B-side (To Have and to Hold, split w/Holehog)

by Bryan Lothian

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1.	You be You 01:34	download
2.	Punk is not a Job 01:24	download
3.	Waiting to Talk 01:32	download
4.	It's too Complicated 00:51	download
5.	Up Your Ass 01:18	download

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recorded 12/21 in The Cave
Somerville, MA
released 5/23
5 solo tracks from a
cassette/vinyl split with Holehog

cover art by Winston Smith

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YOU BE YOU
you be you
and I’ll be me
maybe we can live in peace
we’ll do our best to try and see
through each other’s eyes
and have some empathy
you be you, and I’ll be me
you oughta try
to understand
my point of view
but l’m not sure you want to
and I’m not sure you can
what morons want, but no one needs
is more discord, on that we can agree
that’s long been true, it’s nothing new
maybe it’s destiny that you’ll be you
and I’ll be me

PUNK IS NOT A JOB
I’ve got a job at the bottle shop
on the corner
it’s not too hard and it’s not that important
punk is not a job
if you’re singing to make a living
you’re just a rock n roller
if you strive to capitalize I might pretend
that I don’t know ya
‘cause punk is not a job

WAITING TO TALK
feathers sticking in our cap
of colonist ambition
as a trick we take the fifth
then sow this missive
bombs are going off around the clock
but we can’t hear em
‘cause we’re just waiting to talk

IT’S TOO COMPLICATED
it’s just too complicated
so says the news
I’m just an American
I’m easily confused
it’s just too complicated
it’s too hard to figure who is who
if I see an oppressive, apartheid state
I must hate all Jews
it’s just too complicated

UP YOUR ASS
so sure in your assertions of what lies
behind the curtains
every time they’re drawn you’re proven
wrong, now all we know for certain is
you don’t know shit
so take that crap
and shove it back up your ass

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released June 6, 2023

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Bryan Lothian Somerville, Massachusetts

Solo and collaboration music by Bryan Lothian,
member of A Global Threat '97-'07/Brave Cavemen '10-present.

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