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Open Road

by Adam Kurtz

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1.
City Boy 04:10
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I walk to work each morning wave the same wave to the same folks every day Give the same what’s ups and good to see you’s and stroll along our same old way Grab a cup of coffee from the Hill Top there they always know my name So why do I feel claustrophobic when that’s exactly why I came? It’s something in my brain I rig it so I can never win And I shoulda know, yeah I should know from the beginning I’m a city boy in small town skin I couldn’t live I couldn’t breath I couldn’t sing I couldn’t even try I had no name I had no plan I had no game I had no fish to fry I dropped it all ran to the sea reset my clock but watched the days tick by I dropped the ball with atrophy a lot of talk but never any why And I knew something was amiss from the moment I touched down In the back of my head where the truth goes to wait There’ve been uprising brewin’ but stalled out the gate Cause I, I felt torn The grass is green the sky is blue I’ve never seen a place where that ain’t true And unless I die I can always come back to the comforts I knew
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Sleep Walking 04:36
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I’ll miss you when I’m 3000 miles away I’ll miss you when the sun won’t go down easy Please be waiting for me cause maybe I’ll return to you real soon And maybe I’ll be back before you wake up Or maybe I’ll stop by to watch you sleep I’ll miss you when I have nothing else to do I’ll miss the smell of ocean breezes Freezing inspiration right in place like watching statues Like touching up a cracked and faded picture Like walking when you’re fast asleep You’re sleep walking, yeah we’re all sleep walking And it’s a sleep we won’t be easily awoken from You keep talking, yeah we all keep talking In our sleep, but only what we want to hear is getting through to us And our dreams will always be enough for us it seems I’ll miss the way I never had to try I’ll miss the conversations about leaving Believing that one more second chance could animate this freeze frame That the same melody could light a new flame And I’ll miss talking in my sleep And I’ll miss walking in my sleep
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Open Road 04:45
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Hey! I got a secret But something not too secret cause I already revealed before There’s something doing The homebrew just ain’t brewin’ and I can’t drink it anymore I’m snapping chains But I ain’t burning bridges or sinking to the bottom I’m just keeping the light on to show the store is open Yeah I’m open for an open beer in front of me wherever I show Yeah I’m open for a new frontier in front of me wherever I go Yeah I’m open for almost anything, I’m open for an open door Yeah I’m open for, yeah I’m open for, the open road Hey! I’m at a party Pounding PBR with everyone I just saw out on the town We’re rocking out Sweating into microphones and screaming over classic rock songs Just like in high school But something big is missing cause no one wants to listen We’re just decorating prison so I’m hoping that I’m open for… I’ve got a great idea I’ll be taking to the highway with my guitars in the backseat And blaring on the radio “Boxer” and “Dear Science” and “Kid A” and even “Open Road” I’ll test the limits Sleeping where I want to when I want to how I want to And keeping both eyes open cause I don’t know how to close ‘em Yeah I’m open for almost anything, anything you got in store Yeah I’m open for trying anything that you can pour Yeah I’m open for almost anything, I’m open for an open door Yeah I’m open for I am open for the open road
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I'm Comin' In 03:06
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If your house has got a light on, I’m comin’ in If your house has got a light on, I’m comin’ in If you’re pouring me a bourbon, I’m comin’ in If you knock a couple cubes in, I’m comin’ in I’m comin’ in for lovin’ I’m comin’ in for play I’m comin’ in for a good night’s sleep But I ain’t comin’ in to stay And in the morning I’ll write your number down And promise I will call you soon But in the evening I’ll be in another town Singin’ a different tune So if you got some love for takin’, I’m comin’ in Even if it’s fakin’, I’m comin’ in But if you’re thinkin’ it’s forever, I’ll still come in Better once than never, I’ll be right in I’m comin’ in for lovin’ I’m comin’ in for play I’m comin’ in for a good night’s sleep But I ain’t comin’ in to stay I’m comin’ in for comfort I’m comin’ in for just one day I’m comin’ in for a good night sleep But I ain’t comin’ in to stay
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Ghost Town 03:23
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Empty streets and empty bars is all that we can see Walking through the village square where something used to be Is it in our minds or did everybody flee? Our voices echo endlessly, there’s no one else around How did we get left behind wandering alone throughout this Ghost Town I follow memories of singing in the air Toward the old marquee that lies in disrepair Names I’d forgotten scream their own despair I’m drunk and powerless like a king without a crown Desperately in search of any method to release me from this Ghost Town But it’s like an elevator that won’t go up or down Nothing ever changes and there’s no escape from this Ghost Town If you’re scared of nighttime then you won’t last too long You’ll try to retrace your steps to see where you went wrong You’re not transparent you will never belong You’re like an elevator that keeps on going down You’re getting closer to the one place that is worse than in a Ghost Town
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Crossroads (Stir Crazy) 05:40
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I’m at a crossroads but I only see one way to go That makes it easier, that makes it easier I suppose But when there’s a cool wind in the air And it’s knocking me from my throne I have to let it, no use in fighting what’s flown I don’t care about the big picture I don’t want a ladder to climb I don’t think about destination Or about finding me a bride I don’t care about opinions I don’t try to save my pride I’m about to take a break from stirring crazy And from being about to lose my mind So I send in resignation cause there’s nothing left to do And I don’t want nothing I don’t want nothing from you But I mean no ill remembrance That’s the last thing I desire I’m finally leaving, I never wanted to retire
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Westbound 04:29
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I’m looking for a bigger piece of the pie I wanna tie up all the strings that have gotten untied But it’s a long way, it’s a long way out of here I’m in a long overdue and ridiculous mood After proving my intentions have been misconstrued But it’s a long way, it’s a long way out of here So I’m westbound, yeah I’m westbound, oh yeah I’m westbound I need a holiday There’s still a lot of shit that I ain’t seen Like the Mississippi River and some giant ravine So I’m packing, yeah I’m packing for a holiday I wanna see what missing seasons will do to my mood And to my ice cold east coast attitude So I’m takin yeah I’m taking a holiday I must confess there’s just a little bit left I need a change of address I’ll find my way out with just a little finesse and and be done with the stress I’m on a self-mandated and over-discussed kind of quest And I know I know it’s a long way it’s long but it’s the only way out of here I’m wide eyed maybe so But after being blind least I might find the right road But it’s a long way Yeah it’s a long way Oh it’s a long way Yeah it’s long but I gotta get outta here And that’s why I’m westbound
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Will You Won't You 03:52
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Will you remember me when I’m so far away Will you wish that I were there each and every day Will you tattoo a tear for each day that we’re apart And will you miss me Will you still miss me when Will you still miss me when I break your heart Will you cry sometimes out of the blue Will you white wash memories of our favorite ocean view Will you rewind all the way back to the start And will you miss me Will you still miss me when Will you still miss me when I break your heart And though it may never go away Everything’s gonna be okay Will you keep our secrets like you kept me at bay Will you hold tightly to the flame til it decays I won’t forget the way you look when I depart But will you miss me Will you still miss me when Will you miss me Will you still miss me when Will you still miss me when I break your heart
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Fly Buzzin' Round 03:16
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I got a million things to do And I don’t know where to start I gotta pack up all the food And break a couple hearts I gotta quit a couple jobs And sign a bunch of forms for the man I gotta dig through all my trash Figure what to keep Throw away the rest Now that I’m sewin what I reap But there’s a fly buzzin round that I gotta kill Before I skip town I been writing on the wall But never reading what I wrote Drifting with a case of beer on my boat And I never fully meant All the promises I would make But the time is right Cause the stars have aligned And who am I to even ask why But there’s a fly buzzin’ round that I gotta kill Before I skip town But I’m not going to war But I’m not going to war But if a battle is in my future then I will fight with all my soul I got a million things to do Like kiss goodbye to you know who Then I can go But I don’t know where I’m going to That’s the part I’m most looking forward to But there’s a fly buzzin’ round that I gotta kill Before I skip town
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Breathin' Easy 02:26
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"Open Road" is about leaving Portland, Maine. It's really about deciding to leave any loved-thing behind; closing a chapter, reading on to the next one. The album documents the wherefores and feelings after deciding to leave, but before having left.

Album was conceived on August 28, 2009. I wrote it in the following two weeks (Aug 28 - Sept 11), recorded it at Halfway Rock Studios (Sept 14-18), with mixing, minor overdubs and mastering the next week (Sept 21-25). So a full length alt-country record in one month.

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released September 27, 2009

All songs by Adam Kurtz (BMI) except Breathin' Easy by Elijah Ocean (BMI)
All instruments by Adam Kurtz
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Adam Kurtz at Halfway Rock Studios, Harpswell, ME
(c) 2009 Adam Kurtz, except Westbound (c) 2008 Adam Kurtz

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Nashville-based singer, songwriter, guitarist, pedal steel guitarist, manic-album-maker, wing enthusiast.

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