All Skate (2003)

James Mosheen

Yet another compilation for you... This time it is mostly drum mosheen recordings, except tracks 1 & 10 which were both recorded on real drums. This CD contains demos recorded between 2000 and 2003. There were quite a few that didn't make the cut, because of time constraints on the CD as well as sound quality. Track 7 is a cover of the Beach Boys' classic.



Features Dan Taylor on keys in track 9.

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Track listing

1. A Proper Burial
welcome to my world it's not about what is not but what is i never thought about it before today it's kind of hollow i'm not about to complain it's not feeling sorry for i just want a proper burial not for me or my remains sometimes it seems as though you can never find a way to make your way... and take away the... drive on... welcome to my home my doors are always open if not just come on in it's peaceful i'm not about to compare it's not about envy though i just want a proper burial not for me physically put the past under glass and let it shine free put it behind me welcome to my room don't mind the smoke i've been working hard at work and it's kinda good put it behind me welcome to my room my window is always open climb on inside it's peaceful
2. Altima Bud-Get
i can't seem to recall how things were two weeks ago and now i know that time can never move too slow dream of me in flight we'll be strangers for a second time tonight i bet you thought you'd not see me again well here i am let's take a walk tonight and talk of kicking sand in the face of the man talk of letting go and taking control then our lives would be our own speak for me tonight in a week i'll die with a tear in my eye i bet you thought you'd not see me again well here i am when utah takes a breath the sky turns burning red purple mountains up ahead rear view sunset goes away say goodbye to californ-i-a
3. Calling Clifford Miracle
show me the way out of this place i'm slowly going crazy insane my strength flows freely somewhere i haven't found it but i don't care this really should be bothering me this is what i call my life and it's so hard to be me today so who said violence ain't the answer to problems left undone you know i don't know what that means clifford this really should be bothering me this is what i call my life and it's so hard to be me today i need some time to get away to be somewhere and nowhere all at once find the place where i should go and it's so hard to be me don't you know clifford
4. Charmin
tick tock the clock is ticking you could never guess what happens next sit and wait and entertain myself but what will fill the void that is left behind lost souls cut free roaming and wandering heads roll cut free roaming and wandering time clock's ticking has stopped and i can only guess what happens next just sit and wait and have a cigarette firing squad - this is it
5. Diamond Shamrock
clean hands lobotomy when it sneaks around the corner fake smile surrendering to clean up the day smooth skin is hindering it locks the crazies out people keep looking at me i wish that they could see kill me with living our minds are lined with fuzz the astronaut is seasick from claustrophobic restraints in space
6. Divine Road Sign
there's power lines in an otherwise unpopulated stretch of countryside there's a highway coming a path is cut away there's something in the air uneasy three metal crosses up on a hill symbolism never gets her fill three colorful crosses all in a row whose idea was this dazzling show a thousand cars drive by every night it had might as well be another speed limit sign the divine right to advertise the market is quite high this time of night dreaming of a higher life high beam headlights bringing fairy tales into sight i'm lost without what dangles in my face this divine road sign is a quite tantalizing bait
7. Don't Worry Baby
Well it's been building up inside of me For oh I don't know how long I don't know why But I keep thinking Something's bound to go wrong But she looks in my eyes And makes me realize And she says "don't worry, baby" Don't worry, baby Don't worry, baby Everything will turn out alright Don't worry, baby Don't worry, baby Don't worry, baby I guess I should've kept my mouth shut When I started to brag about my car But I can't back down now because I pushed the other guys too far She makes me come alive And makes me wanna drive When she says "don't worry, baby" Don't worry, baby Don't worry, baby Everything will turn out alright Don't worry, baby Don't worry, baby Don't worry, baby She told me "Baby, when you race today Just take along my love with you And if you knew how much I loved you Baby, nothing could go wrong with you" Oh what she does to me When she makes love to me And she says "don't worry, baby" Don't worry, baby Don't worry, baby Everything will turn out alright Don't worry, baby Don't worry, baby Don't worry, baby
8. Fire Fly
just tell me i'm crazy that's all i need to know tell me i'm here forever because there's no other place to go tomorrow holds the same things that today had the nerve to show and the fire flies fly away it must feel good to have some place to go it seem there's no hope of living that explains everything i know it's wrong i know i'm strong but that's not how i'm feeling and the fire flies light my way to a better place than this because tomorrow holds the same things that today had the nerve to show
9. (Full Frontal) Fidget
i look at you and see a beautiful creature and wonder what i have done to deserve to have found you so early i wonder what i have done to deserve to have held you so briefly i wonder what i have done and now pan forward to eight years later i hope that i am the one i'm hunkered down and creeping i don't want to make noise and wake you if you're sleeping i'll try not to black out your sun i hope that you don't choose to run away my dysfunction has left me lonely to dread the next round of play it's been so long i'm a little rusty but once i'm in i'm in for the whole game i'm hungry now so feed me your scent is a gift that i wrap around me proudly i can't wait to bask in your sun i hope that you have grown to feel the same
10. Hey Money
hey buddy i think i live on your street i've been walking for local hours my symphony of defeat i took my chances and ran away i found my place but i did not stay hey money i used to go that way i had it in my hands then here i go again as i obsess on yesterday i carry on for someday
11. Lilt
you don't know how far i'd go to keep myself from feeling low you'd say why must you go you can't understand we have everything to lose i can't explain there's something about it something inside me something about you hidden inside you the distance measured in hundreds of miles and emotionally further still but i'm lost in your eyes i smile at your smile and you've touched me deep against my will there's no need to explain it was just a mistake a simple rush of blushing cheeks i can't explain there's something about it something inside me something about you we have everything to lose you'd say why must you go you can't understand we have everything to lose
12. Long Day
i woke up with the funk today in the pit of my soul and my will to win was gone away i'm afraid of being low there's a knock under the hood i'm twenty miles outside of town there's never traffic on this road this is no place to break down i promised myself that i wouldn't go for that drive why would i ever think that i could walk that far it's gonna be a long day i just need to get up i just need to walk away from it for a little while i've been soaking in it an iron kettle over the fire it's boiling hot now i've gotta go i keep telling myself i should never ask myself why i'm counting down the seconds until i can walk that far it's gonna be a long day
13. Massaponax
it's like you're walking on the wind or an uprising of air until your eyes step aside for what's happening down there put the bottle down in about an hour it will lift and drift away strong and wise i have the power to come and stay here every day it just may be a good thing or lost integrity someday there just may be a free and better way this could be an answer like the water fits the loch a sour berry's sugar a fancy hand-space shaped like pocket
14. MT500 (Casiotone)
instrumental
15. One Car Apartment
congratulations guys you've far outreached my expectations it's fast and loud like every other garage band what happened to the groove now it's like a standard rock tune to catch the groove i fear would break you it's been fun you know but now i'm done with cheesy covers of my own tunes so let's not bother with the others is it wrong of me am i this much of an asshole for expecting quality it's time to break away
16. Rush Hour
this is how i begin my day half a pack of cigarettes a pot of coffee through the construction at breakneck speeds i'm traveling the same highway and it's rush hour why bother tomorrow is just another winter day and i'm tired of feeling this way i just can't seem to wash away the gray and it's rush hour every hour
17. Skull Bong
she said i like the way those flowers look inside your empty head she thought she'd paint a picture but i wrote this song instead doesn't that beat all i'm so lonely i'm in a pitfall lost and lonely brick on a see saw i'm so lonely do you mind if i come inside i'll cut my fucking ear off and i'll send it in the mail tomorrow to the promised land with every unsaved whale
18. Sometimes Words Hurt
i'm going down to the state park i'm going down to the wal-mart i've been feeling down and need a turn on the coin-op merry-go-round it's an exercise in place and time sometimes words hurt i'm a window watcher at the top of a flagpole i don't remember last night i've got a fear of this height it's an exercise in place and time sometimes words hurt i think i missed a beat and lost the rhyme sometimes the world hurts he's a prodigy at misogyny what are you afraid of self love self love
19. Tired
this is how i spend my day this is how i earn my pay how did i find my way here just make the time move on by (tired of being tired - tired of being dog-tired) i find it hard to try (tired of being tired - tired of being coffee-wired) just make the time roll on by (tired of being tired - tired of being hog-tied) i'm tired of being tired (tired of being tired - tired of being tired) in this corporation i find my separation in my cubicle shoe-box cell i just want to spend my day i just want to earn my pay and go home
20. Tourist Season
it's leaf season and the streets are full of rvs pulling suvs pulling saturns and each one's full of floridians from ohio that's where they plan to go when the leaves change to a patchwork of earth tones the colors of the seventies like the afghan that my mother would wrap me up in well come and get you some cool and soothing mountain air it'll do wonders for your blue hair - blue hair it's far better than last years week long trip to branson maybe tomorrow we'll get to see the biltmore mansion in a matchbook of earth clones and people in their seventies they're clogging up the buffet lines and wearing out their atlas spines go away - take your brake lights back and your heart attack in the fast lane - take your brake lights back and your heart attack it's tourist season and i've got my in-state license and my orange carhartt i'm up in my tree stand and now i've got a plan i'm gonna bag a trophy timeshare salesman it's society depriving everybody of the ability of thinking free we've got the army ants and the worker bees and the retirees chasing happiness or what they're told it is it's all right here you watch too much tv and you think it's funny it just makes you stupid
21. Vulnerability
i'm back in the car thinking about writing it never stopped me before but i have nothing to say i'm back in the car thinking about driving i now spend two hours a day can you believe in your dreams don't take this from me open up to the possibility vulnerability i'm back in the car doing the right thing it has gotten harder each day open up to the possibility vulnerability your kryptonite is a lovely green vulnerability
22. Weird On Top
for each problem send a silver dollar each blink of the eye holds a thousand hours there's a problem that needs fixing because problems need fixing there's no time left today for tomorrow it's a chase but slowly unstoppable to leave all this now would be wholly impossible take the low light provided and show off for the camera take out the lens to make do fly off into the sunset and head west on a jet plane take off your face to get through it's better for all though all are still losing there's nothing in this world that is worth the confusion give and take and forget that is what i tell them the only solution is to stop dreaming take the high life denied and live for the moment throw away what you've got to get through dry off under the sunset and ride off on a fast train hold your breath until you're blue
23. Yes Man
let's focus on the positive, yes man i've got a brand new can-do attitude i wanna be your yes man this is what happens when the box is left outside put it on paper and write it down for me i need a waste of time i think it's time to try conformity on for size let's boost initiative, yes man here comes another shift in mood now i'm a senior yes man this is what happens when i come unglued pass the papers let's leave a message flaming it's such a waste of a mind i think it's time for you to try me on for size can you handle the responsibility cuz i'm not like you can you handle the responsibility are you afraid of me
24. Al Capella, How Come You Don't Sing With The Music Up
instrumental