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Marinade

by Turtle Money Sandwich

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1.
Easy 03:10
Easy (Watkins) Every time before this made love seem so hard One starts to think twice to let down their guard Then you came along put right what was wrong and made it so easy Seen enough good times go bad that I must be a fool To have so many plans for something still new Albeit naive I can't help but believe cuz you make it easy It's rare for such loveliness to be sincerely sweet You never fail me you're always so strong when I am weak I'm taken aback by the way you understand me well I am the luckiest that you're the hand that I've been dealt I'm sure my words are cliche but I do what I can To try to convey how grateful I am You've given a spark to a weary old heart you make love so easy
2.
How It Should Be (Watkins) So here we are across a table again I feel sheepishly fortunate to count you as a friend I must look like the living dead I know I don't always come across the way it seems in my head You cast a brighter shade of gray I hang on every word you say The cracks between us still ring true I thought I'd be strong but I guess you know me better than I do The pain is always here and now It points the way to breaking out Every moment leaves no doubt The work will surely teach you how And I can feel it crashing over me The love that's flowing through everything I see The grief the joy the indignities of this strange comedy it's all how it should be The evening light gives off a shine The clarity of borrowed time Pick up the pieces left to play Dust em off and find a way to make em sing for one more day Planned a hundred ways to tell you how and why Now I finally have the chance and none of them seem to apply We try to shove regret so low But despite ourselves compassion flows And night won't fail to turn to dawn The dark horizon bears the sun And I can feel it open up the fear A space big enough to hold everything that's here The crushing weight the raw beauty of this great tragedy it's all how it should be Don't be afraid to be cracking a smile I know I'm always inclined to cast about starry eyed at every change in scene every chance to fly And I can feel it crashing over me The love that's flowing through everything I see The nameless dance the lucid dreams of this vast mystery it's all how it should be
3.
Walk 03:04
Walk (Watkins/Sanger) The harder lessons leave me second guessing if I'm gonna be okay The backs of wrong way signs always make me think I'm headed the wrong way But the doubts can't hide the truth, just a single glimpse is all it takes A surge of life goes rippling through my chest and in my veins And I'm not gonna lie down anymore Spent enough time staying safe and warm The bridge can burn down when I cross The way is clear it's time to walk Although my voice may waver what I'm saying to you I've come to know is right I may have bloodshot eyes but that don't mean that I won't look you in the eyes All the stumbles stops and starts have brought me to the place I'm sposed to be The fading crashes leave a quiet sense of certainty That I'm not gonna lie down anymore Putting my foot down to get up off the floor Everything is gone but nothing's lost The ashes pave the way to walk I'm not gonna lie down anymore Done with trying to cling to shelter from the storm The prison door was never locked Face the truth and go to walk

about

Turtle Money Sandwich is -

Brian Watkins
writes the songs and sings them.

George Sanger
plays all the instruments!

He is the legendary Fat Man, the longest-tenured video game composer in the known world, it seems like.

George says:

These are not songs I wrote, but I really wish I had.  My bandmate Brian, is a mathematician and slot machine game designer of highest rank and sensitivity--we worked together for about a decade, trying, using simple principles, to make something surprising and beautiful for the People. We had basic tools to work with--Brian had odds and probabilities, sevens and bars, koi and buffalo, I had the ding-ding-dings.  How do you make smiles and fun out of that?

Maybe that explains what I like about this music.  Brian broke my expectations for simple songs with his nerdy topics, innocent lyrics, mildly unexpected melodies and wide-eyed delivery.  I was motivated to give it my best, and I spent some of my happiest Pandemic hours dug deep into writing these parts and getting them into place so's to present them back to Brian--and now, finally, to YOU.

So, guys, this is our gift to you.  We just want to know if it makes you smile!

Thanks for being here. You contain so much life and love! We love you.

George (and Brian)
Turtle Money Sandwich

credits

released July 16, 2021

All compositions ℗ 2021 Fat Manor Publishing, BMI

​Instruments engineered and mixed by George Sanger, Coronado CA

Vocals engineered and mixed by Adam Gibbs at Space Recording Studio, Austin TX

Mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Mastering, Austin TX

Vocal harmonies by Adam Gibbs

Cover art by Mark Harris

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The Fat Man and Team Fat Coronado, California

Internationally known as The Fat Man, George Alistair Sanger’s influence is hard to overestimate. Through his work, his writings, the founding of think-tanks, organizations and communities—but mainly his music—this “legendary game audio guru’s” fingerprints are all over much of what it means today to create game audio or listen to a game. ... more

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