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II
The Welcome

Morning
American Football
June, She Sings
Apology to My Body

All songs written by G. Miller © 2011
Arranged and performed by The Welcome

Gehring Miller – vocals, guitar, bass, keys
Eric Baetz – guitar
Casey Harding – drums

Bass on Tracks 1 and 3 by Evan Stoner
Background vocals by Sarah Johnson & Evan Stoner
Gang vocals on Track 2 by Alex Kagan, Jonah Kort, Sarah Johnson, Tori Machtemes, and Gehring Miller

Recorded June 2011 at Villa Coola Studios
and Steckman Studios, Oak Park, IL by Gehring Miller
Additional recording by Jonah Kort at CarterCo Recording, Chicago, IL

Produced & Mixed by Gehring Miller

Mastered by Bill Kavanagh at BobDog Studios, Oak Park, IL

www.thewelcomemusic.com
thewelcomemusic@gmail.com

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released 29 June 2011

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Track Name: Morning
Morning
 
We wake up so slow
As we close the book that is our dreams
Put it down as we sit up
Make breakfast and wonder what it means
 
We expand in the early morning
We are tallest at the start of a new day
Feel your breaths as they leave your body
We grow shorter in this very way
  
Chorus:
And our parents they told us
Not to work today
Our lovers they hold us
But we leave anyway
 
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh (8x)
 
It’s exhausting
Beginning as a boy and then
Having the day kick you and push you
To fall asleep in the world of men
To fall asleep in the world of men
I fall asleep
 
Chorus
 
It can’t be morning, I’ve only just laid down (8x)

Wake up, wake up
Morning makes us
You rise and dress
To be your best
Go now, go now
Must not slow down
You’ll be just fine
Come home and recline
 
Wake up
Track Name: American Football
American Football
 
On a Sunday afternoon
We put our helmets on
And march out to the sound
Of the crowd exploding
We gather ‘round our leader
Who explains with X’s and O’s
How it’s going to be
And where we’re supposed to go
 
A man in a striped shirt
Meets the captains out on the turf
Throws a coin into the air
After all, it must be fair
This is American football
 
We win the toss
And decide we want to receive
I get ready to catch this ball
That’s heading for me
I swear their kicker’s trying
To send it through my chest
But I just let it crash into me
Grip it tight and do my very best
 
I can see the wave approaching
I look down at this ball I’m holding
But I never give into nerves
Even as the teams converge
Bodies all around
A sudden crash and I am down
So we go to commercial
The teams regroup in circles
To get ready for American football

We collide and then recede
Line up and then repeat
We fall down (get up!)
Fall down (get up!)
Fall down (get up!)
We throw and catch and pass
Wage this war on painted grass
We fall down (get up!)
Fall down (get up!)
Fall down (get up!)
 
When I’m old, my body will hurt
But right now I can make it work
 
This is American football (4x)
Track Name: June, She Sings
June, She Sings
 
All the girls in their summer dresses
Floating down the halls
All the boys looking unimpressed
Pressed up against the walls
 
June, she sings
And brings new things
Always in my favorite key
 
When she sings
Oh, how it rings
You can hear it in the trees
  
All the kids put their winter coats
In boxes in the attic
With the rest of their winter clothes
Tiny coffins fill with fabric
 
July, she’s here
We pull her near
Our fingers clasp hers tight
 
While she’s here
She lends her ear
Which we whisper in at night
 
And we say, “Thank you,
Thank you for keeping the lights on
On those late nights
When we were still coming home.”

I know why the winter dies
I know why the winter dies
 
May, she hears us
And steps in on our behalf
The wind chill whines its indignation
But she just muscles past
She takes us to June
And then waves from the 31st
Just as August will do
When it’s September’s turn
 
So soak up the sun, it doesn’t have to burn
Let’s soak up the sun, it doesn’t have to burn
Soak up the sun, it doesn’t have to burn
Soak up the sun, it doesn’t have to burn
Track Name: Apology to My Body
Apology to My Body
 
I’m sorry that I didn’t hear you
When I got home last night
I’m sure that you were loud and clear
I know I was impolite
We both saw me pull off my clothes
And get right into bed
You might have tried to talk to me
But I fell asleep instead
 
I knew you were right when I woke up
And you were here right when I woke up
So while we’re both in bed
Let me say what I should have said
 
Chorus:
You have carried me so faithfully
With such a gentle touch
But still sometimes, I act unkind
And simply ask too much
When we wake up on those mornings
And I know I’ve made you hurt
Dear Body, please forgive me
I forget how hard you work
 
Remember when we were small
I tried to feed you right
Occasionally, we skinned our knees
But Mom made it alright
There were the awkward years
In the middle of our second decade
But at last, we grew up and past
And turned out as expected

Someday we will sag
And lean and lurch and lag
So while we’re both in bed
Let me saw what should be said
 
Chorus
 
To my legs, that got me here
I’m sorry that you’re sore
To my feet, which helped me steer
I’m sorry that you’re sore
To my back, which held me up
I’m sorry that you’re sore
To my heart, which gave its blood
I’m sorry that you’re sore

I’m sorry that you’re sore
I won’t do that anymore