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The Clinic And The Sane

by The Swear

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I Sold My Soul on Gallatin Road Verse 1 I sold my soul down on Gallatin Road cause everywhere I go there’s someone who knows Chorus 1&3 They came from the go west young man they came from the dark they came from the places I shut down down in my heart they come from Brooklyn under the BQE they don’t give a goddamn goddamn what you’re doing to me yeah I sold my soul down on Gallatin Road cause everywhere I go it’s like I’m drinking with ghosts I’m drinking with ghosts Verse 2 Love on paper is a beautiful thing love’s what you came for not what you bring Chorus 2 They came from the DTLA the golden lands they came from the lakeshore still high thirtysomething again they came with a card and a girlfriend a hope and a lie I see that new leather jacket still fits it gets smoky at night yeah I sold my soul down on Gallatin Road cause everywhere I go it’s like I’m drinking with ghosts I’m drinking with ghosts Bridge Give it some spin give it a ring spend the night with him after kissing me give it some spin give it a ring spend the night with him for what you’ll never be you’ll never be
2.
Kurt Cobain and Jesus Verse 1 D C D C G (2x) Em D You’re the one hellbent Johnny Reb a little girl a little boy stuck here on forget all they have left let them see let them see nothing they’ll regret the King of Cups ain’t enough to return your heart to red so you dream instead those saints go marching between us making your lies cleaner Chorus G C Everyone wants a savior everyone’s seen a ghost everyone wants to believe what they believe the most I’ve seen you leave on Sunday to keep those secrets close but I’ve been fucking honestly through a love of rock and roll like Kurt Cobain and Jesus these are words with meaning Verse 2 Come kick me down we’ll hide out in the sheets you kiss me now cancel out heavens in between on your summer street the western sound so underground you could call it pornography it’s razor blood listening close to some holy Aberdeen with me Bridge Em D C D Keep leaving when I need you keep saying I can’t explain you keep praying I’ll forgive you I’ll leave you
3.
East Nashville Verse 1 Wait you’re a little late like fate you knock on the door with weed and a burlesque dancer I got no need for your answers love is a boy on Eastland love is a light when you’re freezing it’s a liquor store belief when Chorus I need fire you need smoke Verse 2 Life is a trust fund baby get a knife if you want to change me love is a girl on Ordway shut up she said she’d kill me it’s a do or die scene again Bridge Come on down to the armory they’re playing a song about you and me come on down to the railroad tracks I’ll borrow you and you won’t get me back I got some pills Outro I laughed at the last joke
4.
Stargazers Verse 1 C G F C Am G F C It was about the time I started to find I was bored with everything no pill I could take no drink I could fake could settle down these hymns we broke up a couple times of course that’s how it is I heard you slept with 15 men did you find a better way to live your eyes left to right read like a good fight Chorus F G (3x) Am F C G One painted wall for stargazers you call it outsider pretending the blue blinds the skyline religion tonight their light is ours Verse 2 You can fall in love with a dusty map hung high to help you sleep you can wish you lived on the meridian where the drugs are thick and sweet I broke up a couple lives and it meant nothing to me so if you to hold me close just whisper geography in this town I’ve found they can’t hear past the sound of Bridge Am C Give me a war I’ve never fought before give me a war the one I’ve been waiting for
5.
Outside A L.A Rock Club Intro riff Em D G Verse 1 Em G Am G D C G (2x) C G D Slap me hard on Sunset Boulevard I breathe in some Morehead City tar that lighter shines in waves of gold that girl she knows what her heart is for her shirt is shorter than the time before so we inhale the fire before we get old I'll break the western sky to save you and I that dries like silver in the cold Chorus C D Em (2x) Am F D Time might fall dead and blind to fix these California lies I designed a country made of wicked alibis that won't survive this night (no I won’t survive tonight) Verse 2 Sleep is wild I fall on hallway tile we raced a LA city mile laced with anger lost on shitty weed call the cops you’re thinking it will shut me up I'm staring down the fight of a freeway love it takes an excuse like a mental disease I'll break the western high if you say that you and I fall like jet trail lucid dreams Bridge Am G Am D You’re like me just crazy when the world goes sane
6.
Ghosts of New Orleans Verse 1 Somewhere down on Magazine Street the starlight and the methadone leaves your boyfriend’s got a plan to get us out of here he’s got a rope and a six-pack of beer I heard they keep the fire just two blocks away but your words and your walk don’t equate I had a lesson in gin at the Bayou Bar now I’m killing off sparks I’m knifing the stars for you for you they know I’m through I’m through Chorus Kill ‘em off while they’re listening another hour before we leave there’s no use in breaking my heart when you can barely breathe kill ‘em off while they’re haunting the river floods to your knees I got a thing for a boy unchristened I don’t think you believe Verse 2 It’s like I’m looking at a teenage me in the halls at St Francisville you can drive on by with a smile on your face say it’s all gone against your will I heard they keep your lies by an old oak tree where the reverend and the new city meet burning down the pages of a first real love so you keep getting closer to me it’s all the same when you cover a flame Bridge No one ever lives forever
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Ike Turner 04:18
Ike Turner Intro Chorus 4 Verse 1 (2x) I got you on your knees tonight I got where the world feels just right I got you waiting for another chance you call it romance and we start to dance are you ready for the latest ghost I’m just the other devil take it slow Pre-Chorus I like my love to be true Chorus It’s a good life you know you just begin you take it on you shoot it where it lives you look good when the drugs kick in (double time) and Memphis is a Mercedes Benz Memphis is a Mercedes Benz Verse 2 (1/2) I got you hooked on the simple things blood desire and adrenalin I got you where’s the water’s going black and just like Buckley no you can’t come back Pre-Chorus Chorus Bridge + Solo I’m going do it again Pre-Chorus 3x I like my love to be true Chorus Outro Kiss me first you’re a sinner I’m a saint kiss me first I’m the bad one no you ain’t kiss me first I’m the depakote for the pain kiss me first I’m the clinic you’re the sane

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The Clinic and The Sane is a defiant return to lead singer/guitarist Elizabeth Elkins' punk rock past inspired by five years of writing country music and playing by Music Row's rules. Rhythm section Kevin Williams (bass) and Kent Aberle (drums) snarl and twist through songs that can only be described as the New York Dolls on an all-night Leonard Cohen bender, with hints of Hum and the Damned. It's a two-minute furious rock and roll assault against hipsters ("East Nashville"), violence on Magazine Street and Sunset Boulevard ("Ghosts of New Orleans", "Outside a LA Rock Club") - and it's a cynical look at the race for fame and love in Nashville ("I Sold My Soul on Gallatin Road", "Stargazers", "Kurt Cobain and Jesus"). Behind the buzzing humbuckers and chaotic lyrics, you’ll find songs as disciplined as they are reactionary, held tightly together by Williams’ prog-punk riffs and Aberle’s disobedient swagger.

The EP includes guest vocals from Anna Rose, Kate Tucker, Rachel Bolan of Skid Row, Chrystal Leigh and Vanessa Olivarez - and features Ethan Luck on lead guitar.

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released July 17, 2020

Produced by Elizabeth Elkins and The Swear at Blackbird Studio, Nashville, TN
Engineered by Mark Rubel, Kevin Boettger and the students at Blackbird Academy, Nashville, TN
Additional vocal engineering by David Axelrod and Mark Dannells
Mixed by Nick DiDia at LaCueva, Byron Bay, NSW AUS
Mastered by Leon Zervos at Studios 301, Sydney AUS
Cover photo by Holly J Images
Design by KW

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THE CLINIC AND THE SANE is a defiant return to lead singer/guitarist Elizabeth Elkins' punk rock past inspired by five years of writing country music and playing by Music Row's rules. Rhythm section Kevin Williams (bass) and Kent Aberle (drums) snarl and twist through songs that can only be described as the New York Dolls on an all-night Leonard Cohen bender, with hints of Hum and the Damned. ... more

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