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Year of the Locust

by Elisa Nicolas

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    180 gram vinyl LP. Beautifully packaged and produced.

    Produced and mixed by Jeff Ciampa
    Mastered by Kim Rosen at Knack Mastering
    Original artwork and design by Alyssa Jones

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    Produced and mixed by Jeff Ciampa
    Mastered by Kim Rosen at Knack Mastering
    Original artwork and design by Alyssa Jones

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1.
Back In Town 04:29
She believes age before youth There’s a body of work A kind of universal truth Don’t come to her defense There are days when She’s not making any sense Don’t wanna hear that maybe you're gunning For more than a bargain, a practice in cunning Don’t wanna tear the world down Some days I think that maybe you’re comin’ Landing gear is coming down And you’re back in town Only one place she wants to go Inside herself to forgive Whatever she might owe Please come to her defense There’s a party of one And she can’t afford the expense Don’t wanna hear that maybe you're gunning For more than a bargain, a practice in cunning You wanna tear the world down Some days I think that maybe you’re comin’ Landing gear is coming down And you’re back in town Stole all the cash From midnight mass Headed downtown to score Burned up your lines Ignored the signs You still want more...
2.
Drew back the curtain and sighed Opened one eye As far as I could see Just a gray liquid sky I pulled down the almanac To find the year the locust comes back Because maybe by then you may find Whatever sympathy you lack Rode down the Cardinal line Tryin’ to find a piece of my old self In a bottle of wine I’ll ride till you’re far behind All the way from Brooklyn to Ohio And the only thing that's mine Born in the year of the horse Never showed an ounce of remorse Til everything packed up for good Maybe you’ll go back to the source For some people life is art Til everything you love falls apart You learn not to care at all And find your way back to the start Rode down the Cardinal line Tryin’ to find a piece of my old self In a bottle of wine I’ll ride till you’re far behind All the way from Brooklyn to Ohio And the only thing that’s mine Every time I hear that old train slowin’ down I think I feel the beat of my old river town So come on hurry up old train Gotta get on down the line Back to the place I love in old Over the Rhine Rode down the Cardinal line Tryin’ to find a piece of my old self In a bottle of wine I’ll ride till you’re far behind All the way from Brooklyn to Ohio And the only thing that’s mine Only thing that’s mine Only thing that’s mine Only thing that’s mine Only thing that’s mine
3.
Oh everything you say And everything you do Don’t amount to a thing to me Every day it's one then two then three Yet another reason You shouldn’t matter to me Oh one more broken glass Another quarrel come to pass Shouldn’t mean anything to me Everyday it's one more blow by degrees Yet another reason You shouldn’t matter to me Still some nights In my reverie You still don’t know How to tell a lie and breathe I thought I might Then you disagree I awake and try to fall asleep Wake and try to fall asleep Wake and try to fall asleep Oh everything you say And everything you do Don’t amount to a thing to me Everyday it's one more blow by degrees Yet another reason You shouldn’t matter to me Matter to me Matter to me Matter to me Matter to me
4.
Go On 03:49
On no I think you're saying something I've already heard Oh on Your mouth isn't really moving But I know I've heard every word Go on La la la la la la la la la Is what I say to you Go on get on La la la la la la la la la Is everything that’s true Still hangin on The history of us gets somehow forgotten Have we ever learned a thing Trying to move on I look in your eyes And hope I see something It's obvious this bird has flown Go on La la la la la la la la la Is what I say to you Go on get on La la la la la la la la la Is everything that’s true You’re still between the lines Avoiding little mines Created from words we should’ve said I’m reading something wrong The silence is a song You’re always singing somewhere in your head
5.
Got your note the other day You were driving through a bombed out town To meet a man whose name you couldn’t say In a part of the world that’s turned upside down Called that man we know today He was on his way to God knows where Said he’s goin there to stay I only hope it’s true and not a dare So much is gone But the flowers still bloom for you and me So much to be done As far as the eye can see Got your note the other day You were driving through a bombed out town To meet a man whose name you couldn’t say In a part of the world that’s turned upside down In a part of the world that’s turned upside down
6.
Where do you go when you run? Where do you go when you run? You said no words and still she understands She doesn’t know you How do you get so undone? How do you get so undone? The well’s run dry and burned up everyone It's so hard to love you I thought I knew I thought I knew But stars fell from your eyes I don’t want to love you Where did you go with that gun? Where did you go with that gun? You left someone without her only son There’s no way to love you I thought I knew I thought I knew But stars fell from your eyes I don’t wanna love you Don’t hide the ring Don’t hide the ring you won’t take off Don’t mean a thing It don’t mean a thing cuz you can’t stop I thought I knew I thought I knew But stars fell from your eyes I don’t wanna love you Don’t wanna love you Don’t wanna love you Don’t wanna love you...
7.
No Answers 05:43
I can see you’re somewhere else And I’ll go it alone tonight Burning out but not burning up I’ll be gone before you take flight There’s no answer To my questions There’s no answer To my questions Devil’s knocking at the door Take my hands, take my clothes I can’t go it alone tonight Stop whispering, go higher Then your gone before I take flight There’s no answer To my questions There's no answer To my questions I can’t take it anymore I read the news But it's yesterdays Today I’m finding out I still want tomorrow So much to lose But much more to gain Refusing anything We’ve tried to borrow There’s no answer To my questions There's no answer To my questions I can’t take it anymore I read the news I read the news It was yesterday’s I read the news I read the news It was yesterday’s I read the news I read the news It was yesterday’s I read the news I read the news It was yesterday’s...
8.
Down, down in the depths of your heart I think you believe whatever anybody’s telling you Once again, feeding the lies to feel smart Why can’t you see Why can’t you see What everyone knows is true There you go with your sheer fakery Desperately wanting everyone to believe in you Sycophants fill up your soul vacancy Why can’t you see Why can’t you see What everyone sees right through I wanna believe in you But I can’t No I can’t I can’t No I can’t With all we’ve been through I wanna believe in the truth But I can’t No I can’t I can’t No I can’t With all we’ve been through Selfish and unaware of the damage done When you don’t ever fight fair No ones really that impressed Cuz you’ve confused hypocrisy With being blessed We all know the rest Down, down in the depths of your heart I think you believe whatever anybody’s telling you The universe will repay you with gifts you don’t want Why can’t you see Why can’t you see What everyone knows is true I wanna believe in you But I can’t No I can’t I can’t No I can’t With all we’ve been through I wanna believe in the truth But I can’t No I can’t I can’t No I can’t With all we’ve been through

credits

released November 4, 2021

All songs written by Elisa Nicolas, © 2021 Clever Cleaver Music, ASCAP

Produced by Jeffrey Ciampa

Recorded by Jeffrey Ciampa at Studio Orange, Columbus, Ohio, Elisa Nicolas at The Meadowlark, Columbus, Ohio, Thomas Bryan Eaton at the Stable Studio in Finnlandia, Nashville, TN, and Jason Quicksall at Scenic Woodyhill Studio, Nashville, TN

Mixed by Jeffrey Ciampa at Studio Orange, Columbus, Ohio
Mastered by Kim Rosen at Knack Mastering, Ringwood, NJ
Original artwork and cover design, Alyssa Jones, Salem, MA

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Elisa Nicolas Columbus, Ohio

Elisa Nicolas is a Canadian-born, Ohio-based Asian-American songwriter. Nicolas has been observing, experimenting, and translating the human experience into song for almost three decades. Respected as a multi-instrumentalist, solo artist, singer and songwriter, Nicolas has been writing and recording across numerous styles including rock, jazz, country, pop, and R&B. ... more

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