No Arrows On The Floor

by Dick Aven

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ChrisA I love this record. It’s got the sing-along-at- the-top-of-your-lungs songs and the curl-up-and-tear-up-songs. It’s a full body of emotion and experience that, when finished makes you want to jump right back in like a great roller coaster ride. Thanks Dick, for pouring your heart into your music again for our healing and entertainment.
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1.
For The Win 04:01
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There was somethin' 'bout the old days Down at the record store No arrows on the floor There was somethin' 'bout the old ways It's was a bopkrieg blitz We spun the flops and hits We were hip to the jive We were coming alive Listening For the win For the win For the win Al little help from my friends Always bought never rent For the win We were socialized by fire And if that ain't enough There's all the other stuff We were penalized with pliers How does that old quote go Oh, I don't even know We were hip to the jive We were coming alive Listening For the win For the win For the win Al little help from my friends Always bought we did not rent For the win For the win For the win Deep zone deep zone Don't follow the arrow Deep zone deep zone Don't follow the arrow Deep zone deep zone Don't follow the arrow Deep zone deep zone Don't follow the arrow Deep zone don't follow the arrow Deep zone don't follow the arrow Deep zone don't follow the arrow Into the deep zone Into the deep zone Into the D zone Into the deep zone
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Just Watching 04:31
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Go ahead with all your plans and just let it fly Yea, I had you covered forever just like the sky Looking out from my rooftop in the sun Where the wild birds come To get higher than God All I needed was a tune and some good time Get us started with an old dance and French wine Catching p with all we have or haven't done How it cuts me to the bone Then the moment is gone in a sigh As we play our separate games Say, there must be fifty ways Tell me how to explain Just watching the great escape Just watching the great escape Catching p with all we have or haven't done How it cuts me to the bone Then the moment is gone, gone, gone in a sigh As we play our separate games Say, there must be fifty ways Tell me how to explain Just watching the great escape Just watching the great escape Watching the great escape Oh oooou......
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Soul Hacked 03:34
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Don't wanna leave it I don't wanna leave it like it is I know you can feel it I know you could steal it from my eye I wanna lie in the grass beside ya Always held in your time capsule Do you believe in a higher power Left in the dark A broken light I'm going to love ya I'm going to love ya every day I want you to love me I'll always love you either way Hopes up Not gold backed Don't leave my soul hacked What will we fall back on then I want to lie on the grass beside ya Always held in your time capsule Do you believe in a higher power Left in the dark A broken light Left in the dark A broken light Don't wanna leave it Don't wanna leave it like it is Want you to love me I'll always love ya either way I'll always love you either way I'll always love you either way
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Pop Control 04:23
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With insight And well hidden Oh oh Through the silence we listen Taking bites is forbidden Oh oh oh At least from where we are sitting Oh oh oh Pop control Did you save all your box tops? Oh oh Oh goody, goody gumdrops Oh oh oh Shout out loud from the rooftop oh oh Counting, licking lollipops Oh oh oh Pop control Take a poll Mind patrol When the ship goes down Won’t be caught standing 'round With my pockets all turned inside out When the ship goes down Won’t be caught standing 'round With my pockets all turned inside inside out It’s the fight for the title Oh oh Did you change up your style Oh oh oh Enemy is your idol Oh oh Tracking you in the wild Oh oh oh Pop control Pop control Shake your soul When the ship goes down Won’t be caught standing 'round With my pockets all turned inside out When the ship goes down Won’t be caught standing 'round With my pockets all turned inside inside inside out
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First World Blues 05:01
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It’s hard being young All day, waiting on the sun Oh, and you can’t escape First world blues is still strong Don’t want to land on my ass again Happens now and then I don’t want to spill my heart for you If I don’t know that you’d love me to It’s hard being young I’ve been saying it all my life Oh, but I can’t explain Why the first world blues is still strong Cadillacs, diamond rings Bass guitar with flat wound strings Living through the greatest tragedies Greens, white bread, chicken wings Shuffling after our drinks Gonna find out what our Mama thinks Was fun growing old Oh, with my favorite girl Oh, but I can’t quit crying When I think about The first world blues It’s still strong Wish I’d known I’d live this long Singing sappy songs That I’d want to pour my heart out for you Because I know that you love me, too Cadillacs, diamond rings Bass guitars with flat wound strings Living through the greatest tragedies Tenor sax, guitar leads Shuffling happy hour drinks Gonna find out what our Mama thinks It’s hard being young It’s hard being young It’s hard being young It’s hard being young Young
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Playing Safe 04:08
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Walked to the bar Didn’t tie my shoes Didn’t dust my blues I was thinking about how it was almost Sunday Smelled a cigar I was hearing sirens and dogs were barking I was thankful that I was already buzzed As I walked I thought something ‘bout something But I don’t want to say what it was I took a drive from north Alabama to San Antonio Never saw what I drove there for I smoke a lot No I don’t drown pills and I don’t seek thrills, no Don't wanna fight no more but I will to live And I wanna say somethin' 'bout somethin' Analyze all the lies analyze If you’re gonna sing anthems about freedom Don’t you throw it away playin' safe If you wanna say something about something You should say anything that you want If you want to sing anthems about freedom Don’t you throw it away playin' safe Don’t you throw it away Don’t you throw it away Playin' safe
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Lucid Dream 03:33
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Everybody’s got a fantasy Oh baby, mine’s you and me My youth cruisin’ in a search for truth Cross roads, baby led to you Waking up from the history Oh baby, did you make coffee? I love how you say my name Oh baby, gettin’ in your game I’m gonna find the strength I’m gonna drive I’m gonna find the strength I’m gonna thrive I’m gonna find the strength I’m gonna to dive I’m in a lucid dream I’m gonna fly Now baby when I look at you Oh, how would I make you love me do Oh baby take a look at you Oh, how would I make you love me do I’m gonna find the strength I’m gonna drive I’m gonna find the strength I’m gonna thrive I’m gonna find the strength I’m gonna dive I’m in a lucid dream I’m gonna fly Fly fly fly Get in the game Get in the game Get in the game Get in the game
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Don't Sell it 03:51
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Help me stop the fire Don't sell it Sell it to that devil Who won't let you grow Who won't let you go Will it Steal it and wear it How far to go? Who needs to know? Should we stop to read all the lovely fliers In our burning towers Or run? Do you want to keep all these pretty things? Does it come with strange bedfellows? Help me stop the fire Reach out Reach out for each other There's nothing wrong with being headstrong Don't sell it Sell it to that devil Who won't let you grow Who won't let you go Do you want to keep all these pretty things? If they come with strange bedfellows? Don't sell it Sell it to that devil Who won't let you grow Who won't let you go Won't let you grow Won't let you go Won't let you go Won't let you go Won't let you go Won't let you go Won't let you grow Wont let you go Strange bedfellows Help me stop the fire Burn it all down Help me stop the fire Burn it all down
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Our Perpetual Weekend 02:58
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So it starts Ides of March Our perpetual weekend All’s a blur We endure Our perpetual weekend Friday night, Saturday and Sunday morning with you Friday night, Saturday Sunday afternoon Blazing up with you Moons and stars Point us towards Our perpetual weekend
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Lost 03:28
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I filled in the dirt As I evoked the ghost of Sweet child of mine Playing 'round on the carousel Lost all we saved for the rainy days Took it to our graves I courted an urge and I'm right on the verge now Seems like the last time I saw you stays on my mind Lost all we saved for the rainy days Took it to our graves Lost all we saved all we saved Lost all we saved for the holidays Days that never came Broken and estranged Lost all we saved Eyes with silver dimes Running out of rhymes Lost all we saved

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released June 1, 2023

Written, produced, mixed, all instruments played, arranged and sung by Dick Aven in Franklin, Tennessee.
Mastered by Eric Bates at Bates Brothers Recording Studio in Hueytown, Alabama.
Album art by Chris Aven

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Dick Aven Franklin, Tennessee

Dick Aven is a musician with a passion for innovative music falling somewhere in between the intimacy of folk and the experimental nature of progressive.
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