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There's no Speed Limit in the Grass

by Atomic Potato

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There are no lyrics to this song.
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We drove two hundred miles To play to fifteen kids Who didn't appreciate the sound (play hardcore!) Our heads were pointed to the ground Got promised some money But the show we played was free Kids started to leave. And my fingers start to bleed We'll never be on Fuse TV We'll never be on the cover of AP Magazine So what? I guess we're taking a chance. And I guess I'm bold. Because I'm gonna teach this dance. I'll leave it all behind The promises and memories the thoughts of another time and I'll make it Even on my own You said to me I'd never change But on the road I'll never be alone We drove three hundred miles To play to 200 kids Who wanted just to hear more (play an encore!) My back is feeling kind of sore Someone took all the money that I think we'll never see Then Clint quit the band And all the blame comes back to me We'll never be on MTV We'll never be on the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine So what? I guess we're taking a chance. And I guess I'm bold. Because I'm gonna teach this dance. I'll leave it all behind The promises and memories the thoughts of another time and I'll make it Even on my own You said to me I'd never change But on the road I'll never be alone Never be alone! Twenty Minutes in I broke another string What am I doing here? I can't even sing I can't stop this rushing sensation Stop dreaming start living your real life now. Fuck.
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Extrinsicity 00:45
Joey introducing the band in the stylings of Brad Neely from "Wizard People, Dear Reader" if you haven't heard it or seen it, please go download it somewhere and enjoy the extravaganza.
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Everybody come on down to see the ska show And hit the dance floor while the music plays don't waste my time. It might be faster and you might say its unoriginal But I'll keep doing this until the day I die The harmonizing melodies of a church choir gone mad Theres anger dwelled inside of me I'm gonna face you now I'm gonna take the blame Oh what a shame... How do you explain? Woahhhhhh YOU WANT TO change the scene BUT I DON'T WANT TO feed the corporate machine 1, 2 , 3 and now its all on me I hate the way you tell me this is "how its gonna be" LOOK INTO my eyes and if you stare into them long enough you'll find a big surprise now You can finally see The reason for me. Everybody come on down to see the punk show Basement filled lets mosh and shout its Not a fucking crime It might be louder and you might say its unprofessional But I'll keep doing this until The day I die Someone called the cops another noise complaint now this house is just a home A couple stupid kids with no future I'm gonna face you now I'm gonna take the blame Headache in my brain how do you explain? Its not enough I need to scream I can't express my feelings but I WANT TO change the scene BUT I DON'T WANT TO feed the corporate machine 1, 2 , 3 and now its all on me I hate the way you tell me this is "how its gonna be" LOOK INTO my eyes If you stare into them long enough you'll find a big surprise now You can finally see The reason for me!
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Heat Factor 03:02
Melting like butter and I'm praying for rain Burning in the beams and I'm going insane Theres got to be a way to get out Although I'm losing my mind and there is without a doubt Its like the sun is on my tail and I'm fleeing in fear and all I know is that I gotta get outta here! The weather man told me the drought would never end (Its ninety three degrees and I'm dying motherf$&#*!) A shelter or a cave would be your best friend (That's all I have to say cuz I'm livin here in hell!) Theres got to be a way to get out Although I'm losing my mind and there is without a doubt Its like the sun is on my tail and I'm fleeing in fear and all I know is that I gotta get outta here! I got a glass of water so I could get hydrated Before I took one sip the shit evaporated Irony is Completed. Theres got to be a way to get out Although I'm losing my mind and there is without a doubt Its like the sun is on my tail and I'm fleeing in fear and all I know is that I gotta get outta here!
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Back off man This isn't your place This girls way too young You can see it in her face And I don't understand what you could possibly see in her. Sweet 16 turned sour so fast Only thing you wanted was to be tappin' that ass I can see it in your eyes and the little guy in your pants. And you'll go on singing songs about rainbows In your fairy tale land far away from here It happens again the only thing you see in her is just her skin. Wipe off your smug little grin I DON'T CARE! SHOW ME WHAT YOUR MADE OF I DON'T CARE! THERES ONE LIFE YOU HAVE TO LIVE I DON'T CARE! WHATS LEFT OF YOUR LIFE? I DON'T CARE! I'LL SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE YOU FUCKING DICK YEAH!
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I laid myself out on the pavement so everything is alright now The sky is blue and the leaves are calling so beautiful falling from the bough And I believe People get what they deserve and if you listen to me I'll tell you what I've heard I've got a couple notebooks And a backpack with one tshirt in it I've got a few maxed out credit cards And a brain that's got no limit The clock counts down waiting for the show now The crowd lines up you can feel the nerves Keep a steady hand and don't fuck it up now The impressions good or your gonna hurt The products the same So just act it out like they did before you! The message was lame so just pretend you are playing a game. Don't listen to the broadcast The news ain't good its gonna bring you down Don't need another problem up in my Head I've got enough and I'm leavin town we'll sing: Lets pack up and fly away from here. (You can leave your troubles in Ohio) and lets forget all those wasted years not coming back, no we're never coming back no way. The air smelled bad and the van was roasting I could not sleep and the traffic was bad The 30 bucks couldn't buy us gas I wish I had that cash that I gave to my dad There's no need to complain I should have known that it would be this way and there's no one to blame and now I have to live with a debt that I can't repay I'm getting on a boat now To sail far away to somewhere I don't know The sneakers on my feet turned into boots and my heart is singing the blues we sang Lets pack up and fly away from here. (You can leave your troubles in Ohio) and lets forget all those wasted years not coming back we're never coming back no way. The sun stopped shinin The bombs start fallin The sun goes down and now I wanna go home This land is barren no food and water My friends go down and now I wanna go Back to my country and the land of the free Give me a big mac with a coke...Oh Say can you see! I want to kick my feet back and watch Family Guy til Four AM I wanna drive my van to Newport and drink rootbeer floats with Scott and Ben So, Hey Is love really on the way? and Hey Is someone gonna show us the way? Its alright tonight I see the light and the porch on 154 seems so far away Another day it passes by Mom I don't know if I can face the facts and do it on my own I'm twisted up in all these lies that I can't escape and Yeah that's when I'll come home I laid myself out in the grass so everything is alright somehow The sky is blue and the leaves are green so beautiful I think I can rest now
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It was 30 degrees in a broken home lights dimmed low looking out the window I couldn't feel my fingers and I couldn't feel my toes and the voice inside my head was screamin (I shouldn't be alone) The wind singing in the streets a solemn tune for me and you but on the other side I heard its nicer with the fires burning through I never recovered from the sound the bells ring so I slipped out the door to take a walk and I sing I took off my cap as I walked in the door hung up my coat and took a seat on the floor The old man looked me in the eyes and then I knew that anything was possible and that his words were true "Son you've got a roof over your head and heres some food I got no trouble with you stayin here as long as you will tend to my son while I'm out in the shed take a left at the stairs and you will find your bed." I woke up next morning to the sound of a drum beating steady in my head keeping tempo with my thumb I sat up on the edge and then I walked into the room where the old man stood holding a shovel and soon we were walking out back I knew what I had to do and there was no turning back this job he couldn't do so I tightened my grip and I dug up a hole there I buried the pieces what was left of my soul It was 30 degrees in a broken home lights dimmed low looking out the window I couldn't feel my fingers and I couldn't feel my toes and the voice inside my head was screaming
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Well just because you are famous doesn't give you a goddamn right To play out the role of asshole and make money with the lyrics you write And just because you claim to care it doesn't make us even there With your celebrity faux pas entourage i swear And I can't fight the feeling This is all in vain We're all the same and I can't even Keep my life in check Last week I thought yeah These feelings would be through Denial swells inside of me I want to be just like you I'm back to square one And I'm still not having any fun Could anyone please pull me up I'm feeling stuck and I CAN'T GET OUT And it doesn't matter what you say I'll keep doing it "doing it" anyway The same old shit I failed at yesterday And if it makes you feel any better yeah I lied when I laughed at your shitty joke Just so I could see you crack a smile And I can't fight the feeling This is all in vain We're all the same and I can't even Keep my life in check Last week I thought yeah These feelings would be through Denial swells inside of me I want to be just like you And just like that I'm happier Couldn't complain anymore about your shit And after all is said and done. We'll both agree that we're all better from the experience. and now I'm back to square one And I'm still not having any fun Could anyone please pull me up I'm feeling stuck, I CAN'T GET OUT
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My name is Tyler Lee Witt and in the next 5 years it'll be a household name I've done more growing up in the past 5 months than I have in my entire life I've finally found the light I finally know what I'm here for I've put smoking weed and Robbing corner stores I'll take it back This life is mine its all my own The future starts at my grandma's house at my computer all alone I'll seperate myself from them and make a bunch of new friends I'll start a new band and make it so EVERYONE CAN LISTEN to the catchy songs we'll write we'll fucking record with Joey Sturgis The kids will line up to see our pretty faces headlining at the attic $20 a head could pay for our honest rave review In the latest issue of SPIN where I'll be rockin the front cover Lookin like Billie Joe Armstrong meets a 'Breakfast Club' Judd Nelson My name is Tyler Lee Witt and in the next 5 years it will be a household name I've done more growing up in the past 5 months than I have in my entire life WOO! Drop the Anchor! I'm on a boat motherfucker! I'm rollin in the bills and I've got so many bitches that I Hit it and I quit it outta notches on my belt and the paparazzi love it when I come out my hotel. My name is Robert Dale Sager and in the next five beers I'll be digging my own grave I've done less growing up in the past 5 years... then I have in my entire life.
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Desperation 02:36
Well I guess at the end of another good run The times we shared were always so fun Now you are leaving my head can't believe Unbelieveing, my heart is stuck in my shoes I'm at the end of my rope now My soul is pulling hard on a thread I can't connect to you how are you gonna leave me out to dry? You're out of my head Don't care many times it's said How are you gonna leave it all behind? Arisen from the ashes you stand in front of me Head screwed on tight and nothing seems wrong Right about now, I started to believe it all had something to do with this song Your thoughts can't always be right Some people make mistakes Letting go would have made it easier Now I think I'm sick get out of my fucking face! You're out of my head Don't care many times it's said How are you gonna leave it all behind? I've felt this pain burning ever so strong but I don't know what's wrong! If you won't talk to me... That's just fine! My whole world's crashing all down in one night I cannot sleep The noise in my teeth evicts the peace I thought that I was getting back My whole world's crashing all down in one night I cannot sleep I cannot sleep!
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I can't fight the feeling Gave up appealing To everyone There's nothing else to write about I can't predict the future But the image can't contain me This is how it starts Your making anorexic indie rock Fake broken hearts Your music fucked it fucking sucks Give me a reason to believe it The point I'm trying to make it will not get across Super size your album with a dose of poppy flair Smothered in production now your'e gasping for fresh air The answers pretty easy if you ask yourself instead I know I'm wrong and I'll go on but now its time to clear my head Your arrogance pushed me over the edge so i took my trumpet to my face and broke my teeth Took my guitar to my back and totally shattered my spine (Cuz they killed punk rock) Snapped the cord Broke the bass and Held it above my head and then i smashed the shit out of my laptop.
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this is a bonus track.

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Here it is. The FIRST ever 'recorded' full length Atomic Potato LP.

There's No Speed Limit in the Grass!

Written 2007-2009 and recorded 2010-2011.

Sorry it took so long to share it with everyone! Thanks for being patient.

Hopefully we will have physical CD's and other things to give you in the near future... stay tuned!

Please donate if you really like it, or don't! Hundreds of hours, dollars and literal blood, sweat and tears were poured into this project.

artwork done by Mr. Insomnia

graphic design by BR Prod

credits

released December 22, 2011

Robby Sager: Guitar, Trumpet, Keys, Ska Sounds, Vocals

Ben Idle: Trombone, Keyboard, Noise

Scott Lewis: Drums, Guitar

Scott Meadows: Guitar, Science

Anthony Weisenberger: Trumpet, Woo'ing

Luke Shows: Bass

Joseph Michael Schultz: Nonsense

Dan Hart: Keys, Vox

Ian Asplan: Sequencing/arranging on track 11

Tyler Lee Witt: Inspiration and Phone Calls

Jon Lewis, Joe Camerlengo: Guest Vocals on tracks 7, 9

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Recorded, produced by Alex Fraser, Max Moon and Robosag @
New Fidelity Studios in Cincinnati, OH and Los Angeles, CA
June-July 2010

Additional recording, mixing and mastering done @
The Parkview House in Newport, KY
August 2011

Remixed and final master by Robby and Jean
BR Prod in Hamilton, OH and Long Beach, CA
September 2015

Special thanks to Tim McGowan, Matt Wixson, Paul 'Duck' Tucker, Community Records (Love you Greg and DRay) Sam Ash Music (Cincinnati), Queb Music (Los Angeles CA) the guys from Sleep Fleet, Stuck Lucky, Fatter than Albert, Maddie Turner, Woody Bond, Matt Rooney, Kelcey Duggan, Cody Unangst, s1ckd00d, We are The Union, Mustard Plug, Big D and the Kids Table, Jeff Rosenstock, John Dedomenici, Tomas Kalnoky, Mark Perdomo, Skachilles (still exists?), Reel Big Fish, The Disregardables, This is my Suitcase, Carmen Hood, Tim McLane, Mike Ulanski, Jon Weiner, Jon Lewis and the Dopamines, Hannah Shows, Olivia Fisher, Scott's dad, Dylan Anderson, Jacob Nicholson (Thanks for hooking us up with free McDonalds, man), Ryan Rockwell and Maura Weaver, Billy Menke, Terri, and Cedric 'the man' Menke, all of our parents, Tegan Stryker Heckler (RIP) and a WHOLE LOT MORE for supporting us throughout this process.

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