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the Cobbler's Kids Wear No Shoes

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1.
it's not about how smart you are, more about what you know it ain't the kind that makes me itch, but i'm allergic to scorpio but i never wanted to know that much about anyone i think i know how smart you are, and i want to find out what you know if you'd meet me in the middle, i might be ready to go but i never wanted to go that far without anyone by my side quit with these questions, i'm not going back there, i'm tired of talking today quit with these questions, i'm not going back there, i've got nothing left to say
2.
Knew Order 03:19
i don't know why i never took the time i guess i couldn't find the words i know that anyone can answer your questions, dear the trick to me belongs in answering them right i spell submission with a capitol P and i doesn't matter who complies i know that anyone can answer your questions now, dear the trick to me belongs in answering them right and i would like to sing a lullaby for you but you don't want to go to sleep
3.
does anyone mind if i watch from afar? i've been paying attention and it's not for me you go on up inside, i'll just stay in my car with my friend jon bon jovi in the 'burban with spleen there are millions of girlfriends with tons of guitars getting smashed on the alter in may if i wait long enough, you'll get back in my car but it probably won't happen today does anyone mind if i hum a few bars? you don't have to sing along but you might if you please does anybody mind if we haunt a few bars? like the turf club, fernando's, or even big v's there are millions of punk rocks with tons fo guitars getting smashed on the alter in june if you wait long enough i'll come back to this bar but it probably won't happen real soon does anyone mind if i watch from afar? you can speak in soft whispers and knot meat my I's does anyone know or care who we are? they might notice we're gone but they won't be surprised they might notice you're gone but they won't be surprised
4.
Shake Hands 01:53
something about the heartiest handshakes brings about change in people you try to know learn about their fathers, are they fathers? and do they teach their daughters how to shake hands? living without the open landscapes brings about pain and things that you don't want to know learn about the others, are there others? and can they really expect you to meet their demands
5.
Know Other 03:59
i'll crash all of the windows in your brand new car i'll be there beside you pushing you to go so far i'll follow your bus on the way home from school i'll be there to bring you back to earth when you think you're cool i'll change all the displays in the windows of your mind i'll be there with words encouraging and kind i'll change all of your tires when you're lonely and cold i'll be there beside you when your growing old
6.
Her Place 03:55
you can get drunk and stay at her place, i'm going home i'll see you in the morning but, they're shutting off the phone so it won't work to call me, but i might be there you can get drunk and stay at her place, i won't care you run around like you've got something to prove but you don't care about me, i've got nothing to lose i'm laying it on the line and this is what i'm about we could stay up and talk or go home and make out you can get drunk and stay at her place, it'll be alright i'll see you in the morning, and we don't have to fight about it but it won't work to tell me that i'm on your mind you can get drunk and stay at her place, and that's just fine you've got your boyfriends and girlfriends and you've got a choice you can't expain it to me, i won't hear your voice i'm laying it on the line and i'm spelling it out i could spend the night or you could throw me out but now you're on your own truly alone so you can run around and fuck anybody you want, but that ain't who i am you can get drunk and stay at her place, i won't give a damn
7.
Eye No 02:23
well you're learning how to say no and i'm learning how to let go i can be bought and sold like a horse and you can do the buying and the selling you wouldn't want me sleeping on your floor and you wouldn't want kicking and shoving and screaming and knocking at your door whoever said you can't solve anything with force must not know the kind of people i know oh, i know so i'm learning how to say no and therefore you're learning how to let go
8.
another $5K 01:40
well i've got five thousand dollars i'm gonna buy a real cool song and i'll practice up my poses and i'll put my make-up on all i need to do is just refuse to play that part now days music's business much more so than it's an art and i'll hire some good musicians and i'll doctor up my voice (with studio magic!) and i'll suck up to some other guy's label as if i don't have a choice (but i really do..) sing about some politics and i'll do it from the heart now days music's business much more so than it's an art and you've got your image and your name but you ain't got no shame you'd sell your soul and buy some fame but that's alright because i'd probably do the same then i'll buy expensive cars and i'll drive 'em around the block with the top down and don't forget about expensive guitars i'm gonna play them all at once, like rick nielsen, or yngwie, or that other dude all i really need to do is just refuse to play that part now days music's business much more so than it's a big fat butt dart
9.
having finally understood the importance of comfortable shoes i would like to remain by your side, and learn other important things too the only mess in my life is my apartment watching constellations with you i decided what i had to do and i'm no longer afraid of getting fat
10.
i'll tell you all about a problem that i ought to fix scream and shout and say well he're what you can do about it that would mean i probably ought to follow through but i'm too lazy to practice what i preach so i won't what kind of meds are you on and do you take them thrice aday do they really make you feel better or do you just think it's the only way to be now breathe with me and count to ten and find complacency and if you're the only one well that matters and if i'm the only one who cares about your bass player's girlfriend so i say no, no, i don't want to play your rock and roll no more
11.
i wake up to same dreams over and over i can't even tell you what they're really about it's all too cryptic to piece it together i need more time just to figure it out unless you figure it out for me or am i somebody else or who i want to be it's not about you, it's me you can't figure it out for me and i rely on the same schemes over and over you don't even know what i'm talking about i'm way too cynical to keep it together it's just a matter of time before i'm swimming in doubt unless you figure it out for me or is there something going on that i can't see it's not about you, it's me you can't figure it out for me but honey when you wake up, i'm in a heap of trouble i've really outdone myself this time you're gonna know what i did last night in my dreams soft kisses and peaceful crimes i can't explain it away, so i won't even bother break down the door but i'm not coming in arbitrary words, arbitrary rhymes, i'm on a schedule but i can't say when i'm gonna figure it out on my own so i wrote you a letter saying goodbye you know i gotta learn to make up my mind i'm way to frightened to look at forever nobody gets an unlimited amount of time to figure it out, for me or am i somebody else or who i want to be it's not about you, it's me you can't figure it out for me you know i gotta figure it out on my own
12.
you figure them out....

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This record has been a long time coming. Work began some time in 2004. Because of the way my career as a tech works, i have to squeeze in time whenever and wherever i can to make my own music. So a lot of this record was recorded in some really strange places, like poolside in hotels, or cargo vans in Europe, you name it. I've been making records for a long time and I've put everything i have into this one. It may not be for everyone, but i promise you will find it to be unique, original, and probably different than anything you've ever heard. Thanks for listening!!!

-herb

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released November 15, 2012

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