The Caucasian Boys
American Standard
Recorded August 11-14, 2005 At Matt Evatt's House on East Street in Houston

Don't Let Me Change (Acoustic)
Music: Evatt/Kerr/Roberson
Lyrics: Kerr

I'm been living in your air
Don't let me change, don't let me change

Do you remember me
Not this me but the me I used to be
While I've been living in your air
I've been dying inside
Don't see what's too easy to see
Remember the man I was and not the
Way I seem to be
Reject the way I seem to be

Sometimes I can't stand the man who walks in my skin
Sometimes I cry that I can't find a way to do him in
Sometimes the pictures are the only way I remember who I really am
Don’t let me change

It’s a long road from one small misstep
One day you wake up and wonder just how much of you is left
Is the mirror who you are or just what you’re paid to be
Do you like the face, can you stand that place
You can’t see the truth from here
Lying is just self-defense, and weakness and fear
Learning to be shallow, vapid, soulless and callow
Help me put me back together the way I was


Lay Your Money Down
12/23/06
Music: Evatt/Kerr/Roberson
Lyrics: Kerr

I don't mean to be rude
Ii don't want to bother you
but I got what I hope you've been looking for
And I'd like to get you show you more
I know you need a little distraction action
So lets make addition by subtraction
And get you out of here for a little while
Let me show you all the downside style

You know your way around town
So theres no reason to just stick around
Because tonight i've come in to go out
So lets all go and lay your money down

I'm sure it'll be alright
I want to be the best offer you've had all night
This isn't much of a scene for you
You deserve much better than what he brought you here to
Let's go out a while, just disappear
He'll never even notice that you're not here
I'll show you how to relax
Teach all the words to my hidden tracks

Lets take a break from the scene
Get some fresh air, a beer, you know what I mean
In here, too many neauveau goons
In here, too many people undeserving of you
So lets get out here where I can appreciate you
Contemplate you, embrace you, and hopefully take you

To the good bad side of town
Where the good times just hang around
Because tonight I've come in to go out
So lets go and lay your money down

It'd be better if you rolled with me tonight
Butch Walker in the changer and it's better than alright
Don't just crank the bass
Appreciate the song and let it fill the place
This room is beneath you
I can't respect a man that treats his lady like he does you
I guess it could be worse
But I can't bear the thought of another verse...