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Solid Gold

by Temporary Arrangement

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1.
Above Ground 03:01
One in a hundred Two in my drink Third strike, boy, now you’re hitting the clink You got no name You got no pull All you got is this rock ‘n’ roll Eyes wide, mouth shut, profound You came. You looked around There ain’t no way in this town There ain’t no fun above ground
2.
Alaska 03:19
In the vast, frozen North Lands There lives the Ice Queen I have known and re-known her It’s all on the receipt The tundra’s on my mind When she walks with that walk it Sh-sh-sh-shivers down my spine By the way, by the by, by the time you Realize it’s by design Her eyes may have been thawed Faster than you thought The people all call her Alaska Everyone all calls her Alaska It’s so cold in Alaska
3.
Vertical Bill lives in a daze But he always works just as hard as he plays Vertical Bill roams around town He’s trying to capture scenes without sound When he stands he is a Vertical man And when he’s laying low he’s Horizontal
4.
Oh, baby, please be quiet Do it for me, ‘cause you see I’m in need of some peace And a little quiet Please, baby, don’t overreact I was only just dancin, and singin And smokin, and drinkin Until I got back And if you think I get a little carried away Well then I think you never heard a word I was sayin I think you traded our entire fortune away So I traded the night for the day Oh, baby, are you surprised? Tell me now, how’s a guy stay alive When his eyes get just lies So I’m gettin mine They always say to get it when the gettin is good I tell you, sister, well I really would if I could I made a list of everything I ever desired I threw the page on Richard Cory’s funeral pyre And if you think I get a little carried away I think you never heard a fuckin word I was sayin I think you squandered our entire fortune all right So I traded the day for the night
5.
I ain’t no Rockefeller Ride in a Studebaker A moon and sun forsake
6.
Mrs. Plum 02:13
Hey, Mrs. Plum, you’re no fun You got me running circles Got me right under your thumb You loved my hungry eyes Did they remind you of the time that all your love was free Like drinks from hungry guys? You said, so ripe and sweet ‘Hey! A girl has got to eat’ And then you had your cake as well Or two or three Hey, Mrs. Plum, you’re no fun You got me running circles Ducking from a loaded gun Well no man could enjoy Cuckoldom. I won’t be coy I just request Before your arms you do employ Hey, Mr. Plum Gimme one, two Gimme three steps And I promise all your problems will be gone
7.
No Surprises 04:27
Whiskey on the house A two-pence pox upon this house A frenzied falling out Sputtering curse-filled walkabout Enterprising girls and boys Buy and sell and self-employ No surprises, narrow eyes Those who do not win are I Such a vast affair No telling how or when or where With virgin eyes or ears Surprises ain’t around here Such bright-eyed good girls and boys Live and love and self destroy No surprises, not this time Cursing Bacchus in his eyes
8.
Solid Gold 02:13
When you say you can’t be found We stop and put our finger down Down on a cartographer’s son You know you’re not the only one who gets Sold Or so I’ve been told Say you’re solid gold Something to behold My distinguished friends don’t know They are all indistinguishable The desert island of their mind Feels like we’ve been before a thousand times One is the Lonely number under a Shiny pyrite stone which you Polish all alone
9.
Water Lilies 03:22
What are really water lilies
10.
In the midst of a shift tectonic Mystery, the stereophonics With the band in a stand on its head Making sound upside down, upended The crowd looks around for an amenable sound With feet on the ground, that pitch can now be found I stood at the gates I scrunched up my face I shmoozed and I sang I tore out my fangs Here comes the right time There goes the right time And it passed me by Throw open the gates Uncover the face Which, hidden, bears fangs Aimed straight for your veins Here comes the right time Counting down: ten, nine Eight, seven, six, five

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The artwork for this album is printed with the lyrics in an impressive booklet, available for $20. The booklet includes a download code. If you purchase the download for $10, you can purchase the booklet for an additional $10. Enjoy!

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released September 13, 2019

All Songs by Temporary Arrangement
Will Benoit - Drums / Vocals
Joe Billian - Vocals / Guitar
Alex Ehrnstrom - Bass Guitar
Jarab Selner - Guitar

Lyrics by Joe Billian
"Vertical Bill" lyrics by Will Benoit

All songs recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mike Roche at Broadside Productions, Kalamazoo, MI
Illustrations & design by Simon Borst
"No Surprises" photograph by Alex Biles

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Temporary Arrangement Kalamazoo, Michigan

TA is a high-energy, cerebral rock-n-roll band with a wide variety of influences -- worn on the sleeve at times. They formed in 2014 as a trio, released their debut EP in 2016, and soon after added another guitar player. TA's 10-track LP Solid Gold, which continues to live up to its name, was followed up in 2022 with a slow-cooked compilation of original songs, aptly named Singles (Together). ... more

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