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Songs for a Reluctant Planet

by 21st Century Express

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(Music & lyrics by J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. First the CDs came Then the mp3s And then the cel phones First it was megabytes Then gigabytes Now terabytes I know you're scared So am I (But you can't beat progress) It's a brave new world Come and take my hand It's a brave new world Come on, take my hand We'll jump into the great unknown First the chat rooms came Then instant messaging Then the smart phones First it was MySpace Facebook Twitter Now Instagram You can't stop progress I know you're scared So am I It's a brave new world Come and take my hand It's a brave new world I know you're scared and confused So am I First the CDs came… It's a brave new world Brave new world It's a brave new world Come on, take my hand We'll leap into the great unknown It's a brave new world Yeah It's a brave new world Oh Come on, take my hand and We'll leap into the great unknown It's a brave new world It's a brave new world
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(J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. Once upon a time you felt One look Into my baby eyes you'd melt Be hooked Happiness ain't free Pay the fee Suddenly we were one big family Time passed and all's not well Now look Forgot your promise You gave me Hell And took Every piece of the best of me Suddenly Strangers are my family I put all my trust in you Isn't that what a family is supposed to do? Never dreamed you'd mess with my head Stomp on my heart Then leave me for dead I showed you love You showed me pain Broken on the floor Wondering Is blood thicker than rain? I had no choice But to turn and walk away You made me turn and walk away Do you even know I turned and walked away? Do you even know I turned and walked away? Don't see it in your eyes Just a cold blank stare And no one's asking why Why you don't seem to care How could a person do this to Someone they supposedly loved and who Would give them the world If they asked Always putting them first, but treated as last Always at fault Always to blame Say it's one thing Then change your mind again Never had the strength to leave I was fooled and naive Fool me once I pay the price Fool me a hundred thousand times I finally see Happiness ain't free And we're not family I had to save myself From you Take what was left and rescue The very last piece of my heart I had no choice But to turn and walk away You made me turn and walk away I had no choice but to turn and walked away Have you even noticed I turned and walked away? Don't see it in your eyes Just a cold blank stare And no one's asking why Why you don't seem to care Don't see it in your eyes Just a cold blank stare I had no choice but to turn and walked away And no one's asking why Why you don't seem to care Do you even know I turned and walked away? I had to save myself Save myself
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(J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. There's no mistaking Or two ways about it I never thought It would come to end like this Just didn't think you had it in you No You're words had meaning I sensed the truth behind them Your performance Was stellar How could you be so heartless I was breathless Up so high Never thought Not at all I could fall You would stall So cruel and unkind You left me silent & cold For what reason Could you not have lived without it Deceiving me With promises so bold Things I never wanted to begin with No What did you gain By falsely serenading my life Losing interest As love took hold How could you be so heartless Were you restless Just passing time Knocked me down Pushed Around As I fell facedown It was cruel and unkind As you left me silent & cold Silent & cold Must have had your reasons Something to gain Pretending you want me And acting So inhumane How could you be so heartless So wreckless To turn on me Not a word Not a sound I was tossed To the ground So cruel and unkind You left me silent & cold Silent & cold Silent & cold...
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Want 06:22
(P. Bamonte/J. Cooper/S. Gallup/R. O'Donnell/R. Smith) © 1996 Elektra/Fiction Records. I'm always wanting more Anything I haven't got Everything I want it all I just can't stop Planning all my days away But never finding ways to stay Or ever feel enough today Tomorrow must be More drink more dreams more bed more drugs More lust more lies more head more love More fear more fun more pain more flesh More stars more smiles more fame more sex But however hard I want I know deep down inside I'll never really get more hope Or any more time Any more time Any more time Any more time I want the sky to fall in I want lightning and thunder I want blood instead of rain I want the world to make me wonder I want to walk on water Take a trip to the moon Give me all this and give me it soon More drink more dreams more bed more drugs More lust more lies more head more love More fear more fun more pain more flesh More stars more smiles more fame more sex More drink more dreams more drugs More lust more lies more love More drink more dreams more drugs More lust more lies more love But however hard I want I know deep down inside I'll never really get more hope Or any more time Any more time Any more time Any more time
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(J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. Sometimes I wonder where you are Daydream if it could be Wishing I'd have you around to tell me As you would often read my mind That I make you weak & a little late A day late, a dollar short, as they say And maybe we can live forever It's then that I wake up... They say All's fair in love and war While I disagree Who's keeping score? As I fade from view I'd kill to be with you Though I may have wandered Onto city streets that were too wet Even though I've never felt that way again The way I would if I were with you That feeling had been there And Out of my league, they whisper Yet in my heart can picture What I've never felt again And I'd swear I was with you... They say Love is a many splendored thing I wouldn't know a thing it brings It's sad but true I'd kill to be with you It really doesn't matter They Whisper It doesn't really matter You're too good for me They whisper I say The time has come TIme to break the chain I'd kill to be with you I say My time has come and I will break the chain I will seize the day I'd kill to be with you They say (they say) All's fair in love & war (in love & war) While I disagree Who's keeping score? As I fade (from view) I'd kill to be with you They say Love is a many splendored thing (I wouldn't know a thing) I'd kill to be with you I'd kill to be with you I'd kill to be with you
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(J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. Flirtatious glances 
 Taking your chances 
 From across the room 
 All for love 
 A new romance 
Or second chance 
At feeling alive again 
 Is all you dream of 
 What if it finds you 
 After all you've been through 
Every sacrifice 
White knuckles grasping so tight 
 And it starts to slip 
 As you lose your grip 
 Watching as it 
 Falls out of sight? What do you do then? 
 What then? 
When it's storybook perfect 
 Fell in love with your best friend 
Never saw it coming 
 Didn't think it would end 
 When the weather gets rough 
 The going gets tough 
 When he calls your bluff 
 And love ain't enough And love ain't enough 
As the fairy tale ends 
 You're no longer friends 
 All alone in the bedroom 
 As the darkness descends 
 And love ain't enough 
 No, love ain't enough That new romance 
 Or second chance 
 At feeling alive again 
 Is still all you dream of 
 So you fell in love 
(yeah) 
 With your best friend 
Never saw it coming 
 Didn't think it would end 
 When the weather gets rough 
 The going gets tough 
 When he calls your bluff 
 And love ain't enough And love ain't enough (no no no
 oh) As the fairy tale ends 
 You're no longer friends 
All alone in the bedroom
 As the heartbreak begins
 
And love ain't enough 
No, love ain't enough 
Is it ever enough? When it's storybook perfect 
 When the weather gets rough 
 When the fairy tale ends 
 In love with your best friend 
 What then? 
What then? 
 When love ain't enough When love ain't enough 
 As the fairy tale ends 
You're no longer friends 
All alone in the bedroom 
 As the heartbreak begins 
 When the weather gets rough 
The going gets tough 
 When he calls your bluff 
 And love ain't enough 
 When love ain't enough Is it ever enough?
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Big Problem 04:43
(J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. You've done this more Than once or twice This run around We fight, you run for cover Say you're leaving for another Don't fool around If I've told you once I've told you twice Don't run out on me Take your troubles out the door In search of comfort Just makes more Don't let me down You better think about it Hear what I'm saying Stop and think about it Cuz if you leave with him We're gonna have a big problem If you think I'm playing Roll the dice And walk out with him We've worked too hard at this to throw out All we have for this one blow out Don't fool around I've warned you both And I've been nice Don't try my patience We can work it out, I know it If you're in love with me, then show it Don't let me down You better think about it Hear what I'm saying Stop and think about it Cuz if you leave with him We're gonna have a big problem Think about it Hear what I'm saying Cuz if you leave with him Don't you leave with him Or we're gonna have a big problem A really big problem Big problem Come home and we'll talk All about Our big problem You better think about it Hear what I'm saying Yeah Stop and think about it Cuz if you leave with him We're gonna have a big problem Think about it Hear what I'm saying Cuz if you leave with him Don't you leave with him Or we're gonna have a big problem A really big problem Big problem We're gonna have a big problem Yeah
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Listen Up 04:34
(J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. Hey Hey Hey Got something to say Don't want to hear it? Better listen anyway I'm talking to The Dirtbags The Users and The Scum Who go 'round preying On everyone The Filth, The Vermin The Lower Than Low Using & abusing Everybody we know Had enough The jig is up We're drawing the line Take it all back One lie at a time You better (Listen up) Take a drink Of your stink I think A little taste Of your own toxic waste Flip the script What a trip Don't give a shit 'bout You Liars, you Cheaters And all you Wife Beaters We're standing up Finally Found our own tenacity We gonna bitch slap The nasty right outta you You better (Listen up) You gotta go, go, go And reap what you sow What goes around is coming They call it Karma, you know In the name of all the kindness, trust and the meekness That assholes like yourselves mistook for some kind of weakness You lied to and played us By hook or by crook Using every con and scheme And trick in the book Hold up Wait a minute We're drawing the line Ending the abuse About time we rewind You better (Listen up) Take a drink Of your stink I think A little taste Of your own toxic waste Flip the script What a trip Don't give a shit 'bout You Liars, you Cheaters And all you Wife Beaters We're standing up Finally Found our own tenacity We gonna bitch slap The nasty right outta you You better (Listen up) Users Abusers Villains and Scum You better (Listen up) Players Haters and Bullies Here we come You better… Listen up Hey Hey Hey You better listen up You Liars, you Cheaters And all you Wife Beaters We're standing up Finally standing up Hey Hey Hey whaddya say? You better listen up I'm talking to you Villians You Lower Than Low Time to reap what you sow Reap what you sow Hey Hey Hey You better listen up You Liars, you Cheaters And all you Wife Beaters We're standing up Finally standing up Hey Hey Hey whaddya say? You better listen up
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Multiple Homosexuals Witness A Fire. Ohmygod You Can Feel The Heat...
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(J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. <recording> Turn it off! You thought you were so smart Thought I could never tell your lies apart But your disease was quick to show I knew at once you had to go All your sad excuses They can wait And apologies are coming Much too late Your love's no good Your love's no good Your love's no good One Trick Pony's aren't hard to find I've done one or two in my spare time That includes you It's the hard but honest truth You're just a low life dirty dog Some may never know it They just say you're talking But you're lying cuz Your lips are moving That must mean you're lying All the time Your love's no good Your love's no good That's understood Your love's no good Your love's no good Your love's no good No Your love's no good Take it away, baby < Give me love, Give me love A perfect love, Give me love > This one's for you, Randell... Your love's no good Your love's no good That's understood Yeah I wish you would I wish you would Your love's no good No Good Your love's no good That's understood I wish you would Yeah Yeah Your love's no good No Good Your love's no good Your love's no good Your love's no good No Your love's no good Your love's no good No Your love's no good No
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(J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. Don't know who I was before I had my whole life to answer for Some would say bourgeosie A king, a leper or emcee Just bought & sold At bargain price Like some rhetorical device So you see If I were me I'd know who I'd be (have I wasted my time? am I wasting it now with you?) One thing I'm sure of I'm sure of loving you (do you not feel the same? tell me the truth) Of that, I'm absolutely sure I'm sure I'm sure (you are so completely unforgettable) I'm sure I'm sure that must be true (you must be feeling it, too) Of course That was before I had my whole life to answer for Was I too tame Or too extreme? Things are never what they seem Faith in love so sublime A trademark valentine So you see If I were me I'd know who I'd be (I'm not a waste of time, it's not wasted here with me) You're the one thing I'm unsure of Unsure of loving you (I'm sure I feel the same, that's the truth) Of that, I'm absolutely sure (anything else, I think, is unacceptable) Unsure (is regrettable) Unsure (I'm not that forgettable) Unsure Unsure of loving you (I'm sure I feel it, too) Honestly I feel cloudy Like I need rest Don't know my own name Couldn't even guess Claustrophobic Anaerobic Nonetheless Of course That was before I had my whole life to answer for Was I too tame Or too extreme? Things are never what they seem Faith in love so sublime A trademark valentine So you see If I were me I'd know who I'd be Don't know who I was before I had my whole life to answer for Some would say bourgeosie A king, a leper or emcee Just bought & sold At bargain price Like some rhetorical device So you see If I were me I'd know who I'd be So you see If I were me I'd know who I'd be
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Deep 04:37
(J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. what started as a crush never thought it would amount to much unrequited uninvited then it seems I caught his eye can't imagine how or why in his gaze I felt so high beguiled like a child fell for him in every way hung on every word he'd say at least I did until today speechless in pieces dumbfounded as he stipulates he just can't reciprocate we were only a temporary state he's moved on we're gone Deep I've fallen I can't speak But one word from you makes me weak Now Your narration is over Over I can't sleep In much too deep still reeling from the crash of being tossed out with the trash unexpected rejected just when I believed in him things he said he said on a whim beguiled like a child spellbound by his every move seems he had a case to prove against the one with most to lose speechless in pieces the blindside is the casual way his words came out so easy to say that he is not now or ever will be gay was I wrong? or a pawn? Deep I've fallen I can't speak But one word from you makes me weak Now Your narration is over Over I can't sleep In much too deep Deep I've fallen I can't speak But one word from you makes me weak Now Your narration is over Over I can't sleep In much too deep still can't get over the casual way your words came out so easy to say that you are not now or ever will be gay move on? you're wrong Deep I've fallen I can't speak But one word from you makes me weak Now Your narration is over Over I can't sleep In much too deep Deep I've fallen I can't speak But one word from you makes me weak Now Your narration is over Over I can't sleep In much too deep
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Boyland 03:52
(J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. hurry hurry step right up see the greatest sex on Earth girls boys men and what's in between step right up to our 3-ring scene a cirque de sex line forms to the left your eyes closed your mind open is always best hear heavenly thunder see the 8th world wonder hurry hurry step right up enter Boyland where sweaty pecs and an olive tan cum together by a strangers hand in Boyland boy on Boyland if you're a newbie or watching again jump right in and tell a friend shirtless attire and a real tight end under a big top the fun never ends sip on this swallow that pass the straw you're the big top now how bout that 3-rings of wonder unlike any other hurry hurry step right up enter Boyland where sweaty pecs and an olive tan cum together by a strangers hand in Boyland boy on Boyland have your tickets ready to enter Boyland God-like bodies obey every command leather chains & steel oh ain't sex grand in Boyland boy on Boyland see the greatest show on Earth sculpted features a naked rebirth compare stats see what you're worth in Boyland only in Boyland see the greatest show on Earth all perfection and a true rebirth compare stats, see what you're worth in Boyland only in Boyland have your tickets ready to enter Boyland God-like bodies obey every command leather chains & steel oh ain't sex grand in Boyland boy on Boyland hurry hurry step right up enter Boyland where sweaty pecs and an olive tan cum together by a strangers hand in Boyland boy on Boyland
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(P. Hildebrand/J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. a sign of the times when you find nothing rhymes white flags unfurled a weary world begs for a sign we still exist through the mist our sun hasn't set, no and the beat of a heart may ignite the start of our best years yet yeah, it's out there it's coming the answer to everything... can you feel it you can feel it I feel it coming do you feel it I can feel it what the world is feeling you can feel it don't you feel it everyone feels it coming I feel it you feel it what the world is feeling now some will say there's just no way only dreamers dream such things just stay in line don't fall behind won't be much longer be tough cuz life is rough when it bites & stings ignore the cold do as your told what doesn't kill us makes us stronger well that may be your truth but I believe I just gotta believe... can you feel it you can feel it I feel it coming do you feel it I can feel it what the world is feeling you can feel it don't you feel it everyone feels it coming I feel it you feel it what the world is feeling you may be right I may be wrong it could be nothing at all but what if it is something what if it it is something something wonderful beautiful exceptional magical what if it's a miracle can you feel it don't you feel it I feel it coming any minute now you'll feel it wow don't you feel it now you feel it what the world is feeling I can feel it we feel it everyone feels it coming I feel it you feel it what the world is feeling oh yeah I feel it you feel it we feel it he feels it she feels it they feel it yeah we feel it they feel it I feel it he feels it she feels it what the world is feeling oh yeah
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(J. Oloffson/J. Hudson) © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. Can't. No. Never. Such ugly words. I was born unto them. From the time I was a little child Until the day I die Saddled to me Holding me down Their weight like ponderous Heavy chains Wrapped around my neck. With the ones around me The ones you think The ones you hope Are there Have come to help you remove their terrible burden But are really the ones Who helped place them there In the first place Scolding me Betraying me Forgetting me For ever dreaming And wishing They would fall away. And yet Somehow While life It passed unquietly by In the midst of its winter I found within myself An invincible summer Took hold of those chains Those stone cold frozen chains Released their stranglehold And lifted them Up Up Up and far far away. I know not how it happened. I only know it did. There is a time in life When you stop existing and you start living When you are given a new chance and new dreams When the old is to be forgotten And the new Embraced. There is a time in life… And that time is NOW. This is for The Captive The Heartbroken The Tormented The Desperate The Forgotten The Weak The Angry The Ugly The Unusual The Bitter The Tired The Misunderstood The Hungry The Cold The Shy and The Lonely.
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Over 2 years in the making, "Songs for a Reluctant Planet" is the first album to be recorded at the new C3PJoe Studios in Northern CA, and the groups 7th studio album. Taking aim at love and lament, its mood is both pensive and playful, hitting their targets while keeping their feet planted firmly on the dancefloor.

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released March 5, 2015

Produced by JHSF and 21st Century Express.
All tracks © 2015 Invincible City Records, LLC. and written by Joe Hudson, except where noted.

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A theatrical sound designer and a nightclub DJ for over 11 years, Joe Hudson (producing as JHSF), first created 21st Century Express in 2003, hoping to fuse key elements from both careers, resulting in unique musical twists that defy genre while breaking rules. Striving to create an odyssey for those who crave dramatic expressions in sound, 21stCE always aims to be truly one of a kind. ... more

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