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1.
Break Me In 02:38
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come on baby break me in come on baby wear me down come on baby take me out and run me round i don't want to stay pristine i won't tell if you won't tell come on baby don't you leave me on the shelf you can use me but baby if you do use me well come on baby ride me rough come on baby set my sail come on baby run my engine down your rail i don't want to stay brand new come on baby show the way come on baby teach me all the words to say you can use me but baby if you do use me well all these days i've been adrift all these nights stuck in my mind you can save me from all this you can rescue me in time if leave i'm purposeless come on baby take my hand come on baby fill my cup come on baby start a flame and burn me up you can use me but baby if you do use me well
2.
New America 04:39
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it's the way that they smile with their foot on your throat like they know something you don't it's the way that they look through you like a ghost do they know something you don't don't you doubt it don't you doubt it now it's the way that the head's too big for the crown gotta get out of this town it's the way that you drip drip drip til you drown gotta get out of this town don't you doubt it don't you doubt it now yea yea it's okay it's the way that you lie about what you love you know you're never enough it's the way that your push only comes to shove you know it's never enough don't you doubt it don't you doubt it now yea yea it's okay it's the way that they take you straight to the ground when no one else is around it's the way the bone breakin' makes no sound when no one else is around don't you doubt it don't you doubt it now yea yea it's okay walking though the grocery store lookin' over your shoulder hey yea yea it's okay
3.
The Charlatan 03:25
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hey kid do you wanna see a trick that'll make your head spin that'll make your brain sick nothin' up my sleeve nothin' in my hand welcome to the house of a charlatan be careful as you can nothin' up my sleeve nothin' in my hand hey kid do you wanna know the truth do you wanna see the things that i can do nothin' up my sleeve nothin' in my hand welcome to the house of a charlatan be careful as you can nothin' up my sleeve nothin' in my hand i'm telling you the truth now darlin' there's no one else but you now darlin' and what would be the use of loving anyone else hey kid are you stuck in line waitin' all day for a little more time tryin' to find that inside track if you're gonna jump ship then you gotta swim fast and be careful as you can nothin' up my sleeve nothin' in my hand i'm telling you the truth now darlin' there's no one else but you now darlin' and what would be the use of loving anyone else well there's a place in the wood where the sun don't shine where the rain don't fall where the girls don't mind there's a little bitty cave with a stain on the wall and the broken branches the bones and the skulls say: i'm telling you the truth now darlin' there's no one else but you now darlin' and what would be the use of loving anyone else consider all the clues now darlin' they all point back to you now darlin' and what would be the use of loving anyone else hey kid do you wanna see a trick that'll make your head spin that'll make your brain sick nothin' up my sleeve nothin' in my hand welcome to the house of a charlatan i'm telling you the truth now darlin' there's no one else but you now darlin' and what would be the use of loving anyone else consider all the clues now darlin' they all point back to you now darlin' and what would be the use of loving anyone else
4.
We Are Turning A Corner 03:13
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we are turning a corner we are turning a corner so leave well enough alone leave well enough alone or don't you really know we are moving it forward we are moving it forward so leave well enough alone leave well enough alone or don't you really know we are taking the initiative we are breaking breaking down we are taking the initiative we are breaking breaking down we are parlez-vous-ing we are parlez-vous-ing the same old francais the same old francais or don't you really know we are deep in the bottle we are deep in the bottle and we're losing all control we're losing all control or don't you really know we are taking the initiative we are breaking breaking down we are taking the initiative we are breaking breaking down i don't really want to know the story that you're telling to me i don't really want to know i don't really want to know the answer that you're holding for me said i don't really want to know we are taking the initiative we are breaking breaking down we are taking the initiative we are breaking breaking down
5.
Problems She Posed 04:00
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can't you wait for anything anymore don't you wonder what else you might have to give or what you might get made the hour drive back by yourself said you didn't know what you should expect but you're not giving up yet oh... you broke up with her because you got bored with all the things that you said she never did and you made her so upset now you see her brother on facebook you never talk about the words you both regret and you two still aren't friends oh, all the pieces that had puzzled you oh, all the paces that she put you through oh, all the problems that she posed for you are gone you bumped into her at the hometown bookstore she was chasing down one of her two kids and you were there waiting for your friends she said her dad's not a pastor anymore i guess he always liked working with his hands and her mom is in cleveland oh, all the pieces that had puzzled you oh, all the paces that she put you through oh, all the problems that she posed for you are gone just gone and there's a giant sized hole in your life where you kept all the dreams that you dreamed of her and you still aren't sure oh, all the pieces that had puzzled you oh, all the paces that she put you through oh, all the problems that she posed for you are gone just gone gone gone gone
6.
The Recruiter 04:01
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can ya take the kill shot go for the throat can ya hang a hook from the end of your rope gotta fill it up with some fresh volunteers tonight your blood is pumpin' and your heart is broken your stomach settled to the top of your throat gotta sing it out for the fresh volunteers tonight are you lonely are you scared are you lost and unprepared are you wishing you were where you were again will you die a coward's death telling lies with your last breath making lists of all your long regrets again you stand alone in front of banks of lights you spit your poison on the tip of the mic gotta get it out and it's got to be tonight your wounds are open so you point to your scars you do it for the new recruits to the cause you get it out cuz it's got to be tonight are you lonely are you scared are you lost and unprepared are you wishing you were where you were again will you die a coward's death telling lies with your last breath making lists of all your long regrets again or will you take your tools out and sharpen them bright til the words ring our like the pull of a knife blade roll up your sleeves got some work to do tonight cuz you're a surgeon looking for some proof of your heart you're a hunter stalking something deep in the darkness roll up your sleeves got some work to do tonight are we lonely are you scared are we lost and unprepared are we wishing you were where we were again will we die a coward's death telling lies with our last breath making lists of all our long regrets again again
7.
Wreck Me 02:59
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i'm not asking you to wreck me i just want to see our hearts collide sending up a cloud of glass and debris letting everybody see what's inside like you didn't already know i'm not tryin' to be no mystery i just want to take up all of your time baby let's get down to it and agree to do whatever we both have in mind like you didn't already know i'm not tryin' to make you fix me i just want to tell you all of my lies i'm not tryin' to make you kiss me i'm jut waiting here for you to decide like you didn't already know there's nothing we don't know there's nothing we can't know there's nothing we won't know no, no i'm not asking you to wreck me i just want to see our hearts collide sending up a cloud of glass and debris letting everybody see what's inside like you didn't already know
8.
Principal Practice 03:11
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it's the principal practice expressed between radicals like you and me it's the opiate for all the masses coming clean without relapse it's the mythical magical modern ex-miracle that we can see it's the loneliness of love and laughter staring straight into disaster whoa, whoa, whoa it's the typical terrible tawdry tyrannical tomorrow we seek it's the infinite split into sadness with over under sideways passes whoa, whoa, whoa it's the principal practice expressed between radicals like you and me whoa, whoa, whoa
9.
Lonely Spark 04:06
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when you break it down to its smallest part there is a spark in you and me it can get confused with a broken heart but there is a spark in you and me there is a lonely spark where is that lonely spark you can see it best when the world is dark there is a spark in you and me it can take your breath away and do you harm there is a spark in you and me there is a lonely spark where is that lonely spark that sails away from the world we've known that swims upstream alone the journey's long but from the start there is a spark in you and me as we slide away from safer harber there is a spark in you and me there is a lonely spark where is that lonely spark

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released October 31, 2018

Recorded and mixed by Bryon Dudley at the Spacement.
Mastered by Carl Saff of Saff Mastering

Album art by Jesse Graber

The Cautionaries are:
Ben Schrag, Vocals, Guitar
Cal Rebhuhn, Cajon
Jim McNamara, Upright Bass
Sara Goplin, Violin

Written by Ben Schrag

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Ben Schrag & The Cautionaries Ames, Iowa

The Cautionaries are:
Ben Schrag, Cal Rebhuhn, Jim McNamara, & Sara Goplin

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