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We Make It Our Business

by The American Professionals

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Other People 03:26
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Other People I wish I’d thought of that first, Maybe I did But you’ll never know Guess I just left it lying there Well see if I care If I did, would I ever let it go? Let’s make it up as we go along Maybe we are But we’ll never tell Fake it ‘til we make it with our heads down Hey, look what I found Can I toss a good intention Into a wishing well? I wanna do what other people do Go where other people go They’re all doing that there And we’re nowhere Or at least nowhere they’d want to know We let that one slip by Yes we did And we all watched it fly away I bought a butterfly net But let’s not take it out it just yet Maybe the next one will decide to stay I wanna do what other people do Go where other people go They’re all doing that there And we’re nowhere Or at least nowhere they’d want to know Show me these other people I hear they really know how to get things done Bring me these other people I hear they really know how to have fun I think I know where they’ve been hiding Over there, underneath the dirty clothes Looks like it’s laundry day Get that shit out of the way How long’s it been? I don’t even want to know I wanna do what other people do Go where other people go They’re all doing that there And we’re nowhere Or at least nowhere they’d want to know I hear they really know how to get things done Bring me these other people I hear they really know how to have fun ©℗2013, Chuck Lindo/Charlie in the Box Music, ASCAP All rights reserved
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Dr. Holly 01:40
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Dr. Holly Dr.Holly please help me I’m oh so sad Am I more that just sum of What I don’t have Dr. Holly can I get it all out of my head? Dr. Holly can you help me? Dr. Holly! I’m calling Dr. Holly! (Dr. Holly) Dr. Holly! I’m calling Dr. Holly! (Dr. Holly) Dr. Holly please tell me What’s really going on Am I more than just the total Of what I’ve done wrong Dr. Holly can I get it all out of my head? Dr. Holly can you help me? Dr. Holly can I get it all out of my head? Dr. Holly can you help me? Dr. Holly! I’m calling Dr. Holly! (Dr. Holly) Dr. Holly! I’m calling Dr. Holly! (Dr. Holly) ©℗2013, Chuck Lindo/Charlie in the Box Music, ASCAP All rights reserved
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Meltdown 03:26
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MELTDOWN The sound of a lonely heart always searching The sound of the melting snow dreams burned to ash With flame see the nectar bleed and she feels set free The rush of a hum so sweet that she’ll never leave The scene when the lights go up sound is deafening Now dark in a tiny room just your screaming The pain of a burning need all consuming Now peace streaming to the pulse calms the demon’s greed. In her eyes there’s fear No deception here A vein of truth She can’t see Obsessed but your skin is frail and rejecting You claw for that last drip that you’ll always need The mask is clear No reflection here A vein of truth She won’t see She sang in his arms her last breath denying She sang through a hazy hum her soul Flying Flying Flying ©℗2013, Cheryl Hendrickson/Charlie in the Box Music, ASCAP All rights reserved
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The Way It Goes 04:42
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The Mist 03:21
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THE MIST You got the weight of the moon baby Time to get your feet on the ground The mist she rumbles with sound baby Smoothing out my furrowed brow From zero to the sky Sometimes I think you’ll fly You got the weight of the moon baby Better now that water’s been found The mist commanding her presence known Only just to lay down beside From quiet to a roar Language buried no more Time goes so fast. We forget the best A memory so deep You’ll never lose You got the weight of the moon baby Craters form to steal your breath The mist is ever so blue baby Even when it fades to black Gale force to gentle breeze Today you’ll find your peace From zero to the sky Today I know you’ll fly ©℗2013, Cheryl Hendrickson/Charlie in the Box Music, ASCAP All rights reserved
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Healing 03:03
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Healing How can I cry when the rain won’t fall How can it rain when the tears won’t come How can I cry when the rain won’t fall The tears they come with healing Bring hope Bring change We needed it Turncoat tsunami receded Brain washed by tea and knee jerk That ain’t healing Can’t cry the rain won’t fall Won’t rain my tears can’t come Can’t cry the rain won’t fall The tears they come with healing They yell they point do nothing And yet we pay them something Put cells to waste mind numbing That ain’t healing Bring me the day when common sense reigned Logic and intellect used Reality’s tough, we’ve all had enough Turn off the noise and think for yourself Short sighted views bring ruin Selfish just breeds devolving Take time open mind reflecting That starts healing I’ll cry the rain will fall It rains my tears they come I’ll cry the rain it falls My tears they come with healing ©℗2013, Cheryl Hendrickson/Charlie in the Box Music, ASCAP All rights reserved
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ID 03:00
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ID Why did I leave you Screaming in silence Losing you in the crowd Where did I leave you Floating in concrete Trying to let you drown I’m in you You need me Why did I leave you Changing mid-color Stomping you to the ground Where did I leave you Stripped of existence Trying to pull me out I’m in you Just free me I’m with you You need me There’s no place here You see me Only space here Come home to me Just release me You know you know me Break these chains and breathe Why did I leave you Desperately seeking Knowing the time is now When did you leave me Hopeless despondent Only to figure out ©℗2013, Cheryl Hendrickson/Charlie in the Box Music, ASCAP All rights reserved
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Champion 01:52
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Champion The Idea is here, everybody say hello There’s a message inside, it’s up to us to let it show It’s a boulder in the office, we have to chip away Everything that doesn’t look like why we’re here today So Play like a champion today, people Play like a champion (champion) What are we doing here today, people? Play like a champion (champion) Pick it up, put it down Take it, twist it, toss around Let’s place kick it, dog lick it Drop and drag it on the ground Then plop in the lobby, and scoop it off the floor, Wash it off and wind it up and pitch it out the door Lets Play like a champion today, people Play like a champion (champion) What are we doing here today, people? Play like a champion (champion) Play like a champion today, people Play like a champion (champion) What are we doing here today, people? Play like a champion (champion) Champion ©℗2013, Chuck Lindo/Charlie in the Box Music, ASCAP All rights reserved
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Keep Up With You 02:56
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Keep Up With You Oh, oh no There’s a piece of my mind on your trail Whether you’re moving along Or I’m standing still I don’t have to move to keep up with you I don’t have to move to keep up with you Oh, oh no If you think at all, I was already there Whether you’re trying or not I don’t care I don’t have to think to keep up with you I don’t have to think to keep up with you Not today, not tomorrow I won’t let you down by letting you see me follow But I’m gonna follow you Oh, oh no Chasing down something that’s just out of reach Too far to touch But too close not to see I don’t have to feel to keep up with you I don’t have to feel to keep up with you It’s the perfect perpetual emotion scene Someone needs a push but doesn’t know that he has been Look at him move in every direction Ducking the blows without one connection Not today, not tomorrow I won’t let you down by letting you see me follow But I’m gonna follow you Yes, I’m gonna follow you There’s a piece of my mind on your trail Whether you’re moving along Or I’m standing still I don’t have to move to keep up with you I don’t have to move to keep up with you Not today, not tomorrow I won’t let you down by letting you see me follow But I’m gonna follow you Yes, I’m gonna follow you ©℗2013, Chuck Lindo/Charlie in the Box Music, ASCAP All rights reserved
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Just Now and Then 03:15
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Just Now and Then Little bird sings out your window Open up and just drink it in Simple melody clearing your head Facebook Facebook email tweet tweet Facebook Facebook email tweet tweet Take a walk with no distractions Look around see what you missed Tiny garden smelling of perfume It’s the little things It’s the simple things It’s the little things It’s the simple things Overload See the water sparkle in the skylight Every color shifts with the wind Invitation seeps in your mind Facebook Facebook email tweet tweet Facebook Facebook email tweet tweet A little dazzle cleansing and refreshing Now the sun to warm you up Nothing special yet so splendid It’s the little things It’s the simple things It’s the little things It’s the simple things Overload Life it calls on speed dial Complicates your view Turn it off just now and then You’ll find yourself renewed See yourself inside the mirror Small screen eyes look so alive Imagination starts to unfold Bursting through the cyber giant Feel the world embrace your bliss All the beauty yours for free It’s the little things simple things It’s the little things simple things ©℗2013, Cheryl Hendrickson/Charlie in the Box Music, ASCAP All rights reserved
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Happening to You 02:52
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released March 4, 2014

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The American Professionals St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis hook-heavy guitar pop band The American Professionals’ core members Chuck Lindo and Cheryl Hendrickson’s music and personal lives are both intertwined and parallel. This husband/wife team makes that paradox possible on their 2017 release, Sympathetic Overdrive. The record is a genre-hopping display of both unity and individuality, fear and hope, love and scorn. ... more

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