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Make Out King and Other Stories of Love

by The Tontons

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1.
Magic Hour 03:02
MAGIC HOUR we sit at the Magic Hour i take gin and he takes whiskey what he needs, i can't give that seems to be our history i'm the worst, i'm cursed, i'm done we make regrets in the morning we stay up questioning at night he provokes, i respond we fight, i die, i die i'm the worst, i'm cursed, i'm done ohhh baby you know that i get a little tired of you of every little thing when you say that i i do nothing nothing nothing at all nothing at all you fight, i fight, we die, i die i’m the worst, i’m cursed, i’m done
2.
Pony 03:49
PONY run away from me i'm so vile, you'll see there you stand a sheep can't you see i've got teeth i am so lost won't you stand where i stand though i’m the worst that’s my only one demand he left me his misery now there’s you that makes three and oh he left me with things unsaid i need you to say them instead i am so lost won't you stand, where i stand though it hurts that’s my only one demand i can't be two people for you i can't be two people for you won't you stand where i stand though it hurts that’s my only one demand run away, oh please aren’t you tired of fighting me
3.
So Tired 02:51
SO TIRED i saw your ghost there in the bar wearing your clothes you southern drawl i just wish i could see you i like i once did with all the depth and all the scope needing so much with so much hope i just wish you could see me like you once did when you smell vanilla, i know you think of something sweet the way i, i touch your face the way i, i left your sheets aren't you tired so tired of tattoo philosophies you’ll find god you’ll find love in what’s between your knees
4.
Veida 04:19
VEIDA we don't love each other no, none of us enough it would be much better oh, if we had just a touch of empathy empathy but you know and i know, that isn't me so, don't you make me as you are living in a house of cards that's living for the breeze, that's living dangerously oh, i know that you know when i say it i mean, don't get so close to me don't get so close to me i just wanna feel, i just want to feel love i wanna, i wanna, i wanna feel something can't be tied together for an infinity a moment, a second, an instance that's what you get from me cause i know that you know, i know that you know That's just not me. oh that's never me so don't you make me as you are living in a house of cards that's shifting in the breeze that's shifting blamelessly when i know that you know that i know when I say it i mean don't get so close to me don't get so close to me i just wanna feel, i just want to feel something i wanna, i wanna, i wanna feel something we're not water we're not blood no, we're none of the above just a second in our youth but you know that its not love i want to, i want to, i want to i need to, i need to, i need to i've gotta i've gotta i've gotta feel something oh something
5.
KIDD CEMETERY silly little boy you belong here with me i'm cold, you're cold lets make some heat lets make some heat lover of another you're my only one i hurt, you hurt but its all in fun, its all in fun all those boys with their good and bad all those boys, all those boys drive me mad drive you mad mad you like love you love love for loves sake i want the ache, i love the ache, you make me ache you like me, you want me, on my back i want you for all you lack i want you for all you lack i want you for although you all those girls with their goods and bads all those girls drive me mad drive you mad
6.
Paradise 03:30
PARADISE i saw you standing there held captive in the night tell me true speak me soft do you think its right look at me like a tease sing me something tawdry linger on for a while love i know you want me in the west i was whole in the west i lost myself in the west i had it all in the west, in the west and i hope in every city and i know in every town theres a looker waiting for you hoping you might settle down i thought that i could find peace of mind in the west i thought that i could find paradise in the west and now i know that i was wrong i saw light in the days walk away grace was gone gave my all to a man kept his words on his arms he’s my west
7.
Wild Kind 03:45
WILD KIND you want a saccharine lover sweet to a fault she's sickness under cover watch her lips part me i'm the pirate girl drink all your wine you need the candy one i am the wild kind you want a golden lover love her with ease she waiting in the wings so do what you please you find the pirate girl show you a good time never the candy one i am the wild kind me i’m the pirate girl lets drink some wine never the candy one i am wild kind i am the pirate girl drinks only wine you want a sweet little one i am the wild kind
8.
Bones 1 03:42
BONES 1 one of these days i’ll shape up, face the now though i know, now’s tough and one of these days i’ll get a nine to five corporate parties, men in ties today is not that day and i am not that girl i’ve got time i’ve got the whole wide world in my hands and one of these days we’ll have some kids picket fences, mortgages and one of these days i'll go to sleep on time only drink water, i’ve got to stay in line but what do we give up what do we throw away we used to live our lives loving everyday loving everyday i love everyday
9.
Lonely 03:28
10.
Bones 2 04:07
BONES 2 its three AM again sweetly, softly here i am laced with something not thin tastes like shame burns like sin and oh my god oh my god i don’t want to be that girl here we are foolish and young daintily destroying we come undone traipsing and tripping we fall down and you're looking for a love that will carry you around and i’m around she’s no fun for anyone you see her laughing you know she’s done she’s gone i’m gone
11.
Ruins 04:11
RUINS you better break out of the scene gotta find your place hope the grass is green you’d be in ruins if you stayed though i’d hold you close keep you if i can i feel it in my heart i know this year its ours i feel it in my bones so deep like cut forms a scar i hope you understand i tried my best to make you proud i hope you understand i need you to be all some how you leave me with your company all the wasted ones all the night time thieves i’d be in ruins if you’d stayed though i want you close i’ll push you away i feel it in my heart i know this year it’s ours i feel it in my bones so deep like a cut you're a scar i need you to know i tried my best to make you proud i need you to to know i need you to be all some how

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released February 18, 2014

Produced, Mixed and Engineered by David Boyle
Recorded in Austin, TX at ChurchHouse Studios (June - November 2013)
Mastered by Brian Lucey of Magic Garden Mastering

Art by EYESORE.
Design / Coloring by Richard Ramirez II
Photography by Julie Worsham

All Songs Written and Performed by The Tontons.
"Veida" and "Paradise" Written by The Tontons and David Boyle
Additional Guitar by Andrew Lee on "'Magic Hour" and "Kidd Cemetery"
Keyboards and Synths by David Boyle
Assistant Engineering by Josh Johnson, Dave Huffman and Shelton Blackbird

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