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All We Got Is Everything To Lose

by Nowherebound

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ORCHARDS OF GOLD WELL I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING SIP MY COFFEE WITH MY DEMONDS THEN I SMOKE A COUPLE CIGGARETTS AS I TURN ON THE TV AND I FLIP IT TO THE NEWS BUT ITS NEVER ANY GOOD NEWS SOMEONE OUT THERE’S ALWAYS HUNGRY SOMEONES CALLING OUT FOR WAR THEN IT ALL FAIDS INTO STATIC AND I’M PANICED ON THE FLOOR STARING AT JUNK MAIL AND BILLS AND THE BILLS ARE CHANGING COLOR AND I WONT SIT AND WATCH MY LIFE FLY BY LIKE ITS SOME SORT OF SICK JOKE FOR EVERY MILE I EVER PUT BEHIND ME THERES A NOTCH CARVED IN MY SOUL AND I WILL TRAVEL UNTIL I FIND THOSE ORCHARDS OF GOLD SO I STEP OUT TO THE FRONT PORCH WHATCH THE NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVE BY GHOST HEADED TO THE GRAVEYARD TO STRESS AWAY THERE LIVES AND I WONDER IF THEY’VE EVER TRULY FELT, THE SUN UPON THERE FACE SO I STEP INTO MY WORK BOOTS AND I WALK DOWN TO THE BAR ROLL THREES AWAY AND DROP ALL OF MY CHANGE INTO THE JUKEBOX AND I’LL DRINK AWAY A HARD DAY AND SING UNTIL THE STARS FADE AWAY AND I WONT SIT AND WATCH MY LIFE FLY BY LIKE ITS SOME SORT OF SICK JOKE FOR EVERY MILE I EVER PUT BEHIND ME THERES A NOTCH CARVED IN MY SOUL AND I WILL TRAVEL UNTIL I FIND THOSE ORCHARDS OF GOLD
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The Tides 04:48
THE TIDES OH WHEN THE TIDES, COME ROLLIN’ IN WILL YOU SINK OR WILL YOU SWIM? JUST LIFT ME UP, BRING ME ASHORE ‘TIL FAIR WEATHER BRINGS THIS SAILOR BACK FOR MORE BUT UNTIL THEN, LET’S DROWN IN ALE DON’T NEED NO PADDLE, DON’T NEED NO PAIL, AND WHEN WE THIRST FOR OPEN AIR, AND LIVIN’ FREE OF WORRY, FREE OF IDLE CARES WE’LL RIDE ‘EM OUT… WELL THAT’S ONE MORE FUCKING BATTLE SCAR WELL BANG IT OUT ON YOUR GUITAR I GOTTA CURE THIS BROKEN HEART, LET’S GO OUT TO THE BAR I’LL PICK YOU UP, AND WE’LL HIT THIS TOWN LET’S FIND A PLACE WHERE WE CAN DROWN WE’LL SET ‘EM UP, AND KNOCK ‘EM DOWN, AND KNOCK ‘EM DOWN SOME MORE LET’S STRUM SOME CHORDS AND SING SOME SONGS ABOUT THE GIRLS WHO DID US WRONG WE’LL SING UNTIL THE NIGHT IS DONE, AND THEN WE’LL SING SOME MORE SEE MUSIC SOOTHES THE SAVAGE BEAST WELL BE IT FAMINE, BE IT FEAST AND ON AND ON AND ON… WELL LET’S TAKE THESE SONGS OF BROKEN MEN, I’LL GRAB AN AXE, YOU GRAB A PEN WE’LL SCRIBBLE IT ALL DOWN AND PUT THE HORSE BEHIND THE CART I THINK WE SHOULD RECORD THESE TUNES WELL YEAH, I LIKE TO PARTY TOO LET’S PUT THESE SONGS TO TAPE, AND THEN WE’LL BURN ‘EM IN OUR HEARTS LET’S TAKE THIS CIRCUS ON THE ROAD WE’LL CALL UP FRIENDS TO SHARE THE LOAD AND OVER OCEANS, TO NEW LANDS, AND RIGHT BACK TO THE START I’LL SING ST. CHRISTOPHER AND I, LET’S FIND A PLANE AND GRAB SOME SKY AND ON AND ON AND ON…
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Sing Her Out 04:10
SING HER OUT VERSE 1 WELL I NEVER REALLY FIT IN, IN THE TOWN WHERE I WAS RAISED WE DINED ON CIGARETTES IN COFFEE SHOPS WHEN SMOKING WAS OKAY AND I LEARNED ABOUT TRUE WRECKAGE ON SOME RECORDS IN THE SHADE WITH A DARK HAIRED GIRL WHO’D NEVER LOVE ME BACK SO AUSTIN WAS A SHELTER FOR A SMALL TOWN BOY TO RUN HAD ROCK N ROLL FOR BREAKFAST, HAD LIBERTY FOR LUNCH MET A VEGAN GIRL IN LEATHER, WHO WAS ALWAYS UP FOR FUN TIL CASKETS ROLLED, AND LIGHT GAVE WAY TO BLACK YOUR HEART COULD BREAK OR IT COULD BEND, STAY ON YOUR KNEES OR CHOOSE TO MEND, SAVED BY THE LYRICS NOT YET PENNED, WE'RE SINGING HER OUT... SO WE GO ALONG TO GET ALONG, AND NEVER GET BRUISED GONNA PICK UP CINDERELLA WITH A BOX OF NEW SHOES AND SHE’LL TELL ME OF FORGIVENESS, AND I’LL TELL HER BOUT THE BLUES AND WE’LL SING IT ON, WE’LL SING HER GONE, WE’LL SING HER OUT WELL PUNK ROCK WAS SALVATION, AND FRIENDS WERE POURED IN BARS AND MUSIC TOLD US STORIES, AND THE STORIES WORE OUR SCARS. AND SOMEONE IN MY MEMORY STRUCK A CHORD ON A GUITAR AND ITS CHORUS FOR US ALL, BUILT US TO LAST WHILE FAITH WAS RIDING SHOTGUN, WE LEFT ROMANCE BACK AT HOME WE’D GO WALKABOUT FOREVER, INTO THE GREAT UNKNOWN. LEFT A HEARTFELT KISS UPON THE TOP OF A LOVE ONCE CARVED FROM STONE NOW JUST A MARKER IN A GRAVEYARD OF MY PAST THOUGH YOU'VE SLOWED DOWN, YET ON YOU GO. IT'S ALL YOU'VE GOT, IT'S ALL YOU KNOW. BREATHE IN THE FIRE DOWN BELOW. WE'RE SINGING HER OUT. SO I BORE MYSELF A NEW LIFE IN THE DUSTY DESERT AIR WITH A GREEN EYED QUIET BEAUTY WHO WORE FLOWERS IN HER HAIR AND A SMILE THAT ENDED HUNGER IN A GLANCE OR WITH A STARE TOOK MY HAND, AND THEN MY HEART, BEFORE IT BROKE LEFT THE POET TO HIS PAPER, AND SHE GAZED ON BRIGHTER STARS, AND WHEN THEY BURNED OUT, SHE’D JUST WISH UPON THE BONES OF SHOOTING HEARTS BUT I KNEW SHE REALLY LOVED ME ONCE, AND IT JUST TEARS ME APART I’LL HAVE A COFFEE, ONE MORE CIGARETTE AND GO… SO SHE JUST TURNED AND WALKED AWAY, WITH ONLY VOLUMES LEFT TO SAY, THOUGH O'ER YOUR HEART SHE STILL HOLDS SWAY, WE'RE SINGING HER OUT...
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DREAD SILENCE WELL YOU FELL ON ME LIKE FURY, LIKE A RAPTOR TO HER PREY I FELT YOUR TALONS DEEP, AND I SURRENDERED TO THE FREY YOU DREW YOUR LIPS SO CLOSE AS IF TO WHISPER IN MY EAR A SMILE CARESSED THE MOUTH HOLDING THE WORDS I LONGED TO HEAR BUT OH…DREAD SILENCE FROM YOU A LOW…DREAD SILENCE OVER YOU WELL I LAURELED YOU WITH LOVE, I GAVE YOU TO MY HEART AND ONCE YOU GOT THE KEYS, YOU STARTED TEARING IT APART I SPUN YOU ‘ROUND TO FACE ME, STARING DEEP INTO THOSE EYES IMPLORED YOUR SOUL TO TELL ME WHY IT’D GIVEN ONLY LIES
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TIL THE ANCHOR BREAKS LET DOWN, EXED OUT…LOVE’S TRUE NORTH HEADED SOUTH AND THESE SAILS, LONG TORN…FROM CHARTING MAPS NOW WORN WAIT OUT, THIS STORM…THESE 4 CHORDS KEEP ME WARM SANG OUT, STAYED TRUE…WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE? SO I’LL WRITE A SONG FOR YOU TO SING ALONG, ONE TO SING AFTER I’M GONE ONE TO CHRONICLE THESE DAYS… SO I’LL CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE IT DOESN’T BREAK FLOWIN’ IN AND OUT WITH THESE WAVES UNTIL THE ANCHOR BREAKS SO DRINK UP, DON’T DROWN…THIS TOWN WILL LET YOU DOWN SO DON’T PAWN YOUR CROWN…STAY LOST ON SOLID GROUND FULL SPEED AHEAD…FULL SAIL, FOR ALL MUST END SO LAST VERSE, LAST TRIP…WE’LL GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP
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FADE TO BLACK I’M LEAVING DUSK TO SUNRISE, THE DARKNESS TO THE DAWN THE MORNING SUN BEHIND ME, CASTING SHADOWS ON THE LAWN TONIGHT WE’RE LEAVING AUSTIN AS THE DAY… THE DAY JUST FADES TO BLACK WELL WE THOUGHT THE MUSIC SAVED US, BUT I’M NOT SURE THAT IT DID ‘CAUSE IT DOESN’T HOLD THE GLITTER THAT IT DID WHEN WE WERE KIDS BUT THIS TIRED VAN KEEPS ROLLING ON AS OUR YOUTH.. ALL JUST FADES TO BLACK WELL IT ALL GOES, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT YESTERDAY’S HEROES HAVE NOW JUST GOTTEN OLD HOPE THIS CITY’S HANDS KEEP HOLDING US ALL CLOSE… A FAVOR FOR THE BOLD… SO AUSTIN KEEP ME YOUNG FOR RACES STILL NOT RUN FOR SONGS STILL LEFT UNSUNG BEFORE WE FADE TO BLACK LOOKED OUT ON ENDLESS OCEANS BLEEDING OUT THE DEEPEST BLUE AND I’VE SEEN A THOUSAND RIVERS AND EVERY ONE, THEY LOOKED LIKE YOU SO I’LL HOLD ONTO THESE DAYDREAMS OF YOU BEFORE THEY FADE TO BLACK WELL I FOUND MYSELF ON HIGHWAYS, TRAVELING EVERYWHERE ABROAD LOST FAITH IN ME AS EASILY AS I LOST MY FAITH IN GOD, YET NEVER FELT SO HOLY IN THE GLOW, BEFORE IT FADES TO BLACK NOW IT’S ALL GONE, NOTHING STAYS THE SAME THE LEAVES KEEP CHANGING COLORS LIKE THE CHANGING OF OUR NAMES SAY GOODBYE TO LAST NIGHT’S LOVERS, THE ONES YOU LEAVE BEHIND IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU LOVE THEM, IT ONLY MATTERS IF YOU’RE KIND.
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SUDDEN DESPERATION SOUTHBOUND WITH NO DESTINATION JUST A SPARK OF SUDDEN DESPERATION AND FEELING LIKE I NEED TO BE ALONE SO I’M OUT, GOT NO RESERVATION NO PLAN FOR RETURN OR RESTORATION JUST FEELING LIKE I NEED TO FUCKING GO… BROKE DOWN WITH NO ACCOMMODATIONS BROKE GROUND ON NEW ASPIRATIONS GOT A FEELING LIKE I NEED TO BE ALONE OUTGROWN BY MY GENERATION GROWN OUT OF A SEA OF EXPECTATIONS GOT A FEELING LIKE I NEED TO FUCKING GO… AND WE CAN BUILD IT ALL UP, BURN IT ALL DOWN BLAME IT ON ME, WELL I WON’T MIND CAPSIZED BY LONELY EXPEDITIONS NO HOME, JUST A SONG OF RESURRECTION WRITE IT DOWN WITH SOME FRIENDS, OR YOU WRITE IT ALONE RECTIFY A BAD SITUATION CHANGE THE STRINGS ON A JOURNEY ‘CROSS THE OCEAN WITH A FEELING LIKE I NEED TO FUCKING GO
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Saint Christopher Verse 1: When I got lost in Austin, Torn asunder, left for dead. My future grave as gallows, My past a bloody red. I ran into an ancient friend, From two lives past before. Who told me over whiskey, That he too had run ashore. So I inked an anchor on my arm And drew blood for the sea. We threw the dice into the wind, Saint Christopher and me. And where the dice they settled, We didn’t care to see. Tá sé in am éirí. Over Horizon, It stretches out as far as eye can see. A firebird rising, Well, that'll do for me. Verse 2: The Ship she sailed like nothing else That we had seen before. She was a gilded phoenix, The Devil’s paramour. But darkness veiled horizon Hardly gave us time to think. The blackest black of tempests roared and She began to sink. As tears diluted ocean And hearts ruptured inside, The bravest souls were waylaid By the pull to break and hide. And lone upon the shattered deck, Saint Christopher and I …Took the ride. An ocean rising, Its tireless waves have come to bury us at sea. I close my eyes and listen to her breathe. Verse 3: The sky was black as polished jet, The waves a salty sting. The troughs a plunge straight down to hell, The crests where angels sing. And just about the time I thought Our ship would fall apart, Saint Christopher produced a pen, And plunged it in his heart. And O’er salt and wood and iron and steel The blood did flow. Its words commanding silence, The violence overthrown. And though the squall has left its scars Etched deep into the bone… On we go… Over horizon, That line we'll never cross yet always strive to meet. A new reprise, Saint Christopher and me.
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Calluses 03:25
CALLUSES WELL IT TOOK A POT OF COFFEE TO GET ME OUT OF BED, AND A KISS FROM LAST NIGHT’S BOTTLE TO CLEAR YOU FROM MY HEAD AND I FELT THE STORMCLOUD COMING AND MY HEART JUST FILLED WITH DREAD…OVER YOU AND THE DROPS FELL IN THE SUNSHINE, AND WE BOTH JUST FELL LIKE RAIN, AND THE DISTANCE IN BETWEEN US WAS A CHASM FILLED WITH BLAME AS I STRUGGLE IN THIS SKIN, I KNOW I’LL NEVER BE THE SAME…WITHOUT YOU CHORUS SO I’M RECLAIMING CALLUSES WITH BIG HANDED CHORUSES I’M SORRY IF I STUMBLE, I’VE BEEN BLEEDING IT ALL OUT SO GOODBYE, ‘GOODBYE GIRL,’ HELLO WAITING WORLD I’M SORRY IF I STAY GONE, BUT THIS HIGHWAY…JUST CALLED ME HOME TRAVELED BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE MAP, AND IT NEARLY LEFT ME DEAD CONFRONTED BY THE QUIET, LEFT TO MOURN THE LOVE WE SHED STILL SIFTING THROUGH THE ASHES OF THE THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SAID…TO YOU WELL EVERYBODY STRUGGLES, AND EVERYBODY FALLS AND I’LL CHERISH ALL THE MEMORIES, JUST LIKE PICTURES ON THE WALL AND I’LL GATHER UP MY NERVE, BEFORE THE CURTAIN CALLS …FOR ME
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Erin Go Home 04:54
ERIN GO HOME GONNA DRINK ‘TIL I FORGET YOU, ‘TIL ABSENCE FROM YOU HURTS, I’LL FROLICK HERE WITHOUT YOU WITH THE FLIES, THE DRUNKS, AND FLIRTS AND WHEN THE DRINK IS LONELY, AND I’VE NOWHERE LEFT TO ROAM AND THE TENDER OF THE PUB BELTS OUT, “ERIN GO HOME!” WELL YOU SCREAM OUT MY NAME AND I’M THE MOTH TO YOUR FLAME ROBBED OF FANCYFUL FLIGHTS TO THE BAR AND AFTER CLIPPING THESE WINGS, I ONLY YELL WHEN I SING, AND THE SONG SOUNDS MORE LIKE A SCAR WELL DO PARDON ME BUT YOU’RE A SHIT TRAGEDY, AND YOUR WINGS HAD BURNED OUT LONG BEFORE NOW, IT WAS I WHO SANG THE SONGS, AND ME, WHO KEPT YOU STRONG, SO TONIGHT THIS GIRL IS PAINTING THE TOWN WELL I’M CALLING UP THE BOYS, AND I’M DRINKING WITH THE GIRLS FIND A CLEAN SHIRT AND A BOTTLE, A SHORT SKIRT AND MY PEARLS TONIGHT I SING WITHOUT YOU, TONIGHT I SING WITH FRIENDS, UNTIL THE EVENING’S FINISHED, UNTIL THE BITTER END… GONNA DRINK ‘TIL I FORGET YOU, ‘TIL ABSENCE FROM YOU HURTS, I’LL FROLICK HERE WITHOUT YOU WITH THE FLIES, THE DRUNKS, AND FLIRTS AND WHEN THE DRINK IS LONELY, AND I’VE NOWHERE LEFT TO GO, AND THE TENDER OF THE PUB BELTS OUT, “ERIN GO HOME!” WELL ERIN GO HOME, LEAVE THIS POOR BOY ALONE, YOU’RE THREE SHEETS TO FLOATING AWAY, OR IF YOU BOTH PREFER, THERE’S THE DOOR BEHIND YOU SIR, SOMEONE LEAVE, CAUSE BOTH OF YOU CAN’T STAY WELL I’M WAITING FOR MY BOY, AND I’M CALLING ON YOU GIRL FIND A CLEAN SHIRT AND A BOTTLE, A BLACK DRESS FOR THOSE PEARLS TONIGHT WE’LL DANCE TOGETHER, TONIGHT WE’LL TALK LIKE FRIENDS, UNTIL FOREVER’S FINISHED, UNTIL THE BITTER END… SO WE DRINK ‘TIL WE REMEMBER, THAT ABSENCE FROM YOU HURTS, THAT THIS HEART WAS NEVER FILLED AMONGST THE FLIES, THE DRUNKS, AND FLIRTS SO WHEN THIS CUP IS EMPTY, I’VE GOT SOMEWHERE TO GO, GONNA SETTLE UP THIS TAB, THEN ERIN’S GOING HOME!
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SETTLE UP DOWN THE ROAD YELLOW LINES FLY, MY HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL BOUNDLESS SKIES ABOUND, FOREVER BLUE, FOREVER OVER I’M WHERE I WANNA BE, SO FAR FROM MY HOME I DRINK TO STAY IN TUNE, ALWAYS TRUE, BUT NEVER SOBER SETTLE UP DOWN THE ROAD FOR EYES OF BLUE AND THE GREEN OF CLOVER IT’S THE ONLY THING I KNOW YOU PLAY THE QUEEN, AND I’LL PLAY THE ROVER SETTLE UP DOWN THE ROAD I’M NOWHEREBOUND, AND I’M NOWHERE OVER YOU SETTLE UP DOWN THE ROAD TO YOU… EERIE CRIES FROM HANDS ON A PEDAL STEEL THE SADDEST NOTES, A SOBBING MELODY SO TRUE AND IT’S ALMOST TIME AND I, TURN DOWN THE STEREO STEP UNDERNEATH THE LIGHTS TO SING THESE SONGS, I WROTE FOR YOU FAMILIAR SONG BEATS OUT, BY HANDS ON A STEERING WHEEL AND WE ALL START TO SING ALONG...

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Fresh off of a European tour promoting "Mockingbirds", the boys and girl of Nowherebound immediately hunkered down in Natchet's infamous Bunker Studio in East Austin to start production of their newest full length album, "All We Got Is Everything To Lose". Production wrapped up in only a couple of months, but the result is some of the most intricate and thought out material from the band to date.

Originally conceptualized as an acoustic record, the album evolved into a "softer-than-Mockingbirds" electric album while still maintaining the brash anthemic punch and Irish-Folk swagger the band is now well-known for. This is absolutely a classic, sing along, raise your fist, Nowherebound album with songs like "Orchards of Gold", "The Tides", "Sing Her Out" and "Erin Go Home", however, "AWGIETL"stretches out and expands into production and sonic experimentation with songs like "Dread Silence", "Fade To Black", "Sudden Desperation", and "Settle Up Down The Road". All of the songs on this record seem to flow together, making the album a whole entity, easily listened to as one piece of music. A definite must-have for your record collection.

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released May 13, 2015

Nowherebound is:
Chris Klinck - Voice
Natchet Taylor - Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Banjo, Voice
Dylan Karn - Guitar, Voice
Trevor Wiseman - Guitar, Voice
Rob Williamson - Drums, Voice
Chelsea Barbo - Piano, Organ, Guitar, Voice

All songs written by Nowherebound © and ℗ 2015.

Recorded and engineered by Natchet Taylor at The Bunker - Austin, TX.
Produced and mixed by Natchet Taylor and Chris Klinck.
Mastered by Clint Baker at Heartbrake Studios.

Art direction and design by Chris Klinck at CK Graphics.
Cover photo by Lars Jansen.
Inside photo by ClockkWorkk Photography.
Back Cover Photo by Vojta Florian

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Nowherebound Austin, Texas

Musical magnets for each other, this punk rock band ignited in 2010. They sing to you all over the world but always return home to their roots in Austin, Texas. Featuring members of Born To Lose and New Disaster, Nowherebound integrates traditional punk with rock and roll while weaving in threads of gritty country and folk. ... more

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