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Good Times, Good Times

by shwa losben

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1.
Trainwreck 03:00
Oh lord she’s at it once again Our favorite trainwreck Six guys in seven days and I’m scared to see what’s next It’s all over town She’s been sleeping around And it’s bringing me down now Two days further up the road She’s been up since Tuesday She pissed her paycheck away on taxis and cocaine And she’s coming down But word gets around And it’s bringing me down now It’s like an accident and you want to look away But you can’t so you hope and you pray And you’re thankful that you have an ounce of self-restraint She’s slowing down and don’t you know She’s got a new boyfriend She’s flying off to mexico With some guy from craigslist And we’re all very proud She’s got her head in the clouds And it’s bringing me down now
2.
It’s easy to forget the ones you used to adore It’s easy if you don’t see their face anymore But if in fact you find they’re around you all the time It’s a total nightmare It’s easy to pretend that you don’t really care About all of the moments that you used to share But if you catch your mind drifting at all times It’s a total nightmare And new loves don’t matter They’ll just make you sadder Shut you mouth and bite your tongue Close yourself to everyone And maybe you’ll forget It’s easy to disguise the way you really feel It’s easy to convince yourself your plans weren’t real But if you come to be in the grips of clarity It’s a total nightmare
3.
Another early morning And you can’t bring yourself out of bed So you stare at the walls instead In a sea of people And you can’t find a way to break out Oh but the worst is over now Oh can’t you see that the worst is over Oh can’t you see that the worst is over now Lights will blind you, scenes remind you, days you just can’t put behind you Oh, but the worst is over now In the early evening And the day is already a blur Like the view from a train outta control Old familiar faces People keep coming in and out of view And you wonder if you were gone would they even miss you Oh can’t you see that the worst is over Oh can’t you see that the worst is over now Lights will blind you, scenes remind you, days you can’t put behind you Oh, but the worst is over now
4.
Nothing crazy, something new You get in trouble when there's nothing to do Small explosions, in the sky and little things to pass the time Standing round nothing to say 17 your folks away and no place to be candlelight and rockets glare wearing just your underwear and down on your knees So come on join the revolution disregard your institutions you never cared for anyway A minor cause for celebration pistol shots across the nation it's your independence day And now it’s over, just like that You can’t believe that it all happened so fast an awkward silence but you can see what a difference it makes to be free Standing round nothing to say 17 your folks away and no place to be candlelight and rockets glare wearing just your underwear and down on your knees So come on join the revolution disregard your institutions you never cared for anyway A minor calls for celebration pistol shots and penetration it's your independence day Outside your friends are celebrating County folk are all parading And inside you’ve been liberated, yea
5.
there’s a greed in the air, there’s a boss in his lair and he’s scheming plotting a coup, and there’s nothing to do but to wait gathered around with their heads to the ground are the heroes stuffing bills in their bags as they're waving their flags of defeat And we’re fooling ourselves You can do what you wanna Believe what you wanna believe If you wanna treat the symptoms then you gotta treat the disease it’s the same old site as we try as we might nothing changes it’s a rerun show it's a plan that you know’s gonna fail repeating the past as the operative cast rearranges where money is king and everything is for sale And we’re fooling ourselves… You can do what you wanna… there’s a greed in the air, and nobody dares to fight it we’re just carrying on, ignoring the wrong that we see there’s a greed all around it’s weighing us down and we know it the problem’s the same and it’s no way to tame the disease You can do what you wanna… it’s a call to arms, it’s the longest con, when nobody’s looking you can do what you want
6.
Brooklyn girls know all the latest fashions Brooklyn girls wear big sunglasses Brooklyn girls with the attitude always acting rude Gotta be out on the scene Brooklyn girls, why you gotta be so mean Brooklyn girls drink pabst blue ribbon Brooklyn girls are sophisticated women Brooklyn girls with the icy stares and the styled hair Gotta be out on the scene Brooklyn girls, why you gotta be so mean? I been to Alaska where the frigid girls make their home I been to Nebraska where the vicious farmers’ daughters roam But it’s easy to see, yea take it from me If you want a girl that’s really mean, look no further than the Brooklyn scene Brooklyn girls are angry lookin’ Brooklyn girls are not from Brooklyn Brooklyn girls with the attitude always acting rude Gotta be out on the scene Brooklyn girls, why you gotta be so mean
7.
Sandy don’t worry about a thing Everything will be all right Well I met you back in 2nd grade We’d sell overpriced lemonade And sing our songs onto tapes We had sleepovers and stayed up late We’d go walking up at tyler state But we don’t talk about that these days Sandy don’t worry about a thing Everything will be all right Sandy don’t worry about a thing I’ll be with you tonight A few more years down the line I went off to school you stayed behind And I told you I told you I would write It started out with drinking first Then vodka turned to something worse And I was nowhere, nowhere in sight You called me up round half past 9 I could hear the tears coming through the line You said you were tired, you were just so tired now It’s like one day you woke up and you realized You were good at nothing no matter how you tried And you lost that spark that you used to feel inside It’s like all a sudden at 23 we’re supposed to know What we’re supposed to be And no one tells you how to figure that out And now all these choices are just a chore Getting fucked up ain’t no fun no more And you’d be better off you’d be better off if you just end it all
8.
Annie finds herself in luck again I don’t know how it keeps on happening It just does Looking for a night out on the town Takes a whiskey shot and drinks it down Oh yea It looks like she found a friend He’s talking with a French accent And he plays in a rocking band or so he says On Saturday he’ll be miles away But she’s just having fun anyway In the morning she wakes with a kiss goodbye Grabs her clothes and wonders why they’re ripped in two Takes the G to the J down to Bowery Writes a note in her diary Oh yea And that night will be the same Another note another name But there’s nobody you can blame when it’s what you want On Saturday he’ll be miles away But she’s just having fun anyway Guys and girls it all depends Kissing contests with her friends Oh look she’s dancing in a cage Take a couple of pics for the facebook page She just got a tattoo of a butterfly But it’s on the ankle and you can’t see it unless you try And she’s talking up some biker guy On Saturday he’ll be miles away But she’s just having fun anyway
9.
This is a warning that the party is about to end So come on and grab your friends and get up on the dance floor Because you know there’s only one more song left to go (Not counting this one) so maybe it’s two, depending on your definition penultimate dance, penultimate dance, penultimate dance it’s your second to last chance to find some romance, penultimate dance so ladies, come on and shake your hips fellas, come on and shake your dicks there’s one more song and then it’s time to call it quits penultimate dance, penultimate dance, penultimate dance it’s your second to last chance to find some romance, penultimate dance If you need to get a drink now’s the time to do it If you need to call a cab, you better get right to it Cause depending on where that cab is coming from you might have to wait, oh yea penultimate dance, penultimate dance, penultimate dance it’s your second to last chance to find some romance, penultimate dance
10.
There were times when it felt like nothing ever would go my way, Reliving my mistakes, and their bitter taste I was lost I was lost I was an echo you couldn’t hear A child that disappeared without a trace But then everything fell into place Like it belonged Like it was meant all along Everything fell into place There were times when it felt like I was left on a battlefield, wounded without a shield, slipping away I saw you, I saw you then our eyes met on a winter day The ice all melted away, when I saw your face And then everything fell into place Like it belonged Like it was meant all along Everything fell into place There were times when it felt like I was traveling on my own So helpless and so alone Now I know I was wrong And now I am where I belong

about

This record was recorded at Fort Brooklyn Studios, primarily in the summer of 2009. It was made possible by the generous donations and support of our fans.

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released May 25, 2010

Produced by Jim Bentley and Shwa Losben
Recorded at Fort Brooklyn Studios
Mastered by Dave Roman at 4130 Mastering
Artwork by Dimitri Scheblanov

These songs were shaped in large part by the Good Times/Cuddlef*cks band featuring Bryan Dunn, Jay Rapoport, Phil Galitzine, and Matt Bogdanow. Thanks for all your hard work guys.

For my mom and dad—my best friends and biggest supporters

Thank you mom, dad, em, samie, grandmom, grandpop, Jim Beardow, Reiter, Justin Ramsdell, Chris Hacker, Amber Foster, Robyn Shepherd, Scott Gabriel, Casey Shea, Kendall Meade, Johnny Goudie, Taylor Davis, Shannon Shafer, Ken Rockwood, Tommy Merrill and everyone at Rockwood Music Hall, Stephen Negrey, Laura Wilson , Syd, Natasha Irani, Tad Dreis, Akiva, Patty Allen, Misty Boyce, Tony Maceli, Matt Basile, Nicole Polec, Jeremiah Birnbaum, Adam Christgau, Emily Rawlins, John Embree, Lisa Kingston

This album wouldn’t be possible without the generous help of these hardcore sponsors:
Larry LeBlanc, Bridget Burke, Michael Gronowski, Doug Hecox, Theresia Pistel, Larry and Sally Thompson, Caroline Mock, Christine Mastrangelo, Stephanie Watson, Andee & Steve Losben, Angela Hargrove, Natalie Ahn, Emily Losben, Lisa Kingston, Dan Finkelstein, Ellie Trigher, Elissa Pearl Kall, Stephen Kelly, Ron and Diane Shafer, Richard and Pamela Gottlieb, Melinda Parshall, Ryan Vasan, Mark S. Losben, Chris Abad, Gailanna Purdin, Robyn Simmons, Veronica Birga, Deb and John Bacon, Dave Strousberg & Alisa Volz, Marcia and Michael Kingston, David Fagelson, Reba, Jeff and Malissa Fry, Delia Seitz, Erica Hunsberger, Joel Cookson, and Robyn Shepherd

Thanks to everyone who’s believed in me, even when I’ve had my doubts

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shwa losben San Francisco, California

Originally hailing from Philadelphia, Shwa Losben is a Bay Area transplant whose indie-folk style has garnered comparisons to Elliott Smith and Neil Young.

His earworm melodies and sophisticated songwriting earned him the ASCAP Robert Allen Songwriting Award.

On his upcoming release "You Would Have Loved It," Losben blends intricate stories with elements of Britpop and 90s rock.
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