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Heartland Avenue

by Ryan Garrett

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    Includes full album remixed and remastered for a better sound quality, fixing a lot of the hiccups in the original release. Also includes the digital-only bonus track "Almost Home" and the Bandcamp exclusive "Red Skies Over Joplin."
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    The ORIGINAL rough mix of Heartland Avenue, recorded and produced at Ryan Garrett's home studio. Note that the mix on this CD is a bit rough compared to the 2014 digital reissue and offers a slightly different tracklist. Comes in a jewel case in your choice of sealed or signed at no extra charge. Includes original artwork by Brenda Pratt, and an immediate download of the full 2014 remix of the album.

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1.
Welcome to the avenue Cars fueled by American dreams Where midwestern high hopes and attitudes Are stronger than they once seemed Where a road goes on forever But you can see every mile from where you stand On this promising scenic drive Through the scenic promised land Everyone I know is scared of what they will become And everyone I know is dying to find out where they're from But I have made my home here, though my heart is far away But it don't bother me that much today I met her on the avenue She told me about the wind How it races across the heartland To roll away where you've been But we talked and we hit it off alright We stayed up til dawn's early light I got to thinkin' bout her last night And how she probably don't miss me that much Tonight I'm scared of what I might become And tonight I'm dying to find out where I'm from But I have made my home here, though my heart is far away But it don't bother me that much today
2.
A fiery red sky lights up the western horizon line A long gray highway reaches out to meet the sun You're standing absolutely still, about to make your great escape I'm first to notice but I'm not the only one And now you're leaving behind The dreams you ignite And a St. Louis Skyline Searching for a place to call home Now you're driving away Moving faster each day But you can't leave me behind Searching for a place to call home You're still out on the road with many miles to go The dark western highway rises underneath the stars Just keep on down this road, I'm not sure where it goes But someday it'll take you home, very far
3.
Dream 05:59
Looking back now through the years Life ain't what it used to be Back before these hopeless fears Lives were happy, minds were free I remember back when time was precious Now we all just waste the day Watching raindrops paint the concrete An even deeper shade of gray Will someone please tell me where to stand? Because I don't know where I'm at Will someone please tell me the answer That nobody wants to reply back? Have yourself another dream But don't let it go, you've got to let it grow for me Have yourself another thought You once believed was lost, give it another shot for me People these days, I don't understand them And all their manipulating schemes They try to control what we believe in They try to destroy all our dreams And then they tell us what to do next And who exactly we should be But we're not part of some silly little complex And we don't need two eyes to see Someone tell me where to stand Because I don't know where I'm at Someone please tell me the answer Nobody wants to reply back Keep holding on Keep holding on now We must be strong Don't be too afraid to believe
4.
They try to tell me who to be They try to tell me what to sing They got another thing coming They try to tell me what to write I'm not going down without a fight This musical empire is falling We spill our guts out We sing our hearts out But we all fall down (all fall down) This music, these lines These lyrics are mine But we all fall down (all fall down)
5.
Pennyroyal 04:04
From rolling hills and valleys To narrow streets and alleys We saw it all through the windshield Cars passing by, road rising high Just us and two lanes through the fields From sunshine to starlight From dawn til dusk We rode on without a care I turned on the air, and you let down your hair And there was nothing but freedom out there Along for the ride You by my side We kept on riding down the track So far away, far from today Now there's no turning back Now all we have is today Somehow you faded away The green hills faded to black And now we've gone off track The blue skies faded to gray I don't remember the way To get back to places we claimed And all the streets we named
6.
Just In Case 06:26
I'm leaving this town tomorrow Not that you would even care I guess it probably shouldn't matter now But it stings when you once were there But years go by and feelings die And it still doesn't feel alright But just in case you want to say anything I'm leaving tonight Just in case you want to say anything I'm saying goodbye So goodbye, forever this is the last time I'll ever get to say how I feel As you walk away Just in case you want to say anything I'm leaving tonight Just in case you want to say anything I'm saying goodbye It still kills me you don't even care And I hate to be a pessimist But it's amazing how we've been through thick and thin And now you could care less if I exist But maybe someday you'll come around And realize you miss me sometimes But just in case you want to say anything I'm leaving tonight Just in case you want to say anything I'm saying goodbye Years go by and people die Someday I'll be gone too And when that final day comes What will it matter to you? You never fell from grace, you just failed to hit your brakes Trying to keep up with the pace And somehow you got lost in the midst of it all But I believe that we both lost the race But just in case you want to say anything I'm leaving tonight Just in case you want to say to me one last time Before I leave you behind Goodbye...
7.
Driving through the heartland, sky fades from blue to green What does it mean? Breaks used to be in years, now we're lucky for a week What does it mean? What does it mean? After high school graduation, out the door he ran With a dream inside his heart and a diploma in his hand But he never made it home and his dream never came true Life goes on without a clue Cause nobody knows the answer To the questions on our minds What used to be a matter of caution Was just a matter of time A raging beast in the heartland Monsters fall from the sky What's always been a matter of where to go Is now just a matter of how you will survive They said it'd never hit here, too high up on this hill Where do we go? The weatherman predicted wrong, what can we do now? I wanna know Where do we go? Cause the clouds are getting darker, the wind is picking up The thunder rolls out louder, the rain was not enough To wash away the sorrows of our brothers who were able To lay eyes on destruction from an atmosphere unstable She stands among the wreckage Torn clothes and shattered dreams Her midwestern high hopes aren't as strong as they once seemed He held her neath the cloudy skies His attitude had changed His house on Heartland Avenue Now disarray on the plains But he knows the sun will shine Yeah he knows the sun will shine We'll find the answers We'll take back whats yours and mine Somehow we will get through this Someday we will rebuild our lives
8.
Searchlight 03:50
Neath the moon's pale light I walk outside To begin my search tonight The scent that I smell is the air that's so stale Battered from rain and hail Do you see me? Do you see me? Do you see me as I search for you? I walk through debris, It's like a bad dream Your name I begin to scream The feelings remain, yeah feelings of pain As I walk through the fog and the rain Do you hear me? Do you hear me? Do you hear me as I call for you? I find my way home, I sleep by the phone So that I'm not so alone And all through this town, the sirens still sound As I lay in this bed underground Do you feel me? Do you feel me? Do you feel me as I feel for you? As I search for you...for you...
9.
Your skin it does something to me It sends a shock right through me And I'm still hypnotized by every breath you took And how I fell for those manipulating dirty looks And yet I still keep coming back for more There is no cure for this disease I'm fighting Fanning the flames that you're igniting And every breath you take must be power packed Carbon dioxide sending vibes of mini heart attacks And yet I still keep coming back for more I keep coming back for more You leave me face down on the floor And now you're coming back for more As I'm walking out the door
10.
Gone just like the wind We'll be here once again Twice as fast, twice as wild Life awaits you, child From the city you belong To the small town I call home Our roots are taken for granted As we part from seeds we planted And... Everything will be alright If you travel alone tonight Someone always there Someone always cares Everything will be alright At the break of Spring Where the bells would ring Out where the freeway meets Dark claustrophobic streets The beauty of the history The darkness of the tragedy Shadowed pain in an old man's eyes From the tears a young man cries Are you still there? Is your heart still beating? Are you alone tonight? Take my hand and we'll walk down These haunted streets of Elizabethtown Where you live by your heart dedicated to Do the best that you can and that's all you can do Everything will be alright If you travel alone tonight Someone always there Someone always cares To make everything alright
11.
Watching my step, these days it pays to be cautious World is moving so fast, if you fall you'll get nauseous So sick of the world and the way it turns But I'm still trying to find before it burns The reason I gave up fighting that night After everything had seemed to be going alright But in the end I realized there was always a fight And after all this time I realize you were right When you said your heart did not have a home But does it matter now that I'm gone? I found a reason to be true My heartstrings tangled up in you If I was the last man standing on Earth Would I get one last go-round On your light so bright if I were the night That always seemed to put you down Would you still lead me through the storm? I promise I won't cause no harm anymore Days flying by a little faster each day But I'm slowly but surely coming out okay As my thoughts lead back to the words you said When you cut me off, heart left-for-dead But all of the giants now are after You and I and all of the laughter That we shared back when you cared And who knows? You still might if I could just be there In your heart that I once called my home But does it matter now that I'm gone? I found a reason to be true My heartstrings tangled up in you But look how beautiful this road we speed on Through this wonderland how fast we go Don't ever look back behind you At the winding road that binds you No need to stop for directions Cause there's only one way to fly So when your heart is out of house and home Just look around and know you're not alone Look off at these mountains of blue And know there's finer beauty that awaits you Because there's only one way to fly...
12.
We raced along the avenue We passed up all the signs Warning us of what's to come We should have kept between the lines But we swerved into the fast lane Racing all the lights Wasting all the days So dreams would come sooner at night We're here for a moment and then we're gone No one stays here on this avenue long Don't waste your life afraid of pleasure We're just here for a whisper We die amongst the screams Of our hearts crying out For all the unfulfilled dreams Dreams we left out on the avenue For our brothers to receive And try to figure out what they mean We're just here for a whisper And then we die amongst the screams We left our marks on the pavement Not knowing what was in store We took advantage of the gold Then we politely asked for more We begged for forgiveness But never could forget This dream we locked inside our hearts And no way to open it But we're not so far apart No, that ocean ain't so wide Cause the moon you see up in your sky Is the same moon I see tonight Why waste our lives seeking empty treasure?
13.
When you think there's no way out Rest assured there is no doubt We'll find a way When you feel all hope is gone I hope you know you're not alone We're on our way Everything will be alright in the end All you need now is a friend Someone you can depend on And that's not hard to find here When you think there is no road And no one to help carry the load It's all right here When you feel all hope is gone Just hold on and just be strong And have no fear It's not too hard to find a friend When everyone is pitching in To help you when you need it most And now we're almost home
14.
We still sweep streets of sorrow Cast debris in vacant lots We still look to tomorrow And pray that the world ain't forgot That the sun will shine tomorrow The sun will shine tomorrow Driving past some old cornfield Crop doesn't grow there today Farmer's home has to be rebuilt Yeah, But he carries on anyway Cause he knows the sun will shine tomorrow The sun will shine tomorrow The sun will shine tomorrow The sun will shine tomorrow The difference between the whispers and screams Is starting to get to me It gets hard to cope but God gives us hope All you need is something to hope for But the sun will shine, the clouds will roll Once again, we'll find our way home Rebuilding our lives, in faith we survive We'll never be alone The sun will shine Last night I dreamed I was in Joplin I dreamt I awoke in your arms A reality my mind created for me A perfect world with no alarms Pray for no more red skies over Joplin In the morning when I walk outside I will survive on the blue skies and sunshine Until the day we reunite Just pray that the sun will shine tomorrow Pray the sun will shine

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2014 remix of the 2011 debut demo album from Ryan Garrett. Features a slightly different tracklist and tweaked mix for better sound quality. However, despite the lack of professional equipment during the time of it's recording, some of the original flaws are still audible. But hey, that gives it character. To avoid clipping, we had to remaster it at a slightly lower volume, so turn it up! The original CD version included the song "Red Skies Over Joplin" but was scratched from the digital reissue. Now it's back as a Bandcamp exclusive bonus track alongside an acoustic rendition of the song "Almost Home."

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released November 1, 2011

All songs written, composed and performed by Ryan Garrett.
Produced and remixed/remastered by Ryan Garrett.
Artwork by Brenda Pratt.

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Singer/Songwriter from Russell Springs, Kentucky. All instruments, lyrics, and compositions by Ryan Garrett unless otherwise noted.

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