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Bad For Business

by Teleport

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1.
Deal 04:11
Deal Verse: She's in a place Some distant shore somehow But I see her face - so much more than I imagined Even in that space I made you a sacred cow Gold in your eyes - play me forever in my mind Chorus: I'm bought and sold, I'm bought and sold So make yourself for real, just make yourself a deal I am bought and sold, I'm bought and sold So make yourself for real, just make yourself deal Verse: Select and erase When faced with an evening gown And I'll stick around at the party you're pretending No grace in saving face And no time to play it down The price you will pay only multiplies tomorrow
2.
Cellar Built for Cells Verse: A killer evening for show downs, stars shown down through an opening sky After the lines were set, the ground was wet but the tents held their flagging high Seven came to the party, each one towing a dream of their own The capital was raised, but the deals we made fell apart when we let it flow Chorus: She's got a lot to learn but she's catching on somehow We came to watch her burn but it's all around us now She's got a lot to learn but she's catching on somehow We're underwater but we're burning hot right now Verse 2: Called Alanzo at Beat St, when that young man said he'd pack me in snow His souveniers were saved for the most depraved and the ones who never let it show Across the street it was daylight, it felt so good to be back on my own With all the money spent, and none for rent it was high time to use the phone Verse 3: She's got too many lapdogs, too much time spent testing the weight Of every kite you stitch, and she'll make you fix all the crosses to clean your slate Now her cupboards are empty, the bitch still wages peace like a war A cellar built for cells, or a wishing well make for hard dungeons to explore
3.
Anybody in There VSE: I heard you had a job to deliver Heard you had a role to fill A girl like that found in the river Some of us remember still Baut that was one time A man like you could put this all behind I heard you had a job to do CHRS: Is anybody in there, yeah Is you life so completely mad? You'd rather see the world you write Than writing words that won't see light For just an instant, yeah Is your heart so completely sad? With all the love through time and space You're burning things you can't replace VSE 2: Spreading out that cash on the mirror Sounding like you made a deal The sum of it gone to the cleaners Came out looking like it's done for real But somehow it feels wrong Tonight is set aside for grooving on Spreading out that cash
4.
Nothing in My Head Verse 1: There's nothing in my head right now Nothing in my head And it's easy to admit right now, ooh With everyone around me dead I gotta let her know somehow I gotta make her see She always had thing, somehow, ooh She always had a thing for me Chorus: I'd ask you not to wait till we're in the red But I could understand how you'd be misled I'd rather be inspired by what she said Than analyze the drooling of a figurehead But when I look at her i can see all of my years Right until the tank goes empty And I know what I want in a girl The most beautiful sound in the world Verse 2: It's something of gem I'm sure But you're not the type to brag When you think your words are lost on her, ooh Hold it like you never have There's nothing in my head right now Nothing in my head And it's easy to admit right now, ooh With everyone around me dead
5.
Latino Freeze 1. Gator parties ripe with the promise of a bite Coordinate your feet in the slippers of night Even those who know't they're talking about Did not forsee this girl turning out Man or beast they stop when the colors are right Vigilantes drip with the rhythmic sound Of so many cats letting loose underground Pick-up pits and dive lingerie Reportedly they're making it pay You'll always improve don't forgot how to lose on the way Tell yourself that you're not gonna lose it You'll never get the boat higher without Find a lady who knows how to use it - there's no doubt Dressing up the walls only messes up the halls When the bottom drops and your stomach free falls Do you think it's worth the price that you got When you consider what you've been saving up Motivation comes when the money train stal ls See the teenage swing with the hipster gaze A kind of joke approval is all he parlays Just figure out whats not on his mind It's a type of style for leading the blind Disaster ensues when the whole thing unscrews its the least you can do just to get away
6.
Lut Gohlein 04:31
Lut Gohlein Verse: She had a helmet on I guess I should have known Had a ship chart a straight course to take her home In her orbit the satellites never compare I wander out on a layer of frozen Do the math on my dream's erosion She's in the future spelling out a message for me Chorus: Dear wanderer I fly for thee I know its hard for you to see I know you'll never fly for me But you won't stop thinking if you don't stop thinking now Verse 2: Now - get set for a great vacation Pack a comb and some green carnations Stretch it out for a month to see what we mean Light a fire on the beach of boredom Keep holding out for that stone of jordan In the past you remember what the present can be
7.
All of that Stuff Wrote you a story, but took it too far like you always say We're in an airplane, it only flies backwards to yesterday Cried out a rainstorm, the winds were as high as they ever blow Lean a little closer, if you don't hear them you'll never know Step through to sunlight, and you disappear from my brave display You walk the shadows, the back of my mind like an alley way Our minds are racing, for some way to spring from this burial So quick replacing, it's been so convienient to let them dull Chorus: And you're tied to a string of those days gone by And all of that stuff, surely wouldn't matter in the end You had a fever, but left it too long for my love to heal And that cloud surrounds me, choking out years of my heart's appeal These might be wordy, lyrics in self-referential glaze But we felt so sturdy, I never had time to see through the haze
8.
Bad For Business V1: I saw the end of innocence Run over by the bus of honesty and present tense And we laugh about it all the time, but it's harder to go I heard him grumble as he went And swear to stow away inside of me as ignorance So my time is just a blissful drive, now that he runs the show Chorus: We could always keep it light At least we felt alright Just until the day arrived At least you know I tried But for all you know I'm bad for business V2: I lost my sensitivity For solitude and silence to increase my sanity Now I'm tethered by a T-X-T and I won't miss your call Your place is crystally clear The entrance to your chamber, bells are ringing in my ear You're the answer in my tv screen, you're my glyph on the wall

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"Bad for Business is an immaculate creation filled with dynamic and intelligent compositions, superb performances and, yeah, a whole lotta blue-eyed soul. " -Seven Days

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released November 29, 2012

All songs written and performed by Teleport:

Mike Wheeler - Vocals, Keyboards
Sean Martin - Bass, Vocals
Adam Fuller - Guitars
Kevin Bell - Drums

Guest Vocals on "Latino Freeze" performed by Carolyn Wesley

Produced and Recorded by Don Zeno Productions

Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Mike Wheeler

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