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Flat Earth 2018
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1. Indoctrination
The avowed goal is world domination
The Iron Curtain is more than
A barrier to Freedom and Truth
Behind it they seek to hide their brutality
And protect their organs of propaganda
They believe that if they can
Maintain a monopoly of information
They will ultimately succeed in
Brainwashing their 70 million captives
A mind with vivid memories
Cannot be easily overwhelmed
But a new generation is now approaching maturity
Who have no memories of Liberty
Who have never known Freedom
They’re trying to take from them
Their free will and conscience
And subvert their minds
With the distortions of lies
“Experience teaches the working people that
Whenever the Bourgeois refer to God and Freedom
They actually think of factories and exploitation”
This is the official view of America
Which for more than a decade
The regime, radio and press
Have presented to the people
This is the version taught in the schools
And this is the version that
Would be eventually accepted as true
If we allow it to stand unchallenged
But it is challenged
These are the voices that destroy
The monopoly of information
In one of the most significant events of our time
But the leaders are using every means
At the disposal of a modern dictatorship
In their effort to warp and mold the 70 million people
In these countries into instruments of their power
Into slaves who can then be used to enslave others
2. Western Chauvinist
I was a contrarian canary
In a coal mine yesterday
But I got no fucks to give to you today
I won’t apologize for being
Everything I want to be right now
Wanna fuck the system and
We’ll burn it down to the ground
To the ground
I’m a proud boy baby
And I’m happy in the USA
I’m a Western chauvinist
With no apology
Got my bootstraps pulling up and
Now they’re taking me away
Got my housewife honey and
She’s happier than you or me
I want my drugs, guns, fast cars
Booze cruise and babies too
Don’t you ever ever ever ever tell me what to do
What to do
I’m a proud boy baby
And I’m happy in the USA
I’m a Western chauvinist
With no apology
Apology
Yes
I’m proud
I’m proud
I’m proud
I’m a proud boy baby
And I’m happy in the USA
I’m a Western chauvinist
With no apology, apology
I’m a proud boy baby
And I’m happy in the USA, USA
I’m a Western chauvinist
With no apology
3. Merry-Go-Round
Hollywood laughing in your face
Lights camera action now you’re lost in space
Rose-colored glasses help you see
You can fly up to the moony through the TV screen
Around and round and round we go
Dizzy as we spin the truth around again
Merry-go merry-go-round
Middle finger to the man
Cuz the lizard people run the PTA yeah
Round earth is looking kinda flat
Like a short stack with honey and a heart attack
Around and round and round we go
Dizzy as we spin the truth around again
Merry-go merry-go-round
Around and round and round we go
Dizzy as we spin the truth around again
Merry-go-round and round and round we go
Dizzy as we spin the truth around again
Merry-go merry-go-round
Merry-go merry-go-round
Merry-go merry-go-round
Merry-go merry-go-round
4. Red Pill
Red pill baby
Never thought it happened to you
Robots taking over all our brains
And I’m in ecstasy
Lobotomy
Are you leaving some for me?
I don’t think so
Now that there is no one left to blame
To blame
Once you see you’ll never be the same
The same
Red pill baby
Never thought it happened to you
How could you believe in anything
That’s not lockstep true?
This is a holocaust
Of every single thought that’s not mine
Now that there is no one left to blame
To blame
Once you see you’ll never be the same
The same
Red pill baby
Never thought it happened to you
Red pill baby
Never thought it happened to you
Now that there is no one left to blame
To blame
Once you see you’ll never be the same
The same
Red pill baby
Never thought it happened to you
Red pill baby
Never thought it happens to you
5. All Day and All of the Night
Written by Ray Davies (of The Kinks)
I’m not content to be with you in the daytime
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yeah, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yeah, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
6. Killjoy
Why you gotta go wreck everything
Who dropped dead and made you the queen
I see you freak out at every joke
Take your Xanax honey and leave me alone
You are the killjoy
You are the killjoy
Yes you are
You got your fire and brimstone smoking gun
Like the holiest witch-hunt Puritan
And you tell me what to say, tell me what to be
Honey look into the mirror tell me what you see
You are the killjoy
K-k-k-killjoy
Yes you are
You are the killjoy
K-k-k-killjoy
Yes you are
What you fear is in your mirror
What you hate is what you are
You are the killjoy
K-k-k-killjoy
Yes you are
You are the killjoy
K-k-k-killjoy
Darling, yes you are
You are the killjoy
K-k-k-killjoy
Yes you are
You are the killjoy
K-k-k-killjoy
Honey, yes you are
You are the killjoy
7. Kissing the Wizard
So you’re kissing the wizard
To wash away your tears
And he’s gonna whisper
Like honey to your ears
You dance the dance of the devil
But you’re looking back with angel eyes
You’re hypnotized
A touch from the wizard
Is just the thing you need
But the fruit of the lizard
Don’t seem so good to me
You dance the dance of the devil
But you’re looking back with angel eyes
His left hand is honey to your ears
But his right hand is closing your eyes
Wake up break up the spell
Cuz even you can tell Heaven from Hell
Don’t you wanna laugh in the face of the one
As you dance on his grave in the sun
The charm of the wizard
Will bring you to his bed
When you sleep with the wizard
You’ll never wake again
You dance the dance of the devil
But you’re looking back with angel eyes
His left hand is honey to your ears
But his right hand is closing your eyes
You’re hypnotized
You’re hypnotized
You’re hypnotized
8. Bleed Yourself Dry
You are my God, my God
The only God, my God
You are my God, my God
The only God, my God
You never ever ever gonna leave me behind
But you, you’re gonna bleed
You’re gonna gonna gonna bleed yourself so dry
So dry
Now that you’re here
Won’t you stay for awhile
Now that you’re here
Won’t you stay for awhile
Awhile
You, you will never
Never never leave me behind
But you, you’re gonna bleed
You’re gonna gonna gonna bleed yourself so dry
So dry
Now that you’re here
Won’t you stay for awhile
Now that you’re here
Won’t you stay for awhile
Awhile
Now that you’re here
Won’t you stay for awhile
Now that you’re here
Won’t you stay for awhile
You, you’re gonna bleed
You’re gonna gonna bleed yourself so dry
You, you’re gonna bleed
You’re gonna bleed yourself so dry
Credits + Notes
Released April 20, 2018
Credits
Performed, Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ty Richards
All songs (except track 5) written by Ty Richards
© & ℗ 2018 Ty Richards Music (BMI)
“All Day and All of the Night” written by Ray Davies (of The Kinks)
© & ℗ 1964 Ray Davies (BMI)
Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Mellotron, Synthesizers, Bass, Drum Machine, Percussion and Drums performed by Ty Richards
Unwanted background screams, cries, and talking by the Richards girls ; )
Recorded at Tremolo Records in Austin
Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering in Los Angeles
(Beck, David Lynch, The Black Keys, The Arcs, Spanish Gold, Dr. Dog, Ray LaMontagne, Sigur Rós, Cage the Elephant, Dr. John, Arctic Monkeys, Lucinda Williams, Ringo Deathstarr)
No computers were used in the creation of this album. This album is a 100% analog recording. This album was recorded directly to quarter-inch 8-track tape and mixed live directly from a Tascam 388.
Photography by Andy Emery
Cover art by Ty Richards
Regional PR by Heather Wagner Reed at Juice Consulting in Austin
Radio promotion by James Holland at Airplay Junkies
Thank You
Thank you to Emily Richards for being the most badass woman in the universe, Tom Richards for getting in a bar fight with a friend over Flat Earth, Kyle Warwick for a drawing of a Flat Earth map on a napkin at Sushi Sam’s, Flat-Earthers for your diligence and courage, fake news for being so fake, Western chauvinists for being Western chauvinists, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien for LOTR Book 3 Chapter 10, McCullough Ferguson for selling me his Tascam 388 and thus making such a special recording possible, Mike Ingber for being the heart & soul of the band, Travis Eiland for showing me Transcendental Meditation & Mantra Meditation, Boots Electric for giving me your number and never returning my text messages, and Neil Armstrong for his moon-walk, and all my supporters who make this and future music possible.