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Straighten Up

by Dennis Crommett

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1.
Freedom 03:26
i want it badly enough to wait and i’ve told enough lies to know i gotta get things straight i heard you had it written down to say what you told me last night, sounds like you’re goin away freedom from freedom i drove here slowly so I could be the last one to walk into the room to say what’s with this scene and i saw you holding what you call a friend the last guy i thought that you’d try to pin in your pen freedom from freedom i guess freedom’s calling me its way but i’d do anything not to have to decide today freedom from freedom
2.
Lump Sum 04:07
3.
Yes Sir 03:31
Yes sir, yes sir, that’s my baby What’s she done wrong now? She’s gettin’ shaky Yes sir, yes sir, she’s feelin’ hazy What’s she into now? Just say it plainly Keep cool You say “keep to the right” as far as see, it’s just a Saturday night (and that’s alright) Yes sir, I heard, you think she’s bein’ lazy What’s she thinkin’ now? Just about her baby
4.
Dream 03:15
You kick around here And you get down down If you can, find a handout The scene around here, Is on its way out, So you say and lay the pack down You hit one last year, And pissed it all, And you scratch what’s on the street now I think you better come with me We can lock the doors and dream A week of last year, You got cleaned out You saw leaves and you saw sunshine pal I think you better come with me We can lock the doors and dream leavin’ I don’t make a sound You just lock the door and leave the ground
5.
you’d see me walking stumbling down the road sayin take it easy man you’d look me right in the one that’s closed straighten up! if i can, if i can With heavy wings Nothing to fear, now I’m further in I’m gonna get clear, now i felt it coming, breathing down my throat stealing the air away now i can just go where i’ve wanted to go alive on each side of the day With heavy wings Nothing to fear, now I’m further in I’m gonna get clear, now This night, alright.

about

Last summer, my band Spanish For Hitchhiking began recording our third album. (I’m very excited about it, and can’t wait to share it with you all.) But then, as the pandemic kept us all at home alone, we had to stop working on it, and stop practicing in my basement. To keep things moving, I spent many evenings in April recording the vocals for the record in a pieced-together vocal booth, also in my basement; there was an ironing board and a couple musty blankets involved. That ended, and I missed rocking. So I set out to record a handful of songs that felt new, that didn’t exactly feel like “me,” or at least the me that has sung whispery vocals over acoustic guitars for most of my adult life. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) I set a few rules to keep things interesting. I wrote about some characters, pulling from overheard conversations at convenience stores and liquor stores, about high hopes with scratch-off tickets. And so here we have Straighten Up; 5 songs, 5 characters (one of them being me, in the clarity-seeking fifth track). I hope you enjoy it.

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released September 4, 2020

Mastered by Justin Pizzoferrato at Sonelab, Easthampton, MA

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