the truth could be left unsaid I can see why they're doing it I know why they're scared I saw things that shouldn't be and I'll tell you what it means Tell you what it means Tell you what it means Counting all you cigarettes and sleeping on the train trying to remember who said that we are all to blame I can see why they're doing it I know why they're scared I saw things That shouldn't be and I'll tell you what it means Tell you what it means Tell you what it means
4.
Somewhere, man it’s real In an outer space world, bold ideals So different for the young
 Man, they’re not like anyone They’re gonna bring the changes It’s dangerous to let go They’re gonna bring the changes And they’re going to show (time in somewhere land) Somewhere Ba da da da Somewhere Ba da da da da Somewhere Ba da da da Somewhere Ba da da da da da Somewhere, man they say The past is in the way Tomorrow is nearly here Man, you’ve everything to fear They’re gonna bring the changes A normal man might cry They’re gonna bring the changes Going to be so high (time in somewhere land) And they’re gonna bring the changes It’s dangerous to let go They’re gonna bring the changes Changes they will show (time in somewhere land) Somewhere Ba da da da Somewhere Ba da da da da Somewhere Ba da da da Somewhere Ba da da da da da
5.
If I should ever make you sad again, girl If I should ever make you cry again, girl Then I will leave tomorrow and cast no giant shadow and return when I know the ways of love I ran away to fight the war again, girl Now I'm coming home to sin no more again, girl I will not make you lonely I shall not cast a shadow and will return to stake my claim Sad Girl Of The High Country I know that you will wait for me Hold me in your loving arms We'll sleep away through a hundred dawns
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Two sides of the same coin And what ya gonna do about it do about it There’s no guarantee Rolling round with me And that’s fine fine fine Flat’s ok Heads up when you’re down. We like to get roughed up Cutting the cuffs The penalties fine fine fine Spending time cause we won’t be saved or put away Two sides of the same coin We’re two sides of the same coin baby Two sides of the same coin And what ya gonna do about it do about it It’s all a matter of fact Caught in the act Shooting thru the slide slide slides Looser than ties on a Friday night We’ll never be counterfeit Baby I’m used to it Truth ain’t no disguise aye ayes We’re making the grade like pieces of eight Still no guarantee Rolling round with me And that’s fine fine fine Flat’s ok When I’m heads up you’re broke down We’re gonna rough it all up Cutting the cuffs The penalties fine fine fine Spending time cause we can’t be ever be saved Never put us away Two sides of the same coin We’re two sides of the same coin baby Two sides of the same coin And what ya gonna do about it do about it Two sides of the same coin We’re two sides of the same coin baby Two sides of the same coin We’re two sides of the same coin baby Yeah!
7.
Everything I ever wanted You're everything I ever needed I stand alone, my world defeated 'cause you're so bad to me Time and time again I'm out on the ledge (34th floor) and time and time again I'm felling you push me (so hard) What can I do? What can I say? Everything we always planned on Everything we've worked so hard for Lost it all in a foolish moment 'cause you're so unfair to me Time and time again I'm out on the ledge (34th floor) and time and time again I'm feeling you push me (so hard) What can I do? What can I say? Will anyone help me? Does anyone understand? Can anyone save me at all? Everything the way she wanted Everyday it leaves me haunted Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby Save me, save me Will anyone help me out there? Oh, save me, save me Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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You think they love you I know they hate you They shove your face on the TV screen A shooting star to sell a dream Now you're all stitched up from the inside out Ooooo sensation You must realize That we've been fed a million lies They figure you out and they break your code You're useless now on the side of the road No more stardust for you to taste Ooooo sensation Ooooo sensation It's not important for you to understand but so important for you to take my hand we live on shifting sand lost in a HOSTILE land of senastion Ooooo sensation Ooooo sensation It's not important for you to understand but so important for you to take my hand we live on shifting sand lost in a poisoned land of sensation
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Drydenseek 03:39
Happy free securely blessed No beauty could disturb my rest My amorous heart was in despair For a new victorious fair Then you descending on our plains In foreign force renew my chains Where here you rule without control The mighty sovereign of my soul Soft danger there Fair angel You don’t care Your smiles have more of conquering charm Than all your native country's arms Their troops we can expel with ease Who vanquish only when we please In your eyes oh there's the spell Who can see them, and not rebel You make us captives when you stay Yet kill us if you go away Soft danger there Fair angel You don’t care I feed the flame within Which so torments me That it both pains my heart And yet contents me Tis such a pleasing smart And I so love it That I had rather die Than once remove it Yet she for whom I grieve Shall never know it My tongue does not betray Nor my eyes show it Not a sigh nor a tear My pain discloses But they fall silently Like dew on roses
10.
Crying City 03:02
Sha la la la Waking up in the Crying City Looking for truth Isn't it a pity Crawling through the window of a phony new tomorrow Hanging around 'cause you've got no place to go Hanging around 'cause the party's really gonna blow Sha la la la Beaten down in the Lying City Looking for love But given nothing Crawling through the window of a phony new tomorrow Hanging around 'cause you've got no place to go Hanging around 'cause the party's really gonna blow Sha la la la
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The Laissez Fairs and Rum Bar Records climb the ladder of love, devotion and respect together. There is magic in the grooves and in the imagination...and we share that special magic in the relationship we have with you, the music lover, with style, grace, and real songs. Let's keep living that magic together. This album is the key!

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"We've come to expect a certain sound, and a certain consistency in the holy field of Tunes (capital T being key) from The Laissez Fairs. On their new LP the John Fallon-led group delivers both. They keep exuding most of our favourite '60s and '60s-loving influences, gluing them all in an instantly distinctive way (that never falls prey to repetition, quite admirably).

More concise - and immersive - than Marigold, their solid offering from two years ago, the new LP is yet another treat for lovers of paisley-clad smart nostalgia that plays like a lost post-Nuggets comp. "Tell You What It Means' brings in garage swagger, and 'Two Sides Of The Same Coin' sounds like something the Stones could have produced after Tattoo You. Earworms abound (Sensation'). Curiosity is a competent celebration of all things swinging and groovy, filtered through the cool lenses of mid-80s neo-psych-pop." --Camilla Aisa, Shindig! Magazine Issue 122

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"God bless John Fallon and his band of electric acid dandies! The retro-fuzzed guitars and Farfisa organs recall the golden age of late 60s psych-pop mixed with the Paisley Underground of the mid-80s across 11 tracks. The musical structure of each song is densely composed, sometimes crowding out the vocals - but the spirit and skill of these musicians cannot be denied. Listening to the opener 'Image' and Joe Lawless guitar jangle is all you need to get a perfect mashup of The Byrds, Stones, and The Who.

'Sunshine Tuff' is a garage-laden mod rocker loaded with the kitchen sink, and 'Tell You What It Means' is very much like The Small Faces. 'Somewhere Man' and 'Two Sides of The Same Coin' are also highlighted with bits of The Move and The Rain Parade in their DNA. Almost every song hits its mark, with the album's end track 'Upside Downer' a stoner meditation. Turn off the lights and stare at some blacklight posters while listening to this. Highly Recommended." -- popwerpopaholic.com December 2021

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released November 5, 2021

The Laissez Fairs:
John Fallon - Joe Lawless - Aaron Archer - Cromm Fallon

Produced by John Fallon/Joe Lawless, Podgeman Melodies, BMI Administered by Wixen Music Publishing, Inc. ©2021
Tracks 1,3,5,7,8,10 by John Fallon
Tracks 2,4,6,9 by Joe Lawless
Track 11 by John Fallon and Joe Lawless

Photos: Sandy Fleming (Las Vegas), Tom Del Rio (London)
Title Art by Sara Gossett
Cover Graphic by Tawney Noreen

Vibes on "Sunshine Tuff" by Brett Barnes
Backing Vocal on "Two Sides Of The Same Coin" by Scott Sutherland

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Las Vegas Maximum Mod Psych since 2014! John Fallon and Joe Lawless craft the songs with a cracking network of musicians that have included Cromm Fallon, Aaron Archer, and James Bailey... among others...

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