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Can't Reason Through Love

by NICKCASEY

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1.
Can You Guess My Weight? I got a whole lotta good things going A list of people that I know I can be I got you saying that I don't want to see you Why don't you show me what you want me to see? I got an anger that I can't control With no respect for time or place I got you saying that you need me to hold on And that it ain't really me behind my face I got people that I ain't even seen before Telling everyone that they knew me when I got you doing things and apologizing When you know good and well you're gonna do them again I got a sister bought a house in the suburbs It's but a five minute drive from her mother I got you heating water for tea before bed Me, I shouldn't but I'm having another I got money that ain't come in yet It ain't half what it is I owe I got you spending all of your time on me Until the time comes that you gotta go I got a close-knit group of guys back out west You know that some have done better than others I got you asking me what it is that holds us together I said the blanket takes the shape that it covers I got to get it all into the city But first I got to get it on the trains I got you trying to stop what's coming While me, I wait here for what remains I got a place out near Coney Island They're gonna build it all up from the ground I got you out trying to park your car There ain't a single spot to be found I got a shyness when it comes to women It makes me feel like less of a man I got you hearing that you can do better than me And you tell me that, so you probably can I got a fear that I'm gonna die young And that I'll only have myself to blame I got you looking nothing but older And there's gonna come a day when we're all gonna look the same I got an old mate I used to room with He calls me up when he's drunk or in love I got you holding court in the middle of the night And push is moving over to shove I got a new job don't take taxes You know the coffee goes cold in a minute I got you with all them things that you need to know You can't reason through love when you're in it I got a shelf full of books that I've mostly read You know that books can be heavy to move I got you still thinking that the ship is sinking And that faith is having nothing to prove I got a wisdom didn't come with age All things we must learn to weather I got you taking off all of your clothes There ain't no one fire gonna burn forever I got a world that I've got to return to It disappeared somewhere along the line I got you to remember my face, my love If asked you can say it was mine
2.
In His House 04:39
In His House Alone at the table in the room we shared last night Looks different in the light, our empty jug of wine She is still asleep This is not my house, she is not my girl And I'll be back tonight to see what else I can bring upon myself I am a visitor in his house She called last night and I walked here in the rain She said her man was doing wrong and it'd been going on so long He doesn't know what he has This is not my house, she is not my girl And I'll be back tonight to see what else I can bring upon myself I am a visitor in his house He's working a job somewhere out of town She still rolls the shade down when I come around I leave my boots next to his Wine on the rug and the pillowcase A long-stemmed glass on its side in the big red stain Her hair fanned out on his sheets This is not my house; she is not my girl And I'll be back tonight to see what else I can bring upon myself I am a visitor in his house Alone at the table in the room we shared last night Looks different in the light
3.
French Movie 04:01
French Movie I was watching this movie and I had to pay attention 'Cause everyone was speaking French A man and a woman, they were standing in a doorway They asked very plainly for what they wanted And I thought of you, how you led me to believe Things were one way when they were another You were not straight with me, you did as you pleased I did things for you when I didn't want to I've got this one friend she calls herself a warhorse of love We stay up late talking She's got an old record player in a room lit by candles She says it's not easy for anyone I know it's not gonna happen, but if for some reason We pass each other in the street If I am walking by myself or with someone else Just let me go where I am going I read a poem a man wrote not long ago, he said it happens at least once to everyone He also said knowing that doesn't make much difference He said a lot of people think they're surviving, they think they're really making it through When all they're doing is simply becoming hard I don't want to make other people pay, they have their own things they're going through They don't have anything to do with you I don't wish the same pain on you, what good would it do? It wouldn't change anything for me The longer I'm here the more I see There's people of all kinds I just never thought I'd have to worry about you
4.
The Freeway 05:48
The Freeway I got a woman and she’s got a thing for me We’ve got our reasons We have a good time, I like her next to me Our love is pleasing There was an old time when you were everything And we felt the season I hope the next time when you run into me It won’t be freezing Sometimes this city, it gets so loud it wears on me And you can’t do but shut down It would take a jet plane, fly in and land on me To make me come around When we sleep at her place we gotta pull the bed out Space here's expensive When we stay at my house we gotta take the train out And it’s time intensive I had a friend who got back in touch with me She said she'd found Jesus She sounded different and we talked a long time About what’s been troubling us I ain’t ever fought none, ain’t ever hit a man Haven’t felt the need to Though I've said my share of such sad and hurtful things When I did not mean to My grandma's one of about fourteen children One of the oldest And my dad was not from both her and her husband Though he never told us When I come upon faceless anxieties I try to trace them I’m all alone here, I’m out on my own dear Where did you come from? I’ve ended up where I’ve ended up And there have been some bad deals Let’s do some good, let's be done some good by Let's see how some good feels Gone is Bo Diddley, gone is my grandpa They had their heyday I will run into someone I know today I miss the freeway
5.
Medicine 03:40
Medicine You don't think, why aren't you on medicine? I need a drink and I ain't gonna pay for it You speak only of lonely hard times How you want to own something and sell your new record Why do you call my friends when you got your own? Why do they call my house? Honey, you don't live here no more You did it on your own, accepted every loan You say that you're far from home - me, I say you're broken There's one I need to call, same one you need to call She was real good to us all and that used to mean something Man try to get ahead, put down what's in his head Let's keep the covers on the bed and let's paint a picture of something Do you remember Paris? I remember Paris I just met this girl from Paris and boy, she looks like a dream You were a dream back then, you were a dream before When I wasn't every other man and when you did not need me You will be on the road and I will be on the road You will go with your sister and I will go with a band Gonna see them states again, pass different plates again Note change in gas rates and the landscapes of the South What about the books we read? What about the doubts we fed? There were a few leads that we followed all the way through to the end And I ain't looking for lessons here, I do not need meaning Give me a CD to spin, let's make it something I can dance to You say that you want to see me again, go ahead You know where to find me, at least who you call me I always liked what you said that you saw in me It's like the love you gave; honey, it's just something you said Right now I'm right here, right now I'm thinking of you Right now I'm in it for me but I'm thinking of you too Take care your winter health and don't listen to anyone Beware your best intentions and what no one mentions
6.
Total Or Nearly In the sort of state I've often found myself A servant in his master's bad books Worry distorts what actually happens And my presence of mind gets shook Decency can be harder to find than one might think Some of us are all money and no class Drown out the beating of a frantic heart Let the reckless passion pass Deception is the lie of the land Best to conceal your love Plenty of people to talk you into something They won't stick around to help you out of Strange how self-respect can lead to monstrous disregard for others Up and move off the grid, I've got half a mind to If you don't put yourself in harm's way Harm may never find you My dear friend was a young man when he caught his death His unavoidable destiny He was sent packing and my own affairs Are a matter of some urgency Try and be anything than what you are and see where it gets you It takes some time to figure yourself out When we talk about him now no one says his name We all know who we're talking about In my time I've made some bad things worse You don't have to explain yourself to me Even the keepers of innocent intentions Are susceptible to flattery Well they divvied it up and we all got a piece They say you can kill a man with a checkbook or an arrow and bow I don't know what to do with my only given life I'm gonna put things where I think they should go No protection from all that will be done Heaven won't preserve us from our fate I'm outside my range in a fraudulent deal Nothing to do but wait It gives me no great pleasure, I don't relish the prospect On this particular occasion the worst is true I got one day more above ground And I'm gonna spend it with you
7.
Natural Law 05:36
Natural Law Doing things I don't know anything about, trying to fit in where I don't belong Never had reason to doubt 'til something better came along Two people out at sea getting sick of each other Avoid one catastrophe and you walk right into another I don't keep a diary, I've never seen a shrink If you assume it turns me on when you lie to me you're worse at this than you think I blew my cover, she said I would A bloodthirsty lover never did anyone any good I'm underground, I've got sand in my head Anyone standing around could end up in my bed Caught up in a whirlwind, got her soft skin burned I heard she's someone's girlfriend, guess I'll have to wait my turn Put on your gloves and scrub me under a slow-turning fan Don't tell me that you love me and then treat me like a backup plan You can't stop getting older, pray you still have some friends She quotes what I told her, I can never go back again The hostel they got high in, the only time he ever slapped you I wanted her to stop crying so I said what I had to A Gideon Bible and a smoker's cough Those who announce their arrival have always pissed me off He's good enough for my daughter, his mother's always in the paper As long as they live in the house I bought her he can tie her up and videotape her I'll tell you how it's gonna be, I've thought it through I can't pull myself out of my misery, I'm depending on you There's a hole in my cup, fire in my shoes Anytime his name comes up it's never good news It was my turn to be free, I did what I wanted to do You're not me, I don't care what happens to you I can be forgiving of a certain flaw She was just living by her natural law She'll tell you I'm deranged, that's not the case People act strange when they're not in the right place Put no one above them whatever you do Don't tell them you love them when it's no longer true
8.
Ditch In The Yard I ain't gonna try no more, I ain't gonna try no more I did all I could and there ain't nothing good I've got to show for I ain't gonna try no more I ain't gonna lie to you, I ain't gonna lie to you You lied to me and I could see right through I ain't gonna lie to you I ain't gonna love too hard, I ain't gonna love too hard Cook in the kitchen, dig up a ditch in the yard I ain't gonna love too hard I ain't gonna drink no booze, I ain't gonna drink no booze There will be fights and there will be nights I lose I ain't gonna drink no booze I ain't gonna cry no tears, I ain't gonna cry no tears I accept my sentence, all the consequences here I ain't gonna cry no tears I ain't gonna judge no deed, I ain't gonna judge no deed When everything changes so do the ranges of need I ain't gonna judge no deed I ain't gonna die today, I ain't gonna die today A good friend once said a hat tight on the head won't blow away I ain't gonna die today I ain't gonna live no dream, I ain't gonna live no dream You got your shot and you found out it's not what it seems I ain't gonna live no dream I ain't gonna blame no girl, I ain't gonna blame no girl Dignity and gold are both weighed and sold in this world I ain't gonna blame no girl
9.
One Day Soon 03:36
One Day Soon Growing older is a series of goodbyes People and things around you change One day soon we will be gone All those still living have had and lost It's right tough, baby, holding on for any time at all The only way to love anyone One day soon we will be gone Things you do when no one's around You alone know what you have done Someday, someone will do you wrong They will tell you it's your fault You must decide if that is true Someday, someone will move in close They will ask you do you ever feel alone? The only way to love anyone One day soon we will be gone One day soon we will be gone One day soon we will be gone One day soon
10.
Bandages 06:56
Bandages There's an old drunk upstairs, at night I hear the bottle drop There's an old drunk upstairs, at night I hear the bottle drop There's an old drunk upstairs, at night I hear the bottle drop His wife died drinking glue in the wood shop I heard him last night screaming in the stairwell I can't sleep with my neck on the chopping block We don't have any bandages We don't have any bandages We don't have any bandages He's got a son upstate at Napanoch Who crossed the line in an all-night coffee shop He used to write but the letters came back Now he's tripping over bottles 'cause he painted the windows black It took two coats We don't have any bandages We don't have any bandages We don't have any bandages No one gets hurt Call off the search, call off the search Call off the search, call off the search Call off the search, call off the search Call off the search His wife was a beauty, just looking at the woman made you... His wife was a beauty, just looking at the woman made you... His wife was a beauty, just looking at the woman made you hungry Made you question your ambition to do anything But stay in bed all day, eat 'til you're sick Scraping the plate with her cherry red pump We don't have any bandages We don't have any bandages We don't have any bandages No one gets hurt in this house When he was seventeen he was working at Owen's Funeral Home The green awning in white letters: where beauty lessens your grief Working for his cousin who used to be a priest, picking up the deceased Got to fix up what's been messed up If you want to get dressed up Meet me at the church, meet me at the church Meet me at the church, meet me at the church Meet me at the church, meet me at the church Meet me at the church I hear his heavy steps, he's talking to himself The wine glasses rattle on my kitchen shelf People say there's no one worse than him But if he ever comes knocking I'm gonna let him in We don't have any bandages We don't have any bandages We don't have any bandages No one gets hurt in this house
11.
Everything Has Leveled Someday, should you stand beside me Spare me what was wanted and was Half of the time I go on without you It don’t make no difference but the rest sure does You reassured me of my good intentions How deserving of a lover's best When it was that in you and tears that drew me Your mind awake, me sound asleep on your chest How things have changed, how I see things different Now that I can finally respect myself again And you left me breathless, you cut through like diamonds Blew back the fog in the minds of madmen You will not find me in a world of favors This is my place much as it is yours Here walls are thin, here floors are wooden You're gonna hear my boots before my keys in the door I read aloud so to let you safely drift first And wake to find you folded in the dark Giving credence to a pain with no place You brought my world down with a strength to mark I lost the faith I had in a hope for your health In a life appropriately disheveled Still these feelings carry weight and wonder And somehow everything has leveled

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All songs written by :: Casey Spindler, Nicholas Webber
Produced by :: Nicholas Webber, Casey Spindler, Chris Shaw

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released November 21, 2010

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Tim Luntzel - bass
Dan Rieser - drums
Casey Spindler - vocals, guitar
Nicholas Webber - vocals, guitar, piano

Jim Campilongo - guitar on "Bandages"

Engineered and Mixed by :: Chris Shaw
Mastered by :: Greg Calbi

Recorded at :: Electric Lady Studios in NYC
Assistant Engineer: Paul Suarez
Additional tracking at :: Future Shock Studios in Brooklyn
Assistant Engineers: Brendan Beu, Willie Chen
Mixed at :: Sparky Space in Brooklyn
Mastered at :: Sterling Sound in NYC

Graphic design by :: Thomas Capossela
Front cover photo by :: Kayti Haugh
Inside photo by :: Eve Reinhardt

Thanks to Ann Courtney, Ryan Dickie, Sharon Eisman,
John Heginbotham, Alison Pill, Casey Shea,
The Spindler Family, Jef Taylor, Michael Tisdale,
Anthony and Debra Webber

Publishing: Cornish Hen Music / Wibald Music (ASCAP)
Copyright 2010 NICKCASEY - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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