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Homepop '17

by Andrew Robert Palmer

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1.
Summersalt 03:37
If I could season the season I'd add just a pinch of salt to make it all change again If I could go back in time I'd make up my mind a few more times But if winter's got ya grinding to a halt well, baby, pay no mind. It's not your fault Just add Summersalt... If I'm in the Garden of Eden, I wanna see some trees, I'm tired of this concrete hell... oh well... So I run home to mama I find me a song to sing, I'm trying to reverse the spell I take another long walk to the edge of town I pass another local bar that's been closed down Oh who would want this world to go to waste When the recipe specifically states, "season to taste?" Well, I don't know, but it bums me out and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth and it leaves me with all kinds of doubts yeah, this calls for Summersalt
2.
Mama closes the door, Leads the way down the stairs from the second floor and I follow along Climbing into the van Mama turns on the heat but it blows cold air Until it come on She says "we ain't going to school Even though that's we said we were gonna do. I've been waiting for you!" Drive down to grandma's house, Pick up Uncle Peter and drop him back off, Now we're off to the mall We play hide and go seek, pose like mannequins, get fast food as a treat Ain't life sweet? When did we become so old and afraid? Oh and how did those days get so far away? Sometimes I wake up all alone in my room And I pray to the lord, "if you ask me to, I'll keep waiting for you" Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Singing "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" at the top of our lungs Remember that? Dad pretends to lose his keys, Tells us to keep looking down at the street all the way to Dairy Queen All the little things, all the big surprises All the bright starbursts inside our eyes On the way home, I followed the moon and it smiled down onto our Honda's roof And said, "I've been waiting for you!"
3.
2Basic 02:59
I'm too basic for Rock and Roll I just wanna go to work and come home I just wanna go out to eat and repeat ... and repeat... and repeat... Cuz I'm too basic and I"m too bored I can't stay out lated anymore I used to be able to drink more drinks I mean... at least... I think... And now I'm fast asleep After a long long week And I know that I'm too basic for Rock and Roll
4.
BJB 02:18
They call me the... Bad Job Bandit! Yeah yeah yeah Well, I tried to find something else to do that I might like besides music to please you But - oh my god! - I just can't take anymore I gotta get out, so show me the door I've tried to try 1,000 times before... That's why they call me the... Bad Job Bandit! Yeah yeah yeah Well, I tried to deny or at least to hide the truth And, I got shy. That's why I lied to myself and you I don't wanna be a typical white privileged Millennial But I'm tired, I'm tired, I'm tired And, I gotta be real... That's why they call me the... Bad Job Bandit! Yeah yeah yeah Oh, I've quit jobs some folks probably kill for I've quit jobs some folks probably kill for That's why they call me the...
5.
Oh my darling Take my arm and let's go walk down the aisle I was born a goner, dipped in holy water, but I'm not complaining, it's not my style I'm fine cuz I Love you with all my heart and I'm ready to make a new start Oh my darling My alarm is going off before work and I don't wanna, but I guess I oughta go, and on the radio, someone's getting hurt All over again: it's the same everyday and I just don't know what to say I can't help what's going on Oh well... guess I'll carry on with the love song WOO! Oh my darling Our apartment is beautiful, thanks to you "Where are you going?" "It's Tuesday morning and I have so much to do" It's unoriginal, so I'm sorry, but I just wanted to say: This world's a scary place, but now that i've seen your face I believe, at least, I'll be o.k.
6.
Overloaded 03:53
Why do we live in a world where people are forced to sleep on the streets? why do we live in a world where people are forced to hurt other people to meet their own needs? I don't know, but I feel overloaded And I want to escape but how I can I think of music at a time like this? I believe that there has got to be Some kind of explanation or at least a reason to believe that there is something better than this I'm not the world's best songwriter, I'm just one who hasn't been shot yet Not much of a lover or a fighter, I'm just trying to work with what I've got Oh god! I've forgotten what I have taken for granted And I have been so loved... But if that bums you out, then I'll keep it to myself I wanna sing, i wanna start a family but I don't have a gun So I guess the best that i can do is run and enjoy my moment in the sun I'm sorry I didn't go to the protest I went shopping instead I don't know what it's like to be victimized, so I went to dinner with my girlfriend And we felt bad so we had a conversation All about our privileges and how we're frustrated cuz we don't know what to do We wanna help, but it's so complicated and we feel overwhelmed when our actions and inactions mean something but what does all of this mean?? I don't know but I feel overloaded I can't take much more of this In another world I know there must exist something better than this
7.
Belong to the sea and be free or come sit next to me and let's watch TV I won't climb no mountains I won't swim no oceans But I will take out the garbage and I will empty the sink And I will tell you "I love you" everyday and I will sing you to sleep So hold my hand Hold my hand Hold my hand If I forget just what I stand for And sing me a song Sing me a song Sing me a song If I forget where I belong
8.
If I Go... 02:58
I think dying's probably like riding the el at sunset, like finally being free of these songs that are buzzing in my head I think dying's probably like smelling the wind in my hometown, a bright note from the throat of a subway singer downtown ... maybe not. It probably stinks. But life's been good to me, so how bad could it really be? I don't know, but when I go God rest my soul in Homewood, IL. Cuz that's my home it's quite unknown But when the stars come out at night I'm totally blown away It's alright, it's o.k... I don't really know what I'm trying to say I'm just glad I got a song to play So, if I go, I guess that's fine... no, actually I hope I never die I'm having too much of a good time I'm having too much of a good time

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This one's in honor of the 10 year anniversary of The Mother Z's, a little known project I had with someone who is out of the band and shall remain nameless.....
Recorded at home in Chicago by an unemployed guy who doesn't know what he's doing.

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released June 1, 2017

Molly B. - vocals on "Summersalt" and coming home during recording at the end of "Overloaded"
Ben C. - For coining the phrase 'bad job bandit'

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Andrew Robert Palmer Chicago, Illinois

I'm a regular guy doing a very small thing.

Chicago-based. Sometimes rock, sometimes folk.

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