We're No Penguins

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head down, it’s been buried so long
there’s a wedding in a week and a weakness that goes along
“where the hell those bells even coming from”
she thinks, ‘for the best of us, the rest is yet to come’
and just like a child in a courtyard with lots of windows,
she wonders if someone’s been watching this whole time
taking stock but the color’s all wrong
she laughs and says, “we’re no penguins after all”
and just like the beatles in the winter of ’64,
there’s so many cameras,
and she wonders why everyone is obsessed with her hair…
when she just don’t care

i don’t know if i will but i’m ready now
i don’t know if i will but i’m ready now

straighten up that veil, walk slow and steady now
what a pretty gown
i don’t know if i will but i’m ready now,
oh i’m ready now,

and just like a monster in a mirror,
let’s turn all the lights down
'cuz just one look at her will knock ‘em dead…
so she just keeps on walkin’

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released July 24, 2020
Chris Rollins: vocal, guitar
Drew Neely: string arrangement, production

Recorded at Off The Tracks Recording, Frankfort, IL

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...and the balloons Tinley Park, Illinois

If you like bands, you might like...and the balloons! Singer-songwriter Chris Rollins features a cavalcade of rotating Chicago-area musicians to make up...and the balloons. With influences ranging from Simon & Garfunkel to Green Day, ...and the balloons' high energy, alternative pop-rock pulls from multiple musical elements to create catchy melodies with distinct lyrical storytelling. ... more

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