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Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love?

by Kara Jackson

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Charlie Moonbeam
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Charlie Moonbeam A truly stunning collection of confessional folk songs about the complexities of falling in love, being in love and being alone. Favorite track: pawnshop.
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plobtr0n An incredible album of heartbreak and humour, delivered with a searing, pitch perfect intensity. Production and arrangements are superb, lifting each song to true heights of prosody; already timeless classic methinks.
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zhangtastic It's so low-key and beautiful with such raw vocals and instrumentals that gives you no choice, but to listen to the creatively crafted writing. Many moments were had where I've audibly said, "Oh my God." Favorite track: why does the earth give us people to love?.
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1.
recognized 01:02
some people get high to be recognized some people roll dice to be recognized some people look nice to be recognized some people use knives to be recognized some people snort lines to be recognized some people tell lies to be recognized some people take lives to be recognized lot of people gonna die to be recognized…
2.
no fun/party 05:56
[Verse 1] It's hard to have patience when you're waiting on luck Like a postal truck, like a postal truck To bring you a love as tough as elephant tusks No chance of rust, no chance of rust [Verse 2] When searching for a reason, he could only find one He said "You're just no fun, you're just no fun" And if seeing you naked wasn't such a bargain It would be a home run, it would be a home run [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] I think I'm taking for granted Every person that I've dated Tells me I'm intimidating Like a snake that's busy preying, hmm [Verse 3] I wanna be as dangerous as a dancing dragon Or a steam engine, a loaded gun Being loved for my hazard and a will to destruct And isn't that just love, a will to destruct [Bridge 2] Isn't that just love When you're no fun? Isn't that just love? [Outro] So, you've cried every night in your bed So, the plans worked better in your head So, the knife is your date for the night And the pill is your thrill for awhile You'll miss out, you'll never wear those clothes out And you'll regret the parties you've painted in bed Don't feel sorry for showing up tardy Don't be sorry for missing the party 'Cause somebody's party is missing you, too
3.
[Voice recording] (Is it recording?) Yup- what up, Kara? Happy birthday, CC[?]. Uh... I know you're probably turnin' up but... just wanted to wish you a happy birthday and talk to you for a minute... but I hope it was a good one, Bear Bear[?]. Um, I hope yo- I mean it look like you're showing well. Keep killin' em, smack a white man, I'll talk to you later, peace [Verse 1] Damn the dickhead blues When your time becomes somebody else’s refuge Damn the dickhead blues Make a vacation outta you Damn the dickhead blues When you are stuck sinking in someone’s lagoon Like a spoon drowns in a stеw What kind of meal are they making of you? [Pre-Chorus] Thinking cupid calls for you End up gum on somеone’s shoe Makes me feel like I don’t have a clue [Breakdown] My dilemma is always a dickhead Who’s drunk on the daily news Like coyotes in culottes Clawin' for coffee in open-toed shoes I'm no longer amused by losers Who find themselves losing me That’s why I choose [Chorus] I’m not as worthless as I once thought I am pretty top-notch I am pretty top-notch I am pretty top-notch I’m useful [Verse 2] Damn the dickhead blues When ur feeling as broke as a bottle of booze Damn the dickhead blues Like a soda straw strangling you You might also like Who We Love Sam Smith L.A. Baby (Where Dreams Are Made Of) Jonas Brothers The One That Got Away Katy Perry [Pre-Chorus] Thinking cupid calls for you And end up gum on someone’s shoe Makes me feel like I don’t have a clue [Refrain] If I had a heart, if I had a heart If I had a heart, if I had a heart I’d know where to start, I’d know where to start I’d know where to start, I’d know where to start If I had a heart, if I had a heart If I had a heart, if I had a heart I’d know where to start (Start) I’d know where to start (Start, start) I’d know where to start (Start) I’d know where to start (Start, start) If I had a heart, if I had a heart If I had a heart, if I had a heart I’d know where to start (Start) I’d know where to start (Start, start) I’d know where to start If I– I’d know– If I– If I– Know where If I– If I had– [Outro] I’m not as worthless as I once thought I am pretty top-notch I am pretty top-notch I am pretty top-notch I’m useful
4.
therapy 01:17
every man thinks im his fucking mother good for milk and good for supper never asks if he can be my lover special only when he suffers he wants me he wants therapy he wants me he wants therapy therapy...
5.
pawnshop 02:38
[Verse 1] When you become somebody’s bandit And their heart becomes your loot What kind of player does that make you Breaking your hearts and selling them too [Verse 2] You picked me in a pawnshop I was used but good as new Shiny as a tattoo But permanent as party balloons [Verse 3] “Wake up, I wanna see you, darling” You said to me one morning This is why I'm always broken You never did end up showing [Verse 4] I'm not a liquidated asset I'm a sharper than a jewel What kind of miner does that make you? When I'm the gold and you're just a fool
6.
brain 03:39
[Verse 1] The rolling credits in my mind Make me so aware of time I have so many hours to waste Calling your brain down from space [Pre-Chorus] Sleep isn't cheap And your love is no currency [Chorus] You’ve gotta tell me you're ready So I can sleep already [Verse 2] If your fear is what comes first You'll run from love you deserve I’ve got so much fear inside You'll give me yours And I'll give you mine [Pre-Chorus] Sleep isn't cheap And your love is no currency [Chorus] You've gotta tell me you're ready So I can dream already
7.
free 07:02
when you’re good and free don’t you bother me when i’ve cleaned my sheets don’t come callin to see i’m not so motherly i won’t kiss your cheek i’m sure you’re someone’s baby but it ain’t me no it ain’t me don’t you bother me don’t you bother me have you thought about the price of my mouth i think i want to call but that would cost your all yeah that would cost a lot you promised every show and studied all my notes you could love me the most but if it don’t show then i have to go don’t you bother me don’t you bother me can’t you see i’m free? can’t you see i’m free? don’t you bother me don’t you bother me can’t you see i’m free? i’m free i’m free i’m free
8.
lily 02:57
Lily what ur mind can see what ur mouth can sing what ur hands can weave everlasting, everlasting you and i both know how this goes i have to leave my home and you have to leave your own for that Minnesota cold Lily there’s a million songs i could write you up to extract our love build a statue of it outlives us it outlives us you and i both know how this goes i have to leave my home and you have to leave your own for that Minnesota cold
9.
rat 07:53
take the story of Rat who’s headed west his buddy once told him he likes the girls there best centuries of singers, men who pay their rent waxing poetic of a woman’s innocence rat was batshit and barely played a lick he took to the highway high off headiness he and his woman saw through an awful split the road his only hope of falsifying it come on come on come on down come on come on down the wheels will turn ur weary around california calls him by his collar his waves were ill behaved so now he doesn’t bother shook the country from him like a cub clawing it’s father couldn’t buy compassion cause it’d cost him 40 dollars only thing that’s cheap seems to be his dreams even his defeat’s costing him something bargain bargain bargain bargain bargain bargain bargain rat was eating trash out of the back of someone’s garden what he wouldn’t give to eat some grits to start his morning fascinated by the face of the woman who warms them rat has made his bath and this is one he’ll surely drown in imitating tales of cowboy trails and traveling men hasn’t satisfied a single one of his new women the one he left alone is in their home and busy hexin come on come on come on home come on come on home at least she’ll probably bury your bones country boys know better than to leave that weather they know better they know better and a country boy knows that wherever he goes it’ll show it’ll show it’ll show it’ll show come on come on come on down come on come on down bring our buddy rat back around take the story of rat who headed west his brain hallucinatin his ego in his chest his friends they never told him it’d cost him close to death at home his woman carves another kind of casket the kind he gladly climbs and closes himself in
10.
why does the earth give us people to love then take them away from our reach why does the earth make us fill up the church when the answers are beneath are feet I’ve buried old and young I’ve watched them lower a saint we’re only waiting our turn call that living ? why does the earth give us people to love then give them a sickness that kills why does the earth make us pay for the dirt are you saying the dead pay the bills I’ve buried old and young I’ve watched them lower a saint we’re only waiting our turn call that living ? like aiming arrows at my eye scraping the skin off of my thigh trained my corneas not to cry but they will not obey this time no they will not obey this time they will not obey this time they will not obey this time when we could barely read i stood beneath your latest masterpiece you collected colored pencils and sharpened them when they got weak but just when you should sharpen me the angels licensed you to leave no trace, no teeth lead me to the place you sleep at the age of seventeen your knees were weaker than a cotton sheet i was still in disbelief the sight of u was vanishing we were going to start a band hijack my folks minivan actualize our silly plans the lifelines written in our hands i’ll make a promise to u then if we can ever sing again you sing those high notes high my friend i’ll sing the low notes at the end i’ll sing the low notes at the end
11.
curtains 05:55
is my life a curtain call or a cane that yearns to yank me off am i worthy of applause tomato shades parade my jaw i’m afraid this game we play will kill me if i leave its ways curtains crafted to create a veil between the bite and bait i have sat in many planes observed the way they are arranged if you get to heaven’s gate don’t expect to pay your way castles near and dear to kings will not survive what fire brings i know i’m young but not naive the kings will survive everything i’m afraid this game we play will kill me even if i stay play this game for paper’s sake just to have my name erased you’re not the savior i have paid for wronged my wallet just to know more paid for language and the wages are the same as who are frameless
12.
lotta people gonna die! lotta people gonna die! lotta people gonna die!
13.
liquor 01:13
if i had the chance to offer such a sight as when u saw her then i wouldn’t have to wonder why u knocked me off your roster can’t buy love so i bought liquor sick of cures that make me sicker whiskey always wets the winner in the land of TV dinners

about

“Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love?” my debut album is out April 14th. i cannot believe this is real and that i get to share it with you all. ive been thinking about music my whole life, been dreaming of doing it since i could conceptualize what it is on this earth i would do. for so much of my life this is a dream i shared with my best friend Maya who is no longer with us. finishing this album, it feels like crossing a milestone for us both. the title of my album, the question, is driven by grief. why do we show up on this world alongside one another? to love and to mourn? to curse each other out? to die working every day? idk im still figuring it out. im so lucky to have people around me who believe in me and in my work. i have more to share soon :)

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released April 14, 2023

Executive Producer: Kara Jackson, KAINA, Nnamdï, Sen Morimoto

Producer: Kara Jackson, KAINA, Nnamdï, Sen Morimoto

Musician credits: Kara Jackson, Kaina Castillo, Nnamdï, Sen Morimoto, Nick Levine, Macie Stewart, Forrest Jackson, Elsz

Mixing credit: Mixed by Jason Agel

Mastering credit: Mastered by Heba Kadry, NYC

Recorded by: Kaina Castillo, Nnamdi Ogbannaya, Sen Morimoto

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