Longer Like This, by George Fetner and the Strays

Longer Like This

by George Fetner and the Strays

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A
No Longer You'll Feel So Alone
Let Down
Carolina Moonlight
Thrive
The Cosmos Blast
B
The Matador
Ain't Going Back
Love Like A Rocket
If You Need Me

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1.	No Longer You'll Feel So Alone 03:07	lyrics	buy track
I tried to remain in control I tried to close my eyes but I began to patrol all I could see in the skies I rappelled to a place I’d known I tried to bury the world and with my wits in toe again my place unfurled I saw stories colliding with ease I tried to connect them all though I can’t see what you see together we rise, together we fall No longer you’ll feel so alone
2.	Let Down 05:01	lyrics	buy track
we met up to see what we could find you showed up with a lot on your mind I was wrong / you were strong you made me weep in the middle of the night write your song / it won’t take long and I’ll get back to feelin’ all right cause I’m gettin’ let down you know I’m gettin’ let down by you I drove home in the morning time you showed up in the evening time you were a lush and I had a crush you came and kissed me in the middle of the night write your song / It won’t take long and I’ll get back to feelin’ all right cause I’m gettin’ let down you know I’m gettin’ let down by you don’t you let me go, oh no I could be your favorite show turn me on and let me go cause I’m gettin’ let down you know I’m gettin’ let down by you
3.	Carolina Moonlight 04:03	lyrics	buy track
my Carolina moonlight all night looks like clouds comin’ this way I’m not gonna let them darken my day looks like clouds comin’ this way I’m not gonna let them darken my day my Carolina moonlight all night looks like clouds comin’ this way I’m not gonna let them darken my day looks like clouds comin’ this way I’m not gonna let them darken my day my Carolina moonlight all night I’m gettin’ naked / I can’t explain it I’m gettin’ naked in the Carolina moonlight my Carolina moonlight all night looks like clouds comin’ this way I’m not gonna let them darken my day looks like clouds comin’ this way I’m gonna have my Carolina way
4.	Thrive 05:07	lyrics	buy track
she was the kind with a mind on fire who never did tire, though long did she run enjoying her ways in the days that flew past how long they could last with no shortage of fun do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this he was unknown but alone he could thrive and keep the spirit alive in his hometown he never got paid but he made it just fine his job was to shine so he never felt down do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this they were a pair with a flair for the good in their neighborhood all they spread was cheer and how they survived yes they thrived every day with nothing to say since they felt it so clear do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this can we talk about the weather tomorrow can we talk about whether tomorrow we’ll be alive enough to finally follow through with the pride that we need to swallow no one should live a live perpetually hollow no one should live a live perpetually hollow no one should live a live perpetually hollow do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this
5.	The Cosmos Blast 05:01	lyrics	buy track
well I said to him - brother, got a story for you about redemption and makin’ it through it spoke to me then - we took a portal to you have you heard of the cosmos blast it sounds like a thing you think you people need not a thing of the cosmos blast it sounds like melee preachers screaming mayday take a ride on the cosmos blast I asked it then - how do you fill your heart when darkness tries to pull it apart it said - there’s no way you can restart once you’ve launched from the cosmos blast it sounds like a thing you think you people need not a thing of the cosmos blast it sounds like melee preachers screaming mayday take a ride on the cosmos blast
6.	The Matador 07:25	lyrics	buy track
for most of my life I’ve played that game of chance time has passed and stories remain of romance but the morning comes and dreams begin to slip away back to work another dollar, another day well they say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks and if somethin’ ain’t broken why would it need a fix but the morning comes and soon a week becomes a day I thought I was yours but you turned to me with nothing to say whatcha gonna do when the matador waves her cape and makes you shake until you fall through the floor the matador you thought you could win but you’ve been here before well they say you get burned if you reach for the flame and when you’re alone and searchin’ for love it’s the same but then you wonder could you have something new maybe it’s love maybe it’s meant only for you whatcha gonna do when the matador waves her cape and makes you shake until you fall through the floor the matador you thought you could win but you’ve been here before when my head goes down and the lights go out when my head goes down whatcha gonna do when the matador waves her cape and makes you shake until you fall through the floor the matador you thought you could win but you’ve been here before when my head goes down and the lights go out
7.	Ain't Going Back 04:39	lyrics	buy track
my brain is unbound, memory unwound there’s a way to escape all the doldrums of life when movements are timed, nickle’d and dime’d that’s the way we create all these mountains of strife now it’s the time when I can finally flee peel back the layer of a stellar energy well who you gonna be can it be me I ain’t going back no more today is the day, so take me away it’s the time to design a new way for your life these movements you’ve found, if you keep them around that’s the way you can melt all your mountains of strife now it’s the time when I can finally flee peel back the layer of a stellar energy well who you gonna be can it be me I ain’t going back no more
8.	Love Like a Rocket 04:15	lyrics	buy track
day turns cold but you know there’s a turn that will come and warm it so I’m told you can wait to be changed or you can transform it tell me more so I can decide if I’ll climb outside give me hope so I’ll rise above I know I can’t hide it I need love I need love like a rocket blasting off, getting much too high I can change I can change the world with you close to me by my side pain is real but you never know how to go about it it makes you feel like you’ll never be able to live without it tell me more so I can decide if I’ll climb outside and give me hope so I’ll rise above I know I can’t hide it I need love I need love like a rocket blasting off, getting much too high I can change I can change the world with you close to me by my side now what you may feel you may not know but there is a place where you can find it it won’t take long if you wanna go you might get lost but you won’t mind it mind it - no you won’t mind it I need love I need love like a rocket blasting off, getting much too high I can change I can change the world with you close to me by my side
9.	If You Need Me 03:31	lyrics	buy track
if you need me to wait I will stay awake ‘till the sun comes up I will wait for days and if you need me to pray I may not know what to say but I will pray - I will pray if you need it today and if you need more love I will throw out my arms I will love - I’ll give you love if you ask me to, I’ll love you tell me when, I’ll be there ‘cause we can’t do this no more so put your hands in mine both my knees on the floor so if you need me to wait and if you need me to pray if you need more love both my knees on the floor
10.	Thrive (Single) 02:58	lyrics	buy track
she was the kind with a mind on fire who never did tire, though long did she run enjoying her ways in the days that flew past how long they could last with no shortage of fun do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this he was unknown but alone he could thrive and keep the spirit alive in his hometown he never got paid but he made it just fine his job was to shine so he never felt down do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this they were a pair with a flair for the good in their neighborhood all they spread was cheer and how they survived yes they thrived every day with nothing to say since they felt it so clear do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this can we talk about the weather tomorrow can we talk about whether tomorrow we’ll be alive enough to finally follow through with the pride that we need to swallow no one should live a live perpetually hollow no one should live a live perpetually hollow no one should live a live perpetually hollow do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this do you ever say no - I can’t go much longer like this

about

“In their opening song, ‘No Longer You’ll Feel So Alone,’ the band’s joyful vibe and experimental sound spill out from the speakers, filling the room and pulling the listener to their feet in an impromptu dance party with nine of Columbia’s most daring musical exhibitionists.” - The State

“George and The Strays have created something unique and new. I dare say that 'Longer Like This' is something entirely distinct altogether and stretches the limits of genres and categories. - jambandpurist.com

“The record is a jammin’ number ripe with horns and influences from across the laid-back music spectrum. - extrachill.com

“From the opening track, “No Longer You’ll Feel So Alone,” a loose-limbed, mid-tempo space-rock bounce with a rubber-band bass line, to the spare guitar-and-keyboard ballad called “If You Need Me,” they show they can do just about anything they want. - Free Times

credits

released July 3, 2020

Craig Butterfield - bass
Anthony Charles - guitar, vocals
Matt Fenech - drums
George Fetner - guitar, vocals, synth
Jeff Vaughn - percussion

Davis Bowers - tenor sax
Will Melven - trumpet
Catherine Allgrim - bass trombone

Moses Andrews - organ, wurlitzer
Katie Leitner - vocals
Desiree Richardson - vocals
Lauren Watkins Vaughn - flute

Produced by Zac Thomas and George Fetner.

Recorded, mixed, and edited by Zac Thomas at The Jam
Room Music Studio. Columbia, SC. July 2019 - January 2020.

Horn and vocal arrangements by George Fetner.Percussion arrangements by Jeff Vaughn.

Mastered by Stefan Heger at Fisheye Music Mastering.
Cover photo by Tommy McDonald.
Art direction by George Fetner.

Music and lyrics by George Fetner, © 2020. ASCAP.
All songs published by Osprey Key Music Publishing. © 2020.
All rights reserved.

Government audio from the October 7, 1965 UFO incident
at Edwards Air Force Base, California used freely under
Public Domain Mark 1.0.

www.gfats.com

Executive Producers:
Allen Berger and Mindy Ring, Justin Dagit, Rhett Damon,
Alissa Fetner, Ted Fetner, Debbi Fetner, Nevin Hill,
Jennifer Jablonski, James Campbell Lane, Joe Long,
Laura Major, Ken and Jeanette Ososki, Matt Parsons
AND
Jonathan Alkis, Scott Fitzgerald, Sally Major,
Thomas McElwee, Felix and Dianne McLellan, Jr.,
Clyde Thomas Wood III

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George Fetner (and the Strays) Columbia, South Carolina

His guises have included stormy Britfolk songwriter (Some Things We’ll Change) and avant-garde composer (Beneath the Ice). But Fetner seems most natural fronting The Strays, a rangy and loose-limbed rock ‘n’ roll ensemble that’s built for a good time: Swirling Hammond swells, greasy Tom Petty-isms, bubbly pep — these are the calling cards of a songwriter built to bridge crowds. edited, Free Times ... more