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    Why 9 tracks?...because with your download, you'll receive additional versions of "Say Ave.", "We'll Always Look Classic", and "Say It Will" that were recorded at ACRN Radio at Ohio University. Additionally, you will receive a Doug Helmick-directed music video for "We'll Always Look Classic". Enjoy.
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1.
Say It Will 05:25
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We could choose to drown ourselves in the flood We could take a bath in each other's blood If time allowed, we'd be together forever I just don't think we'll see it happen All I want you to say Is that this will get better for us Just say that it will All I need you to know Is that this won't be easy for me Until you say that it will I'll tear down the walls that surround your heart I'll keep you safe from the ghosts haunting your halls Inside a house of night we could invent the morning I just don't think we'll see it happen All I want you to say Is that this will get better for us Just say that it will All I need you to know Is that this won't be easy for me Until you say that it will You remain a mystery But I want you only Sure you are free to disagree But I want you I want you All I want you to say Is that this will get better for us Just say that it will All I need you to know Is that this won't be easy for me Until you say that it will
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Say Ave. 04:08
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Would you still want me If I lost my voice and couldn't sing for you? Or if we blew all of our money On a pyramid scheme? Or if we stayed up late one night Locked in conversation And you realized I don't always say the right thing? Because I know it's been hard For the two of us And I understand You don't quite know ow you feel But I just can't switch my eyes off Even when you show those wounds So I'm waiting for you to let me Help them heal Well let's buy the yellow house on Say Ave. And we'll dream all day and pretend that it's real And our friends will shake us hard to wake our sleep heads But if you don't wake, I hope I never will Well I've had days in a daze That left me empty I've spend weeks, made me weak And want to give up But I'll spend years And despite all of my fears I'll take the time, fix that door Be the man I was before And after it's done And there's a "for sale" sign We'll still be making time Well let's buy the yellow house on Say Ave. And we'll dream all day And pretend that it's real And our friends will shake us hard to wake our sleep heads But if you don't wake, I hope I never will Even if you stop dreaming of us, I think I still will
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On Your Arm 03:46
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You walk around like a thief in a tomb Eyeing things to take back to your room Oh don't you know what you're gonna do Oh don't you know what you're gonna do You feel as sweet as the keys to my heart You open doors and lead me out to the car Oh don't you see just how bad we are Oh don't you see this won't get very far Without your faith in love With that pain on your arm With all that flesh taking breath from your lungs With all that sweat dripping sweet on your tongue With that pain on your arm Without your faith in love With it breaking your heart With that pain on your arm
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We'll Always Look Classic 02:31
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I know a way to be bold and say "I love you" and not be afraid Of out-stretching hands and sweet-talking plans Just say you won't go away And I know a part in the pit of my heart That could be a work of art If you'd brush it up, I think that'd be enough And I could tell you just where to start Well you're Monet, you'll create our landscape Such a beautiful sight to see I'm a blank canvass Pour your paint onto me If you really believe in our little daydreams We'll head to the Mediterranean Sea Rent ourselves a house, pretend you're my spouse In Morocco or Italy Of course it's crazy but it's a possibility And I think you know as well as me Despite the advance that our friends and families lend We'll say "fuck their honesty" However it seems, we'll write all our own scenes For a movie that we'll direct The film is all packed, 35mm white and black So we'll always look classic And the critics can moan when they don't make the credits
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You'd Be Surprised 04:12
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You're so thin I can see through Your skin to the old you And though you try to roll down your sleeves You can't hide a thing from me Because I see you as a child Playing in the leaves But as you've grown through winter cold You're like a barren tree (You won't even look) I'll admit I am afraid (Me in my eyes) To call a spade a spade (So how can you know) But if I stay so cavalier (What's inside) My love for you might disappear You spend your days Thinking of what you complicate And no matter what I say You just try to run away Oh but goddammit just open your eyes I'm tired of hearing you want to die Well I've been there before And I know that disguise But if you saw yourself as I do You'd be surprised
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Won't Keep Me Up At Night 03:51
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Sleep never comes easy When you're dreaming of old love So when you think I am completely wide-eyed I'm dreaming free of All those promises you made me When we were lying in the dark Back then I held them so tightly Now I keep them far from my heart So they won't keep on the light And they won't eat at my insides Thinking of the moments when we felt alive Won't keep me up at night Sleep never comes easy Spooning ghosts in your bed But all that's real are those new, white linens And pillows just for one head So they won't keep on the light And they won't eat at your insides Thinking of the moments when we felt alive Won't keep you up at night Thinking of the moments when we felt alive Won't keep me up at night
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Say Ave. (ACRN radio/demo) (free) 04:16
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Would you still want me If I lost my voice and couldn't sing for ? Or if we blew all of our money On a pyramid scheme? Or if we stayed up late one night Locked in conversation And you realized I don't always say the right thing? Because I know it's been hard For the two of us And I understand You don't quite know ow you feel But I just can't switch my eyes off Even when you show those wounds So I'm waiting for you to let me Help them heal Well let's buy the yellow house on Say Ave. And we'll dream all day and pretend that it's real And our friends will shake us hard to wake our sleep heads But if you don't wake, I hope I never will Well I've had days in a daze That left me empty I've spend weeks, made me weak And want to give up But I'll spend years And despite all of my fears I'll take the time, fix that door Be the man I was before And after it's done And there's a "for sale" sign We'll still be making time Well let's buy the yellow house on Say Ave. And we'll dream all day And pretend that it's real And our friends will shake us hard to wake our sleep heads But if you don't wake, I hope I never will Even if you stop dreaming of us, I think I still will
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We'll Always Look Classic (ACRN radio) (free) 02:31
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I know a way to be bold and say "I love you" and not be afraid Of out-stretching hands and sweet-talking plans Just say you won't go away And I know a part in the pit of my heart That could be a work of art If you'd brush it up, I think that'd be enough And I could tell you just where to start Well you're Monet, you'll create our landscape Such a beautiful sight to see I'm a blank canvass Pour your paint onto me If you really believe in our little daydreams We'll head to the Mediterranean Sea Rent ourselves a house, pretend you're my spouse In Morocco or Italy Of course it's crazy but it's a possibility And I think you know as well as me Despite the advance that our friends and families lend We'll say "fuck their honesty" However it seems, we'll write all our own scenes For a movie that we'll direct The film is all packed, 35mm white and black So we'll always look classic And the critics can moan when they don't make the credits
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Say It Will (ACRN radio) 06:05
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We could choose to drown ourselves in the flood We could take a bath in each other's blood If time allowed, we'd be together forever I just don't think we'll see it happen All I want you to say Is that this will get better for us Just say that it will All I need you to know Is that this won't be easy for me Until you say that it will I'll tear down the walls that surround your heart I'll keep you safe from the ghosts haunting your halls Inside a house of night we could invent the morning I just don't think we'll see it happen All I want you to say Is that this will get better for us Just say that it will All I need you to know Is that this won't be easy for me Until you say that it will You remain a mystery But I want you only Sure you are free to disagree But I want you I want you All I want you to say Is that this will get better for us Just say that it will All I need you to know Is that this won't be easy for me Until you say that it will

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Produced by Jay Alton and Dave Buker
Recorded by Jay Alton at various locations in Columbus, OH
Additional recording for “On Your Arm” by Pete Drivere at Ampreon Recorder (Youngstown, OH)

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released February 25, 2012

Performed by Dave Buker, Joe Spurlock, Paul Valdiviez, Brooklynn Brokaw, Peter Harris, Jason Bash, Kelly Jakubowski, Tyler Theofilos, Jared Buker, Julie Alton, and Jay Alton

"Dave Buker keeps stepping up his songwriting game. "Say Ave." is built on rich, well-structured electro-chamber pop, each track boasting rich arrangements and invigorated performances from Buker’s band."
- Columbus Alive

"...pop awareness and ear-catching lyrics"
- The Other Paper

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Based in Columbus, OH, Dave Buker and the Historians have been spreading their brand of Americana since 2010. As was true for many musicians, the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the band’s momentum, and they chose to focus on writing and recording new music. The result is Heirlooms, the band’s first album of original music since 2019’s It Moves in the Dark. ... more

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