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small town story

by summersets

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1.
fake flowers 03:13
Summer sets on us As our youth turns into dust Now all I’m thinking of Is to lose always to love? Small town Saturday When I first saw your face But who were we to know? How a heart follows a ghost Will I hold you Will I know to Because I’m afraid I might just fall through & every hour Overpowers To lay me down fake flowers Teenage homesick lies We were so terrified Car drove off the road All at once, & all up in smoke Summer sets on us As our youth turns into dust
2.
I was empty, killing time Half awake in florescent light Bored & broken, falling down Too many reasons to leave this town Too many reasons to leave this town You were lonely, out of reach Been that way since seventeen Said your family thinks you died Nothing to lose when you’re left behind Nothing to lose when you’re left behind If we never come back home I’ll follow you anywhere you go From Montreal down to Mexico I’ll follow you anywhere you go I’ll follow you anywhere you go Pack your suitcase, fuck our friends Doubt they’ll miss us in the end Headlights flashing through the sky Felt so perfect I could cry Felt so perfect I could cry We could be anybody An old car, a little money It doesn’t matter I swear Anywhere I don’t care If we never make it home I’ll follow you anywhere you go From Tel Aviv ‘cross to Tokyo I’ll follow you anywhere you go I’ll follow you anywhere you go
3.
We met beneath the setting of the sun & you laughed when I said that I hated everyone But your pickup line was “what’s the time” & thats how we begun Beneath the setting of the sun All at once well all of it was true & I can’t remember falling ’til I fell for you “Annie? Hi I’m Andy, h-h-how do you do?” All of it was true Let me love you, let me try Let me hold you, by my side There’s nothing left to lose when you are always left behind Let me love you tonight Everything in the past was now before Christian Scientists, well I don’t live there anymore As I turned to leave you danced with me across the kitchen floor The past was now before & the moon’s sinking under the stars You walked me home even though I said it was far Try to memorize your eyes with every passing car Sinking under the stars
4.
pass me by 02:33
I was born by the edge of town & I swore I’d be somewhere long gone by now But every morning begins the same Just another day older with a different name No I never really could explain Cause I wait for the end Then do it over again But I won’t mess it up this time You won’t pass me by From the moment I saw your face Small town summer on a Saturday Every word I said was true Spent my life chasing what was passing through No I never met someone like you By the night I walked you home I’d follow you anywhere you go Cause I was tired, wearing thin Forever waiting for something to happen & when I see you tomorrow “Free Fallin’” Silverado Every memory, regret & why Was before you & I
5.
Andy this morning We’ll wait for the sky Beautiful boring & barely alive If it’s now or never Stop & say its all true & hold me here forever Because I couldn’t fall for anyone Except for you Andy this evening We’ll tremble through town Shotgun this feeling Then turn me around As our silent summer weakens Honey I’ll fade out of view & if any other reasons Pass you by, know there’s only you, only you
6.
borderline 04:22
Summer sets on the border Between you & yesterday All that once was in order Is a lie I cannot say Civil twilight, TV laughter Shadows shaking on the wall If there’s only “ever after” I’ll surrender to it all When you spoke of September As we parked along the shore Well the one thing I remember I can’t remember anymore Through the water on the window I wrote our names & watched them fall If the past could seem to let go I’ll surrender to it all Summer sets on the border Of a small town Saturday Just a kid on a corner The first time I saw your face Cigarettes & pink confetti August air & alcohol If I end up just a memory I’ll surrender to it all
7.
Annie opens up the door With a letter lying on the floor Tells me to “just go ahead… There’s so much that I wish I said” & I read We congratulate… We’re pleased to say… Class of 23… Sincerely, Annie, was it all a lie? From the first morning to the final night Did you ever not pretend? If you were leaving here by summers end For a friend When I told you That I loved you too Did you say it to me Sincerely? Nowhere dreamer, here to stay Everyone still tries to run away Unbeliever, what could’ve been But I swear I’d do it all again Annie, as I write this now
I hope someday, I hope somehow But tomorrow will be yesterday & there’s nothing I can do or say So I’ll wait Because in another life Both you & I Aren’t a memory Sincerely.
8.
afterthought 03:48
So is this how it ends? A wave in the night As you’re driving in your car Left at the bend, then two taillights Shrinking slowly in The dark, the dark Take me back to the start Before, before All the lies that we swore When there’s so much to say But it won’t matter anyway No you’re not, you’re not Ever my afterthought As I look behind, at your face glowing red I fake a smile just a little too hard & run every line of words that you said Hits me flying through When I saw you at the party, when you asked me for the time When you held me in the morning, when you kissed me in the night When I’m crying in the doorway, when I’m begging please don’t go When you’re driving down the highway, when I never even know So is this how it ends? Halfway from home I guess they say it happens that far Followed the bend right off the road Sirens ringing in
9.
only you 02:52
Sunday morning & I’m walking Wasted Garden Avenue Last night I remember nothing Except only you Oh my my like a hurricane Oh la la when you call my name Only you Ouu ouu wee how you held my heart Oh my god then I fell apart Only you Said she was moving to the city & there was nothing I could say Why does everything look pretty Before it goes away Now when you change your number Now when you move away I’ll be right here waiting Counting down the days When you can’t remember When you can’t recall That soft September I’ll tell it all
10.
(over now) 04:00
Over now All this time It played in my mind So different somehow Yesterday Before the dawn Was almost gone It seemed so far away Summers end Windows down I’d turn it around & do it over again Only love & endless lines Could leave you behind When I should’ve & I guess you called my bluff No I’m never good enough Years ago Take my heart Back to the start & follow a ghost Memories of You & I A wave in the night The end up above Everything we swore Don’t know anymore After the surrender Before forever Everything we swore Over now
11.
afterall 03:22
Summer sets again At the start of the end Of who we were back when Summer sets again Every time I tried to run away Every lie I cried to make you stay Every one before I can’t recall There was only you after all The years pass on by One by one, out of sight Still there was you & I The years passed on by & my voice it breaks As I let you go let you go & my heart it aches For what we’ll never know never know & all my mistakes & our former hope former hope Now my hand it shakes As I’m coming home coming home Every time I tried to run away Every lie I cried to make you stay Every one before I can’t recall There was only you after all Every fleeting feeling long ago Every dreaming meaning on my own Every one before someday will fall There was only you after all
12.
Before the end of a small town summer Before I waved goodbye Before we stood under streetlight cover Liars for the very last time Before I joked that you’ll soon forget me Before you said don’t go Before we drove in your brothers Chevy For hours without coming home For hours without coming home Now I wait & wonder is there only one? Are our days all numbered down to none? After all this time & after all we tried Before our hope went hiding & before you & I Before the sound of a Sunday morning Before our overnights Before the future finds out its warnings Were suckers falling for a fight Before you said “hey there I’m sorry…” Before that Saturday Before I saw you at the party Before I’d throw it all away Before I’d throw it all away Before the years & the words I’m writing Before I moved to town Before I saw you stand up smiling Before I’d turn it all around Before I’d turn it all around Before I’d turn it all around Before I’d turn it all around
13.
unbelievers 03:34
She was standing at the bar Leather jacket on her arm Classic country, last call, sang “Oh forever after all” “Oh forever after all” Well you know There’s nowhere left to go Except for right back home All at once in a blur Unbelievers And I asked her for the time She said “that’s your only line?” Just like then I took the fall and Now forever after all Now forever after all Every year that got away Every lie was true But somewhere, somehow, someday I knew there was only, only me and you Cake and tinsel on the stairs Children hiding under chairs A piece of paper from city hall says For forever after all For forever after all For forever after all
14.
When I saw you at the party, drinking coke & wine When I finally got the courage to ask you for the time In between all of the glances & when I start to stutter Well I knew when I first saw you I’d never love another Well I knew when I first saw you I’d never love another When you stepped into my car & we sang Petty til the light When I held you in the morning, & kissed you in the night All the days turned into weeks & months turned into summers & I whispered in the darkness “I’ll never love another” & I whispered in the darkness “I’ll never love another” When the autumn air blows colder & winter brings the snow When you’re crying in the doorway & I’m begging please don’t go You said “I never meant to hurt you, or ever make you suffer But I know that if I leave now I’ll never love another But I know that if I leave now I’ll never love another” When we’re standing at the alter reading out our vows When we said we weren’t believers but we did it anyhow All the ones that came before us, we said that we were tougher & we promised to be true, to never love another & we promised to be true, to never love another When the bills are never-ending with jobs & a home When I felt her small foot kicking we would ever be alone & if two can become one then a father & a mother I remember we both told her “I’ll never love another” I remember we both told her “I’ll never love another” When my mind & friends are leaving, & my hair has all turned grey When a machine keeps my heart beating there’s one last thing I’ll say I was never sure of much but I was certain like no other That I knew when I first saw you I’d never love another That I knew when I first saw you I’d never love another That I knew when I first saw you I’d never love another
15.
more less 03:03
16.
Everyone will tell you, but Everyone will stay Dreaming of another & somewhere far away Somehow in September Somehow you can find That nothing lasts forever Beginners every time Before you & I Way back in the summer Way back at the end Dancing in the kitchen Ditching all our friends You were always hoping You were killing time In-between a moment The story of your life Before you & I Tomorrow, I will be waiting Tomorrow, always & aching Tomorrow, I will be yours anywhere you go For every tomorrow If nothing’s ever certain If nothing’s up above And memory’s a picture To lose is to have loved Always on the run and Always on my mind Circling the sun in The story of my life Before you & I Though my days are numbered Though my time is nearly done Well I’ll never have to wonder You will always be the one

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summersets is the new duo of Kalle Mattson, one of Canada's most acclaimed singer-songwriters, and Andrew Sowka, who apply Everly-esque harmonies to a song cycle spanning the life of two lovers, which ends in tragedy. Influenced by the storytelling of John Prine and delivered with the delicacy of Simon & Garfunkel, summersets' debut full-length, “small town story”, was produced by Jim Bryson (Kathleen Edwards, The Weakerthans) and is out June 9th 2023.

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released June 9, 2023

Produced by Jim Bryson
Mixed by Daniel Ledwell
Mastered by Ben Leggett

Songs 2-4, 6-9, 11-16 written by Kalle Mattson
Songs 1, 5, 10 written by Kalle Mattson & Andrew Sowka

All songs performed by Kalle Mattson, Andrew Sowka & Jim Bryson
Strings on songs 1, 8, 12 by Kinley Dowling
Strings on song 14 by Mika Posen
Percussion on songs 2, 4-7, 10, 13, 15 by Peter Von Althen
Percussion on song 11 by Olivier Fairfield

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