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Purgatory Bent

by Austin Eatman

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1.
Abby Row 05:12
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Sweet Abby Row I'm wondering where you gone You're sweet on him? But he'll only do you wrong I feel like I've been struck blind Can't see the world without your eyes And it comes as no surprise You've chosen the better life Sweet Abby row I've got you on my mind And lord only knows I hoped that last had meant next time Girl, don't listen to your mother Come and join me in the gutter We'll play the lover's blues Show you I can love you better Sweet Abby Row Sweet Abby Row Well I've lost mind It's got me runnin' high But I'm coming down Gonna see it through I've been a little shook up Maybe a little bit drunk I offer myself up Leave it up to you x3 Sweet Abby Row It seems it's come my time I've made my peace Said my prayers and spoke my mind Your silence warms the heart I didn't expect you to start the car And run into my arms Never meant you any harm
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Fool 04:13
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I got out of bed today No need to open eyes, smile upon my face Just like every other day I've been rolling 'round, couldn't get no sleep Time to move along, get up on my feet Or so I've been told Devil on my shoulder, tells me give it up Trying to hold me down but I ain't weak enough Take another breath for the little things The angel on my left, better give me wings For if I ever feel like takin' off I can hear the lonely whistle blow Of a train that left so long ago I been tryna keep warm through the winter cold I've lived through blazin' sun but I ain't growing old Just another life in the day to day People never givin' as much as they take And there's not much left in the tank When I'm running empty then you'll see me blow I run up on the stage so I can let it go Oh, I wish that I could let it go But always words of doubt linger in my ear The what if's and about's if you saw her here Oh Tell me dear Can you hear the lonely whistle blow? Of a train that left so long ago 'Cuz I've been tryna keep warm through the winter cold And I've lived through blazin sun but I ain't growin' old Mama please, I'm a plead To get out of here If I thought my words could draw you near But I'm no fool I'm no fool I'm no fool for you anymore
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Roots 04:28
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I have a feeling If you could hear me You'd be seething All the time Would you believe it This world is mine And you could leave it If not it's fine Cause when the sun sets down on your angry life I'll be gone Because the roots of the trees don't fret over leaves On the ground Hey x3 I had a fever It's coming down I need another To settle down Would you believe it? You hear these clowns You think they'd hear it Echo through town But when the sun sets down on their angry lives we'll be gone For the roots of the trees don't fret over leaves On the ground Hey x3 I Feel the season change Is what I'm really saying And C'est la vie they say Cause they don't feel this way Hey x3 I... Had a feeling If you could hear me Then you'd be seething All the time Would you believe it This world is mine And you could leave it If not it's fine Cause when the sun sets down on your angry life I'll be gone For the roots of the trees don't fret over leaves On the ground And when the sun sets down on your angry life I'll be gone Because the roots of the trees don't fret over leaves On the ground Hey x3
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Illumination Station 03:47
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Illumination Station Mr. Conductor, please It's hard to see arrivals Down here on my knees I told my love I'd meet her That I would not be long But despite my best intentions I found the bar lights on Always shinin' on Always shinin' on, shine on Now I maybe got to talkin' Might of been Laying on the ground Only to find out hours later I was the only one around So leave me on the sidewalk And I'll sleep the whole night through But believe ah me big mama It's warmer next to you Where we're shinin' on Always shinin' on, shine on x2 (Musical interlude of awesome) Now 'Tis not a tale of caution Nor a recollection of regret My baby's out there waiting And her smile I can't forget So, illumination station Mr. conductor, please I would like to buy a ticket Bring my baby home to me Where we're shinin' on Always shinin' on, shine on x3
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Mona Lisa 04:21
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What you come here for? Rapping at my door, eh bonita? It's some unnatural force Or you just tired of floors, Mona Lisa? Sounding all the same Tired, marred and lame, it's so easy To spin it around again No matter what you say, It's all to please me It's not polite to say How it all got this way so I'll scream it We all stopped giving a shit So that's all we'll get Say you're looking for some peace of mind Say you got it from a friend of mine Penny for your thoughts mine all cost a dime A little Lennon Mix 'a Dylan A black eye hides behind your perfect form Maybe I'm dreaming Maybe your thieving I could fill a jar of maybe's with your soul So what you come here for? Rapping at my door, eh bonita? It's some unnatural force Or you just tired of floors, Mona Lisa? Say you're looking for some peace of mind Say you got it from a friend of mine Penny for your thoughts mine all cost a dime x2 I'm not offering Any fresh knowledge, or solution I just call as is In this musical revolution
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Days 'n' Nights 04:51
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I found a place where no one's looking at me Got high for nothing and the hat for free Your fingers like burnt cigarettes I write 'em down so I won't forget Uh huh I only have little bits of things Stories to tell and a song to sing I flip the table, then I knock on wood It's never perfect, that's why it's so good Uh huh And the days don't get easier And the nights couldn't go slower And the morning can't come any quicker My life can't be over Uh hu-uh Silent bus stops and a swivel chairs He's polished bishops and his slick back hair He was something in a life before I don't like being eighty anymore And the days don't get easier And the nights couldn't go slower And the morning can't come any quicker My life can't be over Uh huh (Hold on now, something's coming) Hey people, something's coming Leave your woes behind Day people, someone's morning is turning into the night (Hold on now, something's coming) (Love's bleeding, heart still beating) Hey babe, I got to say I am so in love with you I can't stay, I'm the lone wolf Howling at the moon!! Uhuh Oooo Uhuh And the days don't get easier And the nights couldn't go slower And this morning can't come any damn quicker My life can't be over My life can't be overx2 Uhuh Oooo
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Roll Over 04:08
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Baby dear, oh lady please ‫ I'm down here on my beggin' knees Is my neon sign bright enough to see? That I'm open late, never shooting straight Would you bet it all, on my market face? Would you be so kind as to share a pint with me? Yeah, maybe one, or maybe two or three But rest assured, most definitely This fated dance has steps for you and me Just one step right and two shots left Another big fat line, to the EMS What's your emergency? Well my friend you see, has danced themselves to death I've been sleeping with Jamie She don't often name me Out of fear of her others That they might discover Another side of her relief Though she swears she never sleeps I knows she never sleeps But she always resets the sheets Happy hour don't last all night Blissful ignorance can't last your life But tonight it seems we'll burn this whole town out Yeah, out of luck but never out of steam This full tilt train's never out of dreams Keep it rollin' on, keep it going on Cut the break line, no stop, rolling on Roll over me, such a tragedy Take my hand put it all on me Drag it all out front For the world to see You're having fun, so don't rag on me Oh lady dear, oh baby please It wouldn't matter much, should you lie to me But would you lie to me Whilst laying with me It's not a line to me Is it the truth you seek? Well I'm sleeping with Jamie She don't often name me Out of fear of her others That they might discover Another side of her relief Though she swears she never sleeps I know she never sleeps But she always resets the sheets I've been sleeping with Jamie She don't often name me Out of fear of her others That they might discover Another side of her relief Though she swears she never sleeps I know she never sleeps When she's rolled on over me
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Scholar's Bones 04:58
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You can say, what you say What you say What you're sayin' to me And you can say what you say What you say What you're sayin' today I know that you're tryin' To bring trouble my way Skeeze talking, sleeze man Keeps 'a throwin' me shade I was always told That my skies would be grey You can turn back the time It remains the same But the scholar's bones Are never gonna leave me alone I was so damn cold But the wolf boy's braving the storm You can say, what you say What you say What you sayin' to me And you can take what you take What you take I'll just give it away Where there's a will There's a way In the way of me tryin' to say That you can say, what you say What you say What you sayin' today I got the switchblade sleeping It knows I'm willin' to pay Been walking door to door, preachin' 'Bout how to silently pray I hear that rainfall coming My shiving, shakering bones Yeah they been begging me to hearken My thoughts when I'm all alone And the scholar's bones Are never gonna leave me alone I was so damn cold But the wolf boy's braving the storm x2 Ohohohohoh And the scholar's bones Are never gonna leave me alone I was so damn cold But the wolf boy's braving the storm x2 Ohohohohohoh So you can say what you say What you say What you sayin' to me And you can say what you say What you say What you saying today
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Purgatory Bent 05:28
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I went looking for tragedies I found a sun tanned man drownin' in the sea Met a love-starved woman in torrential rain Three hundred thousand mouths crying out in vain Awh, hellx4 Life ain't always what it seems to be I woke up from a nightmare hidden in a dream Set my pants on fire tryna' get 'em clean Half-cut, and chock-full and runnin' out of steam I caught my breath And spilled my mind found my head Lost my rhyme Promised self I'd crossed the line For the last time But the last time... I saved myself Spent my drug money on the rent I was hell bound and heaven sent I'm purgatory bent Awh hell... Alright Well all is well All is right It's been a while since I've been here Oh no, poor soul. better switch him gears Just kicking up a storm, hoping someone hears The poet for he wrote just to reach your ears Alright Awh hell... Well all is right Awh hell If by now, I haven't made it clear Emotion is the notion that'll last the years Comes down, hangs around always reappears Finds a home for your heart in between your ears I caught my breath And slipped my mind Ran ahead Was left behind Warmed the shelf And drew the line For the last time But the last time... I saved myself Spent my drug money on the rent I was hell bound and heaven sent I'm purgatory bent Alright Awh hell... All is right Awh heeeeeeell I caught my breath And spilled my mind Found my head Lost my rhyme Promised self I'd crossed the line For the last time But the last time... I saved myself Spent my drug money on the rent I was hell bound and heaven sent I'm purgatory bent Awh hell Alright Well all is well Awh hell...
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True Bliss 04:39
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White fence, the picket bench Waste your youth on innocence I'm told, is how the story goes When you get old The more you'll know, I know Find a place, that you'll call home Find a love, fear being alone And when you're grown The truth you'll find This I know, you'll know In time, the kids will show They can do the chores all on their own Find us laying outside on the lawn True bliss is this I know, I know Cut ties, bridges will burn Keep close what you have earned I've learned To take it under this earth But be careful of worms You thought you knew , I know Close your eyes, and waste your breath On deaf ears and cigarettes Drink away what you can't forget Hollow out 'till there's nothing left You could be the best one up on the shelf Next to the winners of the commonwealth Doing not for you is not good for your health Buy yourself a first class ticket to hell *Whistles In time, the kids will show They can do the chores all on their own Find us laying outside on the lawn True bliss is this I know, I know True bliss it thisx2 True bliss is this I know, I know *Whistles
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Traveler's Blues 04:38
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I'm coming home After for what feels like years Out on the road Tell mama dear, not to fear I've been steering clear of bad folks Been the butt of good and bad jokes And after all is said and told Sure am glad to be back home Where my heart first broke Started yearning for the smoke What was pushing me to go Is now pulling me back home Cuz' We're the sinners of the night We're known to drink into the light Faces plastered, stone cold Stokin' fires of the soul I'm coming home x3 I'm feeling better Since I wrote to you that letter Addressed to whom may read this Utensil clenched up in my fist But I must have missed the box Found myself when I'd been lost Cuz' I been spendin' too much time Tryna' to put reason to my rhymes Where my heart seemed to grow And learning something from the toke The peeps that's diggin' me is stoked Always shiftin' to and fro Cuz' we're the sinners of the night We're known to drink into the light Faces plastered, stone cold Stoking fires of the soul I'm coming home x3 I'm coming hooooome I'm coming home To whom it may concern I'm coming home And I've laughed and I've learned Spending nights beneath the stars Climbin' mountains, humming bars No matter how far I may roam You'll always find me coming home I'm coming home x3 I'm coming hooooooome I'm coming home We'll drink into the light I'm coming home We'll never have to say goodnight
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Toledo 06:32
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If I learned something from today It's that nothing will ever change My soul will never fade Or grow In the middle of the night Found my will to fight It was lost in the light Much to their delight They'll scream "What a sight" But something's just not right Cuz' the stands were empty Like the promises sent to me I think I'll head for Toledo I hear they're practicing freedom To grow oh oh oh All I can see are minefields I'm through with tipping my toes Oh Growx3 When I close my eyes I see the promised land All fritter and lights Past the lore and the sights I could not find my self Perhaps, I have not the right But the stands were empty Like the promises sent me I think I'll head for Toledo I hear they're practicing freedom To grow oh oh oh All I can see are minefields I'm through with tipping my toes It was I that was empty Promise that, you'll send for me I think I'll head from Toledo I hear they're practicing freedom To grow oh oh oh Somewhere in the minefields There lays a trembling soul oh oh oh

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released October 28, 2023

Austin Eatman - Vocals, Guitar
Murray O'Dell - Lead Guitar
Bob Fitzgerald - Bass
Joel Arsenault - Drums
Keys - Adam Dincorn

All songs written by Austin Eatman

Engineer - Derek Hilchie
Recorded at Graywin Studios

Mix/Master by Adam Dincorn

Album art by Tiffany Small

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Formed together from across New Brunswick, Canada, the Austin Eatman Band is a high energy, alt-folk group that blends wispful songwriting with eclectic dance rock foot-stompers.

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