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Black Cat Country

by John Malcolm Conant

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1.
Field Song 03:16
Empty like a field letting the blue moon tickle you Beneath those grasses, daisies, marigold, chrysanthemum a night in May an empty date Criss-crossed with fences and signs that say: "private property" "no trespassing" Faded in the rain rusted, curled up, cracked and tamed waiting to be reclaimed Will I get misty if the sun offers to kiss me at dawn? Or pretend to sleep again?
2.
Death Waltz 03:00
Straight and narrow you put a stake through my brain that pinned me up on the fingerboard of a cheap double bass And that kept me standing it kept my back straight and let me move with you when the music changed Now I'm dead I am alcohol just curing my taste I'm feeding a culture so I don't go to waste And you can lock me up down in some dark cool place just check on me when you want to feel empty This dance is for anyone deader than me...
3.
I Wanna Luv 02:39
I wanna love with an April Birthday all hunched over on a green roadbike I wanna love with septum piercing who doesn't like a single song I write I wanna love making out on park benches in the middle of the night I wanna love... I wanna love that doesn't like being called baby that gets mad at me when I mix up left and right I wanna love that lives in the same place as me that my momma has to try to like I wanna love that doesn't ask me why I'm shaking when I am eaten up by fright I wanna love... I wanna love that grew up in Maine that visited LA in 2005 I wanna love that owns a table I wanna love that is alive I wanna love that I have never, ever, seen before in my whole life I wanna love...
4.
Life is good but I still like your songs They're in my head, I just can't sing along yet and I look good on my own writing songs about you on my phone taking the long way home from Jordan's house it feels good to be out Life is good and I hope you're well I hope you're already writing songs about someone else I still don't like being alone but it sure is easier than talking to people I don't know Life is good but I miss your dog
5.
I just wanna be chill I don't wanna be no playboy I just wanna be a super fly momma with a swag Ohana tattoo And I don't wanna be smooth I don't wanna complicate you I just wanna get all whacky with my homies any time that I am lonely and blue that's all I wanna do... And I don't wanna look fresh I just wanna feel sexy Put on my shorts and a bandana take a pic send it to Hannah and my dudes No I'm not tryna make moves or even really talk to you I just wanna dress up sexy then start texting all my homies with our lonely cowboy nudes that's all I wanna do...
6.
I been making love every night To my lady when she comes by And she braids my hair and whispers that I'm gonna be alright Like the pattern on a drawbridge before she winks at me goodnight and the weight of her near me stretches out the sky as thin as Autumn snow so the cracks in the ceiling get to sighing that we make them feel alone I want her to keep it I want her to lock it up but when I see her in the morning that one eye is always shut Maybe she loves to keep me biting Maybe she doesn't give a fuck but when she comes a-hunting it's through the last day of the month
7.
Walking home late in the rain rediscovering an old neighborhood that used to be on my way a little more often and I'm thinking of you all the sides of this town I wish I could show you it is wet and quiet and perfect tonight, and maybe it is just for me which is lonely but I think has to be true I like the shape of your heart like the houses on University And I will give you my all except this part of me, it ain't leaving Falling asleep and kind of writing a song about brushing off the table being gone No I don't wanna talk right now I am doing something like mourning Mourning the dawn And I'm looking forward to cutting off my silly beard I think I'm gonna have you do it for me in LA next week when I'm out there I hope I see a sunset over the desert and if I pass away a little bit, you know that's okay You can bury me in the woods behind the YMCA with my old friend the cat and the lupin that will be springin up in May Goodbye, my love, goodbye Goodbye, my love, goodbye Goodbye, my love, I think forever I am going away

credits

released September 1, 2018

Peter Doyle & Nathan Roseboom play electric guitar,
Sam Ramirez plays keyboards,
Nick Jackson plays bass,
Mark Edlin plays the drums,
John plays acoustic guitar and banjo and sings,
and Jessie Brewer and Johnny Bowman sing.

Tracks 2, 4, & 6 were engineered by Jessie Brewer at Primary Sound Studios and mixed by Johnny Bowman.
Tracks 1, 3, 5, & 7 were recorded and mixed by John in Tent 19.

Extra special super thanks to Jake Belser for his mentoring and the use of his amazing studio; Graeme Martin for his engineering assistance, Cecelia Bell for loaning me her beautiful guitar, and Keaton, Jordan and Hannah for keeping me going while these songs were being written.

This album is for Johnny, Jessie, and Galileo, with love.

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John Malcolm Conant Los Angeles, California

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crunchy Country~

California x Indiana

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