Gunboat Diplomacy （元PAPA NO ONGAKU)

Words and Music by Justin Johnson Guitar by Stephen Ball Mastered by Garrett Haines at Treelady Studios. LYRICS Was the ark a prison ship, or a psychedelic trip? Could a lion and a lamb lie down together and ride out the storm? Can we play it fast and loose? I cut my teeth on younger girls But I'm thinking about stepping up to someone looking older-school like you You broke the rules Like all you actresses do You must be tired Thinking about settling down Start living wise That's why you moved next door to me last night! Was the ark a prison ship, or a psychedelic trip? Could a lion and a lamb lie down together and ride out the storm? Can we play it fast and loose? I cut my teeth on younger girls But I'm thinking about stepping up to someone looking older-school like you What do I do When you're standing on my stoop? You're all up in my turf Drinking wine on my roof Do I tell the truth Of you and me? Insanity! Was the ark a prison ship, or a psychedelic trip? Could a lion and a lamb lie down together and ride out the storm? Can we play it fast and loose? I cut my teeth on younger girls But I'm thinking about stepping up to someone looking older-school like you

Words and Music by Justin Johnson Guitar by Stephen Ball Mastered by Garrett Haines at Treelady Studios. LYRICS I…I live my life without disgrace Something you oughta think about Before you do something to save face In a room where no-one knows you I…I make waves without making haste See you falling down and up Desperately trying to make a case Slowly turn away Patching emotional holes up with intellect Hiding yourself in disarray You think that no-one will notice it when you’re dressing them down You have a very keen sense of fair play Never cease to remind me Trying to get me to take the bait Slowly turn away I hardly know you, but it's OK You seem to know me well enough To bring me to this place Where your heart is stored away It’s been that way since the seventh grade It’s been that way since the seventh grade It’s been that way since the seventh grade Slowly turn away

Words and Music by Justin Johnson Guitar by Stephen Ball Mastered by Garrett Haines at Treelady Studios. LYRICS I'd like to drift away Fill my sails with all your tales and see me off in peace Across the Inland Sea Your palanquin recedes Falling forth so fast asleep the placid waters climb To cover up my crimes I never thought the enemy would ever share a bed with me You're turning words like keys to unlock sympathies I hear the creaking boards your wires gleam but still it conjures up a scene on some bridge of dreams I'd like to get away Fill your mind with all my rhymes they're only smoke to me And easier to breathe I never thought the enemy would ever share a bed with me You're turning words like keys to unlock sympathies You say I'm easy-breezy Well I huffed and puffed but it was never quite enough To save me from the stuff I never thought the enemy would ever share a bed with me You're turning words like keys to unlock sympathies You're making maps mislead; the forest's getting deep

Words and Music by Justin Johnson Guitar by Stephen Ball Mastered by Garrett Haines at Treelady Studios. LYRICS two young lovers with talent and brains vis a vis undercover with silent refrains but somebody erred and it never was contained two young brothers in fortune and fame its the last thing to go and ain't it a shame when the tears are all cried and nothing else remains it's the delicate art of venial sin but there's more to last night you swore that you'd love me and you'd give me your days with my pens and my papers and all my crazy ways but i was given to drink, you were given to indulge what were we thinking? look where we've fallen from you float with a grace i've not yet seen and you smile like a friend but you'll kill like a fiend and its late at night and i'm covered in ink with a candle and a dream well its two young lovers with talent and brains its the first thing to go when the stamina wanes and the who thing falls apart it's the delicate art of venial sin but there's more to last night you swore that you'd love me and you'd give me your days with my pens and my papers and all my crazy ways but i was given to drink, you were given to indulge what were we thinking? look where we've fallen from

Lyrics and Music by Justin Johnson Saxophone by Mike Bomhof Artwork Photography by Yu Oshimura Mastered by Dana White at Specialized Mastering LYRICS 3am, Golden Gai. I want to say goodbye But I'm beckoned forth by the lights Past the kids and the touts Alive with secret doubts But none wear it as well as I It's a scene Young lovers start to lean Towards the doors and the steam That masks a modern hell they'll find at their hotels No one's asking, but i know it well 3am, Golden Gai. Communion with the gods Saint Dazai would be proud Lacking scope, lacking trust My god, they're just like us! Made of lies and minor lusts Hid by a screen A feint of history Made great as it recedes Cicadas in the trees are heard but can't be seen A postwar literary dream 3am, Golden Gai. I wanna say goodbye But I won't put up a fight Make a spark, ignite my skin Somebody let me in Time's long since ceased to be a friend Walk the line, writ long before our time That spelled out yours and mine Where you're prim, where you're touched That boundary must be crushed At least I'd like to think as much

Music by Justin Johnson Artwork Photography by Yu Oshimura Mastered by Dana White at Specialized Mastering