San Andreas

from San Andreas / Strangers by Specific Ocean

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lyrics

the houses shake when the wind don’t blow
in the sun traffic sits still three hours from home
this city, their angels, they out do it

what when the china shakes and the floorboards groan
and you spoke to me like I didn’t know
I hadn’t heard a single word for all the clattter

sure stars here don’t line the pavement
our walk’s only faults are lying in leaving
and if we went to Ol’ Califrnia
the ground might break before I caught ya.

my first car broke down three days out
hitched a ride on to Jackson sat till the rain dried out,
you, me, four books, and the tube.

and that night in the bar when we tumbled and fell
right round the room and that blue light juke box
holy ghost, on the rocks, I was high as the moon

and the stars over Los Angeles,
all the buses, the beaches, the preachers, and prayers
but I left old california
cause we faught like hell
and I couldn’t afford ya

If I called you now,
would you play that card
that stronger than thou
lasted all time without
like it was so hard
like it was all that counts

well I walked out
on a weak night
on a weak weak night

credits

from San Andreas / Strangers, track released November 5, 2015
Greyson Elkins: vocal, guitar
Alec Wenzel: guitar
Camilla Vaitaitis: keys, vocal
Hudson Knott: bass
Clayton Vye: drums

tracked at the Specific Ocean home studio
engineered by Greyson Elkins
mastered at Lamont School of Music

photography by Hannah Dresdner
pictured is Masha Myslovskaya

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Specific Ocean Denver, Colorado

Specific Ocean is an independent band out of Denver, CO. They record music in their basement and write recipes in their kitchen that food-trucks wouldn't dream of.

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