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Flying Away - 2019

by Scott Ryser

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1.
I’m running late but I’m running hard I’m running late but I’m running hard I’m running late but I’m running hard I got my ticket and I don’t want to miss it I’m running late but I’m running hard I’m running late but I’m running hard I’m running late but I’m running hard I got my ticket and I don’t want to miss it (chorus) Wait, wait for me Please wait, wait for me Wait, wait for me Please wait, wait for me Just wait for me I’m running late but I’m running hard I’m running late but I’m running hard I’m running late but I’m running hard I got my ticket and I don’t want to miss it I’m running late but I’m running hard I’m running late but I’m running hard I’m running late but I’m running hard I got my ticket and I don’t want to miss it (chorus)
2.
After midnight Yeah after midnight After midnight That’s when she’ll call After midnight Yeah after midnight After midnight That’s when she’ll call And then we’ll drive We’re gonna drive That’s when we’ll drive For evermore We will drive We’re gonna drive That’s when we’ll drive For evermore Our little sleepy town We’re gonna leave you down We’re gonna drive all night To the city lights It is a starry night The moon’s on fire tonight And we will drive all night For evermore We’re gonna drive We’re gonna drive Yeah we’re gonna drive For evermore We’re gonna drive We’re gonna drive Yeah we will drive For evermore repeat
3.
Turns out it’s hard for me to speak In this social world But I can still get by With the love of a girl I got a springtime breeze And the reflections of the sun And the sound of the sky And the love of a girl Down by the river's edge Feel like I'm floating in the breeze The sound of kids at play Makes the city seem silly All those building lines and squares And my synthesizer keys And my identity Is nothing but their melody I got a springtime breeze And the reflections of the sun And the love of a girl play with me like a harmony Turns out it's hard for me to speak In this social world But I can still get by With the love of a girl Turns out it's hard for me to speak In this social world But I can still get by With the love of a girl
4.
I Get Around 02:41
I get around, yeah I get around plenty now I’ve seen all the sites in fact I’ve seen way too many to count seen too many to count My cars out of gas, the subways are down, the buses aren’t running, no cabs to be found, I’m tired of walking, tired of saying, I get around (chorus) I get around (x4) I took the stairs, the elevator it was broken, took a train, when the plane it started smoking, had to swim, when the boat started sinking, slipped and fell, climbing up a ladder on my knees, through a drain pipe in the gutter, lost my keys, now I’m crawling through a window, tired of saying, I get around. Chorus
5.
The fact that life feels good now really takes me by surprise
6.
I almost lost you in this crowd There you are Let’s fight our way to there Don’t let them separate us Angry people's words are flying round Better keep your head down Let’s fight our way to there Don't let them separate us Chorus: We'd better stick together It's a society for two We'd better stick together It's a society for two A scream here, a stare there Keep your eyes on the ground Let’s fly away from here Don’t let them separate us Angry people’s words are flying round Better keep your head down Let’s try and catch this bus You can let go of my hand now (chorus)
7.
Cannibals
8.
Louis Louis 02:52
9.
Terrible Day 03:06
We didn’t really talk much barely talked at all we just took a long walk, with nowhere to go at all but just your silent presence, as you went nowhere with me really helped me make it through this terrible day words, they fail me now let’s just walk in silence on this terrible day let’s just walk in silence on this terrible day We knew that there was nothing we could do or we could say no words to make the nightmare, ever go away but just your silent presence, as you went nowhere with me really helped me make it through this terrible day words, they fail me now Let’s just walk in silence on this terrible day let’s just walk in silence on this terrible day
10.
Your life sucks and you gotta live it Yeah you’re fucked and there’s no way out of it (Chorus) you gotta live it x4 You’re crying all the time, because there’s no way out of it you’re crying like a baby, because you haven’t got a chance you don’t got any money you got nowhere to stay you keep looking for a job but the jobs they got away yeah your life sucks and you gotta live it yeah you’re fucked and there’s no Way out of it Chorus Yeah you’re getting old you’re getting ugly you can’t look in the mirror no, no more selfie photographs for you losing your hair losing your teeth you even lost your girlfriend and your doggie ran away yeah your life sucks and you gotta live it yeah you’re fucked and there’s no way out of it Chorus
11.
I got a river of shit keeps pulling me out to sea to a place I don’t want to go,I don’t want to be people floating by saying my oh my what’s going to happen to me if this river of shit keeps pulling me out to sea Repeat verse Repeat verse
12.
Flying Away 02:27
I don’t want to go I want to stay I don’t want to go I want to stay I don’t want to go I want to stay birds are flying, flying away Repeat

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Vinyl album available @ FDH Records:
fdhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/flying-away

Scott:
“Flying Away” is a collection of song ideas I’ve been slowly working on ever since the UNITS broke up. That’s why the album sounds a bit like an old ‘80’s synth record at times. I stepped up the pace recently with the invaluable help and collaboration of Kit Watson in order to get the album out.
Throughout the process of writing these songs I kept asking myself the same thing I did while writing songs for the UNITS, “How can I make it sound original? Like something someone else hasn’t done yet.”
I also stayed true to my roots and kept it all synthesizers and drums (except for Blaine’s excellent violin solo on "Society For Two").

Album includes a PDF download of the "UNITS TRAINING MANUAL" by Scott Ryser, a 16 page PDF booklet of collage art and text about the ideas behind the UNITS.

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released June 7, 2019

scott ryser: synthesizers, lyrics, vocals, programming, mixing
kit watson: synthesizers, drums, mastering

background vocals by UNITS' rachel webber on "Society For Two".

violin solo on "Society For Two" by blaine l. reininger from the legendary band Tuxedomoon.

additional drums by UNITS' tim ennis on "River of Shit".

All songs on “Flying Away” by Scott Ryser © 2019

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UNITS - Scott Ryser Brooklyn, New York

Scott Ryser and his partner & wife, Rachel Webber, were the principal, songwriters, synth players, singers and filmmakers for the UNITS. The UNITS were one of America’s first electronic new wave bands and have been cited along with The Screamers and Suicide as pioneers of the music genre “synthpunk”. Scott & Rachel moved from SF to NYC in 1984 where Scott continues to make music & film ... more

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