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Jon Crosby is working on an ongoing project entitled Generica. He has recorded ten songs with nothing but his acoustic guitar. Jon’s attitude on Generica is as follows:

“I’m a wandering minstrel. These downloads and recordings will be compiled with my pseudo photo-journalistic ruminations on touring in 2008. If I don’t die it will all come together to form some kind of art piece in 2008-2009. These songs will not show up on any VAST albums so I am releasing it as Jon Crosby. Most of the music will be acoustic, some will not. It will be an exploration of people, places and American music.”

To download Jon Crosby: Generica Vol. 1 Click Here

Jon Crosby will be doing a solo acoustic show in Kansas city on Dec 22 to celebrate the release of this project. tickets are available here.

 

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Generica Vol. 1 (download)

1. I Wanted It For You
2. Hotel Song
3. It's Not Love
4. Generica
5. If She Wasn't Married
6. All I Care About Is You
7. Punish Me
8. Drawing Horses
9. Sign Onto Me
10. It's a Wonderful Day To Be Yours

 

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I WANTED IT FOR YOU

Early in the morning i leave
What i make i spend on your ring
I wanted it for me but mostly
I wanted it for you

I bought a house a mile from the sea
I put aside enough to set us free
I wanted it for me but mostly,
I wanted it for you

When I’m gone she stares at our TV
She wants to be with anyone but me
She wanted me to stay but mostly,
She wanted me to leave

HOTEL SONG

Where is your god is he here right now
Is it you and me in this emptiness
If i was a saint would you be here now
With your jacket on the floor and your jewelry in the sink

Curl up your body it's fine
I've got something to pass the time
Drink and be merry tomorrow we die
Tonight I'm yours and your kind of mine

If you have regrets don't have them now
Its just you and me in this forgotten town
Your daddy always said nice girls don’t mess around
Did your daddy ever tell you you were nice
Did he ever say that you were nice

Curl up your body It's fine
I've got something to pass the time
Drink and be merry tommorow we die
Tonight im yours and your kind of mine

If your going to leave than leave right now
Before i start to sing my hotel song
Check out time is noon we can stay till one
and no I don't say that to just anyone

Curl up your body It's fine
I've got something to pass the time
Drink and be merry tommorow we die
Right now im yours and your kind of mine

Right now im yours and your kind of mine

IT’S NOT LOVE

She says he makes her laugh
and he takes her everywhere
when they’re lying close
and his hands are in her hair

It’s not love
It’s not love
It’s not love

When he is asleep
She stays up and writes to me
He gives her what she wants
and it's never what she needs

It’s not love
It’s not love
It’s not love

She says she cannot stay
but I know she’ll never leave
It's easier to lie
for the money and the safety

It’s not love
It’s not love
It’s not love

GENERICA

They’re gonna throw my ashes into a landfill
They're gonna put a logo on the moon
I sit in my cage and call myself free
It’s hard to feel and harder to see

Generica

The whole world points its filthy fucking finger
at a country that was once so beautiful
They sit high up and call themselves free
but they're the same as you and me

Generica

They say if you don’t like it you should leave
But there’s no spaceship as far as I can see
The price goes up and she goes down
It’s hard to miss if you just look around

Generica

IF SHE WASN’T MARRIED

The eyes are like a window but the heart can sometimes lie
She tells me since her marriage it’s like he buried her alive
She tells me he is waiting in their SUV outside
And if she wasn’t married she would sleep with me tonight

I wonder how it feels i wonder if he ever knew
what he could have been and what he got himself into
Working eight to six each day for credit youll burn through
girl, if we were married I would never sleep with you

She says she likes the new one but prefers my debut
and if she wasn’t married she would show me her tattoo

We live like we will never die it’s all that we can do
running from the lie until it catches up with you
she says that she’ll be waiting till the next time I come through
girl, if we were married I’d never take my eyes off you
I’d never take my eyes off you

  ALL I CARE ABOUT IS YOU

I don’t care about the acid rain
and I don’t care whoever is to blame
In this world nothing is true
I think it’s nice that you still try
I don’t care if I die
All I care about is you

I don’t care about war and heat
I don’t care about what’s on t.v.
In this life nothing is right
I hold on to what i can
I don’t care when I die
All I’m going to miss is you

A million people died alone today
And the news had nothing new to say
In this world nothing is true
I think it’s nice that you still try
I don’t care if I die
All I care about is you

PUNISH ME

Punish me
turn me into a dog you like to beat
Punish me
I’m the man, I’m the boy you like to be
If you’ve been waiting now’s the time to strike
If you’ve been waiting, now’s the time to lie

Punish me for the promises I have made
Punish me with a grave
with a grave

Punish me
I’m the bird, I’m the bird you want to cage
Banish me
I’m the man, I’m the man who misbehaved
If you’ve been waiting
now is the time to strike
If you’ve been waiting
now’s the time to try
Punish me for the people I tried to save
Punish me with the grave
with the grave
Punish me for the promise I’ve made
Punish me with the grave ...

DRAWING HORSES

She’s been drawing horses
one day she will ride
Far away from stepfathers
What mother denies
Every week she sends me
messages of pain
Some turn into poetry
others stay inside

I can’t tell if everything’s gonna be all right
I can’t tell if everything’s gonna be all right

She’s been seeing horses
in the clouds above
She sends me her nightmares
She sends me her love
Far away from memories
that always make her cry
Some people mean nothing
Others stay inside

I can’t tell if everything’s gonna be all right
I can’t tell if everything’s gonna be all right

Will you let me get close to you?
Will you let me get close to you?
Baby don’t do anything
Baby don’t do anything

I can’t tell if everything’s gonna be all right
I can’t tell if everything’s gonna be all right

If the world every lets you down
if you ever want to die
if you dont feel like they are on your side

SIGN ONTO ME

i will never crash on you
sign onto me
skin will never lie to you

when the message feels so far away
when your family isnt there
when your lonely as a desert flower

sign onto me
feel my heart as i love you
sign onto me
skin will never lie to you

all the masses at your finger tips
they dont even know your name
whats the point of finding love so far away

sign onto me
feel my lips as i kiss you
sign onto meskin will never lie to you

skin will never lie to you

IT’S A WONDERFUL DAY TO BE YOURS

You’ve been fair
You’ve been good to me
Like the wind on a summer day
It’s a wonderful day to be yours

Heart of gold
Eyes of amethyst
Like a fire on a winters day
I was cold now I'm warm by your side

You’ve been fair
You’ve been good to me
Like the wind on a summer day
It’s a wonderful day to be yours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
   

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