Get all 3 Tuscarora releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Bitter Taste (10 Year Reissue), The Bitter Taste EP, and Nightmare on the Run EP.
1. |
Seasick
01:56
|
|||
|
Drop me down in the deep,
Way out in the sea
I feel I've got stones on my feet
It's a long hard road
back to my simple life at home
I think I'm gonna make it on my own
When the ropes are set free
cast away your misery
This holding on has got a hold of me
Well the whales and the squid
Will make for me my bed
When I come home to rest my weary head
When I come home to rest my weary head
Woah
Woah
Woah
Oh oh oh oh oh
Woah
Woah
Woah
Oh oh oh oh-
|
||||
2. |
Thoughts Like Lead
02:15
|
|||
|
I got a feelin' that somethin' is wrong
I got a feelin' way down in my bones
My mood is heavy with these thoughts like lead
Your crimson lips are creepin' into my head
I got a right mind to let you be
I need a right mind to rescue me
You've got me twisted in every way
so please excuse the things that I have to say
Woah, I hate to sing these same sad songs
(Woah)
Woah, when you pull those strings I'm gone
(Woah)
Woah, I played along and you knew I would
(Woah)
but when the game got old, you left me where I stood
Woah oh oh oh oh
You've had enough of my time for free
It's just enough to get what you need
I'll be polite and say "good luck" and all that
so you can act like you don't know who I am
Woah, I hate to sing these same sad songs
(Woah)
Woah, when you pull those strings I'm gone
(Woah)
Woah, I played along and you knew I would
(Woah)
but when the game got old, you left me where I stood
Woah oh oh oh oh
|
||||
3. |
Double Crossed
03:13
|
|||
|
Knocked out
layin' on the asphalt
two black eyes
I guess it was a sweet shot
Shadow eyes
pistol, long black coat
Two white gloves
I'm a cut-short cut-throat
Sick feeling,
Eyes open, mind closed
Thoughts run dry scraped hands and a bloody nose
Play it over, the rewind to repeat
The scene plays through pretty soon and I'm on my feet
Stand up
stars flash, the room spins
Got no time to stop for a broken rib
Second chance
two nines to the vest
First mistake not making sure that I was dead
Cut ties
nothing left to cut loose
Felt like a long drop from a short noose
Walked out
he thought he had the check-mate
When I see his face, there's no way I'll make the same mistake
Run, Hide, Hideaway
Run, Hide
Run, Hide, Hideaway
Run, Hide
Long night
no sleep for the dead
Big block howls like a streak of screaming hot lead
Sights set
crossing off the ones who crossed me
Won't stop
Won't quit
Won't come quietly
No fight
no chance to swing through
Had to crack the teeth of a shark with a pool cue
Kicked in
wood cracked, splinters fly
Tried to coax the words from his mouth with a '45
Run, Hide, Hideaway
Run, Hide
Run, Hide, Hideaway
Run, Hide
Run, Hide, Hideaway
Run, Hide
Run, Hide, Hideaway
Run, Hide
|
||||
4. |
Left for Dead
03:03
|
|||
|
I haven't pulled the trigger
but that don't mean I won't
Don't wanna see you shiver
when you're out on your own
You better count your blessings
just count 'em on your hand
But you'll need thousands more
if you're gonna count your sins, (yeah)
I'm driving flat black
I haven't seen the sun
The night is on my back
I'm not the only one
between the two of us
who brought a '45
It was a cheap shot
but tell me now, who's still alive?
No fight, no way
I see the setting sun
No break of day
'Cause we'll get it done
I'm out for blood and trouble
I'm out to get my pound
This itchy trigger finger
will never let me down
A face of dumb surprise
He can't believe it's so
That's two that's in the ground
and now that makes it one to go (oh)
He draws down on me first
I twist his wrist, it snaps
His fist hits broken ribs
and now I'm on my back
My aim is still true
My hand is deadly swift
He was a man of much importance
now he's just a lonely stiff
No fight, no way
I see the setting sun
No break of day
'Cause we'll get it done
You left me bleeding, broken
Double crossed and hopeless
But I won't make the same mistake
This only ends one way
This only ends one way
This only ends one way
No fight, no way
I see the setting sun
No break of day
'Cause we'll get it done
|
||||
5. |
Medicine
04:36
|
|||
|
This medicine tastes a lot like poison
I should have known it by the label black and white
This bitter taste of consolation
is all I'm gonna get tonight
I'm holding on to what I'm hoping for
but it seems like it's already gone
And I pray to see the upside of something
but why's it gotta take so long
Take away these burdens, my old friend
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
Well, this chip on my shoulder's fallin'
and it's resting by the heart that's on my sleeve
They can't chip away at your indifference
so I guess I'd better leave
Yes, I'll admit it's not the brightest
I should have known not to say what's on my mind
And I'd hate to say that I'd lost a friend
Just to say that I tried
Take away these burdens, my old friend
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
Well this medicine tastes a lot like poison
I should have known it by the label black and white
This bitter taste of consolation
is all I'm gonna get tonight
Take away these burdens, my old friend
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
|
||||
6. |
Why Can't I? (Demo)
04:06
|
|||
|
You can talk about love
but I still don't understand
How my mind becomes useless
and I lie awake in bed
There's no butterflies
but snakes in my gut
And these cold-blooded things
are all tied up in knots
Why can't I? (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Why can't I be what I need to be?
Why can't I? (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Why can't you see what you need in me?
Why can't I be just what you need?
I scream and I holler
and bang on my guitar
It's just a means to get away
from what I'm longing for
I can't hold my tongue
but I can't let it out
I'm hindered by self
and I'm consumed by doubt
Why can't I? (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Why can't I be what I need to be?
Why can't I? (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Why can't you see what you need in me?
Why can't I be just what you need?
I used to think I played my cards too soon
Now I see I shouldn't have played them at all
at all
You'd think I'd learn to keep my big mouth shut
I guess I didn't learn nothin' at all
at all
Why can't I? (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Why can't I be what I need to be?
Why can't I? (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Why can't you see what you need in me?
Why can't I be just what you need?
Why can't I? (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Why can't I be what I need to be?
Why can't I? (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Why can't you see what you need in me?
Why can't I be just (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
|
||||
7. |
Seasick (Demo)
01:57
|
|||
|
Drop me down in the deep,
Way out in the sea
I feel I've got stones on my feet
It's a long hard road
back to my simple life at home
I think I'm gonna make it on my own
When the ropes are set free
cast away your misery
This holding on has got a hold of me
Well the whales and the squid
Will make for me my bed
When I come home to rest my weary head
When I come home to rest my weary head
Woah
Woah
Woah
Oh oh oh oh oh
Woah
Woah
Woah
Oh oh oh oh oh
|
||||
8. |
Medicine (Demo)
04:18
|
|||
|
This medicine tastes a lot like poison
I should have known it by the label black and white
This bitter taste of consolation
is all I'm gonna get tonight
I'm holding on to what I'm hoping for
but it seems like it's already gone
And I pray to see the upside of something
but why's it gotta take so long
Take away these burdens, my old friend
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
Well, this chip on my shoulder's fallin'
and it's resting by the heart that's on my sleeve
They can't chip away at your indifference
so I guess I'd better leave
Yes, I'll admit it's not the brightest
I should have known not to say what's on my mind
And I'd hate to say that I'd lost a friend
Just to say that I tried
Take away these burdens, my old friend
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
Well this medicine tastes a lot like poison
I should have known it by the label black and white
This bitter taste of consolation
is all I'm gonna get tonight
Take away these burdens, my old friend
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
I'll lay down my burdens till I pick 'em up again
|
||||
If you like Tuscarora, you may also like:
Driving and fuzzed out rock and roll from the Motor City on the great Feel It Records.
go to album
Strange, Strange Times
by The Ugly Kings
Combining crooned murder ballads with raw, angsty hard rock hooks, Melbourne's The Ugly Kings are a wrecking crew well worth watching.
go to album
Downey to Lubbock
by Dave Alvin
Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 6, 2015
go to album
A slow drip of Tropicália-infused psychedelia from New Orleans rock outfit Blue Basin: balmy one moment, aggressive the next.
go to album
Quatermass Seven
by Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto
featured on Bandcamp Radio Oct 13, 2020
go to album
The Way Out Sound Of Moondog
by Moondog
featured on Bandcamp Radio May 24, 2016
go to album
