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Old Dogs

by Joey Hines

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1.
I like the way you carry yourself You've got it made and everyone can tell You've got kingdoms under your spell You've got experience under your belt The blood and the skull so hard and soft Raw red muscle holding me up The shape of my face so hard to change No matter what I cut and paste and rearrange I love you right now I love you right now And I will always love you right now Here we go again, another sentimental friend Wants to spend the weekend on a decrescendo Cheap beer Bleak descent until we fade from earshot Did you really expect me to believe Your story of that evening Do you think I'm naive I know a joke when I see one Kneeling before me So pull down your skirt, pick up your dirty laundry Keep your hands to yourself, I don't them on me With your freeze frame chain, could it be more obvious What you came here for Turn around and walk out the door I don't wanna see you anymore I don't wanna fall into the same patterns as before I want a new hairdo, I wanna stretch my range I wanna prove to you and to myself that I can change I bet you thought you had it made You took it far, we got love in spades But it takes more than that, I'm afraid Better step up your game, lest you just get played The blood and the skull so hard and soft Raw red muscle holding me up The shape of my face so hard to change No matter what I cut and paste and rearrange I love you right now I love you right now And I will always love you right now The blood and the skull so hard and soft Raw red muscle holding me up The shape of my face so hard to change No matter what I cut and paste and rearrange I love you right now I love you right now And I will always love you right now
2.
My family has left me, my family is gone I am stuck on repeat, they are moving on To the next song, to the next big thing So excited for what the future brings But they'll only see what they want to be true They're fooling themselves, and all I ever wanted to do Was sleep all day And dream my life away Is that okay with you This house is overflowing with low priorities And the dust that's started growing is meager company And I am wondering what happened to your mix CD And all the people I thought I was gonna be And where will you turn when you remember you With your hand on my chest, and all I ever wanted to do Was sleep all day And dream my life away Is that okay with you 'Cause I've tried And I can't change I sleep to kill the pain That I can't make it through awake Awake, awake, awake I like well-prepared food It helps improve my attitude I like the color blue It makes me think of you I like staring at the moon Staying up late, watching cartoons I like the color blue It makes me think of you It makes me think of you So I suppose that's how it goes When you dispose of your old clothes You've gotta let yourself forget You've gotta knit a better fit You've gotta plan the way you stand You've gotta tweak the way you speak You've gotta mind time's ruthless grind You've gotta learn the world's turn I was a short and lonely quack A tortoise shell upon my back I don't know what you saw in me That made you make me so happy You were a senseless symbol of Everything I admire and love I never will forget those months Felt like I belonged for once But then my parents left the state We met in secret at the gate Thirteen years you said you'd wait And I was ready, to the date But you were someone new And I could not for my life say who But all I ever wanted to do I like the color blue It makes me think of you I like the color blue It makes me think of you I like the color blue It makes me think of you I like the color blue It makes me think of you And I like the color gold It makes me feel old
3.
Well I dreamed she wasn't Mormon, she had just pretended to be So that she would have a reason to break up with me So she could fuck that other guy, the tall one with the deep voice And she told me I could have her now, as if I had a choice 'Cause I was in town, and she was in town And she said meet me at your house And the way she smiled left no doubt What we'd be meeting about And I loved her just the same as I did all those years ago And she called me by my name like she did all those years ago And I felt like we became who we were all those years ago And she said it was a shame what we left all those years ago Well I thought she was a vision, so I said show me your hand She replied with a confession that more than met my demand But it all was made of sand, she had to crumble at my touch She said, I'm so sorry babe, but I can only do so much And I was with her, and she was with me And she said I love you eternally And the way she breathed was so good Felt just like I knew she would And I loved her just the same as I did all those years ago And she called me by my name like she did all those years ago And I felt like we became who we were all those years ago And she said it was a shame what we left all those years ago Well I know it was a dream, so it didn't really happen But I'm worried, 'cause I think that's what I'd really do under those circumstances And that hurts to know, it hurts to put that to the test I dream of her enough when I am not trying to get some rest
4.
Rough 06:51
Is your language without words to speak No translation to render expression weak Is your anguish read by the look in your eyes Blank pages without compromise January, Saturday afternoon Hesitation hanging in the room You were shaking, you were crying too I was hating myself for carrying you All the way to Lone Mountain and Durango That's the place where I had to let you go And the radio was singing Scar Tissue With the birds I'll share this lonely view And my brain snapped back to that Halloween You were waiting at the back gate for me It was raining all over fallen leaves It was amazing, amazing as can be But now you're pacing, and I'm looking at the floor And a lady is walking through the door She's an angel, she wants to take you away Away to some kind of better place I hope you're happy where you are I hope you can hear my guitar In the sky or in the walls Or perhaps nowhere at all But surely always here with me In memories and in dreams Part of who I am and will always be You were laid down across a counter top And the angel gave you some kind of shot And you were raging for a moment and then You were fading, and you collapsed in my hand And she was saying, you're gonna be alright Don't worry baby, but you knew that she lied Just the same way we always have to you With our shameless planetary zoo We've chained you, and we've caged you in We've restrained you and laughed at your expense I hope maybe it wasn't all so rough I only pray you found something you loved And I gave you a final glance as I Walked away to the rest of my life You were staring, but it was clear to me That those eyes, your eyes, would no longer see I hope you're happy where you are I hope you can hear my guitar In the sky or in the walls Or perhaps nowhere at all But surely always here with me In memories and in dreams Part of who I am and will always be We'll always be
5.
I can feel your heart There beneath my palm Pounding on its cage Demanding to be let out Speak softly in the darkness Don't wake the other animals I couldn't stand to have their teeth Biting at our skin I can hear your heart Calling out for something But you speak in a language That I don't understand Move slowly in the darkness The ground is gnarled and gaping I couldn't stand to hear The sound of your bones crack Maybe other animals have better luck beside you But maybe other animals can't hold you in their arms I can feel your hands The soft skin of your wrist We are both so fragile So easily torn apart Light creeps in the window A sunrise I can't welcome I can only see your features While we lie here in the dark And I can't touch your heart In the sun or in the darkness And I can't speak your language Only listen to the sounds Light creeps in the window Waking sleeping animals And the beating of your heart Is a sound so far away Maybe other animals have better luck beside you But maybe other animals can't hold you in their arms Maybe other animals have better luck beside you But maybe other animals can't hold you in their arms Maybe other animals have better luck beside you But maybe other animals can't hold you in their arms
6.
Jamie couldn't play music But she had a face And she knew how to use it To get through the days And she moved to Colorado And she brought her cat And she bought herself a condo And she got a potted plant And she called her mom and told her How her life was turning out The phone between her ear and shoulder Cigarette inside her mouth And I never was in love with her Though I think I could've been Then again I think could've been almost anything And I'm sorry that I wasn't there for Jamie Jamie never read the bible She didn't get people who did All she knew was survival Ever since she was a kid Her father didn't leave them money Just some bruises and a curse She learned to find it kind of funny She learned to fucking hate it first Jamie didn't like to wake up Very early at all So she stopped wearing makeup It didn't change what people saw And I never was in love with her Though I think I could've been Then again I think could've been almost anything And I'm sorry that I wasn't there for Jamie Jamie never got married But she knew someone who did That don't mean she didn't love me Or that I was not stupid Jamie couldn't play music That don't mean she didn't deserve To have her feelings communicated With pretty chords and words Jamie couldn't play music That don't mean she never heard it in her head And every word I said And I never was in love with her Though I think I could've been Then again I think could've been almost anything And I'm sorry that I wasn't there for Jamie
7.
Sitting here thinking about your life in its entirety I hope you knew that you were loved, especially by me I'll think about the times we shared and all the fun we had I never got to say goodbye, and I will always regret that Yeah, but someone's gotta balance the budget Yeah, and someone's gotta pay for your time So hurry up, get out of the way There's a lot of people waiting in line I'll try not to be sadder than what's appropriate 'Cause I'm sure you're happier wherever you are at They say that death is a part of life, there's no reason to be scared I'm not scared, I just wish you hadn't beat me there Yeah, but someone's gotta balance the budget Yeah, and someone's gotta pay for your time So hurry up, get out of the way There's a lot of people waiting in line Lying in the bed the same as every other night From across the hall I hear my parents start to fight It's so insane the way the world just keeps turning on Doesn't miss a beat, doesn't blink an eye when you're gone Yeah, but someone's gotta balance the budget Yeah, and someone's gotta pay for your time So hurry up, get out of the way There's a lot of people waiting in line Hurry up, get out of the way There's a lot of people waiting in line Hurry up, get out of the way There's a lot of people waiting in line

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released January 28, 2017

Joey Hines - guitar and vocals.

Songs by Joey Hines, except "Other Animals" co-written with Chelsee Bergen and "Your Favorite" co-written with Grant Evan Nordine.
Tracks, 1, 2, 3, and 6 recorded by Marcus Peña at CSN.
Tracks 4, 5, 7, and 8 recorded by Mike F. Ziethlow at Blue Lily Studio.
Album art by Kelly.

Special thanks to Paige Opp, Claire Cummings, Pumpkin Cummings, Mac Geldmacher, all the Hineses, Zachary Honea, John Jacobson, Kenneth Johnston, Ari Solache, and every pet I've ever cared for.

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Joey Hines Las Vegas, Nevada

Joey Hines is a Las Vegas-based singer-songwriter. Inspired by classic alternative & indie artists, as well as the unconventional perspectives of outsider musicians, Hines blends a knack for memorable melodies with an imaginative & heartfelt lyrical style. Listeners might be reminded of the unfiltered emotion of Daniel Johnston & the eloquent rhymes of The Magnetic Fields. ... more

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