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American Love

by Fast Romantics

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1.
Everybody's tryin' to steal your heart Everybody's tryin' to steal your heart They were closing down the bar We lived too far We fell in love on someone's balcony Then, before the sun arose we took our clothes we put them on, and we went wandering Then I heard all the politicians sing "Come on, Come on" And all the televisions scream "Come on, Come on" But they can't tear us apart Don't let it end before it starts Everybody's trying to steal your heart Everybody's trying to steal your heart Here come the fast romanticizers Idolizers, hypnotizers for a piece of you And I heard all the supermodels sing "Come on, Come on" and all the empty bottles sing "Come on, Come on" But they can't tear us apart Don't need no bachelors of art Everybody's trying to steal your heart Everybody's trying to steal your heart I feel the moon pull us together but the world spins us apart Everybody's trying to steal your heart Now here they come for my heart too Oh but they can't take that from you No they don't know me like you do Everybody's trying to steal your heart Everybody's trying to steal your heart I feel the moon pull us together but the world spins us apart Everybody's trying Everybody's trying Everybody's trying to steal your heart
2.
Why We Fight 03:07
Although I couldn't afford it I bought a beat up guitar I worked ’til four in the mornin' in a broken down bar This is why we fight This is why we fight I know we're all out of money Don't let the billionaires win We ain't got much, but we're hungry it's burning under our skin This is why we fight This is why we fight Oh, come on darlin' There's a war on our TV But its alright! In our bedrooms we are free deep in the guts of me I love you violently until the dawn's early light This is why we fight This is why we fight Come put your hand on my heartbeat There is a marching band in me It sings a national anthem For an island in the sea Where everybody's somebody Where everybody’s gone free This is why we fight Now every morning when I wake up I put another bullet in my coffee cup Oh, come on darlin' There's a war on our TV But its alright! In our bedrooms we are free deep in the guts of me I love you violently until the dawn's early light This is why we fight This is why we fight This is why we fight This is why we fight
3.
You took me home on an Ontario night Out past the glimmer of your bicycle light We drank red, red whiskey from a coffee cup Those blue and white eyes shined like movies Oh, right here Through the night The stripe of your shirt The stars in your eyes I think I’m falling I think I’m falling in American love I think i'm falling I think I'm falling in American love The northern lights were like fireworks up above us And the morning gave proof that you'd still be there To hold my hand as the bombs burst all around us I think i'm falling I think i'm falling in American love Hollywood warned me you’d be comin’ around and Hollywood pumped me full of pictures and sounds But when the blue, blue ocean rises up too high You and me, we got that northern shelter Oh, right Here Through the night The stripe of your shirt The stars in your eyes I think I’m falling I think I’m falling in American love I ain't looking for a god damn institution Come on darlin, just prove that you'll still be there Oh, I know we got some cracks in the constitution But we can start the world over We can start the world over Let’s start the world over again Some buildings rise, and some buildings will fall Ain't no one in this world who can look after them all But in our bright white house we play the man in black Singing songs he knew would live forever Oh, right here Through the night The stripe of your shirt The stars in your eyes I think I’m falling I think I’m falling in American love Oh, right here At the end of the night Like an old movie It's gonna turn out alright I think I’m falling I think I’m falling in American love
4.
Get Loved 03:40
See all I've done, honey Been a gold, been a platinum honey Gettin down in the milk and honey ‘cause I wanted to I've had my fun, honey Skinny dipped in a lake of money Gettin' drunk with the easter bunny ‘cause I wanted to But all I really want is you You know that I would give it all up for you All up for you, you know that I'd do it ‘cause I wanna get loved Get loved, Get loved Get loved, Get loved Now I ain't ever been a lonersome man, baby Traded talk with some leading ladies I been to mars in a moon mercedes Saw the sun was just a star I've smoked all kinds of flowers Now I got these super powers Like a bird to your window tower I would fly to you But if you'd rather that i climb to you Don’t you know that I would give it all up for you All up for you, you know that I'd do it ‘cause I wanna get loved Get loved, Get loved Get loved, Get loved
5.
We're gonna die Yeah, I can see it in your eyes And you can see it in mine It's in the way that they shine They sparkle and sting They close and they open For a few golden years And then they close up tight And after that i don't know what happens But i'm sure it's alright I'm sure it's alright And now that i know I'm gonna treat my baby right And I'll call up the enemy Thank him kindly for a hell of a fight I'm gonna wash my face I'm gonna cut the lights And I'll be ready for the night Ready for the night Ready for the night Ready for the night You're gonna die I know I shouldn't sing it in a song ‘cause they can't play that on the radio Who the fuck would wanna sing along? But it's got a pretty good beat Can make a body move itself through time Through every pop star thrust A little last minute lust Until we all sing the refrain 'til it all goes white again And now that i know I'm gonna treat my baby right And i'll tell her i love her Spin around her like a falling satellite I'm gonna wash my face I'm gonna cut the lights And I'll be ready for the night Ready for the night Ready for the night Ready for the night I think I’m ready for the night I think I’m ready for the night I think I’m ready for the night I think I’m ready for the night
6.
Radio Waves 03:31
Radio waves Radio waves Out in the daylight You won't see me no more I'm just a radio wave Washing up on your shore How does it feel You're the brightest star up in space Don't need our bodies They only get in the way Me and my baby go out Catch a radio wave Me and my baby go out Catch a radio wave Radio waves Washin' over me Radio waves Watching over me Talking with Jesus On my satellite phone He says in heaven Everybody's alone But down here I can feel you from A million miles away Moving right through you I'm just a radio wave Me and my baby go out Catch a radio wave Me and my baby go out Catch a radio wave Oh, the sun and the moon are just a sound And everyone you love is just a sound We gotta hold on to each other ‘fore we lose ourselves Before the signal goes down Me and my baby go out Catch a radio wave Me and my baby go out Catch a radio wave Me and my baby go out Catch a radio wave Me and my baby go out Catch a radio wave
7.
Julia 03:22
I turned on the bedroom light But she was sound and sleeping So I went sleepwalking With Mary Magdalene I woke up, uncrossed my fingers Drugstore love was fun But you know, it can’t be wise To look into your eyes Wait, just for a second now Julia, I think I’m finally gettin’ through to ya Julia, I think I’m finally gettin’ through to ya Oh, Julia I spent a million nights by candlelight I sailed 99 seas, saw sightly sights I gotta get her free She’s the one for me Old love is blind, it looks behind All them mean girls mountaineering womankind I gotta get her free She’ll come back to me Yeah, I hear her coming now Julia, I think I’m finally gettin’ through to ya Julia, I think I’m finally gettin’ through to ya Oh, Julia So take your heart down to the water I’ll stick a sail in your heart Throw it into the sea I think it’s coming back to me I see it coming back to me Hey, don’t wanna get too sentimental Julia, I think I’m finally gettin’ through to ya Julia, I think I’m finally gettin’ through to ya Julia, I think I’m finally gettin’ through to ya Julia, I think I’m finally gettin’ through to ya Oh, Julia
8.
Alberta 04:30
After one gin and tonic, you were on your way I remember calling down my hallway and convincing you to stay But now ever since I left, you ain't ever left me how'd I ever leave a lover who could love me so sweetly? Stayin' out all night in the city of goodbyes My friend Tim could put tears in our eyes Yeah he'd laugh so big about it all 'til the whole town cried Alberta Alberta I know it won't be hard to find yourself a new man I remember cryin' out in mission Bobby found me with his car He took me out for a beer at the closing time bar I said i didn't wanna leave her, but i didn't wanna stay He said it doesn't really matter and we laughed it all away And Tim's got me tearing up again Him and me, we were such fast friends Yeah we'd talk so big about our lives like they'd never end Alberta Alberta I know it won't be hard to find yourself a new man I've seen the California sun and the New York street I met the prettiest girl I think i'll ever meet You know, the sun in the east is shining bright on me But I left three white crosses out on Calgary Yeah, Tim's got me tearing up again I can live without you, but give me back my friend We'd talk so much shit about our lives like they'd never end Alberta Alberta Alberta Alberta
9.
You were a refugee I was a soldier's son But we couldn't sleep there together So on the night of the storm We cut and run It was just you and me and the weather You and me and the weather We'll start again Put our hands on our hearts as the plane starts to land We'll start again Oh, I do not remember letting anything end The truth is We're just kids without a country We're just kids without a country We're just kids without a country We went out on the fourth of july You were wearing my sweater God knows it was too hot for it that night But you and I, we know better You and me and the weather So let’s start again Pull our hands from our heads, and let a little sunlight in We'll start again But oh, I do not remember where we're going or where we've been But the truth is We're just kids without a country We're just kids without a country We're just kids without a country It’s just you and me and the weather It’s just you and me and the weather It’s just you and me and the weather It’s just you and me and the weather
10.
Runaway Girl 03:30
You and me both got two stories that we tell ourselves each morning But with a kiss, plots twist ’til nothing sounds the same we gotta tear out the pages and change our names Go, put on your disguise, we’re leaving tonight Oh, put on your disguise, we’re leaving tonight Baby, come on let's go You and me, we're gonna Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway girl You could be my Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway girl You say you're sick of electric city All your friends so dead-end pretty Oh, put on your disguise and say your goodbyes Oh, put on your disguise and say your goodbyes Oh, I don't care where we go You and me, we're gonna Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway girl You could be my Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway girl Ain’t nothing left for us here We’ll trade ourselves in for a new generation Take a rusty old boat to the U.S. of A Oh come on, just keep running Run all over the world Ain't no ocean gonna keep me from you Be my runaway girl Dress yourself up in that red, or white, or blue Kick the shadows from our shoes Come on and Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway girl You can be my Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway girl Just you and me my Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway girl Take me with you Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway girl
11.
Tell all our friends for me I won’t be at the party I’ve come down with something That’s tearing up inside me Been watching in circles Films about other people Put up to push down those Free thinking feelings, crashing down How long is this gonna last? How long is this gonna last? How long is this gonna last? How long is this gonna last? Slow season, you’ve got me Pinned down and breathing heavy Wrapped ‘round my hands tight I can’t see the light that’s shining How long is this gonna last? How long is this gonna last? How long is this gonna last? How long is this gonna last?
12.
Heaven's Alright For all them kids who never cheated Heaven's Alright But you and I ain't gonna need it ‘cause it feels like we'll be alive forever and ever It feels like we'll be alive forever and ever Heaven's alright But the rent is getting higher Heaven's alright If you're still afraid of fire But i'm not ‘cause it feels like we'll be around Forever and ever I know I ain't no angel Or a glorified ghost How could I know any better? It feels like we'll be alive Forever Heaven's Alright Heaven's Alright But i'd trade a tunnel of light to be yours every night Forever, forever And on and on Alright Heaven's Alright But no one's getting any action They only sing one song And it goes on and on And it's so old fashioned ‘cause it feels like we'll be alive Forever and ever I'll make a deal with my demons And the heavenly hosts We'll tell em we got it better It feels like we'll be alive Forever Heaven's Alright Yeah, heaven’s Alright But i'd trade a tunnel of light To be yours every night Forever, forever And on and on Heaven's alright Yeah, heaven’s alright But i'd trade that tunnel of light To run wild every night Forever, forever And on and on Alright

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released April 28, 2017

PRODUCED AND MIXED BY GUS VAN GO & WERNER F.
MASTERED BY BRYAN MARTIN.
WRITTEN BY MATTHEW ANGUS.
ARRANGED AND PERFORMED BY FAST ROMANTICS.

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Check out "Funeral Song" from our last LP 'Afterlife Blues', or the new single we just put out called "Julia".

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