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In Bedlam

by Brian Medlin

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1.
I'm Not Crazy (Affairs) I've got you by the hair I'm pulling you downstairs To show you stacks of books The air is kind of stale Your face is getting pale I disconnect the phones She's my baby, not you I'm not crazy, how about you? I got out all my best Chairs for you to rest All your pretty bones Now you're ready and I'm not I feel sick, I feel tired What a sad state of affairs She's my baby, not you I'm not crazy, how about you?
2.
Tombstone Baby (Rampage) Tombstone baby, she's out for me I drive up to that house just to make myself seen She's my baby, but she's with somebody else Tombstone baby's got grounds for divorce She's scraping the bottom of a well, of course She is everything that you are not She's really not that bad She's just out to be had She looks all right to me, and that's all I see And I'm happy Tombstone baby, she's got me good An order too tall, and that is well understood She wants everything that I have got I'm really not that bad I'm just out to be had She looks real good to me, and that's all I see And I'm happy She's really not that bad She's just out to be had She looks real good to me, and that's all I see And I'm happy Tombstone baby, she's out for me I drive up to that house just to make myself seen She's my baby, but she's with somebody else
3.
A Smoking Gun (A Better Way) Little one, I've got a smoking gun I'm doing it all for you, for what you're going through I didn't mean to wake you from your sleep But when you toss and turn, it becomes my concern You may find a better way 'Cause I always hear you say A better way is safe in somebody's arms Wish for me, for prosperity If no one surprises you, then that's what I'm gonna do The more you spin the tangled mess you in Who's gonna help you out? Who's gonna save you now? You may find a better way But I hope that you might stay A better way, to be safe in somebody's arms If what you are is who you're with Then I'm really what you want 'Cause what you want is to find a better way And the better way, is safe right here in my arms
4.
Believers 02:26
Believers (15 Minutes) With fire and brimstone I'll keep telling it These are the best days of my life With great conviction I'll keep saying it These are the best days of my life The best days of my life They will burn you at the stake Open your mouth, they won't wait
5.
If You Leave Me, I Won't Mind (Affordable) If you leave me, I won't mind There are plenty more like you and I've got time So don't believe what you heard, 'cause it's all lies You are not the only one for me No, your love is not better than mine They are only two different kinds And jealousy, well, that is the worst kind So please take your love away from me We'll see just who outlasts who I've been at this longer than you I've seen a thing or two Who will outlast who? Not you Baby, I have got all the lines I've used them on you so many times And I'm surprised that you never saw the signs You are coming home tonight with me
6.
Need a Reason (Sweet Talker) I thought I could have it all I thought I could keep this up without losing my head I thought I could say what I want I thought I could leave you in the back with the rest of them Well, like someone who's got something to prove A man who's got nothing's got nothing to lose You got to need a reason to know what's true I thought I could pace myself I thought I could speed up when our time slowed down i thought I could be in control I thought I could stop myself before I finished with you Well, it takes a real man to realize You gotta put in the work while you put in the time We all need a reason but I got mine I thought I could have it all I thought I could keep this up without losing my head I thought I could say what I want I thought I could leave you in the back with the rest of them But I was wrong
7.
Oh Sara 03:22
Oh Sara (Don't Ya Know) You are my saving grace You are a good streak to break Don't ya know That self doubt is a battle you fight all alone You are the healing power You are the witching hour Don't ya know The monsters under the bed are waiting just for you So steal in the eyes of children Only mind your tongue Oh Sara Oh Sara Don't ya know That all of this had started because of you And I know that it ain't right But I'm not saying it's wrong Oh Sara Oh Sara Don't ya know Even if I wrote it, you'd just hear the song And I know that it ain't right But I'm not saying it's wrong
8.
Forgive/Forget (Lay Down) All that's left from then and now I lay down It won't work the way you tried This will mirror your whole life I just take it all in stride Waste my time The straw that broke the camel's back Can't take back what's done I lay down
9.
Benatar 03:06
Benatar (Eyes in the Air, Ears on the Ground) For better or worse, you hold the keys We just need a push, 'cause we got cold feet Everything that you touch, it turns into gold While all we touch, turns to stone Don't make plans for anything What's in her heart, we don't know for sure But we'll go back to find it again Always just enough, we're talking to walls We believe what it says, and all that it does Every time that you talk, your legend just grows But when we talk, they throw stones Don't we always treat you right? What's in her heart, we don't know for sure But we'll go back to find it again
10.
Tortured Life Blues (The Ballad of James and Marie) Here's to love, the one thing we're not sure of What have you got if you don't got me? I must have lost everything the deal cost Now I'd make any deal you like Trapped inside a body I cannot control I tell it what to do but it don't listen Struggle, struggle A tortured life I see things that are not there Oh my soul, you got rough around the edge When we get home, we'll eat our young I'm not myself, I haven't been myself for months I just felt the need to explain Struck it rich, oh so rich, from cripples, crooks, and kids Baby, I'm yours truly, one trick pony Struggle, struggle A tortured life I see things that are not there Struggle, struggle A living hell I see things that are not there
11.
Worries Me Too (One Golden Thread) I can always tell when you're lying to me So you might as well open up your heart to me Because what you're running from will follow you along And all you're hiding from, I know it worries you And it worries me too I know you can see that you're being used So how come you need to wait for the living proof Baby, what you're running from will follow you along And all you're hiding from, I know it worries you And it worries me too Why don't you just get out while you can? You're only hanging by a thread Why don't you just get out while you can? You're left with no safety net And one golden thread I can always tell when you're lying to me So you might as well open up your heart to me Because what you're running from will follow you along And all you're hiding from, I know it worries you And you know it's true It worries me too

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released November 16, 2010

Recorded by Mike Ashmore
Mixed and edited by Mike Ashmore and Tony Miola
All songs written by Brian Medlin except:
track 9 by Masciotti/Medlin and track 10 by Haag/Medlin
Photography by Amber Zagorski
Layout and design by Eric Medlin

Brian Medlin- vocals, acoustic guitars, drums, percussion, glockenspiel, melodica, mechanical music box
Dave Hughes- electric guitars
Ken Vasoli- bass
Nate Vaeth- organ
Laura Jayne Borucki- piano, additional backup vocals track 2
Dan Grebb- bass track 7, additional claps track 1
Chris Masciotti- acoustic and electric guitars track 9
Eric Haag- keys and electric guitars track 10

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Brian Medlin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Singer/songwriter from Philadelphia. See also: Desperate Living, Sun Opus, Wives, Person L, Ghost Away, Legendary Divorce, The Minor Times, The End of Me Party, and Bromine.

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