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Pretty Derivatives (EP)

by The Cheeky Few

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Joseph Pickering
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1.
Daddy's Winnebago 03:33
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Well my daddy he was built for travelin Though growin up he rarely left the yard But he swore if he was blessed with his own family He’d bound around the world without regard He scoured the Penny Saver, huntin page by page And trolling through that auto swap took all our Saturdays Lookin for a vehicle that’s worth respect and praise And when we’d drive it down the block so many we’d amaze We were searchin for daddy’s Winnebago We wanna see the world in V8 harmony Recreation can’t be done another way oh In a twenty four footer from Forest City I recalled the day he backed her up the driveway Flying “W” on the side beyond belief Seemed that rig would just go on forever She ain’t a Minnie Winnie she's a Super Chief She’d weathered several owners who didn’t treat her well. Short on upkeep, long on miles never lost that smell From the beamin' look on Daddy’s face I know he couldn’t tell And if anyone besmirched her well he’d holler go to hell We'd pull out in Daddy's Winnebago To see the world in V8 harmony Recreation can’t be done another way-o Than with all of my kin right next to me The cupboard stocked with tang and cans of tuna Chinese checkers and Guess Who upon the shelf He’d rev her at the top of each long weekend Cause them four corners ain’t gonna see themselves We seen both Dakotas and all them southern states Mud and Sandy Rivers and most of them Great Lakes Passin by the Ho Jos and all them Super Eights No flea infested motel is gonna seal our fate We’ll sleep out in daddy’s Winnebago Gonna chart the stars in V8 harmony Constellations can’t be seen another way-o Than with the whole damn family right next to me Daddy’s touring days are over, he had to leave the road Me I hit the bottle and harder stuff I’m told Pissing off a future, a childhood laced with gold There’s one thing that I still got that won’t be bought or sold Well all I got is daddy’s Winnebago Up on four blocks down by the creek I guess I could have gone another way oh I just sit and watch the radiator leak
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Thin Veil 03:50
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I just won’t stop by unannounced anymore You won’t call me to bitch, I can’t crash on your floor And when I set the table it’s never for four You should never been taken that way So I don’t want to go out to any old place All our old rambilngs, no need to retrace ‘Cause the one thing I won’t find, I won’t find your face You’re gone and I’m lost in the fray But we’ll still go dancin’ on the backs of my eyes You’re the star of my dreams and it ain’t no surprise Just guide me and teach me ‘till I realize It’s a thin veil between you and me Just a thin veil between you and me The clothes in your closet, we take down and fold They don’t smell like you now, they’re rigid and cold If I’d a had one wish, we all a grown old In youth in our hearts you’ll remain But we’ll still go dancin’ on the backs of my eyes You’re the star of my dreams and it ain’t no surprise Just guide me and teach me ‘till I realize It’s a thin veil between you and me Just a thin veil between you and me I guess I’ve no use for that off ramp no more I don’t need to buy beer or to stop at the store All our stupid adventures I swore there’d be more You were gone when I looked back again Let’s never stop dancin’ on the backs of my eyes Don’t you dare leave my dreams for some other guy’s Just teach me and tease me ‘till I realize It’s a thin veil between you and me Just a thin veil between you and me
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True North 03:03
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I’m tired of this old busted life And I’ve yet to make my mark I got an empty heart and a bucket of strife And it’s time to light a spark I lift my gaze to the heaven’s above For guidance or a sign I didn’t see no southern cross And Polaris suits me fine Well where I’m travelin’s true north And it’s true north I must go I know I’ll be travelin’ true north Cause that bright star tells me so That bright star tell me so I’ll throw a book of affirmations in a worn out bag Crunch the gravel on the road The man I am is such a drag Gonna let him just explode I meet a lot of little people In a lot of little towns Who can teach me a simpler way I’ll laugh at all their jokes and buy another round They’ll ask but I can’t stay My feet’ll stray from the traveled path With nature I’ll commune Out in the woods I’ll lose sloth and wrath Enlightenment will come soon Gonna meet a hippy dippy girl with a pony tail No shoes upon her feet She’ll teach me love and I won’t fail I’ll gain benevolence for weeks I’ll reach the top of the world and I will see Aurora Borealis all alone I haven’t taken time to look deep in me So it’s doubtful I have grown And I thought that I traveled true north But it’s true north I won’t see No use in travelin all the way If I can’t find the truth in me If I can’t find the truth in me
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Sure to Drown 04:24
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"Sure to Drown" (Pickering/Hartford) Floating dungeon on Atlantic Seas Stolen souls are chained ‘tween each other’s knees There’s five hundred maybe more For forced labor on the Carolina shore Don’t you wheeze and don’t you cough Sick ones pulled on deck and they toss ‘em off CHORUS And they’re sure to drown Well they’re sure to drown When the ship goes down They’ll surely drown When the ship goes down They’re sure to drown Poor folks pay for a chance at paradise ‘Cause times have changed and now we’re civilized In a rubber boat or a rusty van For South Europe or across the Rio Grande And it don’t matter if they meet their lord I got my money before they came aboard CHORUS Pulled by hunger pushed out by war They take low wages we ain't gonna offer more For those who reach our fertile land Do you see a problem, or do you see a man? If we don’t change course, if we let things flow We’ll end up in that fiery lake that’s down below And we’re sure to drown Well we’re sure to drown When the ship goes down We’ll surely drown When the ship goes down We’re sure to drown
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Stateline, NV 02:33
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Don’t call me collect from Stateline Nevada Just to say you got a new man He’s got a dry clean sport coat and the kids really like him And you’ll send me pictures when you can We were set up by a friend that I never really liked We went to Arby’s to have ourselves a ball It was Diet Doctor Pepper, and two beef and cheddars Getting frisky in the ladies bathroom stall I was a fool for thinking that our love was real Honest serene and bonafide Between you psychic readings and NRA meetings I was clear you just used me for the ride Don’t call me collect from Stateline Nevada Just to say you got a new man He’s a skee-ball hustler and the kids really like him And you’ll send me pictures when you can Your house was strewn with strange knic knacs To sort em I never even tried An Osmonds salt shaker, bust of Tammy Faye Baker A tapestry of Elton John and Lady Di Don’t call me collect from Stateline Nevada Just to say you got a new man He’s got a green belt in Judo and the kids really like him And you’ll send me pictures when you can You didn’t tell me bout you kids or their real dad Till we’d been dating, for nigh on a year Well they're little angels but he’s a hell’s angel And he doesn’t want my sissy ass round here Don’t call me collect from Stateline Nevada Just to say you got a new man He’s a wheat beer expert and the kids really like him And you’ll send me pictures when you can I tried so hard to make things work Didn’t want our bond to fade I said forever, you said “whatever” And I hope to live and love another day Don’t call me collect from Stateline Nevada Just to say you got a new man He’s got a Laser Disc collection and the kids really like him And you’ll send me pictures when you can

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released June 9, 2017

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The Cheeky Few Whittier, California

The Cheeky Few is a four piece roots band from Whittier, CA. Their songs aim to address today's world through the well worn traditions of American music. Please enjoy!

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