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AM Gold

by Andy Santospago

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    AM Gold is a collection of original songs inspired by the soft rock radio hits I marinated in as a youngster. It is a collaborative effort featuring many of my musical friends and produced by Andy Plaisted.
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1.
Remember that game, who could stay awake the longest went through everything from Tommy down to Who's next never complained about the time you had to spend with the younger child of your parents friends and we were livin' in clover, sleepover hangovers strong and tall, from a different city sunburst Les Paul that you let me strum Your rock n' roll used to pull you through wish I could go back there and talk to you when we were livin' in clover, sleepover hangovers our visits were fewer, further between Last time I saw you you were 17 punched my arm when I nearly wrecked your car guess I didn't know about one way streets I'd only ever been in the passenger seat now I know that was a very special place, a special place to be so bittersweet to be last kid standing you fell asleep and handed me the prize the day I heard that you had gone the same lonely feeling came crashing on when we were livin' in clover, sleepover hangovers livin' in clover, sleepover hangovers
2.
Morning chills me to the core Each dawn colder then the one before Missing the fire and beauty we had for a while tried to write a winter song cold rain falling, didn't take long til I made it 'bout us, what went wrong and my metaphors seemed juvenile She needs time a little more time and some sanctuary Lordy I'm hard up and blue again, She was born again in the stained glass light I need salvation to spend the night god damn, I'm getting tight with the man right with the man Stormy weather's only one of the reasons i'm a moody son our time ain't some kinda dry run for the afterlife one thing I think that guy should know she's not just another holy rolling Jane doe She's a good friend but my rock and roll dreams will never fly She needs time a little more time and some sanctuary Lordy I'm hard up and blue again, She was born again in the stained glass light I need redemption to see her tonight god damn, I'm getting tight with the man right with the man Still not ready to testify Just can't seem to say goodbye Only a fool wouldn't wink an eye and get in line She needs time a little more time and some sanctuary Lordy I'm hard up and blue again, She's a born again lady in the stained glass light got to find salvation to spend the night god damn, I'm getting tight with the man right with the man
3.
Woh don’t you want to be below
 clinging to the wings 
of some bird who knows
 the highest place to go or trail some ship
 among the Gales
 with the wind against
 the back of its sail
 seems like you’d never fail hitchhiking again 
from the gravel roads you know somewhere between the sea 
and the sun all aglow
 the highest place to go you know it's hard, 
tried to hitch it to a star
 a wagon never dreamed to roll that far now here you are Finding the truth stars need burning fuel you know they'd burn you too just passing through hitchhiking
 again from the gravel roads you know don't really care if the travels fast or slow gotta find a place a place where love can fully grow somewhere between the sea
 and the sun all aglow
 the highest place to go
4.
Forget about the despots, i'm a rec hall dancing queen Every town should have one, the rec hall I mean When doomsday quits impending we may never hear a sound So let's practice recreation til the love comes down Megaton bombs of love turn ‘round this war Free delivery from the factory to your basement floor I'll take my table tennis over that sideshow of his It's been there since the 20s, the table that is He's gunning to be president says you'll love his golden crown Think I'll practice recreation til the love comes down Ain't this just the way heaven should be like dancing games with friends Sunday open mic Juans not teaching mambo since the latest shakedown Said he'll try to warn us when the black shirts come to town I know I should get out there try to make a change walk with lady justice but she's acting strange maybe someone whacked her, dressed up in her blindfold and gown think I’ll practice recreation til your love comes down Megaton bombs of love turn round this war Free delivery from the factory to your basement floor
5.
What's the weight of a troubled mind? Could it be reunion time? putting on a yearbook smile a cruel curiosity, that photograph Funny now the tyrant of the school seems the picture of an average fool Though he carries a prize he didn't win at life Why play the game? That losin' feeling still remains He threw that girl like a stone Skipping over the waves alone She thought that he could hold her tight Mrs popularity has disappeared They were the envy of the scene Homecoming king and queen Though they carry the prize they didn't win at life Why play the game? That losin' feeling still remains While you're laughing at the ones that stayed the same you know you'd still answer to that same old nickname shared circumstances nothing more you say tell me why you play, tell me why you play Kept the tassels and the ring But you say that they don't mean a t hing though you carry a prize you didn't win at life Why play the game? That losin' feeling still remains
6.
She got this far from what she learned by playing a stolen guitar crept in the rectory basement predawn hoped it wouldn't be missed It was so wrong, but she couldn't resist stashed it in a secret place til it blew over tried to write her own redemption song had to get it out of her head laying low all summer long in the woodshed, in the woodshed and she played Carelessly picking the pieces of an old melody fumbling in the dark she held him and started to strum forgetting the trouble to come nothing ever felt so right like finding a true friend tried to write her own redemption song had to get it out of her head making noise all summer long in the woodshed, in the woodshed and she played You wouldn't know her name You wouldn't know her shame Never confessed, did her time instead all summer long out in the woodshed
7.
Chip away 03:33
Kids today think that swing is square don't need no melody they really couldn't care just wanna hear that backbeat all night long that's the way the story all unfurled the flat top cat and the steady girl twisting at the sock hop and the back of a Chevrolet she built herself a wall that night, still trying to chip away Now the Mrs thought it best that the old man never knew his only little girl had a package due package came and went to the care of the state never sitting on grandpa's knee, if only they had checked to see he might have opened his heart, let the baby stay built a wall around his pride, he’s still trying to chip away So close you can't see it anymore so high you'd hardly know there was a war but it isn't any mystery, smash a piece of history a hammer and chisel with your name chip away the boy was set adrift in the space age nothing much to do at home but hope step daddy's rage fell in the glow of television, juice and gin a child with nothing left to choose but mold green and cornflower blues staring at a comic strip waiting for a brighter day built a wall of shame fortified still trying to chip away
8.
No Villain 03:14
Friend, did I tell you bout my friend, allow me some despair we shed some tears, sighed and then we waved goodbye into the air Time, far too young and out of time, how could we prepare loves reason is for such a day Wine, his spirit was in the wine, there was enough to spare and we laughed maniacally, then before me he vanished going down the stairs Old time religion left me cold, it's hard to pay the fare loves reason is for such a day no villain can make me cry there's nothing more to fear then common scenarios of the living year and a quiet tomorrow oh man when grief it takes me by the hand i'm lost for what to say loves reason is here to stay no villain can make me cry there's nothing more to fear then common scenarios of the living year and a quiet tomorrow

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released February 6, 2017

Andy Santospago, AM gold, released 2017
Produced by Andy Plaisted
Music and lyrics by Andy Santospago
Guitars: Andy Santospago
Drums and percussion: Andy Plaisted
Bass: Dave Westner
Keyboard and string arrangements: Andy Plaisted & Andy Snatospago
Mixing: Dave Westner
Engineering: Andy Plaisted @ Electric Andyland studios, Dave Westner @ Woolly Mammoth, Josh Boughey @ The Spencer Room
Cover art: Karen Hendrickson Santospago

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