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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

by Laurel Hill

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1.
The altar boys are kicking down the door The altar boys have taken the priest I hope nobody's cheap Put the money on the floor All waiting for so much more Out of the place that's taken away my joy Will god love me if I put on a dress? Will god love me if I act like a whore? Will god love me if my life is a mess? If god love me, then I won't be ignored Will god love me if I put on a dress? Will god love me if I act like a whore? Will god love me if my life is a mess? If god love me, then I won't be ignored Crusades are for tyrants The altar boys are getting violent Crusades are for tyrants The altar boys are getting violent Crusades are for tyrants The altar boys are getting violent Crusades are for tyrants The altar boys are getting violent The altar boys Become altered boys The altar boys Are all stuck and left for dead The altar boys Become altered boys The altar boys Are all fucked up in the head Will god love me if I put on a dress? Will god love me if I act like a whore? Will god love me if my life is a mess? If god love me, then I won't be ignored Will god love me if I put on a dress? Will god love me if I act like a whore? Will god love me if my life is a mess? If god love me, then I won't be ignored Crusades are for tyrants The altar boys are getting violent Crusades are for tyrants The altar boys are getting violent Crusades are for tyrants The altar boys are getting violent Crusades are for tyrants The altar boys are getting violent The altar boys Become altered boys The altar boys Are all stuck and left for dead The altar boys Become altered boys The altar boys Are all fucked up in the head
2.
90210 07:56
Sell your fortune and don't tell a soul Beverly Hills is frozen over and cold And they got nowhere to go It's clever resale, you better be still It's kill or be killed in Beverly Hills If you don't like it by now, I guess you never will I checked the window and nobody's home I took myself to the place where the river flows It goes and it goes and it goes It goes and it goes and it goes Sell your fortune and don't tell a soul Beverly Hills is frozen over and cold And they got nowhere to go It's clever resale, you better be still It's kill or be killed in Beverly Hills If you don't like it by now, I guess you never will I checked the window and nobody's home I took myself to the place where the river flows It goes and it goes and it goes It goes and it goes and it goes
3.
Philadelphia 05:13
On the streets of Philly The streets of Philly On the streets of Philly The streets of Philly On the streets of Philly The streets of Philly Well, I hope they don't kill me On the streets of Philly, Philly, Philly A double decker Megabus Manhattan in my sights I only had the one chance I had to get it right A pill to pop my will could stop From chemical destruct My time is running out I better get some luck A heaven screams some better things I'm tempted that I lost I hopped the fence to reek offense Instead of getting caught And then I left school Instead of getting taught My heart had got a lot out Oh, I better take a walk Through Philly The streets of Philly On the streets of Philly The streets of Philly, Philly, Philly On the streets of Philly The streets of Philly Well, I hope they don't kill me On the streets of Philly, Philly, Philly A junkie wants a better life A cop just wants to rule I could never get it right So I dropped out of school In life, it's hard to get advice For work that's hard to do I'll leave and find a better life 'Til everyone's confused Come on take a look at me And tell me what you see And once you tell me everything That I would never be I'll take a car or train or bus Or ship across the sea And do it all in front of you And smile I'll be leaving Philly I'm leaving Philly All the streets of Philly The streets of Philly, Philly, Philly On the streets of Philly The streets of Philly Well, I hope they don't kill me, tonight On the streets of Philly, Philly, Philly
4.
Parkway of the garden state Planes flying overhead On the porch playing Uno Lightning struck our bed But I got something in my chest No one ever sees I been waiting to leave this town Stop living in my dreams Oh no, I won't go Police come around I lay low Dead sunflowers in the snow I hear the songs playing when I'm stoned Came home, I'm on dope Eighteen, when you left me alone Eighteen, when I left my home She's waiting up by the telephone She slide on, on Like a suicide in my dorm Was a suicide after sophomore year Now I'm living on my own The smallest house in Avalon Can't find it if you look for it Fifteen court dates in three months It'll fuck me up, I'm gonna pour Thought I was the last one We were the first ones living in dirt That didn't last long I didn't know that life would soon get worse They wanna fight I bought a gun Way late at night When I want some I've been feeling so numb I feel so numb I fill it up And I feel nothing I'm feeling so numb I feel so numb I fill it up And I feel nothing Oh no, I won't go Police come around I lay low Dead sunflowers in the snow I hear the songs playing when I'm stoned Came home, I'm on dope Eighteen, when you left me alone Eighteen, when I left my home She's waiting up by the telephone She slide on, on Like a suicide in my dorm Was a suicide after sophomore year Now I'm living on my own The smallest house in Avalon Can't find it if you look for it Fifteen court dates in three months It'll fuck me up, I'm gonna pour I'm gonna pour I'm gonna pour Fuck it, I'm gonna pour I'm gonna pour It's a garden state thing It's a garden state thing It's a garden state thing It's a garden state thing
5.
Submarine 05:53
A submarine so I can live in the sea I'm no longer a stray A submarine so I can live in some peace Submarine where I start to decay I'm going down, down, where I can't be found Too many ghosts that surround this town Down, down, where I can't be found I won't drown if I'm underground I'm going down, down, where I can't be found Too many ghosts that surround this town Down, down, where I can't be found I won't drown if I'm underground A submarine so I can live in the sea I'm no longer a stray A submarine so I can live in some peace Submarine where I start to decay A submarine so I can live in the sea I'm no longer a stray A submarine so I can live in some peace Submarine where I start to decay I'm going down, down, where I can't be found Too many ghosts that surround this town Down, down, where I can't be found I won't drown if I'm underground
6.
The Pier 05:12
Lost and I can't go home To the only thing I've known In the morning, I feel broken In the evening, I feel stoned I'm gonna drive out to the ocean Gonna go hide by the cove I'm just out here floating But the water's getting cold Lost and I can't go home To the only thing I've known In the morning, I feel broken In the evening, I feel stoned I'm gonna drive out to the ocean Gonna go hide by the cove I'm just out here floating But the water's getting cold I can't feel the waves They're crashing upon my face You left something void Something never to be replaced And when I wake up, I'm annoyed That I haven't left this place yet Why can't life be joy? 'Cause I know death is painless Lost and I can't go home To the only thing I've known In the morning, I feel broken In the evening, I feel stoned I'm gonna drive out to the ocean Gonna go hide by the cove I'm just out here floating But the water's getting cold Lost and I can't go home To the only thing I've known In the morning, I feel broken In the evening, I feel stoned I'm gonna drive out to the ocean Gonna go hide by the cove I'm just out here floating But the water's getting cold Getting!
7.
Liquor 03:52
Think there's just enough liquor To make all of my problems go away If I keep getting sicker And all of my organs decay But I like the feeling The clink of a glass So, fill me another 'Cause I'm living fast There's nowhere to see That I haven't gone There's nowhere to run When you're on your own
8.
Cortez 04:37
My dog he barks at the neighbors I don't mind it I don't care My dog he barks and complains He's losing his mind I think I'm losing my hair I wanna feel like the summer Without all the gators And without my despair I wanna leave Pennsylvania And find the equator A place where you're there A place where you're there My dog he barks at the neighbors I don't mind it I don't care My dog he barks and complains He's losing his mind I think I'm losing my hair I wanna feel like the summer Without all the gators And without my despair I wanna leave Pennsylvania And find the equator A place where you're there A place where you're there
9.
The mayor of skid row is a tall and burly man Long cigarettes, longer knife that's in his hand And if you think you run the town, you're harder than the rest The baddest motherfucker, comes a knockin' at your chest Place your bets on anybody, cause the odds are all for sale The players have been gambling, so they locked them in a jail I sat down at the table, four horsemen next to me The mayor said, "Well, go ahead and call the calvary!" The mayor of skid row is a tall and burly man Long cigarettes, longer knife that's in his hand And if you think you run the town, you're harder than the rest The baddest motherfucker, comes a knockin' at your chest Place your bets on anybody, cause the odds are all for sale The players have been gambling, so they locked them in a jail I sat down at the table, four horsemen next to me The mayor said, "Well, go ahead and call the calvary!"
10.
Instrumental 04:57
11.
Orange Moon 04:26
I sing a sad song Beneath the orange moon The city seems so sweet at rest All the bad songs, lonely in the jukebox Broken records are forgotten and depressed Here I stand now, on these steel steps Take a gamble, it's a better bet I wanna steal, whatever's left I live in chaos so I don't feel regret The bar is closing and we're headed home She spoke about some things I've never known She showed me more to life than getting stoned And drinking too much for too many years Too many years alone I sing a sad song Beneath the orange moon The city seems so sweet at rest All the bad songs, lonely in the jukebox Broken records are forgotten and depressed
12.
Corruption 04:40
So I packed up my things and got out of dodge They see my face ran up through the smog I took my car to the car wash Things ain't the same from a far watch In the valley or in Hollywood West End or in Bollywood I can't breathe I didn't know anything But now I know something Now I know nothing at all Now I know something Now I know nothing at all Now that I know It's harder to go each way that I want It's harder to smoke these things in a blunt We're waking up, oh The city knows The city sleeps when nobody's home Oh, the city of brotherly love What a fucking excuse To do more drugs I been numb, locked out, beat down and dragged out I'm stuck in a bar where the weather's bad out Said I'm not from there I was born in the city, I was raised there So, I didn't fall I'm me, hate if you want Greased hair, cheap beer, dumb buzz cut Pierced ears, fuck you, pardon? Parliament's stupid and we're all fucked The president's stoned and I want some Everybody talking 'bout some other war At night, you fall At night, I come up and ball Fuck the police Fuck the police in Philadelphia Fuck the police Fuck the police in Philadelphia Another disruption We gotta end corruption Another disruption We gotta end corruption I'm just another disruption We gotta end corruption I'm just another disruption We gotta end corruption Corruption Corruption

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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
by Laurel Hill

Recorded in Northridge, CA
December 2019

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released March 16, 2020

Guitar and Vocals by Gregory Falatek
Bass and Piano by Spencer Hutton
Drums and Percussion by Joey D'Alfonso

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Gregory Falatek

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Laurel Hill is a 3-piece alternative band based in Los Angeles, California, including Gregory Falatek on guitar and vocals, Spencer Hutton bass and Joey D'Alfonso on drums.

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