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Total Wrecks & Unemployment Checks

by The Hulls

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1.
Forty Hours 02:43
You know I don’t have much So I’m holding on to anything that I can touch They can try to drag me down So I’ll stay connected with my feet upon the ground Every lie they say to me I can see right through No they’re not controlling me And the time I spend today Compensated by a petty meager wage Forty hours I’ve got Forty hours They’ve got me I don’t have time to waste ‘Cause life is getting shorter with every passing day I want to live my life Can’t spend forever making someone else’s dime I can’t afford to wait Got to take my chances as they come my way Who’s got an answer for me? I’ll thank you kindly for the fortune that it brings
2.
We’ve got endless war and a violence addiction We’ve got broken homes and don’t know how to fix ‘em There are no jobs, no money in our pockets The ship is sinking and we don’t know how to stop it Last call for the land of the free Where is the American Dream? Is there any hope for our daughters and our sons? Instead of books, we buy more guns The politicians are all on the take Sold out the country and bailed out the banks Last call for the land of the free Where is the American Dream? This is an SOS from a sinking ship
3.
Today was a day that I wouldn’t change Except for when you walked away I never saw it coming, baby, this time Of all the things I could have said Of all the thoughts there in my head I reached back for the same old tired lines I really should have learned by now I really should be better somehow I really think there’s something wrong with me All these years and none the wiser The future never looked much brighter Everything always changes, but me So many friends have moved away Maybe I can visit someday I’ve got to scratch and save up every dime I wish I could get out of here I really can’t take another year I’ve got to sever all these ties that bind
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No Quarter 02:18
Ever feel like your back's against the wall? There's no escape, so get ready for the fall So confused, you can't tell wrong from right All you can do is get ready for the fight In for a penny, I'm in for a pound No quarter taken 'til I'm dead in the ground And I'm gone In for a penny, I'm in for a pound No quarter given 'til I'm dead in the ground And I'm gone Take some advice my friend The light you see, it's not the end It's a freight train, and it's bearing down So steel yourself, and stand your ground In for a penny, I'm in for a pound No quarter taken 'til I'm dead in the ground And I'm gone In for a penny, I'm in for a pound No quarter given 'til I'm dead in the ground And I'm gone
5.
Lynn Says 02:04
Lynn says she’s over and done with me Lynn says her love don’t come for free She never had a problem with me buying every drink Now I’m broke, and all she’s doing is adding to her ink Lynn says she wishes she had some pot Lynn says she’s looking for something I’m not She walks around the house complaining all the time She sends me out for pizza and bottle of red wine Lynn says I’m the best she’s ever had I don’t know why she treats me so bad If she could stop talking shit for just a little bit Maybe she can see it really isn’t me that put her out to sea Lynn says she’s over and done with me Lynn says her love don’t come for free She never had a problem with me buying every drink Now I’m broke, and all she’s doing is adding to her ink Lynn says...
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Fall Apart 02:30
Walking down this dead end street Where I belong? Every time I take my time I’m left here with this song How many times have I said goodbye Just to return again? It’s another day in a drunken haze I’ll see you later my friend The corner cutter’s cutting out While I’m holding up the bar If I leave, it will fall apart Drowsy and philosophical In a far off drunken state Punch my ticket, please Show me to the gate I’m never sure of the trouble I’m in Until it’s far too late The spotlight’s gotten too bright I best be on my way The corner cutter’s cutting out While I’m holding up the bar If I leave, it will fall apart It will fall apart
8.
Hey Girl 03:20
Hey Girl, you don't know where I'm gonna go without you Take my side, come along for the ride Maybe we'll see what tomorrow might bring You think you know, but you don't know what you mean to me You walk by and don't say hi I don't think the sun will come up I'd love you if you'd let me in, but you won't I'd leave you if you told me, but you don't What the hell's a boy supposed to think? I Guess that I'll just sit here and drink Think of all the time I wasted standing in your line Would have given anything For just a chance to make you mine All the time I wanted to be the first thing you saw when you woke Now look at your hands, the red you see is from my heart When it broke I'd love you if you'd let me in, but you won't I'd leave you if you told me, but you don't What the hell's a boy supposed to think? I Guess that I'll just sit here and drink
9.
This is a song for the workers of the world For the ones who are ever straining To hold up the weight of a world that’s so inclined And stacked against so high When the bell tower rings and the time to quit is near And you heart just won’t stop beating You can smile for the sake of the product that you make As your weekend days are here You’ve had it up to here with fighting to get by And you’ve had all the shit that you can take Go in Monday morning Unite and send a warning that the working man won’t break The bosses and their lot in positions mighty high Are nothing without you Don’t think you’re unimportant Don’t ever give up wanting A better life for you It’s easy to be fooled When you’re not the one in control Stand up and fight back before it’s too late They’re going to take advantage of any weakness that we show So tell them that our will and spirit won’t break!
10.
Wish I could say that I've never been better, if I did that would be a lie Everyday gets harder to see over the shit piled up so high I've set my sights so low I think I'm just staring at the ground I see my mistakes all over the place, I wonder why I stay around I know someday things are gonna change I know someday will be alright I know the world is always this way Day after night I've made plans and tried to do the very best that I can No matter what I try to do, it's just castles made of sand Each time I've lost my halo, it' takes so long to find again Pick it up from the gutter and continue spitting in the wind I know someday things are gonna change I know someday will be alright I know the world is always this way Day after night I've never been better And I'll never be alright
11.
Cheap Wine 01:49
12.
The meaning gets lost when you give all you've got And nothing turns out the way that you thought The end was so clear and then it's taken away In the blink of an eye, in the cold light of day Keep your time card ready, it's a mystery punch-out Keep your voices steady when you ask what it's all about They're making it seem as if you've got a chance Of winning this game, it's pure happenstance They're keeping you poor under mountains of debt A life full of struggle is all that you get Keep your time card ready, it's a mystery punch-out Keep your voices steady when you ask what it's all about Make up your mind already, there's no time for fear and doubt You're working all your life You struggle to get by You waste your precious time You can only wonder why You work as hard as you can To give more to the man And all you get is a brand new secondhand

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released December 12, 2015

Guitar & Vocals: Kevin MacKenzie
Guitar & Vocals: Jess Corbett
Bass & Vocals: John Meah
Drums: Bob Rock

Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Jason Duguay at Project Sound Recording, Haverhill, MA.

Artwork by Jamie Slenker, Nick Healy, & Kevin MacKenzie

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From 1872 until 1977 The Hull Brewing Company brewed beer in New Haven, CT. Proud of their local heritage and avid beer consumption, the boys from the Hulls felt the name fit like a glove.

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