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Our Numbered Days

by The Minor Kind

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1.
Woke up this morning, and I knew what to do I got out this old guitar and I wrote a song about you Might not be found on any top 40 charts But it sure as hell will communicate what is inside my heart Ive never been someone to mix my words I spit straight, don’t complicate with academic terms Might not be granted any master for the arts But I sure as hell will communicate what is inside my heart I live for the old days, and I’d die for you I’d give all that I have. Just to see this continue Not much of a drinker, and I’m home most nights I know what I like to do and you know I’ll do it right Might not find me nowhere dancing in the dark But I sure as hell will communicate what is inside my heart
 I try to be loyal, and I pay my dues I spend smart, no credit cards, no drafts overdue Might not be running tabs in no fancy bars But I sure as hell will communicate what is inside my heart I live for the old days, and I’d die for you I’d give all that I have. Just to see this continue
2.
Narrow minded fools my run this old worlds with their guns, pen to paper, loud mouths,  (and) never ending reign of power. But we all have our own ways No two people are the same So how could everyone play the same game When the rules were written by few Hard to decipher, yet to play to But we all have our own ways Sometimes we get (too) distracted to see The ways in which we all share similarity And so it takes practice to be The ones with clarity We all have our own ways
3.
Proud 03:32
It was early when I heard the news They said something about our will to choose And I heard voices coming down the hall Saying they couldn’t believe it all But when you figure out what it was all about Yeah, your heart surely would break Because you live your life by the way you were raised but doubt it took you further away
 Taking a stand on the global stage Violent action’s got us all afraid Fear of God, death, or the plague Making sure none of us feel safe
 Cause when I figured out what it was all about My heart surely did break Because I lived my life by the way i was raise But doubt it took me further away I want to feel proud I want those feelings of Home to be one that I own With doors wide open and a trusting tone In your voice when you speak and you’re telling us all About Liberty and Freedom I want to feel proud to call this Home
 When you figure out what it was all about Yeah, your heart surely would break
 I want to feel proud Feeling so detached these days From hearing what the candidates say And I can’t go my separate ways Cause I am still in love With the ideas And the people that fight like hell to make them real And the thought that things can changes And I hope things can change
4.
It was in the moment when we sat down on the curb and we started to talk about all that we might do There was little in the way of us knowing where we might both end up when all of this was through It all ended with and optimistic song about how “If this is it, it still hurst like hell” We sand it in to a microphone we set up in the bath room of a China Town hotel Somehow we both could tell It was already done with And somehow we both knew Later on when it became clear that we were in trouble, and one of us might have to move It was completely effortless, decision made for us, neither of us would have to choose Enter legal documents to allow the two of us to live in one place We had to prove with testimony, receipts, and photos. Lawyer up to prove our case We were both on the same page It was already done with And somehow we both knew And now it’s so funny to think back about that old studio we made, make-shift in our room Singing along, the mattress flipped up, we’ve got our headphones on, carrying on like fools Cause somehow we both knew It was already done with And somehow we both knew
5.
It’s hard to believe in anything other than my breath And even then I take it day by day But their you are, just like a criminal Because you take, you take my breath away Now, I don’t really believe in love At least not the kind that I heard of There was no light shining from above Just you, and that was enough
 Now, I don’t believe in having one true love that’s out their waiting for you to come and snatch them up Nor that if you wait just long enough Well your chosen one will surely come your way But I feel as though if you find the right person Well true love my form, but you’ve got to make it work Now, I don’t really believe in love At least not the kind that I heard of There was no bells shimming, no doves Just you, and that was enough We can’t wait for a magical sunset We can’t wait for no shining armor We can’t wait for the perfect day to come We can’t wait no longer
 Cause I don’t really believe in love At least not the kind that I heard of There was no feeling deep in my gut Just you, and that was enough
6.
I used to feel like the world was all against me I couldn’t deal with my day to day surroundings Like a wall build up around me It all just went cloudy As my heart was pounding in time Our numbered days our way Our numbered days, our way from now on
 I used to hear about the world through their filters My biggest fear is that I’ll add to it’s sickness I just mind my own business As my life feels listless And the time is ticking along
 Our numbered days our way Our numbered days, our way from now on Trying to heal all my past transgressions Kindly appeal, for I might just learn my lesson Like a child put to rest, and My mind would be tested But my life would be better off in time Sooner or later you must trust in yourself You ain’t gonna find that push from nobody else Don’t dwell on the doubt that you’ve got it your head 
 It all ends up to numbered days Our numbered days, our way from now on
7.
My grandfather, he wrote words And here I am trying to do the same He was on his death bed But here I stand alive and well I will not take for granted The life given to me Family is like water It’s hard to hold, but it’s vital And I will always remember those days and I will always remind myself To be honest, grateful, loving to my kin
 My grandfather, he was inward He would keep to himself He was not one for kind words He would write them down instead But I knew that he loved me Even though he never told me so His soul on those pages Told me more than I could have known
 And I will always remember those ways And I will also remain myself On paper, tape, and to you, my kin
8.
The wind my blow out past the fields But you’ll never know, until it’s real And she said “I’m not going home”
 It’s the same old town she was born and raised Same day to day. Things never change and she said, 
 “I’m not going home If I ever leave this town There’s too many stories told And none of them are my own”
 She needs to find, go find herself Like it’s some kind of measured wealth
 That’s buried off somewhere The coordinates are unclear If she could only get out of here Then the path would be revealed We are not bound To the course we found ourselves upon If she weren’t around Would she notice the void that she left in this town If she left this town And she said, “I need more than this If I ever leave this town There’s too many stories told And none of them are my own” She said, “I’m not going home”
9.
We started driving towards the sunset along the way Darkness behind us, we were convinced we could stretch the day We were young and reckless, out on the road Just got our license, 16 years old As if someone had told us there’s no weight on our shoulders Weekly allowance filled the gas tank part the way It’s didn’t get us far, but those were steps we never dared to take We were all explorers, no maps in hand Out in the open, discovering lands As if someone had showed us all brand new colors
 Hearing the sounds of our own choice on the radio Turned it all the way up, as loud as that thing would go We were all excited. Singing along Day turned turned to, and we were far from home As if no one had told us we would grow older
 To feel the power under your feet like an earthquake The midnight hour felt so far away
 We were young and reckless, out on the road Just got our license, 16 years old As if someone had told us there’s no weight on our shoulders We were all explorers, no maps in hand Out in the open, discovering lands As if someone had showed us all brand new colors
10.
Tie One On 04:06
Spend so much time trying to please the ones I know Come to find out that friendships are easily broke So I hit the road, trying to find my new home Just a place to rest my head, a door that I can close
 So you tie one on just to feel like you belong in someone else’s arms, in someone else heart You don’t need love, to love yourself You are who you are, no matter who’s got your arm You draw your own validity  by the value placed on you, from others point of view And I can’t say that I haven’t felt the same way Only feeling whole when a lover takes a hold
 So you tie one on just to feel like you belong in someone else’s arms, in someone else heart You don’t need love, to love yourself You are who you are, no matter who’s got your arm You think loves gonna heal you in the end But all you find you do is mend again and again So you tie one on just to feel like you belong in someone else’s arms, in someone else heart You don’t need love, to love yourself You are who you are, no matter who’s got your arm
11.
I wish to buy a house in the county side I don’t need much, but I’d like it if you were by my side We can watch all those fireflies And lay in the grass, watch the stars go by I don’t need no white picket fence surrounding me All I need are those hills, those fields, those trees to survive I don’t think I can make it in this city I wish to raise my family in the country side We can take our horses on a trail ride And we can grow a garden together and swim in the pond without our clothes I don’t need no white picket fence surrounding me All I need are those hills, those fields, those trees to survive I don’t think I can make it in this city

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released August 5, 2020

Eric Ayotte - Guitar, Vocals, Drums, Bass, Lead
Charlie Jones - Vocals
Hannah O'Connor - Violin, Vocals

All songs written by Eric Ayotte, except "Life In The Country", written by Hannah O'Connor

Recorded at Coolitic Studios in Bloomington, IN during quarantine. Mixed and Mastered at Camp C'Ayotte in the Adirondacks

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The Minor Kind Schenectady, New York

The Minor Kind is Eric Ayotte, Hannah O'connor and Charlie Jones. We got together late 2012 with the aim of starting a country band that was meaningful to us, and lyrically relevant.

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