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99 Cent Dreams

by MAKAR

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1.
I Hate My Job 03:39
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I Hate My Job I hate my job I hate my life I hate my girl I hate my wife AND I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I hate my house I hate my car I hate my lousy landlord And his meathead bar AND I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I hate my job I hate the man I want to be in a rock and roll band I hate my job I hate the man I want to be in a rock and roll band I wanna rock I wanna roll Wanna rock Wanna save my soul I wanna rock I wanna roll Wanna rock Wanna save my soul Don’t want lose my life under fluorescent lights I can do it but it doesn’t feel right I hate the Sun I hate the Rain I hate the bus I hate the train AND I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I hate my boss I hate his game I hate his lies Cause they’re always lame AND I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I hate my job I hate the man I want to be in a rock and roll band I hate my job I hate the man I want to be in a rock and roll band I wanna rock I wanna roll Wanna rock Wanna save my soul I wanna rock I wanna roll No more living thick and slow No more living thick and slow I wanna rock I wanna roll Wanna rock Wanna save my soul
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The Country Song 02:36
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The Country Song I asked the lord For two horses and a gun And a cowboy hat, So I could ride into the sun But he said no. I asked my wife If she could hold my tired hand But I was not her kind So she went lookin’ for a man To tell her woes I’ll find my way home tonight somehow Even if my guide’s a firefly. All I need is you right by my side Waiting for the light. I told myself “Boy, you really need to try, You need a brand new car, You need a brand new life.” And so I tried. I took a job, I worked from nine-to-five, I bought a brand new car, I found a brand new wife. But I just cried. I’ll find my way home tonight somehow, Even if my guide’s a firefly. All I need I you right by my side Waiting for the light. I asked the lord If I could ride into the sun With just a cowboy hat, And two horses and a gun. And he said go.
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What Can I Tell You 01:49
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What Can I Tell You When life isn’t working out The way you thought it would You thought you’d do better than You actually could Raise a shout Then you’ll seek your dreams Life is bigger Than you thought it seemed What can I tell you? I said! What can I tell you? You never finished Because you let them win You gave up Before you could begin Show them what you can do That is everything true What can I tell you? I said! What can I tell you? I said What can I tell you? I said! What can I tell you?
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The Monkey 04:42
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The Monkey I see the mole on the back of a monkey Why ya gotta lie to live like a junkie It’s easier to lie then it is to Live It’s easier to die then it is to Live Fly away High away To another day Far away Another lonely life Another lonely day to dream it right Another holy place To find the light and sail away oh yeah You are alone You can’t go home You are alone You can’t go home I don’t want my life to pass me by I don’t want to live that same old lie I don’t want to live a lie I don’t want to live a lie I don’t want to live to die I lived my life like a high school flunky Don’t know why I listened to that Goddamned monkey It’s easier to give in then it is to Give It’s easier to die then it is to Live Fly away High away To another day Far away Another lonely life Another lonely day to dream it right Another holy place To find the light and sail away oh yeah You are alone You can’t go home You are alone You can’t go home I don’t want my life to pass me by I don’t want to live that same old lie/ You are alone I don’t want to live a lie/ You can’t go home I don’t want to live to die/ You are alone I don’t want to say Good-bye
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Alligator Agents 04:02
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Alligator Agents No matter what they tell you On the lower east side Them alligator agents You know they lie They lie They lie Them elevator babies Going up and down No matter what they sell you It’ll bring you down Down Down The way you’re goin Your life won’t last Sittin' home alone with a bottle of beauty Your life won’t last Little bottles full of desperate mourning Your life won’t last Three o’clock in the morning Your head full of grass You stumble round the city Your life falls fast Fast Fast You figure you’re a winner You were lost but now you’re found Withered face and polyester gear But no disco queen’s around Around Around The way you’re goin Your life won’t last Sittin home alone with a bottle of beauty Your life won’t last Little bottles full of desperate mourning Your life won’t last
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Another Day 03:14
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Another Day When your love has gone away Broke your heart Had her way Remember there’s always another day, so stay That’s where you’ll find your way That’s where you’ll find your way There is sunshine And there is rain Take all your love and heal the pain Take all your love and kill the pain When your job just pays the bills Steals your sun Leaves hollow thrills Remember there’s always a better way, still That’s where you’ll find your way That’s where you’ll find your way There is sunshine And there is rain Take all your love and heal the pain Take all your love Take all your love Take all your love and kill the pain
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Damion Day 02:53
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Damion Day Oooooh Damion Day if you had it your way Life would never go astray Damion Day you always want it your way Isn’t ever what you say Damion Day, what would you do What would you do isn’t what you say Have it your way poor Damion Day Your mind is going strange The life you make circles your brain How, how, how can you ascertain The watercolors in the rain Oh, Damion Day Oh, Damion Day Oh, Damion Day No one can save that Damion Day Paint has maimed your mind Fate has claimed your joy Such a sad, poor boy Is that really your name? Or is it just one more sigh To keep you sane? To keep you sane? To keep you sane? Oh, Damion Day Oh, Damion Day Oh, Damion Day Who will show you a different view Some poor fool named Jules A fearful girl you won’t listen to No repentant fox can ever save you You’ve got to have it your way Or life will go astray A hedgehog wouldn’t have it Any other way Too late too late too late For Damion Day, oh Damion Day Too late too late too late For Damion Day, oh Damion Day Too late too late too late For Damion Day, oh Damion Day Too late too late too late too late Too laaaaaaaaaaaate!!!!
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All I Know 02:20
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All I Know All I know is I love you All I know is your laughter You are what matters You are my everything You are my life What would I do without you? What would I do without you? I would be forever bruised All I know All I know All I know Is your love And it is enough And it is enough All I know is I love you All I know is I love you You are true, oooooh You are true!
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Honey-Colored Time 03:26
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Honey-Colored Time Are you singing for your supper baby? Are you singing for your wine? Well are you singing for your supper baby? Or are you singing for your wine? Honey-colored time Honey-colored time Honey-colored time baby Well honey-colored time! Gotta go down to the corner store Gotta go down to the corner store Gotta pick up my mind Gotta pick up my mind I’ve been told it’s been missing baby, For quite some time! Time, time, time! Honey-colored time Honey-colored time Honey-colored time baby Well honey-colored time! I remember my childhood, There was not a care! I remember my childhood, Oh I wish you were there! Honey-colored time Honey-colored time Honey-colored time!
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99 Cent Dreams 02:31
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99 Cent Dreams Every day I lose my soul, In a pocket full of change and holes Life isn’t worth much at all, As the dirty cops exert control But there’s a 99-cent dream for me, If only they’d let me be Because money is what makes you free, At least that’s what they keep telling me! You’ll never get out of debt Even if you really try It’s no longer 65 You will work until you die But there’s a 99-cent dream for me, If only they’d let me be Because money is what makes you free, At least that’s what they keep telling me! I know I can’t buy whatever I see, But some day I will be free I will have money, Look down on those with more I will have money, but I’ll always want more Every day I lose my soul/lose my soul In a pocket full of change and holes/change and holes So buy my dream from me/buy my dream from me And I will be free/I’ll be free And I will be free/I’ll be free And I will/I’ll be free
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After Autumn 03:56
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After Autumn After autumn will we be? After autumn is there dreams? After autumn will we be? After autumn is there dreams? Will we be? After I can’t see After And the trees sway so bare Like ghosts with souls sprinkled in their hair Liquid zeppelins stain the sky A fading blue bruise that wounds me high Why is cruelty so easy? Why is cruelty so easy? Autumn leaves still the air Like light that’s gone away just disappeared Winter rains last so long Shadows lie in wait even after the dawn Why is cruelty so easy? Why is cruelty so easy? Weak death chants no winter No snowy death comes my way On Autumn’s breath Hope reduced What is the truth? Hope reduced What is the truth?
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Erase Face 02:45
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Erase Face She draws a face she doesn’t have Into a face she does She tries to draw, to cut away, to erase The face she was before The face she was before She tries, she does Forget the face she was And the face she wanted more The face she wanted more The face she wanted more Erase stick Erase me Erase stick Erase me Erase me She replaces a face she used to have With a face erase she does She tries to draw, to cut away, to erase The face she wanted more The face she wanted more She replaces and erases Her many damaged faces With the face she was before The face she was before The face she was before The face she was before Erase stick Erase me Erase stick Erase me Erase me
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Soonest Mended 02:33
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Soonest Mended Can’t get through a bolted door with nothing more than your random thoughts You are too young you need to have been around the block a time or two No need to scream or shout You have time to work it out Cause soonest broken is, soonest mended is, Stop keeping track of all the sins you’ve repented Your day’s design may be unintended yeah Still be proud of all the things you’ve attempted You can learn our secret knock/our secret knock Our secret handshake, our secret talk/our secret talk You can learn to sing along To this song Take good notes and learn your lessons Hang your drawings on the wall Keep your two feet on the ground And keep your head above the water No need to scream or shout You have time to work it out Cause soonest broken, is soonest mended, Stop keeping track of all the sins you’ve repented Your day’s design may be unintended yeah Still be proud of all the things you’ve attempted You can learn our secret knock/our secret knock Our secret handshake, our secret talk/our secret talk You can learn to sing along To this song
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Show Me The Real World 03:12
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Show Me The Real World I sing to you Only to you Under the moonlight, baby Gonna make everything alright ‘til you see Until you see Until you see, yeah Show me the real world Show me the real world Show me the real world Show me the real world Wanna be the only one Wanna be the only one Sit around in your desert sun Wanna be the only one Wanna be the only one Just try’n to have myself a little fun Wanna be the only one I run to you Only to you Under the city-line, baby Almost all the time ‘til you see Until you see Until you see, yeah Show me the real world Show me the real world Show me the real world Show me the real world
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No Shot Was Fired 01:22
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No Shot Was Fired No shot was fired Another false start I’m putting together What you’re pulling apart Though we are children We curse like adults I’ve cut off my father But wear his gold watch, yeah One day I’ll learn the ways of the world One day I’ll learn all the ways of the world One day I’ll learn the ways of the world One day I’ll learn all the ways of the world The sky in the winter Is paler than white I’ve emptied a bottle In pale winter’s light. Watching an ice storm Hang glass on the trees Falling leaves shatter As frosted leaves drop, yeah One day I’ll learn the ways of the world One day I’ll learn all the ways of the world One day I’ll learn the ways of the world One day I’ll learn all the ways of the world
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Lost Voices 03:19
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Lost Voices I hear the thunder Feel the pain I lie awake Listening to the rain Lost voices I hear them beg I feel their loss Turn and toss me Will there ever be better choices? Must I always hear lost voices? I guess I’ll always hear, yeah Lost voices in my ear I hear the soldiers Civilian screams Peace keeping forces Ain’t always what they seem Cannon thunder Rain of war I lie awake From the pain I saw Will there ever be better choices? Must I always hear lost voices? I guess I’ll always hear, yeah Lost voices in my ear I hear lost voices Can’t watch no more Dead voices Born from living war It’s not so easy As before To see the souls It bore Will there ever be better choices? Must I always hear lost voices? I guess I’ll always hear, yeah Lost voices in my ear
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I Don't Know God 03:08
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I Don’t Know God I don’t know god I don’t know me Well, I don’t know who I’m supposed to be Will I ever know my soul? Will I ever know? When will I grow up? When will they shut up? So low I’m so low I want I want I want I want I want to know I don’t know anything I don’t know what life will bring I don’t know anything but me How can I know god? If I don’t know me? How can I believe in god If I don’t believe in me? Damn their eyes who won’t see me As someone more than I appear to be So low I’m so low I want I want I want I want I want to know My soul Before I get old
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Andrea 02:46
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Andrea When you cry I see your tears fall I see your heart call I see your world fall Andrea I love you Andrea Well I love you If you give your love to me Never shall I leave you see Smiling on you Let it smile on me Maybe when we fell in love We set our souls free Sitting on top of the world A story bout a boy and a girl A story for you A story for me Let your heart set your heart free Let your heart set your heart free Let your heart set you free Andrea set my heart Andrea set my heart Andrea set my heart free Andrea set my heart free Andrea set my heart free!

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Makar’s spontaneous, blues-infused songs tap into a particular vein of optimism and melancholy, responding to our fractured modern culture with an eclectic and literate blend of indie rock.

A self-described “...dark and groovy little New York band,” Makar was formed in 2002 by husband and wife Andrea DeAngelis and Mark Purnell. It was not their intention to build a band around their union but after a fruitless search to join respective groups, they dared each other to write their own material. Before long they were joined by guitarist Vicente Viray, bassist Dan Coates and drummer Jorge Arias and embarked on their first nail biting NY gigs, releasing their debut album, 99 Cent Dreams, later that year.

It wasn’t long before the band’s tunes were recognized on a national scale. Their music video for “I Hate My Job” received late night rotation on MTV2, they were voted into 2015’s Top Ten Indie Guitar Bands alongside MGMT, Vampire Weekend and Ra Ra Riot while Rust Magazine called their sophomore album, Funeral Genius, an “...indie rock masterpiece.”

Their latest album, Fancy Hercules, was forged in the fires of quarantine and much like Hercules, who made it through his twelve labors smiting every beast, Andrea and Mark transcended their own personal tragedies during the recording - losing both of their mothers while attempting to navigate the changing landscape of their city. The resulting recording encompasses all that is holy about rock n roll, chalk full of mystery, great riffs, and a wild spectrum of subject matter. “We never run out of ideas,” asserts Mark. “We have so many it’s frankly overwhelming - like a spigot that can’t be turned off.”

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released June 1, 2005

Recorded in Williamsburg and Mendham

Andrea DeAngelis - Vocals and Guitar
Mark Purnell - Vocals and Piano
Vicente Viray - Vocals and Guitar
Daniel Coates - Bass
Jorge Arias - Drums

Produced, arranged, recorded and mixed by Makar®

All Artwork by Makar®

Liner notes by Makar®

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Guitar and Piano driven Indie Rock that will make Punk and Poet rejoice and dance together!

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