TERRAMARA >
(2000 / Self-titled debut album)

01 - Jaded Little Love Song {mp3}
02 - Summer's End {mp3}
03 - Dragonfly {mp3 sample}
04 - Bases Loaded {mp3 sample}
05 - Walk Away {mp3 sample}
06 - Promised Land {mp3 sample}
07 - Simple {mp3 sample}
08 - Diamond Life {mp3 sample}
09 - Yesteryear {mp3 sample}
10 - Your Mother's Eyes {mp3 sample}

CREDITS >
Rob Meany - keyboards and lead vocals.
Jay Jordan - electric and acoustic guitar and vocals.
D.J. Sandau - electric and acoustic bass.
David Thomas - drums, percussion and vocals.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Ken Chastain with Terramara. Recorded and mixed February and May 2000 at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Additional recording at Burr-Holland Studios and Oarfin Studios, Minneapolis, and Ambient Sound, St. Paul, Minnesota. Mastered by Chuck Zwicky. Design assistance and duplication provided by Noiseland Industries, Minneapolis.

All songs written by Rob Meany. Arranged and performed by Terramara and Ken Chastain. Copyright © 2000 Redhead Productions. All rights reserved.

SPECIAL GUESTS >
Steve "Animal" Voht, raging blues harp on Jaded Little Love Song
Matt Darling, trombone
Brian Lyndeen, tenor saxophone and bass clarinet
Additional percussion and backing vocals performed by Ken Chastain

Engineering assistance and in-kind contributions by Neil Weir at Pachyderm Studios, and Eli Seinbauer on occasion.

Band photo by the Honorable Erik Paulsen

Photo colorization by Angie Vesper

OTHER ALBUMS >
Dust & Fiction, 2008.
Four Blocks to Hennepin, 2005.
Invisible People (Single), 2002.
Terramara, 2000.
Demo CD, 1998.
Miscellaneous Recordings

JADED LITTLE LOVE SONG >
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Now there's a flash in the distance
Storm clouds are spreading their fingers
And I can feel your resistance
Just like a cold slap lingers
And as we pause in the shadows
Rain fills the empty silence
And in the back of my mind
I've seen the ending way too many times

In my jaded, jaded little love song
In my jaded, jaded little love song
In my jaded, jaded little love song

I see your face in the window
I hear the phone stop ringing
I feel your hand on my shoulder
Somewhere your voice starts singing
But in my head there's a black hole
Sucked down the light of my soul
I'm losing faith in myself, and faith in God, and faith in mankind

You're the reason I can't sleep without the TV on
You're the reason I can't stand to hear your favorite song
You're the reason I don't have the strength to go outside
You're the reason I'm in love and I can't get you off my mind

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SUMMER'S END >
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Partied last summer to the sound of a forty-five
Warm wind blowing and I feel like I'll never die
And you won't leave me alone
And I don't want to be on my own
But you won't live for today and I won't live for tomorrow

And I feel so lost at times
But I haven't changed my mind
And we're running out of time
And all that we hoped to find is gone
At the summer's end

Grab your jacket and we're going out for a midnight drive
Got the radio playing and I feel like I'm never gonna die
They won't find us out here
Big bonfire and a keg of beer
Make your way through the woods and let the darkness surround you

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DRAGONFLY >
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I ran into an old man sitting on a park bench
Said he was at least 19 when he fought the war
He told me if the big one hits, he's gonna have to buy new mitts
For his ugly poodle

I watched him take a long, fat cigar from his jacket
I watched him blow a big smoke ring up into the clouds
He said he never shot a man
He never shot a man who didn't have his boots on

And he said: Hold your head up when the skies are gray
And all your colors seem to wash away
Most men crumble when their days grow long
But you and I will never fade
No, we'll never fade

He slowly pulled a tattered photo from his wallet
He said it was the only earthly angel he'd ever known
He lost her on a cold, black night
It was a tragic fight with the influenza

He wiped away single teardrop with his finger
And as he rose to leave, you know, I saw him start to laugh
He told me if the good ones die
He wants to be a dragonfly in a future life

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BASES LOADED >

Bases loaded, bases loaded
'cross the plate a pitch was floated
Runners are in motion in my head
Bases loaded, bases loaded
From the bat a ball exploded
Now we're moving faster than we said
And I'm not really sure which team you're rooting for
And I can't catch the grounders as they're rolling 'cross the floor
Please tell me:

Who dropped the ball while we were
Who dropped the ball while we were
Who dropped the ball while we were running 'round the bases

Bases loaded, bases loaded
Another batter's been promoted
Something crossed the foul line in my head
Bases loaded, bases loaded
Seems the player's undevoted
Slip-sliding, stealing in my bed
Don't wanna lose another game tonight
And I've lost all my patience and I'm losing sight
We've got extra innings but we're out of time
I've got three strikes and counting and the series isn't mine
Please tell me:

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WALK AWAY >

You warned me you'd pour through my fingers like sand
You warned me this was a flash in the pan
But I'm always looking over my shoulder
And I can't believe it's gonna over
You told me we're just having fun while we can
But you always seem to find me
When you lose your way and can't go back
And the walls close in around you
You'll be at my door again

You still amaze me
You always walk away from
You always walk away from these two arms
You drive me crazy
You always walk away from
You always walk away from these two arms

You warned me it's better for me if we part
You warned me the end is near right from the start
But I just can't seem to learn from your schooling
I'm holding on but who am I fooling
You warned me but this boy was never that smart
But you always seem to find me
When you lose your way and can't go back
And the walls close in around you
You'll be at my door again

You still amaze me
You always walk away from
You always walk away from these two arms
You make me crazy
You always walk away from
You always walk away from these two arms
I always catch you, catch you when you walk away and
I always beg you, beg you not to walk away and
I always tell you, you don't have to walk away from
Walk away from these arms

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PROMISED LAND >

You wandered down a one way with an attitude
Didn't you say nothing happens to you
You watched her slip away with a part of you
Didn't you say it was smart of you, standing on your own

She made you a better man
She gave you legs when you could not stand
This ground is sinking sand
You gave away your promised land

Frustration put another hole in the wall again
Didn't she cry on the floor again, too
For some reason you didn't end up where you're supposed to be
Minimum wage and a pedigree hanging on the wall

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SIMPLE >

Simple man, simple woman
That's what he said, that's what she said
And all your friends seem to get it
Read the road map and follow the directions
Wore my shoes out
Wore my legs out
Wore my heart out
Waitin' for that light to turn again
Makes you crazy
Makes you dizzy
Makes you wanna say, why can't these two just get along?

Simple people
Simple question
Simple words, as simple as a straight line
Simple people
Simple problem
Simple words, as simple as the Berlin Wall

She was made for the city
Legs and long hair
And all the chic wear
And she knows how to use it
Read the road map and follow the directions
Makes me humble
Makes me fumble
Makes my mind race up that street down back here again
Makes your blood flow
Makes your face glow
Makes you wanna say now, why can't these two just get along?

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DIAMOND LIFE >

You followed the directions
And made the right connections
And everything is going exactly as you planned it in your life
In your life
But you woke up this morning
Like a clown who was performing
To the audience conforming
With the stale jokes and routines you borrowed
That you borrowed

And out on the playground you see children are at play
And something inside you says you've thrown it all away
They have the spark that is fading with every step you take
Does it shine in your little diamond life?

They don't have the money
Or covet the possessions
Or care about the power
Or cultivate obsessions like you do
Like you do
And ordinary people with ordinary problems
And ordinary reasons for reaching to the bottom of this life
Don't have much more

August light is rich today
There's still time for you to say
You won't live and you won't die for diamonds

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YESTERYEAR >

You don't think time really matters
Wait here and the train's gonna shatter your roadblocks
And grind you into dust
Trends fall with a change in the weather
Why try to put 'em back together
With duct tape and strands of musty thread

These are the days we're living in the haze of yesteryear
When you were young and everywhere you looked was green and clear

These are the days we're living in a boomer biosphere
Someday you'll find the air is not so bad outside

You can laugh at my clothes if you want to
But you're a debriefed statue holding onto the past
Let's see how long you last
Watching reruns of Leave It To Beaver
When are you gonna trade in the Cleaver
For Beavis and Butthead's little smirk?

We're just counting off the weekends
Running after leaves, running out of time
We try to take back what we lost
No matter what it costs
To the here and now

Doesn't matter if you've been there done that
You've found a home there and now you never wanna come back
To read tomorrow's mail
One day you're a crack theologian
Ten years and you're passing out the Trojans at K-Mart
Just look how far you've come

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YOUR MOTHER'S EYES >

Some say old days are best forgotten
And I know history is on your side
Found your number and held it all these years
But I couldn't let it go before I tried

You've got some pictures on the wall
You've got some letters in your room
You've got your mother's eyes
They always sympathize
When all you got was such a dirty trick

Your hand's shaking upon the wheel
My mind's aching to make it real
You've got your doubts, I know that I've got mine
But I've never been so sure of this before

Someone overstepped their bounds tonight
Someone else is in your head tonight
But one last time for one lost soul
One last time to make it whole

And driving down the riverside
When conversation turned and died
And all the words you said to me
Fade out like empty litanies
And in the rearview mirror I see
What they were supposed to be
In your mother's eyes

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