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Who Shall Remain Shameless

by Jet W. Lee

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1.
All my life you were dead Buried in a book I read Save it for another night, A better time to say goodbye When all along I heard it said, Just wait until you’ve reached the end Save it for another night, A better time to say goodbye With anticipations high for another night, A better time to say goodbye And all along you were there Now when I turn the page it’s bare
2.
Hard Hats 02:15
But all of that was gone and passed With screws and nails in coffee cans I know why she went away All of our time spent working late For a man, foreman He used to be a hired hand Now he’s picking up the perks And we don’t have to do the work But when the shit hits the fan We put on our hard hats again He used to live, he used to give His love to one, not one to live Apart from what he thought was right Working well into the night With screws and nails in a coffee can We put on our hard hats again
3.
Well you could’ve come to anyone But you came to me I told you all I wanted was one A simple thing on your wedding day You could’ve told anyone How it came to be We tried to play the field for fun But you wanted to be alone On your wedding day Alone, you left me on your wedding day Now you tell everyone That to blame was me Will you say I’ll always be the one? I guess we'll see I wasn’t there On your wedding day I wasn't there Oh what do you say I wasn’t there I wasn’t there I wasn’t there And now you’re just a throw-a-way
4.
New Mexico 04:14
Once I heard a record spin I listened to it back again The beat was burned into my brain Until only one thought remained Can you show me? Can you show me where to go? I’m on my way to you, New Mexico I listened in on troubled times When not a soul was on my side Alone in empty motel rooms I dreamed the dreams that don’t come true Can you show me? Can you show me where to go? I’m on my way to you, New Mexico The needle scratched the vinyl skin I played the record back again Into my brain the beat was burned A lesson I had yet to learn Till I was in the backseat of a car Screaming down the boulevard Listening one lonely night It seemed so strange to sound so right Can you show me? Can you show me where to go? I’m on my way to you, New Mexico When I made it Through the land of ice and snow I knew I had reached you, New Mexico
5.
Dirty Love 02:56
Don’t take it out Take it out on the garbage man He takes it out He takes it out when he can Oh my love scrapes the bottom It’s dirty love in the dusty winds of autumn I met her as I met her as my heart turned black Blood flow is gone Gone and never coming back Oh my love scrapes the bottom It’s dirty love in the dusty winds of autumn That blow at dawn the morning that you brought 'em Home and then You woke up and forgot 'em Oh my love, scrape the bottom It’s dirty love in the dusty winds of autumn That blow at dawn the morning that you brought 'em Home and then You woke up and forgot 'em
6.
Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine When you wake up in the morning and you’re mine Don’t worry, don’t worry, don’t worry For the change was coming quicker than today You might have missed it if you looked the other way With the needle buried deep within the hay Don’t worry, don’t worry When all your life’s a stage And you get confused by the parts that you are playing The corporation’s gonna make the change And you don’t fit in Then you stumble on a starry state of mind With the diamonds and the glitter in your eyes You see the people changing ‘round you all the time So don’t worry, don’t worry, don’t worry When all your life’s a stage And you get confused by the parts that you are playing The corporation’s gonna make the change And you dont... When you’re here and it feels like I am gone When you’re on, and you know that you are on When it feels like all the feeling’s gone Don’t worry, don’t worry, don’t worry
7.
The first time didn’t feel so good And I mutilated Susan She’s no whiter than the snow I hope her daddy doesn’t know The next time it was understood And I mutilated Susan I was worried about where she bled But it came out till there was nothing left She’s no whiter than the snow I hope her daddy doesn’t know How I mutilated Susan The last time that it ever would be done With no cigarette, no smoking gun Now she’s no whiter than the snow I hope her daddy doesn’t know How I mutilated How I mutilated How I mutilated Susan
8.
Stay Thin 02:59
It's eating my mind away In a state of fine tooth decay Don’t matter where I go nor who I’m with I just wanna stay thin Stay young, stay thin I’m running every single day Throwing it up because it’s all a waste Don’t matter where I go nor who I’m with I just wanna stay thin I just wanna stay thin And I don’t eat But I’m still not hungry And I don’t eat But I’m still not hungry And a baby isn’t on the way A baby isn’t on the way A baby isn’t on the way
9.
Caught between the comfortable And the thought of something new I’ll be lost at sea in an endless sky When the beauty meets the blues And you may get confused And you may get confused Stuck inside a web of lies With the thoughts of someone true These are words that slip from a lover’s lips That can make a mess of you All the promises that you meant to keep Will have a way of falling through You’ll be lost at sea in an endless sky When the beauty meets the blues And you may get confused And you may get confused An abandoned car in an empty lot You’ll have nothing left to lose And the distances you've left to walk Will grow between the two And you’ll think at last that you’ve seen a light But you won’t know what to do You’ll be lost at sea in an endless sky When the beauty meets the blues And you may get confused And you may get confused And you may get confused And you may get confused When the beauty meets the blues When the beauty meets the blues
10.
Amelia 06:15
I was flying over a field of grain Looking for an unknown name All I found was the empty open spaces A silo is a hollow metal casing But as the moments and the moonlight slipped away The wheels of film wound around and played All the images of faces as they aged They're all just echoing reminders of the ways Girl you are gone Girl you are gone, gone, gone It was a story that I heard in seventh grade That you may have died over the ocean main Or were stranded on a shoreline far away With Amelia, isn't that what they say? That girl you are gone Girl you are gone, gone, gone Girl you are gone, gone, gone But now you are a needle in the hay Stranded like a silo out in space Am I even in the proper time or place? I just don't know, there's no way I can say But girl you are gone Girl you are gone, gone, gone Girl you are gone Girl you are gone, gone, gone

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released February 1, 2010

These 10 songs were recorded over a series of 6 evening sessions in September - November 2009 at Pogo Studio in Champaign, IL. First, Pat played drums and Jesse played rhythm guitar together. Then Pat overdubbed bass the night of Oct. 30th and Jesse continued to add guitars and harmonica. All the vocals were done the night of Nov. 2nd on a full moon with both of us adding harmony/background parts. Mixing was done at Pogo Nov. 4th and 5th and then the tracks were mastered on Nov. 23rd.

Music by JET W. LEE w/ contributions from Yoo Soo Kim and Zachary Benkowski.

Lyrics by Jesse W. Johnson. ©2009

Engineered by Mark Rubel at Pogo Studio

Produced and Mixed by Mark Rubel and JET W. LEE

Mastered by Carl Saff in Chicago, IL

Album art by Angela G. Pestano (cargocollective.com/angelagpestano)

LPs Pressed by United Record Pressing in Nashville, TN

On this album JET W. LEE is:
Jesse W. Johnson - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Patrick Mangan - Drums, Bass, Vocals

We would like to thank... Mark Rubel, Todd Hunter for the christening and continued support, Clint Dodson, Pierre Achillle, Darrin King, Angela Pestano for her amazing artwork, our parents for everything, Joel & Gillian Gillespie, Joe Smythe, Matt Kennedy, The Safes, Alexa Johnson, Mickey Mangan, Ellen Mangan, Aaron Hayes, Matt Schwartz, Zach Radwine, Kate Lackie, Vince Crosby, Eric Barbee, and the rest of our friends, family, and fans.

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Jet W. Lee Chicago, Illinois

One of Chicago's most exciting rock bands, Jet W. Lee continues a tradition of original rock that alternates between fast, fiery diatribes and atmospheric short stories. The band formed in Chicago in 2009 and since then they've brought their high-energy performances to over 35 states across the country. Jet W. Lee are currently working on their 3rd album, Dream is a Dark Cloud. ... more

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