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Stray Animals

by VALENTIGER

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1.
Well, the dawn just ain't enough anymore Watch out for trouble you're heading for Decide for change or the trouble in store When the dawn just ain't enough anymore Well, Sunday turns to Monday And Monday to June Got a lot of somedays When somedays come through Are few and far between, it's true Well, I hope the dawn to be enough for you If you're flunked, you're drunk, find yourself on the floor If you're cried out, dried out, hung over the door If you've sworn before and never no more With colors swelling into the morn Living is easier Yes, living is more complicated Your dead-end job, it could be worse If the dawn is forgotten, haunted by windows shaded You're perched on the steps with smoke in your face Staring down like nothing takes place Well, my friend, you've got fire in your hand No shoes on and your socks full of sand You may not own that home that you're in But the dawn will be coming again
2.
CONNECTION 03:13
Well, I've been all brains And no heart I've been all stops And NO START! I can't find nothing like that Sitting and drinking Driving and thinking I'm kicking it around I kick it round and round But I know I do know how Shut up! Start up! I wanna get up But I don't What do you want? I know what I want Can I go? Now out of the trees I receive the line I've been crossing my T's Now I'm just trying to find Some good friction Oh, please! So, c'mon Just say what you mean I'm just trying to touch off and turn it ON! What about you? I've got to What if we fall? Well, I know Maybe we could fly on Ooo, CONNECTION! All we got to make is CONNECTION!
3.
Monday Night 03:06
Baby, my arms are tired All of my limbs are tired I know you're tired, too And we got nothing to do Baby, the heat's been on And I know that I've been wrong We got our friends around And, well, that's all weekend long Now, I know you like to look over there But I don't know I'll make it there But I'll be your Monday night Tuesday's still out of sight Yes, I'll be your Monday night Two can make that alright I'll be your Monday night Tuesday's still out of sight Yes, I'll be your Monday night Two can make that alright I'll be your Monday night I'll be your Monday night We're two for the here and now I'll be your Monday night
4.
Jim or Jason 03:58
I've been on trial But I've been just adjacent to you And I been trying hard To find what I already knew When I turn and face it All I want is tried and true Let my heart be just a Jim or Jason to you Ooo, I'm onto you And I can't hide it All the way through And I can't fight it I'm coming through But I've been beat up Ooo, the saddest thing is coming So, enjoy what's right in front of you Ooo, I'm onto you And I can't hide it All the way through I can't fight it I'm coming through Just as I breath in, breath out Breath in, breath out I will not be the one to let you down I've been true I've been true As I ought to, and I want to! We are true If we want to If we want to And I want to We are true! If we want to And I want to
5.
If you're worried I'll take you down To the ugly side of town Where motors groan and sirens whine Two-fold both for those whom they toll and whom they remind We'll punish our eyes But there's no need of any kind For our disguise We'll bury lies And we'll burn all our concern With the ugly side of town Well, I've always heard It's not about where you're from But I'm fairly sure That's what makes you, boy Oh, the answer's neither here nor there Well, I've never been too concerned with time As I'm sure I have never crossed that mind And if you're wondering, "Where am I going and how?" You had better ask of yourself, "Where the hell am I now?" If you're down I'll pick you up We'll go straight down through To where they pour an eight-dollar cup We'll get just one And drink as slow as the midday sun Yes, just one before anymore has a chance to have begun Well, you're nowhere if you're unaware Above all it's all neither here nor there Ooo, we are, dear, neither here nor there Yes, we are, dear, neither here nor there We're floating in the air Ooo, we are dear, neither here nor there
6.
Let's not let Our words get In the way of what we don't need to say I am trained To read your terrain Avoid the bumps in the road if I may Now, anyone can kiss Without a basis for what is And to everything, well, it's best But even beauty must rest And if you're waiting up Then you're weighted down Ooo, it's good ain't it? Ooo, I wouldn't change it Now, being honest is only trouble's finest way of inviting you in A sure thing: MISTAKES MUST STING IF YOU WANT TO LEARN ANYTHING! Ooo, it's good ain't it? Ooo, I wouldn't change it Rain down Rain down on me Rain down on me If you can't decide What is on your mind That's just fine As long as you got a heart that don't stop I'm on top, I'm on top, YEAH! Ooo, it's good ain't it? Ooo, I wouldn't change it Cause we're stray animals Yeah, we're stray animals
7.
Oh my, oh my Have you seen her cry? We all come crashing down In the blink of an eye But who don't mind a little rain? And who don't take a little change? Well, I don't like it every day No, no But I welcome the change Oh my, oh my What a day I've tried And I know, and I know it's going But I want it to just pass me by Well, who don't mind a little rain? Who don't take a little change? Cause just when I think it can't get no worse It comes back better than the first time I know you gotta welcome the change Who don't mind? Who don't mind a little change? No one decides when they're a crying shame Who could deny a little rain, change? Who don't mind?
8.
All that you are All that it was All I have ever done without because Whether we go Well, we don't know how to get there Or where we're going But all we want is, well, somewhere to get back to How, we fall into Tomorrow, too All we've got is the trouble we're in Have we all been lost? I'm not sure at all how it came to begin Oh, but here we are All of the polls Coming through Five times fine I knew All we want is, well, someone to get back to Who we fall into When our day goes through All we've got is the trouble we're in Oh, and who we are I'm not sure at all how it came to begin Oh, but here we are Oh, a start In upswing now Well, it must come down Back where it came to Oh, my body Is haunted by What it cannot see coming and understand But, ooo, all is fine We come to find All we've got is the trouble we're in Oh, and who we are I'm not sure at all how we got where we've been Oh, but we are not lost How we roll through, we make what we can A shot in the dark Oh, my God, we're in trouble can't you see? Oh, it's who we are
9.
Here it comes Here it comes The most ridiculous thing I've ever seen It come to me, knocked me down, it blow right through me I say, "Uh! How cold!" Here it comes The most generally brilliant thing I've ever heard of It's called love Swing in above All the mean things the wind bring in Sister of mine I heard you had a bad night Well, just believe me Oh, when I say I've had a bad night Just in a different way We're all the same No matter what we say "Blah, blah, blah" Here it comes Here it comes You can't run Here it comes Lookout!
10.
When you come to an end Will you call it an end? Or will you let it begin? When you come to an end Well, I have called you a friend And you have called me a friend But I've been where you've been And you are what I pretend Thought I was getting by Well, turns out I was kidding myself Thought I was getting by Well, turns out you were shittin' my friend When you come to an end With your cup emptyin' You return so meagerly And over-eagerly now Well, I hope you figure it out You're gonna have to be bigger now When you come to an end Will you let it begin? When you come to an end Good God, don't you call it an end Well, I hope you figure it out Good God! Put your cigarette out! And find some new business to attend Cause we've come to an end

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released July 12, 2014

All songs written by BRENT SHIREY, ABOVEBOARD MUSIC, (ASCAP)
Published by ABOVEBOARD MUSIC (ASCAP)
Artwork by BRENT SHIREY.
Horns arranged by MARK LAGO & BRENT SHIREY

Recorded, mixed & mastered at JJ RECORDING in GRAND RAPIDS, MI from April 24, 2013 - April 30, 2014 by VALENTIGER & STEPHEN HOLSINGER

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
(c) (p) 2014 ABOVEBOARD MUSIC
www.valentigermusic.com

THANKS - Stephen, Joanie & Jack Holsinger, Mark Lago, Chris Schaefer, The Riders, The Shireys, Chris Ziebarth, Peter Fox, H.G. Shirey, Ms. Blaauw, West Michigan Band Instruments

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Valentiger plays charismatic pop rock that caters to a wide variety of sensibilities. Carefully crafted and effortlessly orchestrated, their collective confidence as a band is as deserved as it is tongue-in-cheek. Their infusion of wit and humor with an enlightened cultural outlook creates a product as reflective of their individual personalities as it is cloaked in surprising wisdom. ... more

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