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Only The Wicked

by Henry True

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All the time people stare but they won't look me in the eye is it all in my head or are they thinking bout you and him wrapped up in the sheets together night after night sayin come a little closer now, no one has to know about us Ticking time pulling me into the nightmare of my life never agreed to this always talkin bout us versus them can you admit it was your way of pulling me in saying come a little closer now, no one has to know about us know about us sayin come a little closer now no one has to know about us know about us saying come a little closer now no one has to know about us I know why no one ever wants to see a grown man cry it's all because he's been thinking bout you and me wrapped up in the sheets together night after night sayin come a little closer now, tell me what he knows about us
2.
Nothing ever changes in the past I live it over and again Wake up and you're still my friend Something made me think of you today Was it there or was it then I had one you gave me ten Nowhere is the place of memory That houses all the dreams come true There is now my love for you Somewhere in the city of my heart I'll take you to a tavern soon Buy you none or one or two
3.
In the shadow of your face in the fire We can see all the signs That you've fallen prey to your desire And you're living out your lies Think you can run out faster than your paranoia and false designs Move away to frisco bay, start a new life, make up for lost time Sooner or later time is gonna find you down on your hands and knees Shake the scheming ways right from you Shake you until you believe Only the wicked flee Only the wicked flee when none pursue Only the wicked flee when none pursue Think we don't notice your desperation to be seen from below Move away to frisco bay, start a new life, you think that we don't know Sooner or later time is gonna find you down on your hands and knees Shake the heart and soul right from you Shake you until you believe Only the wicked flee Only the wicked flee when none pursue Only the wicked flee when none pursue
4.
Come and sit down with me, time you learned the truth About turning time for me to eye with you There is something that's been eating on my mind I'm a bit embarrassed but you know that I'm On a digital bender I'm out of time On a digital bender Wasting my life I've learned self control is not my strongest suit Let's get some ketamine and lay up on the roof There is something that's been growing in my head It's a bit distracting living like I'm dead On a digital bender I'm out of time On a digital bender Wasting my life
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White City 03:09
When I see you again Tell me everything I missed Tell me we're still friends How did it come to this Now the light's goin up on white city tonight I wanna climb to the top of blueberry hill with you by my side When I see you again It will be like no time has passed Between now and then How did it go so fast Now the light's goin up on white city tonight I wanna climb to the top of blueberry hill with you by my side When I see you again Can we bury the hatchet somehow All those things we said Oh it all seems so petty now That the light's goin up on white city tonight I wanna climb to the top of blueberry hill with you by my side When I see you again I hope it's not too late Now that the light's goin up on white city tonight I wanna climb to the top of blueberry hill with you by my side When I see you again I hope it's not too late

about

It’s a real place, “the city of my heart.” You explore it with music. Henry knows this, so at the pace of his voice, he sings you across town: abandoned stone churches, sleek pedestrian bridges where lovers hold hands but keep to themselves, high prison windows people look through with grief in their heads—the music ferries you past it all. You take a walking pace (no “outrunning paranoia” here) so you can really hear the songs that come with the territory. Other “citizens of my heart” wrote them. Henry’s been learning them one by one. He performs them so they fit the scene. Sometimes a memory of how this place used to look visits you unexpectedly: a woeful croon ushers you past nightclubs. You feel a little silly, naturally. Night falls, you find a tavern, talk about a recent digital bender. Elsewhere in the neighborhood your friends are falling asleep, tangled up in sheets, embracing, worrying… wonders of the city of my heart, as sharply illustrated in your memory as they were in your eyes. A day well spent, perusing another block of this city with Henry. Each time you listen the lights go back up and he sees you again.

- Neal Jochmann

credits

released July 14, 2023

All songs composed, produced, and mixed by Henry True
Live drums recorded by Spencer Tweedy at The Pocket in Chicago, IL

Andy Danstrom - Drum Edit on "Know About Us"
Chet Zenor - Guitar Solo on "Only The Wicked"

Mastered by Seth Engel

Special thanks to:
Jason Ashworth for letting me reference mixes in his room
Max Subar for lending his 12-string and ears

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