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Pedestrian Life

by Jay Leibowitz

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1.
The Message 00:27
hey man it's jay um what if i move in and we make a record what do you think about that i know you have cats i'm talking temporarily maybe through the winter what do you think i'm so tired and miserable call me back
2.
she said she never howled at the moon but she once saw every star from a field in June and I said i thought my head was clean til I found the ghost in the machine and there's warplanes circling the city up on forty-five I see 'em so pretty my manifesto's getting old i forgot the things I sold for my pedestrian life the day she left I had my heart attack and I know she aint ever coming back so i'm trying to get my head clean cause i don't wanna be part of this machine and downstairs there's pictures on the teevee and I swear the commercials terrify me my manifesto's getting old i forgot the things I sold for my pedestrian life and first I'm gonna tear up that ticket and I'll that cigarette and kick it (instrumental) and the thing that I can't swallow is the divinity of man and I'm afraid I'm hollow try and catch me if you can and time can never break this because I loved you from the inside I'm sorry I can't take this but I don't wanna fight I don't wanna fight I don't wanna fight I'm too tired to fight
3.
Stuck 03:39
first day of spring wind's blowing cold rocks in a pot somebody left on the stove don't know what i'm doing here i think if my dreams babe i think about you looking up at a sky that doesn't ever go blue don't know what i'm doing anymore sun comes up on the bright lights what's out there to see gonna figure out how i'm getting out picture on the mirror it's the one of you and me was a guy on the bus praying on his rosary cigarettes next to the laptop i'm staring outside at the debris that big old house they tore up next to me bills again piling up she leaves the lights on she slams the door what the hell is she waiting for gonna figure out how to get her out she got stuck books about god can they lead the way to something they maybe knew yesterday tough to figure out police on the corner doing the shuffle i heard scooter got hooked up in a scuffle yeah i played it loud i'm just sitting her trying to finish this flick waiting for that extra kick i'm gonna figure out how i'm getting out cause i'm getting out yes i'm getting out i got stuck just a little stuck no big deal
4.
Mother's Day 04:13
said she's as sober as a judge and i wasn't feeling so bad so i took her back home thinking bout how lucky i am another one of those nights riding with the drunks on the path when i got her back home we stayed up all night and we laughed and i played my guitar she said did you hear about the people that came out of the trees they walked right out looking for something to be said those metal birds in the sky are they riding on invisible roads you see we came outside cause we were hoping that somebody would know where are they flying to (instrumental) she got out of bed and asked me if i knew how to pray i told her the thing is just knowing what you wanna say walked her down to the train and showed her which way to go watched her walk down the stairs and remembered it was time to go home for mother's day
5.
Misguided 02:32
the techno-haze the drone of it all the double-face the photo on the wall the numbing of my particular mind your losing faith i'm losing time where's the drama where's the crisis my head's in the hum of a thousand devices these hero stories i've been telling myself i can't keep it going with my life on the shelf where's the joy where's the love i know i'm never gonna find it in that drug they made the decision for me again decided i'm much too good but maybe i'm a little misguided maybe there's a pill i could take i could bury all my love in the break of a wave crashing down on the beach on some white shore but i won't run away no i won't be afraid life is short and life is long in your heart you know right from wrong i never needed anybody telling me what's what i knew it all from the start one day a big rain's gonna come and wash up these streets gonna make em all shiny and make em clean i'm gonna build a big boat and then i'm gonna float away i don't know maybe i'm a little misguided maybe there's a pill i could take i could bury all my love in the break of a wave crashing down on the beach on some white shore but i won't run away no i won't be afraid sometimes the only way of holding tight is by letting go so i'm letting go here i go letting go
6.
Settle Down 02:16
don't know which way you're going don't know which way you been you're always turning around down on the ground don't even know what's a sin you've been trying to settle down you've been trying to settle down people saying they'll kill you and you don't know quite what to do and you read all the rules that they sat on in school but what good did they ever do you you've been trying to settle down you've been trying to settle down people all over the planet one thing everyone knows we're from the same stuff that the world was made of and that's all that you can ever be sure and you you heard about a place in the distance where promise is on top of a hill where the true will of grace will come crashing from space and land with space-tested skill something you never thought of whenever your vision got blurred every time the sun's come to shine on the spinning of the beautiful world and so you gotta get going there's something you're forgetting to do gotta get in your car don't have to drive very far gotta get your shit fixed by noon you've been trying to settle down you've been trying to settle down
7.
If I Ever 03:41
how do you see the world i think it all connects in some kinda circle we come together in ways i don't know and baby i just don't care if i ever do when we were younger i'd dream about everything that you thought you'd figured out i'd think myself into your little box but your heart was always locked up like fort knox and now you rant and you rave about how i objectify even as i look into your eye like you don't know that you've been staring at another beat-up old and busted alley cat so how do you see the world i think it all connects in some kinda circle we come together in ways i don't know and baby i just don't care if i ever do and now you told every single guy you know exactly everything he's been waiting for and i guess that you got my number too but i ain't got the time for being blue if you could see yourself with my eye maybe you'd shut up and testify but every single night we go to bed i forget the shit you put into my head you're trouble baby you lost my radio and the song i played was playing just for you but your eyes were closed and your static turned up loud as you whisked yourself away into the crowd so how do you see the world i think it all connects in some kinda circle we come together in ways i don't know and baby i just don't care if i ever do baby i just don't care if i ever do
8.
Same Thing 03:53
it's unsolicited i didn't ask i'm a resident just let me pass i'm a prisoner in my own home i'm outside on the telephone it rings and rings just leave a message and i'll call you back it's the same thing it's the same thing it's the same thing every day it's the same thing it's the same thing it's the same thing as yesterday every which way i'm stretched thin in my head i'm on television i'm a sheep in my wolf clothes i take advantage she never knows vanity addiction and my load's twice as big it's the same thing it's the same thing it's the same thing every day it's the same thing it's the same thing it's the same thing as yesterday
9.
Impostor 03:07
johnny's an impostor and he's leaving been hiding here day after day making believing johnny's not a character in somebody's story he's tired of your talk and your bullshit glory this isn't his life this isn't what he asked for it isn't what he wanted it wasn't what he is no, johnny's an impostor and he's leaving been hiding here day after day making believing and when those kids knocked him down he fell hard to the ground he lost a piece released to that terrible sound and his head went away to some glorious day he took of his shirt with his world full of hurt he was two heartbeats two heartbeats away (instrumental) and johnny's angry with jesus just like he's always been this infallible thing you've mistaken for king infatuated with sin yeah he's angry with jesus and i guess he will be for life i give mine to the meek with my bruised other cheek under the knife johnny's an impostor and he's leaving been hiding here day after day making believing johnny's not a character in somebody's story he's tired of your talk and your bullshit glory
10.
you knocked me down a dozen times at least i let you think so but one day son the well runs dry i'm not what you thought you made me into maybe you just never took the time to wonder why we all walked away man there's nothing left to say it's stockholm syndrome my answer man is nothing at all it's stockholm syndrome my answer man is nothing at all black hole tyrant get out of your chair you just patronize while i pretend maybe you never saw me standing there you're just some kid sitting up on a fence you never knew me you never knew me your dagger talk just burned right through me please just let me go it's stockholm syndrome my answer man is nothing at all it's stockholm syndrome my answer man is nothing at all it's stockholm syndrome my answer man is nothing at all it's stockholm syndrome my answer man is nothing at all i just wanted you to see how what you believe could be dangerous i just wanted you to be misguided like me i confess i watch the white boy prophets evangelize the riders on the bus it isn't safe here i think the kids are coming for us it's stockholm syndrome my answer man is nothing at all it's stockholm syndrome my answer man is nothing at all it's stockholm syndrome my answer man is nothing at all it's stockholm syndrome my answer man is nothing at all
11.
Sentimental 03:52
it all changed six years ago in the rain by the stage door on the cusp in love with everyone on the porch my mind racing everything i was erasing it doesn't matter about the time and it was all the girls and me and how you wore my tapestry and how i tore it off that night and i remember what you said when i held your weary head the night the show played in the rain you said goodbye but it's never goodbye when your life is on the boards and i'm the age that jesus was the day he got up on the cross he knew exactly what he was these nights are the best i've known i've still got this place to go where people look me in the eye and we're not the same but maybe the game is done and we can all just have a drink the love i've carried for you nights at 22 where my heart gets as big as it gets where i paid my dues where i got the blues so many times the tears just followed the heartache but these are different times and man it blows my mind how many times it all just got in my way and it's so familiar losing love can kill ya let's just stay crazy waddiya say let's just stay crazy another sentimental song it don't matter what went wrong cause we've all learned that summers end and it's good to see you friend i'm okay to love again and i've got so much more to say so i'll stick around another day and fill my time with you i'll fill my time with you i'll fill my time with you

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released April 11, 2012

Written by Jay Leibowitz
Produced by Zac Lasher
Mixed by Josh Parrish
Recorded in Bushwick by Brooklyn Sound Lab and Rad Studio
Mastered by Totalsonic

Guitars and Vocals: Jay Leibowitz
Keyboards: Zac Lasher
Bass: Daniel J. McNaney
Drums: Jack Fantastic
Guitar solo on Pedestrian Life: Vin Stanton

Album Cover Photos by David K. Browning

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