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Settle Down
03:19
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Settle Down
Music by Seth Adam
Lyrics by Seth Adam
© 2016 Seth Adam, BMI
On a train ride
This box car takes forever
Another stop here in wherever
all these other people go
It was a good time
playing in The City
But something here within me
just can't wait to get on home
When you're on my mind
and I'm on the roam
I know I'll never be alone
You are the reason why I'm coming back around
You make me want to settle down
Hotel windows
and living from a suitcase
I like the folks in this place, sure do miss the ones back home
Miles of highways
or something more familiar
I don't remember what the words were but they always bring me home
When you're on my mind
and I'm on the roam
I know I'll never be alone
You are the reason why I'm coming back around
You make me want to settle down
Oh, just another hundred mile to the border line
then we got all this time
Oh, just another few more hours until the day
When you're on my mind
and I'm on the roam
I know I'll never be alone
You are the reason why I'm coming back around
You make me want to settle down
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The Real Ones
03:26
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The Real Ones
Music by Seth Adam
Lyrics by Seth Adam
© 2016 Seth Adam, BMI
You're caught up in a moment
when you realize everything that you wanted was a lie
after all this time
Walls and walls that fill your head,
circling around you spin
When the daylight comes there's a new way to begin
For all of the times that you tried
You can tell who the real ones are, they won't let you down
You can tell who the real ones are, they won't let you down
Let go of hesitation when the absolute of love is on your side
I swear that you'll be fine
And I know it's not that easy
And it damn well feels insane
when you have to start yourself over again
For all of the times that you tried
You can tell who the real ones are, they won't let you down
You can tell who the real ones are, they won't let you down
All you wanted was a life and love
and time to find the real ones on your side
For all of the times that you tried
You can tell who the real ones are, they won't let you down
You can tell who the real ones are, they won't let you down
You can tell who the real ones are, they won't let you down
You can tell who the real ones are, they won't let you down
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Whose America
04:35
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Whose America
Music by Seth Adam
Lyrics by Seth Adam
© 2016 Seth Adam, BMI
Rattle your sabers and shout your cursing words
When it doesn't cut your skin, then it doesn't really hurt
There is no compromise if it's outside your belief
You're so courageous when you take away from me
So whose America are you wanting it to be?
Whose America do you think that it should be?
Go ahead and build your wall to keep the brown ones out
Keep your institutions up to keep the black ones down
Jesus must be crying when we're helping out the gays
And those with different gods must be put back in their place
So whose America are you wanting it to be?
Whose America do you think that it should be?
White wash in your desperation
Coloring is infestation
When you take this obligation
to degrees of separation
Learn to love instead of hating
But you'll just continue waiting
for something that's never changing
Whose America is this?
As long as it's someone else, then there's no pain to be felt
Celebrate your victory that's another person's Hell
Don't you dare be reaching out to lend someone a hand
When it's just a bastard son from some foreign land
So whose America are you wanting it to be?
Whose America do you think that it should be?
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Politician
04:13
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Politician
Music by Seth Adam
Lyrics by Seth Adam
© 2016 Seth Adam, BMI
Press me, impress me
with your big shiny...
with your big shiny, slick and loaded run
You’ve got the answers
We got the cancers
So power hungry, you could eat the sun
Keep on waving, smile with a pretty face
We’ll prop you up when you’re falling down
and get you to your place
Hey man, what can you do for me?
Does money make you listen?
To get my vote you’d say anything
You’re just another politician
Your love of Jesus,
it runs in seasons
Only on Sundays you believe in God
See, I’m a poor man
They closed my factory
I pray for money with my bootstraps up
Keep on waving, smile with a pretty face
I’m sure these suckers will hold you up
and get you to your place
Hey man, what can you do for me?
Does money make you listen?
To get my vote you’d say anything
You’re just another politician
Feed me your lines
Sell me your lies
Baby, it’s all for show
Hey man, what can you do for me?
Does money make you listen?
To get my vote you’d say anything
You’re just another politician
You’re just another politician
You’re just another politician
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Sweet Memories
04:09
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Sweet Memories
Music by Seth Adam
Lyrics by Seth Adam
© 2016 Seth Adam, BMI
Mother, you don’t know me
but I’m wishing you some peace
This day has left you lonely
and in a time of need
for someone to comfort you and listen
to the words that you speak
When all your hope is gone
just keep holding on
to sweet memories
When all your hope is gone
just keep holding on
to sweet memories
Father, I’m a stranger
but I recognize your pain
And there is nothing short of anger
when the scene plays out again
Another world of sadness fills your heart
The tears are on your face
When all your hope is gone
just keep holding on
to sweet memories
When all your hope is gone
just keep holding on
to sweet memories
How many times should children lose their fathers?
How many times can we do this to one another?
I don’t pray to Jesus, but I pray we love each other
because we can, because we can
People, I’m your neighbor
and so you are mine
And how we treat each other
is defining of our time
I don’t have the answers
to all the world’s questions
but someone said to me
When all your hope is gone
just keep holding on
to sweet memories
When all your hope is gone
just keep holding on
to sweet memories
With all that’s come and gone
just keep holding on
to sweet memories
With all that’s come and gone
we shall overcome
with sweet memories
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Whose America
Music by Seth Adam
Lyrics by Seth Adam
© 2016 Seth Adam, BMI
Rattle your sabers and shout your cursing words
When it doesn't cut your skin, then it doesn't really hurt
There is no compromise if it's outside your belief
You're so courageous when you take away from me
So whose America are you wanting it to be?
Whose America do you think that it should be?
Go ahead and build your wall to keep the brown ones out
Keep your institutions up to keep the black ones down
Jesus must be crying when we're helping out the gays
And those with different gods must be put back in their place
So whose America are you wanting it to be?
Whose America do you think that it should be?
White wash in your desperation
Coloring is infestation
When you take this obligation
to degrees of separation
Learn to love instead of hating
But you'll just continue waiting
for something that's never changing
Whose America is this?
As long as it's someone else, then there's no pain to be felt
Celebrate your victory that's another person's Hell
Don't you dare be reaching out to lend someone a hand
When it's just a bastard son from some foreign land
So whose America are you wanting it to be?
Whose America do you think that it should be?
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Anytown (Live 04.07.18)
04:54
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Anytown
Music by Seth Adam
Lyrics by Seth Adam
© 2018 Seth Adam, BMI
This is where the angels fell
Driven to the brink of Hell
And the stories they will always tell
could write themselves
There's a castaway upon the cross
Bastardizing what he lost
And taking from the girl who'll never sing
tonight
It's a day for disbelieving
That this could happen here in Anytown
But love is never leaving
If we're around in Anytown
This is where the heroes were
With all the valor they have earned
They stood against the ugliness that burned
On the other side
It's a day for disbelieving
That this could happen here in Anytown
But love is never leaving
If we're around in Anytown
They said they'd never stand in silence
and watch it all burn down
So love was in defiance
on the ground in Anytown
This is where the memories dwell
Something to remember well
That we can tell the stories to remind
ourselves
It's a day for disbelieving
That this could happen here in Anytown
But love is never leaving
If we're around in Anytown
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Push & Pull
Lyrics by Seth Adam
Music by Seth Adam
© 2013 Seth Adam, BMI
You've been accosted
A sublime subversion
And the trickling time hastens me to say
This intrusion
of my delusions
only make me wish you'd seek out better ways
While I recognize the sentiment of sorrow on your face
Don't disregard the things I have to say
If you don't push me then I won't pull you
If you don't trip me I won't crawl
We're two people strung out on sadness together
And I can't take the rise and fall
So don't push or pull me at all
You've spent a lifetime
of feeling so fine
And regrets are only words that have no place
It's a fine line
with all your pride
And I wish that you would hear just what I say
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The Last One
Music by Seth Adam
Lyrics by Seth Adam
© 2009 Seth Adam BMI
How can I tell you
that this one will hurt you
more than the other ones
hurt you before?
Crush all your hope
and take all your money
and leave with nothing
outside your front door
Oh, it's the last one
Oh, it's the last one
How many lines?
How many reasons
do you think sufficient
to forfeit the rain?
Stifled and reaching
You're sinking deeper
I can't pull you out
when you keep doing the same
So it's a new life
and it's time to begin
The last one well, you can leave behind
and you'll see yourself again
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Politician
Music by Seth Adam
Lyrics by Seth Adam
© 2016 Seth Adam, BMI
Press me, impress me
with your big shiny...
with your big shiny, slick and loaded run
You’ve got the answers
We got the cancers
So power hungry, you could eat the sun
Keep on waving, smile with a pretty face
We’ll prop you up when you’re falling down
and get you to your place
Hey man, what can you do for me?
Does money make you listen?
To get my vote you’d say anything
You’re just another politician
Your love of Jesus,
it runs in seasons
Only on Sundays you believe in God
See, I’m a poor man
They closed my factory
I pray for money with my bootstraps up
Keep on waving, smile with a pretty face
I’m sure these suckers will hold you up
and get you to your place
Hey man, what can you do for me?
Does money make you listen?
To get my vote you’d say anything
You’re just another politician
Feed me your lines
Sell me your lies
Baby, it’s all for show
Hey man, what can you do for me?
Does money make you listen?
To get my vote you’d say anything
You’re just another politician
You’re just another politician
You’re just another politician
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Seth Adam New Haven, Connecticut
Singer/songwriter Seth Adam writes compelling, genuine songs with honest lyrics. Taking cues from artists like Counting Crows, Tom Petty, and Jason Isbell, he creates his own brand of edgy, Americana rock & roll.
Seth Adam recommends:
The Backyard Committee
by The Backyard Committee
One of the most honest records I've heard in a long time. There is a "boy-ish," teenage experimentation mixed with a solid, mature knowledge of songwriting skills. A must have for alt-country fans.
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Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
by Aaron Lee Tasjan
One of the best current artists out there! I've known Aaron for some time now, and he's one of the most creative, hard-working cats in rock & roll! This album is a prime example.
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Thoughtful and poetic folk with a Cosmic Americana flavor from the Brooklyn singer-songwriter.
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