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Hitherto Unreleased Archives 1995​-​2023

by Liz Hogg

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Standing in line To see the show tonight And there's a light on Heavy glow By the way I tried to say I'll be there Waiting for Dani the girl Is singing songs to me Beneath the marquee Overload Steak-knife Card shark Con job Boot cut
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My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why I got out of bed at all The morning rain clouds up my window And I can't see at all And even if I could, it'd all be gray But your picture on my wall It reminds me that it's not so bad It's not so bad I drank too much last night, got bills to pay My head just feels in pain I missed the bus and there'll be hell today I'm late for work again And even if I'm there, they'll all imply That I might not last the day And then you call me And it's not so bad, it's not so bad And I want to thank you For giving me the best day of my life Oh, just to be with you Is having the best day of my life Push the door, I'm home at last And I'm soaking through and through Then you handed me a towel And all I see is you And even if my house falls down now I wouldn't have a clue Because you're near me
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I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still, my guitar gently weeps I don't know why nobody told you They bought and sold your love I don't know why nobody told you They bought and sold you I look at the world and I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping Still my guitar gently weeps
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Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner Sometimes I feel like my only friend Is the city I live in, the city of angels Lonely as I am, together we cry I drive on her streets 'cause she's my companion I walk through her hills 'cause she knows who I am She sees my good deeds and she kisses me windy And I don't ever wanna feel Like I did that day Take me to the place I love Take me all the way I don't ever wanna feel Like I did that day Take me to the place I love Take me all the way It's hard to believe that I'm all alone Under the bridge downtown Is where I drew some blood Under the bridge downtown I could not get enough Under the bridge downtown Forgot about my love Under the bridge downtown I gave my life away
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Guess who just got back today? Them wild-eyed boys that had been away Haven't changed, had much to say But man, I still think them cats are crazy They were askin' if you were around How you was, where you could be found I told 'em you were livin' downtown Drivin' all the old men crazy The boys are back in town (the boys are back in town) I said (the boys are back in town) (The boys are back in town) The boys are back in town (The boys are back in town) The boys are back in town (The boys are back in town) You know that chick that used to dance a lot Every night she'd be on the floor, shakin' what she's got Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red-hot I mean, she was steamin' And that time over at Johnny's place Well, this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face Man, we just fell about the place If that chick don't wanna know, forget her The boys are back in town (the boys are back in town) I said (the boys are back in town) (The boys are back in town) The boys are back in town (The boys are back in town) The boys are back in town (The boys are back in town) Spread the word around Guess who's back in town Just spread the word around Friday night they'll be dressed to kill Down at Dino's Bar'n'Grill The drink will flow and blood will spill And if the boys wanna fight, you better let 'em That jukebox in the corner blastin' out my favorite song The nights are getting longer, it won't be long Won't be long 'til summer comes Now that the boys are here again The boys are back in town (the boys are back in town) (The boys are back in town) (The boys are back in town) The boys are back in town (The boys are back in town) spread the word around The boys are back in town (The boys are back in town) The boys are back, the boys are back The boys are back in town again Been hangin' down at Dino's The boys are back in town again
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All around the world statues crumble for me Who knows how long I've loved you Everywhere I go, people stop and they see Twenty-five years old, my mother God rest her soul I just wanna fly Put your arms around me, baby Put your arms around me, baby I just wanna fly Put your arms around me, baby Put your arms around me, baby Dance little stranger, show me where you've been Love can make you hostage, wanna do it again There's no time to think about the starting or the end We'll find out I'm told, my mother, she told me so I just wanna fly Put your arms around me, baby Put your arms around me, baby I just wanna fly Put your arms around me, baby Put your arms around me, baby I just want to fly I just want to fly All around the world, statues crumble for me Who knows how long I've loved you Everyone I know has been so good to me Twenty-five years old, my mother, God rest her soul I just wanna fly Put your arms around me, baby Put your arms around me, baby I just wanna fly Put your arms around me, baby Put your arms around me, baby I just want to fly I just want to fly I just wanna fly I just wanna fly I just wanna fly
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I've been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man? Lose sensations, spare the insults, leave them for another day I've got the spirit, lose the feeling Take the shock away It's getting faster, moving faster now It's getting out of hand On the tenth floor, down the back stairs It's a no man's land Lights are flashing, cars are crashing Getting frequent now I've got the spirit, lose the feeling Let it out somehow What means to you, what means to me And we will meet again I'm watching you, I'm watching Oh I'll take no pity from your friends Who is right? Who can tell? And who gives a damn right now? Until the spirit new sensation takes hold Then you know Until the spirit new sensation takes hold Then you know Until the spirit new sensation takes hold Then you know I've got the spirit But lose the feeling I've got the spirit But lose the feeling Feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling
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Have you gone away already? Oh really how so soon I guess that’s what I get For the words I wrote you I take them back fully No time for regrets You just can’t be understood Anyway The burning desire to say more But I’ve already gone too far Am I living through your eyes Or just an alternate universe?
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Girl You have no faith in medicine Oh, girl You have no faith in medicine Acetaminophen You see the medicine Oh, girl Is there a way to find a cure for this Implanted in a pill Just the name upon the bottle Which determines if it will Is the problem you're allergic To a well familiar name? Do you have a problem with this one If the results are the same? Acetaminophen You see the medicine Oh, girl You have no faith in medicine Oh, girl You have no faith in medicine Acetaminophen You see the medicine Oh, girl Oh, girl You have no faith in medicine Acetaminophen You see the medicine Oh, girl Well, strip the bark right off the tree And just hand it this way Don't even need a drink of water To make the headache go away Give me a sugar pill And watch me just rattle Down the street Acetaminophen You see the medicine Oh, girl You have no faith in medicine Oh, girl You have no faith in medicine Oh, girl Oh, girl Oh, girl Oh, girl
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Racecar drivers blaze their face off driving I’m going too fast Police piggies coppin’ Drowning blood baths for the cotton But it’s too fast Priests and politicians give you hope if you let them but it never lasts Moisture caressing Feels so good to have hearts touching But it’s not love A lost and broken past Yet it burns so fast Wolf machines Howling their foul dreams Souls are liars Always so torched with desire A heart’s too black Machine guns fire Hole up the sky as my thoughts tire But it’s no dream Looking for a buyer Could you quicken my retire Such a long life Rage is speeding my brain needs feeding Filled with such strife
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Take it off You’re not one to fake a mask Let us all see Those mysteries you’ve held back Wake it up Take a break From your cerebral brain My blunt innards tell Me everything’s a pain One step ahead  of  that Forbidden threshold Don’t got time to learn All of life’s mindblows
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I wanna go to space Take a flight And put to waste Those thoughts in my mind Run away but don’t put up a fight Never avert these eyes from paradise Catch a gust of wind from the sky Never knew the clouds were so high Along the craters I see the whole world’s side But everything is nothing at the same time
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How does it feel to you? (Laughing loud) To watch me fall down too (Laughing proud) How does it feel to you? (Laughing loud) When you fail my every move (Laughing proud) Do fish have dreams - she asked me Can their thoughts breathe - like mine do too Do you remember me? I can’t say My attention freezes Every new day Can they swim in a sea of dirt Can I still see when my eyes are worn Do fish have dreams she asked me Can their thoughts breathe like mine do too
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Guitar: Liz Hogg, Guitar: Charlie Perry, Bass: Max Epstein, Drums: Andrew Orenstein. Composed by Andrew Orenstein.
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Something tells me that I have much to learn Of the things that make you Happy happy All the times you’re mad You just make me sad But I fool you with my Smile smile
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BIG BANG MOUNTAIN: Thrown by the sight of you Yet left me undisturbed Cars what are you trying to do When you hit me off the curb One mountain clogs my view But only I can see all its pores I hate cars and the people in them And they find me absurd The big bang consents our doom Between reals we’re torn Awoken by the scenery Morning machines quietly roar Cars what are you trying to do When you hit me off the curb I hate cars and the people in them And they find me absurd SPEEDY FEELIES: Racecar drivers blaze their face off driving I’m going too fast Police piggies coppin’ Drowning blood baths for the cotton But it’s too fast Priests and politicians give you hope if you let them but it never lasts Moisture caressing Feels so good to have hearts touching But it’s not love A lost and broken past Yet it burns so fast Wolf machines Howling their foul dreams Souls are liars Always so torched with desire A heart’s too black Machine guns fire Hole up the sky as my thoughts tire But it’s no dream Looking for a buyer Could you quicken my retire Such a long life Rage is speeding my brain needs feeding Filled with such strife IN LIMBO: In the waiting room there’s a call One voice carries through the fog I’m in limbo I can’t feel The waste coming from my dreams One week’s time to break the fall of news well heeded to destroy Outside the ice makes me thaw Revive the feeling for limbo’s call Hooker’s on streets My knee’s bleedin’ Shuddered thoughts looping beats Did you see the whale? My hands sweating Feel the pulse of yesterday’s dreams MY SON & I: He was the first of the very last of my kind I’ll call him John He’ll be mine my only son till the end of time His name was John he had black hair we went to the zoo I bought him ice cream that part of me is forever in him Always mine my son & I ON THE BEACH: Watching the lake when it was on fire Suddenly awoken That repressed desire If we can wait forever & ever We’ve been endowed With a worthwhile endeavor Sitting on the beach people all sensual Can’t smell the sea Once I’m tugged from the center Have faith in the core Laying stagnant inside you One day it’ll burst While paying no mind to you UNDER THE WHALE: Roaming pavement at night I could be anywhere One in a room full of drunks I could be anywhere So many soul’s filled with junk Mine can’t breathe anywhere Brush the mass off like dandruff Too proud to carry too offstandish You’ll never die from sight Though people blow I’m offended by Your effrontery to my intelligence What the f*** have you done? DRIFTERS: Everything happens now right now Everything happens here Everything happens now right now Pop goes the instant it’s clear People drift & cowards break hearts one moment dies & it’s all lost People drift & cowards break hearts Opportunities missed Then we’re dead Dead Everything constricts to now right now only point to run is to be found I want everything right now right now Stagnate repeats in infinite rounds Speculation Hesitation Percolation
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Life goes on With or without you Don’t be a pawn See what you can do So they humiliated you But only one time you were fooled Only one time you were fooled Cut it out cut it out Only one time you were fooled Cut it out
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Watching the lake when it was on fire Suddenly awoken That repressed desire If we can wait forever & ever We’ve been endowed With a worthwhile endeavor Sitting on the beach people all sensual Can’t smell the sea Once I’m tugged from the center Have faith in the core Laying stagnant inside you One day it’ll burst While paying no mind to you
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He was the first of the very last of my kind I’ll call him John He’ll be mine my only son till the end of time His name was John he had black hair we went to the zoo I bought him ice cream that part of me is forever in him Always mine my son & I
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Thrown by the sight of you Yet left me undisturbed Cars what are you trying to do When you hit me off the curb One mountain clogs my view But only I can see all its pores I hate cars and the people in them And they find me absurd The big bang consents our doom Between reals we’re torn Awoken by the scenery Morning machines quietly roar Cars what are you trying to do When you hit me off the curb I hate cars and the people in them And they find me absurd
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Everything happens now right now Everything happens here Everything happens now right now Pop goes the instant it’s clear People drift & cowards break hearts one moment dies & it’s all lost People drift & cowards break hearts Opportunities missed Then we’re dead Dead Everything constricts to now right now only point to run is to be found I want everything right now right now Stagnate repeats in infinite rounds Speculation Hesitation Percolation
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Never enough Even when I’m old resting in one shared nest A shred of doubt persists for the lifetime we can’t resist We owe it to that common fear never abated by two kids in the mirror No lifetimes of devotion can deplete our sentence This urgency never ends it’s impossible to quench Futile attempts to act on what’s bigger than us Torturing each other to set things just It’s never enough never enough never enough
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Abolish Mirrors when you’re so young everything is right It all makes sense Until you see your weathered face in the light Reflections muddle everything And ruins what’s right Abolish mirrors Soil your sight
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Roaming pavement at night I could be anywhere One in a room full of drunks I could be anywhere So many soul’s filled with junk Mine can’t breathe anywhere Brush the mass off like dandruff Too proud to carry too offstandish You’ll never die from sight Though people blow I’m offended by Your effrontery to my intelligence What the fuck have you done?
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I wanna shave my head take me over from the back
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keep your body let it die no one had it both ways false real motivator no restraint get the reward somewhere else knock it down why starving why starve me why starve for me why starve live for another why starve no more memories light ahead
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fall in your back let go your hair follow to catch
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cry for walls built up Gulf of all fad’s up only why cause us tired lines progress goy is hallmark just you try ignore us plenty games for us plant a stage be joyous tracking sides in wallets recalling man before us never stood alone poor us flanked by moths of molest flanked by moths of molest get dressed show me the line between insularism and discrimination
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girls so sweet boys not girls being sad boys care not unpleasant when once a fool but now you’re not take manners to grave retain mine always impotence can only dream up giants and they laugh woman loves and is sad for the man who never stands alone
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Always look down face to the ground find where you’re allowed occupied now bad days for now look down kiss my forehead sixteen chances kiss my forehead sixteen times times tell me about the future legends tell me how to make them mine turning soft is my best feeling gets easier every time time my first mistake lies I could face Only wanted certain sureness
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Soil over pavement good luck past selves stay with us hugging myself I enslaved myself in my internal life Childhood memories keep you going Is resurrection in life possible? Parallel life still running Have faith in even what you know is not real Dreams can turn into nightmares but nightmares can never turn back into dreams
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Crime we’ve dressed built up our for light and longing you grow down but nothing is all’s ultimate destination so why not embrace it now once learned can’t return nature derailed all the time by human’s nature lighten up havin’ a blast still
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my first mistake killed my headache tell me a lie all I ever wanted was to be sure I wanna be soft again Their sad makes the world go round I don’t care if you like it I don’t believe a thing I say forgive me with false god suffering years I love myself people live for each other then they’re free I love the truth I love money but never all the way is the bottom false tragedy’s sleeping at the bottom thought all intimate would become exterior but was wrong give you all the love you need cradle your neck I know you’re still out there waiting for me I love what’s in front of me Everything but I love myself My first mistake soil
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You're so sweet You're so fine I want you all and everything just to be mine 'Cause you're my babe 'Cause you're my love Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love You slide so good With bones so fair You've got the universe reclining in your hair 'Cause you're my babe Yes, you're my love Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love Just like a car You're pleasing to behold I'll call you Jaguar if I may be so bold 'Cause you're my babe Yes, you're my love Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love The wild winds blow Upon your frozen cheeks The way you flip your hip it always makes me weak 'Cause you're my babe Yes, you're my love Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love Your motivation is so sweet Your vibrations are burning up my feet 'Cause you're my babe Yes, you're my love Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love I said, girl I'm just a vampire for your love And I'm going to suck you
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You're so sweet You're so fine I want you all and everything just to be mine 'Cause you're my babe 'Cause you're my love Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love You slide so good With bones so fair You've got the universe reclining in your hair 'Cause you're my babe Yes, you're my love Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love Just like a car You're pleasing to behold I'll call you Jaguar if I may be so bold 'Cause you're my babe Yes, you're my love Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love The wild winds blow Upon your frozen cheeks The way you flip your hip it always makes me weak 'Cause you're my babe Yes, you're my love Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love Your motivation is so sweet Your vibrations are burning up my feet 'Cause you're my babe Yes, you're my love Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love I said, girl I'm just a vampire for your love And I'm going to suck you
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I’m excited to present my Hitherto Unreleased Archives 1995-2023. I like best LH tapes 1-2 & the kernels, so if you don’t have 36 hours or prefer to be choosy, play those (36-7, 53-54, 107-113, 163-6, 261-73, 286-417). Next, I advise listening to the 2009-12 tapes in general (~33-57), followed by everything else. The classical cuts were unreleased for a reason at the time but I like how they track my progress from when I started age 18 in fall 2011 to now. Only play birthday tapes (1-2, 7-9 which are not music, only speaking) if you’re a completist & can stand some boring sections. The entirety is a potpourri of vibes offering a kaleidoscopic window into the so far unseen musical life of my first 30 years. At 36 hours, this archive contains every unreleased recording made from age 2-30 (1995-2023). It consists of mostly solo guitar doodles (early demos of songs, stand-alone sound bites, experiments, etc.) in addition to ensemble recordings & other various instrumentation. Most are solo recordings written by me, but check the info tab of each track for other personnel when present. Until recently, I have culled music from these archives for new songs, but now that I am done writing in this fashion, & therefore don’t foresee any future archival materials, I’m uploading them all in their original form as I sometimes prefer them, before being manipulated/refined/combined with other parts to eventually become finished songs. I should add as a disclaimer that not all of this is "good." I debated about picking & choosing what is worthy but eventually decided to not leave out a single thing, however cringe in spots. Or to me it's not a true archive. I did warn you ;) - hope you enjoy.

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released March 10, 2024

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