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Broken Record

by Zach Jones

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1.
Let It Go 02:28
Some things aren’t always just the way the seem, so let it go A broken heart, a broken dream, you’re broke, just let it go Restricted words, I never heard, I never need to know Cant find the frequency, can’t listen to the radio It all comes crashing down again The world gets blown apart Head on collision, smashed again Somehow a work of art Can’t seem to figure out What this is all about I’m leaving let me out I’m leaving let me out It’s all been done before that’s just the way it is, so let it go You still complain, it doesn’t change a thing, just let it go When up is down and down is up it makes it hard to choose You lose, you win, you win, you’ve won, it doesn’t mean you lose You’re standing on your feet again No reason to pretend Playback, rewind, repeat again Trying to comprehend Chorus Search for words to say Hope to find a way The time was nearly lost again Patiently standing by Playback, rewind, repeat again Trying to simplify Playback, rewind, repeat again Playback, rewind, repeat again Trying to figure out What this is all about I’m leaving let me out I’m leaving let me out
2.
Empathy 05:10
She said there’s something that I recall The man in the story was ten feet tall His arms were as long as his legs I listen hard to every word that she says The room it was rather small He showed no frustration at all And though he barely fit inside It was her with heavy burden on her mind She said “Are you listing to me? All I ask for is empathy Can’t you see what’s troubling me?” All she wants is empathy Empathy His hands dragged along the floor His knuckles always bruised with pain and sore His head scraped along the ceiling Words can’t describe the pain he was feeling Walls closing in on every side A feeling which he never denied And though he tried hard to keep a smile on his face Something makes her angry what he can’t place When she says “Are you listing to me? All I ask for is empathy Can’t you see what’s troubling me?” All she wants is empathy Empathy She says “You don’t have to read my mind, But do you have to be so blind? You only think about yourself For once, think of someone else.” His ears were as big as his head His eyes oversized and red Most things he could see and hear He never saw what upset her, I fear
3.
I was gonna write a letter Say I’m sorry that it’d been so long I hoped it’d make you feel better I know I have never been that strong Maybe I’ll still get ‘round to it It’s been on my mind A paper with words put down on it But words I can’t find Still I’ll give it a try When I’ve got time There’s a book I’ve thought of reading Someone told me that it fits my style Every time I keep repeating I’ve stared at that page now for a while I know that there’s so much more to go But I read the same lines I’m still on chapter four, or so My brain is a mess and one day I’ll confess When I’ve got time There’s so much I need to tell you But I wanna say it face to face Can’t believe just what it’s come to And how I’ve grown so old and out of place I know that I’ll have to board a plane To see you again We try, but things just don’t stay the same No they’re bound to change Still, I’ll drop you a line When I’ve got time I’ll drop you a line When I’ve got time I hope it makes you feel better
4.
If the sky should tumble and fall I won’t understand it all Endless night give way to the day Don’t let yourself get carried away If the rain can’t fall from the sky There’d be no more tears left to cry No more drawing lines in the sand No more time for things that were planned Nothing to see Nothing at all If it should fall Falling debris into the sea If it should fall If the sun should melt to the ground All our expectations confound All the worry, all of the doubt Giving in, but giving it out Nothing to see Nothing at all If it should fall Falling debris into the sea If it should fall If the moon refuses to shine Would the stars be forced to resign? Falling back on nothing but pride Holding back the feeling inside If it should fall
5.
You bet your life, you take the steps But if you lose there’s nothing left Give it all away to someone Doing it all just for fun One day you’ll draw your final breath Live everyday until your death You can’t be bought, you can’t be sold A day goes by, you’re just another day old You don’t know where you’re going You don’t know where you’ve been You don’t know where you’re going You don’t know where you’ve been You wave me along though it’s you who’s got the right of way Sometimes that’s just the price you pay Using what you’ve been given Trying to make a living Betting it all ‘til you’ve hit the wall Life’s a cigarette and one is all you get One day you’ll paint your final scene Faces from the places that you’ve been You don’t know where you’re going You don’t know where you’ve been You don’t know where you’re going You don’t know where you’ve been Drifting alone in open seas You set your sails, but there’s no breeze You don’t know where you’re going You don’t know where you’ve been You don’t know where you’re going You don’t know where you’ve been
6.
All these things on my mind I don’t understand them all So unreal, undefined My back pinned up against the wall A picture torn and tattered, scattered on the floor Out of reach, but just outside the door Now you’re standing in the rain You open up your umbrella Can’t believe I’m late again I guess I’m just that type of fella It’s concerning, slowly turning Waiting to arrive Soothing, yet it cuts just like a knife Moving forward just to turn around Climbing up just to hit the ground Don’t look back, won’t see what lies ahead Some things are better left unsaid Some things will weigh you down Sometimes you don’t need them around It’s good to know what you want But don’t forget the things you’ve got Weight of the world unfurled and scattered at your feet Initials etched into sidewalk concrete Moving forward just to turn around Climbing up just to hit the ground Don’t look back, won’t see what lies ahead Some things are better left unsaid
7.
Never Easy (free) 03:36
The nights are getting long You’re losing sleep You just keep sinking in your much too deep Like quicksand rising slowly past your feet The more you move the sooner it’s complete You find it’s not enough It’s never as easy as you think It’s never as easy as you think It’s never as easy as you think Trying to turn water into wine and take a drink The walls are closing in It’s much too tight It’s getting much too hard to see the light You struggle, but it only makes it worse Nothing but a wounded soul to nurse You find it’s much too much Chorus Tramped down like the dirt beneath your shoes The more you gain, the more you seem to lose Feeling like there’s nothing more to give Fearing there’s no other way to live It’s never as easy as you think (It’s all a part of growing) It’s never as easy as you think (You’re trying to transcend) It’s never as easy as you think (When all your cards are showing) It’s never as easy as you think (All you needed was a friend)
8.
If you want me gone Then all you’ve got to do is to say so But you keep me hanging on And I guess that I’m just a fool enough to stay so I can be a stubborn man It’s something simple that I need But you keep on sending signs That I just don’t know how to read Yeah, it’s Mixed messages you’re sending me Mixed messages you’re sending me Mixed messages you’re sending me I’ve admired you so long And I finally got the nerve just to tell you so At first you played along But maybe now you’ve found another way to go When I see you out at night When I hear you on the phone You come off sounding like the sweetest person That I’ve ever known But it’s Now Smokey said “A taste of some is worse than none at all” I guess I know now what he meant When you just don’t have the time to take my call Your smile’s so bright and true And your sense of style truly is impeccable But the way you keep me hanging by a thread Well, I gotta say that really is incredible Maybe you’re afraid you’ll hurt my pride But I really wanna know We don’t have to move too quick But we can only move so slow When it’s
9.
So what is it that you think you did? How can anyone say a bad thing about you? After all the things that you’ve said and done None of us would ever be the same without you So it didn’t work out this time around You were looking for a love to compare with the one that you’d already found So how can you think that you’re to blame? You’ve spend most of your life underneath a micro-scope I know that there are times when you’d rather be left alone But of deliverance, you’ve said that there’s always hope So it didn’t work out this time around You were looking for a love to compare with the one that you’d already found Can’t please them all Even summers turn to fall Your call You can’t please them all So what is it that you think you could have done? You’ve already pleased almost everyone Maybe it’s the time to put your pride on the shelf You’ve made everyone happy Now be happy yourself So it didn’t work out this time around You were looking for a love to compare with the one that you’d already found Can’t please them all Even summers turn to fall Your call Can’t please them all It’s not your fault Even summer’s bound to fall Your call No, you can’t please them all It can’t be easy to have lost someone you held so close and dear So, keep her memory strong you know she’d want you to be happy here So it didn’t work out this time around You were looking for a love to compare with the one that you’d already found Can’t please them all Even summers turn to fall Your call No, you can’t please them It’s not your fault Even summers bound to fall Your call No, you can’t please them all It’s not your fault Your fault No, you can’t please them all Never them all
10.
No Regrets 02:53
A cup of coffee in my hand I slept in late again, this wasn’t what I planned No room for cream, I take it black Can’t go on this way, I’ve got to get myself on track But, no regrets No regrets No regrets No regrets Now my guitar is out of tune It’s not the only thing that needs attending to Maybe it’s time to change the strings Maybe it’s time to change a lot of other things Chorus I’ve got my notebook and a pen A nice long list I’ve neatly numbered one through ten Maybe now I’ll get something done Or change the order ‘round and never get past one Chorus
11.
There For Me 03:55
When I I need a friend, you see You’re always there for me ‘Cause I I needed everything And you would do anything for me Yeah, you are always there for me Yeah, you are always there Yeah, you are always there for me Yeah, you are always there I You know I would do the same Wouldn’t let you suffer any pain There’s No limit to what I’d do for you So, what do you want me to do? ‘Cause You are always there for me Yeah, you are always there Yeah, you are always there for me Yeah, you are always there You You showed me right from wrong That’s why you’re in my song When I I couldn’t think of anything You gave me some words to sing That’s why You’re always there for me Yeah, you are always there Yeah, you are always there for me Yeah, you are always there
12.
Had Enough 04:46
Can’t quite recall just how it all went down The sound of you leaving’s what brings me ‘round Too many options to be contemplated Faculties impaired, intoxicated Dizziness I look around and it feels like I am blind It takes a couple steps until I start to find That I’m pretty much sleep walking You’ve had enough, but you keep coming back for me You should have learned from all those other times before How many times can you do this to yourself? You’ve had enough, but you keep coming back for more It all began with a familiar sound Bartender pouring me another round I look around, I take a drink and start to smile Elated that you made it, haven’t seen you for a while It’s been too long I look around and start to wish that I was blind It takes a couple steps until I start to find That I’m pretty much sleep walking Chorus Last thing that I recall We’d moved to another music hall Melody starts to fade away No more words are left to say When I awoke on the hotel room floor You said goodbye and then you closed the door Unconscious now, I’ve fallen back to sleep Knock upon the door, she’s got a house to keep It’s time to leave I look around and it feels like I am blind It takes a couple steps until I start to find That I’m pretty much sleep walking

about

Picking up where he left off with the previous album Fading Flowers, Zach Jones’ Broken Record continues to showcase his musical diversity. While refusing to be pigeon holed into any single genre, Jones further explores themes of personal growth, past reflection and uncertainty about the future. With an encyclopedic knowledge of yesterday’s music and an awareness and appreciation for today’s, Jones combines the raw energy and style of the 60’s British pop explosion, from artists such as The Who and The Kinks, with the soulful expression of the American R&B that poured from Motown and Stax. While paying tribute to the music he loves, yet expanding beyond tradition in sound and arrangement, Jones has created a fresh musical melting pot of modern rock, pop, and soul.

A step forward from Fading Flowers in size and intricacy of arrangements, at the heart of Broken Record lays Jones’ poetic songwriting and the energy of a live band. Simple melodies, profound lyrics and infectious hooks teamed with the honesty and raw emotion of a live performance provide the foundation on which Broken Record is built. The album opens with the up-tempo rocker ‘Let It Go’, blasting off as if it were Black Sabbath performing a song written by The Police and sung by David Ruffin of The Temptations. Jones then seamlessly transitions into ‘Empathy’, a soulful mid-tempo ballad that could almost be a lost Stevie Wonder gem. Whether or not these two songs, with their two distinct styles, should belong on the same record is never a concern. Flowing naturally from one song to the next, Broken Record takes the listener on a musical journey of the unexpected, eagerly anticipating what might be next. From the Brit-pop sounds of ‘When I’ve Got Time’ or the melancholy longing of ballad ‘If It Should Fall’, to the Queens Of The Stone Age-flavored punch of ‘Never Easy’, Broken Record brings a full listening experience that would feel just as at home spinning on a turntable as it does blasting through a pair of iPod ear buds.

With Fading Flowers, Zach Jones announced his arrival as a new force of the independent power pop genre. Having previously established himself as a fiery lead guitarist and energetic live performer, on a seemingly endless tour of the United States as lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the pop/rock band AS FAST AS, Jones showed that he is also a skilled craftsman as a songwriter. With Broken Record, Jones continues to push the boundaries of pop music while embracing the integrity of the pre-auto-tuned era.

credits

released March 22, 2011

Broken Record

Musicians:
Andrew Hodgkins- Drums
Stu Mahan- Bass
Zach Jones- Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Keyboards, Percussion, Bass(8,9)
Emily Dix Thomas- Cellos (Track 11)

Credits:
All songs written by Zach Jones
Produced by Zach Jones and Jon Nolan
Recorded and Engineered by Jon Nolan at Milltown Recording Company Rollinsford, NH
Assistant Engineer: Tristan Omand
Additional Tracking by Zach Jones
Mixed by Jonathan Wyman at The Halo Windham, ME
Mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering Portland, ME
Photos by Matt Cosby (americanpicturebook.com)
Art and Layout by Kelsey Munroe (scowldesign.com)
Website by Adam Flaherty (adamflaherty.com)

Thank You:
To my friends, family and fans who have continued to support my endeavors and make it possible for me to keep creating music. You are a constant source of inspiration, I couldn't do it without you.

Special Thanks To:
Mom, Dad, Josh, Kate, Chris, Andrew Hodgkins, Stu Mahan, Jon Nolan, Spencer Albee, Hache Horchatta, John Maclaine, Emily Dix Thomas, Jon Wyman, Kelsey Munroe, Adam Ayan, Matt Cosby and Lauren Rudser. I love you all.

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With an encyclopedic knowledge of yesterday’s music and an awareness and appreciation for today’s, Jones combines the raw energy and style of the 1960’s British pop explosion, with the soulful expression of the R&B that poured from Motown & Stax. While paying tribute to the music he loves, yet expanding beyond tradition, Jones has created a fresh musical melting pot of modern rock, pop, and soul. ... more

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