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Fort Night

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1.
Here I am staying up late again maybe tomorrow I can sleep in I'll lose my job and some of my friends but maybe tomorrow I can sleep in Feels like nothing's gonna change the way I am even if I never figure myself out Smoking a cigarette I swear that I'll quit I may get old but I'll still be hip Not like those heroes that start putting out shit I may get old but not like them Cause nothing's gonna change the way I am Even if I never cough my lungs out Feels like nothing's gonna change the way I am even if I never chew my tongue out Nothing's going to change.
2.
Fort Night 06:35
A fried chicken stand pierced by the shadow of a steeple Taqueria signs poking their heads over the street Complete sets of furniture litter front lawns and some people upon the steps Take turns passing around something to eat They're giving it up just like they were giving up a parking spot Moving along--Out of the way may be the last thing anyone's got. But what's so great about singing the same song every night? Everything can be repeated except those first times And lately I've been thinking that it's time for a rewrite Pictures of pleasures tease people staring at the walls pinup girls straddle beer posters under the neons Best selling authors hone their craft in bathroom stalls Every asshole's got a story about how they know Leon Here in the Fort they've got everything that you could find in LA A place to swill, a line to sniff, a date with nothing to say... A strip of bars and most all of us still love it this way What's so great about going to the same party every night? When the sun goes down the neighborhood really comes alive But lately I've been drinking, thinking I'd rather see it dead again Take a picture and then it's already over It was just a shift of frame and lens Pull a pedal off of a four leaf clover Luck isn't love but then I guess it all depends On just what brand of entanglement you're looking for Opportunity knocks and on occasion even kicks in the door Still what's so bad about getting in the same fight every night? You learn when to punch when to block and when to bite But lately I've been thinking that I don't wanna see it coming Tell me that story one more time about how you're gonna change You're gonna paint, you're gonna write, You're gonna find yourself again You're gonna save all that money that you've been syphoning For poison and that's gonna fix your brain So when you die real busy everyone will talk about the shit you did But lately I've been thinking that you should just stop worrying about how it all ends. Yeah, lately I've been thinking.
3.
Chandelier 02:45
The first time that I saw you you were kissing a chandelier You looked so beautiful with her whispers in your ear And I hoped right then and there that my love would disappear So I could set this body free to lose itself in the mirror That's when I found you there Where nothing is ever clear and nobody says just what they mean But if its all the same to you its all the same to me Baby, their hearts read like magazines The next time I saw you You were aiming that arrow at me The thrill was as real as the ocean the waves they were capsizing And I knew right then and there it was foolish to wish for release for I am a captive now serving time in a sleepless dream But you and I both were there throwing our hands in the air and trying not to swallow too much sea So if its all the same to you its all the same to me and I still think one day we'll all be free.
4.
Its sad, its whatever They'll never see the two of us together They'll grow up and come down to sip their drinks through our frowns They'll learn much and forget much they'll injure and heal like the rest of us They'll ponder our regrets and wonder how much they've inherited What should they know? How should I know? I've got a song to sing though It makes sense, I'll admit It happens to all of us in some sense We let go and lose grip or we force these grins and bear it but its our choice and its a dare to what is there and what is not there What should they know? How should I know? I've got a song to sing though.

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Recorded, sporadically with many collaborators, at Cloudland Recording Studios throughout the month of September 2016, with exception to "Chandelier," recorded for "Group Therapy", vol. 3 and "Where the Nights Been," recorded on a less sophisticated device.

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released October 13, 2016

Cover photo by Chris Waldon

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Cameron Smith Fort Worth, Texas

Cameron Smith is a folk singer and songwriter from Fort Worth, TX

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