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Fleeting Moments

by AJ grey

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1.
Forest 03:57
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I woke up, surrounded by these trees So tall, magnificent, providing all I need A shelter from the elements encased in all that’s pure I think I’ve found my escape from always wanting more Yeah you go chasing all those empty promises And run into the darkness baby I’ll stay in the light Don’t worry about those skeletons your closet has inside Lord knows I’ve got plenty of my own that I have left behind No need to concern ourselves with our shattered past It’s shaped us yes but it is still the past nonetheless Let’s look forward to the future yet to come Like a captain of this sinking ship I will steer this haul Just help me out, and we’ll be alright before the night – falls Oh you, you don’t owe me nothing, no you You don’t owe me nothing, no you You don’t owe me nothing, no you You don’t owe me nothing Except for your heart x4 Yeah you go running through all of those empty fields And dive into the ocean’s depths, tell me what you feel Intrigued and amazed by all that surrounds your heart A life less ordinary and a fleeting moment of fate Will the two bring us together at a faster pace Like science versus spirit and spirit dominates Here, take my hand darling I will hold your’s tight We’ve weathered all these storms before and made it out alive You take these reins steer the way into the light – that will shine on us Oh you, you don’t owe me nothing, no you You don’t owe me nothing, no you You don’t owe me nothing, no you You don’t owe me nothing Except for your heart x5
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With Time 04:50
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Slowing down the pace of my mind All these racing thoughts all the time Open up a new chapter in my life Leaving my old ways far behind While it should get easier with each day Only reminds me of my lost ways This game of solitaire I call my life Just doesn’t seem like it can be won But then again I guess I should have realized Trying to make it on my own Has only shown my final moments Could be spent alone And as we near our time of death Our bucket list is checked Certain things we wish we’d done more of And others we regret I don’t seem to give a damn No I don’t seem to give a damn x 2 About the way that I’m living And I’m not sure if I’ll ever be forgiven So I just keep walking around with this picture of you in my pocket A picture of you holding a picture of me Do you remember that time looking out into the Blue Ridge Mountain scenery When we thought life was going to stand still for eternity But instead just like a roaring wind it passed With nothing left standing nothing that lasts Except those memories we’ve got in our minds oh, how we’ve got to make those last But with time, how they too , can pass Yes, with time, how they too, can pass With time, with time They won’t last, they will pass With time x4 With time, with time They won’t last, they will pass With time x4
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Upstream Dreams 04:38
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Hearts, they ain’t all the same No, love it carries the strange The more you try to change its shape The less it can be contained People say when you fall in your dreams The only thing to save you from dying is To awake before you hit the ground Well is it truth or myth Cause I’ve fallen faster while I was awake The give and the take That we put ourselves through each day Like spies sitting on a train Here we sit constantly awake People say when you fall in your dreams The only thing to save you from dying is To awake before you hit the ground Well is it truth or myth Cause I’ve fallen faster while I was Awake and I’ve seen The transcending scenes inside my dreams And I’m not sure what to believe When time and space seem to travel upstream People say when you fall in your dreams The only thing to save you from dying is To awake before you hit the ground Well is it truth or myth Cause I’ve fallen faster while I was awake Hearts, they ain’t all the same No, love it carries the strange The more you try to change its shape The less it can be contained
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Main St. For Wall St. 05:20
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Dust on the road of this town It didn’t used to be this way Some years ago from today We used to have a different town, ya know The butcher, the baker, the shoe maker They all had their place in this town Somewhere along our way We lost what we once had We lost our sense of community We lost our sense of family We lost our sense of reality All in the name of greed and money If we are all taught to be an individual And look out for numero uno If we’re only to look out for ourselves It’s no wonder we’ve lost, we’ve lost our towns Main Street for Wall Street x4 Remember when we had shop owners Now we’ve got CEO’s Remember when downtown was more than just a road To get you to the Wal-Mart parking lot Why does the owner of the factory Now make forty times more than his employee Well, that doesn’t seem all that fair But I guess that’s what-cha get when you lose your care Do you remember when we had local farmers Now we’ve got great big ole’ food corporations Do you even know where your food – it comes from Or do you put your faith in the FDA? We’ve got bankers with more than some countries And if you’re sick and poor well drugs They’re out of your reach Republican democrat it doesn’t matter to me If everyone’s wrong then how can anyone be right Main Street for Wall Street x4
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Everything 06:29
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As I travel far from my home And I wonder into the unknown Will I want to come back home Or will I just want to stay up here Throw a rock into the river Watch that rock sink onto the bottom If that rock comes a’floating to the top That rock was meant to be your soul That rock could be your floating soul That rock could be your ticket to heaven That rock could be your floating soul Well, you don’t know nothing About serendipity If you did baby You would appreciate how we became we Well the fact of the matter is You seem so scared to Give into your dreams That it just seems like you never will Trapped in the past trying to make it last Just let go and you’ll feel the rush The rest will come yeah I promise that much I was lost, one night in my car Was traveling traveling far And you came along and you showed me the way But before you showed me the way You told me about this lake Up the road, I said baby, why don’t we go Yeah before I knew it we were swimming in the lake Naked as the day that we came The moonlight shined on our backs like it was our only light And I’d give up everything Yeah I’d give up everything If I knew, I was giving it up for you Yeah, I’d give up everything Yeah I’d give up everything If I knew, knew, knew, I was giving it up for you Well I’d give up everything Yeah I’d give up everything If I knew I was giving it up for you Yeah, I’d give up everything Yeah I’d give up everything If I knew, knew, knew, I was giving it up for you Yeah well, you got yours and I’ve got mine If we settle on that the rest will be fine Yeah we’ll keep on moving as long as we push through But you can give up all your past, present, future And seek out things that they don’t teach ya In life there’s gonna be disappointment But that’s alright, that’s alright, yeah Cause I’d give up everything Yeah I’d give up everything If I knew I was giving it up for you Yeah I’d give up everything Yeah I’d give up everything If I knew, knew, knew, I was giving it up for you

about

Fleeting Moments is the debut effort from Lancaster, PA based alt/folk/roots-rock outfit AJ grey. The five-song ep was recorded during two weekends in Lancaster, PA at MR.STUDIO, and mastered by legendary engineer Andy VanDette (Rush, David Bowie, Metric, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, and more). The ep was released at The Candy Factory in downtown Lancaster, PA on 8/5/11.

Composed of four friends, AJ grey write and play songs that evoke questions of life, of time, of how things are and will not always be. With the premise that life is a series of fleeting moments, they weave stories with fact, giving a sense of soulfulness that permeates the mind. Think of the times when you knew what you wanted in life, or of those times when you felt completely lost. AJ grey encompasses the spirit of both, while satisfying all that fall in between.

Stylistically, think the roots-folk elements of Ray Lamontagne, Tallest Man on Earth, and Bob Dylan with the rock elements of Dawes, The Band, and Wilco. Intelligently catchy lyrics riding atop solid acoustic guitar, blended with ever contagious harmonies, along with driving melodica (yes, melodica), bass, keyboard, bells, and percussion create AJ grey's original brand of folk/roots rock.

credits

released August 5, 2011

Adam Mentzer-lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
Jen Mentzer- lead vocals, keyboard, bells
Christopher Hoyt- bass, vocals
David Donahue- drum kit, accessory percussion, vocals

and featuring:
Mark Rast-banjo
Jim Patton-pedal steel guitar
Sam Frantz- organ
Jeremy Bentley-vocals

All songs written by Adam Mentzer (ascap). All songs arranged and performed by AJ grey. All songs recorded and mixed by Jeremy Bentley at MR.STUDIO (Lancaster,PA) and produced by Jeremy Bentley and AJ grey. Mastered by Andy Vandette of MasterDisk Inc (New York, NY). Fleeting Moments album design by Nathan Frohm Design (Lancaster,PA)

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