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The Fondaleros

by Fondaleros

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1.
Dragging in the streets for money Going around to the watershed Taking stock of things in this world Taking out the trash again And dreaming on an island in the sun Plans and California come undone Street signs are lighted up brightly On a trip to the store at night Carry on and button your coat now The weatherman just changed his mind While dreaming on an island in the sun Plans and California come undone And if you can't catch up to that star She'll be waiting in the backyard Just a short drive over to the cinnamon town That takes you back down Saving up for a longshot gamble Raveonettes on the radio Guess again who took those handles The pump works at the rodeo Still dreaming on an island in the sun Plans and California come undone And if you can't catch up to that star She'll be waiting in the backyard Just a short drive over to the cinnamon town That takes you back down
2.
She tripped over the lights again. Fantastic Aunt Joan brought down the Xmas tree again Eggnog mug rolls sadly across the floor The lines of the fluid make dad sigh more She's gonna feel this in the morning Joanie's been getting to her feet again Joanie's been drinking since 8am She's got a peculiar hitch in her giddy-up She's got a curious bug in her make-up Dad said Aunt Joan wasn't always like this Never been the same since she lost Joe Joe and Joanie, top down, drive down the shore They'd be crabbing in the bay and then drink down some more She was always smiling in the morning Joanie's been crying 'bout her Joe again She misses sunburn drunk by 10am She's got a peculiar hitch in her giddy-up She's got a curious bug in her make-up She's got Danzig shirts in her chifforobe She's got questions about your casserole
3.
Fading light turns into night, the corner shops are closed You're like an Escher drawing, sitting up while standing down Stuck in a loop with no known direction Lying on your back with you baby Crazy how you always find your way back home Curled up in a ball inside this television dreamscape What's true and real and made of gold is gonna break your heart Stuck in a loop without destination Carrying on like a handgun Trying hard to find a way back to the start Close your eyes and wave goodbye And dance tonight We're just a flash of light Tomorrow never gets here anyway Lost along the way in this companionship and grace Are time travel magazines all piled around the place Stuck in a loop without reservation Going sideways down a staircase in the dark Close your eyes and wave goodbye And dance tonight We're just a flash of light Tomorrow never gets here anyway So dance tonight We're just a flash of light Tomorrow never gets here anyway
4.
By god's bones In a most unwelcome way His own personal aurora borealis Is the perfect amount of drunk for a filet 'o fish A miserable pile of secrets We write to experience life twice Let's get drunk and see what we can do See what we can do with this squeaky toy A hungry ghost moon and apophenia Fainting goats and toy boats and sensimilla We could always negotiate with a wounded bear It almost makes sense from up here Hello ladies In a most unwelcome way The day Idlewild became JFK Also coincided when her shaman left town If craziness is holy Then I guess we're all the pope Been so long since we played to two friends Played to two friends and a hostage bartender A hungry ghost moon and apophenia Fainting goats and toy boats and sensimilla We could always negotiate with a wounded bear It almost makes sense from up here If craziness is holy Then I guess we're all the pope Been so long since we played to two friends Played to two friends and a hostage bartender A hungry ghost moon and apophenia Fainting goats and toy boats and sensimilla We could always negotiate with a wounded bear A hungry ghost moon and apophenia Fainting goats and toy boats and sensimilla We could always negotiate with a wounded bear It almost makes sense from up here
5.
To build a bridge and carry that weight to the other side A nonstop habit only dies going sideways down Take it as it comes and goes in stride To build a bridge and carry that weight to the other side Bury me in the petals of the roses We swept outside Carry me on the shoulders of the giants That stepped aside The echoes in the canyon sound so lonesome tonight Hello, can you hear me? I need to make this right To build a bridge and carry that weight to the other side Shadow and ash from the same terra cotta sun Rapidly descending toward that next divide To build a bridge and carry that weight to other side Bury me in the petals of the roses We swept outside Carry me on the shoulders of the giants That stepped aside The echoes in the canyon sound so lonesome tonight Hello, can you hear me? I need to make this right The echoes in the canyon sound so lonesome tonight Hello, can you hear me? I need to make this right
6.
You sealed your fate with a deck of cards I heard all about it through the grapevine, my regards Used to walk through town with a comb and a blaster Booming the beat first slow and then faster You're never coming back So shimmy don't shake like that Lock it in right, leave it just where it's at The cops down here are on the take So shimmy don't shake, shimmy don't shake like that There was a lot of bad stuff going down that night Drugs and fireworks coming from the left and the right Used to walk through the city with a comb and blaster Booming the beat first slow and then faster You're whitewall tires on an old Cadillac You're never coming back So shimmy don't shake like that Lock it in right, leave it just where it's at The cops down here are on the take So shimmy don't shake, shimmy don't shake like that
7.
For a moment, the man of intent Was a man who didn't know what to do At his feet, a boy looking up Hey Dad, what do you think Drinking after midnight leads to foolhardy acts, ill-advised liaisons, and gambling debts All that said, all that said Bogey did his drinking after midnight Run downhill You're just another passenger trying to hang on Run downhill Come back to yourself, it's OK to feel lost It's so easy to get so gone Don't make it hard to say what's wrong Tying ice skates and sugar spiders Plumbing's bad, don't pee in the sink Life becomes easier when you learn to accept all those damn apologies you'll never get All that said, all that said Bogey did his drinking after midnight Run downhill You're just another passenger trying to hang on Run downhill Come back to yourself, it's OK to feel lost Run downhill You're just another passenger trying to hang on Run downhill Come back to yourself, it's OK to feel lost
8.
The model train you brought me Didn't fix You were long gone I had to figure it out myself Conductor here A pine tree there, nice I guess you would have liked it here Know you are Happy there, but still I needed you through these dark tunnels When you stole your ghost from me My escape, S gauge You became the engineer Will you find me We watch these trains for you They never come What tripped me up the most, was when When you stopped When you stopped being round You knew you'd never see this town Traffic lights A quiet school and a crossing guard The children waited beside her Denial is Such a tranquil place You see no reason to leave it When you stole your ghost from me My escape, S gauge You became the engineer Will you find me The candle and the nightlight Fight shadows in my room Your photos are The most beautiful lies We watch these trains for you They never come What fucked me up the most was What fucked me up the most was What fucked me up the most was What fucked me up the most was What fucked me up the most was What fucked me up the most was What fucked me up the most was when you stopped being around
9.
Like a wave now you're off and you're rolling Got an aptitude for adventure Knocking down the parade and perception That being lost is a bad thing Stereo, headlights on a cold night The air's thick and it's hard to see A sort of bold and Zen acceleration Taking speed and just doing just fine Everything is alright It's a rhinestone life Everything is alright It's a rhinestone life And everything is alright Walking tall down a hall with dimension It goes on and on, it doesn't seem to end Bet the house on divine intervention You better watch your step or you're gonna get it This place is really cool and confusing They make it so you gotta cross the line Getting dizzy in a live situation Getting lost and making good time Everything is alright It's a rhinestone life Everything is alright It's a rhinestone life And everything is alright Everything is alright Alright, alright, alright

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released November 4, 2022

Mix Consultation: Rory Hinkle
Album Artwork: Trey Cone

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Fondaleros Decatur, Georgia

THE FONDALEROS is the product of two music junkie friends, Van Kapeghian (furiousBall, Camino Sound) and James DuBois, both formerly of 13 Stories and The Palletjacks, reconnecting in 2020 after losing touch for almost a decade.

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