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American Classic

by Nicholas Merz

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    Third LP concerning the last corner of the Duvall Sound.

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What would I hope to prove if I blamed people like you? Bud of Dixon throws a rind His last bite chews through time And shatters his own mind Jerry is half Cherokee His best friend since grade three God damn they must have been lonely From Dixon born to Vietnam Then back to Dixon When your friends are gone No one’s there to ask what went wrong So who’s to kill? Who’s to hate? Who’s to trust? Who’s to wait for when God ain’t knocking at your door? The only thing that anchors me is the trouble that clouds my mind It’s impossible to know if it’s truly mine Decades pass and people roll through the town What they take they show And never give up what they know So all the folk with different skin can saddle up with their kin or be buried Except of course for you, Jerry As how I’d love to spit on you but I’m too close to my own window I see my reflection in your face Now a machine helps Bud breathe As more dust settles on his sleeve He mutters to himself before he sleeps The only thing that anchors me is the trouble that clouds my mind It’s impossible to know if it’s truly mine So what would I hope to prove if I blamed people like you?
2.
Love, like hate is a game of chess Played slow like Rainbow Trout cresting the fault line Of a New York sewer line Can you see it? No, hell no It must be below you So what’s above you? And please don’t say God ‘Cause I’m still in love with you Even I Can’t let go Of that old fashioned feeling
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Here’s this joke, alright Listen for the punch line It’ll make you laugh Or cry And maybe by the end You’ll relate to this guy One day after too much Of everything and everyone He decides to do some good And being who he is The man that is Throws away every mirror he owns So long Long gone In his words “Im done comparing myself, and everyone else” And hey, that makes sense It’s like a stain that won’t come out But when he backs over a mover holding a mirror Because he couldn’t look away All he could say is “Officer, please, let me explain” So long Long gone
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The only simple way to say ‘Goodbye’ is “Bye” Or by Plane Bus Or rail Because you blend sooner Merge faster Become part of something so much larger than yourself Unless you’re tall Then you’re fucked
5.
Condor 01:56
They wait in line for him And call him by his chosen name Condor When I held my man With his head bleeding in my hands When I held my man His head was bleeding in my hands His head’s still bleeding in my hands His head still bleeds in my hands
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Candy cane Candy’s pain Candy’s name for Candy’s claim to shame Candy’s name became an American Classic Like a firework display hung in mid air Bang! Bang! Candy came with a force that swept away all pain If you know by now then you knew somehow It came and went with no bow It gets so hard to breathe In the face of company Candy’s name was born from nothing And in that world that sure is something When you got nothing you got something to prove And when you got everything there’s nowhere else to move Candy came for freedom in the free land At night Candy was an American Classic Candy’s name became an AM Classic It gets so hard to breathe In the face of company
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A Day in LA 02:25
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Roger Felgs 00:54
That’s barking you hear Codependent barking And independence Yes Independence sounds something like this “Meow” Not “Woof” But, “Meow” That’s independence
10.
Real Me 03:47
I’m just finding time To be me From work to bed And everything in between Even out there Socially A mask worn by me Who else could I be? I’m only human I don’t expect a release Look at me in my cowboy hat Don’t I look funny? Do you take me seriously? The real me Surreal indeed I got to thirty And my body tried to leave me Not figuratively I'm talking mortality here, dummy We never really grow up We get old Or maybe I’ll just forget about that And go out dancing Tonight! Dancing Just dancing You know I’ve never tried me some cocaine Maybe I’ll just go tomorrow
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When I wake up I’m gonna say a lot of stuff I’m gonna be in charge of people I’m gonna be a person of the peep hole I’m gonna fuck this city like it’s my own I want to fuck This city’s like my home I own my home That’s right But even so I’m I am Not ready Ok? Okay. I’m ready

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released February 24, 2023

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Formerly: The Duvall Sound

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