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From the Beginning

by Scary Little Friends

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From the Beginning Dionysus, family crisis Ice age kills the moonbeams in a parody I don’t wanna see your face, I don’t wanna see your face Desperate bullwhip bite the bullet Don’t you think my eyes can see conspiracy? I’ve fallen so far from grace, I’ve fallen so far from grace I want to see the other side, I want to see the other side From the beginning, from the beginning Oh holy mountain open fountains Let come rushing in alien energy I wanna get outer space, I wanna get outer space Awkward silence end the violence Take me far away from all my enemies I feel so out of place, I feel so out of place I want to see the other side, I want to see the other side From the beginning, from the beginning
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We Are Young 03:43
We Are Young It’s summer time The revolution’s here And we must fight To protect from fear Be anything we wanna be When we live right We live as one Underneath the sky Underneath the sun Underneath everything Cause we’ve still got time, while We are, we are, we are young When we get lost We’ll be found again We’ll be like wild men We’ll be like indians forever and ever free So grab your loves We leave at dawn We’re going to the ocean We’ll be travelling on Anywhere you wanna be Cause we’ve still got time, while We are, we are, we are young
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Fix Myself 03:22
Fix Myself Well, I had a bad day And you’ve been having a bad night And you lock yourself in your room Cause you don’t want to fight We could try and be friends And both admit that we’re wrong But the pain that lingers inside As gone on for too long How do you start again When things fall apart? How am I going to fix myself Without breaking your heart? When you got the bad news You pretended not to see And that’s why I don’t go to your shows Just stay home and watch TV But my will is still good I hope we meet again someday For now I’ll be moving along Gonna make my own way How do you start again When things fall apart? How am I going to fix myself Without breaking your heart? Well, I guess the best thing for us to do Is just to beat on down the line You drink your last glass of beer, my friend As for me, I’ll have wine How do you start again When things fall apart? How am I going to fix myself Without breaking your heart?
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City at Night We got cops on the street Flashing red, white and blue When there’s a party in the Mission We don’t go out on the Avenues They’ve got burrito stands And they stay open ‘til 3am Filled with white kids from the suburbs Pretending they don’t give a damn And it’s wonderful, and it’s uptight And sometimes it’s just alright In the City at night, woah In the City at night, woah Everything seems perfect just for a little while See the crackhead screaming Down in the alley below While the homie whistles at your girlfriends Drinkin’ his 4Loko And the city noise and city fights And the shitty smells, broken traffic lights, well I know we’re gonna have ourselves a real good time Cause it’s wonderful, and it’s uptight And sometimes it’s just so right In the City at night, woah In the City at night, woah Everything seems perfect just for a little while Well, it’s beautiful and it’s out of sight We ain’t gonna stop until the morning light In the City at night, woah In the City at night, woah Everything seems perfect just for a little while In the City, in the City, in the City, in the City I know we’re gonna have ourselves a real good time
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How Do You Know This life we’re living Rolling through, wondering why Just to get some answers And then die after a while You say it’s useless But I don’t believe that’s true There’s more than me There’s more than you How do you know? You think you’ve got it all figured out How do you know What I’m going to say before I even open up my mouth How do you know? What are you talking about? How do you know? That’s how it is sometimes When loves knocks on your door And the rules you’ve lived by Don’t apply any more You say you’ll leave me And then I’ll be sad and blue But don’t think I could easily be fooled By the likes of you How do you know? You think you’ve got it all figured out How do you know What I’m going to say before I even open up my mouth How do you know? What are you talking about? How do you know? The uncertain future Is weighing heavy on my soul And you make it worse When you try and control it You’re so demanding That I have to let you know And I hope in time you just get wise So don’t apologize How do you know? You think you’ve got it all figured out How do you know What I’m going to say before I even open up my mouth How do you know? What are you talking about? How do you know?
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Devil’s Heart Well I really used to knock ‘em back I was always on attack But that was back in my younger days I’m a little older now And wisdom is a curse But do you know what’s worse? I don’t have the will to fight no more Even when I’m winning the battle I’m still losing the war And I’m playing with the devil’s heart Some old lover tore mine apart And I been gambling with the devil’s soul Cause he’s the one who’s in control I ain’t payin’ my dues again Not sure when or how it started And I’m playin’ with the devil’s heart Cause I wanna win Well I can’t see the future So I don’t tell my friends All my innermost secrets That I’ve been hiding from them And I’m bettin’ it all on red So even if I wind up dead At least I know that I gave my all If I’m going to hell Might as well have a ball (Chorus) And you only ever get one chance To get up on the stage and dance Like there’s no tomorrow You’ll never get another shot So give it everything you’ve got What can you beg, steal and borrow? (Chorus) And you’ll never get another chance There’s no tomorrow
7.
Who Will 04:22
Then Who Will I wonder what a girl like you Is doing ‘round a bar like this I don’t know if you’re new to this town But I’d guess that you could kiss like an angel And maybe I’ve got a chance I’m gauging it in my head right now Ok, I’m going for it, just this once Cause the sun shines on the hill And we’ve got some time left still And if I don’t do it, I don’t do it I don’t go for the kill Then who will? I have a hunch You’ve seen guys like all night (Comin’ up) over and over and over again While I play my songs I see you in the corner (Think) this might pay off for me Over the hill I can see That it’s alright to be Who you wanna be Come and dance with and you’re gonna see What my world is all about I don’t have to feel the doubt And the sun shines on the hill And we’ve got some time left still And if I don’t do it, I don’t do it I don’t go for the kill Then who will?
8.
Blame it on Me Well, here we go again Yeah, I bet you’ve heard this one before But it ain’t working out and I don’t think we can see each other any more It’s all right And everything was going just fine Until we crossed the line between living a reality and just getting through the night So this is where it ends And no, we can’t be friends You can blame it on me I had to let a good thing go Blame it on me I never called to let you know Maybe I’m a fool Because for you I broke my golden rule And it’s hard for me to be going from the one who’s kind to the one who’s so cruel But dry your eyes Pretty soon you’re gonna find another guy And then you won’t think of me but a distant memory buried deep inside your mind And this is where it ends No, we can’t be friends (Chorus) Blame it on the sun In the end you’ll have to blame it on someone But that’s just what you get for having too much fun (Chorus x2)
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Run to Now 03:24
Run to Now When you’re out on the streets Lookin’ for an answer Making one more bad connection And you use a little more Hoping for the breakthrough But you’ve been moving in the wrong direction Where you gonna run to now When you’re lost and all burned out? Where you gonna run to now? You can’t run any more Well you promised you’d change Gave us those excuses Fooled us with your sad expressions But you’ve used us all up One by one, over and over We can offer you no more protection Where you gonna run to now When you’re lost and all burned out? Where you gonna run to now? You can’t run any more You’ve been hiding in places Where you think no one will go You’ve been lying to our faces But do you think we don’t know? Where you gonna run to now When you’re lost and all burned out? Where you gonna run to now? You can’t run any more
10.
Did for Me 03:23
Did for Me Goin’ back to where I started from Goin’ to visit Dad and visit Mom Cause they did, they did They did it all for me And they did, they did They did it all for free I’ve been carrying a heavy, heavy load Driving through the whitest of snow And I did, I did I did it all for thee And I did, I did I did it all for free Only one more day No more suffering I was driving one hundred and three To christmas presents there beneath the tree And they did, they did They did it all for me They did, they did They did it all for free I can read the writing on your table You’ve been flying ever so unstable And you did, you did You did it all for me You did, you did You did it all for free Only one more day No more suffering

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“From the Beginning,” is an album that was written and created before the band existed. The theme of the album is starting over again in life after losing loved ones, falling short of one's dreams, and watching friends struggle through recovery from drugs and alcohol. Based on actual experiences in Chris’s life, these songs were eventually heard by friends who found that the new songs were something special and clearly the best of his long songwriting career. After hearing a rough mix of the album for the first time in early 2013, Jon Payne knew he had to be part of this project, and approached Chris about his desire to play music with his old friend again. The timing was perfect as Chris had regained the desire to perform himself. Soon after, Jon picked up bass duties, and with Chris’s veteran drummer, close friend, and staple of the San Francisco music scene, Charlie Knote, formed out the current lineup of Scary Little Friends.

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released May 2, 2013

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Scary Little Friends San Francisco, California

The brainchild of Chris Jones with Charlie Knote on drums and Jon Payne on bass, which features lilting vocals (ala Jeff Buckley) and surfs-up psychedelic guitar, creating their version of the “San Francisco Sound” w/ underlying southern soul roots. Strong songwriting is really the bread and butter of this band; no gimmicks or tricks, just great songs about what you were thinking but couldn’t say. ... more

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