I Can

from I Can by the Dancing Hats

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Recorded at KLC STUDIOS
Portland, OR, USA
Spring Break 2013

Engineering
NICK PIMENTAL
ALEC SPECKENBACH

Music
the DANCING HATS

Lyrics
COREY O’HARA

Mixing and additional production
PAUL LAXER

Mastering
ADAM GONSALVES
TELEGRAPH MASTERING

lyrics

What a day
This dehydration's got me feeling strange
And I can't sleep like I've got eyes on me
Like these walls are only paint

And it's okay
But heat is getting to me and I think
My lungs are small and the window won't
No, the window won't stay up

There seems to be
A faulty countenance
Of stacked cement and bricks
So make sure to roll the windows down
Before the bridge collapses

Driving out
My back is sweaty and I'm all alone
Sometimes I think I'd rather never go
To sleep than to an empty bed

Where'd it go
The summer moves so fast, if I were home
I think it would've lasted longer, oh
It'd still be early in July

It's a long way out
To all those old places
The ones where we were kids
Yeah I love you
OKLAHOMA, COLORADO, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS

I'd sing about how I woke up this morning
But I didn't go to sleep last night
So instead I'll dream about a bird who's
Got patterned feathers and sunflowers in her eyes

Oh and if you say the word that I'll never make a movie
And I'll sleep sad every night
Well I'll tell you that you're wrong and that I don't need sleep
No never, and You can't sing but I CAN

oh
I CAN
I CAN
I CAN I CAN I CAN I CAN I

credits

from I Can, released September 20, 2013
COREY O’HARA, sings/guitar
JULIA COSGROVE, sings
SHOHEI KOBAYASHI, guitar
CATE MARGESON, violin
JENNY LOUTHAN, trombone
RICARDO HUERTA, banjo
CANAAN SCHLESINGER, drums
JORDAN BUYSSE, bass

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the Dancing Hats Portland, Oregon

The Dancing Hats is a folk-rock n' roll outfit out of Portland, O.R. and they have the most fun. Forming over a weekend excursion to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and soon adding anybody they could find (violins! trombones! mandolins!), the group stays up late playing anytime they can and would love to sing for you whenever you would like. ... more

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