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The Merry​-​Go​-​Round Broke Down

by Tommy Keene

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1.
Hello goodbye today I see a new beginning The time has come to pay And all your sins will go away – For to Pardon my dismay I’m gonna watch it go now The world’s in disarray we’re gonna make it somehow You’ve got a lot of things I want That don’t mean nothing to you I’ve got to break away somehow I know you’re Stranded on the bay Without a good connection Just before you say There’ll be no resurrection We won’t remember all our lives Hope you can stop repeating Out on the road where true love lies I know we’ll Begin where we end The scenes diluted in our past Could bring hope in the forecast You’ll surely find it out somehow But I’ve got nothing for you now Hello goodbye today I got an education We must go away There’ll be no consolation You were a lot of things I had What will you do forever Before you go it’s not so bad We’ve got to begin where we end – We’ll surely We won’t meet again Begin where we end Goodbye goodbye my friend Begin where we end We won’t meet again
2.
I think I’ve lost that lovin feeling I think I left it all behind Sensation sets your heart a reeling Persuasion won’t be there in time Slowly careening out of control I never thought your eyes would grow so cold I see you met the man without a soul so will you follow There’s no fire burning in the hull He’ll try and make your life so dull You’ve bought a requiem of blue When worlds collide what will you do A time for all things will surely pass You better get something while it lasts A reason for living while it lasts So will you follow the man without a soul I know my place in the world And I’ve got my amnesty You’ve made your peace with it all So just try and let it be He’s finding out The emptiness of lies What you’re all about – it’s all about Is waiting for someone to set you free and then you’ll know God help the wicked and the wise At last I finally realize A time for all things will surely pass I’ve found the way home I’ll make it last I won’t believe the man without a soul Slowly careening out of control I never thought your eyes would grow so cold I see you met the man without a soul If you’re feeling lost and undersold Things will turn around or so I’m told You will Lightning strikes the man without a soul
3.
You know All of the lines are drawn Didn’t you say which side you’re on Took my Baggage and all I bled Followed it down to the razor’s edge In a darkened scheme All inside a dream Baby Jane’s in love All along you said I’ve got more than that Hanging over my head You’ve got Dangerous eyes that blind You’ll never leave what you’ve left behind For now Passion is so serene Can you remember the in-between What you can’t deny Is an alibi Set me free and go Put it all to bed There’ll be nothing left Hanging over my head And I find you in the sights of my gun -If I guess that’s where you really want to be – I’ll know What you can’t deny Is an alibi Baby Jane’s in love all along they said I’ve got more than that hanging over my head Set me free and go leave it all for dead I’ll have more than that hanging over my head Hanging over my head
4.
Estranged lovers Got no others Riding in my old blue car In the wild wood Of my childhood Dream are near but still so far There’s another place you’ve found But all your love will stay here today Found my savior In bad behavior Strangers often were so kind Re-uniter Hey bullfighter Got to leave you far behind Gonna watch your world fall down but All your love will stay when you walk away When I find it out Then I’ll scream and shout Until I know it’s true I’ll leave it up to you If you’re in misery Take a tip from me What you cannot choose Is what you’ve got to lose If I leave you I won’t bereave you Because I know you’re still inside So appealing Lost all feeling Now I know I’m justified There’s another place you’ve found But you can’t run away In another world renown Where all your love can stay All your love will stay
5.
Technicolor 04:42
Welcome you’re invited Please take your place in line Yes we’re so delighted If you would be so kind There was a time when we could say I’ll never ever doubt you or walk without you But things have changed today We live in Technicolor now I didn’t lose the plot I simply forgot I want to shout it out so loud We live in Technicolor now Endless fears are calling Stroll down the boulevard Now your star has fallen Right in your own backyard So many people that you know They build their world around you but they’ve never found you Now you’re in the show Everythings so different for you now Just like the pages of your world flew out There is no balck and white somehow You live in Technicolor now And there’s a past that’s haunting you With all the people that you knew Where everything is turning on you See how they’ve got you running See how But sometimes they change their mind You’ve never been so stunning Ecstasy at your design Everything’s so different for me now I live inside these colors And know no others Now I’m in the show We live in Technicolor now I didn’t lose the plot but I like it a lot There is no black and white somehow We live in Technicolor now.
6.
Big Blue Sky 03:47
Do you face the world in anger Or do you sympathize How I wanted so to find That feeling deep inside I’m in heaven in your mansion But I won’t apologize Just to suffer for a ransom On my head it lies Big blue sky Open wide and Show me all I cannot find I will lie here waiting for the voice of reason You can never be so free become free Until you reconcile To discover now the answer Was with you all the while Big blue sky Crystalize Now I feel so warm inside I will lie here waiting staring at your ceiling And though you’ve come so far this time I know Close your eyes You’re alive tonight Alll the lonely-hearted people Sick and terrified I’m going back to what I feel Will only sanctify verify Big blue sky Open wide Show me all I cannot find I will lie here waiting for the voice of reason Big blue sky Clarify sanctify Tell me where the future lies Got to hurry before the sun goes down in sorrow And we’re alive tonight
7.
Blame it on today That we’re worlds away Cursing at the sky But I know the reasons why I will wait for you somehow Til the final hour A meeting on the Seine A love I can’t explain I was lost in time Now we’ve got all our lives Will you wait for me somehow Til the final hour Got your note In time Called you back to see If you’d changed your mind I don’t know If I was wrong But I’ve got a lot of things Going on As for me It’s a dream But I know sometimes Things aren’t what they seem All my life I’ve wandered forwards Looking back I’ll only regret more If I don’t stay alive The time is here The time is now With you I think I’ll finally win somehow A checkered flag In sight Keeps me running Down to the edge of light Just before the window closes Keep me here I know I’ll never run Now it’s a loaded gun Sitting here with the radio on they say I wanna be with you Guess I had my hopes too high And now you’re way overdue Where do you go when the walls close in People get lonely sometimes I walked along till I heard the sound of People laughing through A scenario I hadn’t known Since I ran away with you How could I know where I wanted to go Waiting so long is a drag Everyone falls on their way to the light Being there isn’t so bad And I was oh so vulnerable Try to understand When your world slips out of your hands Calling night time miles away Operator please Can I tell you my remorse And should you know I’m down on bended knees Sunday morning so undefined I’ll guess I’ll get what’s due Every day I’ll bide my time till I Own up to you I guess you’ve got a lot on your head Judging from all those things you said Tearing me away for the time pushing Fallacy alone can’t deny Makes me stop and wonder why I could ever hold out so long But through hate and love Your bright light shines above Riding through a whirlwind of dreams Ends are not before the means See my patience run wild Long before I didn’t think I’d see The shape of my own destiny Now I will be running all the while Around the square I will be there this time Through hate and love Your bright light shines above Can’t you see There’s a new epiphany That I’ve only started to notice (with) a smile Far from home I digress And I duly acquiesce I’m alone until I commit myself this time Through hate and love Your bright light shines above Around the square I will be there my love Six-fifty seven flight 29 I never thought too much about dying I’ll have to say I’m sorry I want things to be on the line The news has come too late It’s over now and we’re on time We’re on time See my eyes awakened now For all the good they did me anyhow A tragedy will take you now But you won’t be alone somehow I hear the sound of sirens wailing As the people cry There’s a shock Around the world Now our fate Will never occur By and by I’m left here holding tomorrow Negligence the black box said A sea of chance (to) house the dead To join you now would only be A shameful blot on your memory I see the crowd disperse for now Lead me not astray Bye bye bye Cruel cruel world Now our plan Will never unfurl Still I know Our legacy will go on Eventually We will meet in time somehow You will see That Armistice forgives you now We’ll go on and on In our own time All we’ll leave behind In our own time There’ll be more to find In our own time (sing first verse at same time) Somewhere down the line And if I can find my way If I make it there to stay I will meet you there someday At the final hour.
8.
Exiled from everything so meaningless You found the darkness wasn’t emptiness Calibrating fears abound Got to tame the fever in your eyes Oh Claire you worry about the recent past. Out there A generation wonders where it went so fast Falling to my feet so hard If I could I’d really let it go Slow emotion made my mind up We never went away – it’s just a world away – but the feeling went astray Were you searching for a signpost Where time will take you today Around here we sit and watch the hourglass Don’t blink (to) you’ll see your dreams are burning fast Meet me at the end of the line Where happiness is something you can’t hide Consternation made my mind up But we were born today – I hadn’t lost the way Slowly waiting for the windup Where time will take you today Did you know That the center of the light Will lead you When you go You can always Dream away today But you’ll never find your way back home Just like the photograph that meant a lot We parted on the land that time forgot line Can’t you see I’m still so blind I can see you’ve left it all behind Luck and letters fill your time up Until you wash away Follow every other signpost And time will take you today
9.
Black out all of the lights in the world Stand up to your words Just when the die is cast Your confusion never lasts Wayside all in a vagabond world Will the gods be sent down for the killing I know, you’ve got sixteen hours to go Their approval tells you so I miss you most in my life I’ve seen the world where I still live You staggered through and the days go round and round Come down Swing on a chandelier Take me away from here I wanted to follow you home All these sleepy hours alone With a face that nobody knows Just get on with your life You’ve left the world where I still live It’s hard for me to make it back for now Apologies where I have known Linger on when you’re alone Don’t try to listen you might hear The sound of all the times you remembered Calling back through all the years Cruel freight take you through all that you were Nobody will stir Messages slowly revealed You can’t hide the way that you feel What you tried so hard to conceal So take it all It’s your life I’ve seen the world where I still live I wanted to believe I‘d make it out I’ll break you off from my past The days and nights where I still live Are here today forever tinted out
10.
Saw you all alone in a photograph You looked so strange I had to laugh And I followed you through the hungry years I watched you swallow all those tears when you’d go – suffer How do you really say hello I couldn’t really say hello But there’s something that I have to tell you now In the cold cruel eyes of a million stars We watched the rain it felt like ours And we sat alone in a hundred fields The truth sometimes will not reveal what we know Though history will not reveal it so How do you know your heart’s been sold did-was How did you really grow so cold Is there nothing I can do to get to you Now I’ve got you in sight in my sight(s) – inside And I want you here tonight You want the world to know The feelings deep inside – your – that you hide But they’ll never let you go Until you’re crucified You were all alone in a hurricane A windswept girl who knew no shame Was there anyone to identify My own true love is all a lie yes I know but How do you really say hello I couldn’t really say hello Is there nothing I can do to get to you yeah I want you deep inside And I’ve got you here tonight yeah I want you in the light And I’ve got you here tonight
11.
Circumstance 02:56
In this world a violent place Someone said they saw your face in the crowd No ordinary scene Losers will believe their fate is a dream So what did you find along the side There is a road that’s yet unknown – that takes you home Will you survive Caught in a circumstance Maybe we missed our chance The difference was all we knew A little faith will see you through for a while No matter where you roam I’ll call you back from yesterday when I’m home If all the world should disappear Could I be your souvenir Before you end this play I want to say it’s over now But you’ve got all your life To wander endlessly Drifting back as far as the eye can see I’ve got a new routine Drowning out the places I’ve never seen Is this world is a violent place Running back to see my face in the light Disdain and apathy Surely will become the death of me So tell us the news We’re standing by Out of this world it makes you cry We couldn’t survive Caught in circumstance That was our last big chance now that I’ve missed my chance give me another chance I know I missed my chance
12.
The fog has lifted Why are we drifting away Your face is turning Quietly burning they say You were bored inside a shell Not in heaven not in hell Could anybody tell You forget just who you are You live inside a jar Now I won’t go that far I’ll stay right where you are A moment in your life There is no ceiling to what I’m feeling today Generously leaving I want to touch you Silently grieving to stay There’s nothing much more to say It falls like dust before your eyes It comes as no surprise These promises and lies God I feel so alone In this quietly deadly zone Where everyone has grown Inside there’s no one home A moment in your life The fog has lifted Why are we drifting away

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released May 13, 2002

Recorded At – Mayberry Studios
Recorded At – Calle de Maria Studio
Recorded At – Private Studios
Recorded At – Pieholden Suite Sound
Mixed At – Private Studios
Mastered At – Private Studios
Glass Mastered At – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – Z7472
Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Olyphant

Artwork By – Marvin Forte
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Brad Quinn
Drums, Percussion – John Richardson (5)
Keyboards, Recorded By – Jay Bennett
Mastered By – Jonathan Pines (tracks: Jon Pines)
Mastered By, Recorded By – Adam Schmitt
Mixed By – Jay Bennett (tracks: 7), Jon Pines* (tracks: 1 to 12), Tommy Keene (tracks: 1 to 12)
Recorded By – Brendon Gamble*, Chris Widmer, Jon Pines*
Recorded By, Vocals, Guitar, Photography By – Tommy Keene

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Tommy Keene was a pioneering power pop and rock musician from Bethesda, MD. His past and future digital catalog is now available here at Bandcamp.

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