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Who Are We Living For?

by Dispatch

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Open Up 04:46
they were looking for me when I came to they were looking for me when I came back said hey you you're looking very suspicious I said relax man get off my back I I I ain't opposed to seeking justice but you're going about it all wrong the man you're looking for does not exist he's just a figment of the higher man's tongue and they say open up we're coming inside you can't run so you may as well hide we got the place covered from head to toe head to toe open up we're coming inside what's it feel like to know you're going to die on the other side of the row so they took me down to the gallows and this boy he said to me why do you smile when the rope's around your neck I said I tell you boy when I get back I I I ain't opposed to seeking justice but you're going about it all wrong the man you're looking for does not exist he's just a figment of the higher man's tongue he’s just a victim of the higher man’s tongue and they say open up we're coming inside you can't run so you may as well hide we got the place covered from head to toe head to toe open up we're coming inside what's it feel like to know you're going to die on the other side of the row hands above your head que le via bien Step out of line and we'll fill you with lead how are we to know that you are not a liar hey don't you see we have a job to do and our job is the law job is the law you fit the description of a criminal crosser hey we believe that he is you and that is your flaw that is your flaw and they say open up we're coming inside you can't run so you may as well hide we got the place covered from head to toe head to toe open up we're coming inside what's it feel like to know you're going to die on the other side of the row
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I'd like to jettison your medicine back to where you came from you keep your bell and Edison away from my grandson stand son on your own bone don't forget the home that you came from don't let them say your name wrong just like Larry I'll take it to the hoop I make one false move in one fell swoop and then I pass it to the trigger man bow down to the sound if you still can 131-XHD I got my beautiful dutiful cargo 250 plenty of mess halls and plenty of cat calls and I can attest to the rest of the best stalls but never have I ever made a match with sickness look both ways and dispatch with a quickness give me some roy and give me some speed gather all around to the world and read on til you get to the part that's righteous it's an unbearable likeness 131-XHD I got my beautiful dutiful cargo 250
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Time Served 03:07
hold up the firing line hold up the fire walk away counting backwards from nine hold up the firing line hold steady on the trigger's time walk away counting backwards from nine holding his breath so to start his own dying time time served to the ones that left you here no people here only names soon to be put to numbers so its one in the same it's anyone's game as long as the fire flickers the throat stickers they place their bet the trouble is that no one's added it up quite yet cause when they do when they do when they do when they do it'll be a riot and the wire is down hold up for the fury to sound hold up your head from the ground or they'll keep you on it your time time served to the ones who left you here from tower to wall to guard to guard to wall ever ready for the fire to fall the confinees haven't seen the sun since the lifers let go of their irrelevant innocence but long before a single round was shot word spread from block to block to cell block they're going to take him and make an example of him for the escapees to fear the incoming of the incoming of the gun oncoming another year you either die on the inside or trying to get out the choice is yours the choice is here time served to the ones who left you here
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come now to the edge of the road you can see them all crowding around soon they'll come in and come up here let them find an effigy but they'll never find me head man I live to see you rolled away they'll never ever ever find me headman walking right in front of me don't you look in I'm not here you see dead man told me where I am to hide said he's waiting there where it's all even even you can feel them coming up through your heels and outside misconstrued the search continues the hidden afraid are never betrayed by the already found and taken away oh and in a different place the hands that hold your face are only trying only trying to keep you warm they'll never ever ever find me headman walking right in front of me don't you look in I'm not here you see dead man told me where I am to hide said he's waiting there where it's all even even even like me walk on will we walk on with our heads to the wall let them find that they'll never find us all cause they wanted a life less hidden they wanted a life but I'll never give them part of me part of me I will save my right so hard to the ground til we all lay down til we lay ourselves down you can feel them you can feel them coming
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Passerby 03:54
well I'm not crazy like my brother but its the way that I choose I don’t hang around with a sixpence when I got everything to lose would you bring my money and take from me all that I was worth cause I wasn’t worth nothing and I wasn’t yours oh don't you be a passerby oh won't you sit down and stay a while cause it's been too long since you been around sold out man from across the way he thought he heard what he heard you say hey now man your watch it shines for the bid of a second yields him forty times oh don't you be a passerby oh won't you sit down and stay a while cause it's been too long since you been around don’t wanna be a woman little child hey woman hey woman little child hey woman hey woman oh don’t ya be a passerby oh don’t ya leave me alone
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Carry You 03:11
green river flows like grass melting later it will run black down it's track into an ocean. she stands on the bridge dim light on her back well someday I will carry you I will carry you I wanna float higher above waves of electric wires and stare down onto the street I see a drunk with kiln glazed eyes telling me about the girl I should meet someday I will carry you
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D. Bits 01:34
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How Now 02:39
how now
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Lightning 04:47
we hear the dealers with the words that ride the tails of their cigarette smoke sliding through the tunnels of our ears those greasy marionettes of real bone and blood stand on the corner of Washington Square well our vision was stinging and our eyes were blurring elevator's got you rising so high seventeen floors you want so much more there's lightning on the ceiling coming from the corner of her eye somewhere horses flee from thunder somewhere the bones of a cat are buried under a garden ya well there's a radio on broken songs empty digression it won't be long wont be long til you and me are gone from here and there’s lightning on the ceiling coming from the corner of her eye we hear the dealers with the words that ride the tails of their cigarette smoke sliding through the tunnels of our ears those greasy marionettes of real bone and blood stand on the corner of Washington Square well our vision was stinging and our eyes were blurring
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Granite 02:31
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coming back coming home the queen of love enters the room silence ensues to the king what have you done to my life did you take me for a fool or for a wife I and the king is in his court counting all his diamonds one by one they do fall says the queen our pride the prince of spades is coming home be nice if you could find some time alone after all he's in line for the throne and the king is in his court counting all his diamonds one by one they do fall oh they do fall so now just get up off your ass leave all your treasures behind your son is coming home with you to spend time show him how a good king should be and don't ever forget the day that you turned your back on him and me still I stay
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Parade Speed 01:39
wanna be your bread and butter wanna be the honey in your jar
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Headlights 04:22
headlights highways your life collides with mine oh your life collides with mine leaving our shoes behind we cross the water our words flow from mouth to mouth to mouth like fish seeking dark places the misty mist it covers covers our traces it covers our faces so long to what’s done so much times been wasted so many thoughts been lost on headlights highways your life collides with mine oh your life collides with mine we're stepping into shelter we’re moving out of shadow we made some wrong moves along the way oh we might have strayed will I forget your face and your fluid gait will I will I stare into the stillness this is where I miss you so long to what's done so much time's been wasted so many thoughts been lost on you headlights and highways and your life collides with mine with mine oh your life collides with mine headlights highways, your life collides with mine smoke heats the black throat of the chimney the door is open come on inside
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Blood 03:06
one old man a ten hour day and not a dime to spare playing on his pawn shop horn and breathing into the air I've got more coal to fire and another soul to feed little old lady left the scene about an hour ago her purse was filled all her silver unsold little old lady had a mouth but nothing to say despite her allegiances she has found a way even a blind squirrel needs a nut yea do rebut that and if you open up your mouth you better shut that it's never ever gonna go away I'm homeless God bless good day would that I were you would I be free and would that you were me would you burn or flee oh we went down to sit still oh to sit still doing time oh the old street doing fine doing fine
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Gone 04:49
you got your electricity the heat is on high you can’t keep your eyes away from the TV you walk outside with your face on the ground too tired to hear the sound of a child on the rooftops and he was kicking off slate do you remember when you were a boy and you were void of hate because I know a place where the smiles last for days and the people celebrate at the drop of rain they last for days they go outside on the barefooted ground they can hear the sound but switch back to the first world the smiling face on a TV a man walks out of a square house into a square car and he wonders what happened to me and don’t ask him where he’s going cause he doesn’t know when he’ll be back he sits there in his car with the keys in his lap well have you figured it out have you figure it out cause I haven’t got a clue I was crossing the tracks I saw a big yellow light coming for me what happened to the blinking red lights they must have run out of batteries and I should stand up for my friends because I believe in them and if someone puts them down why am I silent till the end you better smile when I say hi because I’m smiling whenever you’re nearby well I guess you don’t make a big deal out of anything anymore and you pass a car turned over on the side of the road you contemplate a reversal of the roles but you don’t pull over to help you’ll forget about it three seconds down the road well have you figured it out have you figure it out cause I haven’t got a clue and I held everything against you because you see you never held anything at all against me you better smile when I say hi because I’m smiling whenever you’re nearby well I guess you don’t make a big deal out of anything anymore and I was crossing the tracks I saw a big yellow light coming for me what happened to the blinking red lights they must have run out of batteries now you just forget about it all cause all your things are gone gone
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the microphone explodes shattering the molds ya either drop the hits like de la o or get the fuck off the commode with the sure shot sure to make the bodies drop drop and don't copy yo don't call this a co-op error rains drenching quenching the thirst of the power dons that five sided fist-a-gon the rotten sore on the face of mother earth gets bigger the triggers cold empty ya purse rally round the family with a pocket full of shells they rally round the family with a pocket full of shells weapons not food not homes not shoes not need just feed the war cannibal animal I walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a library line up to the mind cemetery now what we don't know keeps the contracts alive and moving they don't gotta burn the books they just remove them while arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells rally round the family pocket full of shells
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5 / 4 01:32

credits

released October 10, 2000

Produced by John Paul Gauthier and Dispatch
Engineered by John Paul Gauthier
2nd Engineer - Aaron Franz
Programming and ProTools at Bongo Beach - www.bongobeachproductions.com
Engineer - John Mailloux
Three Mixes by Jeff Glixman
Additional Production on Everybody Clap, How Now and Douggie Mayu's by John Mailloux

All Songs Recorded at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, NY and Lakewest Recording Studio, West Greenwich, RI between 12/99-5/00

Except Headlights and Prince of Spades*
Recorded at London Brdige Studios, Seattle, WA
Engineered and Produced by Rick Parashar
Assisted by Brandon Vaughn
*Engineered by Brandon Vaughn
*Produced by Brad Corrigan and Brandon Vaughn

All Songs Mixed at Blue Jay Studios, Carlisle, MA
*Granite, Douggie Mayu's, Everybody Clap, Parade Speed, 10Ft, 5Ft, Bag 'Em Mixed at Lakewest Recording Studios, West Greenwich, RI
All songs mixed by John Paul Gauthier
*Open Up, Even, Time Served mixed by Jeff Glixman

All Songs Mastered by Ted Jensen, Sterling Sound, New York, NY
Additional tracks mastered August, 2004 by Seth Foster at Universal Mastering
Gone recorded 5/96, live at Middlebury College
Engineered by Mark Christensen
*Bulls On Parade written by Zack De La Rocha, Brad Wilk, Tim Commerford, Tom Morello, Retribution Music/BMI

DISPATCH is:

Repete - vocals, bass

Braddigan - vocals, drums, percussion

Chetro - vocals, guitars, percussion, trombone

Management - Steve Bursky
Legal - Joe Brenner
Artwork and Design by William Quigley - www.quigleyart.com
Art Layout - Leif Heimbold
Photography - Annie Briggs
All Songs written by Dispatch, Talk Stretch Publishing/BMI

Thank you's:
Many thanks to all Corrigans, Heimbolds, Urmstons, Medemas, Wellivers… Gary, Geoff, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Elaine, Jake, and Jesse Gauthier, Paula Mailloux, John cohan and the Tarbox Ramblers, Sheila (mamma swoop) for the many dispatches, and mama Heimbold for the good meals, lil' Reilly, Eamonn, Leif and Charlotte Heimbold, Chaser, Bill Quigley for all the great artwork, Rick Parashar, Jeff Glixman, Brandon Vaughn, Dags and Sarah, Eyvind, the Willis's for letting us jam in their barn, Bess and Lav, Annie Briggs and her camera, Robin at Edison Press, Geoff "the cook" Burke, team Pendergast, J Boob and Marcel, Rich Price, Tyson, Howis Your News, Brunswick and G.A., Shane, Rebecca, Cade and all at Sportslife, cousin Pauly and the Hovis clan, Aaron and Pattie at Bearsville, Will and Bob at Blue Jay, Dave Dederer, Tom at Lakewest, Mike Derry, Jason Jr. Beaumont, Kate Vassos, Steve Bursky, Brian and Bryan, Willy Boyce, Tom, Mark, DJ, Lauren Weiss, the Kroll bros, Alan Cohen, Brad Cohen, Shoshi, Mike Burton, Eric Heimbold, Far and Will Urmston, Paul Gutman, Ed & Ann Chilton, Tyler Bacon, Mr. and Mr.s Bursky and Jenny, AMCACK, Cheryl, Gaf, the Admirals, Jeff Bruecker, Josh Middel, Peter Myronius Kohn, IFW, EQ, Rit, and Pather lax, Matt Dunn, MattCochran, Brad Fleisher, Chadwich Stern, Court Chilton, Dr. Libin, Marty Richards, Bob, H-bomb and team McConahey, Benny and his trumpet, Agents of Good Roots, Rustic Overtones, Lee Sloz, Vic for the Amp repairs, Crazy Jane of the silver seas, Sybil and the Gallaghers, CHuchita, Corby Reese, Ras Halbyis, Anthony, Dave and Mary Catherine, Sergeant Matondi and the Sherbron Police Department, STONEWALK, Tim Lagerborg, Emma Gibbis Band, Vic T., the Stofest 99 crew, Patrick A. Weej, Oaks, Wheels, Dignan, Anderson, Craig and the Surfing H, Carrie Lynn, Sweet Amy Manning, Capt. Bill and C-dar, Richardsonis Jeep, Sandy at Best Western, Rose's Auto, Greg Rogers at Chillybear, J.P. and Patagonia, Nantucket Nectars, Inez, Vater Sticks, Dj ills Mitsakos, Kevin and Kristin and Atomic, Buzzy and Wendy, Joe Brenner, Joe Penachio, Clint and Sunday Slide, Geoffrey Stokes Nielsen, the Calilama, Neil and Otto's, Mendel & Cabaret Diosa, Emu, the Sherborn P.O., Jake and all at the Wetlands, Chris Zahn, Andrew Stahl and Gamelan, the Middle East, Sims snowboards, Caroline Lalive in 2002, Hysj Hysj, Mark Hand, Alex Larsen, Paal Larsen, Jabberwocky, Arthur Bradford, Lol & Tots, Peggy Brown and alas... the mighty Wimpster.

Special thanks to Jack Gauthier and John Mailloux for their endless support.
We could not have made this record without them.

Dispatch would also like to formally challenge Incubus to a game of hoops.

Dispatch plays Soldano, David eden, DW Drums, Rickenbacker, Fender, Paul Reed Smith, Gibson, Music Man, Modulus, Mesa Boogie, Gallien Krueger, Zildjian, DR handmade strings, Ernie Ball, Taylor, Vater Sticks, Takamine, National, Dobro, Jim Bay, James conger, Lp, et al...

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