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West Land

by Shane Cooley

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1.
San Diego 03:29
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San Diego, you've still got something to say Don't let yourself get swallowed by LA When I went there with you I felt the quiver of doubt in your kiss But don't worry dear, I'm a perfectionist And if you think I'll settle for less Well you're wrong, I want to be your absolute best Departure flights at midnight, San Diego in the distance all alone I try to explain that your heart is my home I kiss you at the terminal as it's time for us to say goodbye You turn around once again as we catch each other's eyes And if you think I'll settle for less Well you're wrong, I want to be your absolute best You're wrong, I want to be your absolute best Hold on dear Hold on dear I'm coming home I'm coming home Hold on dear I'll make it clear That no one else could love you like I do San Diego, you're so far away from home With your red and green lights And your wrought-iron bones And if you think I'll settle for less Well you're wrong, I want to be your absolute best And if you think I'll settle for less Well you're wrong, I want to be your absolute best San Diego, you're so far from home San Diego, you're so far San Diego, you're so far from home So far, so far So far from home So far So far from home
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The Alamo 03:22
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I'll lower down my bitter shield Take off my winter clothes Davy Crocket called and invited me To a place called Alamo But tonight I don't want any trouble Tonight I don't want any trouble I just want to swim with you tonight Smell the river in your hair I'm too tired to go on, too sad to fight Too old to hunt the bear And tonight I don't want any trouble Tonight I don't want any trouble Tonight I don't want any trouble Trouble called and I just ignored Lately I've seen dark adventures But now my greatest fear is getting bored Davy called again, I think I'll take him up On his offer for a damn good war I'll meet him up tomorrow and we'll smoke cigars Behind the Alamo doors But tonight I don't want any trouble Tonight I don't want any trouble Tonight I don't want any trouble I'm sick and tired of toothless smiles I just want to kiss you tonight, Love And cut this Jim Bowie act for a while I know I'm the king of graceful failure I rarely let my other sides show But tonight it's you and me, my beautiful friend And tomorrow I'll think of you In the Alamo Oh But they'll remember My Alamo
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College Town 03:03
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Oh college town Dull and ancient I am leaving Today With all your history Please forget me Hide your memories All Away With every brick you laid Take your hate away Call a truce On yesterday I am worn down From a jealous town I'm on my way now All the way There's a new life Waiting for me I think about it Night and day And I've been gone now In my mind For quite some time now All the way Weary as the bones Beneath a tombstone Take me where I can lay Away from college town To the West land Mountains canyons All the way There's nothing left but you for me There's nothing left but you for me Oh college town, you killed me There's nothing left but you for me There is nothing left but you for me Oh college town, C'est la vie C'est la vie
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California Nights 03:45
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I like you in my flannel shirt And your messed up hair The way you tantalize me The way you stare And it feels so good It feels so good It feels so good, so good, so good Woah oh oh California, can't you be just a little bit kinder Woah oh oh Everything is all I've got right now Pacific Ocean All night, eyes red Highway One And hotel beds And it feels so good It feels so good It feels so good, so good, so good Woah oh oh California, can't you be just a little bit kinder Woah oh oh Every pretty girl I pass is a subtle reminder Woah oh oh Of California nights Well it all seems backwards From the west to the east I hope you're thinking of me Of me now Woah oh oh California, can't you be just a little bit kinder Woah oh oh Every pretty girl I pass is a subtle reminder Woah oh oh California nights And it feels so good
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21st Century 05:57
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My heart isn't broken, it's frozen In a century where I don't belong Where spirited men are broken in To a world that looks safe, but it's not I've got battle scars on my skin But not as many as I may deserve I attempt to defend the spirit within But I don't have the guts to really get hurt And they say you could've done that in '68 But I'm forty-two years too late And all of the painters that drank their own paint To me they're patron saints But I can't afford that fate In the 21st Century A victim of changing times Missing letters in the neon signs Every town that I pass is dead Yes it's dead, not dying And I wish that I could get stoned 'Til my eyes catch on fire But every cop in the land says you can't get away anymore And you'd better just go home But they say you could've done that in '68 And I'm forty-two years too late And all the poets who spat in society's face To me they're patron saints But I can't afford that fate In the 21st Century You say that you'll give me space 'Cause I don't have the time For the white picket fences and things you deserve But I cannot give I've got battle scars on my skin And you have been added to them Oh, I wasn't quick in telling you That I love you And maybe we can negotiate But I'm guessing that I'm to late So I think that I'll go out to town tonight And stay 'til I make myself break Pull the reins on my fate We still make mistakes in the 21st Century We still make mistakes in the 21st Century
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Window Shopping 02:47
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I don't think about her that much Why think of turmoil when at peace I still don't know how I came to her world I still don't know why I had to leave Now I'm standing in a street mall Wondering about her Window shopping for a long lost lover Window shopping for a long lost lover I was a nervous wreck and a fine mess A loose cannon in her arms I drank and cussed and always denied That we were doomed right from the start And I never could figure out Just what it was that she wanted from me Window shopping for a long lost lover Window shopping for a long lost lover, that's me Window shopping for a long lost lover A long lost lover Losing someone Is like a walking death It's not easy to forget And I haven't just yet We all get like this sometimes Strained eyes on a distant face I bet she's walking tall right now I bet she's walking in a higher place Or is she standing in a street mall Wondering about me Window shopping for a long lost lover Window shopping for a long lost lover, that's me Window shopping for a long lost lover A long lost lover A long lost lover A long lost lover, that's me
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Last Love 03:20
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Every night I lie in my bed Tossing and turning from the noise in my head Afraid that you might leave I don't know what I would do then But I'm never doing this with another again If you happen to leave Enough is enough You could be my last love Forever But with you I can't help but hope Make wishes on dandelions, catch tigers by their toes I want you to stay We make love, our ribcages intertwine Play blind man's bluff in the faded moonlight I want you to stay Being with you is enough You could be my last love You should be my last love Would you be my last love Forever

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"West Land showcases Shane Cooley’s dedication to the art of the song as much as it reflects his life on the road in America."

~Danny McCloskey, The Alternate Root Magazine


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Shane Cooley, who recently won 2nd place as "Best Male Artist" in the International Acoustic Music Awards, says that his new album, West Land, represents his departure from a past life. Most of the songs are about exploring new cities out West, and living on the American road. Partnered with producer Stewart Myers (Jason Mraz, Lifehouse), Cooley played most of the instruments on the album himself, including drums, guitars, piano and harmonica.

"West Land is for all intents and purposes a 70s record," said Cooley. "I have always felt like I was born in the wrong time, and have been envious of the artists that were around in that era. Music was treated with a degree of respect then, from both the artists' perspective and the audience's." Despite his reputation for being a prolific songwriter, Cooley treated the album as if it were to be on two-sided vinyl. He narrowed it down to seven songs he thought were appropriate thematically. "It's not about how many songs can I throw on a CD," Cooley explains, "These songs fit together, and are meant to be listened to that way." Cooley sites Neil Young's Harvest and Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town as two "holy grails of influences" for production and arrangements.

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released February 11, 2011

copyright Shane Cooley (ASCAP) 2011.

Tracks 1-6:
Produced by Stewart Myers / Shane Cooley

-Shane Cooley: vocals, guitars, drums, piano,
harmonica, melotron

-Stewart Myers: bass, chamberlain, organ, timpani,
synth

-Charles Arthur: pedal steel on “The Alamo,”
lead guitar on “California Nights”

-Jack Cooley: drums on “Window Shopping”

-Engineered by Stewart Myers, White Star Sound,
Charlottesville, VA

-Mixed by Stewart Myers at Dixie Five
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Track 7:
Produced by Lawrence Gelburd.

-Shane Cooley: lead vocals, acoustic guitar
-Anthony Melillo: lead guitar, background vocals*
-Joe Melillo: bass, background vocals*
-Nick Melillo: drums, background vocals*
-Adam Web: background vocals
-Myron Kimble: background vocals

*The Melillo Brothers

Engineered by Joe DeLuca, Why Me Recording, NJ
Mixed by Stewart Myers at Dixie Five
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-Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Avatar Studios, NYC

-Graphic Design by Adam Web

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*photo by Bill Goodman
'He's one hit away from radio stardom...with a hungry confidence that may prove his hip-shaking ways will soon be making their way to bigger stages.'

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