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Thirty East

by Lee Jaster

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1.
Long lines On my face they crawl Green pines And my home it calls In the city In the jungle out there If you're with me You're in trouble I swear Lord I want to get there Even if I slip and fall I've heard life's for dancing babe But I ain't got moves at all Pretty girls In their summer fair Like to twirl Feel the wind in their hair All the boys Dance in rhythm and time It's a choice I play the music for dimes Lord I want to get there Even if I slip and fall I've heard life's for dancing babe But I ain't got moves at all Where have you gone my dancing shoes? Where have you gone my dancing shoes? And the night I come when it calls Dim the lights Read the rites in the walls Double down When in need of a buck Flip that crown Got that gambler's luck Lord I want to get there Even if I slip and fall I've heard life's for dancing babe But I ain't got moves at all
2.
I'm without your good graces No one can save this old heart like you did Got so tired of running of races Finding pavement to live the life I hid I know I'll have to face it There's no saving a poet like me It's not hard for me to place it Why the kindest of hearts always leave I don't see you coming up behind Don't think I'm running around in your mind Don't see you in my cracked rear view this time I bend down to tie my laces Are those the only soles that I own In my hand I'm holding aces Playing blinds till I know when to fold I got tired of the chasing Of the women the drink and the song Line up those empty vases Along the blank kitchen wall I don't see you coming up behind Don't think I'm running around in your mind Don't see you in my cracked rear view this time Well this dream that I'm chasing It's left me blind to the things that I need I'm so tired of rearranging I've made my bed and in it I must sleep I don't see you coming up behind Do r think I'm running around in your mind Don't see you in my cracked rear view this time
3.
Put It On Me 04:18
You were looking for something, I was trying to find Filling up the spaces of my mind You were written on sidewalks, had your names in bars I was running around trying to find you with guitars Baby, can you put it on lien Let your chips ride down on me I know that you're trying your hardest to just breath Let your chips ride down and we'll see If I can carry the load You were getting out of something,I was trying to get in To whatever that you were doing then You were seeming real low down and I never saw you smile I never understood why it took so long, to keep yourself in style Baby, can you put it on lien Let your chips ride down on me I know that you're trying your hardest to just breath Let your chips ride down and we'll see If I can carry the load Oh yea baby, I can carry that load That load on you I carry it too Running into losing friends Running into losing youth That load on you Im bearing it to Running into losing friends Running into losing you too Baby, can you put it on me Let your chips ride down on me I know that you're trying your hardest to just breath Let your chips ride down and we'll see If I can carry the load Oh yea aby, I can carry that load
4.
I sing about the lonely side of things All my doubts, worries, and dreams Giving thanks for the people that I know Doesn't take away the pain as a grows Ain't got time Time for you to know where I been I've got lines Lines for you to say when you sin I've got dimes Stranded in the pockets of my friends I've got only time to spend I sing about the hidden side of things A lovers doubts inside a golden ring Don't know their worth or Exactly who they are Having lovers doesn't cover up your scars Ain't got time Time for you to know where I been I've got lines Lines for you to say when you sin I've got dimes Stranded in the pockets of my friends I've got only time to spend
5.
Roses 03:43
I've been confusin' Love and illusion I don't believe I've ever really known the thing I've been treatin' My heart like it's eatin' Up my life With every single day I know that Roses are always in season There's always a reason for someone to need a rose Am I foolish for believing That every rose ain't always on the run I'm a distraction You're a reaction From thing things That we can't bear to say There ain't no reason To be cheatin' Unless you want To throw your love away I can't believe it Or bear it any reason It's the only way I can take my mind off things I know that Roses are always in season There's always a reason for someone to need a rose Am I foolish for believing That every rose ain't always on the run I miss your reaction The satisfaction Of doing wrong But loving you so right I can't believe it Or call it treason Turns out love Ain't always in the right I know that Roses are always in season There's always a reason for someone to need a rose Am I foolish for believing That every rose ain't always on the run
6.
Marlboro Man 05:24
Jenny's at the bar Hearing lonely sounds From my guitar She's been without a man for longer than she planned Tried moving on Didn't get far I'm up on the stage Trying to relive My better days I've been without a plan As long as I have been Playing guitars Singing in bars You see it in me I see it in you With our kind you lose 'Cause of what's by your side Not in front of you You know the Marlboro Man Was killed by his own brand One by one There's a lot of truth in that Some sick kind of fact That in our hands Is a loaded gun When Jenny hit the road All the boys were down To see her go She did her best to leave Fumbling for her keys Trying to find What the night will hold I come off the stage Drowning in my youth In a haze We drove a bit too far Out into the dark Trying to find What was down the road You see it in me I see it in you With our kind you lose 'Cause of what's by your side Not in front of you You know the Marlboro Man Was killed by his own brand One by one There's a lot of truth in that Some sick kind of fact That in our hands Is a loaded gun
7.
Dollar Beer 03:18
The boys come out in pastel shades of orange, green, and blue The girls come out in their dresses when the night calls them too But even on a state university scholarship On Tuesday nights, there's a place where you can go get lit Cowboy boots and lone star roots shine among the crowd Wagon wheel plays a tune to bring mama back around Frat boys stare unaware that the hippies own this town You never know what you'll find when your a bucket down Dollar beer at Cain & Abel's Lets find out how far that dollar goes Dollar beer at Cain & Abel's Tuesday nights you're feeling right Getting drunk on with student loans A waitress walks through the crowd dress in red, white, and blue The sign out front says they've been here since 1992 They've changed the bar, they've changed the booze, they've even changed their tunes On Tuesday nights this place ain't got a better saloon There's no place to stand inside, and outside's filling up The only thing to cherry this off would be red solo cups Everyone I know's gonna make a stop in here Funny how they find the time when George is buyin beer Dollar beer at Cain & Abel's Lets find out how far that dollar goes Dollar beer at Cain & Abel's Tuesday nights you're feeling right When the buckets start to flow Dollar beer at Cain & Abel's Lets find out how far that dollar goes Dollar beer at Cain & Abel's Tuesday nights you're feeling right Getting drunk on with student loans Tuesday nights you're feeling right When the buckets start to flow
8.
Sundown 03:51
Do you know the place that gave you fame Never quite came to learn of your name Given a title you were dressed down in black When the sun went down your name did come back Don't go out late at night to Springlake Park Out on Moores lane in the pine trees in the dark A phantom killer who hoods himself in white Makes blood run black in the pale of the moonlight Sun down forever Sundown again Sundown forever Never coming up again (x4) Did you stop, get found out or just get bored? Were you someone's son just back from the war? Was the small town life too slow and naive With a .32 a legend, you did weave Sun down forever Sundown again Sundown forever Never coming up again (x4) Now 30 runs through where you once roamed Your moonlight murders in death are your betrothed They've come to know your heinous, brutal acts With the fear inside that one night you'd come back
9.
Find a Start 03:58
Try to find a start Find something you want to believe in Give it all you've got Follow that heart I've never known these tears To fall so fast when I start believin' After all these years I'm falling apart I know that when times are rough but we get through that We were more than fine I'm only the world I have and what I do and Good Lord you're mine We get along child (2x) Seems to start and stop Findin' things you want when you need 'em Give it all you've got Follow that heart I've never known the stars To shine so bright when I started leavin' After all these years I've found my start I know that when times are rough but we get through that We were more than fine I'm only the world I have and what I do and Good Lord you're mine We get along child (2x)
10.
Highways 03:13
I was dreaming of all the things I wouldn't do Started dreaming of my life with you You were young, foolish of the mouth Not soft-spoken, you lived your life loud Won't you tell me darling What's left for me to know Can I really take it slow? Won't you tell me lover When the lights are down low What I really need to know (x2) Tell me highways (x3) Couldn't keep us apart While you wait I drive along and count City lights, painted lines, and my doubts I was wondering if life would be so cruel Beginning to think that it'd soon end up your fool Won't you tell me darling What's left for me to know Can I really take it slow? Won't you tell me lover When the lights are down low What I really need to know (x2) Tell me highways (x3) Couldn't keep us apart
11.
Jackson 05:09
Well now I've been known to wander I've been known to waste my time In some ways I am my father Who I've been chasing all my life I hear your sings are down in Jackson I hear your songs are down in Keane Yea your song gets played in bars and things But that don't mean, you'll come back to me I've been torn around my pages Tell myself I'm hard to read In my way I miss you Jackson Wish I'd never known how to leave I wish I'd seen your life And never known how to leave I miss my brother down in Texas I miss myself when I'm alone I remember all my exits Will I ever find my home It's not the way I feel in the morning It's what keeps me up at night In my way I miss you Jackson Will I ever know what's right? I wish I'd seen your life And never known how to leave
12.
I grew up with that tall old cane With a farmers tan and my daddy's name If the winters were long and crops did die Daddy just hung his head and cried And I grew old before my time (2) I never did think I'd forget her name But she blends in now all the same With her long blonde hair and her blue lace dress That's the way I liked her best I was blessed to call her mine (2) Oh come lay me down easy lord Or don't come at all Oh come lay me down easy lord Or don't come at all, for me Never been much for an aero plane They leave you grounded all the same Never longed much for a railroad track They take you there and bring you back I left home before my time (2) Oh come lay me down easy lord Or don't come at all Oh come lay me down easy lord Or don't come at all, for me I never outgrew that tall old cane A farmers tan and my daddy's name The winters get long and yields aren't high I just hang my head and cry I have lived my fathers life (2) Oh come lay me down easy lord Or don't come at all Oh come lay me down easy lord Or don't come at all, for me

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The debut full length LP from Lee Jaster, crossing the Americana landscape from finger-picking, introspective folk to Texas bar-room anthems.

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released March 4, 2014

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Produced by Jay Sims

Recorded by Ron Flynt at Jumping Dog Studio

Mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Digital Audio, Inc. Austin, Texas // terranovamastering.com

All songs by Lee Jaster (BMI)

Photos by Dalton Campbell // daltoncampbell.com

Graphic Design by Matt Eskey // anyandallmedia.com

Lee Jaster // Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Ron Flynt // Bass, Keys
Matt Giles // Electric Guitar
Travis Roberts // Drums, Percussion
Warren Hood // Violin
Jenn Miori // Backing Vocals
Rich Brotherton // Lap Steel, Mandolin (Track 5)
Jay Sims // Banjo, Mandolin (Track 3), Backing Vocals (Track 6)
Patrick Brooks // Acoustic Guitar (Tracks 1, 4), Backing Vocals (Track 3)

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