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Ocean Boy

by The Home Stretch

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    Written and recorded by Ben Churchill and Ralph Morton, 2018 - 20

    Mastered by Tom Livemore and Dom James

    Track 7 w/Pete Churchill, Track 8 w/Claire Challis

    Artwork by Lloyd Bowen
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1.
Ocean Boy 02:28
Under sing Under the sink Figure out What to drink Ocean boy Sipping raw Leaning in To something more I'll be the saturday in your 3 day week Who do you reek of and what do you think? Fake your birth in the dirt Eat nuts in lectures Eat the forks in the road Until you know which way to go We got your hat back I've hooked it on your tree What do you reek of and who will you be?
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3.
Unity on 3 1 2 3 - Unity! Team and family on 3 Make it loud 123 - Team and Family! You got to make it quicker as well - Team and Family!
4.
Was early for brunch Wasted round lunch Your family's fun I can be this It clouded over and then you had me twitching by 10 And now I'm hid in the sunken garden Why you guna be All like that All like what? All like that. Look east in the Spring Look twice when I ring Hang up on the call when I'm breathing Out on Zushi beach out of my reach new place on the old marina Walking through the night like I'm not quite there There's a ladder on the rung right there, right? Life's been good That's just the sound of air That's just me flicking dead leaves off the hood, like Why you guna be All like that All like what? All like that. How you guna be All like that All like what? All like that.
5.
Launching at the window and I'm watching out for you It's moths v goths and God v Rod This silent avenue An influential shrub sits in the garden watching Faye On the verge of something cuspy I feel nothing but the rain You're standing very close to me Talking about trees
6.
Silent Fam 02:40
Light on landscape self-immolation on the bullet train your attitude is rain Thoughts soon turned to kicking through the lean-to Seemed kind of like a cry for death to me but what do I see? Silent fam hitting the gas Getting way out of town But what do I see? I got sandshakes light on the new place On the open plain I forgot your name Talk soon turned to kicking through the lean-to Seemed kind of like a cry for death to me but what do I see? Silent fam hitting the gas Getting way out of town But what do I see? If it moved you then, could it move you now?
7.
Bilal faced the mountain Shelly drained the fountain He said pack a light heart for this part She said there ain't no mountain low enough to get me down - hike more, worry less we're the ones that go next He said nah hike more, worry more! I fear the outdoor door.
8.
Craven Arms 02:52
Elly Formbury get out of the farm You got to escape his craven arms Hell it's time to hit it pretty hard You got to escape those craven arms You hid a chick in the unborn breeze But that's not what I came to see The farmer's dad looks dead to me What went wrong when you chucked those seeds? The crops at night are fit to freeze The men who stop by leave their sleaze Tired acres out in the breeze This year cut you off at the knees Agroculture, blades in leaves Frozen chicks hid up your sleeve Your tilling it, you're killing it Your work is done - time to look out for number one Elly Formbury get out of the farm You got to escape his craven arms Hell it's time to hit it pretty hard You got to escape those craven arms 190 seconds to get to the barn 25 seconds to understand the art I got 30 stacks of charm to get us through the winter part Isn't it or wasn't it a fight for John the farmer's help who loved your mum Local lad slashed down by the lake I'll help you avenge then cultivate You're tilling it, you're killing it Your work is done Time to look after number one Freeze it Feeling it Fix it to your arm - run with me to the better part Elly Formbury get out of the farm You got to escape his craven arms Hell it's time to hit it pretty hard You got to escape those craven arms Simon says their must be 50 ways to leave your farmer in the haze of later life with early pain dawn's light seeping into the brain Agroculture blades in leaves frozen dicks hid up your sleeve Agroculture blades in leaves kick his ass it's time to leave
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I can't stand my neighbour I can't feel my face See his beady eyes closed Waiting in his happy place No it's not and it's never been No Pants November I know I can get pretty mean When your leaning on the fence and talking to me In my bright house I can't see out But he can see in I stare out and into the black - just to the left of his grin Yeah I guess that face in the clouds Looks a bit like me Please just let me get out of the house - I've got to go and weep Man it's not and it's never been No Pants November I know I can get pretty mean When your leaning on the fence and talking to me It's not your fault you were born this way but you have embraced it I wanted a river for a neighbour - you made me say it.

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released January 22, 2021

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The Home Stretch UK

The Home Stretch is from Birmingham UK, releasing music on Giant Manilow Records. The songs use guitars and synths to pitch towards areas around Guided by Voices through to Boards of Canada, with stops in between.

“Dagnabbit - nice, nice album.” Charles Bissell, The Wrens

“Joyfully dark and atmospheric.” - This is Tmrw

"This is really good!" AC Newman, The New Pornographers
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