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So Little

by Badlands

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    Full length album on CD. This album was first released on tape, the CD is the reissue. Comes in hard paper case with lyrics printed inside.

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1.
Standing in shadows, shelter from the dizzy sun and holding water. My hands are a wreck, but you alone have my heart most noble splinter. Out in the desert where you stood in the open, one and only.
2.
Wash 02:05
(drops are falling) Why would you complain? (and puddles forming) We desperately need rain (the sky is pouring) The crops are cracking dry (on ground so thirsty) Oh lightning pierce the sky Wash-over The hills are dead and brown And dust covers the ground The fires won't be contained We just need a little rain Wash-over.
3.
Waste 03:32
You'll say what you mean. You'll say what you need Cuz I won't be here for long, no I won't be here for long You'll take what you see. You'll take what you need Cuz I won't be here for long, no I won't be here for long Ain't it funny how we waste our days? I ain't wasting another day without you I'm wasting another day without you. You'll know what you need. You'll go where you please But I won't be here, no I won't be here for long You'll say what you mean. You'll say what you need But I won't be here, no I won't be here for long.
4.
You would wait all summer long Through the heat for the rain to wash Your smog covered leaves, covered by the street Water soaks your roots, making brand new shoots. They say you like hearing voices, it helps you to feel loved. A time and place without choices, and this is how you ended up. Some things just won't let you look away. I know you like hearing voices, it helps you to feel loved A time and place without choices and this is how you ended up You would wait all summer long Through the heat for the rain to wash Your smog covered leaves, covered by the street Water soaks your roots making brand new shoots.
5.
Bali 00:58
instrumental
6.
Wind Storm 03:01
The storm tore out the trees The wind blew stronger than we'd ever seen We're so prepared for the earth to quake and fires to burn the land But when the wind ripped through that night I heard it command- "I will blow you down-I will blow you down" Branches flying, breaking wires Showing us how easy it is to lose all power When the sun rose in the morning The damage was revealed And the next two days I learned my place In the dark, in the dust, we would wait. "I will blow you down-I will blow you down" Branches flying, breaking wires Showing us how easy it is to lose all power
7.
I used to think it was worth trying to change people's minds Until my efforts only ended up getting me in fights It's always so hard to decide Is it really that hard to decide? How're you gonna approach somebody who's making a mistake? When they see you as a threat there's no advice they're gonna take. I'm weighing consequences, thinking-is it really gonna work this time? (Gotta think it through..) Weighing consequences, acting-is it really worth my while? (Gotta think it through..) I'm wasting time thinking, when someone needs to be stopped I'm acting without thinking but something needs to happen now. Something needs to happen, something needs to happen now. They don't a fuck, life's too short to bother Might as well just take it all if nothing really matters.
8.
So Little 01:37
I paid a visit to an old family friend Second-floor apartment in old Montreal All he had was extra slippers for us and a hot tea kettle All he said was "Let's go downstairs you can see the neighbors' baby" He had so little to worry about, so little to cry about I don't know if I'll figure it out, I'll figure it out.
9.
You would wait all summer long Through the heat for the rain to wash Your smog covered leaves, covered by the street Water soaks your roots, making brand new shoots. They say you like hearing voices, it helps you to feel loved. A time and place without choices, and this is how you ended up. Some things just won't let you look away. I know youlike hearing voices, it helps you to feel loved A time and place without choices and this is how you ended up You would wait all summer long Through the heat for the rain to wash Your smog covered leaves, covered by the street Water soaks your roots making brand new shoots.

credits

released May 15, 2013

All songs written, played and recorded by Adrian Chi Tenney
Instruments: Guitar, Ukulele, Drums, Shaker, Piano
Balinese instruments: Ceng-Ceng/Gongs/Kempli/Kenong (Kajar in background played by Geoff)
Mastered by Andrew Schubert
Layout and countless other essential elements by Daryl Gussin
Cover photo by Davey Shook

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Songs about ecology, time, space, love, life, and death. Written (except for the occasional cover) and recorded by Tenney tracking instruments and vocals to create soundscapes inspired by landscapes.

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