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Tighten it Up

by Kristen Ford

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1.
Radio 05:14
Radio Lyrics In Chicago I went through 4 fake IDs To get into the rock shows I was 19 I took home every single Reject CD From my unpaid internship at Venus Zine They’re never gonna never gonna dance to this They’ll be looking at their phones Never gonna never gonna call it a hit You won’t hear it on the radio You won’t hear it on the radio The party scene is not so fun When everyone you know is a setting sun Against the odds I’ll go back to my roots yet Make my way in Massachusetts Playing every night in a different club Teach in the day but it’s not what I love See them young kids playing that guitar I don’t know why they try so hard They’re never gonna never gonna dance to this They’ll be looking at their phones Never gonna never gonna call it a hit You won’t hear it on the radio You won’t hear it on the radio What’s it gonna What’s it gonna be kid Is it Nashville New York or Los Angeles There comes a point when you fake it till you break it Well I’m ready, are you ready? I’m turning up the radio They’re never gonna never gonna dance to this They’ll be looking at their phones Never gonna never gonna call it a hit You won’t hear it on the radio You won’t hear it on the radio
2.
Cassette 02:52
Cassette My guitar smells like the collective cigarette They exhaled in Idaho I drove it down to salt lake and I wonder what I'm doing here all alone on stage Oh I wonder how I'm acting am I looking my age Chorus: I don't know anymore How can you tell rock bottom from the floor No I don't know not yet Just keep spinning like your favorite cassette How I miss Sally O Briens where everyone knew my name and the regulars on bar stools staring at the tv screens and my friends were in the hi top chairs drinking those big beers I've been gone so long wonder if they even care Chorus It's a Wednesday night in a tourist mountain town I'm about to play for tips bout to throw it all down I hope there's anyone inside anyone who wants to listen cause i'm developing some kind of thin skinned condition CHORUS Don't you get upset Don't you be so impatient You're gonna make it Just not yet Just keep spinning like your favorite first cassette
3.
Love, Before 03:04
Love, Before Lyrics Coming of age in the United States Perpetual war making machine Really puts you in your place You could stay in bed for days Never ever want to give your heart away But you gave it up to me And I'm thanking you The least that I could do I been I been I been in love before But this time I'm giving it up to you I been I been I been in love before But this time I'm giving it up to you
4.
I went down to Devil's Garden and the view was worth my soul We came back built up a fire Life is more simple than the day before And I wish it could always be like this Yes I wish it could be like this Together we just exist As we wait the moon is arising Painting moon colored rocks I was always headed for that target sometimes it's so easy to get lost and I wish it could always be like this Yes I wish it could be like this Together we just exist Together we just exist we exist
5.
Ramblin' 02:20
Ramblin' Lyrics Will I know home when I see it Like falling in love where you just feel it Feel it I've had one night stands I've had one time friends I got no return address Only where I'm headed next I'm the ramblin kind I'm the rambllin kind No place on my mind I'm the ramblin kind And I held lots of jobs I made lots of spaces that I did not want to be in I made lots of plans I got real good at breaking them I've had one night stands I've had one time friends I got no return address Only where I'm headed next I'm the ramblin kind I'm the rambllin kind No place on my mind I'm the ramblin kind I've had one night stands I've had one time friends I got no return address Only where I'm headed next I'm the ramblin kind I'm the rambllin kind No place on my mind I'm the ramblin kind I'm the ramblin I am the ramblin I'm the ramblin kind
6.
Give Up 08:03
Give Up Lyrics There's a monkey on your back Bring you to the floor Voice inside your head Always wanting more Hue behind your eyes Coloring your vision Constant compromise you miss what's happening miss what's happening I want to be a songwriter I want to be a songwriter Treat your friends like they want to be treated Even when you feel so defeated Standing on the sidelines Applaud their successes Hold your head up high Don't you ever get jealous ever get jealous No! I want to be a songwriter I'm not ready to be what I didn't want to be I'm not ready to give up on myself I want to be a songwriter I want to be a songwriter I want to be a songwriter Not ready to be what I didn't want to be I'm not ready to give up on myself

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"Tighten it Up" is a live video album. All of these songs have music videos, where you can experience the songs being created live by a girl in a room with some instrumentals. Watch/download them all at kristenfordmusic.com

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released March 19, 2015

All songs performed live by Kristen Ford (guitars, drums,
throat, pedals) without edits, auto tune or studio trickery.
Recorded at Dimension Sound Studios, Jamaica Plain, MA
Engineered and mixed by Dan Cardinal
Assistant recording engineer and Mastered by Ariel Bernstein
All songs and lyrics by Kristen Ford © 2015 except “Radio” lyrics by Kristen Ford and Jade Sylvan
www.kristenfordmusic.com


Video credits:
Filmed and edited by L.C.Farrare for "Music Note Television"
Brianna Oliveira for Makeup, 2nd camera operator.

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Kristen Ford is one lucky SOB. Her debut single on Righteous Babe Records "White Man's Dream" co-written and produced by Ani Difranco is out now, and she will be supporting Ani on her fall tour.

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