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Ideal Man

by Andrew Combs

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1.
Stars Of Longing (Andrew Combs, Joe Henry) Chunk of Coal Publishing (SESAC) / Cool Hand Music (ASCAP) Stars of longing Bright and haunting Keep me wanting just a little bit more I often wonder If the hunger Is just to find what I was put here for Whichever way that the wild wind blows All I’ve learned is really all I know There’s only love Only love I’ve been a seeker A true believer That grace is never so easily won Then it hit me Somehow it lifts me We made our God and we made His son Whichever way that the wild wind blows All I’ve learned is really all I know There’s only love Only love
2.
Ideal Man 03:46
Ideal Man (Andrew Combs) Chunk of Coal Publishing (SESAC) I hunger to be the hunter Killing with ease No conscience to see the difference In beauty and beast Steady finger on the trigger Flesh in sight I hunger to be the hunter With blood in his eyes With blood in his eyes I envy the drunken poet In a fitful of rage Mind pried wide open His heart on the page Wasted on the fury Of wisdom and wine I envy the drunken poet With blood in his eyes With blood in his eyes I’m just a stranger Waiting my turn To be somebody That’s what they told me If you could only Be somebody Tell me if I can Would I be your ideal man? I covet the coyote Flashing his teeth One mission, one motto A mouth full of meat Come hell or high-water Begging or bite I covet the coyote With blood in his eyes With blood in his eyes
3.
Like A Feather (Andrew Combs) Tunes of R and T Direct (SESAC) / Chunk of Coal Publishing (SESAC) Nothing puts my mind more at ease Than watching the wind bend through the tops of the trees Nothing sets my heart more ablaze Than to lay beneath this willow, and be a pillow for you babe Can we stay like this forever? Together, waltzing across the ground Floating like a feather May we never come down Something in this feeling flying free If Heaven is a place today, we caught it in the breeze Falling for the future, and falling fast If this loving wants to linger, let’s let this loving last Can we stay like this forever? Together, waltzing across the ground Floating like a feather May we never come down I say it, because I mean it I say it, because I must I say it, because I mean it I say it, because I must Can we stay like this forever? Together, waltzing across the ground Floating like a feather May we never come down
4.
Save Somebody Else (Andrew Combs, Jeff Trott) Chunk of Coal Publishing (SESAC) / Mortal and Pestle / Ole Music Publishing ASCAP) Chitter chatter in the morning Static in the afternoon The radio is on and humming An apocalyptic tune I can see the fires burning Over off the western slope At least somebody’s out there trying Squawking on a megaphone If you want to save yourself If you want to save yourself If you want to save yourself Save somebody, save somebody else The masquerade is finally over Now you’re down to one last chance What’s the use in taking cover Grab a hand for one last dance A hand for one last dance If you want to save yourself If you want to save yourself If you want to save yourself Save somebody, save somebody else Stars, they shine on their own Stars, they shine even when they’re gone If you want to save yourself If you want to save yourself If you want to save yourself Save somebody, save somebody else
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Hide And Seek (Andrew Combs, Dylan LeBlanc) Chunk of Coal Publishing (SESAC) / Good Daisy Music (ASCAP) What’s the use in putting head before heart? If you want it, go and get it I lose my touch if I think too hard So baby don’t sweat it Out of your skin and into the atmosphere No surprises, no smoke and mirrors Let me make it very clear If you want it, come and take it I’m not a fool or trying to play the part It’s yours and you can break it In this game of hide and seek of the heart You hide I seek To find So come down, won’t you come my way How else can I show it High and haughty’s not a hiding place I want you and you know it Out of your skin and into my atmosphere No more wrongs if right is oh so near Let me make it clear If you want it, come and take it I’m not a fool or trying to play the part It’s yours and you can break it In this game of hide and seek of the heart You hide I seek To find
6.
Dry Eyes 03:28
Dry Eyes (Andrew Combs, Burton Collins) Chunk of Coal Publishing (SESAC) / Burton B. Collins Publishing (SESAC) Your pretty lies, they still blind me Keep me dreaming of the sunshine Your witchy ways, they still find me Casting spells inside my mind Oh, you’re crawling in my head I still feel your body in my bed Dry eyes Dry eyes Dry eyes You left your tears there at the altar You never cared enough to tell me why I should’ve known when I heard you falter You said I do when you should’ve said goodbye Oh, I hate that you don’t even know Where all the broken people go Dry eyes Dry eyes Dry eyes I curse the colors that surround me Nothing but shades of blue I pray that gravity may ground me And crush all these memories of you Dry eyes Dry eyes Dry eyes
7.
Firestarter 03:49
Firestarter (Andrew Combs) Tunes of R and T Direct / Chunk of Coal Publishing (SESAC) You said, come to me, I’ll show you roses Come to me, I’ll take good care of you Firestarter, you let me down No such roses to be found Talking trash and talking cheap Shrug it off, I’ll have one more drink Firestarter, I’m going home I hate to leave you all alone But I don’t want to burn I don’t want to burn I don’t want to burn out I don’t want to burn I don’t want to burn I don’t want to burn out Like you You, you, you Like you So, what’s the means, tell me what’s the truth You live by a lie and you’ll die by it too We lost you a long time ago The fires came and they swallowed you whole But I don’t want to burn I don’t want to burn I don’t want to burn out I don’t want to burn I don’t want to burn I don’t want to burn out Like you You, you, you Like you Red is the color of your busted lip Your busted kiss Your busted shit Oh, I don’t want to burn I don’t want to burn I don’t want to burn out I don’t want to burn I don’t want to burn I don’t want to burn out
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Shipwreck Man (Andrew Combs, Kenny Childers) Tunes of R and T Direct / Chunk of Coal Publishing (SESAC) / Broadripple Nightclubs Music (ASCAP) The mirror in the hall's given up the ghost But it’s never been my mind that I miss the most The stars dress the wind and they’re in my clothes Am I gone for good? Shipwreck man with a shaky hand No anchor to the world, no sight of dry land Shipwreck man, falling out of view Once I saw the future, now the future don’t last How can you move forward if you can’t look back The mirror in the hall is broken and black Am I gone for good? Shipwreck man with a shaky hand No anchor to the world, no sight of dry land Shipwreck man, falling out of view Shipwreck man with a shaky hand No anchor to the world, no sight of dry land Shipwreck man, falling out of view Tell me, am I gone Tell me, am I gone Tell me, am I gone for good?
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Born Without A Clue (Andrew Combs) Tunes of R and T Direct / Chunk of Coal Publishing (SESAC) Plastic vision for a plastic man Thought I held the world in my plastic hands Dumbed down and easy to please Painting pictures of who I thought I should be High and dry, forever my state Hey, what’s the price of inspiration today Cut the ties, if you want to come down Stuck in a circle, going round and round and round Born without a clue We were born just for something to do Born without a clue It’s up to me and it’s up to you Nobody cares for your sorrow and strife They’re trained to love what they’re trained to like You can tell it all by how they eat Do they chew the fat or get straight down to the meat Born without a clue We were born just for something to do Born without a clue It’s up to me and it’s up to you Strange moon, like a disease Strange light, bending its knees Strange times, finding their step Strange world, getting stranger yet Born without a clue We were born just for something to do Born without a clue It’s up to me and it’s up to you
10.
The Stone 03:18
The Stone (Andrew Combs) Chunk of Coal Publishing (SESAC) I’m fine, I’m fine That’s what I tell myself all the time All the time, I'm inside my head I’ll learn, I’ll learn That’s what I tell myself when I get burned When I get burned, I just turn to lead That’s the stone that blocks the way Hides the light, darkens the day That’s the stone I have to break alone I’m fine, I’m fine That’s what I tell myself all the time All the time, I'm inside my head That’s the stone that blocks the way Hides the light, and darkens the day That’s the stone I have to break alone That’s the stone that blocks the way Hides my heart, and darkens the day That’s the stone I have to break alone
11.
Golden 04:09
Golden (Andrew Combs) Chunk of Coal Publishing (SESAC) Golden, golden, child of mine A touch of green, feathers fine Rare is the notion, sweet is the potion Bird of youth, teach her to fly One foot in front of the other, that’s right She might slip, but she’s reaching for the light Golden, golden, blue eyed girl Your momma’s touch in a wild world I’m taking note of what’s taking place She’s learning how to shine each and every day One foot in front of the other I’ll be right here, if there’s too much ground to cover And the leaves fall all around her And the trees tower above her With wisdom in their stare And flowers in her hair Always golden One foot in front of the other, that’s right She might slip, but she’s reaching for the light And the leaves fall all around her And the trees tower above her With wisdom in their stare And flowers in her hair Always golden Forever golden

credits

released September 20, 2019

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Andrew Combs - vocals, keys, guitar
Sam Cohen - keys, guitar, bass, bgvs
Dominic Billett - drums, bgvs
Jerry Bernhardt - keys, guitar, bass, bgvs

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Produced by Sam Cohen
Recorded by Sam Cohen at Jupiter Recording in Brooklyn, NY
All songs mixed by Sam Cohen except “Stars Of Longing” by Michael Brauer
Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering in Ventura, CA

A&R: Kim Buie
Management: Davis Inman & Michael Krumper
Designer/Artwork: Sam Smith
Photography: Fairlight Hubbard

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Thank you: Kristin Combs, Dolores Combs, Sam Cohen, Dom Billett, Jerry Bernhardt, Kim Buie, Michael Krumper, Davis Inman, Stephanie Green, Kent Wolfenbarger, Kate Bernhardt, Sam Smith, Fairlight Hubbard, Brian Kecskemety

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