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Dragline

by Coby Carlucci

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1.
Gimme a Reason 02:39
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Give me a reason I would be on your mind Give me a reason I can’t find Give me a reason I would be on your mind Give me a reason I would be on the run Give me a reason I have none Give me a reason I would be on the run
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Dragline 04:17
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I can’t feel my fingers in the morning The day before just some toxic dream There ain’t no way to give yourself a warning That you shouldn't mix the dirt with the Benzedrine And I don’t need persuading There's no need for escalating cause there not much left to lift for a hoist like me But there’s a dragline Dredging up and down my spine And I’m gonna lose what's mine If I don’t cut this damn dragline This damn dragline I wish I had a dollar for every ailment And every pain in every joint I feel there's nothing you can buy to fix the aching from too much time ill spent with sludge and steel Life is so conflicting and I'm no fan of the heavy lifting I could drift right through this world if it would just let me But There’s a dragline…. Time is just a waste of time…. wait and see I feel so over-exposed in the morning I guess I better move to the Salton Sea If those physics spills and fish kills don’t undo me At least they’ll wipe my head of cobwebs and misery I can’t talk to strangers And I'm not no fan of danger and sometimes in this life you just wanna give in but There’s a dragline...
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Sunday 04:05
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Oh Li Lis on it now, the wind it coddles like a mother as she swings out over grass as green as joy and joyous we we sing of super heroes we sing our favors to the river its been flowing since forever as it flows slowly somewhere oh everybody's here and oh the time that we’ve been having oh everybody’s here until Sunday when they go and i lose a bit of something, it hurts me like a pin sunk deep into my spirit, so deep it lacerates the skin now Tuesdays often dreary, and wednesdays justs as drab nothing seems to last its always Sunday Morning we furrow through the pines, we follow imaginary paths we’re foraging for treasure, wagons parts and medicine glass and the animals don’t notice they have seen this kind of thing before indifferent as sailors enraptured by the river’s peace oh everybody's here and oh the time that we’ve been having oh everybody’s here until Sunday when they go and i lose a bit of something, it hurts me like a pin sunk deep into my spirit, so deep it lacerates the skin and now Tuesdays often dreary, and wednesdays justs as drab nothing seems to last, it's always Sunday Morning oh if i had some string, maybe i could tie the doorways oh if i had some tape, maybe i could seal the windows shut oh if i had some glue i could bind us right to this moment oh and thursday would be the day and Sunday would never get a chance to slip in like a mamba, thats searching for the river and it bites you on the finger, just as you canter in the shade and now Tuesdays often dreary, and Wednesday is just as drab nothing seems to last, it's always Sunday Morning
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Concrete Alibi 02:06
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The color of the urban sky Frames this concrete alibi to the blah and the hum and drum That’s why I’m riding with the top down And I’m in love with this town And there can be no greater play To be cruising past the alley ways Bumper to bumper and fist to fist How could there ever be a time like this? And I’m in love with this town It doesn’t matter to me What’s on the other side of history? We’re just a blip on a screen That gets deeper and wider the more that you try to figure out What you can’t figure out I sing the songs on the hit parade As I go whooshing by the palisades I never feel that far away When I’m riding with the top down I’m in love with this town
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Young Bloods 03:57
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Well all these young bloods, they know how to party They know just how to party But they don’t party like me These young bloods Always down for a party Yes they know just how to party But they can’t party like me You think I’m ashamed I’ll show you a-gad-damn-shamed You think I’m ashamed Well shame on me Well these city lights They’re my anti-kryptonite I get down each and every night No one parties like me All these young bloods Lining up like jokers Big dumb belly strokers They can’t party like me You think I’m ashamed Well the other day somebody tried to tell me that I aint right With all the ... Well I’ll show that sucker what it really means to be a man Cause there aint no one in this town who can party just as hard as I can I aint looking for no satisfaction I aint looking for no kinda love I’m just looking for a clean well lit place and a couple young bloods to shove I aint looking for no therapy I aint looking for no clarity I aint looking for no charity I’m just looking for some chains, chains, chains
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Downtown Yesterday 04:47
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I am the sun you are the stars Never together in the sky We use to walk these streets in winter Gin twinkle in our eyes Now the pavements cracked and crumbled All the shops have shut down Its getting harder not to stumble On the same streets we use to walk around Hold me baby and tell me you broke down Something I see right through It’s been cold this October the frost hit Columbus Day Its been an ice box in my living room And its been like that since May Clocks ticking and a tocking And it talks to me sometimes It says this ticks are gone forever And the tocks they aren’t to far behind Hold me baby … There’s salty tears in my coffee cup And all my heart strings have knotted up What were you doing with my best friend downtown yesterday Just a little bit of time, time time time I can’t hate you But I can hate these walls I can hate the way you avoid my eyes And the silence when he calls I’ve been drinking, I've been drinking, drinking and a thinking of you Yes I’ve been thinking, I’ve been thinking That it’s the same shit I used to put you through Hold me baby… There’s salty tears in my coffee cup And all my heart strings have knotted up What were you doing with my best friend downtown yesterday Baby baby I’ve had enough And all my friends say I’ve given up What were you doing with my best friend downtown yesterday… downtown yesterday
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A Clean Fresh Start 02:58
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There will be nothing for you later There is nothing for you now But you have time and you have heart All you need is a clean fresh start So rinse away the insinuations and wipe away the the nasty looks he wasn't there when you needed him just like he knew he should Oh angie, they say you got a lot on your mind You wanted babies on top of babies and diamonds dripping from the sky the perfect life, the perfect wife clipping coupons with a butchers knife No one ever needs to tell you nothing works out in the end but downtown yesterday there's was nothing to pretend Oh angie, they say you got a lot on your mind You can’t eat, you can’t sleep Times get tougher by the minute A better life so hard to miss The roses wilt the tables tilt You lose the flavor of the first kiss You don't want someone to love you you just want someone who tries the center of seduction just seems to fit you right Oh angie, they say you got a lot on your mind
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Easy Morning 02:46
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Just another easy morning easy summer easy day never have to lift a finger, lonely faces get outta my way oh when you wake up, when you wake up i will be laughing at you oh when you wake up, when you wake up i will be loving you forever Just another easy morning, some get lost some get found feet up the sun is shining, looks like mine is coming back around oh when you wake up, when you wake up i will be laughing at you oh when you wake up, when you wake up i will be loving you forever and don’t say goodbye, cause i ain’t leaving don’t say goodbye, i will be right here and don’t say goodbye, cause i ain't leaving i’ll be by your side, when you wake up and when you wake up i will be loving you forever Just another easy morning, easy summer, easy day greener grasses, and deeper glasses, lonely faces get outta my way oh when you wake up, when you wake up i will be laughing at you oh when you wake up, when you wake up i will be loving you forever
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Elderberry Wine 03:57
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Dear Jesus, Sweet Jesus, oh won’t you come down and show us how to get ourselves out of what we got in, you know where we’ve been won’t you come down and stay for awhile and keep us company a chorus of angels gathered by the fire, drinking elderberry wine they’re waiting on their savior, he gets later everytime Dear Jesus, Sweet Jesus, oh won’t you come down and show us how to get ourselves out of what we got in, you know where we’ve been won’t you come down and stay for awhile and keep us company To friends and to family, good fortune and good luck, now pass the elderberry wine, as we’re waiting on our savior he gets later everytime and a river of kindness flows through you, it flows through you a chorus of angels singing by the fire, drunk on elderberry wine they’re waiting on salvation, it gets later every time Dear Jesus, Sweet Jesus, oh won’t you come down and show us how to get ourselves out of what we got in, you know where we’ve been won’t you come down and stay for awhile and keep us company
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Weather and Luck 03:13
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I am obsessed with the temporary The temporal as well as this nasty weather all the pleasures in life seem clouded by dark intemperate skies I just hope that tonight there’s no nasty weather I don’t believe in anything, except the weather and luck I am not blessed, I’m just ordinary But even Jesus Christ, he hated nasty weather all heaven’s delights are tainted by dark intemperate skies It adds a rumble of thunder to your once perfect day I don’t believe… I don’t know, maybe I don’t want to know The less I know, the less I have to let it show The less it shows the less I have to let it go Will I ever let it go? Some pray for rain, they cast their hands up to the sky Singing ditties of solace, to some drenching god I should lend them my service, just prop me up on the totem pole There’ll be no need to worry There’ll soon be sodden skies... I don’t believe…
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Times of Trouble 04:19
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I was thinking about the cold and bitter end to us all all these years to figure out what takes a finger snap to fall and every boulder up the crag just tumbles to the right and every little waste of breath just makes you more uptight and I’ll sit with you in times of trouble I’ll sit with you in chains But I will never save you I was dreaming of a void that stretches till the dawn and all the people that I love just want to move along I sing a song for the cynical, the lonely and the cursed so hard to hear the positives when you always fear the worst and I’ll sit with you in times of trouble… but living ain't cheap and laughing ain't easy crying ain't for babies and dying ain't for jesus If i don't matter, then I don't matter and I will never save you I was staring out across that dread and bitter sea thinking 'bout all the toils and tears it took to get to me? Consciousness to nothingness just a sniff to a sigh And how could I ever figure out heaven, if I don’t believe in trying That’s why I’ll sit with you in times of trouble I’ll sit with you in chains I’ll sit with you as all things crumble I’ll sit with you though flames But I will never save you La la la
12.
Born to Lose 03:46
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I am sitting at the bar I realize I need one more to put me away and somewhere in my heart I feel so lonesome for those old forgotten days Well I listen to the jukebox play those sad sweet songs sentimentally I sigh been tossed in a corner for most my life I can't get by anymore I just don't know what its all for I've lost that good ole loving feeling Born to Lose I’m just talking to be myself But it don’t hurt no more, no it don’t hurt no more As I sit by and watch the old folks Do that Texas Two step cross that big wide-open floor Then I go back to wondering all by myself You know I am my only friend And I tell you it’s a downright sin I can't get by anymore I just don't know what its all for I've lost that good ole loving feeling Born to Lose So slide that bottle over here And let me whisper in its ear You know good whisky brings me home So I don’t feel so damn alone You know I have those lonesome blues Cause I was born to lose that good ole loving feeling Born to Lose I've lost that good ole loving feeling Born to Lose

about

Dragline is the result of a three-year effort. Recording at Rocking Horse studios in Pittsfield, NH started in 2010 as a new Tractor Trailer record, but the effort ultimately stalled. In 2013 I decided to pick up the pieces of that record and push forward with a new solo release. New songs, musicians, and fresh ears were put to good use as mixing and mastering wrapped in May of 2013.

Stylistically, Dragline ranges from the power pop of Gimme a Reason to the soul drenched riff rock of Young Bloods to the Chips Moman/Dan Penn influenced Downtown Yesterday to the countrified AOR of Easy Morning. All together it forms a unique and singular sound that I have dubbed Rugged Pop. While stylistically diverse the CD is held together by the professional musicianship put forth by the Rocking Horse House Band. The final touch is the deft ear for clean, clear, and extraordinary mixes that Rocking Horse owner and chief engineer Brian Coombes has developed over the years. The result is a record that should hold its own in todays super saturated world of DIY music.

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released September 1, 2013

Tracks 1-8, 10-11 Written and Produced by Coby Carlucci
Tracks 9 & 12 produced by Brian Coombes
Track 9 Written by Coby Carlucci and Tere Kipp
Track 12 Written by Tere Kipp

Coby Carlucci: Vocals, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar
Myron Kibbee: Electric Guitar (1-11)
Joey Pierog: Bass (1-11)
Dave Pierog: Drums (1, 10, 12)
Eric Wagley: Drums (2-9, 11)
Justin Walton: Piano, Whurli and Rhodes (2, 5, 10, 11)
John Farias: Guitar (1, 3, 5, 7)
Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki: Fiddle (2, 6, 10)
Brian Coombes: Organ (8)
Rick Black: Organ (11)
Jode Carlucci: Bass (12)
Will Kindler: Slide Guitar (12)
Jon Kaplan: Mandolin (12)
Joey Pierog, Tere Kipp, Krista Angelucci,
Gina Alibrio, and Michelle Coombes: Back-up Vocals

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Coby Carlucci Beverly, Massachusetts

I have been performing in and around New England for 20 years. I describe my sound as Rugged Pop and have been likened to Elvis Costello fronting ZZ Top (or perhaps Nick Lowe fronting Humble Pie). I have three CD’s to my credit (so far!!) the most recent, Dragline, will be available in September. Cheers! CC. ... more

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