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the Northeast Corona Tapes

by Fritsch & Grosser

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1.
Northeast 05:10
I got an old Volkswagen with my baby in And I ride her all the way northeast We ain’t got no money only fuely heads And all her pretty dreams she’s tellin’ Sometimes she leaned back on the cars hood But all her pretty dreams are torn She waits for what is comin’ on With her flower dress and barefoot. We covered all the northeast state As the factories been closed down Run down industries we ride From the gas fires to the interstate If there’s no language I know how to speak If my mind is torn and I’m occurring weak I wish I’d be a sculptor to make the world see We could have a hundred babies still ridin’ northeast. I’ll take trip across the river with no name I’ll ride deep into a forest filled with dark rain I sat down in a local bar A million boys around me shoutin’ boy you don’t get far Now want you pull me out of this danger zone ‘Cause you’re the one I’m depending on And my heart is beating like a big bass drum But my summer is a summer without a sun Now well I hate the city that I’m living in And I smoke too much and I’m way too thin Now want you pull me out of this danger zone ‘Cause you’re the one I’m depending on Northeast … I got an old Volkswagen with my baby in And I ride her all the way northeast We ain’t got no money only fuely heads And all her pretty dreams she’s tellin’ © Florian Fritsch
2.
Got out of prison back in 89 Settled down tried to walk a straight line Found me a job back in 95 Saved me some money enough to stay alive Now I’ve been working the nightshift On the edge if town I buried my wishlist And sometimes when I’m all alone Got me a guitar to play a lonely song And if you’re going to hell and back again Just listen to my songs they tell you all about my pain And if you’re ever going to where I’m already through Just look into my eyes well they talk a deeper blue On a rainy night back in 99 I was walking down by the railroad line Pitch black night and my work was done Spent a thought ‘bout getting away and run And if you’re going to hell and back again Just listen to my songs they tell you all about my pain And if you’re ever going to where I’m already through Just look into my eyes well they talk a deeper blue Sometimes I wish I’d be a plane To go lift off and never come down again And sometimes I wish I’d be a train To go riding off to foreign lands And if you’re going to hell and back again Just listen to my songs they tell you all about my pain And if you’re ever going to where I’m already through Just look into my eyes well they talk a deeper blue © Florian Fritsch
3.
Morning’s breaking with aching light into the room where I lie It’s been a while since I felt happy but it sure has been a wonderful night And what compels me to leave your side And what drags me to go with the open tide Is to come back to you where I do belong And want you one day carry me home And want you one day now carry me home This day’s creeping up with hardened shapes to the place where I hide It’s been a while since I went head up high but sure I’ll make it through this night And what compels me to leave your side And what drags me to go with the open tide Is to come back to you where I do belong For you may one day carry me home For you may one day now carry me home Night time lays me down with warm hands to the place where I’ll rest It’s been a while since I felt happy but sure this time we will last For you may one day carry me home For you may one day now carry me home © Florian Fritsch
4.
Missing 03:10
Jacket thrown upon a chair, empty coffee cup on the table Long distance calls and night flights but still I feel unable I got too much room in my bed that I can hardly fill Thinking of you cures, missing you just kills Your picture next to me, your eyes drift across my face Your clothes in the wardrobe, you’re missed at our place I got a blue hole in my soul that I can hardly fill Thinking of you cures, missing you just kills Haunting dreams inside me, your shoes in the hallway You picked me up on Friday but you felt just like Sunday I got too much room in my bed and a blanket so still Thinking of you cures, missing you just kills © Florian Fritsch
5.
You’ve been sleeping in the fields tonight my dear Dreaming of big city lights You’ll wake up in tall grass tomorrow Gaining sight Follow a road so wide You’ve been hiding from the scenes tonight my dear With a sky all black You will wake up stronger tomorrow No looking back Follow a road ahead You’ll be coming into town one day my dear And be a dancer in my eye You’ll be wrapped in sound tonight and tomorrow Now don’t you cry And set the night on fire You’ll be dancing on the high wire my dear A firecracker tonight You may rearrange yourself tomorrow Now burn up bright And feel the night inside You’ve been sleeping in the fields tonight my dear Dreaming of big city lights You’ll wake up in tall grass tomorrow Now don’t you cry And set the night on fire Now burn up bright And feel the night inside Gaining sight Follow a road so wide © Florian Fritsch
6.
Desire 05:26
Desire's like a loaded gun Faith and trust are hard won Me I'm always on the run Right now I know the score She won't even talk to me no more. Well I try to love her, love her, love her But instead I always run for cover Above all I know she towers Right now I know the score She won't even listen anymore. These days are filled with the drizzling rain Me I always run in vain Loving her sometimes is pain Right now I know the score She won't even love me anymore. Well I left the place where I was born Took the road less travelled out of town Me I'm always going down Right now I know the score She won't even talk to me no more. And I ride by day and I ride by night I ride until the broad day light Loving her sometimes ain't right Right now I know the score She won't even listen anymore. These days are filled with the drizzling rain Me I always run in vain Loving her sometimes is pain Right now I know the score She won't even love me anymore. Desire's like a loaded gun Faith and trust are hard won Me I'm always on the run Right now I know the score She won't even talk to me no more. © Florian Fritsch

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If this year has taught us anything, it's the awareness of how important real friends are. And if they share a common love of music & draw creativity from the disaster and share it with you, really nothing will scare you anymore. The lockdown blues ... beer, guitars, tunes.

Sparse. Haunting. Daunting. Healing.

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released March 23, 2021

Fritsch & Grosser: guitars, vocals, mandolin, banjo, foot stomp

all songs written by Fritsch
arranged, recorded, mixed & mastered by Grosser & Fritsch
layout, design by Grosser & Fritsch
all photographs by Fritsch

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