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Why Would Someone Make an Album?

by Noah Britton/Request Freebird

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popandy I love this album because it’s like a perfect amalgamation of Smog and The National an artist and band I love a lot. I love Noah’s voice, and the songs are great.
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1.
(Am-G-C-F) People don't you know I'm gonna kill myself tomorrow? (2) (Em-C-Dm) So I'll have to keep singing so tomorrow never comes. if I play this song every night i'll never see the deadline Yeah, i'll keep movin' the deadline. People don't ya know you can see me play tomorrow? Even if I don't have a booked show, somewhere i'll be singin. I have to sing every day. Even if no one's listenin I know it's the only way. Yeah, music makes me have to stay. People don't you know if you sing this tomorrow I'll live forever, if you keep playin my songs? I know they're all I can give you for after i'm gone. I don't want children so that's all that's left of me when I pass on. Yeah my songs are all that's left when I pass on People don't you know when you sing you're never old?
2.
(G- then G down a string- then that down 2 frets) I dont wanna (2) ever stop singin loud (2) Em-G-Am-C The neighbors don't like the noise but I won't give them any choice corse you may not like my set but I'm not done singing yet corse one day i'll be 6 feet in the ground but until then i'm in love with the sound corse (barre chords) we don't wanna ever stop singing loud
3.
(C-Am-F-G) When I forget why I haven't died or I feel nothing inside or I wonder why I ever tried don't wait for me to decide just gimme a beer hmm hmm hmm hmhm gimme a beer (2) If I'm not dancing crazy enough or I'm complaining that life is rough or I'm afraid to appear tough don't even ask if I want that stuff just (chorus) (solo) (chorus)
4.
(power chords: Am-Em) Going out to party I'm gonna dance and meet somebody to find romance (A-G-F) I'm gonna get somebody (3) I wore my best outfit my hair looks great my moves are perfect i'll be swamped with dates (corse) Everyone will be jealous all the ladies and fellas and everyone else i'm jealous of myself cuz (corse) Maybe it won't be that great and just last the night. Maybe it'll be perfect and last the rest of my life (corse) (solo) (corse)
5.
(G-C-Bb power chords) The next time you hear this song what will you have accomplished? Will you have finally become what you always wished? Will you be smarter and stronger and more able to do the stuff that makes you happy, too? (A power chord strum the strings from low to high) Woohoo (4) (G-C-Bb power chords) Your homework assignment before you hear this again is think about something you wanna change and make it happen This song'll remind you what to do No one's gonna babysit you Woohoo (Em-up an octave-B7E7-B7E9) I can't make your decisions if you don't listen you'll never get better (repeat) G you gotta get better (verse) The last time you heard this song what did you want to change? Did you start on it that day how much progress have you really made? Since I last sang this song I hope i'm in better shape If not, i'll start today Woohoo I can't make your decisions I can't make you listen You gotta make it happen (repeat) You gotta make it happen
6.
E D C D E When I rock I rock and when I dance I dance and when I talk I talk I never miss a chance cuz life is too short (2) That’s what I used to say I don’t think I ever lived that way I’m sorry I lied to you I never knew that I could live any better way So you must forgive me cuz I used to say When I rock I rock And when I dance I dance And when I talk I talk I never miss a chance but now it is too late See the thing is I was lying I kept lamenting things I never tried And now I’ve wasted so much time I spent so many years trying to run from all the things I needed to do It was pathetic I never knew that I needed to get a job and have something to do not for itself but because I needed to I am a young smart man I’m so capable you understand But I don’t do anything with that I spent 23 years sitting alone in my room Wishing for the perfect thing to do How bout that Every day I shirked my responsibility so I never worked a day in my life I never went down to the volunteer homeless shelter and said I’ll work for free But I’m tired of living that way I think I’ve given up today I will accept my responsibility I will no longer waste my life You see it’s not worth it to wait Nothing will come that’s perfect So When I rock I rock And when I dance I dance And when I talk I talk I’ll never miss a chance cuz now I understand When I rock I rock And when I dance I dance And when I talk I talk I’ll never miss a chance again Even tho I’m just a young man When I rock I rock And when I dance I dance And when I talk I talk I’ll never miss a chance Cuz My life is too short Not in that theoretical way that romantic bullshit can go away I think I understand life now I’ve been paralyzed with indecision I don’t understand why the division Between what I wanted and what I knew Was right because I spent my life running from the things I heard were right and from what was true But now I’ll turn my life around And never get all down and say I wish that I were dead I can’t believe I spent so many evenings sitting in my head and waiting to die So When I rock I rock And when I dance I dance And when I talk I talk I’ll never miss a chance Cuz my life is too short (2) (Instrumental breakdown)
7.
F-Dm-Bb-C How old do you have to get before you're honest with your parents and can tell them about the time Kate broke your heart without getting embarrassed? How old do you have to turn before you see you're no longer a teenager, take your anger, burn it up, and leave those grudges forever? How old do you have to grow before you see your mom's an old lady who's probably all alone and definitely misses her baby? How old do you have to get before both your parents die and you're left saying I wish, I wish, I wish, I...? How old do you have to get before you see yourself in your family and start to love them for it as your closest connection out of all humanity? How long has to pass by before you tell your dad and mom "I'm sorry. I love you. Thanks for the things you did right. You're forgiven for what you did wrong."
8.
g-c-g-d Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun (x5) I was born knowing nothing everyone around me was teaching stuff some of which was important most of which doesn't matter then I grew and felt my mom become a stranger and that was fine and I got out of her damn home to make my life my own (dun dun dun etc.) I screwed around in my 20's I met so many pretty ladies and then one day I found one I said I would like to marry when that ended I settled down i've got the best deal in the town a friend who really likes me now and maybe will forever (dun dun dun etc.) but i'll still walk to korn concerts they might be great I might get hurt and come home with lots of blisters and sore muscle smiles this will continue for a while then i'll see i'm not still a child and we'll say hey that was the best until the end arrives. (dun dun dun etc.) one day there will be a grave with my name on it and a date and underneath that it will say “help i'm still alive” (dun dun dun etc.)
9.
(Capo 4 C-Am-G-F) Why do I do this? (repeat forever) Is it that I love singin' more than anythin'? Or do I just need attention for reinforcin the way we were raised in nineteen eighty eight, Cuz I was taught that only losers are not on top? How much would I give up just to keep doin this stuff? Would I sell the integrity I had and let them put me in an ad just for more big shows and can I stop them if the answer's no?
10.
G-Em-D We Will Hold You When You Fall Down (verse lyrics improvised every time)
11.
C I can't look in the mirror so i'll just stand here f countin' all my change you know it's so strange em that I have am 43 cents em cuz it feels like am I already spent dm everything g I ever had c I can't face myself until you want to as well f but you never will again you said we can't remain friends em after i am told you i'm sorry em so though am my pockets are heavy dm i've lost g everything I had so i'll just stand here wishin I could afford a beer but i've only got 43 cents cuz I already spent the night in the wrong place starin at the wrong face I lost everything I had c goodbye F-C
12.
(C-G) I can't draw (C-G) I can't paint (C-G) I can't write (C-G) I'll never be a saint (F-A) But I can sing (D-E) and I can say (Asus up an octave) I love you so much (3) Em D E-D-C I can't read your favorite philosophies I can't sculpt something beautiful for you to see (chorus)

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Most of these songs appear in the Netflix documentary 'Asperger's Are Us' and the HBO series 'On Tour with Asperger's Are Us'

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released April 25, 2019

All songs written and sung by Noah Britton. Guitar by Noah Britton except where noted.

Thomas - cello(3,4,5), drums(1,2,3,4,6), bass(1,2,4,5,6), guitar(6), engineering, production
Eric - Cello(1,6), drums(5), shaker(3,4), melodica(3), acoustic guitar(3), co-engineering(2,3), mixing

Mastered by Eric Hochwald

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Noah, Thomas, sometimes other people. Formerly ACLU Benefit.

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