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Made in High School

by Free Parking!

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1.
Gimme Formal 04:33
Prom night is like the pockets of a tux All sewn up: nothing on the inside Disillusioned youth in flux Buy your dream night: hope it's in your size Pose for pictures, smile with your teeth Is anybody here having fun yet? Just when I think I'm ready to leave Tie me to the mast: here comes a siren! Please don't mistake this for an attack I just wrenched that knife from my achin' back My date's out dancing with other guys Come on, girl, you want to give this a try? What's the worst that could happen? We both go home not quite relaxing? This could be the best night of our lives! Oh these thoughts will get me barred from heaven I can't pull off a dress, but man it works for you Every time you touch my arm I stiffen Do you wanna dance? Oh man I hope ya do! Please don't think I got off track I just wrenched that knife from my bloody back Bridget's out dancing with Tyler and Steve I can dance with YOU girl! I'm not Chris Reeve What's the worse that could happen if we try? Neither you nor I would go home dry? This could be the best night of our lives! (solo!) I sit by myself, drinking my tea You come over and you speak just to me You suggest that we give this prom a whirl I'm not sure that's such a good plan, girl Can't you see that I'm a total freak? An obnoxious, phony red-haired geek? I've wanted you since freshman year My head is there but baby you are standing here I keep telling myself you're taken I want you bad, honey, I'm not faking You'd make this the best night of my life!
2.
Let’s fall in love, let’s fall in love Let’s look up at the stars above We’ll see the pulsars and the bright stars And the nebulas, too. We’ll only see what we want to see. Let’s fall in love, let’s fall in love We’ll be like two stars from the movies Holding hands and holding breaths We are so PG-13! That’s you and me. Wouldn’t that be neat? Let’s fall in love let’s be like everyone else Strolling through the park and through the dark under my sheets Maybe lust can be what love should be? Let’s fall in love, let’s fall in love! We’ll run through fields of gold You never know just how old we will be. Let’s wait and see. Sometimes! I know my heart was made for you Sometimes you! You look at me and it feels brand new My heart is like a grand piano And you sit at the keys Sometimes I hope that you will be the one To set me free Yeah! Let’s fall in love, let’s fall in love! I’ll be the lead to your rhythm Your hand in mine our hearts in time sand through an hourglass We can watch the hours pass Let’s fall in love, let’s FALL in love! Maybe you’re exactly like me? Confused and lonely, you’re the angel for me Maybe we should be Not us. Sometimes! I know my heart was made for you Sometimes you! You look at me and it feels so true My heart is like a violin And you’re holding the bow Sometimes I hope that you will be the one I call home lovelovelove oh no OH NO!!! I don’t think I’m the one for you I know I KNOW! That you have major trust issues My heart is like a dying soldier And you’re the bayonet I’m seventeen!! I don’t know if I’m ready yet Oh holy fuck I am so fucked I don’t know what to do I’m sad and lonely and I know that I will hurt you too Why do you insist? Why do we persist? But you’re so pretty, you’re so perfect I could never say no Why would I ever, EVER want you to go? Oh no. I’m doomed.
3.
I don't feel anything. I don't feel a thing at all I see my past stretched out in front of me Like the ghosts of all the dead and gone I was the war between the states Why won't you let me escape? I'll take a walk northwest of Anywhere Along the continental divide I will let my instincts be my guide I'll be alright We're all alright But now I'm going away I'm gonna take what's left inside of me I'm gonna leave my friends and family As I walk away I know they'll all sneer and say "But I'll be alright" We're all alright * * * We're gonna brawl! Gonna fight on a Saturday night I'm gonna punch it away till I'm feeling alive Till there's LIFE coursing through what is making me up I don't know who you are but cha better shut up I'm alright! We're all alright! You can't cage me I am drunk right out of my mind I don't see anything but the blood running red I won't be the creature that you want me to be Don't you dare lecture me about responsibility I'll be alright I spent high school spitting out bummed cigarettes I filled my head with alcohol and a load of regrets I should fly, but I can't evolve: I've regressed I'm not the boy to take home to your mother to keep her impressed! But I'm alright Oh I am all wrong I don't know what to do with my life So I'll find young blood on a Saturday night I won't stop till I can't feel any last punch A mile away I'll sail away
4.
I'm not feeling clean, they've torn us apart at the seams The end is nigh, so it seems... It's not time to die, we must take to the skies C'mon I'll teach you how to fly We will sail past Jupiter's moons Olympus Mons, Berada Nikto Klaatu I will show you how it's done We'll set the controls of our TARDIS at the sun There's no way they'll find us The starlight will guide us Into our Love Universe! We'll go supernova You'll feel it all over We were not meant for this world Oh, you are mine Let's lose our space and our time It's all we must do to survive Oh, I'm feelin good! Nobody should be without the one that they love There's no way they'll find us The starlight will guide us Into our Love Universe! We'll go supernova You'll feel it all over We were not meant for this world! You are mine If we lose our space my dear, we will lose our time Our Love Universe I need you with me tonight Don't let me go Don't let me go...
5.
Crrrrak'd 01:57
I got my crack on I got my Patron I want to rock tonight And if you find me Well there's a line, G It's going down tonight Four Lokos in this bitch, Honey let me see them tits Cuz I'm just trying to have a good time East coast represent, I am in my element And I'm just trying to have a good time Honeys in the club, I'm not lookin for love I'm just here to feel you up and cry It's my destiny that you belong with me (I don't even need yet another hand to feed) Because I'm on crack tonight (Because I'm on crack tonight! I'm on crack tonight) I'm not here to go. I am not a ghost. I'm on crack again. Don't tell your mother or your father That you're the kinda daughter That would go into the club with a stranger A masked man! Do you believe in life after love? (Love, trick, love, bitch) I'm not here to prove anything to you Except the size of my dick- (shit's HUGE) - and wallet. I will buy you anything at all. CHORUS Catch a ride in a taxi, wit yo ass looking classy No shirt-no shoes, freaky in the chassis I am not your friend, I'll kick your ass out at the bend Ain't no fighting my addiction because I'm on crack AGAIN
6.
They're closing down Arlington The dead have found the newest way to rise: Suck motivation from the living! They've clawed their way through earth and stone Hooked on to me - oh I am gone Fret not for me, I'm not alone I'll waste away Oh my dismay!! Don't save me, you don't need me I'm just a speck on earth I'm all alone, don't waste your breathing! Don't bother. I'm a goner! Oh I'll go off and on my own I'll fall alone Into the night There's nothing left here to love All of my friends abandoned me They left my flesh for all the zombies Now I'll turn to one of them ((Oh no!)) You'll never see my face again Don't watch me fade away Don't look at me!! Don't save me, you don't need me I'm just a speck on earth I'm all alone, don't waste your breathing! Don't bother. I'm a goner! Oh I'll go off and on my own I'll crawl alone Into the night
7.
yougetwhatscomingtoyou I'm in the back country, looking to leave this place Say so long to the Earth, send me to outer space I'm in the back country, looking to hitch a ride I need a way outta here, I need a place to hide I'll shake paws with Laika I'll breathe the air of Mars I'll find my place in the galaxy Cuz there is no one here for me This planet needs one less life When will you come home? I'll shake paws with Laika I'll find my way back home I will finally be alive For out there in the stars I'll thrive Never to see this wretched place again
8.
I'm not telling you the world would end on Tuesday I'm not telling you that I'm always right While the kids are all outside, we'll look up to the sky I'll tuck you in for that long nuclear night And now they're rolling out that nuclear parade I for one just cannot stomach this charade From New York to the depths of the black sea This mutual destruction is not for me! Well I don't think that anyone should live forever But I was hoping we would make it through the week While you're saying your goodbyes, I'll be longing for your eyes There won't be much earth left for the meek Cuz now they're rolling up that Hollywood parade I for one just cannot stomach this charade From the Kremlin to the depths of the black sea This worldwide suicide is not for me (Jitterbug!) I thought that we would make it through September Late October at the very least While you are dying in my arms I'll be praying they disarm I'll be holding you through the big sleep uhhhhhhnononoNO There's not much here left to say, But I don't wanna die today This whole MAD is not for me!!
9.
If you lie next to me Don't you see we can hear the words that Were never meant to be Look up at the sky! Unleash my tie! I'll stay with you, beautiful, till the end of the night It doesn't have to end, we can still be friends I'll hold you to the morning, we can start a trend You can stay my pal! I'll keep you in line! We can stay together girl until the end of time I will marry you I will stay true Put the ring on your finger I'll put it on mine We can stay forever girl: Until the end of time --keep it in line! I think about you every time I shut My eyes I love your hair, which is really neat! I love you from your eyes down to the soles of your feet When you're alone at night, you should be with me We can stay together us two can become a 'we' Put the ring on your finger I'll put it on mine We can stay together girl Until the end of time! Until the end of... time... Who you wanna be? You can be you I will remain me Meet me tonight, if you've heard my rhyme Just leave him girl stick with me till the end of time Maybe one day! Maybe ONE day! You don't have to believe, you just have to see That I was meant for you You were forever meant for me I will marry you I will stay true You put the ring on your finger, I'll put it on mine We can stay together girl Until the end of time Until the end of time.
10.
If we lay here reminiscing With the friends we've made these past years Thinking, hoping we'll remember All the good times spent together Let's think back as we move forward Let's think back to our days as kids All the scenes to try and fit in Going to parties like others did Our eyes see the future, but our hearts see the past So let's just remember the good times we've had Let's just lay here, hoping, praying For the future that's awaiting Losing loved ones dear to your heart As we travel so far apart Can't back down, there's only forwards Losing feet, but gaining ground Knowing there's no way to do this I'll just feel my way around Our eyes see the future, but our hearts see the past So let's just remember the good times we've had As close as we are, we're so far away From living our lives and seizing the day The times that we've shared, the laughs and no-cares The friendships we loved will always be there

about

This album was originally recorded while we were all young lads in High School. We used the exact original audio files that were on Paul, but completely transformed the sound with our advanced technology and robot counterparts. This is what Paul should have sounded like.

This was all remixed and remastered in Jesse's apartment in Seattle.

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released May 25, 2014

Brendan Steere - Lead Singer and Bass
Trevor Gilleece - Lead Guitar
Jesse Nebling - Rhythm Guitar and Backup Singer
Bogdan Niemoczynski - Piano and Keyboard
Cody Gunther - Drums and Percussion
Collectively they are "Free Parking!"

All music composed in 2008-2011 by Free Parking!

All lyrics by Brendan Steere, with several exceptions:
"Remember the Good Times"was written by Bogdan Niemoczynski
"Crrrrak'd" lyrics by Nebling/Steere &
"Cold War Kids" was written Niemoczynski/Nebling/Steere.


Shannon Kearns supplies guest vocals on "Remember the Good Times"
Dan Dean is the voice at the end of "Laika".

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