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Civic Duty​/​Icon

by Ed Fitzgerald

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Tracks from the initial exploratory, formative, Civic Duty sessions.
    A full slate of seminal sounds that includes a never released version of the original New China, plus remastered hard-to-find-on-vinyl versions of Johnny Panic, Living With A Tiger and Rose Colored Eyes.
    Digitally processed from analog master tapes recorded in Nashville at Belmont Turnley Studio and Sound Emporium Studio A.
    Engineered by Doug Crider, David DeBusk, Chuck Ainlay, Doug Howard and Gary Laney.
    Produced by Randy Goodman, Ralph Murphy, Leon Tsilis, Gary Laney and Ed Fitzgerald.
    Remastered and sequenced in digital Super~Stereo at Dream Kitchen Nashville.

    Each CD is singly burned to Redbook Standards at the Dream Kitchen Nashville mastering desk, affixed with a label, and along with a project art card, slipped into a sturdy presentation/storage envelope.

    CivicDuty/Icon: Judi Fitzgerald, Randy Goodman, Mel Watts, Greg Jennings, Marc Ball, Greg Husted, Tim Wilson, Kyle Frederick, Harry Wilkinson, Lauren Bandy, Doug Sisemore.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Civic Duty/Icon via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    A slice of Nashville music history, this collection of 12 songs by six artists was compiled by the short-lived radio powerhouse ROCK 106 and Picalic Music
    Includes the first release, vinyl versions of Johnny Panic & Living With A Tiger by Ed Fitzgerald/Civic Duty
    Recorded in Nashville's Belmont Turnley Studio; produced by Randy Goodman
    Remixed by Gary Laney at Nashville Sound Emporium A; produced by Ralph Murphy
    LP mastered by Jim Loyd at Masterfonics Nashville
    33 1/3rpm Vinyl by United Record Pressing Nashville
    Virgin shrink-wrapped heavy cardstock slipcase w/ printed paper inner sleeve.
    Additional audiophile anti-static sleeve and heavy vinyl protective jacket included.

    A Rarity!
    Blow up the Band!

    Civic Duty/106 Homegrown: Judi Fitzgerald, Roone Goodman, Greg Jennings, Tim Wilson, Mark Ball, Kyle Frederick

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1.
THE NIGHT GOES ON THE POETS AND THE PRESIDENTS CRUISE IN OPEN CARS ASCENDING EVER HIGHER STAIRWAYS TO THE STARS IT LOOKS LIKE DOUBLE JEOPARDY THEY’VE GOT ME ON THE SPOT ITS A TOTAL ECLIPSE THE RED LIGHT IS WHITE HOT THE NIGHT GOES ON ITS NEVER ENDING THE NIGHT GOES ON TIME WAVES KEEP BENDING THE NIGHT GOES ON ITS SENDING A MESSAGE TO YOU FANNY AND FRANNY DO JUST WHAT THEY WANT THEIR CLUB IS NOT EXCLUSIVE JUST DILLETANTE LITTLE DICTATORS CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE WORLD POWER GENERATORS MANY DREAMS UNFULFILLED THE NIGHT GOES ON ITS NEVER ENDING THE NIGHT GOES ON TIMEWAVES KEEP BENDING THE NIGHT GOES ON ITS SENDING A MESSAGE TO YOU ©JEFITZGERALD MUZZY LAKE MUSIC~ASCAP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
2.
Red Lights 02:56
RED LIGHTS MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT IS CHAIN LIGHTNING A DREAM A SHOCK SOMETHING FRIGHTENING SAY WHAT YOU WANT THINK WHAT YOU CAN YOU’RE ONLY ALONE YOU UNDERSTAND CHECK ON THE TIME CHECK THE WHITE LINES CLEAR OUT YOUR MIND AND FOLLOW THE RED LIGHTS INTO THE SKY I WON’T MAKE A BET ON MEMORIES NOT NOW NOT YET THERE’S TOO MANY DISCREPANCIES I SAID IT BEFORE I SAID IT AGAIN AND CLOSED THE DOOR I UNDERSTAND THE PRISONER IS FREE HOW CAN THAT BE WHEN HE’S HERE WITH ME FOLLOWING THE RED LIGHTS INTO THE SEA ©JEFITZGERALD MUZZY LAKE MUSIC~ASCAP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
3.
WHO WOULD YOU BE IF YOUR DREAMS CAME TRUE AND YOU WERE QUEEN FOR A DAY IF YOU COULD GET YOURSELF OUT OF THE WAY WHO WOULD YOU BE WHO WOULD YOU BE IF YOUR WHIM BECAME REALITY WHEN YOU WOULD SAY I’M GOING TO BE SOMEONE DIFFERENT TODAY WHO WOULD YOU BE WHO WOULD YOU BE IF YOU REALLY BROKE THROUGH AND COULD GO ALL THE WAY IF YOU COULD MAKE TOMORROW YESTERDAY WHO WOULD YOU BE WHO WOULD YOU BE WHAT IF I SAID THIS IS MORE THAN A SONG YOU’VE GOT THE WISH YOU’VE WISHED ALL ALONG WHO WOULD YOU BE WHO WOULD YOU BE ©JEFITZGERALD MUZZY LAKE MUSIC~ASCAP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
4.
Electra Blue 02:32
ELECTRA BLUE CALL ME WHEN YOU’RE DOWN LET ME KNOW THAT YOU’RE AROUND DO JUST LIKE I SAID DRILL IT THROUGH MY HEAD I’LL SEE YOU WHEN YOU’RE UP AND THERE WON’T BE ENOUGH LEFT OVER FOR ME LI LI LI IT DO NO GOOD TO CRY BUT YOU CAN’T STOP IT WHEN MORNING COMES YOU CONTEMPLATE YOUR LIFE IN SYSTEMATIC SANITY YOU UNDERSTAND NOTHING ELSE TO DO LOOK THROUGH ELECTRA BLUE YOU PUT ON YOUR NYLONS YOU PUT ON YOUR SHOES YOU PUT ME ON AND I GET CONFUSED I STARE AT THE FLOOR AND WONDER ONCE MORE IT’S A REPETITIVE SCENE LI LI LI IT DO NO GOOD TO CRY BUT YOU CAN’T STOP IT ©JEFITZGERALD MUZZY LAKE MUSIC~ASCAP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
5.
8052 Zurich 03:03
6.
Johnny Panic 03:25
JOHNNY PANIC I LIVE IN A BUSY CITY BENEATH VAPOR LIGHTS I’VE BEEN SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME TOSSING AND TURNING AT NIGHT WHEN I SHOULD BE SLEEPING SOMETHING GETS IN THE WAY AND WHEN I WANT TO BE THINKING I CAN’T HEAR WHAT I SAY I’M JOHNNY PANIC THE TIGHTROPE KING A MIND MECHANIC WITH MY BIBLE OF DREAMS I’M JOHNNY PANIC I’M LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION NEED TO FIND ONE THAT’S RIGHT I THOUGHT ABOUT REVOLUTION AND PUTTING OUT THE LIGHTS BUT I’LL JUST TAKE MY TIME AND WALK THE EDGE OF NIGHT I’LL WALK WITH IMAGINATION’ I WON’T PUT UP A FIGHT I’M JOHNNY PANIC THE TIGHTROPE KING A MIND MECHANIC WITH MY BIBLE OF DREAMS I’M JOHNNY PANIC ©JEFITZGERALD MUZZY LAKE MUSIC~ASCAP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
7.
Bohemians 04:30
BOHEMIANS YOU WERE BORN TO ANOTHER TIME NIGHT TRAIN GOT THE FEELING IN YOUR SOUL BLUE STRAIN DOWN BEAT BEAT DOWN MAD POETS ACROSS TOWN RENEGADE REALITY LIVING OUTSIDE THE WALL MOVING OUTSIDE THE LAW BOHEMIANS SUBTERRANEAN SHAKESPEARE A SHADOW UNHEARD AN AWKWARD BALANCE HINGES THE WORD TIME BEFORE TIME BEFORE TIME BEFORE THAT NO WAY BACK NO WAY BACK LIVING OUTSIDE THE WALL MOVING OUTSIDE THE LAW BOHEMIANS ©JEFITZGERALD MUZZY LAKE MUSIC~ASCAP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
8.
FELT LIKE THAT SHE’S WALKING THROUGH THE CROWD ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF AN ANGEL WEAVING HER WAY EYES OPEN FOR DANGER IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE TOUCH AND GO YOU’VE GOT TO CRY SOMETIMES I KNOW LOOK AROUND YOU’RE NOT ALONE YOU’VE GOT A WINDOW ON THE WORLD BUT YOU’RE A FRIGHTENED LITTLE GIRL I CAN’T BELIEVE SOME THINGS I’VE SEEN HIGH SPEED SALVATION ON PRIME TIME ABSENCE OF REASON DOESN’T STOP THEIR RHYMING THE BEAT GOES ON I KNOW HOW YOU FEEEL I’VE FELT LIKE THAT AND SO WE MARCH A PROCESSION OF DAYS CAUGHT UP IN THE PARALLEL VIEW I THINK ITS TIME TO BREAK AWAY TIMES CHANGE AND TALK’S CHEAP YOU’RE AWAKE BUT YOU’RE ASLEEP WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO YOU DON’T KNOW JUST WHO TO TRUST ARE YOU BEING SET UP FOR AN EGO BUST I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL I’VE FELT LIKE THAT SOMETIMES ©JEFITZGERALD MUZZY LAKE MUSIC~ASCAP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
9.
New China 06:07
NEW CHINA I SAW MY LIFELINE ETCHED IN THE TABLE THE JESTER I LEFT BEHIND BRAVE MOMENTS MAYBE A FABLE THE TEST I’M DEAF AND BLIND I WALKED ON THROUGH TURNSTILES COLORS I’D NEVER SEEN DON’T LOOK BACK IS THE CODE OF SURVIVAL FOOTSTEPS ARE ALL YOU WILL SEE IF IT WAS ANOTHER DAY I MIGHT NOT HAVE WALKED AWAY YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD YOUR WORDS TUMBLE TO THE GROUND ITS ALL OVER LEFT BEHIND US ITS A NEW CHINA WE’RE LIVING IN ITS A NEW DAY ON THE HORIZON A NEW CHINA A NEW CHINA AGAIN THE FIFTH COLUMN WALKS ON WIRES HEARTBEATS ALL KEEPING TIME STREET PEOPLE FULL OF FIRE HEADS KEEP TALKING IN RHYME IF THERE WAS ANOTHER WAY IF THEY GAVE YOU ONE MORE DAY YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD YOUR WORDS TUMBLE TO THE GROUND ITS ALL OVER LEFT BEHIND US ITS A NEW CHINA WE’RE LIVING IN ITS A NEW DAY ON THE HORIZON A NEW CHINA A NEW CHINA AGAIN ©JEFITZGERALD MUZZY LAKE MUSIC~ASCAP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
10.
ROSE COLORED EYES WALK TO THE RIVER DANCE BY THE STREAM I’LL SEE YOU TOMORROW OR SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS A LONG TIME I’VE HAD THIS NOTION OF THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE THERE’S A PLACE FOR DEVOTION AND A TIME TO WALK AWAY ITS HARD TO SEE WITH ROSE COLORED EYES ALL THE LAUGHTER ALL OF THE LIES SO MUCH TIME SPENT STUMBLING AROUND SO MUCH HEAVY RAIN TUMBLING DOWN YOU’LL FIND ANOTHER ONE WHEN I’M GONE MIGHT TAKE YOU FOREVER OR MAYBE NOT THAT LONG SOMETHING I’D LIKE TO TELL YOU I KNOW WILL NEVER BE SAID BY MORNING YOUR IMAGINATION BE THAT MUCH FURTHER AHEAD ©JEFITZGERALD MUZZY LAKE MUSIC~ASCAP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
11.
Mister Sound 03:44
MISTER SOUND YOU’RE DRESSED TO IMPRESS YOU MOVE EFFECTIVELY I’M UNCONCEREND WITH THE REPERCUSSIONS I’VE GOT SCARS FROM OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS YOU CONQUERED THE WESST SUCCESS THROUGH DUALITY NOW YOU SAY IT WASN’T ENOUGH AND ITS TIME TO PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS MISTER SOUND LAY IT DOWN MISTER SOUND YOU’VE TAKEN THE BEST MADE IT MEDIOCRITY YOU LIKE TO STAY MIDDLE OF THE ROAD YOU DON’T TAKE CHANCES YOU DON’T OWN WHAT’S THE NEXT STEP A DRONING FREQUENCY? WE MIGHT SEE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL A FROZEN WORLD WITH A FROZEN WILL ©JEFITZGERALD MUZZY LAKE MUSIC~ASCAP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
12.
LIVING WITH A TIGER I SAW YOU YESTERDAY YOU HAD NOTHING TO HIDE THE SITUATION WAS UNDER CONTROL TAKING IT IN YOUR STRIDE BUT YOUR EYES LOOKED SHALLOW AND YOUR WORDS SOUNDED HOLLOW YOU’RE LIVING WITH A TIGER HE WON’T BE DENIED BETTER HANG ON HE’S TAKING YOU FOR A RIDE I SAW IT IN THE HEADLINES IT SIZZLED ON THE WIRE EVERYTHING WAS SAID AND DONE ANOTHER VICTIM OF DESIRE IT WAS SOMETHING YOU BORROWED I KNOW YOU CAN ONLY TAKE IT SO FAR YOU’RE LIVING WITH A TIGER HE WON’T BE DENIED BETTER HANG ON HE’S TAKING YOU FOR A RIDE ©JEFITZGERALD MUZZY LAKE MUSIC~ASCAP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
13.
Shere Khan 02:01

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