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the stolen picassos

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and that’s the part that hurts the most with a head start on the search we still can’t close in to a future state we all could live in what a perfect place to begin
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an opening 01:24
can’t find an opening I like this sweater’s too tight sometimes some things too good to be true are still happening to you no matter what you do can’t find an opening can’t find an opening that’ll pay at the end of an earnest day what makes it all worthwhile in the end is love and friends and long weekends can’t find an opening
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the stolen picassos are here to stay though they gone away to where we just can’t say but one day we will find them
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we go down to the surface is anybody nervous? it might take a while to get to where you really wanna go you know I know I’ve taken the blame for all sorts of your pain I can’t keep it going down it’s coming up now down to the surface this spiritual circus we go down to the surface our circular purpose down to the surface put the needle on the record (put the pedal on the metal) you’re playing chess, I’m playing checkers (you’re playing rock, I’m playing metal) I can’t keep it going down it’s coming up now down to the surface this spiritual circus we go down to the surface our circular purpose down to the surface is anybody else nervous? we go down to the surface
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it’s like you said before I’ve been living in my own little world you said you could love two people at the same time with the same intensity wondering how pure love could turn to a blend did you ever think that we could be more than friends? why would you second guess things when you’re feeling them for the first time now? the closer that you get to be the person that you want to be I see that person standing in front of me! will you never trust in things you cannot see? that seem to be? more than the most that you have ever had before we had more now that the coast was clear we could continue as before with more to say more comfortable every day more wonderful it’s like you said before I’ve been living in my own little world
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they say 01:19
they say I shouldn’t want to but I do it’s sticking like glue to everything you do it’s the very thing you’ve sought oh, a penny for your thoughts somehow we got lost you found jesus, I found myself in the middle of it now wondering how you could sleep tonight I could tell we attract when we rebel
7.
they say we got off too light trading sound for pictures colors for light virtual trespassing asking for money for what once was free when love is all we mean how easy to simplify how appropriate to imply how you want it to be is how it is how you want it to be is how it is how you’d like it to be is how it is how you want it to be is how it is virtual trespassing asking for money for what once was free
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in the next life I’m gonna be everything that I was meant to be in this life in the next life we’re gonna say everything that we should say in this life this life this life we can’t outlive the time this life permits this life we can’t unlive the lie the truth forgives in the next life we’re gonna be so much better to each other than in this life this life in the next life we’re gonna believe in the next life after that one what matters is this one this life this life we can’t outlive the time this life permits this life we can’t unlive the lie the truth forgives
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the stolen picassos are hiding out though we’re finding out more about their whereabouts each and every day now
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it’s actually pretty good the way you make me feel I should accidentally we could break lots of records making love in a way it should be actually pretty good I can tell you’ve never been picked on (or picked for) or picked up quite your keep all your bad habits, now I’m sure you’ve kicked them but it’s making it so much harder to sleep it’s actually pretty good the way you make me feel I should accidentally we could break lots of records making love in a way it should be actually pretty good the something you wanted you could never quite get when you’re drowning you don’t care about getting wet you just wonder where the next breath is or was that the last? your body just relaxes there is never a good time to say this there is never a bad time too but what some might mistake for courageous was actually just something you felt you had to do it’s actually pretty good the way you make me feel I should accidentally we could break lots of records making love in a way it should be actually pretty good
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you’re good at looking good but not at much else you’re good at feeling good but not at what I felt when everything’s in service to the surface should just gleam trending on a topic of an optical dream you’re good at looking good and getting seen you’re good at looking good but not at seeing it my way you’re really good at taking my breath away one of us is affordable, the other one is free you’re good at looking good but not at looking at me when you’re looking good what do you see? you bat your lashes like you’re battening down the hatches you hit on victims like for a batting average you’re good at looking good at looking right past the cause I don’t understand you now but no one does you’re easy on the eyes but hard to love you’re good at looking good at looking good
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I’ve been living for the time when I could call you mine I have been looking for the day I think I’m finding my way and I’ve been thinking very hard and I don’t think I’m very far I’m coming home I’m starting to lose my sense of fear and I’m starting to sense that you’re near I love you more than you know I’m finally gaining a sense of home I’d walk 10,000 miles for you and I hope you can sense that I’m true and if there is a time when you’re alone you’ll soon sense that I’m coming home
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the tomorrow 01:45
the tomorrow I know is the tomorrow I don’t know the promise of each morning by the midday it never obeys hell, it seldom behaves the tomorrow that we want is what we make of today – what do you say? the solace of each evening is the time we get to spend here it’s the price of the fear of the unknown
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asked and answered do we not agree? some things get censored for the majority of the user base, losing face some things take precedence but nothing takes your place asked and answered the point is moot you’re stealing glances like you’re running away with the loot asked and answered who are you talking to? I could be shouting at a wall for all it seems to mean to you asked and answered on the count of three if you can’t listen you should listen to me asked and answered do I repeat myself? well, yes, sometimes I do it quite well and often seem lost in dream the calendar says something else but you’re still living in your teens
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it’s a little bit frightening you know me so well it’s kind of exciting you know me better than I know myself it’s a little bit frightening let’s turn down the lighting I’ve got a secret you should never tell let’s firm up the timing you live someplace but never dwell let’s burn now the findings these long days and lonely nights you know you know I’ve known them too blind dates and slowing losing your sight you’re seeing things too you’ve got so much to do
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you used to be able to smoke at shows you know, you know
18.
why do we even try at all? against all odds and not the movie either though I must say if we made it and it made a killing what would be your take? ripe for a remake and now I’m gone again ‘til god knows when but your secret is safe with me you’re lips probably not if you speak the magic words the spell it shall break ripe for a remake
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the stolen picassos send back false positives about where they live and who they love maybe you could see them from above what you remember

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the stolen picassos are two dave's strong. the stolen picassos is also the name of our debut album. flying in the face of single song downloads, this album was written and recorded to be heard in one sitting (34 minutes!). the idea is to experience it as a whole piece of which some songs blend together and some couldn't have existed without another. conjoined twins. free to download (or tip jar), free to share.

recorded in a marathon three day weekend in july 2014. yeah, 19 songs in three days. 'nuff said.

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released November 7, 2014

dave martin: vocals, guitar, bass
david richardson: drums, vocals, bass on "a perfect place to begin"

the stolen picassos was written and conducted by dave martin
recorded, engineered and mixed by david richardson at studio czar
mastered by shane taylor
cover layout and graphics by greg richardson
cover photo by barb trenda

david richardson would like to thank barb and the year of no metal.
dave martin showers thanks and love on alice for putting up with that racket in the basement, chuck stevens for lending me his gorgeous 12-string, and all those who contributed to this beast and lent us their ears.

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the stolen picassos Chicago, Illinois

members of the stolen picassos, dave martin and david richardson, live in two distant and remote lands.

they stay connected through an elaborate series of 1's and 0's sent over digital airwaves.

occasionally dave makes the trap-laden trek to david's home studio where they musically joust, cast spells and conjure new sounds.

they don't want to die. they want to record more music.
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