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It’s gonna be a day


It’s gonna be a day And the only way to meet it Is to steer into the waves It’s gonna be a day

It’s gonna be a day And the only way to dig Is with your fingers down in the clay It’s gonna be a day

It’s not gonna be like what you think A ship will sail until it sinks A man knows the score Until he blinks And everything has changed It’s gonna be a day

It’s gonna be a day And to book safe passage you’ll have to sell off your silks and slaves It’s gonna be a day

It’s gonna be a day And most of us will leave Because only an idiot would stay It’s gonna be a day It’s gonna be a day It’s gonna be a day

Music and lyrics by Benjamin Adair Murphy ASCAP (464341364). Published by Watery Grave Music ASCAP (396517127)

Recorded at on January 24, 2019 at La Bestia Studios in Mexico City

From La Bestia Demos, released April 26, 2019

Benjamin Adair Murphy - guitar, vocals Juan Victor Belisario Figuera - bass, guitar, percussion, keyboards Allison Langerak - vocals

Upside Down (a spell for traversing the Land of the Dead)

The Museo Egizio in Torino has a collection with over 17,000 papyrus fragments. One papyrus has a spell to protect the deceased from walking upside down through the afterlife. Seemed like a useful spell to know...



Our city is on top of the hill But the beans are starting to spill And if I can hold this place where I stand I won’t walk upside down through this land

The branches are dripping with rain And our children are calling our names But if I can keep a steady hand I won’t walk upside down through this land I won’t walk upside down

Or stand with my legs leaning crooked Nor will I speak with my head in the sand

But the dust goes up to the sky And the numbers I’m counting don’t lie But if I can give some kind of damn I won’t walk upside down through this land I won’t walk upside down through this land


Music and lyrics by Benjamin Adair Murphy ASCAP (464341364). Published by Watery Grave Music ASCAP (396517127)

Recorded at on January 24, 2019 at La Bestia Studios in Mexico City

From La Bestia Demos, released April 26, 2019

Benjamin Adair Murphy - guitar, vocals

Juan Victor Belisario Figuera - bass, guitar, percussion, keyboards Allison Langerak - vocals Simone Reisman Saravia - keyboards

Anywhere


I like to be there when the sun goes down At the home plate of the ballpark of my hometown And an autumn breeze wipes the bleachers clean And the whole town’s home with their tv screens

Well these children can heal their own scars These drunks can all crash their own cars And a young man can travel the world and still not go anywhere

I like to be there when the sun goes down When the wind grows cold and there’s not a sound I’ve always had enough and always had my share Now I don’t even need to go anywhere


Music and lyrics by Benjamin Adair Murphy ASCAP (464341364). Published by Watery Grave Music ASCAP (396517127)

Recorded at on January 24, 2019 at La Bestia Studios in Mexico City

From La Bestia Demos, released April 26, 2019

Benjamin Adair Murphy - guitar, vocals

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