Decay of the Coke Days: A Collection of Demos and Forgotten Recordings

by Al Mitchell & The New Born Sinners

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1.
Peyote 02:49
Got on my steed, Said bye to Jesus, Cried my last prayers, Spoke to ma, I'll be home by Christmas, But she didn't care, Got on the road, Made friends with natives, Drank peyote, Tripping balls met a boy named Billy, I'm a wife to be Got my groove on, my suit on, Got the world right at my feet, Hurt by finding a songbird, To sing babe right to sleep, Knocked on the floor, Saw fire and pitchforks, Beaten black and blue, Cant help falling in love, I'm as gay as an alter boy for you, Cried for help, But no one listened, Yeah they all stood still, And watched as my body glistened, On the gravel hill, Got my bruise on, my suit on, Looking around for you, Then came a long that songbird, Singing boy i'll see you through, Looking for some love and peace, But I don't think its gonna find me soon, One day they'll be room, Got my groove on, my suit on, Had the world right at my feet, Go and find me a songbird, To sing me right to sleep, Got my groove on, my suit on, Had the world right at my feet, Go and find me a songbird, To sing me right to sleep,
2.
Benedict 02:58
There's a wasp on the window sill I don't wanna kill, Do you wanna swap? Wanna make deal? It seems like a thrill, Do you relax? Do you get attached like people do? Do you attack? Do you sting at will? Or hate people too? The day you came on the window pane I gave you a name, I gave you all that I have, I fed you sugar canes, Oh Benedict take me under your wing give me a lick, I'm not feeling myself much anymore, There's a mouse with disease and its struggling to breathe, You wanna house, you wanna feed, do you need somewhere to breed, I'll be the nurse, I'll be the worse that there's ever been, More like a curse than a boys wet dream, The day you burst, will be the day I learnt love came first, If it comes around again then baby I'll emirs, Oh Marylyn hold me close, you don't have to say a thing, I'm not feeling myself much anymore, I'm not feeling myself much anymore, There's a ghoul on the stairs, it's just the way that it glares, Its like it knows my soul, but it doesn't care, There's a ghost in the post and its telling me when, I'm gonna turn to toast, and how it will end, Love you the most, no ones been so close, i'll be your ghost, I'll show it off to the boys, i'm wrapped around your throat, Oh Ferdinand leave me be, let me be by own man, I'm not feeling myself much anymore,
3.
I wanna love, I wanna give and give and give, I've been searching, mining through things, I don't have to live with, being selfish and compulsive, Buying food I won't eat, Soaked in privilege a perpective, I had to go seek, But what difference does it truly all make? We all wear the same suit of bones, We want the same slice of cake, Marriage, kids, love Courage, Kicks and drugs, Take all that I have, take all that I own, Pawn it all away, give it to a better home, I wanna save and adore, adore some more, I'll take the money from the rich and give it straight to the poor, Be more friendly and more carefree, accepting of new things, Less ambivalent was impatient, want things served to me, But what difference does it truly all make? We are all filled with the same blood, we bleed it in the same way, Wounds, decay and death, We bruise, we take what's left, Take all that I have, take all that I own, Pawn it all away, give it to a better home,
4.
A child in the wild seeking out their treasure chest, In the market for a zen force, stole a carpet to make a bed, Was hoping for a moment with the body they adore, You can draw me like a bridge, lay me down like a new floor, Passed out on my cousin's decking, Waiting for something to go wrong, Guess it won't be long, The worlds torn apart I'm dancing, Everyone I know they're gone, Guess I won't be long, Lady with the baby, preparing for the storm, Poured the breast milk in the cooler, placed her towels under the doors, There's piles of tiles, all washed up when the river drained, With all the suitcases and all the wet clothes, I'll build this city up for the hole, Passed out on my cousin's decking, Waiting for something to go wrong, Guess it won't be long, The worlds torn apart I'm dancing, Everyone I know they're gone, Guess I won't be long,
5.
I wanna be the king at the carnival, The who sings, I'll dance and swivel, I really wanna play in a marching drum band, To small I cant see, Mama can I hold your hand? All i've ever wanted was to be tall, So I could show them all, Never let me got to the funerals, They said i'm too young, I gotta stay in at school, Faked being sick so I came home early, I bit on my gum as papa cried to sleep, All i've ever wanted was to be strong, So I could prove them wrong, We all took turns at the veterinary, to pack up our love in a box for our puppy, I held you close, but you held me closer, I wish I could say how much i adored ya, All i've ever wanted was to please you, Just like the good boys do,
6.
I took a shower, To wash off all the, Macho power, It doesn't suit me anyway, Where have I been? Where have I been? I sunk a coffee, To fill my belly, Not been hungry lately, It doesn't suit me anyway, Where have I been? Where have I been? We're bound by the same chains, Oh I wanna break free, I drink and smoke some, To get a buzz on, Ignore everyone, It doesn't suit me anyway, Where have I been? Where have I been? We're bound by the same chains, Oh I wanna break free, I'll catch that freight train, Wearing dirt the wire gave me, I took my clothes off, To viciously judge, Why would anyone touch? it doesn't suit me anyway, Where have I been? Where have I been? We're bound by the same chains, Oh I wanna break free, I'll catch that freight train, Wearing dirt the wire gave me, We're bound by the same chains, Oh I wanna break free, I'll catch that freight train, Wearing dirt the wire gave me,
7.
Sat alone in the funeral pyre, Dani's singing in the choir, Died last year, In a freak house fire, I don't wanna go go go, All I wanna know know know, I'm a little too far from home, Got sick i'm so privileged, Took part in a pilgrimage, To suss what, Being human is, I don't wanna go go go, All I wanna know know know, I'm a little too far from home, I'm gonna burn and effigy on my face, Honour the duplicity, I'll burn it away, And I'll reduce it to rubble, I'll dance like in a ritual, I'll shake my bones, So ceremonial, Bury me stones And i'll move with the devil, The came the marching drum band, Shook all the dead mans hands, Couldn't shake, The sandman's I don't wanna go go go, All I wanna know know know, I'm a little too far from home, I'm gonna burn and effigy on my face, Honour the duplicity, I'll burn it away, And I'll reduce it to rubble, I'll dance like in a ritual, I'll shake my bones, So ceremonial, Bury me stones And i'll move with the devil, I'm gonna burn and effigy on my face, Honour the duplicity, I'll burn it away, And I'll reduce it to rubble, I'll dance like in a ritual, I'll shake my bones, So ceremonial, Bury me stones And i'll move with the devil,
8.
In came my brother, With his new and cultured lover, Wore his hands around her waist, She wore a sadness on her face, cant seem to shake, All those demons, She's tried finding Jesus, All she found was dirty pores, From the churches filthy floors, she took a trip, To the Serengeti, She had fire in her belly, Tried to burn out all the ghosts, And choke all the lumps in her throat, but they didn't move, She's an antelope on the ropes, She's an antelope on the ropes, She's an antelope on the ropes, In came my daddy, With a face that weren't so happy, he said she's tried to jump the fence, Without a scrap of evidence, She went away, Into the darkness, Tried her hardest to harness, All her power, then she bloomed, before she knew, she turned into some kind of hydra, Medusa, if you let her, She'll seduce ya, All the bones you once cherished, Will turn to stone and soon perish, into the dirt, She's an antelope on the ropes, She's an antelope on the ropes, She's an antelope on the ropes, She's an antelope on the ropes, She's an antelope on the ropes, She's an antelope on the ropes,
9.
Ribcage 02:59
I thought I'd wear my prom dress, To distract me from the mess, Cos I don't got no money, Cant afford to feed my gecko, I'll feed him from my ribcage, I thought I'd sell my body, or mytelly to make rent, I don't need my telephone, No I don't need the web suppose, I just need my ribcage I just need my ribcage, Cos it's holding in my heart, It's all I really got, I would surely fall apart, If you break it I'd rot away, If you break it i'd rot away, I thought I'd watch my wedding tape, Watch people that I miss, Then came down the garden gate, Couldn't give my pets a kiss before, They dragged me by my ribcage, They said darling, you've got no money, We're just all here to help, We've prepared you a lovely bedroom, I replied go to hell, Cos it's holding in my heart, It's all I really got, I would surely fall apart, If you break it I'd rot away, If you break it i'd rot away, If you break it i'd rot away, When I see the sun, It fills me up with a vitamins, And they took me away, From all that I love and adore, Oh the pain, Sleep on my belly to avoid the day, Cos it's holding in my heart, It's all I really got, I would surely fall apart, If you break it I'd rot away, If you break it I'd rot away, If you break it I'd rot away,
10.
Snow 02:51
Got no one to hold, Like a rich man with gold, Runs away in the hills, To grow old, I wanna be young and small, In the house where I grew are tall, Where things, Seemed so simple, Hearing dad home work, Covered in dirt, And drenched from the snow, Through to his shirt, Can still hear dogs bark, Like a lightbulb that sparks, And Flickers, And gives out in the dark, I love the way that your skin fits on your bones, Like a mouth that grins, so pretty and alone, Hate the way I think, Its becoming a problem, All the things i've lost, I really fucking love them, Really fucking love them, Really fucking love them, Really fucking love them, Really fucking love them,

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A collection of songs and demos that never saw the light of day. Mostly written in the lockdown of 2020 - by the time life resembled normality again these songs got forgotten about or got put on the back burner. I hope you enjoy them as much as i did writing and recording them.

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released April 21, 2023

All words and music by Al Mitchell



Recorded and mixed by Al Mitchell at The Underground Knitting Club.

Mastered by Al Mitchell

Artwork photo by Millie Lindores

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Junk Pop from Hastings, UK

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