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Little Hopes

by John Brodeur

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1.
Be Careful 02:07
Wait in line Be patient All in due time And love will come Be hopeful For everyone We should all Be careful With each others’ hearts Take your time Be careful We should all Be careful With our own hearts Take your time Be careful
2.
One Man Army 04:13
You get tired, you get stressed Anxious and wired, a little depressed So ambitious or so they say Overworked, underpaid Can't find the energy to get yourself laid And that brass ring keeps moving further and further away Used to have an attention span Now you're always in pain, beat by your own hand You've got a chance to do something great Close the great divide between fortune and fate Your own family don't know where you've been And you hear the same advice over and over again Oh-oh-oh-oh You can't do it all yourself Oh-oh-oh-oh Or leave it up to someone else A little help is what you need No one needs to be a one man army This is insane You've gotta work things out Starve for your art Or is it the other way around? And it's only a matter of time But you're falling apart and convinced that's fine You get sentimental, you get sad Always wanting more when what you got it ain't so bad repeat chorus
3.
Neil Young 03:16
All these things will pass if you want them to This whole thing began when you were very young Barefoot and stoned, listening to Neil Young Darkness found you masquerading as the sun Who would have thought he could be such a chameleon? All these things will pass if you want them to But you don’t, no you don’t You’re afraid too much of changing Never cared much anyway But you know, I think you know Give it the time it takes Open your mind and take off Warning shots were fired and you were off and running The chance of survival was one in a million But you’d never surrender, that would be un-American And all these things will pass if you want them to But you don’t, no you don’t You’re afraid too much of changing Never cared much anyway But you know, I think you know Give it the time it takes Open your mind But you won’t, no you won’t You’re afraid too much of changing Never cared much anyway But you know, I think you know Give it the time it takes Open your mind And take time for everything
4.
Oh My! 04:18
10:30 on a Monday morning She rolls in like a train Spotlights been following her And everybody knows her name All aboard for points unknown Everybody get in line I’m waiting on my ticket Wishing she were mine Oh my My, my, my, my, my She’s so fine Two beers and a tequila chaser To forget just what she’s seen The air is getting heavy And the words are getting mean She did it with so and so Now her stock is coming down The hierarchy’s changing In this dirty little town Oh my My, my, my, my, my She’s so fine 10:30 on a Wednesday evening She comes in out of the rain Dark clouds been following her She can’t seem to explain Things ain’t what they used to be, she says She needs a little company The queen of town has lost her crown But she looks pretty good to me Oh my My, my, my, my, my She’s so fine (The queen of town has lost her crown)
5.
Dig 03:34
How alone do you think you are? Adrift on a life bizarre Crash-land on a dying star Sure doesn't feel like home The little hopes you stashed away For some hopeless rainy day Time for them to come out and play 'Cause you only get one go 'round That rainy day is now So dig, dig down as deep as you can Dig, dig in the earth with your hands Dig for your soul like it's buried alive And dig until light comes through the other side It's so easy to obsess On inconsequential things, I guess All wrapped up in this psychic mess Take one more look around You've got to dig yourself out Dig, dig down as deep as you can Dig, dig in the earth with your hands Dig for your soul like it's buried alive And dig until light comes through the other side
6.
Keep calling my name when you’re down I’ll stick around, I’ll stick around It’s the truth, it’s a matter of fact I’ll watch your back, I’ll watch your back This is my favorite feeling This is my favorite feeling Floating in your arms One of these days I’ll make you see What you do to me Fill a space that was vacant so long You do no wrong, you do no wrong You do no wrong, you do no wrong This is my favorite feeling This is my favorite feeling Floating in your arms Ba ba da ba ba da ba Ba da ba ba da ba Ba da ba ba da ba This is my This is my Favorite feeling
7.
Old Wounds 03:37
Remember the time You slammed your finger in the door Broke one so bad You couldn't bend it anymore You didn't notice Until the next morning, you're sober And you promised you'd never do that again Remember the time You got yourself in that fistfight You probably don't Your head hit the ground so hard that night And the next morning You woke up in a private office And you promised you'd never go back again Nothing can ever be perfect With a head like that But nothing is permanent So raise your voice and tilt a glass And drink it back This is where the party ends This is where the party ends You keep on opening new wounds You keep on opening new wounds Let these old wounds heal Let these old wounds heal Nothing can ever be perfect With a head like that But nothing is permanent So raise your voice and tilt a glass And drink it back
8.
Second Time 03:36
I tried to call you last night but you weren't home I got the feeling that you weren't alone Have you been hanging round with somebody new? Cause I can't extinguish what I'm feeling for you I could build a castle up on the mountainside I could keep you to myself, away from other eyes Maybe you've got better things to do with your time But I can feel it when I look in your eyes There's something in there I don't want to miss out for the second time It's been a year or two since you left town I've been wondering when you'd come back around Thought I saw you driving out on 32 I can't extinguish what I'm feeling for you I could take a fast train, be at your place by nine If you would only call me baby, just give me a little time You can come back to my castle and we'll talk all night Maybe I can hold you if it feels alright Then I can show you I don't want to miss out for the second time Caught myself looking at some old photographs Two of us smiling, having fun in the grass I hope you understand why I reminisce I just can't live without your touch and your kiss I'm sitting on your front porch, waiting for your car Counting out the seconds, just gotta know where you are Maybe you've got better things to do with the rest of your life But I'm for real, baby that's no lie Let me show you I don't want to miss out for the second time I don't want to miss out for the second time
9.
You Kill Me 04:27
You’re in love with him or so you say Comfortable and happy, that won’t change Still you call me up both night and day So how will you ever explain? We both know what’s going on You won’t move on or break it off You kill me when you call It’s hard to ignore And you give me reason for another big mistake I’m waiting at your door In my imagination It’s alright, it’s alright There was a crush we shared a year ago Couldn’t go further than your front door Then I would not see you anymore Now you’re digging up this dinosaur (chorus) He can’t treat you like you know I could What am I supposed to say to something like that? I want to come over, you know I want to come over You know what to do to make it happen (chorus)
10.
Spit It Out 04:51
Spit It Out Happy birthday on the phone, 3 AM You took 30 pills Suck the life out of the night and spit it out All over the morning Like a drunk little lamb, slept on the pike Almost got killed What happened to your cigarette? Do I smell something burning? Happy endings all around Keep your feet planted And when the world stops turning You’ll be the first one running And we will all be tuning in Until you change channels again Took a ride into town on your behalf And lost everything Can’t expect apology - you’re alive Just count your blessings You’re an expert, you’re a pro, you’ve paid your dues Out like a light Friends like you are hard to lose You cost a lot of money (chorus) The mirror’s not your friend, it’s no big joke You can’t go home (chorus 2x) Happy endings all around Spit it out, spit it out
11.

about

Album download includes bonus track DAILY AFFIRMATION.

The culmination of several years of writing and re-writing, recording and re-recording, Little Hopes finds Brodeur leaping from quirky bedroom-pop to breezy guitar rock, tackling both matters of the heart and battles of the soul. These recordings balance the artist's expansive arrangement instincts with his love of lo-fi recording techniques, matching introspective but relatable lyrics to simple, memorable melodies. The result is a confident, tuneful collection that brims with personality.

Brodeur performed, produced, and mixed Little Hopes primarily himself, with input from Troy Pohl (Sean Rowe) and Dominick Campana (Dryer). Recording took place at several upstate New York studios and bedrooms and at Brodeur's home studio in Manhattan, using 4- and 8-track cassette machines, Pro Tools, and other recording devices. Mastering and additional mixing was added by Grammy winner Michael Tudor (Duncan Sheik, the Strokes) at Mama's Place in Woodstock, NY.

Lyrically, these 10 songs are bound by the common themes of self-improvement and second chances. “Customarily, to say one has 'little hope' is to say they are in a dire situation,” says Brodeur. “By pluralizing the phrase, I wanted to focus on the ideas and dreams we cling to when we are at our lowest points—the little hopes that help to pull us out of those dark places.”

credits

released August 13, 2013

All songs written by John Brodeur. Published by All I Have Is Music (ASCAP).

Produced by John Brodeur with Troy Pohl (1,9) and Dominick Campana (6), Recorded in New York State at KJFBM, Manhattan; Collar CIty Sound, Troy; North Sea Studios, Albany; Dominick's Basement, Voorheesville; 277 Hudson, Albany; and The Homestead, Ballston Lake.

Engineered by John Brodeur, Dominick Campana, Troy Pohl, Brett Portzer, and Ryan Slowey.

Mixed by John Brodeur at KJFBM except 1 and 9 mixed by Troy Pohl at Collar City Sound. Mastering and additional mixing by Michael Tudor at Mama's Place, Woodstock NY.

John Brodeur: Vocals, guitars, bass, drums, piano, organ, synth, Casio, harmonica, ukulele, glockenspiel, percussion, machines
with:
Kristin Fayne-Mulroy: harmony vocals on 1
J McCarron: handclaps on 1; backing vocals and bass on 9
Troy Pohl: bass on 1
Meghan Tully: handclaps on 1

Thanks to everyone who contributed their time, talent, gear, space, money, or wisdom. All my love to KFM.

Art direction by Philip Pascuzzo / pepcostudio.com
Photography by Ninelle Efremova
Legal: Paul C. Rapp

(c) 2013 John Brodeur/Mr. Duck Records. All Rights Reserved.

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