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Golden Gloves

by Little Bighorn

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1.
In the middle of the road, where my decisions get made. Like a moderate man, my decisions stay safe. If I could change, I'd be a man of chance. Where the line gets drawn, I draw 'em all the time. I'm gonna keep you mine. Golden gloves will never drift apart You'll be further than when you start. But if you won't be near me Sayonara to the higher road, I'll see you before you go. And if you can't be near me Where the line gets drawn. The line lingers on.
2.
Oh, why keep the daylight at bay, when the air's so fresh and so gay? Are the nights of the earth the only thing worth your time? We could have been something else, other than friends that don't ask for help. Let the unspoken truth be all the proof you need. How many times will you tell the lies, you say? Who are these men, you gladly send away? I don't want to be around when the way you're living catches up to you. We all raise a glass for a toast, to the one you say you love the most. But you left the room a little too soon it seemed. And I don't believe in luck, or you're lucky or your not. But you'll never heal every bad deal you got Cry a while, go on you should cry a while It's alright, there won't be nothing left for you to do When the way you're living catches up to you
3.
I got the sun, it goes away, and I don't get every word you say I got the moon, it goes down, don't it get real full when you're around, I'll paint your town I daydream of things that aren't, everything I own in a shopping cart If it goes too far, if it gets lost, it's never been a true cross, not sure whose loss It don't quit. It's what you take and what you get, it's not so calm in the middle of it, that's just a myth What i wanna do, what i need to do When the police you come you can balance you can balance the two Now don't you move, stay where you are, she fell in love with a shooting star, it broke her heart It don't quit. You spin your wheels, you're stuck in it, your dollar bills there all counterfeit, i sunk your ship I want it back, she want it gone, she just wants it here when they sing her song, and it won't be long It don't quit. Here's what you take, here's what you get I try to take it minute to minute to minute... I know one day I'll murder it
4.
Better Off 03:04
When your troubles all begin, they come knockin', let 'em in They're just looking out for a friend, someone to fight with and comfort them When your fears they don't exist, what is real you bend and twist You'll be better off for you don't know, that you will never lose control With small garbage they will hurl, you will crawl into their world You'll be better off though you won't know When your troubles all begin
5.
Little Bird 02:17
Little bird well I'm leaving soon and when I do it's gonna be on a big blue moon I've been looking for a night to settle our score I got my ticket in my right hand and in my left hand I got the old best man I been looking for a crime that I can pay for, anybody got a crime that I can pay for? Little bird I'm in your dirt, no one to help me now No one to save us now Little bird well I meant no harm but I did set fire to your daddy's farm I'm gonna pay him back in full for all that he'd done And if he asks well the tickets fake, if you want you can tell him how much money I make Yeah I'll meet you in the dirt where all the feet walk I wouldn't leave you in the dirt where all the feet walk
6.
In a hole we are, but it's not too deep, it's not so far When their words ring true, sleep on the grass, in the morning dew I can offer you home on the range, love out of the blue Stuck in your old ways, that's where your heart stayed When you feel too old to run, not young enough for what you've done Who'll be your good friend, someone with who you don't pretend? Stuck in your old ways, that’s where your heart stayed You can wait in the pine trees, in the dead of the night, in the cool of the breeze And I'll find you there, step on the gas, ride out somewhere Stuck in your old ways, that’s where your mind stayed
7.
Yukon 03:34
Well I'm living in the yukon now, and I thought i'd write you I know you thought our love was all burned out, and I know how it frightened you It's been a long time coming in, been a long time gone And I know that you know when you're sure, and I go and I prove you wrong I need forgiveness I'm your fiction man To tell the best one that you know I can Oh times are changing darling, hold my hand One day you'll know better And I thought that I'd fix you up, and I thought that at least I would try Gonna be on the day you were born gonna feel like the day when you die Yeah you go and turn your back on me now and I go and watch you walk on You can't replace me i'm your fiction man...
8.
You ain't from around here, or you got different taste Or in the summer you go swimming in industrial waste Well you can lean it on me, or you can lay it down Or in the wintertime it's cold so we lay around Everybody knows my girl, she's got all the brains: What they don't know, what they don’t know. About real troubles, about real hard times About your pennies and nickels and dimes, no dollar sign. Don't wanna get too heavy, but I've been too light You know I've been so lonesome now, I just wanna feel alright Everybody knows my girl, sweet as honey-doo: What they don’t know, what they don’t know. It's on fire, it's in heat, like a dog on your street It's insane, I've been around, it's too big for your town When it eats at you, when it takes its toll When everyone got what they want and you've got what you stole You can scream it at me, throw it in my face When I make my mind up I make it up both ways Everybody knows this town gets small it gets old you get out or get bored What they don’t know, what they dont’ know. It's on fire, it's in heat, it’s a real wild one on your street. It's insane, I've been around, it's too big for your town It’s on fire, it’s in heat, like a real wild one on your street Let's get a drink, i got the time, been a lot on my mind
9.
Most of the time, almost always most the time Is it seldom or am I, how's it seem to be Where do we meet, I've forgotten where we meet In the corner of the street, a place in time You're the same as when I first heard you coming You don't change, it's alright cause nobody changes And I know why, yeah I learned something after all And if I hear a voice, and there's a similar type of voice That reminded me of yours, made me see That I could rip you off, walk away and rip you off And you would never know or think of me You’d be the same as when I first heard you coming You don't change, it's alright cause nobody changes And I know why, yeah I learned something after all
10.
When I'm in a bad way, the bottle is where I stay You ever get the feeling you'll never see someone again Some people got control over you, what they say you're bound to do Others wanna catch your eye, or keep you from catching mine Who really knew what they got themselves into? Who will pretend they'll be there in the end? Who’s got the heart to kill it before it starts to bleed? What do you know about love The boys who drive the fast cars, the girls who only go so far The money and just what it says, and the heartbreak of sweet success Who really knew what they got themselves into? Who will pretend they'll be there in the end? Who’s got the heart to kill it before it starts to bleed? What do you know about love? The boys who like the boys explain, the girls who like the girls refrain Your parents don't they seem so strange, your brother says somethings don't never change But what do you know about love? It's alright I just wanna know what you must know Cause it runs cold, and it runs hot, and it gets hard to stop
11.
Hunting 04:10
When I go looking for ya, I go looking for your face When I don't see you, I just look another place And I could wander for hours, just wondering where you are I get in put the keys in the ignition of the car And I'm getting to know you, I'm getting to know every step you take Yeah I set all of my traps and I've watched my bait But I don't know you, don't know if you want my embrace But who knows every now and again some things could change, people change It's all true Do you know lately you're the only thing that lights up my brain When I can't write you I know I'll never be the same So when my mind goes blue and my heart feels like it'll break Gonna break in two just like a teenage heart'll break Well it’s all true
12.
Siesta 02:08

about

Sophomore album from Cleveland, Ohio band, Little Bighorn. All songs copyright 2013 Little Bighorn and Brotherhood of Lemur publishing.

"Following their respective stints in some of Cleveland's most beloved bands, you could say Little Bighorn was looking to old records for new licks. There was more country and ’50s rock-and-roll here, with reverb-y guitar leads and nods to the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, and Eddie Cochran. At the same time, the music remained utterly electrified and powerful.

Their new record, Golden Gloves may be Little Bighorn’s defining statement, seamlessly connecting those roots to their contemporary transmutations. You can hear jump blues in “Little Bird” (one of several potential singles off of this no-filler album), while “Hunting” is regal, college-radio fare a la Alien Lanes. There’s no disconnect here—Little Bighorn has found an ideal synthesis between old and new.

The lyrics are plainspoken but not plain. In “It Don’t Quit,” an electrified sock hop that explodes into a desperate chorus, Tony Cross sings: "what I wanna do, what I need to do / when the police come you can balance the two." Check him wringing the last drop of blood out of the phrase it broke her heart, or his convincing Little Richard meltdown in “What Do You Know About Love.” In the gorgeous “Most of the Time,” Nick Cross (who throughout the record plays the id to his brother’s ego) is able to turn a throwaway phrase like "most of the time / almost always most of the time" into a kind of incantation

Golden Gloves' production captures the quartet’s precision and fire, but the sound isn’t too pristine, you can still feel cold air coming in under the door. And damn if parts of this record aren’t downright pretty, too. It’s an outstanding balancing act.

Back at the bar, Little Bighorn are loud and assured, setting bodies moving, heads swinging, and a few hearts a-flutter. They’re at the top of your list in part because they write songs about guys and girls with the usual troubles who go to bars to watch rock bands and try to puzzle out how tomorrow is going to be different from today. You can relate."

- Mike Uva, Cleveland, Ohio. Winter 2014.


"Little Bighorn’s first record, 2012’s “Chaperones” is a pure mix of Americana and alt-county and the initial vinyl-only press sold out immediately. Since “Chaperones,” Little Bighorn has gradually turned up the volume, left the acoustic instruments in the practice space and returned to what it is that they have always done – writing near-perfect rock and roll songs.

Golden Gloves is a hook-filed record that aches with maturity. The songs, divided equally between Nick and Tony Cross, rock more than the first record and the lyrics paint an impression of lives in the middle of living. It’s not rocket science. It’s rock and roll. And there is a beautiful simplicity in declaring that rock and roll is what you are doing with your life and that’s it. That’s what Little Bighorn is doing here."

- C.J. Klasa, host of the Monday Morning Jazz and Blues Radio Show, WCSB 89.3 FM, Cleveland. January, 2014.

credits

released January 1, 2014

Tony Cross, vocals and guitar
Nick Cross, vocals, guitar, organ, piano
Matthew Charboneau, Fender bass and upright bass
Jason Look, drums

Recorded and mixed by Brian Straw @ Ohio Ready Mix, Cleveland, OH.
Mastered by Adam Boose of Cauliflower Audio
Produced by Tony and Nick Cross/Little Bighorn

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