SHORTS, VOL. 2, by THE BLACK AND WHITE YEARS

SHORTS, VOL. 2

by THE BLACK AND WHITE YEARS

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1.	THINGS 01:08	lyrics	buy track
Article one: take this medicine Article two: holy shit, dude, you're dying Articles three through nineteen all deal with hygiene Article twenty's only online Page one: a pretty thing, holding a pretty thing Page two: a germ with a head cold Pages three through nineteen are just advertising Pretty things you too can hold These things in our lives, they're worthless These things in our lives, they're worthless All these things in our lives are worthless All that really matters in the end is love These things in our lives, they're worthless These things in our lives, they're worthless All these things in our lives are worthless All that really matters in the end is love Article one: you are less-than Article two: you should really feel bad Articles three through nineteen are frightening nonsense Article twenty's just an ad These things in our lives, they're worthless These things in our lives, they're worthless All these things in our lives are worthless All that really matters in the end is love
2.	FAILING, FALLING APART 01:31	lyrics	buy track
Failing and falling apart Failing and falling apart That's my thing It's such a thrill to use one's skill Failing and falling apart That's my thing My one special thing Failing and falling apart Failing and falling apart That's my thing It's such a thrill to use one's skill Failing and falling apart That's my thing My one special thing Failing and falling apart Failing and falling apart That's my thing It's such a thrill to use one's skill Failing and falling apart That's my thing My one special thing Coming apart at the seams That's my thing
3.	IF IT'S OK, NO 01:07	lyrics	buy track
I do not want to If it's OK, no Thanks but no thanks, dude I don't want to go I don't want to try, but I do I try for you I shouldn't be here I do not like this This is not me, dear An unfortunate likeness I don't want to care, but I do I care about you I care and I care and I care and I care It kills me a little to do But I care about you
4.	YR MOMS IS PEOPLE TOO 01:55		buy track
5.	SO MUCH DEPENDS 01:13	lyrics	buy track
Hello, my friend Hello, my friend Can it stay this way forever? So much depends on the lousy weather Goodbye, my friend Goodbye, my friend You'll be in my head forever I'll be content talking to your doppleganger Hello, my friend Hello, my friend Goodbye, my friend Goodbye, my friend Hello, my friend Goodbye, my friend
6.	WHO U R 01:06	lyrics	buy track
You are where you are You are where you are right now You are where you need to be You be you, I'll be me It's so easy No matter where you are You are where you are You are where you are right now You are where you need to be You be you, I'll be me It's so easy No matter where you are You are who you are You are who you are right now You are who you ought to be You are you perfectly It's so easy You are who you are
7.	THE CONSUMMATE DESTROYER 01:04	lyrics	buy track
I don't want to know Please don't tell me I, I don't want to know Please don't tell me I prefer to remain In a state of blissful ignorance I prefer to remain In a state of false abundance I prefer to remain Here in this fluffed-up fiefdom As dumb as they come and coming hard The consummate destroyer's calling card I don't want to know Please don't tell me I, I don't want to know Please don't tell me Because I, I don't want to know
8.	I HOPE YOU CALL 01:05	lyrics	buy track
I hope you call There's nothing much to say We said it all Still, I hope you call I hope you're good And if that's vague, I'll make it understood I hope you feel good Eight billion human circles overlapping Each circle feels so small We're all afraid to fall Man, I hope you call The door is waiting open The light on in the hall Some things can be unbroken Just call
9.	THE SAME OLD FITS 01:00	lyrics	buy track
Get that shitty dream outta here I don't need a reason to be me I'm sick of this ridiculous shit Wasting energy, lamenting Reinventing the tragedy It just goes on and on and on and on and on Get that attitude outta here I don't need your blessing to be happy I'm throwing all the same old fits Wasting energy, resenting you Ensuring I feel petty It just goes on and on and on and on and on Get that dream outta my sight I don't need a reason to be happy I've been fleeing from the past and the future In a search for a better or more useful identity It just goes on and on and on and on Until I say it's done And so It's done
10.	BACK IT UP 01:02	lyrics	buy track
Back it up It's all you Don't follow me I'm determining what makes me happy Back it up Teach me Don't preach to me See or don't see I've got my own things Love is it I think we know it, but blow it So let's recommit to it Love is it I think we know it, so let's show that shit (Love) Back it up (Is it) It's all you Don't follow me (I think we know it, but blow it) I'm determining what makes me happy (So let's recommit to it) (Love) Let's back things up (Is it) Get me, or go away Stay or don't stay (I think we know it, so let's show that shit) But don't stand in my way
11.	THINGS (Flavor Raid Remix) 03:09	lyrics	buy track
Article one: take this medicine Article two: holy shit, dude, you're dying Articles three through nineteen all deal with hygiene Article twenty's only online Page one: a pretty thing, holding a pretty thing Page two: a germ with a head cold Pages three through nineteen are just advertising Pretty things you too can hold These things in our lives, they're worthless These things in our lives, they're worthless All these things in our lives are worthless All that really matters in the end is love These things in our lives, they're worthless These things in our lives, they're worthless All these things in our lives are worthless All that really matters in the end is love Article one: you are less-than Article two: you should really feel bad Articles three through nineteen are frightening nonsense Article twenty's just an ad These things in our lives, they're worthless These things in our lives, they're worthless All these things in our lives are worthless All that really matters in the end is love These things in our lives, they're worthless These things in our lives, they're worthless All these things in our lives are worthless All that really matters in the end is love

about

This is the second volume in the SHORTS series, which ultimately spanned 50 songs and around 15 months from mid-2019 until mid-2020. I filmed myself recording the tracks, and posted the videos on our Instagram and Facebook pages. (Follow us @theblackandwhiteyears) These mixed and mastered versions are being released in volumes of 10 songs, for a total of 5 volumes. The songs in SHORTS, VOL. 2 were written and recorded from July-September 2019.

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released July 3, 2020

Written, Recorded, Performed and Produced by Scott J Butler
Additional Vocals on WHO U R by Adrienne R Butler
Cover Photo by Adrienne Butler featuring Michigan Butler wearing vintage threads

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