AMERIKIDS

by Cold Water Theater

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about

ITS ABOUT FRIENDS
WE HAVE STORIES
WE ARE HERE
OUR BLOOD IS HOT AND OUR MINDS ARE QUICK
NOT JUST ONE BUT ALL OF US

credits

released 29 September 2012
LYRICS
D.O.D

I REMEMBERED WHEN I DROPPED HER OFF IN MY CAR
I COULDN’T KEEP IT STRAIGHT ANYMORE
I LOOKED ACROSS THE FLOOR
A MEMORY OUT OF PLACE AS SHE LOCKED HER DOOR

SHE SAID TO MEET HER THERE, “YOU SHOULDN’T WAIT”
SHE HAD TO FINISH WORK OR HELP HER DAD OUT LATE
THE SECOND TIME I TOOK BREAK
I THINK I CALLED HER ON THE PHONE
FLASHING LIGHTS SEEP OUT
I GO INSIDE, WHEN I GET NO REPLY

SHE LAID IN THE LAWN I THINK HER WAS LONG
EVERYONE AROUND BUT SHE WOULDN’T GET UP
I REMEMBER IT WAS JUST PAST HER NECK
SHE LOOKED ACROSS THE SKY WITH HER BREATH STILL WET

THE LIGHTS FADE BACK IN AS HE STARTS HIS SET
HAND IN MINE WET WITH SWEAT
MY RECIEVERS GETTING HOT
I LOOKED DOWN TO SEE IF SHE CALLED
SWEATY HAND DRAGGIN ME TO THE WALL
STILL NO REPLY, I GO OUTSIDE

I’M NOT GONNA FIND HER OUTSIDE
SHE’S BEEN HOLDIN ON TO ME THE WHOLE TIME
HER HAIR IS BROWN AND SHE IS MINE
SHE SAID “WHY DID YOU CALL ME THE FIRST TIME…………..?”


W.F.Y

TELL YOUR FATHER YOU WON’T BE COMING HOME AGAIN
AND I’LL TELL MY MOTHER I’M STAYING WITH A FRIEND
AND WE’LL BE UP ALL NIGHT TALKING IN THE MOONLIGHT
WHEN YOU TXT ME NOW I CAN’T REMEMBER HOW WE EVER GOT HOME AT ALL
I’M ON FIRE AS I’M ABOUT TO FALL ASLEEP
WE’RE NAKED AND WET AND NOTHING IS EVER SET
AND THE WORLD WOULD BE SPINNING IF YOU DIDN’T SLEEP SO CLOSE TO ME
AND WE’LL NEVER BE ALONE UNLESS YOU STAY AT HOME
YOU CAN COME FOR US, YOU CAN’T STOP US
WE HOLD EACH OTHER SO CLOSE WE’RE NAKED AND WE’RE BLEEDING
AND OUR BLOOD TURNS INTO FIRE YOU CAN COME FOR US IN THE DARK OF NIGHT
BUT DON’T FUCK WITH US ALRIGHT? YOU CAN SEND US HOME MAKE US ALL ALONE
BUT WE LEFT OUR FIRE DOWN BY THE LAKE


PROM

I FOUND WORK FOR THE SUMMER OUT IN EDINA
I BUSSED TABLES AT NIGHT
AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, THE IPOD ON LOUD
WE WERE DRUNK ON LEFTOVER WINE
WHEN THE CLEANING WAS DONE…WE NEVER GOT IT DONE
WITH MY HANDS ROUND MY HIPS I CLOSE MY EYES
I BLACKED OUT WHEN WE WOULD DANCE
I COULD SEE HER IN DRESS

SHE WASN’T THE GIRL I WANTED TO BE WITH
I WASN’T HER NORMAL GUY SHE SAW WHEN AT HOME
BUT WE DANCED ON THOSE LATENIGHTS WE DANCED ON THOSE WEEKNIGHTS
AND EVERY NIGHT ENDED THE SAME

DON’T GO HOME TONIGHT

WE’D STAY SOMETIMES UNTIL MORNING
MY EYES WOULD BLUR AND FOCUS ON HER
I DON’T NEED TO EXPLAIN ALL THE THINGS WE DID
SOMETIMES I’D RUN HOME TO GET IT OUT OF MY SYSTEM

SHE WASN’T SOME GIRL I’D TELL ALL MY FRIENDS ABOUT
AND I WASN’T THE GUY SHE’D TXT WHEN ALONE
BUT I COULDN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT THOSE NIGHTS IN THE RESTAURANT
AND EVERYNIGHT WE ENDED THE SAME

DON’T GO HOME TONIGHT

ANDIDFLOATONTHEFLOORTOUCHHERBODYANDMOREICOULDNTFOCUSONANYTHING


STATE FAIR (K.O.E)

I DREAMED ONCE THE STREETS I WALKED WERE ALL DEAD
WITH NO KIDS NO, WHERETHE FUkDID MY FRIENDSGO?
SOMETIMES I MISSED THINGS WHEN I WAS DRUNK
BUT I CAN’T MISS THIS, YOU CAN CALL ME RECKLESS AND LISTLESS

NIGHTS WHEN THE LIGHTENING CAME WITH NO RAIN
SO QUIET, WITH THE WORLD OFF SHE STARTED THINKING
“WHEN I LOOK OUT INTO AMERICA, I SEE KIDS LIKE YOU AND ME, HUDDLED DOWN
WITH EVERYTHING THEY NEED THEY DISAPPEAR WITH THEIR FEARS”
BUT I WON’T LEAVE YOU, EVEN IF THE COPS SHOW UP
GIVE ME A KISS NOW AMY!!

WHERE SHOULD WE GO? WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
I GOT A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO, ITS JUST A LITTLE FURTHER UP THE ROAD

NOW I’M SLEEPLESS, I CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHERE I’VE BEEN
WHEN SHE CALLED ME WE WERE AT THE STATE FAIR
SECOND NIGHT WE STUFFED SOME BEER IN OUR BACK
WHEN WE GOT BORED WE WALKED DOWN TO THE WATER

IT’S THOSE NIGHTS WHEN THE LIGHTENING COMES WITH NO RAIN
WE WERE ON FIRE WHEN KYLE REMEMBERED HIS NAME
HE WAS HIGH WHEN HE CAME DOWN HERE
ALL ALONE WHEN HE ALMOST DROWNED
I FELT MY BODY ABOVE IT ALL, I LAUGHED IT OFF AND PULLED AMY NEAR
BUT I WON’T LEAVE YOU EVEN WHEN THE SUN COMES UP
OPEN YOUR TRUNK AND LETS GO

WHERE SHOULD WE GO? WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
I GOT A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO, ITS JUST A LITTLE FURTHER UP THE ROAD

I’M NOT GONNA HOME TONIGHT, WE’RE FEELING TOO ALRIGHT, EVERYONE STAYS AND
SWIMS, WE HOLD EACH OTHER CLOSER BUT WE STILL DON’T KNOW?!!?

WHERE SHOULD WE GO?!? WHAT SHOULD WE DO?!?!
I GOT A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO, ITS JUST A LITTLE FURTHER UP THE ROAD


VOICEMAIL

“I’M CALLING YOU CUZ SOMETHINGS HAPPENED I CAN’T EXPLAIN”
MY PHONE WAS OFF THE NIGHT BEFORE WHEN SHE CALLED ME, HER DADDY MADE
CRYSTALMETH IN THE SHED
“SOMETIMES THE FUMES MESS WITH MY”
“I WENT FOR A DRIVE DOWN HIWAY 5 JUST TO GET AWAY, BUT IT DIDN’T HAPPEN LIKE
THE MOVIES, I WOKE UP WITH BLOOD IN MY SHOES”
“I PASSED OUT FROM THE PAIN AND THESE VISIONS CAME TO ME I’VE SEEN THEM ALL
BEFORE BUT THIS TIME THEY SEEMED MORE REAL ITS NOT SOMETHING I EVER WANNA
FEEL AGAIN AND SOMETHING CAME TO ME IT WASN’T LIKE ANY OTHER BEING I WOKE
UP IN THE LAKE WITH MY HEAD ABOVE WATER AND ON THE SHORE WE TALKED
BEFORE TWO DOE WATCHED OVER ME AND FELL ASLEEP…………..”

“I’M NOT GONNA GO HOME FOR AWHILE MY CAR WAS GONE I CHECKED THE WHOLE
MILE I’M NOT GONNA LET MY DADDY CNTRL IF I LIVE OR DIE I DON’T KNOW HOW I’M
ALIVE BUT I REALLY DON’T CARE WHY SO I JUST WANNA SAY GOODBYE CUZ I’VE NEVER
HAD A SECOND CHANCE LIKE THIS”



SKINNY DIPPING (F.T.S)

YOU CAN’T FIND HER IN THE GIRLS IN THE MOVIES
I FOUND HER BLURRY PICTURES ON FACEBOOK
SHE MESSAGED ME “I CAN’T FALL ASLEEP
I’M DOWN BY THE LAKE, AND I DON’T FEEL LIKE DROWNING ”
AND IT FELT SO RIGHT TO BE THERE THAT NIGHT
WE DIDN’T THINK ABOUT SEX OR FINAL TESTS
DIDN’T TALK ABOUT LOVE OR DRUGS OR ALL OUR LOANS

I’M NOT GONNA LET YOU FLOAT AWAY
I’M NOT GONNA LET YOU WORRY TONIGHT

WHEN WE FOUND EACH OTHER THE WATER WAS DARK
OUR REFLECTIONS WERE STILL AND NOTHING FELT REAL
THE LAKE WAS JUST RIGHT, THERE WERE NO STORMS THAT NIGHT
WE WERE NAKED AND UNASHAMED WE DIDN’T HAVE ANY GAMES TO PLAY
WE DIDN’T THINK ABOUT SEX OR FINAL TESTS
DIDN’T TALK ABOUT LOVE OR DRUGS OR ALL OUR LOANS

I’M NOT GONNA LET YOU FLOAT AWAY
I’M NOT GONNA LET YOU WORRY TONIGHT

CUZ NOTHING WAS REAL I COULD BREATHE UNDERWATER THE LAKE WAS ALL I COULD
FEEL



P.P.F (THE HANGOVER DANCE SUITE)

WE DRANK THE NIGHT BEFORE AND I PROBABLY DRANK TOO MUCH
MY SATURDAY WAS GONE I SPENT IT LAYIN ON THE COUCH
I STARTED TO DOZE OFF WITH THE TV STILL ON
I TRIED TO REMEMBER WHO THAT GIRL I WAS TALKING TO
AND IN THE BLACKNESS SHE TALKED ABOUT HER FAVORITE ACTRESS
I’VE SEEN THOSE EYES BEFORE I COUNTED EVERY BREATH
SHE CAME BEHIND ME AND TOUCHED ME ON MY SHOULDER SHE SAID “ITS REALLY NO
BIG DEAL ITS NOT LIKE THE WORLD IS OVER”

NOW SHE’S SITTING NEXT TO ME ON THE COUCH WHERE I AM DOZING
I DIDN’T RECOGNIZE THE NUMBER THAT SHE GAVE ME
IDK WHY I FELT BAD FOR SOMETHING OUT OF MY HANDS
AND WHEN I PUT MY PHONE DOWN THAT’S WHEN I SAW HER DANCING
WE LIVED IN DIFFERENT CITIES AND AS WE GOT OLDER
WE DIDN’T DO MUCH TALKING I COUNTED EVERY STEP
BUT WHEN I SAW THAT GIRL WHO PUT HER NUMBER IN MY PHONE
I REMEMBERED SHE INVITED ME TO SEE HER DANCE RECITAL

BUT I COULDN’T MAKE IT THIS TIME SHE SAID “ITS OK I DON’T MIND” BUT I FEEL BAD I
COULDN’T MAKE IT THIS TIME

AND SHE DANCED FOR ME



4TH OF JULY/N.Y.E

IN THE END WE FIGURED OUT WHERE TO GO
SHE SAID “TAKE YOUR TIME WE’LL SEE IF EVERYONE SHOWS”
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS

WE DIDN’T STAND BY THE WALL
WE DIDN’T SLOW DOWN I DIDN’T TAKE ANY CALLS WE WERE THE CENTER OF IT ALL
AT LEAST FOR THE NIGHT

I FILLED MY BODY WITH ALL I COULD WE FILLED THE NIGHT WITH ALL WE COULD

AND WE’RE FULL WE NEVER WANT IT TO END
AND WE’RE FULL WE NEVER WANT IT TO END
IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR THIS NIGHT TO NEVER END?
DEAR LORD IN HEAVEN ABOVE HOLD THE NIGHT STILL
WE NEVER WANT IT TO END

WE KISSED ON MIDNIGHT
WHEN THE FIREWORKS WENT OFF OUR LIPS WERE HELD TIGHT
WE MADE CHEERS TO A NEW DAY, WE MADE LOVE TO A NEW DAY

AND THERE’S BURNS ON OUR HANDS AND WE PUT THEM IN THE LAKE
AND THERE’S FROST ON OUR EYES BUT THEY MELT WITH EVERY KISS THAT WE MAKE
AND EVERY DRINK

I FILLED MY BODY WITH ALL I COULD WE FILLED THE NIGHT WITH ALL WE COULD

AND WE’RE FULL WE NEVER WANT IT TO END
AND WE’RE FULL WE NEVER WANT IT TO END
IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR THIS NIGHT TO NEVER END?
DEAR LORD IN HEAVEN ABOVE HOLD THE NIGHT STILL
WE NEVER WANT IT TO END



AMERIKIDS

AFTER THE DANCE WE WENT OUTSIDE I GOT KINDA BORED
AND SHE SAID “CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TELL ME BOUT YOUR FRIENDS”
THE HEAT QUICKLY DROPPED THE STILLNESS WAS THICK I FELT THIS BEFORE WHEN
WE USED TO SIT AND WATCH ALL THE STORMS COME OFF OF THE PRAIRIE

SO I STARTED OFF AT THE BEGINNING, IT WAS THE SUMMER OF THE CRASH
2008 THE SUMMER BEFORE WE’D GRADUATE
SHE CAME TO OUR TOWN FROM THE CITY HAD A LITTLE VOICE BUT WAS PRETTY
SKINNY AND TALL AND I WATCHED HER IN THE HALLS
SHE USED TO GET HIGH AND TELL ME THINGS
BUT SHE WOULDN’T TELL ME EVERYTHING I’D FEED HER IN THE MORNINGS BUT SHE
NEVER REMEMBERED A THING
SOME NIGHTS IT’D BE TOO MUCH LITTLE REMINDERS AND MEMORIES SHE’D HAVE TO
LEAVE, AND I’D FOLLOW AFTER HER

HER HAND IN MINE FOR STABILITY SHE WAS CHARGED WITH ELECTRICITY
IT WAS EASY TO SET HER OFF, WHEN SHE WAS REALLY DRUNK
“I CAN SEE HIS CASKET WITH THE FLAG ON TOP”
EMPTY INSIDE AND THEN SHE THREW UP, ON THE FLOOR TIL I TOOK HER HOME
AND ON TOP OF EVERYTHING HER DADDY LOST IT ALL
HE LOST IT IN THE SHITTY MARKETS SHE LOST IT ON THE SHITTY CARPETS
WHEN WE’D COME HOME IN THE SUMMER, SHE NEVER FOUND ANY WORK
SHE’D SIT AROUND AND THESE GHOSTS WOULD FOLLOW HER

THEY’RE THESE KIDS FUCKED UP FROM IED’s
AND THE LOANS SHE TOOK TO PAY HER LEASE
SHE FELT SELFISH SO SHE CRIED A LOT
SHE CRIED THAT DAY THE TOWERS DROPPED
SHE VOLUNTEERED TO MAKE IT SEEM LESS REAL
BUT NOW SHE CAN’T EVEN FEEL

WE ARE HERE, WE’RE NOT ALONE HEAR US ALL
OUR BLOOD IS HOT OUR MINDS ARE QUICK FEAR US ALL
YOU CAN’T IGNORE US ANY LONGER WE’RE STILL HERE
LET’S HAVE HOPE AND STAND TOGETHER
NOT JUST ONE BUT ALL OF US

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NOT JUST ONE BUT ALL OF US NOT JUST ONE BUT ALL OF US NOT JUST ONE BUT ALL OF US
NOT JUST ONE BUT ALL OF US NOT JUST ONE BUT ALL OF US NOT JUST ONE BUT ALL OF US






CREDITS
ALL SONGS WRITTEN/RECORDED BY CALEB TALBERT
AND WITH THE HELP OF:
MAT WOJ – VIOLIN, VIDEOGRAPHER, GIF CREATOR, ALBUM ARTWORK
ALEX BOOTH – DRUMS
JACK DILLE – WEB DESIGN
JON SULLIVAN – MIXING/MASTERING

NONE OF THE MOVIE/TV SAMPLES BELONG TO US. WE DON’T OWN THEM. DON’T SUE US.

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