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Duly Noted

by TUNS

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1.
Let’s be honest things are far from good And further still I earn a livelihood In the middle of the way home In the middle of the way home Several weeks since I’ve been out to sea Where am I supposed to want to be? In the middle of the way home In the middle of the way home Journey’s come to an end Choices I can’t defend Don’t you dare condescend Closing in but it’s too close to call I’m in no rush to get there - Not at all In the middle of the way home In the middle of the way home Don’t expect me today Always being called away I can’t make it ok In the middle of the way home
2.
Where are you going now? 
Mind if I come along too?
 We live in loneliness
 Some dreams will never come true Oh, I’ll have you know I won’t let you go We’ll stand united Stand as one
 Go on and fight it Can’t be done We are united
 And we’ll go on and on and on... Back to back in the dark
 We sat staring at the stars
 Couldn’t find Orion’s belt
 But that’s when things began to melt I was feeling
That you were feeling
 That I was reeling
 From an older feeling
 Such a shitty feeling
 When your eyes are tearing Staring at the ceiling
 Oh what a feeling I’ll change for you I’ll change for you We’ll stand united Stand as one
 Go on and fight it Can’t be done We are united
 And we’ll go on and on and on... We stand united
 Stand as one
 Go on and fight it
 Can’t be done
 We stand united
 We’ll go on and on and on... Where are you going now? Where are you going now? Come back
 Where are you going now?
3.
My Memories 02:25
I don’t need another friend To remind me of the past I cannot help
I cannot help my memories There’s no reason to look back Every time I hear the voices I cannot help
I cannot help my memories So please go easy on a friend Who’s still living in the past I cannot help
I cannot help my memories
4.
Come on it’s late 
It’s unacceptable 
I can tell there’s something you’re not telling me The more you wait 
The more susceptible 
I am to be forced to hear it off the street Everybody knows Everybody but me knows Some speculate 
It’s understandable
 There’s a lot of gossip filling the vacuum Well, that’s just great 
Though unintentional
 May I take for granted it’s safe to assume Everybody knows
 Everybody but me knows Everybody knows
 When I look into your eyes it shows Everybody knows
 Everybody but me knows Everybody but me knows
 When I look into your eyes it shows And I was in the dark until today And I was in the dark until today And I was in the dark until today
5.
I was sure that her heart was mine long before it was Could have sworn that her disregard was a game 
I was sure that she’d know me by my reputation 
I said, “At last here we are,” then she asked me my name She wouldn’t tell you if she really even knew your name I guess you’ve got a lot of problems that are in your mind I guess you’ve got a lot of problems that are in your mind Every now and again egos need some deflating
 Always searching for the answers
 Never finding the answers
 Otherwise you will find you have been misbehaving 
I guess you’ve got a lot of problems that are in your mind I remember summer days 
Playing cool, feeling crazed
 Like we’d never seen the death of what we loved We took our interludes
 Holding hands on inner tubes
 And making out around the dial
 Around the dial We fell apart a few more times 
Forgave each other’s crimes 
Let’s admit there are still some to answer for You go first
 And do your worst 
If you confess
 To love me less
 Then you will know I love you more Love you Love you I’ll only love you more
6.
In another life
I’m alone and I am satisfied with myself In another life
I am brave and don’t have to fake it As it is I won’t change in a day But I’ll handle that on my own At my most daring 
I’ll be comparing This to the life I could have known In another life 
I’m inside the house I’m passing by on the road In another life 
I can find the centre with the arrow In another life 
I’m myself and don’t have to try anymore 
In another life
 We would not be friends and not be brothers As it is I won’t change in a day But I’ll handle that on my own At my most daring
I’ll be comparing This to the life I could have known In another life 
I’m outside and I am passing time with my friends In another life 
I’m just fine I wouldn’t have to worry It doesn’t matter where I’m going to Or the person that I’m with 
I never think about what could’ve been What matters is what is In another life In another life
7.
Just like a fool I’m sentimental
 Breaking a rule is accidental
 Turn down your feedback nice and gentle Why can’t this be an instrumental? Back when my star was brightly shining All my ideas were still aligning 
I never worried I’d just sail through 
It takes much longer than it used to Ahhh - words and music Ahhh - words and music What do you hear that’s worth repeating? Do you still think of that as cheating? And will my winning streak continue? When all you need to say is in you Ahhh - words and music Ahhh - words and music Words and music
Words and music I’m gonna lose it
8.
Double Down 02:05
I got good at guessing, reading tells and taking tricks My hand shows eleven and dealer’s showing six Well, you never know for sure but I’ve been around And I’ve got a reckless feeling that I might Be kinda right
 So I double down And you can hit me though you have already won
 The card you’re going to deal me puts me over twenty-one When I cut my losses, cut the cards again
 And then save my seat cause I can’t afford
 To not be right back for more
And I double down In case you haven’t noticed that I compartmentalize My beliefs and evidence I fail to recognize
 Well, I never would retract my claims I found That you all will be amazed How much I am set in my ways And I double down
9.
Nothing’s changed from those years
 You’re the same old fella who’d hang a flag for a curtain In a room full of road signs 
You stole for a story to tell
 Riding up on a lift
 To an unmarked floor
 Where windows are missing or shattered
 Flags are in tatters And your dreams keep tripping And the light slip slipping Away now And you’re dying in the dark for the day Cuz you’re owed it
 Duly noted 
And you’re dying in the dark for the day Cuz you’re owed it And by chance you were king
 Among the last of the friends
 Who everyone discounted as shadows 
And look for them now 
Gone before the morning came
 Nothing’s changed from those years
 You’re the same old fella who’d hang a flag for a curtain In room full of road signs When you lost your direction Made no course correction Or changes And you’re dying in the dark for the day Cuz you’re owed it
 Duly noted
 And you’re dying in the dark for the day Cuz you’re owed it And you’re dying in the dark for the day...
10.
Saturday evening They welcomed me in Borrowed tuxedo
 My school violin I felt kinda nervous 
Didn’t know anyone
 They poured me tequila
 And they told me “You’re on!” They introduced me 
But it wasn’t my name With rapid precision They bound me in chains My world was inverted As the water rushed in These upside down faces And not one is a friend Of all of her children
 Mom loved me the best She called me a genius Now I’m holding my breath
11.
Eyes tend to wander 
What you can’t have makes the heart grow fonder This institution’s
 Sacred but accept some substitutions Keeping options open so what if I do? If I throw it all away it will be on you If you insist 
I can keep you on my back up list Soon this will stop 
In the meantime you’ll be near the top Keeping options open but what about you? It’s one thing to be thinkin’ ‘bout another to do Life off the rails
 Trying to keep your wind out of my sails Changing my ways
 Are you seeing anyone these days? Keeping options open cause I wanna be free If I throw it all away it will be on me
12.
Dream lovers who crash their summers You and I we take all comers 
Breaking free but it could take ages
 Up and over we’ll earn our wages Wherever we go we’re strangers Into trouble but out of danger Disappearing among fresh faces Gets you bluesy on a daily basis Wanna take my chances with you 
Let me lift you higher and higher
 I don’t want waste another minute waiting on it News is breaking on it
We’re living in it now Are we running or are we chasing? Inside outlaws and client-facing These decisions we can’t abide by Say so long with heartless bye bye Dream lovers who crash their summers You and I we take all comers
 Breaking free but it could take ages
 Up and over we’ll earn our wages Wanna take my chances with you
 Let me lift you higher and higher
 I don’t want waste another minute waiting on it News is breaking on it
We’re living in it now Wanna take my chances with you
 Come and lift me higher and higher 
I don’t want waste another minute waiting on it News is breaking on it
We’re living in it now Wanna take my chances with you
 Come and lift me higher and higher 
I don’t want waste another minute waiting on it We’re living in it now

about

Duly Noted is the second LP by TUNS.
It is being released by murderecords.

Their first LP was TUNS s/t.
It was released on Royal Mountain Records in 2016.

credits

released March 26, 2021

Matt Murphy - guitar, vocals
Mike O’Neill - bass, vocals
Chris Murphy - drums, vocals

Produced by TUNS

Engineered and mixed by Mike O’Neill

Basic tracks and some overdubs recorded at Dining Room Sound, Toronto

Vocals and some overdubs recorded fall 2019 and early 2020 at Mike’s studio.

Mastered by João Carvalho at João Carvalho Mastering, Toronto

All songs written and performed by TUNS

Drawings by Mike O’Neill

Layout by Berkeley Stat House

TUNS is booked by Ben Buchanan at CAA ben.buchanan@caa.com

info@tunsband.com

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Matt Murphy on guitar; Mike O'Neill on bass; Chris Murphy on drums. All three write and sing the songs.

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