You like just one type of rose
I pluck ‘em from a thornbush in the country
I buy ‘em at a country store
We laid in the field off your warped little road
I felt like a fish on your line
You used to stroll home at nine, and I’d unplug the whole house
Like we suddenly could pretend “Hey, we’re alone now”
With the weathervane pulled hard to the right
Come on baby, why don’t you do it?
We can make it all alright, we can stare right through it
It’s not a lover, it’s not a postcard, it’s not a sign
Trust me, there’s not much to know
Might’ve looked fun in the photos, but I hardly saw the show
Lately I freeze like there’s nowhere to go
Maybe a better man would just try
And I play it straight ‘cause I’m on their dime
And then it wells up in me
That maybe I’d been too quick to post the listing
That the weathervane had pulled hard to the right
They say I played it with too much heart
Empty conviction, bow over the bridge, not looking the part
And they say “You aren’t willing to do what it takes for the art”
And I say “What? You mean dress up and frown?”
So if this bar’s closing down, I better cash my chips out
Might as well pretend I’m missed or I lost those old doubts
That I finally found a way to rig the fight
And I didn’t know I had it
‘Til it got ugly with time
It’s not a lover, it’s not a postcard, it’s not a sign
Honest & uninhibited, Ben's guitar and voice move effortlessly and unreservedly from sweet to insistent to ecstatic. No posturing, no pretense. His heart is wide-open here -- as in youth. jobo3208
"Advice Column" is a new collaborative project featuring tracks written, recorded, and produced remotely during quarantine. Bandcamp New & Notable May 14, 2020
Released in 2001, “The Convincer” is a gentle gem in the Nick Lowe catalog; an anniversary edition provides opportunity for rediscovery. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 20, 2021
The Los Angeles-based electronic music producer turns to the Middle Eastern and Indian pop of their youth, alongside house, disco, and R&B, and transforms it into four-on-the-floor dance anthems. Bandcamp Album of the Day Feb 12, 2021