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The Failure Cabaret

by The Fremonts

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1.
How Often 03:52
You were wearing a yellow dress when I first met you And the sun made you light up a fire We were gathered there to celebrate the love of our friends But I was the one who left there inspired How often do you meet someone you actually love? Never and every day. It was not the first time that I had felt true love Oh no, I had been there before It was like I knew you from another lifetime You might have been my daughter or my mom How often do you meet someone you actually love? Never and every day. We are unknown and absolutely known.
2.
Find Me 03:15
I just want to be drunk and really profoundly ugly I just wanna be left alone I just wanna dig a hole that leads to China Go to the place where nobody can find ya Bury myself just like a bone I’ve got weapons of mass destruction against you darlin’ Inspectors come and I beg their pardon Lock me up but put the mat under the key Oh you could find me La da da da da da da You look high baby but you look so low You look at me and I gotta go I say I’m so so late You don’t know where I might be My body’s in a sub-sub-basement My heart’s in a small town My soul’s in the bath And my mind’s not found I’m all wrapped up In a soundproof tapestry Just try to find me You’re a friend with a list A pet with a ‘tude My parents’ guilt for all I don’t include I try to be nice I try to just be But I can’t do shit with you on the scene I’ve got too many hands on my time Hard to know just what is mine So suck this I’m taking back all of those keys Don’t try to find me ‘Scuse me while I disappear
3.
Howl 03:28
I was a granite statue I was an iron fortress But now it seems it’s weathered down I was wrong. I was misused I earned my right to be stubborn But now there’s not a soul around You may see how this world goes with no eyes To replace what I’ve see I would tear out mine I may stand broken, naked and bruised On this great stage of fools Though it rains down on me Though backs may have turned you see Blow winds, come and crack your cheeks I’m every inch a king that I was I’m every inch a king that I was You were a subtle honest You were a silent truth But angry I turned you away You were my one and only You were the pieces of me But this I realized to late You and I may sing two birds of a cage Don’t you fall before me you’re not my age I’d still carry you on my withered spine Your voice, ever soft, teaching mine. Though it rains down on me Though backs may have turned you see Blow winds, come and crack your cheeks I’m every inch a king that I was I’m every inch a king that I was Howl! Howl! Howl! Howl!
4.
‘Scuse me friend, but I just got here And I intend to stay In the land of good times and fancy wines And I’ll chase my mortality away Old age will slow us down And we all know what follows fast But I drank the madman’s elixir And I’m gonna make my good looks last La dee da dee da, La dee da dee dee Everybody wants a baby except me Oh no, I like my nest empty La dee da dee da, La dee da dee dee Come to my house friend and you will see It’s clean and I’m fast asleep I wandered forty years To get to where I am And biblically speaking, I wanna save up My naughty bits for my man My garden’s full of flowers In perfect late summer bloom Since I moved to New York and I shot that stork I’m feeling all of twenty two La dee da dee da, La dee da dee dee Everybody wants a baby except me Oh no, I like my nest empty La dee da dee da, La dee da dee dee Come to my house friend and you will see It’s clean and I’m fast asleep In conclusion, I married a man And I’m sure that the boys work fine But I know our glitches and don’t need to see His genes when they’re mixed with mine Maybe I’m fooling myself And I’ll rue it when I’m gray But I’m just a cricket that sang all summer And I’ll dance on the last of my fertile days La dee da dee da, La dee da dee dee Everybody wants a baby except me Oh no, I like my nest empty La dee da dee da, La dee da dee dee Come to my house friend and you will see It’s clean and I’m fast asleep They’re writing songs about pretty little babies, but not for me. info@thefremontsmusic.com
5.
Well, we were born where we were born And we were raised how we were raised And we came wired in certain ways So we could face uncertain days Uncertain days Uncertain days And we were born before the time When kids revealed their hearts online We made no record of our crimes We just ran free and that was fine And that was fine And that was fine We are the kids who always swim When we’re pushed in We have our fight. We have our friends. When we’re pushed in And we have wandered through these lands And let go of each other’s hands We made impossible demands We drew our lines. We took our stands. We took our stands. We took our stands. But I am telling you today Just like the moon. I’ll never stray. Oh no my heart is here to stay. I guess I just came built that way. I’m built that way. I’m built that way. We are the kids who always swim When we’re pushed in We have our fight. We have our friends. When we’re pushed in All of the love songs lied The great musicians died So let your love light shine shine shine shine shine I’m telling you there is no other time No other time We are the kids who always swim When we’re pushed in We have our fight. We have our friends. When we’re pushed in
6.
August 21st, 2017 Moon eclipsed the sun American astrologists know what it means Run run run get it done get it done Oh fear of consequences Did you reconcile your expenses? Ask forgiveness for all your offences? Religion overruled the sciences And the poor better fear the consequences Better fear that Oh Oh Oh Oh (Oh Oh Oh Oh) Oh Oh Oh Oh (Oh Oh Oh Oh) Oh Oh the poor better Fear That Moon slides across the sun. The light goes dim. Communications fail. Our source of life, our only sun is hidden. Human frailty unveiled. Oh fear of consequences All the ones that his argument convinces Armed militias build their defenses Politicians overruled the sciences And the girls better fear the consequences Oh better fear that Oh Oh Oh Oh (Oh Oh Oh Oh) Oh Oh Oh Oh (Oh Oh Oh Oh) Oh Oh the girls better Fear That What’s gonna happen when the moon blocks the light? When the food starts to dwindle and the people start to fight? I’ll run to the highest court to plead for my rights Thank my lucky stars that I’m a straight man and I’m white Fears that never dare to cross your lips Swirl around you during the eclipse Vaguely now you start to see a line Some have to fear consequence and some are fucking fine Do you fear the consequences? Who’d better fear the consequences?
7.
Gravity 05:01
Fire escape After a long night You’re having another cigarette We watched the kids get kicked out of Abingdon The sun came up but we weren’t done with each other yet I should’ve known then I should’ve realized The pain that you had locked up behind your eyes I should’ve let go I should’ve walked away But I was young and a little drunk And it looks like I stayed Do you think the gravity here is stronger than the gravity Anywhere in this whole world? I would sit upon this stone and wait for you Like a mother waits for a birth My heart exploded when you called me your star Lucky for me this gravity won’t let me get too far Sit with me baby let the wind make us who we are Tavern on Jane Tea lights in the darkness I finally told you the tale Of a night in Prague and the ache in my heart You sighed the saddest sign and let fall your veil I should’ve known then I should’ve realized The pain that you had locked up behind your eyes I should’ve let go I should’ve walked away But I was young and a little drunk And it looks like I stayed Do you think the gravity here is stronger than the gravity Anywhere in this whole world? I would sit upon this stone and wait for you Like a mother waits for a birth My heart exploded when you called me your star Lucky for me this gravity won’t let me get too far Sit with me baby let the wind make us who we are Sit with me baby let the wind make us who we are Sit with me baby let the wind make us who we are.
8.
Shadow Sees 03:50
Oh it’s like they sliced off part of my soul Now there’s only one place where I feel whole In the silver, in the snow Burning hot and freezing cold Luminescence in my bones Down’s the only way to go At night I climb up to the moonlight And spend my hours with wolves in the trees Then I fly down the mountain side And only my shadow sees Oh only my shadow sees But I pause A little danger nips my mind What if I fall? What if I’m paralyzed? What would I do then? I couldn’t make a call The mountain sees that there is no connection to the town at all No, if I fell I’d lay here in the snow And I’d cry Until my last tear froze And celestial beings would visit me from the deep And stitch me back together as I drift away to sleep Oh it’s like they sliced off part of my soul Now there’s only one place where I feel whole In the silver, in the snow Burning hot and freezing cold Luminescence in my bones Down’s the only way to go Down in the town I have a real nice life I have a daughter And a beautiful wife But my heart isn’t quiet When I stay home at night It pulls me into the car and drives me up to these heights There’s no escape The only way home is safely But I take these risks alone And I take them daily I hold my world in every move that I make And I bend it as far as I possibly can and hope that it won’t break Oh it’s like they sliced off part of my soul Now there’s only one place where I feel whole In the silver, in the snow Burning hot and freezing cold Luminescence in my bones Down’s the only way to go At night I climb up to the moonlight And spend my hours with wolves in the trees Then I fly down the mountain side And only my shadow sees Oh only my shadow sees
9.
Why the long face? Is it that bad? Why did we think that this would be so easy? It was too late when they all said, ”Silly young thing, it’s not as pretty as it seems.” Tried to be special Found it too stressful Gave it all up to God But God wasn’t having it Our idols turned suicidal Sit with me baby Let’s spin it all sentimental Aye, there’s the rub Does something come next? What do we know? Nobody’s ever writes home And if they did what if they said, ”It’s not as pretty as it seems.” Walking down aisles Blind to miles Prance queen Lie in the dark rewatching Fortunate love, we’re stubborn at best Maybe we’re just haunted by ghosts of old days Still here we are halfway to death No use lying Seems my baby Worth it maybe Though it’s not as pretty as it seems.
10.
We can see it in the skyline We can go and have a visit We don’t live there We don’t live there And our eyes are filled With anxious, heaving visions of the light We don’t live there We don’t live there It was never our birthright To have things and no fight It was always part of the plan To go out West like a young man We can see it in the skyline We can go and have a visit We don’t live there We don’t live there And our eyes are filled With anxious, heaving visions of the light We don’t live there We don’t live there And we crawl through the sprawl And we cling to our dreams And the past and the things That we hope it might mean And the stories we tell Are of how much we loved How it was. How it never was.

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released April 26, 2019

Stephanie Dodd (Fremont, NE): vocals, accordion
Justin Badger (Fremont, CA): vocals, guitar, kick drum

Executive Producer: Chuck Porter
Produced by The Fremonts and Cameron Mannix (Chris Tucker on Shadow Sees)
Recorded & Mixed by Cameron Mannix at his house in Boulder, CO
Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow in Boulder CO
Photography & Album Artwork by Emilie Druss & Matt Lowber

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The Fremonts create unique theatrical experiences for their audiences by blending americana music and storytelling with a cabaret aesthetic. Stephanie Dodd (originally from Fremont, NE - vocals/accordion) & Justin Badger (originally from Fremont, CA - vocals/guitar) present their original music with performance skills honed from years of working as professional actors. ... more

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