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Deadly Summer Sway

by The Checks

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1.
DOGS OF PERFECTION the killer is the only thing that's in your heart the wings are all in your teeth my jaw is cash look at me i am hollow your step is in behind the night it leans on my mind the battle axe swings from your eyes and into mine look at me i am hollow did you watch me from a far how could you feel that i held heart what ties us all is life we never roll away what ties us all is life we never roll away the only thing we ever had came from our heart everything is on my side till i meet you cold what ties us all is life we never roll away what ties us all is life we never roll away.
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Ready to Die 03:20
READY TO DIE well if it's true what they say about ya you got me and i'm down for what ever now if you dance like a Paris heart i'll go and find the funk and i'll come right back. oh girl i'm ready to die fly like inside a tiger you got me and i'm down for what ever now when the wind comes tan i'll surprise you i follow every moon way down off the track oh girl i'm ready to die i know the things that you do it makes me hurt i know the things that you say it makes me i know the things that you want to do to me i know you think it's okay you in high river style the only way is blue on the borderline  when the stars come on high beam halo the boys are coming in to enslave your brain oh girl i'm ready to die.
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Black Frog 03:15
BLACK FROG if you know what you want and you know what you need but you say what they want then be free I'm going to tell it to them see how it feels  and now your words are on wheels  they will just push you along so what you're gonna kill it for me? do you want to get by with us do you want to get high with us every night when we get home we get drunk and we get stoned the fight is never far away you make it good you may get saved if you go it alone  their going to say that you're not when they don't let you know its too much you will end up working on it know what you want know what you need but you say what they want then be free you gonna kill it for me? do you wanna get by with us do you want to get by with us every night when we get home we get drunk and we get stoned the fight is never far away you make it good you may get saved look at the sun  it sits there for me but i just want to fire.
4.
One Sock 02:43
ONE SOCK All the others kiss my brother on his head i was wishing  i was kissing you instead so i wanted summer and i cut that rope i went to the room  and i locked that door she told me to loud knock on her door you know you're really one soul she told my brothers that i was trouble and i was i started thinking  i was sinking in my beer so i reached for the light but the light was low so you know about your gun but not from the floor  she told me to loud knock  on her door you know you're really one soul
5.
PERFECT LOVER  you know that i'm your perfect lover  and you know that i'm your perfect lover  i'm not going to lift a finger to make you call dance with me baby i know you want to dance i know because it's in your eyes yeah, you don't make me wait you don't make me cry you don't make me fall out, i want to know where you are you know that i'm your perfect lover and you know that i'm your perfect lover i'm not going to lift a finger to make you call drive with me baby i know you want to drive i know because it's in your heart yeah, you don't make me wait you don't make me cry you don't make me fall out i want to know where you are California be our sky tonight in this super stardom its a blood ring you couldn't be better you should be calm and you should be home you should be home dancing with me so alone you should be home dancing with me so in love you know that I'm your perfect lover and you know that I'm your perfect lover and I'm not going to lift a finger to make you call dance with me baby smile with me honey  i just smiled in the streetlight with all the electronica.
6.
Winter Sun 06:32
WINTER SUN you don't lean back on anyone you disappear but i don't mind you're waiting for the winter sun to change you hollow out and see the light real freedom is hard to find you're waiting for the winter sun to change if i was the radio and you were truth you know you couldn't trust me i really couldn't trust in you underneath the denim sky you disappear but i'm just shy you're waiting for the winter sun to change you're lying by the river side every lie goes with its tide both waiting for the winter sun to change i am the radio and i am the truth you know you shouldn't trust me i really wouldn't trust in you i want to be the one  in the morning by the setting sun waiting for the winter sun to change if i was the radio and you were truth you know you couldn't trust me i really wouldn't trust in you
7.
Spiders 04:04
SPIDERS there are spiders inside your neck but you won't admit to it there are crows up inside your head but you won't understand or give a damn well its getting late but i will wait there are crows up inside of your feet but you won't admit to it there are spiders in your hair but you don't even care who put them there well its getting late but i will wait on and on we roll like death in a can comfort in silence love and violence and its getting late but i will wait there is ink up inside of your brain but it all looks the same on and on we roll like death in a can comfort in silence love and violence ink in your eyelids crows and spiders
8.
CANDYMAN SHIMMER candyman shimmer candyman turn look at the sun  it's in a honey jar we spin for the people we spin for the people the highway is in my blue over coat blue turtle neck pulled way above my blue eyes we spin for the people we spin for the people oh oh yeah I shimmer I shimmer oh x4 shimmer in the rain the car is on fire with evergreen ghosts the dreams i had when i hit the coast we spin for the people we spin for the people  candyman shimmer candyman turn look at the sun it's in a honey jar we spin for the people we spin for the people shimmer in the rain we are heading into the stars tonight it's alright we are heading into the storm tonight it's alright
9.
Jet Plane 03:42
JET PLANE we're going to run the night girl we're going to run tonight run the whole night down girl down to the morning light meet me by edge of the town down by the apple tree you know the one i mean girl where i first laid eyes on thee cadet plane wanted me jet plane meet me by the edge of the road girl down by the apple tree you know the one i mean girl where i first laid eyes on thee meet me by the edge of the train girl don't make me wait no more you know the one that's going up the one that i'm taking off. cadet plane wanted me jet plane cadet plane wanted me jet plane jet plane i got it in my brain jet plane i got it in my brain
10.
My Brother 08:28
MY BROTHER my brother  he won't be home to father he sold his dope on the streets of Rome now that is where his ashes are blown now my mother works in the fields alone my father, he cried to the moon i took my brothers book a bound i put my brothers words to sound every word it rang well in the name of isabella estelle i am alone on the moor  the arrows and bows flow free through thy blood he won't be home to father he swung his axe through the fields of Rome  now that is where his ashes are blown.

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Recorded 2011 at Roundhead Studios, Auckland.
Produced by Bassy Bob Brockman (NYC). Released 11.11.11
Songs composed by Sven Pettersen, Edwards Knowles, Callum Martin

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released November 11, 2011

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The Checks erupted onto the scene at age 16 spewing pure energy, gritty guitars and an outrageous live show prepping them to tour with AC/DC, Oasis, REM, The Hives, Muse, Jet. The Checks multifaceted sound has evolved through three critically acclaimed albums and extensive touring to combine elements of Rock n Roll, Psychedelic, Punk, Dub, Hip Hop, and Blues. ... more

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