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Arcadia

by THE BUTTSHAKERS

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1.
COUPLET 1: As I walk these streets That I’ve known since a child With so much a changin’ I don’t recognize you no more When my mama said Girl you better leave it alone Been 10 years you gone now You can’t call this place your home And I hear the preacher Beating down in the back of my head Telling me to turn a cheek But I can’t look away I’ve seen so many brothers in the street Begging me to look a’ their way But I’ve become so numb That I can’t see their pain No no REFRAIN: BACK IN AMERICA COUPLET 2: When this was my home I couldn’t see the destruction With so much corruption, Baby, I lay my head to cry these streets, these walls, these homes without shelter or care People calling out in vain But no one sees they’re there COUPLET: BACK IN AMERICA OUTRO: I don’t know this place no more But I see all your pain now I can’t call this place my home
2.
COUPLET 1: Can’t you see that I Just wanna be free Tired of all the lying That I hear around me Why these screens keep telling me that there ain’t no truth Want to believe that this ain’t gonna be the new I don’t want to hear it, no – It won’t do. It won’t do. COUPLET 2: So tired of all the liars – spreading hate across the land We all see the same damn thing Don’t say you don’t see it. It won’t do – just waiting around Believing there’s nothing to do Saying “I keep praying for a change to come” No it won’t do – NOT IN MY NAME COUPLET 3: All my worth – or what its worth to me (what it’s worth to me) Trying hard – got to believe (gotta believe) Got to believe there’s a world Where brothers aren’t living in fear Come on say it loud (say it loud!) NOT IN MY! OUTRO: And my brother said “I can’t breathe” I can’t breathe I can’t breathe!
3.
Hear Me 02:36
COUPLET 1: Like a bad dream Your love is getting me down And I can’t help it Oh no They tried to tell me But I couldn’t see No I couldn’t hear the sound REFRAIN: Can you hear the sound? Hear me! COUPLET 2: Like a bad dream Your love is so unreal We’re going faster and faster Around the bend This spells disaster When I’m looking to the end. REFRAIN: Can you hear the sound? Hear me! OUTRO: Oh baby hear me! Hear me! Oh baby hear me! Talkin to you right now. Oh and you’re talking and you’re talking Talking, talking all night long.
4.
Pass You By 03:44
COUPLET 1: The bible taught me There’s a world outside That’s full of corruption Temptations & lies The preacher told me Better run and hide But I ain’t gonna let Life go and pass me by REFRAIN 1: It’s from life that I’ve learned You’ve only get one shot Don’t let it pass you up COUPLET 2: Had someone told me That the world outside Is full of wonder Don’t let it pass you up What the bible taught me Turned my world upside Learned for myself That their sins are a lie. REFRAIN 2: Yes I want to do good But I can’t be scared to live Don’t let it pass you by I tried to be good But I gotta live to learn Don’t let it pass you up I know I can can go But it’s hard to break OUTRO: Why can’t I (x2) Why can’t I think for myself?
5.
COUPLET 1: I’mma keep on tryin’ Cuz my guts tellin me its real I try to be little wiser Tryin’ to fight for what I believe in REFRAIN: I keep pushin’ I keep pushin’ I keep pushin’ So don’t push me down COUPLET 2: People are living divided. We got People living in shame. When The days only get hotter But the world is losing its flame We got to try to try to change the game We got to get when the getting is good Put your hand towards your fellow man Try to listen try to learn Try to understand why we keep pushin! REFRAIN: Keep on pushing We Keep pushin’ Keep on pushin’ You’re gonna get there PONT: (Keep on Pushin’ Oh! Keep on pushin’) x4
6.
Night Crawl 04:19
COUPLET 1: Every day you fall in love/ with someone new ~ Every night you turn into/ somebody else -- You work’ all day (ahhhh) So you can go and work the night’ (ahhhh) You know it ain’t right so they say But it feels so good COUPLET 2: Every night you got somewhere - somewhere to go --- (ahhhh) Every night you make another - another home --- (ahhhh) If it was up to you, oh baby, There wouldn’t be no day So you run and you run You looking But you know she ain’t there REFRAIN: You wanna go You wanna go On the night crawl COUPLET 3: What can you do? What can you say? Just to get her – to get her to stay Searching -yes you’re searching In the neon light You’ll keep on looking as the moon runs up The sight of her heels as her lights turn low black puddle between her eyes Baby you’re ready – you’re to ready to fly REFRAIN: You wanna go You wanna go On the night crawl On the night crawl
7.
Daddy Issues 04:37
COUPLET 1: My daddy was a player Couldn’t leave it alone Wouldn’t follow the rules, no He lived just for himself And there were never laughter Cuz you was never there You was always gone with some hazy eyes And a bag a dope COUPLET 2: My daddy was a player No rolling stone He never followed no rules no He lived just for himself I think about my mother I think about my brothers Another broken home, but just leave it alone I can’t stand myself Em PONT: Can you give up your Can you give up your Love (2 voix) x2 I want to learn to trust But I had to understand --- That you was just a man with your own problems I couldn’t get to you Somebody trying I come running back again --- I got my own issues And Daddy you’re Daddy you’re one
8.
Never Enough 03:47
COUPLET 1: I’m sick an’ tired Of hearin’ bout your lies And your cheatin’ heart When my girlfriends called me up Told me you was out in the club Never have I felt so lonely Never have I felt so blue You keep runnin to me baby But it feels like you’re runnin’ me dry REFRAIN: It’s never enough No baby, it’s never enough It’s never enough I can’t give what cha’ want COUPLET 2: All this time You had me thinkin’ our love was true But now I see that your old ways coming through Never have I felt so lonely Never have I felt so blue You keep on sayin’ believe me And then you up and make me a fool REFRAIN: It’s never enough No baby, it’s never good enough It’s never enough I can’t give what cha’ want PONT: I’ve spent so many restless Endless nights Trying to prove my love but Ya treat me like a child Got me acting wild OUTRO: Oh it’s never enough My love is never good enough It’s never good enough Its never never never Never good enough
9.
Go On 03:18
COUPLET 1: I have walked a thousand miles I have been through trials and trials I ain’t waiting for tomorrow, To pick me up I ain’t hoping for a better day, Being good is enough (I’ve been looking for some kind of thrill) Ya don’t know what you’re coming here for but it --sure feels good (I’ve been waiting for someone to fufill) Come on fill me up COUPLET 2: So go on with it baby, You can’t break this heart of mine. (come on try to break this heart of mine/ come on try to break) If it don’t matter how I play If you ain’t listening I’ll say it again. (keep saying, baby keep saying, say it once again now) Ya never was a very good lover Never was a friend You bettin’ on a losing game For what it’s worth in the end Now is the time to get in line To get yourself together Try to give a little bit (hoo-hoo x2) Won’t ya meet me halfway I’ve been looking for some kind of thrill I know I’m just looking for a good time boy I’ve been waiting for someone to fufill Baby fill me up. REFRAIN: So go on Go on. Oh baby, go on. PONT: (don’t know what you’re gettin’ here boy don’t know what you got) You don’t know that I’ve been a waiting (x2) You don’t know that I ain’t waiting for love There will come a day When the rains will get you down There will come a day When there ain’t nothing to get you out I’ve been thinking that a little love will up and do me some good But baby, baby I ain’t looking for a lover to get me down REFRAIN: So go on Go on. Oh baby, go on.
10.
COUPLET 1: Always was a little ‘runner ---- Who didn’t want no’ home (mmhhm mmhhm) By the time you get done a runnnin’ You’ll find you’re all alone Thinking time will keep on a runnin’ But don’t let it pass you by REFRAIN: Don’t take it for granted Give love when you have it Cause you never know When it’s gone for good (when it’s gone) COUPLET 2: You’ve been running in circles Thinking time always gonna be on your side (choeur “eeewww” in the middle lines) Was it worth the ‘ pain~ Living for your self? (uh-huh) PONT: You’ve been thinking About leaving If you’re thinking Then you better run When you go Baby I’m gone for good COUPLET 3: Always was a little runner (uh huh) Never could keep yourself in line (uh huh) Yes, you’ve been a creepin’ (ohh) I’m at home a weepin’ (ohh) Wondering how did I get so low? Are you calling this love? You really think this is You was good But you ain’t worth the waiting Better let you go and run REFRAIN: Don’t take it for granted (don’t take it for granted) Give love when you have it (give love when) Cause you’ll never know (eeww descending) When it’s gone Oh hooohhhh Don’t take it for granted (don’t take it for grant ed) Give love when you have it (give some love if you want to get some) No you never know (ahhhh) Baby you’ll finally feel when I’m gone It’s gone for good. OUTRO: (When she’s gone) x3 (mmhh-hmmm)

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released November 5, 2021

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THE BUTTSHAKERS Lyon, France

Driven by a vicious and visceral soul, The Buttshakers are known for their fierce and fiery music: turntables steam from the heat of their records, dance floors buckle under the blistering pressure of their infectious grooves, a group with a burning Midas’ touch.
Yet after nearly a decade of touring and recording, it was with a different musical vision that they approached Sweet Rewards.
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