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Where The Dust Will Settle

by Chris Vogt McLaughlin

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1.
I’ve spent my day just wasting time waiting for a fling But I might spend my night alone if my phone doesn’t ring I hope somebody calls me, and I hope they call me soon Cause I’m getting awfully tired sitting in my room I moved back in with my folks out in B.F.E. Oh, how I miss all my friends and the joys of the city I’ve got no transportation I can call my own Looks like another night I’m stuck at home Tonight is gonna be a long one I can tell already it’s gonna be a lot of fun And I’m wishing that someone Would call and interrupt me from my boredom I know it sounds ridiculous that I’d move out of town Believe me, if I could I would have tried to stick around But those bills kept coming more and more each day More than I could afford to even try to pay Tonight is gonna be a long one I can tell already it’s gonna be a lot of fun And I’m wishing that someone Would call and interrupt me from my boredom Would call and interrupt me from my boredom © 2007 Chris Vogt
2.
Take my hand and lead me I don't know where I'm going from here I'm in need of direction If I go, can I return? What if I have made the wrong decision? I couldn't bear to live with that Everyday we are faced With a multitude of choices to make
Which run the course of our lives There will be times when we're right And there will be many times when we're wrong Either way we have to choose I used to fear the outcome of the risks I could take And I would dread if anything I did was a mistake I didn't know that's the essence of life In the end what I do Is ultimately what I wanted Every choice is within my hands So I can’t make any excuses 
Nor blame anyone for what I do All yielded by my own free will I used to fear the outcome of the risks I could take And I would dread if anything I did was a mistake I didn't know that's the essence of life Risks and mistakes are the essence of life Take my hand Take my hand Take my hand and lead me © 2007 Chris Vogt
3.
Forgotten 04:30
Sometimes I don't have the words To say what should heard Every once in a while But I'm not incompetent Just feel insignificant More often than I should I'm like anyone else Trying to make it for myself Please don't place me on your shelf Where the dust will settle And I would be forgotten I've tried so hard to please That I'm hurting my knees Kneeling for everyone But I'm learning not to care About the thoughts that are there Sitting in your mind I'm like anyone else Trying to make it for myself Please don't place me on your shelf Where the dust will settle And I would be forgotten I'll keep away from Midas and his clutch Don't want to be deprived by his golden touch His hand has never appealed all that much to me I want to sing that rock and roll Without selling my soul That devil won't get me I'm like anyone else Trying to make it for myself Please don't place me on your shelf Where the dust will settle And I would be forgotten © 2007 Chris Vogt
4.
The other night you were pining How you longed to be with him I said that you've been hiding Behind your superficial skin You don't let anybody see The woman you really are So you spend your lonely nights Single at the bar Sometimes I wonder why I have to be so nice Why do I have to say everything twice? You were questioning the motives Of every guy you'd date Accusing them of indiscretions Blaming them for your mistakes I sat quietly and listened As you were rambling on I didn't have the nerve to tell you Again that you were wrong Sometimes I wonder why I have to be so nice Why do I have to say everything twice? The night was starting to get late So we finished up our drinks I asked if you were ok to drive You smiled and said, "I think" I said that everything should work out Once you gained some confidence In yourself and in your prospects And used some common sense Sometimes I wonder why I have to be so nice Why do I have to say everything twice? Sometimes I wonder why I have to be so nice Why do I have to say everything twice? Everything twice Everything twice Everything twice © 2007 Chris Vogt
5.
Latest Crush 04:53
Why must her lonely heart Be as fragile as glass? For it nearly breaks apart Every time he’ll pass There are no sticks or stones That he’s been throwing Just daydreams and high hopes
 That she’s slowly been growing How do you tell her? What words do you say? That she’d be better If she'd turn around and walk away She smiles when she sees him With a shy but flirting glance Yet he has no intention Of making any advance He doesn't have a clue That he is her latest crush As he walks naively through He melts her heart into mush How do you tell her? What words do you say? That she’d be better If she'd turn around and walk away How do you tell her? What words do you say? That she’d be better If she'd turn around If she'd turn If she'd turn around If she'd turn
If she'd turn If she'd turn If she'd turn around and walked away Why must her lonely heart Be so fragile? © 2007 Chris Vogt
6.
The Gallows 05:06
Do you have what it takes to admit when you’re wrong? Can you share your mistakes so proving that you’re strong? Don’t be afraid Don’t be shallow Don’t hang yourself in the gallows of your pride You’ll need some courage to stand for your convictions You’ll face demurrage and many restrictions Don’t be afraid Don’t be shallow Don’t hang yourself in the gallows of your pride I look at you and see potential Even with your lack of credentials You can make love existential You can be… The incarnation of love © 2007 Chris Vogt
7.
I've done many things I regret Many things I wish I could forget And what really makes me upset Is that I hurt you so much I wish I could change the past And take all the awful things I said back But since I can't undo any of that I hope we can work things out I'm sorry for everything I've done I'd do anything just to make it up to you Why did I have to wait to learn
 My lesson by letting you get hurt? You suffered what you didn't deserve Unfortunately for you I know there's nothing that I could say That would easily heal the pain I'd understand if you walked away But I really want to make things right with you So I'm sorry for everything I've done I'd do anything just to make it up to you I'm sorry for anything I've done I'd do everything just to make it up to you © 2007 Chris Vogt

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This EP was recorded in the summer of 2007 at my friend Seth's home studio in Columbus, OH. I went there for one weekend session in July where we recorded most of the tracks, and then I retured for another weekend mixing/wrap-up session in August.

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released November 1, 2007

All songs written by Chris Vogt
Produced by Chris Vogt & Seth Ellsworth
Mixed by Seth Ellsworth and Chris Vogt
Mastered by Seth Ellsworth
Artwork by Mike Kloss

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