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The Way Back

by The Merry Go Rounds

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1.
First Dance 04:36
He was young And still in denial But she made him smile And that was enough He’d been shy Too anxious to ask her But as he walked past her He knew it was time Saturday night The dance joint on Del Rey Is having a soiree He said to her Take my hand Pull me close Spin me round on the floor Tell me that you wanna be The only two people in the world Dancing into the night When she heard him ask She felt her heart racing Too nervous to face him She turned away But Saturday night She went to the dance joint In hopes that she’d push her Nerves aside There he was Alone on the dance floor He smiled when he saw her And heard her say Take my hand Pull me close Spin me round on the floor Tell me that you wanna be The only two people in the world Dancing into the night She took his hand He pulled her close They spun around on the floor The spotlight shone down on them When the joint shut down they were still Dancing into the night Take me out Take me, take me out Take my hand Pull me close Spin me round on the floor Tell me that you wanna be The only two people in the world Dancing into the night She took his hand He pulled her close They spun around on the floor The spotlight shone down on them When the joint shut down they were still Dancing into the night
2.
Falling 03:57
It was midnight on a Monday Your eyes were brighter than the moon You took my hand and everything had never felt so right and I was scared out of my mind Pull me closer Take me under Make me breathless Leave me helpless so I, I Run, run, run, run Before you catch me Before you break my heart in two Say you’re not sure what we’re doing But we don’t have to decide now But with one touch you send me reeling and I’m too far gone to Ever let you give me up Pull me closer Take me under Don’t stop coming round Don’t give me up now, I Run, run, run, run Before you catch me Before you break my heart, I Run, run, run My mind is racing I can’t fall asleep I feel you lying next to me Silent and sweet, lost in a dream And with every peaceful breath you breathe I know I’m falling even faster, faster I’m in too deep, I’m in too deep I try to make believe that I want you as much as you want me Give me a sign, give me a reason not to run Run, run, run, run Before you catch me Before I break in two, you said “Run, run, run, run into my arms I’ll never hurt you I’ll put my heart in your hands So just run…”
3.
Daybreak 04:28
When it rains they say it pours Put a smile on, dry your eyes Time heals all, move on Say goodbye to yesterday Try to force my lungs to breathe Haven’t slept at all in weeks Your voice haunts my dreams, whispering Say goodbye to yesterday The day you left the rain soaked our skin You kissed away the fear Said you’d always come back again See the world in black and white You stole the color with your smile The shadows where you used to sleep sing to me Say goodbye to yesterday The day I still had hope for the best You walked away With half of me inside your hand When it rains they say it pours Slap a smile on, don’t you cry Tomorrow maybe things will change Say goodbye to yesterday
4.
The Way Back 05:39
So I hear you’re alone I hear you’ve got no place to go Well my friend You can stay with me tonight I’ve been looking for I’ve been looking for a way A way back home When we talked on the phone Said you were on your own forevermore That’s not true I'll come back for you I’ve been looking for I’ve been looking for a way A way back home I’ve been looking for I’ve been looking for a way A way back home So I hear you’re alone I hear you’ve got no place to go Well my friend You can stay with me tonight I’ve been looking for I’ve been looking for a way A way back home I’ve been looking for I’ve been looking for a way A way back home I’ve been looking for I’ve been looking for a way A way back home
5.
Well when I was younger they told me to wait Said "child, you're so wild, learn to hesitate" So for awhile I felt guilt for my sins It's taken all my life just to forgive ‘em again When I was young, living outside the city Said "girl, all you must do in this world is stay pretty" Now that I'm older I know it's a lie It's taken all my life, it's taken all my life To take it all back All I want is someone to love me Heaven above or hell below me Said all I want is someone to love me Heaven above or hell below me I was a fool, was a fool for your love So when you took it away, I thought "fair enough" Now that I've moved on I know who I am It's taken all my life just to remember again I was impatient and prone to shame I took my entire life and tried to throw it away Now I am tryin' to forgive my own sins And I've got all my life left to feel happy again All I want is someone to love me Heaven above or hell below me Said all I want is someone to love me Heaven above or hell below me
6.
Hard to explain, everything changed since the days when I called you Lola and in Frederick MD, where coffee ain’t free, I got a cup at Cafe Nola Got a graduate job, I’ve been acting a slob, and I spent all my money on a girl You know I’d move along, except singing this song is sure taking all the time in the world When nothing feels right, and you sit alone and turn out the lights, wanna feel as though someone hears you cry, I’ve had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day When I was nine, taking my time, the sun was high and so were you and then late in my teens I was traveling through scenes, glimpses of the past still rang true now the city has lost a place in my heart it once easily occupied now the scenery's changed, and except for the name, everything good just seems to have died When nothing feels right, and you sit alone and turn out the lights, Wanna feel as though someone hears you cry, I’ve had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day I’m not sure tomorrow is gonna be better I kinda felt yesterday was the same but mother as sure as I’m writing this letter to you, well, its looks like rain yeah it looks like rain So bring on the rain So we wait, and we wait, at the cafe til' late So we wait, and we wait, at the cafe for as long as it takes tonight

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released August 28, 2015

Caroline Walden - lead vocals
Chris Deese - percussion
Fielding Keeley - lead guitar
Jed Paz - percussion
Mitcham Tuell - saxophone, clarinet, piano, organ, guitar, backing vocals
Tanika Bantukul - violin, backing vocals
Thomas Speers - bass, flute

Additional acoustic guitar tracking on “Falling” by Alexander McIntyre.
Additional electric guitar tracking on “Daybreak” by Derek Liddell.
Bassoon tracking on “Daybreak” by Ryan Konopka.
Clarinet tracking on “Daybreak” by Vivian Bond.
Group vocals on “The Way Back” tracked by Alexander McIntyre, Caroline Walden, Jed Paz, Nils Persson, Thomas Speers, and Sid Something.

Engineered & Mixed by Chris Deese.
Mastered by Greg Hendler.
Recorded & Produced at Under The Couch.

Special thanks to Andrew Joyce, Chad Miller, Derek Liddell, Greg Hendler, Jared McGrath, Lisa Rossi, and Michael Stearns for bonus track recordings. Bonus tracks engineered and mixed by Cody Sciara and Noah Kess, recorded at Zac Recording.

"First Dance" - music by Fielding Keeley and Chris Deese, lyrics by Caroline Walden and Mitcham Tuell
"Falling" - music by Mitcham Tuell, lyrics by Caroline Walden
"Daybreak" - music by Mitcham Tuell, lyrics by Caroline Walden
"The Way Back" - music and lyrics by Mitcham Tuell
"PB&Jam" - music and lyrics by The Merry Go Rounds
"Cafe Nola" - music and lyrics by Jared McGrath

© The Merry Go Rounds 2015. All Rights Reserved.

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The Merry Go Rounds Atlanta, Georgia

Indie pop-rock collective from Atlanta, GA.

Caroline Walden: lead vocals
Fielding Keeley: lead guitar
Jed Paz: drums
Mitcham Tuell: saxophone, synthesizer, vocals
Vivian Bond: bass
Tanika Bantukul: violin, vocals
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