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1.
Lyrics: First let me say I truly am sorry Cuz I know that I’ve been acting rather distant recently I have some things that we should speak about But know my mind’s made up though we have never talked it out There’s not a thing about you that I’d change I worry something good like this could never be sustained Cuz I really need to focus on my art Though you’ve been nothing but supportive one day we'll be torn apart I feel so ashamed to make you wait And I feel it now from canceling on yet another date But I think I need to live more for myself Without concern for the effect that it may have on someone else And though I really hate to think I made you hurt When I’m asked to change my actions in all truth that feels much worse So I think that our relationship is through But if you want to something more casual I’d consider it for you
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Lyrics: 1 I heard a band that’s abuzz this week Offbeat instruments and retro chic MFAs that sing of hopping trains A well-sewn quilt of stock clichés Americana with fancy hair Add more reverb until Pitchfork cares And when the fashion changes, I’ll still be here ‘Til another trend makes me disappear 2 The other day I saw the latest star Strumming standard chords on a pink guitar An airbrushed sound and a soulless swing Hit all the notes, but she couldn’t sing She’s a shiny face with a killer rack But her heart has never even seen a crack And when her beauty fades away, I’ll still be here ‘Til a newer model makes me disappear 3 Trust fund babies wearing torn up clothes Spouting wisdom everybody knows Singing “young forever” and “f*** the man” Talking down so we might understand Think they’re rebels, but their only cause Just the pursuit of canned applause And when these Brooklyn kids grow up, I’ll still be here ‘Til another hipster makes me disappear (solo) 4 Chop off my legs and I’ll try to stand Change my name so it sounds like a band I play empty clubs with spit and scorn Guess I’ve got my art to keep me warm I sing the truth and I sing it well And if you don’t like it you can go to hell What was I fighting for anyway? Yeah, I'll be a martyr 'til my dying day I’ll be a martyr ‘til the day I die When no one notices I’m not alive
3.
Lyrics: I fell in love today in a revolving door I caught her eye and then we cycled more I’d like to take her out and maybe buy her flowers She and I have been circling now for hours Push it, baby / Push it, baby Push it, baby / Push it, baby Push it, baby / Push it, baby Push it, baby / Push it, baby The revolving door, it spins and spins and spins Quite a predicament my love and I are in But when I see her smile…I’m so glad I chose her Though we push this door ‘round an’ don’t get any closer Push it, baby / Push it, baby (x4) Push it harder now Push it faster now And now push it soft But, for the love of God, don’t ever stop Push it, baby / Push it, baby (x4) I really need a shower and a shave Cuz event’ally the hours turned to days We’re growing bitter though we’ve never talked Still we keep circling, never getting off
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Lyrics: If I seem like I’m on fire It’s cuz I have seen the light If I seem a little forward It’s cuz I have been behind If I seem a little vacant It’s cuz you have blown my mind I seem a little lost Would you be so kind As to take me by the hand And walk me home tonight? And I might say these words If you squeeze my hand real tight... I’m in love...I’m in love, I’m in love, I’m in love, I’m in love I’m in love...I’m in love, I’m in love, I’m in love, I’m in love I’m in love...I’m in love With you It’s like a little religion Of mass confusion Damp with tears and Perspiration A million questions With no solution It’s love I’m in love...I’m in love, I’m in love, I’m in love, I’m in love I’m in love...I’m in love, I’m in love, I’m in love, I’m in love I’m in love...I’m in love With you And your smile...It’s your lips and your teeth and the space in between And your eyes…They’re big and they’re brown and their open up wide Your smile...Your smile Your smile
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Lyrics: I am impervious I have rough, calloused skin I am still standing I’ve seen and survived everything …But a pretty girl still cuts me like the wind She is a lighthouse Telling me I’ve come home She is a mountain mist Causes the valley to glow …And I feel her when the wind begins to blow A pretty girl still cuts me like the wind A pretty girl still cuts me like the wind She is a mother to Every child that she sees I’m hoping someday That she’ll make a father of me I am a barricade She has discovered a door She is the sweetest song Makes my heart starts to hurt ...And every day I feel I love her more Every day I feel I love her more Every day I feel I love her more A pretty girl still cuts me like the wind A pretty girl still cuts me like the wind A pretty girl still cuts me like the wind
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Lyrics: You’re not concerned that it’s getting late You volunteer to help wash the plates You settle back into my room At 2am you slip off your shoes I’ll turn this couch into a bed Ruin my pillow with another head You know you wanna, so just let it be Come on, baby, spend the night with me Go to you when I close the shades Use my fingers to trace your face Feel a spark when I touch your lips And lose track of time with each passing kiss The window’s open with a summer breeze Come on, baby, spend the night with me Come on, baby, spend the night with me We’ll know it’s morning by the robin’s call And how the light shifts on the wall Every color in my room will change And I’ll kiss the smile still on your face I’ll fix you breakfast anyway you please So come on baby spend the night with me Come on, baby, spend the night with me Come on, baby, spend the night with me
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Lyrics: I loved you once, but not anymore When I’m home for holidays I wanna knock on your door Or write you a letter…A postcard or two… I loved you once and I miss you Whatever happened to the girl I once knew? Sexy, adventurous…a bit scary, too The bad girl the boys want, but they haven’t a clue… I loved you once and I miss you I loved you once…way back, back when I still think about you....now and again I think I might call you, but I never do… I loved you once and I…

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Artful Doors is the follow-up to 2018's How Absurd EP. This time the humor is turned in for the scathing (Putting My Art First), the self-deprecating (Schminger-Schmongwriter), the sexy (Spend the Night), the hopelessly romantic (Cuts Me Like the Wind), and the wistful (Frost in Hampton). While overall the Artful Doors EP is about earnestness, don't worry: Brad Bru's dry wit is still there.

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released February 8, 2020

Featuring:
Brad Bru - Guitar and voice
Karen Righeimer - Bass
John Sorensen - Drums

John Szymanski - Piano on Track 1, lead guitar on Track 2, shaker on Track 3, guitar #1 on Track 4, 12-string guitar on Track 5

Co-produced by Brad Bru & John Szymanski.
Engineered, mixed and mastered by John Szymanski.

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Brad Bru & The Crowd Goes Wild Chicago, Illinois

This band brings together the richness of acoustic music, the charm of alt-country and the energy of melodic punk. Whether playing distorted power chords or fingerpicking crisply, the witty and relatable lyrics balance humor with darkness.

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