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Dust & Fiction

by Rob Meany & Terramara

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Mark Murtha Blue Revolution is another favorite on this album. Favorite track: Losing My Mind.
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1.
I don't own you I don't even know you We were once, but that was then I got my piece out Made my mind up There's no point in looking back Miles of open road ahead Dust and fiction fill my head There's someone stranded on highway Hat in hand, are you going my way Cars are passing, sun is fading fast Fate won't wait for lovers It won't wait for me I have walked for miles in your shoes You won't do the same for me I am rolling across the desert Clouds of anger follow me I'll keep driving into the ocean Let these waters swallow me Miles of open road ahead Dust and fiction fill my head There's someone stranded on highway Hat in hand, are you going my way Cars are passing, sun is fading fast Fate won't wait for lovers It won't wait for me I have walked for miles in your shoes You won't do the same for me You won't wait You won't wait You won't wait You won't wait You won't wait You won't wait You won't wait You won't wait
2.
No friend of mine is an island for sale No friend of mine is a shiny lock that fails No friend of mine is a pair of eyes I never see But I wait for you or me to break What more do you want to take And I can't move on And it takes so long For the other The other shoe to drop No friend of mine is an open book of lies No friend of mine is a waterfall that cannot cry But I wait for you or me to break What more do you want to take And I can't move on And it takes so long For the other The other shoe to drop No one wants to blink an eye No one wants to give No friend of mine is an avalanche waiting to fall But I wait for you or me to break What more do you want to take And I can't move on And it feels so wrong For the other The other shoe to drop The other shoe to drop
3.
Last night I dreamed I was at school And there was this naughty boy who'd broken all the rules, whoa-whoa He made a nasty mess Knocked over every desk And then he smirked and lurked away, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa We'll never let it happen again They tried to teach him how to sing But all he ever said was Buddaboom and Buddabing, whoa-whoa Snake oil was what he sold The lies were manifold And then he winked and slinked away, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa Stand up for a new direction Stand up for the blue revolution We're not gonna take this lying down, down, down Run down to the railway station Hop a train to a better destination We're not gonna stop 'til we take him down, down, down We'll never let it happen again On the schoolyard playground he's the boss If he doesn't get his way, he'll win at any cost, whoa-whoa He is the bully's friend The threats just never end You're either with him or you lose, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa We'll never let it happen again Oh no no, I think we got fooled again Oh no no, he said we'd never get fooled again Oh no no, looks like we got schooled again Oh no no, looks like we got schooled We'll never let it happen again He made a stinky pile And all he does is smile And tell you it's a real treat, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa Stand up for a new direction Stand up for the blue revolution We're not gonna take this lying down, down, down Run down to the railway station Hop a train to a better destination We're not gonna stop 'til we take him down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down Blue revolution Blue revolution Blue revolution Blue revolution Blue revolution Blue revolution Blue revolution
4.
Some might say that we had it made That we had something strong enough to last forever And some might say that our words got in the way But can't you hear the silence of a broken heart Some might say I should learn to walk away And I always look for sunshine when the rain falls down I've had my fill and I took my poison pill Now I'm waiting for a ransom and a solar meltdown I'll never take it all for granted And I'll never let you down again You're all that I need And I'm not afraid to bleed If I could just be with you again With you again Some might say that you led me far astray And you promised me you'd never find somebody new Words dry up like Kool-Aid from a plastic cup And now you won't be calling me on Friday evening I'll never take it all for granted And I'll never let you down again You're all that I need And I'm not afraid to bleed If I could just be with you again (Be with you again) With you again Suddenly I'm raw in inside On the barren sidewalks without a guide Now I can remember what you meant to me October days, November nights I'm drowning in a sea of spite I'm drinking through the holidays without a drop of sense And some might say I'm waiting for a ghost But now's the time I need you the most And I still hear you laughing like you're standing next to me I'll never take it all for granted And I'll never let you down again You're all that I need And I'm not afraid to bleed If I could just be with you again You're all that I need And I'm not afraid to bleed If I could just be with you again If I could just be with you again
5.
You don't know what I'm about You're full of doubt Questions just hang in the air You don't where this will lead Whether you'll bleed When we reach a fork in the road And all I can say is it won't be the first time I put my heart on the line And it won't be the last if I can't seem to shake off the past Take me for all that I am Take me for all that I'm hoping to be Tell me you won't give a damn About all my faults I've had my ups and my downs My share of clowns My past seems to follow me here Like a house guest who won't ever leave He sticks to my sleeve And reminds me of all my mistakes And all I can say, there's bound to be good times, bound to be bad times But I won't be gone when the darkness is turning to dawn Take me for all that I am Take me for all that I'm hoping to be Tell me you won't give a damn About all my faults All my faults I have seen love come and go Like a strong undertow It pulls you down into the sea A poker hand already played My cards have been laid but I can't stand to lose anymore And all I can say is I'm turning my life around, feet planted on the ground But I need you to say you'll be with me each step of the way Take me for all that I am Take me for all that I'm hoping to be And tell me you won't give a damn About all my faults Take me for all that I am Take me for all that I'm trying to be Then I'll give you all that I can If you'll stay with me Stay with me Stay with me
6.
While the waters were rising up No one bothered to fill your cup While the levies were tumbling down No one bothered to come around While the houses were washed away How many thousands did we betray All the king's horses, all the king's men Couldn't put you together again All this time we're screaming at the pouring rain All our words run dry And all this time we're screaming at the pouring rain People had to die Words are easy and words are free But they don't mean much if you can't see The strong will live and the weak will die Who are you now to question why What did they do make their bed Did you notice their blood was red In the mirror we can't deny It could have happened to you or I All this time we're screaming at the pouring rain All our words run dry And all this time we're screaming at the pouring rain People had to die Dum dum da dum da Dum dum da dum da Dum dum da dum da Dum dum da dum da All this time we're screaming at the pouring rain All our words run dry And all this time we're screaming at the pouring rain People had to die All this time we're screaming at the pouring rain All our words run dry All this time we're screaming at the pouring rain People had to die
7.
On The Bus 04:16
Every morning you get on the bus at Lake Street And every morning you sit in the second row You always twist your hair with that colored pencil Never looking up 'til we get downtown You will never know I want to meet you You will never know that I can't breath I'll wait another day to strike up a conversation on the bus Yeah I wonder what you think glancing through the window I wonder where you go when you step outside I know I'm going crazy with the speculation I've got a lot to ask you but it's all tied up inside You will never know I want to meet you You will never know that I can't breath I'll wait another day to strike up a conversation on the bus Yeah On the bus Yeah Would you like to see me Oh that's all I want to say I know it's nothing fancy But then words get in the way Today you missed your spot and glided down the aisle And you dropped your hat when you passed my row When I gave it back I thought I saw a smile And it spoke to me more than a book of poems You will never know I want to meet you You will never know that I can't breath I'll wait another day to strike up a conversation on the bus Yeah On the bus Yeah On the bus Yeah On the bus On the bus On the bus On the bus On the bus (The wheels on the bus go round and round and round) (The wheels on the bus go round and round and round) (The wheels on the bus go round and round and round) (The wheels on the bus go round and round and round)
8.
Burn Me Up 03:56
I don't know what's happened to me I look around and you're all that I see for miles I wake up in the middle of the night But this bed won't ever feel right without you Without you Burn me up again Nights like that I never want to end Burn me til the flame dies down Burn me to the bone Tell me I will never be alone Burn me til the flame dies down When we met there were sparks in your eyes I felt the heat but I never realized I'd fall for you And I don't know what love can be But when you lay down next to me that's all I need That’s all I need Burn me up again Nights like that I never want to end Burn me til the flame dies down Burn me to the bone Tell me I will never be alone Burn me til the flame dies down Turn me on (Turn me on, turn me on) Tear me up (Tear me up, tear me up) Melt me down (Melt me down, melt me down) Burn me up (Burn me up, burn me up) Burn me up again Nights like that I never want to end Burn me til the flame dies down Burn me to the bone Tell me I will never be alone Burn me til the flame dies down Burn me Burn me up again Burn me til the flame dies down Burn me Burn me up again Burn me til the flame dies down
9.
In the morning we roll out of bed Today's grind's gonna fill our heads again Idle chatter replaces the canyon between us You grab keys and rush out the door You won't say it but there's something, something more We don't know if there's any spark left between us Between us I wanted to be with you night and day I needed to know all about you Years later we're still trying to fall in love Fall in love I'm blind and you're deaf and dumb I try to say it but I'm dry and the words don't come I've got my place and you've got your place in my life And I remember we hiked down to the rocky shore Our hearts were jumping, our bodies ached and our legs were sore We didn't need any words to build a fire between us Between us I wanted to be with you night and day I needed to know all about you Years later we're still trying to fall in love Fall in love I wanted to be with you night and day I needed to know all about you Years later we're still trying to fall in love Fall in love I wanted to be with you night and day I needed to know all about you Years later we're still trying to fall in love Fall in love Fall in love Still trying to fall in love again I wanted to be with you night and day Still trying to fall in love again
10.
I don't know what's come over me I found my heart pointing in the wrong direction And it's getting the best of me I never wanted to cross that intersection And there's a feeling that won't gather moss Still there's a fine, fine line I can't cross 'Cause my best friend's girl is a pretty good friend of mine Yeah my best friend's girl is a pretty good friend of mine Started out just so innocently Like brother sister, we're one big happy family Then you started to get to me Now I can't sleep knowing you're with him instead of me And there's a feeling that won't gather moss Still there's a fine, fine line I can't cross ‘Cause my best friend's girl is a pretty good friend of mine Yeah my best friend's girl is a pretty good friend of mine Are you really in love with him Are you gonna play both sides all the time When push comes to shove with him Are you gonna tell him Are you gonna tell him Are you gonna tell him Love was never Love was never Love was never Was never built for three Looks like I stirred up a hornet's nest I lost my cool, gave him more than simple words express Now there's a warrant for my arrest I'm running scared but I'm not the one who made this mess And there's a feeling that won't gather moss Still there's a fine, fine line I can't cross ‘Cause my best friend's girl is a pretty good friend of mine (A pretty good friend) Yeah my best friend's girl is a pretty good friend of mine (A pretty good friend) My best friend's girl is a pretty good friend (She used to be) My best friend's girl is a pretty good friend (She used to be) My best friend's girl is a pretty good friend of mine
11.
In Your Arms 04:05
You've got your heart in this fight tonight And you won't let go Through rain and sleet and snow Whichever way the wind will blow You say you can't forget her Can't get inside of your head tonight There's a wall so high Built by fears and lies It's just another silly alibi It's all imagination She'll come back to you, oh you know she will And you'll go back to her, it never was in doubt Your stars will find their place It's an emptiness you can't replace A smile will finally find your face When she's in your arms It all began on a drunken night You wanna move so fast But she's got something in her past She's wonders how a love will last But she won't give a reason You shared a room and you shared your heart But she won't let go Something pulls her eyes down low She left a note, she needs some time She said she won't forget you She'll come back to you, oh you know she will And you'll go back to her, it never was in doubt Your stars will find their place It's an emptiness you can't replace A smile will finally find your face When she's in your arms She called you late on a Sunday night She said it's all my fault My world was full of doubt But I still want to work this out If you could just forgive me She'll come back to you, oh you know she will And you'll go back to her, it never was in doubt Your stars will find their place It's an emptiness you can't replace A smile will finally find your face When she's in your arms
12.
What crazy, mixed up world are we living in now Where they say down is up and up is down And black is white when the truth is gray And wrong is right but no one wants to say I guess it's raining on a sunny day I guess I'm losing my mind No need to read, they'll tell you what you need to know Don't worry 'bout any problem, just go with the flow And black is white when the truth is gray And wrong is right but no one wants to say I guess it's raining on a sunny day I guess I'm losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind Pay no attention to that shady deal They'll tell you what to think and how to feel And black is white when the truth is gray And wrong is right but no one wants to say I guess it's raining on a sunny day I guess I'm losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind Losing my mind

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Rob Meany & Terramara's third full-length album.

"Terramara return in 2008 with Dust & Fiction (digipack), which shifts away from the Steely Dan style and toward XTC. At times Terramara could be the American equivalent to older English progressive pop bands such as Stackridge, 10cc, or City Boy, with their quirky art-pop of Beatles lineage. With Terramara, the progressive aspect comes from the keyboard-centric arrangements, the clever harmonic twists and turns, lush harmonies and layered sound. Simultaneously intelligent and incredibly catchy, they might just single-handedly save pop music." -- Larry Kolota, Kinesiscd

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released June 30, 2008

Recorded at Winterland Studios in Minneapolis and Ruby Studio in Deephaven. Produced and mixed by Jon Herchert.

Performers: Rob Meany, keyboards and vocals; David Thomas, drums; James Towns and Tom Larson, bass; Karl Koopmann, guitar; Jon Herchert, additional guitar and backing vocals.

All songs by Rob Meany.

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Rob Meany & Terramara Bloomington, Minnesota

Rob Meany & Terramara create jazz-infused rock, with a sound akin to Steely Dan meets Ben Folds.

Formed in 1999 by singer-songwriter-keyboardist Rob Meany, the band released three full-length records over the span of 10 years, garnering a loyal following among jazz-rock lovers worldwide.

Rob emerged as a solo artist in 2016 with the release of his first album, Ferris Wheels Unbound.
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