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DIRTY FACE

by EMILY LONG

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DIRTY FACE (free) 03:44
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Dirty Face I'm thinking about the numbers I wanna have the whole nine I never said a word I've been thinking it the whole time Oh tonight Oh tonight Your dirty face convinced me I've been drinking he won't kiss me There's no reason for resisting when it feels nice I'm slipping in all my tricks I'm pulling out all the stops He's watching from where he sits he's waiting with his arms crossed Oh tonight Oh tonight Your dirty face convinced me I've been drinking he won't kiss me There's no reason for resisting when it feels nice It's out of my hands who you want to hold but nobody wins if you send me home Your dirty face convinced me I've been drinking he won't kiss me There's no reason for resisting when it feels nice
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THE END 03:02
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When I heard your voice I just started to cry Because you left me you left me waiting all night Thinking that This This is the end this is the end isn't it This This is the end this is the end isn't it This is the end This is the end And I told myself just expect the worst and say you're say you're fine like you've rehearsed But I cried out "I thought about it all night" That's not a friend That's not a friend This is the end isn't it? That's not a friend That's not a friend This is the end isn't it? This is the end This is the end Killed myself with the thought Let it ring this slow torture is worse than anything Don't you want to talk to me? This is the end This is the end This is the end isn't it? Did it again that's not a friend That's not a friend is it? This is the end This is the end
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THE BODY 03:07
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Sitting up tall on the radiator thumbing his buckle lines curled around his mouth what do we have here popping his knuckles I'm looking for a little help I ain't got a story worth telling I'm all out of reasons to fake it found something I'm good at Show me babe where's the body and the cocaine he's got what I want he's got me by the hair and the body and the cocaine never runs out if you keep going down Cut it up quick kid for your trouble and your hungry pocket tie my hair back nudge the door shut sure to lock it I'm looking for a little help I ain't got a story worth telling I'm all out of reasons to fake it found something I'm good at Show me babe where's the body and the cocaine he's got what I want he's got me by the hair and the body and the cocaine never runs out if you keep going down It's ritual it's there to do and what is next to get into it's on the verge it's on the move maybe I'll quit when I find you I'm all out of reasons to fake it found something I'm good at Show me babe where's the body and the cocaine he's got what I want he's got me by the hair and the body and the cocaine never runs out if you keep going down
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GOOD HURT 03:29
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Good Hurt I miss you but it's alright I had been so numb so long I'd forgotten what it feels like when it's wrong but I see now that I wasn't the cause and yeah I've got pain too I got too close to you for what it's worth Its a good hurt There is no shame in admitting that I expected something else I'm in no way disappointed in myself cause I see now that I wasn't the cause and yeah I've got pain too I got too close to you for what it's worth Its a good hurt And it's better that I feel the fall yeah it's better than nothing at all Yeah I can see now that I wasn't the cause and yeah I've got pain too I got too close to you for what its worth It's a good hurt
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ALL THE WAY 02:56
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All the Way Stood in front and we locked arms and the last thing I heard was whisper nudge and a kick and a shove pour the gas light the match and it's done you swore undying and I believed it I believed it loyal defying I tried to be it I tried to be it all the way Did you know it the whole time let the burden be all mine mouthing words cheer me on convince me Shouting boys crying girls untie me you swore undying I believed it yeah I believed it loyal defying I tried to be it I tried to be it all the way and where their faces were there's only chalk and dirt the cross you always wore you swore undying and I believed it I believed it loyal defying I tried to be it I tried to be it all the way
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THE BEAT 03:04
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The Beat I put on the first thing I found I'm at home where the music resounds there is love here on the floor and I know I'm not alone anymore Oh I let the drum beat run vicious through me Oh I let the drum beat run vicious through me Oh it beat Oh defeat Oh relief I was lost closed off what put out his fire I danced for the first time tonight in awhile awake and inspired to the music my heart is hard-wired Oh I let the drum beat run vicious through me Oh I let the drum beat run vicious through me Oh it beat Oh defeat Oh relief It's in my bones now and in my mouth spit it out feel this low down and what was lost dance it off Oh I let the drum beat run vicious through me Oh I let the drum beat run vicious through me Oh it beat Oh defeat Oh relief
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TRUE NORTH 04:19
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True North We were making colors making them bleed I am so red you are so green You look at me like you can't believe you get to touch it and what does this mean for us you've really got some crush I don't really do this much but your hope is dangerous You really don't want me to go No no no no I've already chosen my true north you really don't want me to say baby baby I was only looking for escape when you come onto me come on to me Still in suspension of your disbelief this hour's not my finest this hour's not my finest the bed that I'm making is the bed where I'll lie you said you could take it you said you would try for what if it don't really hurt that much in effort to save this just leave it alone You really don't want me to go No no no no I've already chosen my true north you really don't want me to say baby baby I was only looking for escape When you come on to me Come on to me Give in to what feels good tracks follow you where you trace and the hand over my mouth won't let the lie out for your sake You really don't want me to go No no no no I've already chosen my true north you really don't want me to say baby baby I was only looking for escape When you come on to me Come on to me
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INGENUE 03:57
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Stood his ground cold as stone for almost a decade I didn't know what I had pulled my heart into halves babe lost each other once or twice but he always shows up poised and in position he's on a mission I'm his ingenue what he's connected to hand hung across my brow my lashes crashing down and I'll always let him win I'll always be here for saving cause maybe I need him He's not afraid not at all for the fight that's at hand here he is armed he is ready to show who's in charge here cause he always carries one a big heavy metal handful its jacket would glisten it made people listen I'm his ingenue what he's connected to hand hung across my brow my lashes crashing down and I'll always let him win I'll always be here for saving cause maybe I need him Never signed it in blood there are things that he won't say and sometimes he is here sometimes he's far away but I never once stopped wanting it and he makes me want the danger I'll watch him defend me it's the signals he sends me I'm his ingenue what he's connected to hand hung across my brow my lashes crashing down and I'll always let him win I'll always be here for saving cause maybe I need him
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ANYTIME 03:11
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This is my fault I just needed the fear have I said enough that I really want you here I pushed him out both hands to the street crying face red as raw meat All I really wanted to hear was I could have it anytime I guess I really needed it man I could have it anytime All I really wanted to hear was I could have it anytime I won't pretend to want it any less I nearly died to feel something passionate he pushed me down both hands to the sheets crying baby please don't leave me All I really wanted to hear was I could have it anytime I guess I really needed it man I could have it anytime All I really wanted to hear was I could have it anytime All of the bad habits I am learning to stay just a flicker on your scope give me the reputation I am earning but I think there's hope I think so deep down bated, labored breathing cries coming you found it All I really wanted to hear was I could have it anytime I guess I really needed it man I could have it anytime All I really wanted to hear was I could have it anytime
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IN MY BONES 04:34
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Told you a lie for your own good cause I could see clear from where I stood and sometimes you need a little push Do you get it at all where I stand You can be brave if I can and taking a risk you always should I feel it in my bones Living in vans and in bars wearing a halo of stars working on no sleep at all Singing out loud all the words Seeing the face of what I earned It's all I ever wanna do I feel it in my bones Take it all I know you wanna put it in your hot little hand Take it all When you've got nothing you can't lose it When I finally do I'll say I'm glad that I made it with you Maybe known for candor or for delusions of grandeur but they're mine they're mine won't spend a day forgetting or a day regretting cause I'll know I tried I tried Take it all I know you wanna put it in your hot little hand Take it all When you've got nothing you can't lose it When I finally do I'll say I'm glad that I made it with you I feel it in my bones
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RECOVER 04:22
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RECOVER I felt like me when waking up then utter devastation settled in knew it'd be tough but what is this? will I ever feel better again? and I want to try but I'm so confused I'm obsessed with why what went wrong for you and your mistake feels like a death from which I won't recover what's so hard about two people in love staying together no matter what it's not just me who falls apart feels like everybody's breaking up and this isn't us and it never was we were supposed to make it despite the odds and you're supposed to love me no matter what goes wrong recover four eyes are glittering each other do you see yourself with me no other come on now keep trying don't let me go recover

about

Songwriter Emily Long fronts a brutal and sexy rock 'n' roll band. Upon first listen, you might hear influences like Ronnie Spector and Freddie Mercury in Emily's voice, but the band nods to a more modern T.Rex or heavier Cars. Centered around Emily’s towering vocals, the lineup also includes finger-bleeding melody chemist Daniel Ryan Espy, as well as the clean and calculated Nik Lokenssgaard on guitars. The band’s rhythm section is composed of amp-kicking bassist Bret Ritter and the hard-hitting showman Zach Jones on drums.
 
Emily earned underground success with her debut LP, "When I Was In Love With". After a string of SXSW appearances, placements on The WB's "The Lake" and "Sorority Forever", as well as on the Universal Records compilation "Bad Girls Don't Cry" (alongside Amy Winehouse and Duffy), Emily and her band retreated to Applehead Recording Studio in Woodstock, NY to record their follow-up, "Dirty Face". "This work is different from the first in so many ways", notes Long. "After we released the last album and Zach joined the band, it breathed new life into all of us. We knew we wanted to approach this recording differently."
 
As a result, the band simplified arrangements and kept only the best songs around to see the light of day. After striking the interest of Coheed and Cambria producer Chris Bittner at a show, the band called upon him to deliver a competitively-spirited sound that would be new to the ears of music fans. "I knew I wanted a record that would rock mean and still be emotional. I knew Chris could do it," says Long.

The result is a sexually-charged set of lyrically-driven, dynamic rock 'n' roll songs. The title track "Dirty Face" is about a one-night conquest written from the female perspective. "All the Way" (co-written with Daniel Ryan Espy) compares marriage to a murder/suicide. The album also includes "Good Hurt", which Long wrote as a comforting lullaby to soothe the ache of trying at love and failing.
 
"Lyrics have always been important to me," explains Long. "I believe they deserve as much attention as music or arrangements. These songs are about what's going on around me, but I take those experiences into a fantasy world where I explore what could happen next. I've seen things in New York I never thought I would. There is no shortage of inspiration."
 
Emily Long and her band's appearance on Bettertv.com, and the stellar reviews which called her vocals "big and dramatic" in The Nashville Scene, seem to be just a taste of what is to come as they prepare to support the record with a string of national tour dates. "Dirty Face" represents a new height for the burgeoning group, and Emily's best writing to date.

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released February 1, 2011

Produced and Engineered by Chris Bittner at Applehead Studio Woodstock, NY
Assistant Engineer Jared Colby
Mixed at Applehead Studio by Michael Birnbaum and Chris Bittner
Additional Tracking at Water Music Hoboken, NJ and Nik's Closet
Mastered at Sterling Sound by Chris Athens

Special Appearances by Adam Widoff -keys and Dan Maher-vocals

Cover Drawing by Sophie C'est La Vie
Graphic Design Amanda Tafuro
(c)emily long 2011
emilylongmusic@gmail.com
emilylong.net
twitter.com/emilylongrocks
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