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Chasing Skies

by Dirty Blonde

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1.
Drive Pt. I 02:51
I've got lipstick stains on all my white dress shirts I've got holes worn through On the bottoms of my dancing shoes I was drawn to this road not to see where it would go but because I couldn't stay It's hard to breathe at night under the city lights And I had to take a Drive
2.
I Wonder 03:49
Cold hands while I drive in silence The quiet helps me clear my head I wanna tell her that I miss her But I’ll just smoke another cigarette If I left now I could be there by morning Just spend a night looking through the glass Don’t ask me why I’m not putting my boots on I’ve got the 60 dollars for gas Hours away, but you still run my day, oh I want her to know but I’m scared to call, it’s a shame Story of a modern man, young without a plan So I guess I’ll just wait for another day, when I’m no longer afraid And I wonder - I wonder if she knows? And I wonder - I wonder if she’s been where my mind goes? I wonder - I wonder if she cares? That I think about her when she’s not here Thinking about you doesn’t make me sad And February don’t make me depressed My rib-cage just feels a bit lonely And I just want to put my heart at rest For now it’s cigarettes after dinner Thoughts of a girl while I’m lying in bed I wanna tell her that I miss her, but I’ll just fall asleep instead I hate the way you’ve become My waking thought and my sleeping dream And every part of me, you have You know I’m trying to get rid of your memory You know you’re stuck onto every part of me
3.
Worried moms who cannot sleep send curfew calls but we can’t leave Every hand movement second guess, as her hair fall onto my chest Pressure in the backseat, put on something with a beat All wrapped up in teenage feels, the backseat pressure’s getting real Chasing words and losing sleep, parent’s morals haunting me Parking lots in her parked car, who gives a fuck about the stars? Pressure in the backseat, I can see you want me On the verge of something real, or maybe blind from teenage feels Either way, I don’t think there’s much to say Worried moms who cannot sleep send cerfew calls but we can't leave Every hand movement, second guess - as her hair fall onto my chest Pressure in the backseat, I can see you want me On the verge of something real, or maybe blind from teenage feels I know I don’t need this I can’t shake the feeling
4.
Hold My Head 03:03
If you hold my head in the dimming light I'll sing you to sleep every night If you hold my ribs, in the restful night I will kiss your lips as long as you like I haven't seen the stars all damn summer And I wanna get out on the road I haven't seen the stars all damn summer And I wanna get you alone Bloodblue It is you Bloodblue has got me Bloodblue is her hue Bloodblue has got me again I know it’s you in my head Crawling in my ear when I’m asleep Making your way into my soul Calling me names I know it’s gotta be you baby I know it’s gotta be you girl I know it’s gotta be you baby Every night Long as you like - long as every night
5.
Driving East and losing light But that’s okay I never really liked the summer's days anyways Cruising 85 through Atlanta on Friday afternoon And cruising in from the Atlantic Those super-cumulus are gunnin’ for ya They’re deeper than my darkest wants And darker than my deepest thoughts. But when they rain they pour And it lets the pressure out Let the pressure out Let the pressure down now And when I think about now It’s the same reason I’m writing this shit down Just to feel a little bit better now Just to feel it
6.
Ghost Town 03:40
The night was warm but I still shake Whenever I remember how my hand felt on her leg Sat soaked in sodium light, I’ll always hold you tight I was always better at making empty promises I always felt on those warm august nights There was a vast space between us, though we sat side by side The air in the back seat of the car grew more hostile as we stared out at the stars I was always better than you at never showing my cards Ray bans, hold hands, listen to our favorite bands Summer heat, middle-seat, you can sit next to me Ghost town, windows down, do you want to fool around? Tape deck, bare neck, will you let me kiss it? credits
7.
8.
Lost Time 03:44
Smoke hangs from my mouth, as the clouds come rolling out In the moonless night I find, I’m a wonderin' Her name hangs on my mind, it's pointless trying not to pine In the moonless night I find, it's a thunderin' When the sun is at my shoulder, and all of this is over I know that I'll be fine - but for the time being I wanna get outside my mind, I want back the lost time I want back the lost I want back the lost time I always find myself here, at this time of the year In the day old summer, my hands are never at home The harder that you hope, the harder it is to cope In the day old summer, does the month of May have to be so cruel? I wanna get outside my head, I wanna fall asleep instead I wanna get outside of my mind, I want back the lost time I’ve got a couple more wasted tries - under my belt, no surprise What am I supposed to do? Where do I go after this, can you tell me? Give me some direction please - I swear I’ll try anything I just wanna be back at square one
9.
It's pouring again out on the Cumberland plains It’s grey skies and I'm out here driving just tryin’ to get away These old mountain roads, will take you from home If you don't want to stay I used to feel like a lie until I realized That chasing skies is the American way Throw your bags in the back of the Cadillac We're gonna leave this town Though we're probably gonna come back around It's hard to just be when you want to just be free Maybe the only time we're at home is when we're out on the road Black cats play under the amber streetlight And there’s a Bloodblue stain on my whole damn night No silver horn for the distance Only a fever come Christmas So sink it fast and sink it there I’ve got a love affair with love affairs Getting kinda’ blasted at 4:00pm thinking about it again Wondering what I should have done different Was it my fault? Or was it just not meant to be at all? Rivers on the sides of streets as the weatherstripping slowly leaks Distant mountains disappear and I’m left here Again, again, again I’ve tried to be some better guy But when I give the benefit of the doubt it never seems to work out And it’s the three little dots on your phone, that let you know I’m thinking and writing about how I’m not scared to end up alone But you probably know it’s pride act And I don’t know if I can change that So can you tell me do I ever sound chill enough? Do I ever sound like I really don’t give a fuck? And I’m not trying to set a somber tone It’s just some shit I think about while I'm alone
10.
Drive Pt. II 03:06
I left the party two hours early the music’s Too fucking loud, can’t hear myself shout And this Bloodblue shit I’m over it I can’t stand to See your face or say your name And ask me why I couldn’t stay and I will say It was Just the midnight hour calling me down And ask me why things have been so strange I’ll just Pretend like it’s alright Drinking a fourth of a fifth, thinking about it I want your soft skin, wrapped around my arm again I want you wrapped around my arm again I don’t want you to forget about me I hope you loved it as much as I did

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released December 2, 2016

Written and performed by Chad Caroland
Additional vocals by Amelia Hammon on tracks 1,4,6,10
Violin performed by Chris Williams on tracks 3,4


Produced by Dirty Blonde, January 2015 - November 2016 at The Eagles Nest and Skypunch Studios in Chattanooga, TN

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