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We Realize You Have a Choice

by The Airport 77s

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1.
There's only one good thing about summer and it's you I hate the beach, I hate the sand, I hate the heat, I can't stand Those summer jams try to get you in a summer mood But when we laid out on a blanket and watched for shooting stars I knew we’d captured summer in a jar ‘Cuz there's one good thing about summer and it’s you There’s a lot of things wrong with summer, it’s true I hate the bugs, I hate the sun, I hate the crowds, I hate the heat I hate the street festivals with those bands playing sloppy blues But when we biked across the city on the shortest night of the year The whole damn point of summer became clear I want to spend every night of the summer with you There's one good thing about summer and it’s you I want spend every night of the summer with you
2.
Another week is over, another Friday night You wanna watch some TV, well you better think twice Because oh my golly looks like there's another candle on your cake Run upstairs put your lipstick on, we're headed out to celebrate I texted all your girlfriends and we’ll meet up for last call You're my Cinderella -- won't you join me at the ball? Cuz you're my birthday girl, and I'm the lucky one You're looking so good, we're gonna have so much fun And I'm so glad you've made another trip around the sun Happy birthday, Birthday Girl It's been a month of Sundays -- let's put the cherry on top Come on and show me what you're working with -- make that soda pop Fire up the fog machine, confetti in your hair Here comes the party truck! Let's load it on up, we're headed out to who knows where Let's not take this night for granted it comes only once a year So come on down, I'll buy a round for everybody here You're my birthday girl, and I'm the lucky one You're looking so good, we're gonna have so much fun And I'm so glad you've made another trip around the sun Happy birthday, Birthday Girl It wasn't always a cakewalk, a lot of times they were hard Last winter nearly broke us -- we still carry the scars We kept our faith in each other rediscovered close under the covers And now we've made it through Oh my darling what a year it's been -- at least I got to live it with you After all this time together we'll look back with no regrets ‘Cuz you're every bit as saucy as the day when we first met Cuz you're my birthday girl, and I'm the lucky one You're looking so good, we're gonna have so much fun And I'm so glad you've made another trip around the sun Happy birthday, Birthday Girl
3.
Losers Win 03:29
He said wait right here for just a minute And a minute turned to seventeen years He said babe I swear I won’t be gone for long Guess who’s turned up back in town Singing Christmas carols on your lawn He’s got a photo with Sammy Hagar And a tattoo says Aloha He’s got a scar that runs from his elbow to his watch Hung up on the baby sitter Stepping in your kitty litter box He got it in his socks Tell me where are you tonight? I’m looking for someone to find a new kind of trouble Stacked my chips at the edge of the table Now I’m gonna push ‘em in Tell me where are you tonight? I’m looking for someone to roll my lucky number ‘Cuz only for this evening losers win He’s got a bit of a limp but that don’t stop him From pulling you out on the dance floor He asks the band if they can play “Within Your Reach" (I can't live without your touch) He’s still got that wallet chain It’s the only thing that kept him sane in Long Beach He says he left his heart in Fresno And his credit card in Houston Left his muffler at a truck stop in Buffalo Eating up those highway miles Dreaming of your crooked smile back home Got a long way to go Tell me where are you tonight? I’m looking for someone to find a new kind of trouble Stacked my chips at the edge of the table Now I’m gonna push ‘em in Tell me where are you tonight? I’m looking for someone to roll my lucky number Cuz only for this evening losers win Tell me where are you tonight? I’m looking in all the bus stops and Seven Elevens We got one chance to get it together Come on won’t you let me in? Tell me where are you tonight? I’m looking for someone to find the best kind of trouble Cards out on the table -- losers win Where are you tonight? ‘cuz only for this evening losers win
4.
Somebodies 03:49
She dances alone out in the parking lot Bouncing off the cars She don’t care much for the night life She just wants to see the stars She don't waste time at the stop signs She's a green light go time girl Always looking past the cornfields Another planet, another world She says I could be anybody you could be anybody, too We don’t have to be nobodies, let’s be somebody new She don't care much for the night life I swear she only comes alive When we're parked out by the airfield Wondering what it's like to fly Watch the city getting smaller As we reach the stratosphere We don’t know our destination We just know it isn't here She says I could be anybody, you could be anybody, too We don’t have to be nobodies, let’s be somebody new We'll be somebodies soon I could be anybody, you could be anybody, too We don’t have to be nobodies, let’s be somebody new I could be anybody you could be anybody too we don’t have to be nobodies, let’s be somebody new I can be anybody, you can be anybody I'll never be nobody with somebody like you We'll be somebodies soon
5.
She keeps a paintbrush behind her ear You never know when she'll disappear I think I'm in love, think I'm in love, think I'm in love Pencil portraits on the city bus Gives them away when her stop comes up I think I'm in love, think I'm in love, think I'm in love Shadow puppets on the bedroom wall Never want to leave her room at all I think I'm in love, think I'm in love, think I'm in Love with everything that ever might bring us together Help me find a way to kick these blues I love the way she never seems to notice that I'm not kidding And the way she moves She makes a mess when she's waking up Nail polish in a coffee cup I think I'm in love, think I'm in love, think I'm in love Sticky notes on her TV screen Cutting up all her magazines I think I'm in love, think I'm in love, think I'm in Love with everything that ever might bring us together Love sick, gonna kick away these blues I love the way she never seems to notice that I'm not kidding And the way she moves, the way she moves, the way she moves She can't wait till we make it home Pulse pounding like a metronome Can't wait till we reach the car Both hands in the cookie jar I think I'm in love - think I'm in love
6.
I’m a fool to think you ever think about me at all It’s so cruel -- You got me plunging over the waterfall It's not cool -- You got me bouncing around like a superball I let my guard down, now you turned me upside down It’s the illustrated book of Cupid Flip thru the pages, tell me what do you see? In the illustrated book of Cupid Is there a picture of you and me? Shot through the heart, shot through with ecstasy I been slayed from the first time I saw you walk my way I been struck -- here it comes now, I'm gonna push my luck I been changed -- I ain’t never, no I'm never gonna be the same Show me that smile -- gotta get you alone for a while It’s the illustrated book of Cupid Flip thru the pages, tell me what do you see? In the illustrated book of Cupid Is there a picture of you and me? Shot through the heart, shot through with ecstasy
7.
Bad Together 03:38
Oh it's not so hard to see The way you look at me Oh I wanna get close to you That's what I'm gonna do Feel my stomach tighten up Blood rush in my ears Haven't felt this dangerous In way too many years Not getting any younger Don't got time to waste We could make each other so delighted With just a little taste Oh, we could be bad together Stay in bed all day We could be bad together Don't care what they say You know we can’t be good for long You’re my kind of wrong Oh I got this appetite Keeps me up at night Oh I ain't been this alive Since I was twenty-five Don't wanna be your partner Don't wanna be your friend I wanna be your everything Till the very end Girl let's go get mixed up in it Girl let's go get gone Girl let's go light cherry bombs Stay out till the dawn Oh, we could be bad together Stay in bed all day We could be bad together Don't care what they say You know we can’t be good for long You’re my kind of wrong
8.
Baby, baby I been dragging through my days Brushing my teeth seems so pointless Since you went away Baby, baby You broke my heart in two You left the piece with my name on it And took the part called you Now I'm drinking alone on a Friday night Hoisting a glass with nobody in sight Setting ‘em up and knocking ‘em back And I'll be sleeping on the bathroom floor Telling myself when I look in the mirror Never should have let you go Drinking alone on a Friday night Waiting for the undertow Honey, sugar When you coming home? Back from Salt Lake City Back where you belong Honey, sugar Do you still wear that ring They say don't go back to Rockville But they never mentioned Silver Spring I'm drinking alone on a Friday night Hoisting a glass with nobody in sight Setting ‘em up and knocking ‘em back And I'll be sleeping on the bathroom floor Telling myself when I look in the mirror Never should have let you go And I'm drinking alone on a Friday night Waiting for the undertow Who's gonna take you out tonight? Who's gonna hold your hand? Who's gonna take you home tonight? Tell me who's gonna be your man? Sweetheart, darling Did I tell you that I've changed I always take the garbage out And I don't forget to shave Sweetheart, darling I'm not the guy you knew before Wheatgrass smoothies and spinach shakes Are the strongest drinks I pour No more drinking alone on a Friday night Hoisting a glass with nobody in sight Setting ‘em up and knocking ‘em back No more sleeping on the bathroom floor Telling myself when I look in the mirror Never should have let you go
9.
Honey Don't 02:41
You been dressing kind of different trying out a new scent Girl you never looked so good I been sleeping through the morning, blowing past the warnings Drinking more than I should But if you think that you can step out whenever without Setting off the alarm The thoroughbred's out of the barn Honey don't There ain’t no way you’re gonna break me Don’t You know that you can try, you ain’t never gonna shake me You been doing lots of talking Seems like way too often You're stepping out to take a call I been holed up in the basement Thinking my replacement Might be anyone at all But if you think you can ditch me Drop me or unhitch me You'll find that we're tangled tight It's gonna be a hell of a night Honey don't There ain’t no way that you can lose me Don’t You know that you can try but you’re always gonna choose me Don’t You never never never never gonna drop me Don’t You know that you can try but you ain’t never gonna stop me Honey don't think you can get away with murder Honey don't think you've found the perfect crime - not this time!
10.
I feel funny, it’s mystifying The way my stomach keeps butterflying Yesterday I was as cynical as Sartre Now today I’ve had a change of heart And I’m all torn up over Tina All torn up over Tina I can’t sleep straight when I go to bed With pictures of Tina running in my head My cool composure’s been ripped to shreds ‘Cause Tina’s got me all torn up Tina’s got me all torn up I feel funny but it’s elating The way my heart keeps palpitating My friends don’t understand a word I say Tina understands so it’s all okay Chorus And I’m all torn up over Tina All torn up over Tina I can’t sleep straight when I go to bed With pictures of Tina running in my head My cool composure’s been ripped to shreds ‘Cause Tina’s got me all torn up Tina’s got me all torn up I feel funny, I can’t think Feel drunk like I’m drunk but I haven’t had a drink My friends don’t understand a word I say Tina understands so it’s all okay Chorus And I’m all torn up over Tina All torn up over Tina I can’t sleep straight when I go to bed With pictures of Tina running in my head My cool composure’s been ripped to shreds ‘Cause Tina’s got me all torn up Tina’s got me all torn up
11.
Couple of kids at the Ramada Inn Waiting for the lights to dim Looking for something gonna suck them in Or at least will pass the time How are those kids supposed to know This might be their last picture show? They got ninety minutes till the credits roll To remember every line Do you love me? I need to know for sure ‘Cuz I'm dying out here waiting for the cure Do you love me? I thought I'd know by now It's been way too quiet Since the circus left town Couple of kids out by the loading dock Huffing rainbows through a sock Thinking that they might try to pick the lock That keeps this city shut How were those kids supposed to know When the door swings open and they're free to go They'll be stuck outside with a cold wind blowing And a rumbling in their guts? Do you love me? I need to know for sure ‘Cuz I'm dying out here waiting for the cure Do you love me? Do you remember my name? Since the circus left town Things just aren't the same Two kids parked in a dead end lane Heater blowing, radio playing Telling each other nothing's gonna change One of them's telling the truth How were those kids supposed to guess That this would be their last caress? And they’d be thinking bout that moment till their very last breath Singing those parked car blues Do you love me? I need to know for sure Cuz I'm dying out here waiting for the cure Do you love me? Do you remember my face? Since the circus left town Nothing's been replaced
12.
Now we're alone together Finally alone together Get a chance to leave them all behind ‘cuz when we're alone together Really alone together Get a chance to say what’s on our minds Now that we've left the party Now that we've ditched everybody Feels so good to get out of the crowd Where there's no one to watch us And no one to stop us From saying things we've never said out loud Valet parking doors unlocked Keys in the ignition Here’s our chance let’s make our getaway Hold my hand and don’t let go They won’t know that we’re missing Until we’re several hundred miles away And we’re alone together Finally alone together Can’t believe I get you to myself When we’re alone together Wish this would last forever Never get with anybody else First star that you see tonight Shining thru the city lights Claim it as your own, don’t let it go Wish I may I wish I might Wish upon a satellite Wishing that we’ll always be alone ... together Don't want to be alone - don't want to be alone Girl it's high time we get together, gonna roll that stone Don't want to be alone - don't want to be alone I been sitting on that moment, when you gonna come along I been stuck inside my house, staring at the wall wondering if you even know my name at all Now I'm busting on out gonna make my feelings known I got all kinds of ideas bouncing ‘round my head Wanna make em real before I wake up dead But they'll never see the light if I'm working on my own Don't wanna be alone

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released September 30, 2022

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The Airport 77s Silver Spring, Maryland

Tight harmonies, chunky guitars and a relentless beat constitute the Airport 77s sound.

Guitarist Andy Sullivan, bassist Cal Everett and drummer John Kelly share a love of obscure 1970s power pop and have played shows across the Washington, D.C. region, winning the occasional battle of the bands and jamming with heroes like Paul Collins.
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