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I'm Done

by Howell Dawdy

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1.
I'm Done 05:16
I’m Done It lives on the tip of your tongue the breath to speak it’s already in your lungs an ancient message uttered by everyone just open up your mouth & say that’s it I’m done I’m done with life’s demands & fate’s inconstant whims I’m done with the hard ground looming sky and these heavy limbs I’m done with waking up to prowl these streets for scraps and change & I’m done with the way that time corrodes and placates your brain I’m done with crawling through life knowing how it will end I’m done with fighting to reach the top only to get the bends I’m done with age and habits and gravity ruining my face and I’m done with the way 9 out of 10 beers I’ve never heard of taste I’m done with being the one in charge of when I go to sleep & I’m done with being sick and with anyone expecting anything of me I’m done with monday not cuz it’s monday but because it’s a day I’m done with being tired & I’m tired of needing to be awake I’m done with opening up my mail to see what it says hey let’s just pile all of it up anywhere except for on the bed I’m done with having a job that a robot cannot do & I’m done with knowing elements of the plot of Rudy are not true (chorus) that’s it I’m done with needing a car for anything but a private place to sit with a stereo and air conditioning and a cupholder full of mints I’m done with even trying to get myself anywhere on time we can all claim traffic isn’t moving if we all just refuse to drive I’m done with restaurants & dingy haunts where people gather I’m done with serious conversations & I’m done with idle chatter guess what I’m done smiling for pictures so don’t even ask ok I’m done with kicking back & unwinding after being done with a hard day I’m done with old music & new music & also my music I’m done with those who have a capacity for feigned interest & can abuse it I’m done with craft i’m done with skill i’m done with artistry & I’m done with other people doing anything even remotely similar to me I’m done with people’s opinions & I’m done with not being heard though I’m also done with people listening & scrutinizing every word I’m done with people telling me my attitude is what I’ve got wrong like it’s my fault I don’t live in a Tim McGraw song (chorus) I’m done with waking up I’m done with the sun I’m done with getting dressed i’m done being judged I’m done with everyone except for myself I’m done with being reminded of the things I have said I’m done with changing filters done turning the page I’m done getting a new phone I am done with change I am done going to parties I am done with male bonding I am done checking my email I will not be responding I’m done with weather building pressure inside my head I’m done with seasons reminding me that one day I’ll be dead I’m done with debating yeah you heard me i’m done I’m done not treating politics like a scheme to be won I am done with the future I am done with past I am done with solids liquids I am so done with gas I am done with certainty I am done with doubt I am done writing lyrics so repeat through the fade out that’s it I’m done…
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Rap N' Rock 02:50
Rap N’ Rock we're all out by the lake with our headphones on talking to our wives & daughters our new iPhones we're making coffee with our Kuerigs & drinking Busch Light we're cruising reddit gonewild for some tush yeah that's right we're turning up the music on our iPod docks we're mixing up sauza tequila & downloading Ted Talks we're sitting on our Chevy tailgates howlin at the moon with a bag of Rold Gold pretzels and some top forty tunes listening to rap & rock in our jeeps & trucks listening to rap & rock in our jeeps & trucks listening to rap & rock in our jeeps & trucks we'll be jamming to the radio till our Seiko radio alarm clocks go off best believe I’m wearing Diesel jeans & Justin boots best believe we're jammin to Harry Potter audiobooks my girl sends me a gmail saying when you gon be home I reply via SMS message, baby when we're done listening to rap & rock in our jeeps & trucks listening to rap & rock in our jeeps & trucks listening to rap & rock in our jeeps & trucks that Kanye West got me all turnt up though I’m not sure I approve of the way that he was brought up round here we’d have taught him when to shut up & just listen to rap & rock until the sun comes up listening to rap & rock in our jeeps & trucks listening to rap & rock in our jeeps & trucks listening to rap & rock in our jeeps & trucks listening to rap & rock in our jeeps & trucks
3.
Handsome Boy 03:09
Handsome Boy I woke up on a new planet where opinions of beauty have a lower standard and as a result i'm considered quite handsome & so now I’m a model, famous rich & pampered but also this planet has some problems for me compared to the Earth there's barely any gravity & these big winds coming from the Zordack sea that threaten to blow me away disastrously so my people make sure I’m tethered to the couch I can't dance or swim or jump up off the ground & I travel around in this big old pouch & in all of my photos I’m getting blown around it's pretty silly but I guess it's my gimmick my manager says people dig it but I kinda hope this isn't just a temporary living I need place to stay where it's sealed against outside air & there's reenforced walls with safety nets hung everywhere so it's not quite a sure fit & I’m not sure it's worth it but everywhere I go people tell me i'm perfect I’m a handsome boy he’s a handsome boy hey girl I see you look at me from across the room I can tell you'd like some private time just me & you I can tell you'd like to go somewhere with more of a mood so I gotta warn you that's not easy to do if I stand up I’ll probably float into space or worse catch a draft & paint the wall with my face so let's just see if we're on a wavelength even 1 night stands are a commitment with me & by the way you are significantly stronger than me I can barely lift a glass of what you guys think is whisky & if I make you laugh try not laugh right at me cuz you might break a rib or loosen some of my teeth but I got a pool at my place & a 24 hour buffet & if you're super good I might just let you touch my hot face I’m a handsome boy if you're a handsome boy put your hands in the air if you're a handsome boy unlock the chains on your chair if you're a handsome boy execute a stomp and a flip if you're a handsome boy levitate for 2 and a half minutes if you're a handsome boy give me a yeah with some feeling if you're a handsome boy take seven steps on the ceiling if you're a handsome boy don't age at all for 20 years if you're a handsome boy get drunk on 1 & half beers if you're a handsome boy perceive even slight fluctuations in the strength and locations of the planet's magnetized poles… I can't describe it I just know I’m a handsome boy
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Hot Air Balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon we should fight, you & I we should tumble in the sky let’s punch each others eyes as the fields & clouds roll by we can float out to the sunset we can kiss the waking moon as we no holds barred rumble in my big hot air balloon no fighting style restricted no laws of man apply you’ll try to outmaneuver me while my kicks & punches fly as the birds glide just beneath us a panorama greats us we’ll sneak a look between jabs & hooks in my big hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon I’ll punch your face you’ll punch mine we’ll kick each other’s butts in the sky y y y y our exhausted limbs entwined no technical KO we go where ever the wind blows and speaking of blows we’ll be delivering those in my big in my big in my big hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon do you wanna fight me in my hot air balloon
5.
We Don't Eat 03:54
We Don’t Eat we don't need a restaurant to cook us a fancy feast we don't need a grocery store to sell us soups & meat we don't need a farmer man to grow us corn & wheat we don't need a knife or fork cuz we don't need to eat I don't eat red meat I don't eat white meat I don't eat fish or frogs or snails I don't eat shellfish I don’t eat haggis nothing with a face or a fin or a tail I heard you're gluten free well that applies to me I’m also kosher & raw hardline vegan i don't eat anything that knows anything that grows or anything that could conceivably be eaten so yes sir I concur I’m pretty picky when it comes to food so I’ll just have the chair I’m sitting on this 4 star ambiance & a little less of your attitude cuz we don't need a restaurant to cook us a fancy feast we don't need a grocery store with deals that are hard to beat we don't need a farmer man so sell your land & move to the beach we don't need a salad plate cuz we don't need to eat happy birthday to me happy birthday to me throw that cake in the garbage can & throw the can out in the street I repeat I don't eat I don't need to feed myself my pantry shelves are stocked with fireworks road salt & magazines & where the stove was I put a chest of drawers & where the fridge was I put a dance floor no I don't have an ounce of food in me no I’m not just trying to get real skinny yes I have had food & it is not for me it made me feel bloated complacent & sleepy but go on dull your mind with american cheese drown your free will in fat oil & grease listen to your stomach instead of your head & let the government tell you that you need food to live we don't need a hot dog stand on the corner of any street we don't need a B & B so just point us to the single B we don't need vitamins cuz you know they'll just re-deplete we don’t need dipping sauce cuz we don’t need to eat so next time you're hungry tell this to your tummy say you aren't the boss of me think of the money you'll save & the spare time you'll make with your lunch hour completely free the energy you're divesting from chewing & digesting & polishing your cutlery can go to achieving the things you believe in & you can focus on living your dreams (chorus)
6.
Iguana 03:29
Iguana hey, man, you still got that iguana? hey man how long’s it been you still got that iguana I’ve thought about ringing you up but I’ve been busy man but sometime we oughta grab a couple of drinks and get caught up remember that time that i came up & you showed me that iguana that you keep in that little screen hutch you still got that iguana? what you doing for work now you’ve cleaned up do iguanas just eat what you feed em or can they catch their own bugs and eat em do iguanas eat bugs are you still seeing that same girl from before was it Gina your folks doin all right can you leave a iguana alone do they need love could it sit on your lap and watch TV how long do they live are they easy does it run around the house freely does it guard the place when you leave gee man it’s been great catching up we should grab a drink sometime if you wanna I think about you every time I think about iguanas you see any of the old gang around town do you still got that iguana does the iguana have a name do iguanas even come when you call em how big do they grow you still drive that 80s volvo remember that time you drove me round cuz I couldn’t remember where I chained my bicycle do they sell baby iguanas at any old regular pet store or is it that thing where you put water on one & it sprouts like six more that might have just been a movie hey man you still got that iguana any chance you’ve got change for 20 Wendy’s bucks on ya how’s your brother doing man he was always some kind of legend if you threw a little ball to your iguana do you think he would he catch it it’s been real nice seeing you my man give all my love to Tanya I think about you every time i think about iguanas In my mind the concept of iguanas and you are linked so every time I see one in a documentary or zoo I think of you hey man what’s the lifespan of an iguana if you’re real good how you treat em if you’re careful how you feed em are they like fish do they get as big is wherever keep em do iguanas lay eggs are they like chickens with eggs can you collect an iguana egg every morning for breakfast do they get up on their hind legs ever & walk like t-rexes are there discernible differences between iguana sexes or does iguana culture force them into gendered directions there’s just so many questions hey man you still got that iguana I think about you every time I think about iguanas
7.
Scary hey what are you doing walking by my house at midnight on a sidewalk lit by some dim streetlights are you deaf dumb & blind don't you know all the dangers we're surrounded by strangers with clouded eyes deranged neighbors & scoundrels high on whatever has them out of their minds it's on the news all the time did you watch the news last night did you see the thing on the news with the folks doing those crimes i'm gonna guess you aren't watching the news enough or maybe the planet you just landed here from is less rough see there's threats everywhere you gotta look out for & it's not just monsters & russia anymore women, minorities, foreigners, teens any group i can lump together collectively all have this agenda against you & me even though we're just trying to live peacefully so I wear gloves on my hands for better punches traps round my house in case they come in bunches weapons scattered round strategically in a pattern nobody can discern but me I work out all day news turned up all the way to prepare myself mentally for judgement day and you're lucky I realized you were one of us cuz I almost attacked you with my spiked nunchucks see everything is scary except for me everything is scary except for me everything is scary except for me we live in a word that is very scary everything is scary except for me everything is scary except for me everything is scary except for me we live in a world that is very scary let's say you're out walking in the woods by yourself with no phone in your pocket to call for help & let's say it's quiet but for trees slowly swaying & let's say there's some ominous movie score playing did I mention it's dark did I mention your heart is pounding so loud that you can't hear the sound of a beast approaching wild & hungry oh & let's say you're tied up so you can't run away your best shot is making it scared of you so why not mention that you're human & what humans do like explain the purpose of an atomic bomb or read him the lyrics of that Soul Sister song tell it we bred wolves into neutered little dogs that wear collars that shock them if they escape our lawns & get paraded around town naked on a leash while we brag that they love us unconditionally so hey play your cards right we won't cause your extinction you could eat off the floor of my descendants kitchens sounds psycho I know but there's no other way earth's nonhuman creatures make it pretty unsafe (chorus) everything is so scary we gotta keep our eyes open we gotta keep our knives sharpened we gotta be vigilant & why not dig a pit with sharpened sticks & cover it with foliage MC ULTRA: no one's scared of you except for you no one's scared of me except for me the universe is scary kids about to get scarier at this age I am aware I probably should be hairier life roller coaster host scary phone voice  pick tone to boast  heavy armor layer coats pad clad lads gentlemen rap raise a ruckus forget spiked nunchuckus I’m talkin hair-brained hocus pocus 
hide your hide by wearing stuff on the outside & hold your noses  choking on air cologne ghosts everywhere smellin people that used to be there perfume poltergeists 
the news is on all the time  watch it if you choose to worry I say a walk and you scurry disconnect the blue connector hurry 
a starter kit will kill toot in common wind  and think it's skillet temp skill rip a skeeter killer spark wand thriller all Howells Eve happy Howell-ween everything everything is so scary except for me (chorus) to be honest it's exhausting living like this trying to stay prepared & alert & fit my weapons polished, sharp & clean today's outgoing warning on my voicemail machine warpaint applied, vitals protected all of my favorite news channels selected stockpiling gas & gunpowder & flares & feeding the mailmen trapped under my stairs leave me alone in my fortified home the one place on earth that's an HD safe zone quit clogging my radio with subversive thoughts & provoking me through all the news that I watch why can't it be more like when I was kid when one hour of news was all we needed but now it's on all the time so open your eyes and listen to Howell Dawdy & Ultra Pulverize (chorus)
8.
Louisville 03:41
Louisville Ooh baby what a thrill livin our lives in Louisville we got downtown Nulu Shively too Clifton Heights and the Louisville Zoo ooh baby you know it’s true born & living in the 502 we got Farmington Locust Grove Highlands Kroger & River Road uh huh welcome to the hometown of Nicole Sherzinger & definitely the first place to put cheese on a burger while we’re at it i think we invented barbecue & how about lasagna’s from here, let’s make that true too our climate’s just right, we get all four seasons & also 5 weekdays & 2 on the weekends if you’re looking for a place above ground, highway adjacent have I got a spot that meets those expectations ooh baby what a thrill livin our lives in Louisville we got multiple Rallys Papa John Kimmet & Doug sing your favorite songs ooh baby you know it’s true born & livin in the 502 we got Preston Highway Fort Knox Crescent Hill and Big Rock but I don't care for St. Matthews ooh baby what a thrill now we’re back in Louisville we got the Ford plant Germantown St Joe’s picnic Underground Sounds ooh baby you know it’s true my favorite 3 numbers are 502 we got Bardstown Road and Falls City Beer a park named for Mister Belvedere uh huh that’s right we’re in the city of angels the precipice from which civil society dangles a health care hub & a trash food mecca we can breed ya birth ya nurse ya & wreck ya with alcohol cigarettes & fried chicken cash your paycheck at the track & bet on 6 to win tourists downtown slugger bats swingin hoping a mob of teens don’t rob em on their way to 610 hoping there’s not a fee for rocks in that small batch bourbon watching a ton of folks get punched at the Ali museum there’s just a certain volatility to Louisville biz but nobody’s a villain here cuz everyone is ooh baby what a thrill villians was a pun on Louisville we got the Brown Hotel Whiskey Row the Thornton Mart on lower Brownsboro but I don't care for St. Matthews I just don’t really like St Matthews Ooh baby what a thrill livin our lives in Louisville
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Horseshoe Pit peein in the horseshoe pit peein in the horseshoe pit peein in the horseshoe pit peein in the horseshoe pit well it’s party time at the drinkin hole it’s me and all the boys we’re cracking jokes & lightin smokes we’re makin tons of noise but it ain’t all just fun & games once the main event begins the horseshoe tournament kicks off when the first wiz hits the pit peein in the horseshoe pit peein in the horseshoe pit our patron saint Ann Heiserbusch likes a pit dampened with wiz we praise her with each throw we strive to take the win we crack a cold one squirt a gold one & then we throw again dusting off these dirty shoes let’s go another round Ya hope to hear that post ring out when ya hit that soggy ground watch these flying horse’s shoes as they glisten in the night toss this boy another beer the pit’s getting kinda dry peein in the horseshoe pit peein in the horseshoe pit our patron saint Ann Heiserbusch likes a pit dampened with wiz we praise her with each throw we strive to take the win we crack a cold one squirt a gold one & then we throw again peein in the horseshoe pit peein in the horseshoe pit peein in the horseshoe pit peein in the horseshoe pit
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Beautiful Love Attention… will Howell Dawdy please report to the microphone I have moved earth with my hands & I have danced on my feet I have felt the cool peace of the shade & I have toiled in the sun's heat I've had money in my pocket I've had drink in my cup I have stood at the top of the mountain & guess what it wasn't good enough I have been the guy up at the front of the line who's first into the show I have been privy to secrets & leaked bits of stuff that nobody knows I could be the envy of every zen priest I'm so composed when the road I'm traveling on leads me to another pot of gold cuz I've got money in the bank already a half full drink that i've half fully drank & I'm ready for whatever comes to find me cuz nothing in this world could still surprise me a brand new suit? sure I'll take it a car what's the make on it a cabin for the weekend yeah that sounds decent but none of these things make life worth living & all we need are the hearts that we're given & guess what I don't need all this stuff I don't need a house with its own zip code guess what I don't need a robot doing all my chores & waking me up I don't need suede gloves in case I get a parade & they need me to wave & it's kinda cold guess what I don't need all this stuff I don't need a thing that's not beautiful love that’s not beautiful love I have looked out into the evening sky & seen the sunset eclipsed by a butterfly I've seen a shooting star reflected in the eye of a dove but I prefer to look at beautiful love I've seen art at the Louvre, truth irrefutable - no thanks I'll take love that is beautiful all the money in the world? Add it up & it's not worth as much as beautiful love besides money is corruptive love is productive beautiful love is something you don't wanna fuss with recession & fraud proof, worldwide & local impossible to be commoditized by moguls open source & free easily assembled no more than 3 ingredients on the label you, beautiful love, & everybody else shelf life is longer than the life of some shelf take the coolest motorcycle that you've ever seen paint job smoother than peaches and cream purring like a lion cub falling asleep cruising through the coastal air at 1000 feet captured by a master who can perceive your dreams painted on the ceiling of your own Sistine on your private island on the Mediterrean that's not beautiful love there's no jewel that lies in wait in some undiscovered cave that can take the place of beautiful love there's no star out there in space hot enough to erase love's embrace beautiful love guitar! there's nothing like beautiful love that's why they call it beautiful love
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Summer Creams milkshakes, ice creams, frozen yogurt all right, I got something to say I’m gettin the word out about summer creams summer heat in the summer sun summer time it has begin we're hangin out & having fun with our friends at summer destinations like the park or the beach or just out in the street under streetlights jamming to the groove of the beat you smell that summer air it's intoxicating you feel that summer breeze it was worth the waiting rest of the time, it's hot as heck sweat dripping off of our faces and necks we need something cold & refreshing & sweet the perfect beverage to beat the heat you mean water (nah) soda (eugh) purple gatorade in the big bottle (bleugh) there's only one thing to drink when it's hot & that's an ice cold cream with a big frothy top summer creams all your beverages should be creamy in the summer (2x) top down in the car, legs cut off our jeans belly's sticking out full of summer creams summer is hot with no chance of snow so don't let your cream count get too low & it isn't just beverages'll keep you straight flag ice cream trucks to stay in shape keep a spoon in your pocket & a straw in your shirt condensed milk can for emergency purposes I got rocky road dripping on my flip flop I got buttermilk stains on my tank top I got franny calling me from the bus stop saying meet me for a date at the cream shop! (YEAH) milkshake frappe salted caramel latte May through June through fourth of July I drink chocolate milk & soybean chai July 5th till September ends I’m sucking down vanilla bean and mocha blends never get tired of a creamy drink never gonna let my root beer float sink summer creams all your beverages should be creamy in the summer (4x) summer’s log day 81 this dairy shortage has me pretty bummed they said too many folks were on the teat & they ran outta milk & butter & cream but I’ve got some old bailey's that I’m rationing & you can kinda mix syrup with cottage cheese it's been weeks since a milk delivery & they still owe us ransom for milkman steve I miss brain freeze & milk bubbles in my throat my kingdom for a cow or a sheep or a goat I’m feeling kinda week from a lack of cream my core is overheating & I’m starting to steam but in my dreams I’m on a beach with my feet in the sand 40 oz Kahlua milkshake in my hand cream so dense I almost have to chew it crazy straw big enough to suck a cherry through it summer creams all your beverages should be creamy in the summer (8x)
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Because You’re A Man when I was a young man my father he told me you gotta listen to your ma cuz she knows what's right what's good & what's true & how folks should get along but that doesn't mean you shouldn't listen to me when it comes to having fun he said you're old enough now let's go into town grab our boys & a six pack of cold ones as we sat round that old oak table telling stories & cracking wise I looked over to my old man & learned a lesson in being a guy & in between a hand of gin papa pulled out a small round tin with grease for the can that he held in his hand so he could choke it down into him he said: women need to be women oh & men got to be a man so open that jaw son & lube up that cold one & swallow that entire full beer can now it's been a few years & quite a few beers & I’ve got sons of my own they're too young to hork down even a red bull or a six ounce but one day when they're a little more grown i'll say do good in school & don't be no fool mind your ma & don't expect nothing free but come that old weekend man's gotta have his friends & they've gotta get a little crazy & I'll take my boys into town grab some stone cold aluminum 12 ounce a deck to play gin & that old rusty tin with the grease that helps the cans go down & when it comes time for them to consume an entire can of ice cold brew I hope they don't choke & I hope that their throats let that whole beer can straight through I'll say women need to be women oh & men got to be a man so open that mouth wide & grease up that Coors Light & swallow that entire full beer can women need to be women oh & men got to be a man so open that jaw son & lube up that cold one & swallow that entire full beer can swallow that beer can because you're a man I just got a call on my cellular phone from my ma saying papa is gone so i'm headed back home to bury the man who taught me how to be a good & grown but before i go I know what he'd want I gotta round up all my boys to choke down some brews say this ones for you & papa I’m coming home soon but please mister airport metal detector I need you to understand I don't have a gun, a bomb or a knife I just swallowed half a dozen full beer cans you see I’m a man solo women need to be women oh & men got to be a man so open that mouth wide & lube up that Coors Light & swallow that entire full beer can women need to be women oh & men got to be a man so open that jaw son & lube up that cold one & swallow that entire full beer can because you’re a man

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released April 21, 2017

written, performed, recorded, produced, mixed, & mastered by Howell Dawdy

‘Scary’ written & performed by Ultra Pulverize and Howell Dawdy
additional drums on Handsome Boy by Mark Guidry
additional vocals on Handsome & Summer Creams by Franny Powers
guitar solo on Beautiful Love by Chill Lord

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