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When Is The Right Time To Tell Your Kids About The Black Heartthrobs

by The Black Heartthrobs

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    Take a bite out of an onion
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1.
Coffee just tastes better when it costs a lot You know it’s not true, but it’s what you bought They turn it around ask you for more You got so little nothing to save for And if it feels good, it is good And if it feels good, it is good You used to trust your gut and feel it in your bones Now you’re stalking chicks on the telephone Living alone is exactly how you thought What did you expect when you got caught And if it feels good, it is good And if it feels good, it is good I don’t care Bourgeois looks like gibberish Moving the furniture on the Titanic Was it built by design Like the hands of time trying to break my spine I’m the Sincerest normal guy That you’ll never know standing here Putting on a show All this drinking don’t get me drunk no more Send my regrets to the bathroom flood The doctor order me a complete brain scan Here I am MRI MRI I here I am And if it feels good, it is good And if it feels good, it is good
2.
Hold Me Down 03:39
3.
K.U.T.S. 02:56
Move along, drive ahead You gotta go and keep up the standards Traffic hour, a flaming wreck Staring straight into the embers And it takes too much time Just to get back in line And you wait up all night For a miracle or a satellite Butterflies on the stage Never let em know that you’re half there All they say is you did great Now put it away and get outta here And it takes too much time Just to let it slide And you wait up all night For an encore or a Miller Lite I finally made it home Throwing my shoes at the sofa Adrenaline more than anything Keeps me going when it’s over And it takes its toll Rock n roll And I wait for a sign For a miracle or a Miller Lite So cynical in the moonlight And it’s beautiful when it’s done right
4.
Walking in my sleep If you’re a king or a Kennedy It means nothing to me I’m chasing melodies On the café down the road The waitress looks like Sheryl Crow It’s something that I wrote It makes me happy Playing rock guitar Makes you older, no not younger Throw it in your car And bury it in the dirt I’m always in last place Someone should have told me it was All one big race I would have bought a shirt Trying one more time Throwing Red Bull into the wind I wanna get it right Even if it hurts Everything must be great It’s like an Olympic weight Falling on your feet The smell of flowers after a new bloom A bed of roses you got shoved into It’s the worst I can do
5.
Chica Go Lightning wants to terrorize She is so frightening with her Bowie eyes She paints a lightning bolt On the right side of her face Chica Go Lightning And in the summer, she’s under attack The lead jammer of the Angel pack She is red sixteen On the Culver City track Chica Go Lightning Angel City Derby Girls are the queens in my hometown The fresh meat and blockers try their best just to get around But Rachel Rotten (and) Octane Jane really hold em down Chica Go Lightning scores another win Hollywood Scarlets are the champions Then they watch the 90’s bands And drink Joxer Daily gin Chica Go Lightning Angel City Derby Girls are the queens in my hometown The fresh meat and blockers try their best just to get around But Tyra Shanks and Duchess Van Damn hold em down Crashes on the couch Alarm is way too loud Scrambles for her keys Ties the apron strings and puts her name tag on Chica Go Lightning calls off the jam And knocks the Pivot with a C-block slam And now she’s serving time In the penalty box - yeah Chica Go Lightning Angel City Derby Girls are the queens in my hometown The fresh meat and blockers try their best just to get around But Micki-Speedia and B-train really hold em down
6.
Flowers Grow 02:49
There’s a place where the grass is green and the flowers grow Well it’s the place where the blue bird sings over the valley below I’m going to miss you when you go But I wanted you to know There’s a place where the grass is green and the flowers grow There’s a cloud going from the beach out to the sea And the car parked on my street now belongs to me Hold on Waiting all night til dawn There’s a place where the city sleeps and the neon glows There’s a voice hidden in my dreams that lets me know
7.
Don't Mind 03:56
Where you go You know that I will follow you To Heaven or Hell Or just down the street I’m like your best friend Or some old credit card debt The smell of cigarettes On your breath I hope you don’t mind You were hard to find Where you go I’ll be right behind you Out the window Or waiting in line Waste the day A mirror with aftershave Scan the radio waves For Hard Day’s Night I hope you don’t mind You’re keeping me alive I want to To be true Like an arrow shot right through you We’ve come from Find someone else To we can get through anything Where you go You know that I will follow you To Heaven or Hell Or just down the street I hope you don’t mind You were hard to find
8.
Man, you ain’t shit Unless you take the money honey and have fun with it And time, there’s a time to cry But it ain’t now and this ain’t the reason why You can have a conversation About predestination Just meet at the station or the finish line Write it down in a letter Give the letter to the mailman Push the mailman in the pool Tell the ones you love you love them Take a bite out of an onion Tarot cards in the afternoon I bet, it’ll be alright And if it’s not I’m not putting up a fight You don’t don’t don’t need to be upset They got theirs, I got mine, you’ll get yours yet I’m sure there’s some therapy A reverse ego conspiracy That’ll put me heavenly in debt The more serious you take it The more fun it is to break it Cutting holes in your parachute You’re acting like you meant it You don’t drink beer you rent it Falling off the edge of the moon
9.
When I’m alone… I’m as happy as a billboard sign Standing on one leg down the road When I’m alone… Got my hands inside my hoodie sleeves A silhouette in the moonlight’s glow When I’m alone… There’s no one looking over me No soul to tell me where to go When I’m alone… I drink in the energy That found me and grounds me to the bone When I’m alone… I’m moving to my own theme song Supporting credits down below When I’m alone… I’m as happy as I’ve ever been Don’t bother me with a hello If something’s wrong then I’ll just repeat it If something’s wrong then I just don’t care I’m laughing to myself it’s easy to pretend
10.
Watchmaker 03:09
Watchmaker Clock breaker Steady hands are used to turn the screw Setting lever He’ll never Stop when there’s so much work to do Precision Decisions Mother says his heads in the wrong place Cracked bezel Disheveled It takes all night to fix his face What am I doing here Living out my greatest fear Wait in line For his time He calls the customers dear friends Crown wheel He feels He is the king of the workbench Late hours Dead flowers A perfect world inside a loupe Regulator As much as ever He falls asleep watching the news What am I doing here Living out my greatest fear I want to be alone (I want to fit in)
11.
We can get a long maybe play a song once or twice Talk about the show hope somebody goes playing nice I give my time to you And you give me nothing I think it’s going well but it’s hard to tell if we’re friends It’s starting to set in that I’m really getting the short end I give my time to you And you give me nothing I don’t know why it never goes like I expect it to x 2 Try to be good like I know I should from grade school Patience dried up and I’ve had enough suffering fools I can put two words together Doesn’t have to be forever
12.
To Belong 03:16
You’re a magic act Or a small black cat You could disappear at a drop of a hat And while we drank And plugged our nose You played it straight couldn’t let it go – all alone Everyone needs someone You joined the service When you finished high school And I felt nervous I was losing you I holed up inside And admit I cried Three weeks later you came back I didn’t ask why oh why Everyone needs someone Somewhere to go and to belong Right when you didn’t know what to do The seasons died and you tried something new You opened up and love it found you So surprised Holes in your pocket Where the money falls through I made a promise to look after you Everyone Everyone needs someone Somewhere to go and to belong Someone to hold when you think you’re lost
13.
Do you wanna get out of here Take our drinks and get out of here There’s no one I wanted to see anyway My how nothing’s changed Everyone’s talking – I’m miles away Emily the Strange Do you wanna get out of here Crush our cigs and get out of here My tie is too tight and I’ve put on some weight There goes what’s his face The speeches are done - put the body away The spotlight starts to fade It’s hard kicking the habit Two fingers make a rabbit I’m doodling a heart with Jesus loves me I put my sunglasses and cigarette in your cotton candy It’s time we got to bed do you understand me And if I wasn’t around, would you even miss me Or just breathe easy Hey – hey - do you wanna get out of here x2 I’m tugging at your ear Let’s get the hell out of here

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released November 3, 2023

Recorded at Wasatch Studios and Culver City Music Factory.
Engineered and mixed by David Jones.
Mastered by Alan DeMoss.

All songs written in 2023 by David Benitez except Flowers Grow by Mark Yates and David Benitez.

The Heartthrobs are:
David Benitez - guitar, vocals
Jane Greely - drums, vocals
Mark Yates - bass, vocals

Thanks to Everett Darling for backups and Andrew Rodman for trumpet. Cover artwork by Stephan Britt. Title concept by J.P. Stink lines skull by Neal Breton.

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The Black Heartthrobs Culver City, California

The Black Heartthrobs are a three piece melodic garage rock band from Culver City. Punk bassist for Osker (Epitaph), David Benitez switched to vocals/guitar and is joined by Jane Greely and Mark Yates. David studied songwriting from 70’s power pop icons Peter Case (Plimsouls) and Berton Averre (The Knack). Irreverent lyrics and catchy choruses abound in their indie white collar rock ... more

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