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Traffic Fiction

by Tre Burt

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In the mind of the wind is where I come from Just let me ride till the end till I have my fun Let me roll let me roll till I can't no more Down the last empty road under blue skies Zoom zoom zoom bang boom boom clack Stereo is booming skip no track I'm a blur in the world and in every town Yeah, there's nothing as depressing as slowing me down I see some red lights coming on strong People braking where they don't belong See for yourself and you'll realize just what it look like Traffic fiction Traffic fiction Traffic fiction, it's going around Traffic fiction Traffic fiction Traffic fiction, came up from the ground Bringing me down Put the fine for the bridge on the dash for the judge Let it burn like a witch in the rhinestone sun Every mile, every mile I'mma get reborn But I'm dying by the minute, good lord Move, move, moving, never going back Silver moon is looming, sky is black I'm a soul on parole in a desert land Thrown back into prison and damned by the damned I see some red lights coming on strong People braking where they don't belong You know the name and the warning signs And what it look like Traffic fiction Traffic fiction Traffic fiction, it's going around Traffic fiction Traffic fiction Traffic fiction, came up from the ground Bringing me down
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(Forgot to turn the light on, baby) I do what I what When I'm paying the rent I'll never be free But I can pretend The kids in tha yard Discover the sky I’m running from love I'm passing em by Impossible world You done it again You opened the door And you let em all in The evil of man It knows how to fuck It's moving on you It's feeling you up Don't it drive you crazy Your river’s dry There's still time to save it Revive your spirit Turn the light on baby You're killing me How you rely on the comfort of thieves I do what I what When I'm paying the rent I'll never be free But I can pretend The kids in tha yard Are diggin' the dirt I’m wishin' em well For whatever It’s worth Don't it drive you crazy Your river’s dry There's still time to save it Revive your spirit Turn the light on baby You're killing me How you rely on the comfort of thieves (Forgot to turn the light on, baby)
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Piece Of Me 03:39
Standing under telephone wire (You took a piece of me) There was a lot to blame Screaming at the top of my lungs (You took a piece of me) It's such a crying shame Time's left us both behind (You took a piece of me) There was a lot to blame If everythings already been said (You took a piece of me) Then why do I feel so much coming out? Who said it ain't a love song, mama? More than one thang can be true I always make a mess when I'm honest Well good thing I make it after you I made a wish upon a big star, mama Just let me know if somethings changed And you like me better when I'm in pain Well baby just look at me now As you leave me Standing under telephone wire (You took a piece of me) There was a lot to blame Screaming at the top of my lungs (You took a piece of me) It's such a crying shame Time's left us both behind (You took a piece of me) There was a lot to blame If everythings already been said (You took a piece of me) Then why do I feel so much coming out? Who said it ain't a love song mama? Only you can decide You asked if we’re bad for each other But I'm still making up my mind I know you like me best when I'm blue You say you see me as a distant mountain Tell me how long its gonna take Till I fade from view Baby come and see me What's one more night? We could go out walkin' In moonlight Forget the future Take it all take it now It could be so easy Feels just like leavin' come on, come on baby hold my hand I got a feelin’ I know you're feelin’ it too Standing under telephone wire (You took a piece of me) There was a lot to blame Screaming at the top of my lungs (You took a piece of me)
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Win My Heart 04:02
In a dream you came to me Just like you told me you would, babe Too good to be true to be mine Yeah, you crawled across an ocean of my memory Called your name Saying "C'mon, babe" You're all I want, you're all I need In the morning I’m lookin for you, like you're looking for me I know you know Your love is good to me Say you'll always be mine Hold me to yo skin Write me down in yo diary You are the sunshine Settling the wind Baby imma let you win win my heart She burn a hole right thru my head My girl is burning cherry red, cherry red She's her own desire As is mine She can call you into action from serenity Feed the flame She drive me crazy You're all i want, you're all i need In the evening I'm looking for you, like you're looking for me I know you know Your love is good to me Your love will set me free Your love is meant to be Say you'll always be mine Hold me to yo skin Write me down in yo diary You are the sunshine Settling the wind Baby imma let you win win my heart
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Why don't you fold a paper airplane With all the time that you got While you're waiting on jesus In a parking lot Where all the buildings are serrated From your doomsday stare Times is complicated But ya just don't care You watch the street lights all blow out In a pastel haze It's good to be here, Yeah it's a fine ol' place when you're taking all the colors in May you find All things right, all things right Find you stranded in promise land All things right, all things right Are in the hand of the laughing man Are in the hand of the laughing man Yea he's always leaning towards the exit As if he's falling out the room And in a parallel dimension He'd make a fine statue He pays the meter by the hour And walks a big blind dog Yea, you know he eats like crazy Because it's been so long Spill out the whine from the chalice cup Into the rusted drain Now it's bleeding down to the river bank It's hard to tell where the lie began May you find All things right, all things right Find you stranded in promise land All things right, all things right Are in the hand of the laughing man Are in the hand of the laughing man
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Give me a reason and I'll give you something better Instead of playing with the light in the air Nothing is keepin' me from loving you forever Well I been dreamin' Dreamin' of the path Yea, I can do it, I can do it given half of a chance It's like graffiti in a palace when I see you baby You're vandalizing my in questionable taste You say you're looking for someone to be your river Well I been schemin' Schemin' up a plan Yea, I can do it, I can do it with a little romance I'm guessing she don't know exactly who I'm talkin' bout Why should I say in front of strangers? Infinite beauty don't ya give yourself a heart attack I think about you night and day Wherever I go I'm comin' over in my father's father's Cadillac I'll pick you up outside Decatur Get to Savannah that's when we know we ain't comin' back Ride in the town parade Oh, lemme take you home I always said it'd take some time And now I'm ready like you used to be Just had to figure out the road I got scared of the changes it brings But you were right all along now I see I wanna be your reflection in me Wanna shine like gold To be your favorite word To be a letter you read To be a star in the sky While you dance in the night To be a beat of your heart To be the boat you ride to the end of the line To be your river
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Told Ya Then 03:29
I test the power of a gesture with the might of my weakest hand Meanwhile Lillian's in crisis and devours the song in a man I been to places where my only concern is the width of the wall Maybe Lillian can tell me if she hears anything at all I like a desperate situation but only the kind where ya win Ain't nothin Lillian can do about the favors I ask of a friend Man, it hurts my eyes seeing Time Square on movie screens I wonder if Lillian has thoughts about the post-american dream The heavier sigh comes without feeling What beckons the sky is the pleasure of land Around again, it never ends Lillian It only takes about a minute to dirty up the shirt I wash I hope Lillian don't find me scrubbing the good times off I'm comin down, comin down, ain't nobody wanna see me crash Just figure Lillian is busy with the ghost that knows of her past The heavier sigh comes without feeling What beckons the sky is the pleasure of land You tell me now, I told ya then Lillian
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Wanna be yo cover, wanna be yo light (Wings for a butterfly) The sound of morning slipped outta the sky made you feel somethin' baby, That I desire In a field of clover, saw ya pass me by (Wings for a butterfly) Come out from your glory I'll meet you somewhere we can relate on a midnight sun What does it matter how you fall from grace What's in heaven that ain't buried in the ground I saw your tower from the foot of my gate Tell me baby, are you ever coming down Or honey, should I look away Do you ever wonder in the dead of night (Wings for a butterfly) That someone worthy of all of your time's Right in front of you baby I'm your fire Yellow moon of summer, dontcha hear my cry? (Wings for a butterfly) Would you tell her for me? There's no use in me trying to explain like a flightless dove What does it matter how you fall from grace What's in heaven that ain't buried in the ground I saw your tower from the foot of my gate Tell me baby, are you ever coming down Or honey, should I look away
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Santiago 03:27
I got the night to think about you Every morning for some more bad news It ain't easy shakin’ you off of me baby Right now I found a lighter in my coat Said on the bottom, "Adios" I took a second and spun it around And thought of you somehow, I remember now Santiago 2022 Where we relied on Irish Paul for direction thru the Spanish walls No tellin' it apart from a daydream Oh child On the ancient steps outside of a cathedral in the summer light You kept tappin’ your heel on the ground Such a modern sound, I can hear it now Semi-hollow, but it's comin thru Like passing tides Under the light of the road I cross In the city, I watch the shadows fall Been meaning to forget about all the pain in My heart When we said our last goodbye At the station, I never asked you why I know you better than trying to explain How in another life I could make you stay How I oughtta, Like I wanna do Now there's a dark moon rising I let you walk away No I don't wanna start crying Emily what to say? I was afraid of trying Always a little too late Coulda had you I'm reminded Some kind of way everyday Emily, what to say? I got the night to think about you Every morning for some more bad news It ain't easy shakin’ you off of me baby Right now I found a lighter in my coat Said on the bottom, "Adios" I took a second and spun it around And thought of you somehow, I remember now Santiago 2022
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1 for tha money 2 for tha show 3 in tha morning Foreign roads Right under the satellite's eye Right under the satellite's eye Where are you going? Didn’t you know It’s not for nuthin They told me so Right under the satellite's eye Right under the satellite's eye My prophets a weather balloon in the air Watching over the shoulder of me and my friend He comes in peace in the spirit of Christ He’s from the east but he lives in the sky My prophets been on the news Ain't you seen a big white weather balloon? Don’t get much prettier 1 for tha money 2 for tha show 3 in tha morning Foreign roads Right under the satellite's eye Right under the satellite's eye Where are you going? Didn’t you know It’s not for nuthin They told me so Right under the satellite's eye Right under the satellite's eye My prophet poured out his life unto death Sacrificed for the burden of all of my sin I saw him sink in an ocean of blood In an act of unspeakable love My prophet died just for you Yeah I mean that big white weather balloon Don't get much prettier "Things I've seen? The jagged coin behind the ear The seagull's shadow thrown across the pier The hoarse voice in the distance A ripped circus ticket The bubble in your bikini The feigned punch A clicking tongue It's just enough to weigh, It's just enough" 1 for tha money 2 for tha show 3 in tha morning Foreign roads Right under the satellite's eye Right under the satellite's eye Where are you going? Didn’t you know It’s not for nuthin They told me so Right under the satellite's eye Right under the satellite's eye
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Yo Face 03:16
They only love you for yo face Throwing your eyes like a pair of dice in a game Run from Wyoming to LA Changin’ up your story by the day Yea You got the whole town asking what’s yo name Holding the door like a statue that you made Some swear they seen you on a stage In front of the lights and the cameras other's say They only love you for yo face Throwing your eyes like a pair of dice in a game Run from Ohio to LA Changin’ up your story by the day Yea
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about

As it became time to start writing for my 3rd LP for Oh Boy Records and figuring how I wanted to express all that has happened since “You, Yeah, You”, I decided it was time to try and take that old cadillac sound from my childhood and use it as the modicum and put it through everything I've learned since then. I decided to write an album that says, "Sure, the world is fucked and the evil overlords may very well destroy it, but that's none of my business and I choose love and rock and roll, baby".

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released October 6, 2023

All songs written by Tré Burt
Published by TRECLBURT Music
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Co- Production: AndrijaTokic, Tré Burt
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Mastering: John Baldwin Infrasonic

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