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The B​-​Sides

by Mediocre Bad Guys

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1.
Holding On 04:29
like clockwork, she dances across the room as the band plays she says, “it won’t last, it always ends too soon these days” And the band begins her song she whispers “time cries” (and means it) and “all I have is yours” the lights die, she leans in and asks “is there something more?” and as the band begins her song she begins to sing along she sings, “I’m holding on, holding on to you. holding on, holding on, it’s true.” the noise breaks, she speaks out but no one seems to hear “whatever it takes, I’ll reach out” begins to draw me near but as the band begins her song she begins to sing along she sings, “I’m holding on, holding on to you. holding on, holding on, it’s true.” she keeps the pictures of the ones she left behind and they look the same as yours & mine like clockwork, she dances across the room as the band plays and sings, “I’m holding on, holding on to you. holding on, holding on, it’s true.” and sings, “I’m holding on, holding on to you. holding on, holding on, it’s true.” and as the band begins her song she begins to sing along
2.
I spent 29 years in a brown paper bag if I get 29 more, I'm all tatters and rags there's a hole in the roof and the rain's coming down guess I'll pack up my bags for the wrong side of town there's a bottle of dreams that I spilled on the floor and a sad little tale that I told you before I'm as run out of time as a New Year's Eve looks like I've run right out of reasons to believe in you four sheets gone and the motor done died we've gone stalled out again on the honeymoon ride cashiered and shot and we broke down good gonna take another look right under the hood there's a bottle of dreams that I spilled on the floor and a sad little tale that I told you before I'm as run out of time as a New Year's Eve looks like I've run right out of reasons to believe in you I'm not waiting, no, not waiting on you there's a bottle of dreams that I spilled on the floor and a sad little tale that I told you before I'm as run out of time as a New Year's Eve looks like I've run right out of reasons to believe in you
3.
I was only messing 'round, didn't mean to change your mind but you seemed lonely, yeah, you seemed lonely didn't seem like a bad idea at the time we were traveling in the same direction caught out on the interstate in a blinding rain, yeah you shared your story, all your battered glory 
I never noticed while I was staring out at the road
 you were staring right back at me why do you gotta go with a stained-glass heart why do you wanna know where the fault lines start and I'm just hanging around to see the damn thing run aground All those miles and years gone missing in the flood 
can’t say I remember anything 
I’m sure the good times tucked away must be worth a little more than nothing
 maybe you were always just a drama queen and I was the king of making things seem so damn small maybe I had no idea how much I'd miss you, after all why do you gotta go with a stained-glass heart why do you wanna know where the fault lines start and I'm just hanging around to see the damn thing run aground why do you take it so hard? you play the sympathy card
 when you feel the rain come down
 I wish I felt like you do it's just a turn of the screw but time makes a fool of me again why do you gotta go with a stained-glass heart why do you wanna know where the fault lines start and I'm just hanging around to see the damn thing run aground I was only messing around, didn’t mean 2 change yr mind …
4.
I've been driving round this town don't know which way to turn been looking for you night and day don't know where to begin I'm wondering if I'll ever find you wondering if you still care I've gotta hold this thing together keep my eye on the road the one that's gonna lead us home lead us home let's not pretend that it's easy let's not pretend that it's hard we all get lost in the moment crossing the line did we forget where we're going did I forget how to try let's not pretend that it's easy we used to ride around together we knew just where we would go we knew every twist and turning away but when you start to hear the silence you take your eyes off the road it's hard to find your way back where you belong let's not pretend that it's easy let's not pretend that it's hard we all get lost in the moment crossing the line did we forget where we're going did I forget how to try let's not pretend that it's easy you know I'll try anything to change your mind so take the wheel remember how you made me feel let's not pretend that it's easy let's not pretend that it's hard we all get lost in the moment crossing the line did we forget where we're going did I forget how to try let's not pretend that it's easy
5.
it's true, too I've grown a little fonder of you at least I think so so why, when how will I know where you've been is that your story? caught me on my heels baby, it's a real dilemma 'cause you listen all the time never had someone sincerely hire the gun that kills me bitter-pill me, drop the dime Simple and true simple and true used to be simpler to do the car in the ditch the bait and the switch baby, were you ever so kind? Phentermine and bottle queens nothing but cameras tonight under klieg lights but you, too perfect for eyeshade and rouge you rise above it you asking me why I keep looking for such cheap solutions absolution for the weak but don't you see I've got a complicated plot and maybe it's a good one it works for me Simple and true simple and true used to be simpler to do the car in the ditch the bait and the switch baby, were you ever so kind? shadows can hide a continent's divide but you know I can't believe what I see the deadliest end is a love I comprehend and I don't know what to do with you Simple and true simple and true used to be simpler to do the car in the ditch the bait and the switch baby, were you ever so kind?
6.
I've been waiting seems like all my life and I've been waiting for a better time seems like every moment could be better spent and I've been searching for what I could not find Hey, wait there it went hey, wait I missed my moment once again hey, wait there it goes hey, wait a little warning would be nice and I've been waiting seems like all my life and I've been waiting for the moment to be right and I've seen it coming but it looked too bright this time, this time and I've been looking for what was always mine Hey, wait there it went hey, wait I missed my moment once again hey, wait there it goes hey, wait a little warning would be nice I think I finally made it I see what's in front of me the future's overrated I just gotta be and I've been watching why spend all my life? and I've been watching the moments slip into the night now I found the answer and I'm gonna get it right this time, this time and I'll be living every moment of my life Hey, wait there it went hey, wait I missed my moment once again hey, wait there it goes hey, wait a little warning would be nice
7.
I Will 03:51
I will not say goodbye It’s safe to say I don’t mean it – so why say goodbye I will then I won’t You’ll say what you want Girl I try and I plead but I end up deceived I don’t need this You use to laugh with me just the other day We’d walk hand in hand looking at the sky Now you say those things just to get back at me What you say I will then I won’t I care but you don’t Want to try and break free from your own misery I don’t need this You will then you won’t The truth is you don’t Want to try and meet me somewhere in between I don’t need this Just the other day I thought we’d worked it all out Thought we had it worked out baby yeah It could be like we said it could be Yeah we said it could be Now I know what you’re trying I ain’t buying – I ain’t buying I will not say goodbye It’s safe to say I don’t mean it So why say goodbye I will then I won’t You’ll say what you want Girl I try and I plead but I end up deceived I don’t need this

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The songs that didn't quite making it onto the debut album. We still think they're pretty swell and hope you'll give them a listen. And don't be surprised when you hear a few of these at an MBG show.

If anything, Mediocre Bad Guys is about the natural evolution of a band. We formed in 2006 as a pretty exclusive Jack Johnson-only cover trio. A few years later we branched out to include a much more diverse mix of tunes. So it was only a matter of time before we’d start writing our own songs. Three of the four of us have already released a wide catalog of original tunes, with the fourth (that’d be Les) a budding songwriter-in-waiting.

So in 2010 we got to work, and in no time the songs started flowing. At a band meeting at Mellow Mushroom last spring, our plan came to fruition: we would write, record, and release one song a month, making it available to you and the world for download. Exactly how many months, you ask? As many as the creative muse will take us! Our first one out the gate will be “I Will,” a bouncy little tune that’s guaranteed to get your foot tapping. It came out of a simple jam at band practice one night, demonstrating that inspiration can strike at any given moment.

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released September 1, 2011

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Mediocre Bad Guys Mt Airy, North Carolina

Mediocre Bad Guys are a group of veteran musicians from the Triad and Mt. Airy music scenes that originally got together for informal jams and small club gigs. Over the last few years, the band has focused their attention on songwriting and have recorded a growing number of singles, all of which are available to stream here. ... more

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