The Social Animals, by Duquette Johnston

The Social Animals

by Duquette Johnston

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1.	Year to Run 02:46	lyrics	buy track
I was holding on for one more year to run So I started closing eyes and seeing sun We were younger you were right I could turn this town in a fight Oh my baby where was I when you were free We were waiting on a night to blind to walk out of the fire I was so wrong but I finally found my freedom Give my love to the world when it is gone I’ll just raise my son and keep my family on I could do right do wrong as long as I’m home I was waiting for the world to make me strong We were younger you were right I could turn this town in a fight Oh my baby where was I when you were free We were waiting on a night to blind to walk out of the fire I was so wrong but I finally found my freedom My freedom, my freedom, my freedom
2.	Whiskey and the Wine 04:49	lyrics	buy track
Stare at all the conquests they wash into the waves, I lose all my fears before I learn to face the day I knew the moment that the world rushed in the making of and forced to love again Where do you wake up on the world today it was hard enough to learn to be afraid When you learn to see the world from me I’m through I’m just wondering when I might return, I’m just hoping you’ll begin to learn Tell you to wait a year to see what comes and goes, from where I’m livin life seems way too short Oh come on my babe lets dress tonight and dance like we were living in revenge Don’t care what others say, I’m new to you, you’re new to me I Pray When you learn to see the world from me I’m through I’m just wondering when I might return, I’m just hoping you’ll begin to learn I’m just wondering when I might return, I’m just hoping you’ll begin to learn
3.	Baby Loves a Mystery 03:56	lyrics	buy track
Where did you run from me Baby love’s becoming a mystery We’re all fighting for the right or wrong on a one way love I’ll sing our love is strong Tried to keep my ego in check on a beautiful lake we broke the hell The spells you wind on the words you say I do not know all the work you want to do Wait for me there is something you will see Love on the run lets bath in the sun Let it ride or run down where I hide Oh baby love’s a mystery And All at once it was disrespect watched a blind man lose all health and respect And everyones tryin’ to kill each other for fame or money it’s all the same to me. Wait for me there is something you will see Love on the run lets bath in the sun Let it ride or run down where I hide Oh baby love’s a mystery
4.	Holy Child 03:32	lyrics	buy track
Well I look in your eyes and you look in mine too and I wonder what the worlds gonna do for you Baby I hope you’ll be what your dream Take care of the world take care of my son I pray for protection and I pray that he runs Through the stars and the ocean in his dreams What do you see when you look at me, I know what I see when I look at you and your mother’s eyes and your mothers sweet smile and her feisty nous too Oh son of mine I don’t know what I am singing but I’m searchin’ for words and know that I’m screaming but you make me feel unafraid So I run through the night and I call on my son I make you the world and I make us all run I must have been crazy not to try much sooner I trust in my father and I trust it is right to give me the strength to run through the night Oh holy, you are my child
5.	Motorcycles 04:12	lyrics	buy track
Oh they love to watch you rise times move fast and mothers cry the fallin need someone in disguise And all the years you pray to die the priest have come to give your rights so you can fly through the fields Everyday I pray to keep my hands from going far away I do believe Everyday I pray to keep my hands from going far away I do believe All alone you went to ride, you laid down fast and lost your life, your visions from comas come true Bound and chained upon this room where others go to die alone for thirty five years you were gold Everyday I pray to keep my hands from going far away I do believe Everyday I pray to keep my hands from going far away I do believe Everyday I pray to keep my hands from going far away I do believe Everyday I pray to keep my hands from going far away I do believe
6.	To My Daughters 03:02	lyrics	buy track
He was just a country boy Knew desire he knew despair His war was not with leading ladies But with demons who ruled the air Don’t leave in the cold It was too far burned to hold Will you keep me and steal my soul To my daughters I leave my home He tried to live by the way he’s called Pen in hand and heart exposed Here to give and here to love Prays for peace and shows his hope Don’t leave in the cold It was too far burned to hold Will you keep me and steal my soul To my daughters I leave my home My home, my home, my home
7.	Forgive Me 04:38	lyrics	buy track
I knew I’d fall in time on busted line I was aching You were turnin’ loose on a monday tried to say I was scared as hell but I ran straight down I was doin’ all the things I was taught and what I tried to say Where did you come from Did you fall from heaven in morning I was chasing worlds in the breeze of the trees I was through Wasted hours on love television and movies No one else could come and wreck my heart but you And oh I’m done, you may be fallin’ through I have no one I believe it well fortune lies are whispering they tell tell tell you They tell tell tell you Oh please forgive me love I’m sorry I fell and I’m naked I was trying a right to fix all of my wrongs I did not have the words I was losin’ steps and trying to run To much regret I was oozin’ with love And oh I’m done, you may be fallin’ through I have no one I believe it well fortune lies are whispering they tell, tell tell you They tell tell tell you Forgive me, forgive me, forgive me
8.	Mystics 03:48	lyrics	buy track
Search for the mystics in my night All of my dreams can come with fright Oh but you turn me back when you turn me on We were holdin’ back for you Start to turn me round again All of our hearts we lost our friends I was diggin’ child for a way to make all the news you write to say Won’t you light a fire and run I’ve seen the city come from the sun Tried to make some sense but I’m down on my luck and losin’ all my friends My friends And when we dance out in the night down to the streets we knew were right I could walk your hand or drive real far I know you’re just my woman, my woman Search for right where there is wrong I hear my son he’s in your arms We are family it’s true It’s all I need, it’s all I want from you, my love And when we dance out in the night down to the streets we knew were right I could walk your hand or drive real far I know you’re just my woman, my woman Search for right where there is wrong I hear my son he’s in your arms We are family it’s true It’s all I need, it’s all I want from you, my love I see those sleepy sleepy eyes They’re so beautiful and bright All the sounds you make and the cries you give and the love you learn to share
9.	Run With the Bulls 03:30	lyrics	buy track
Turn down the bulls are running The fire is yet to burn The truth is climbing hollow I fear the night will turn and run day again Went up to the mountain fell down upon the stone Today is new I warned you Fought days and hours as we rolled we were gold Angels called we were sold Get the still the light is shining your movement shakes the trees I hear the wolf he’s calling I stole a way to find the sea you and me we were free Why is the love all falling I’ve seen these sins before Don't make this life uneasy I never knew just who to love until you We were gold now we’re new
10.	Fortunate Ride 04:02	lyrics	buy track
This is where we disappear I was never trying to be so clear all the days we spent getting lost in the sun I remember me I remember you It seems our lives were always true as we stood out on the rocks to watch it rise Though he loved to go astray Johnny tried to look the other way And no one came to rescue me from dawn I keep it on the wall at face I keep myself above this place Oh honey you could take me on tonight You could tear down easy to fortunate ride You could change your heart on the fourth of July But we’ve been running since we was a child And I’ll wait for you so we can run wild Wild We can run wild
11.	Tonight 03:32	lyrics	buy track
Baby don’t you worry I’ll take care Times are moving swiftly and there’s danger in the air You you make it easy Me I love to scream Take it from the heartache We’re do for some relief Tonight tonight tonight It’ll be alright Tonight tonight tonight It’ll be alright Baby someone’s coming There’s murder on the streets The steps where you’ve been bleeding It’ll cause a heart to sink Look up from the mountain Runnin through the fields Come back here and save me You can give it all you feel Tonight tonight tonight It’ll be alright Tonight tonight tonight It’ll be alright Baby someone’s comin’ Down the road and line The fathers the sons and the daughters They need to get in time You, you make it easy Me I make it hard Don’t you wrestle the favor it’ll come back from your heart Tonight tonight tonight It’ll be alright Tonight tonight tonight It’ll be alright

about

By his own admission Duquette Johnston has lived a "wild, incredible life," but even that might be underselling the three-act 25-year journey that's led to the Alabama musician's new album The Social Animals; out February 25 on Single Lock Records. A founding member of the breakout 90s indie band Verbena, Johnston toured with other ascendant acts of the era like The Strokes and Foo Fighters before leaving the band somewhere around their first major label deal (instead joining Juliana Hatfield in a reunited Blake Babies). In the years that followed, remembering "I thought I had to live in misery to create great art," a drug charge began Johnston's treacherous cycle through a prison system more focused on "zero tolerance" than recovery and rehabilitation. Emerging against the odds with a resolute optimism and renewed focus on community, Duquette returned to Birmingham to help bring the arts back to a historic part of town that had seen better days...and he did that so impactfully that the New York Times took note of his clothing store-art gallery-performance venue Club Duquette. Seemingly insurmountable challenges would hit Duquette again, but this time he would be ready.

The Social Animals came together over the course of an eight year period, during which Duquette's wife Morgan developed a life-threatening condition after giving birth to the couple's first child through a complicated pregnancy. It took everything the family had to pick up the pieces...emotionally, financially, spiritually...but leaning on the lessons of past adversities, Duquette had what he calls “a radical break from the old way of living and looking at life.” It was at that moment he returned to music, and came up with the idea for Club Duquette and further dedicated his life to service in his beloved Birmingham community. Reverberating with an unwavering hopefulness, The Social Animals feels more urgent at this moment than it ever could have when Johnston began writing the album nearly a decade ago.

In bringing the new album to life, Johnston drew from his indie rock past to unite a remarkable group of collaborators. This team included producer John Agnello - known for his work with Dinosaur Jr as well as recent albums from Hop Along, Waxahatchee, Twin Peaks and Kurt Vile - and a band anchored by longtime Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley. Through their spiraling guitars and cavernous beats, Johnston shares deeply-learned messages on the common theme that "we can lift each other up. We can change things, if we keep our hearts in the right place.” Ultimately, The Social Animals is a way for Duquette to bring as much good for others as he can out of that "wild, incredible life" he's lived. "If my story and my experiences can open other people's eyes, then everything I've done is worth it.”

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released February 25, 2022

All Songs written by Duquette Johnston
Publishing Get Mystic ASCAP

Recorded, Mixed and Produced by John Agnello
Recorded at Echo Canyon in Hoboken NJ, and Communicating Vessels Birmingham AL
Mixed at Water Music NJ
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
Assistant Engineer at Communicating Vessels Brad Timko
Assistant at Water Music Emily Rittenhouse

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