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Culver City Demos

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by Demetri Politis

 
1.
Doing Nothing 03:09
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2.
Memory Song 02:58
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Norman Bates 02:47
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Making Up Stories 02:33
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Thinking Today 02:21
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Fake Smiles For Everyone 03:13
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7.
Hearse 03:42
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recorded and accompanied by David Benitez and Jane Greely of the Black Heartthrobs at Culver City Music Factory in February of 2010 and November and December of 2008.
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released 28 February 2010
Demetri Politis - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboard, handclaps
David Benitez - bass, electric guitar on "Memory Song," and "Doing Nothing," drums on "Hearse"
Jane Greely - drums on everything except "Hearse"
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Track Name: Doing Nothing
strategy for easy living: win the lottery
buy the latest gaming system, hammock sleep and eat
everything is fine. smiling as you nod,
you give the "thumbs up sign,"
just sleep walk through your life.

doing nothing, every single day, what he told me,
was his fantasy,
wear dirty clothes and never go to work, just be.

live in an exciting city, mansion by the sea.
at night you hear the ocean roaring, when you go to sleep.
where there's always nothing wrong. no sirens, or traffic, or air that's filled with smog.
where they're putting down the guns.

doing nothing, every single day, what he told me, a life of apathy, wear dirty clothes, and
never go to work, just be
Track Name: Memory Song
Up on the stage, there’s a guy
And he plays double-bass
It’s the night
And I feel butterflies
So I think, where am I?
As I lounge on the side

You can hear people talk
And there’s bold colored walls
Filled with art
And she reads tarot cards
Lightning roars, in the dark
Wipers move on the cars

Chorus:
Not a joke not a dream, in LA, it’s raining
And I wait, as the next person plays
Will my life start today
Will I begin to change

I throw some words on a page
And a girl asks me what does it say?
Write about her, she prays
Almost time, time to play
I can feel my legs shake

I’m up on stage, the last one in line
I look in the crowd; I see no one’s eyes
But I feel fine, but I feel fine
Track Name: Norman Bates
life’s strange, life’s strange, life’s strange
mysteries everyday
this house, this yard, these pets
bent out of shape
the house was full of trash
the cops could not get passed
until they found the fact
the corpse was in the back

Chorus:
It matters, it matters, it matters
Who lives inside
Discover, discover, discover
Her son, he lied

her son, they said, was just like “Norman bates”
outside he looked just fine, but was insane
the neighbors asked him why, they seldom saw her live
his mom she never died, he said, she’s doing fine
Track Name: Making Up Stories
she dyed her hair, changed her name
crashed a dormitory
she said she read history
she got past security
pretends to be what she wants to be

the world has got her down
she's smart she thought it out
she thought she'd try another town
who knows when they'll figure her out

she's making up stories
she's playing mind games
she's doing whatever thing she needs to do
to face the day

see the girl sneaking through
the window pane
at the end of the day
everyone is insane
she just lost the campaign
her fairy dust starts to wane

the word, it got around
her world, collapses now
she got escorted out
who knows what she'll do now

all she wanted was a good life,
took advantage of some preppy folks
or was she the victim of circumstance?
Track Name: Thinking Today
Am I a human being, yeah?
Or am I a monkey
I don’t feel like thinking today
I don’t feel like thinking today

It's something you’ll never be
I see what I want to see

I’m headed for the roaaddd

Say to you, everyday
What you’ll be, you can’t change
You’re a big nothing you’re out of shape
What you’re not, never done, shut your mouth, have some fun
I control everything you’ve done
Track Name: Fake Smiles For Everyone
Turning around, to face the crowd, mascara drips, a caked up girl, waves her hand adjusts her lips,
I think gotta be, gotta be, gotta be, a beauty queen
Look at me, look at me, look at me
Now she can't believe
that it's happening

Fake smiles for everyone, in her world, artificial love, is all she’s known now her face has a big
plastic grin, but inside she’s sinking

The photographs, aren’t that bad
She tells the press
A college prank a blackmail scheme, on the internet
She makes one mistake, one mistake, one mistake, and her eyes just rain
Suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, life is all down the drain, she just goes insane

Answers the questions, answers the questions
Answers the questions with a frown
Gives up her crown
Track Name: Hearse
when your rental car, it looks just like a hearse
inside's bad, the outside's even worse
then they try to trick you like you're dirt

try to take as much dough as they can
people throw more crap out of their van
makes you feel like no one understands

years go by never change, kids grow up learn to hate
you feel like you got slapped in the face
you take a break and make sure that you say
you tried

now everyone's all got headphone plugged up ears
sitting by themselves living in fear
you feel like you're the loser of the year
and you should fly away from here, everyday
and they're finding anything bad to say, to justify what they hate

all you see when you're feeling like you're lost
makes you sad and you feel like you should stop,
have to try when the world just flips you off,
if you wait then you lose what you have got