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Baptized In Ice

by Eric Martinez

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1.
I saw fireworks On the wall Reflecting through the fall Putting out a fire while he can To many people suffering Because of other people's dirty tricks Play a record if you want to dance I had a dream that I cut my hair There were piles of it everywhere Turn the water on and let hemp lines grow Kansas City suicide Pretty girls life denied Left a baby in a world you will not know Sitting pretty at the end of the world Politicians with the policy and the pearls Another lie made in PhotoShop Another woman working till the day she drops Corporate logo on the bus Leaves farmer in disgust Blasphemy is never what you want Television on the ground Any lower and it will drown Blessed is a mother and her only son A raven beauty Lives in splendid isolation She gets a feeling That something just ain’t right Stupid fuckers want to Succeed from the union How’re they gonna pay When the math isn’t right
2.
I’ve seen it last forever When your talking on your cell phone Your face is like a moment in time Your love is gonna bring me home And the television turned off To a Minneapolis skyline Looking for a brand new job Take us back to our old life Sit around and drink it up Destination anywhere As I bring my face to your lips Righteous inquisition Of what was original sin And my soul survived That night you made me leave Eternal suffering Rise to the occasions Of nightly chivalry Long before we got together Long before our song Our scene was written in a fairyland The thrill was written in stone And to what transpired No one’s ever better off dead Or living on gasoline Now I’m seeing red And Lord it’s sweet Mandolins are crying In the windy city breeze Taking care of everything Brings me to your knees We were baptized in ice But never frozen in time Living in the moment One day I lost all control Now I’m forgiven
3.
People Come 03:02
People come lord And people go That same direction The winds always blow She could do everything With the greatest of ease She lived in Key West With all those slow ass people And talked with a draw And die by the water Rebirth in the salt And natures uprising Death soon pass over me But memories they won’t Sleeping on a park bench Dreaming of your song There’s value in car There’s value in a soul Both will drive to heaven Leave you with a stone Crow up on the chimney Darkness at your door Black Jack on the table Liquor at the store Facing mass extinction Humans lost the race Only things on earth That to live we have to pay Scared of common themes Compulsion in the air Writing out your dreams In a notebook on the stairs A band up on the stage Scraping night to night Singing for their food Living for the fight
4.
Survival 06:28
Emancipation Across the nation Rotting at home You lose your days Sitting in silence Don’t turn to violence Looking to God You kneel and pray Don’t do it You have no say You’ll be cryin’ for eternity Breaking borders That you won’t set for me Loving mothers In a loving environment Emancipation Across the nation Rotting at home You lose your days Sitting in silence Don’t turn to violence Looking to God You kneel and pray For survival In the city Slow burn You wait until tomorrow
5.
No Surrender 04:11
Stale economy No money in my hand Another lifeboat on the way Telling kids They’ll never make it in a band Another talent down the drain A coyote’s howl Is gentle in your wake Dancing slowly to my right Mother Mary Rose to greet me by the lake Anther southern belle reaching 45 I’ll never run away Or leave my son and daughter The time to fight is now Know your enemy Offer your hand No Surrender Bullshit politics Both sides kill to win No difference seen inside this world In the last two weeks The laws been closing in Pray to my bar tab and the Lord Bootleg carnival Anther bad idea I always liked coming home I married Thelma Louise told you to die I say forever and I swear I’ll never run
6.
Lucifer 03:54
Lucifer is gonna find you at home Pray to God he don’t find you alone Feel the power of good in your life Tell the angel you don’t want to die Sins are washed away in the valley A long breath of air and there gone He’ll tell you you’ll always be happy Lucifer will try and find you a home Your mother is always in trouble Taking risks and no one ever wins Cold glass of beer and the Devil gets the rack Gonna scratch on the 8 ball again The dark streets are where I take refuge St. Peter just laughs at the gate My daddy told me “son your gonna pay for this life” In the hell that was yours to create Now I live in the valley and wander My sins were never washed away You live with the bad you’ve done in this life And God never hears when I pray
7.
Annie 03:29
Annie is a rock who Resurrects my soul Even when I’m sick And returning home Terrorizing thoughts Gonna hold on tight Sound of lightning Never served me right Water-color fun With the Blue and Grey Civic duties Kept at bay March for tomorrow Get your money right Don’t take mine Stay out of sight -Chorus- Chase down the song And hope your lover holds on Remember why You’re doing this Happy hour drunk Always coming in hot Turn around twice In a vacant lot Sight of the planes Always flying by Singing for tips On a Tuesday night Engineers always Try and turn me down You got to turn it up To get the sweetest sound Barbed wire cactus And a week old string I’ll kiss the ground And my wedding ring
8.
I pray for good times Pray for my salvation Driving cross the nation Stop in every town And sing the blues I’m drinking red wine Till my dear old life is over Drinking myself sober Feel the air get warm I turn to you Head to the country Sleeping in a hammock Hoping we don’t get stuck Four wheel on the Willys Holding strong Fly to the city Hope I get to see her The finest at the Theatre Ticket down in front To hear the song I saw a hungry man cry While begging for his dinner Lord he ain’t no sinner He’s fallen on hard times Ain’t got no job In the cursed glare Of the sun shining brightly College kids are frightened Ending up in debt Or in a mall And a mother cries Praying for tomorrow That her husbands gonna come home Turn against the reasons For the war An old man dies Surrounded by his family With Liberty and country He’ll die with his beliefs Behind a door
9.
Take a minute to shake the sleep off The time to work has come The state of the weather is dim and so dry The water turned to blood Snows still on the rooftops My baby's gonna freeze With the cold that's in this town Her blanket never leaves I always thought I’d die On the Pike in Rockville City Then I met my girl one day I learned how to live I was taken to school on the tracks Right outside my house I was told never to come back Always seemed locked out Little family in a warm house On the avenue of Saints They spit in the face of God And do a carney song and dance Tango and Tequila Two of my favorite things Speaking French on the beach one night But never did again I watched a building burn From a St. Louis bridge I had a truck stop lunch I hope those people lived Wishing off your dress Dancing in the waves Feel that heaven is falling Angels getting saved Home is your hotel Or where your baby waits for you The only friends I got right now Are the lights on Portland Avenue As long as there's a song Desperation of Love Rebirth in my living room While the spiders stormed the cove
10.
Sirens 06:07
Generosity Is so far away Lame photo opts seem So far out of place Indecision of man Leads to bullshit parties Uneven ties In an uneven game Rich guy troubles I fought for my stay Of execution Slowly die up on the cross Hear the sirens of the song That I'm singing Our planet flashes In the light of dismay You holly rollers Will only slip on your grace TV is a weapon Of mass deception Divine intention From a Godless enemy Most revolutions Gonna die on the streets We need a leader for the world Not a war lord for a nation Generosity Is so far away Lame photo opts seem So far out of place Indecision of man Leads to bullshit parties Uneven ties In an uneven game Rich guy troubles I fought for my stay Of execution Slowly die up on the cross

about

I wrote and recorded Baptized In Ice during 2011-2012 in my rehearsal space at City Sound in Minneapolis, MN sometimes doing vocals in my apartment since the views and the smells were way better. I was going for a raw feel always taking a first take with good energy over a later take with better technique which leaves many imperfections in the tracks but I believe they stand stronger in this regard.

For all the tracks I used a PDP drum set, an Ampeg SVT3 bass rig with a Fender Jazz Bass, a Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster, and two of the best recording amps out there being a Savage Macht 12 and a true vintage 1965 Fender Twin Reverb.

This record would not have been possible without the un-wavered love and support of the greatest life partner/wife a guy could have and I dedicate this to my sweet Sarah Martinez. Not to mention she gave me the title of the record and a lyric in the song Nightly Chivalry.

Down through the ages my Body Of Work will be the way my life is best described. Thanks for listening!

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released March 12, 2013

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