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White Lighter

from Literally Main Street by Cataldo

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    We tracked and mixed this record to tape and cut the lacquers from those tapes--this thing has never touched a computer. Bernie is the definitive west coast vinyl mastering engineer. He cut "Aja", "Thriller", "Purple Rain", "The Chronic"...you get it. Vanderslice and I took a lot of care to get this just right and it sounds FANTASTIC.

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lyrics

I'm in love with a thing that doesn't love me back.
Johnny should have thrown a book in the gunny sack.
Big signs saying "Look kid, that's a wrap.
You're 32, about as cute as a heart attack."
You can do it you've just gotta be strong
against the good little girl who's got bad love to give.
I don't care if I'm doing this wrong.
I wanna see her face--it hasn't changed a bit!

I wanna see it!
But really see it!
And not just on the weekends!
Gotta keep the white lighter lit,
yeah, keep the white lighter lit.
Yeah keep the white lighter lit.
And I don't care if we pay for this--
gotta keep the white lighter lit.
Yeah, keep the white lighter lit.

Whoa, that came a little out of nowhere. Sorry.
But what do you expect from an air-quotes "artist"?
So let me be direct and ask,
"Was it charming and honest? Or maybe just a little alarming?"
I don't know what I'm going to do--
I've got a bad hair cut and I'm too dumb for grad school.
Rubicon in the rear view, never had a more clear view
of five little words I'm too scared to say:

I wanna see it!
But really see it!
And not just on the weekends!
Gotta keep the white lighter lit,
yeah, keep the white lighter lit.
Yeah keep the white lighter lit.
And I don't care if we pay for this--
gotta keep the white lighter lit.
Yeah, keep the white lighter lit.

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from Literally Main Street, released September 27, 2019

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Cataldo Seattle, Washington

Cataldo has been hailed as “the rare kind of artist who’s able to absorb the chaotic world around him and distill it into crystalline song” by American Songwriter. Keepers has been welcomed as “nostalgic, and effortlessly, poetically profound,” by Nylon and “wistful and hopeful and beautiful, a brightly emotive yet understated slow-build." by Stereogum. ... more

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