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United Hotcake Preferred

by Layne L'Heureux

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1.
There's an affinity in you As a garden of the mind blooms Flowers grow out of days The scent of becoming useless again Babe, why don't you believe in anything? When you and your life was made to celebrate Still the days The sun The grass The trees They grow within me And the people Of the street The breeze The cars And the machine Cause I need you to be Alone in me Alone in me Beneath the clouds of joy inside Mutations of empathy (what is life, who to live what is now inside) Bring forth your friends Bring forth you family Celebrate Well it's practically free to see the ceremonial eye but I'd rather be with you because what we share is right Through the twisting limbs of friends and corporate implied spies I'll always grasp for your hand, a devotion bound, a ribbon tied Today is the day you wake and live (well, welcome to your life)
2.
You woke up on a satellite Somehow they managed to get you out of the house And up into the sky And looking all around Space didn't seem that interesting But at least it was a free ride Free ride There she was after they cloned her body And put her into a case for 100 days And as she sprouted legs He looked her over She was beautiful A perfect specimen of DNA DNA
3.
Drive 02:27
(Drive) It's a long night and I got no place to be Won't you come over and take a drive with me (Drive)
4.
(Lyrics by Jackie Nuc) The moss on your eyes will let you see the bees in the trees are all you need the flowers to bloom your children for a tax claim, expect your pay day You speak of sadness like a noun You reach to feel the coming down When all else fails, impale that rigid little head of yours and Live clean (It's so lonely) The moss on your eyes will let you see the bees in the trees are all you need the flowers to bloom your children for a tax claim, expect your pay day You speak of sadness like a noun You reach to feel the coming down When all else fails, impale that rigid little head of yours and Live clean (It's so lonely) Coming through, committed to making you feel alright Feeling true, forgiving you, moving on in the morning (Live clean)
5.
Misery 03:56
I've been sleeping through days In a holocaust of dreams And i'm halfway out in the street When I finally get out of bed Misery, you're breaking me And I feel like i'm coming down Spend a lifetime collecting debt Lying down in your bed Taking the time to ignore your friends There's nothing worse than happiness When you feel like a bag of shit Misery, you're breaking me And I feel like i'm coming down
6.
Drugday 03:48
7.
Better Times 03:37
8.
Well I wander the streets late at night looking for my baby But she evades me and I can't find where she's been On 109th, the people say, why don't you clear up your mind And get your head right? You're wandering off into the dark and it's hard to get back I'm addicted to love Addicted to love Why do you cry? deep down on the inside Why do you cry? I can see your tears in your eyes Why don't you call? I'll be home by the telephone Why don't you call me baby and take me out tonight? Well here comes Jane, down the street, hustling cat, she pulls up on me Wondering why, she says "you're looking for love in all the wrong places" And I had nothing to say, I just want to find my baby And I'm on the dark side of the street, the neon lights, they are painting Me I'm Addicted to Love Addicted to Love
9.
New Hit 03:37
There's a sequence of events That brings us to the present With the shadows of the past Decorating the walls in reflection And outside my door there's a man Waving me down from the intersection And as I hop into his van, he sparks up a session Here's a new hit for the kids Hanging out on the weekend Smoking away their paycheques Skipping out on this months rent Oh, how does it feel now with your head so far in the clouds? Oh, how does it feel now with you feet so far from the ground? The grip on the steering wheel as we cross the bridge Through the serial bungalows and stucco apartments And i'm afraid to wonder myself Who could live in such an suburban hell? Here's a new hit for the kids Hanging out on the weekend Smoking away their paycheques Skipping out on this months rent Here's a new hit for the kids Hanging out on the weekend
10.
Matinee 03:51
11.
Slithering serpent of the age Fornicates on an open stage The crowd gathers around Hailing the zeitgeist Everything will be alright in the end He's wearing leather boots To cross the river of gloom Gonna rest on the other side Where nature opens her eyes Everything will be alright in the end

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"Layne L’Heureux, perhaps the most prolific songwriter I know, returns with one of his finest albums to date: United Hotcake Preferred. The album opens with a five minute missive, “Funeral of a Former Self,” that alludes to the musical renaissance L’Heureux is personally embarking on. One can’t help but revel in the new wave tones he’s tapping into. That’s followed by the luminous “Solaris,” featuring the ghostly accompaniment of Jessica Jalbert. Muted screams of tortured amplifiers are juxtaposed with the opiated numbness of their combined vocal chanting “DNA” with a cold objectivity that mirrors the concept itself. Most out of place for L’Heureux. His old strengths are in full swell, all while new tricks are perfected. It’s a true pleasure! And there’s a new video for the record too"

- Argue Job

Recorded and mixed by Layne L'Heureux
Mastered by Renny Wilson

United Hotcake Preferred' is used by permission of the Kurt Vonnegut Trust.

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released April 20, 2013

Layne L'Heureux - Engineer/Composer/Performer

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-Jessica Jalbert - Vocals on Solaris
jessicajalbert.bandcamp.com

- Jackie Nuc - Vocals and Lyrics on Live Clean
bansheeband.bandcamp.com

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