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Freak of the Week 2023

by Jesse Sample

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Heart Attack 04:30
BPM 134 v. Em-G-A-G Ch. A2-Em-G/A2-Em-D/A2-Em-G-D/A2-Em-G Br. Bm-D-G/Bm-D-Em/Bm-D-Am-G/Bm-D-Bm Verse 1 I had my hesitations I kinda knew, you were gonna leave me dry Standing there in the desert, With sand in my eyes Came upon an old picture Even then I should have seen it in your eyes You always be the same , I swear girl, You’ll never change Chorus 1 I think I get the picture I was nothing more than a photograph Nothing more than an image, another for you to have I gave you everything, you gave me nothing back Gave you my heart, and you gave me a heart attack And now I want I back Verse 2 I had my reservations Sure enough I’d be eating by myself Serves me right for being blind I could’ve seen it any time Bridge Do you think about anyone else? Or is it all about yourself? Do you think about anyone else? Or is it all about yourself? Chorus
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Go Outside 03:59
Capo 4 BPM 130 C. E-Asus4/A-G-Bsus4/B*** V.E7-Em7-D6-A7-x3 last time sub F w/riff B.E7-G-Emadd9-EmaddDim9 Chorus Somethings telling me to go outside, to go outside Somethings calling me to come outside, come outside Cus I’ve been lonely and this ain’t living…inside inside Somethings telling me to go outside, to go outside Verse 1 Lately I’ve been thinking As I’ve been known to do If you thought Im that I’m happy Maybe I’d believe it too I wanna get to know you I wanna know what you feel I want close the distance I wanna share something real ½ Chorus Verse 2 Lately I’ve been suspicious That were all just the same hearts full of pain that precious blood in our veins, our veins I wanna know you, hug and hold you Wrap you up and then unfold you Wanna know what I feel I wanna share something real Chorus Bridge I think it’s time to admit it The pieces just don’t fit It’s all bad information And it making us sick I really want to trust you Maybe you’re like me Maybe we’re not so different Like they’d have us believe I wanna get to know you I wanna know what you feel I want close the distance I wanna share something real Chorus
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Sonnet The Fires of Night in-Spire de-Light for Some De-Sire and Fright are wired so Tight at Times From Spire to Spire in Clouds of Waft-ed Lust their Win-dows Frame the Hung-ry Eyes in-Side in Times of Good they O-per-Ate be-Low an Aft-er Thought a Qui-et Snag of Fear when Times are Bad they’ll Don a Crown of gold in Pur-ple Robes they Reign from Far and Near e-Tern-al Life through Death and Anc-ient Hands e-Tern-al Hung-ers Tor-ture Ne-ver Cease but Plea-sures Pas-sion Lights his God-less Glance with Throes of Hea-ven Feed-ing From the Knees a Choice for Some and Curse for All no End no God to Come and Take us Back a-Gain Chorus The moon is shining bright Lets do the Vampires delight
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Fight Night 04:35
I spent a little time home alone with a habit I let some shit go to see if I good grab it I went deep inside to where the animal hides And brought him on out and let him into my life At first he seemed cool, and the hang went deep We’d howl at the moon when the world was asleep I was holding all my cake and eating it too But as is the way with things, they came unglued The next thing we did was fuck up the place Dirty all the dishes and scare my friends away Wasn’t too long till he was copping my cash Feeding only him and leaving me last Pretty soon I had to admit I lost control He was eating real good and starting to grow I tried to say no but he always seemed to win I tried to put him back but he wouldn’t go in I couldn’t run away cus we met that way The places I would hide are where he finds his prey Couldn’t rest in a shadow, or hop on a train Gotta fight em clean, no more running away I couldn’t make myself kill him cus it felt like love And the safety of my grammas house when I was a cub But the person in the mirror was starting to change He’s got a taste of blood, and I was starting to fade Chorus Make it till the morning and then you’ll be alright Its stronger in the darkness than it is in the light As long as we are living, there’ll always be a fight That fights tonight
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Big Blue C 03:31
Chorus In the big In the big In the big blue Sea Verses You can’t hold onto it We’re all vagabonds in the bigger scheme of things Tucked into freights trains to the stars We leave it here when we go, By ourselves but never alone We say goodbye right before we get reborn And everyone get reborn down here Little eyes push away sleep Milling in and around the little lights on little streets There’s a love to be found in In this town Where mothers love their babies and a good god loves all his children You find meaning where you make it But you will find none if you don’t You’re in the bigtime kid and we pay for our lunch out here
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Me siento perezoso hoy. Me siento cansado Tengo ganas de quedarme en la cama y no hacer nada. Esta lloviendo. me gustaria comer algo grasoso quiero ver una película… Tal vez una comedia …sobre el amor pero mañana estare mejor pero mañana será diferente muy diferente Mañana conquistaré el mundo como Alejandro Magno, o cesar, Tal vez Aníbal Gobernaré el mundo desde lo alto de un gran edificio. Arreglaré todos los problemas del mundo. Será facil el sol brillará el sol brillara sobre mi tocare el sol Y no habra dolor Estaba soñando mañana no es real ahora es real La unica cosa real
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Note To Self 03:07
A lot of people want to give their advice Even when they can seem to manage their lives A lot people wanna yell in your face About what you think, what you do and what you say A lot of people have been missing the point A lot of motherfuckers always thinking they're right A lot of people been watching other people When they need to look inside their own steeple I used to think that I knew it all I used to think I could see through walls I used to think that if I had control Of what people think, then I could finally be whole Now I know its futile pursuit No one does anything they don’t want to do Everyone is just making it up And the best thing I can do is just show a little love I wanna fix all the problems of the world But I can’t fix me Ive been focused on your problems, cus of things inside I don’t wanna see Nobody knows where you go when you die Nobody knows what I feel inside Nobody knows what goes through my mind While I’m staring at the ceiling on those sleepless night Maybe this is all just a crazy dream Maybel these people are just versions of me Maybe it’s just the perfect time for me To tend that fucking garden like a motherfuckin G
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Takin’ time to go inside, Nothing is so kind As to know your mind Saying things, I need to hear. Take and wheel and steer Letting go of fear The world outside is made by you The things you say and do Are how you build the truth Don’t be fooled by worldly things Everything has strings Love Love Love they love you till they hate you Love Love Love they love you till they hate you Love Love Love they love you till they hate you Love Love Love Love Love Love Love Love We’re the cosmic engineers Of everything we see And everything we hear I hope now you can see the truth The vision that you pursue Its all up to you
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I’ve been seeing lots of birds of prey Up in the mountains throughout the day I take my lunch and they take theirs I must admit it’s a bloody affaina bloody affair This life offers some big pills We gotta choke em down Nobody wants to be the bad guy I know you don’t and neither do I Everybodys gotta eat And Everybodys made of meat We all meet the buzzard in the sky Sailing through the mountains watch him glide Some of us look down on the world with eagles eyes And some of us scurry like mice and rabbits and try and hide But one things for sure This life of ours gets messy Nobody wants to be the bad guy I know you don’t and neither do I
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Animal Life 05:17
Verse I can feel when you’re out there, I can smell you on the wind You can travel around the world, run and ride and ill still find you again Overland or oversea it doesn’t matter to me Because your precious so precious to me It was all so civilized and you thought you were alone I was out for a walk when I saw you down below When I howled at the moon I could see that you were so precious, so precious, so precious Chorus Tonight Im living the animal life Im on ther ground and up in the sky I smell you, I feel you, Ill taste you when I eat you alive Bridge A Paper world you control with your hands Your big ideas and your little plans Out in the sunshine the world is so tame But in the dark of where the animal reigns
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Behold the prophet of shiney toys As he Proclaims all the purity found in their plactic joy The great magician who can take away your pain Answer all your questions, Dumb you down, and get you saved And It would all be so easy if I could only believe. I’d take that losers deal and slumber down forever in deceit. I’d cheer when the parade rolled through And tow the party line and do all that I could do But I’m Perhaps you think you’re too good to drink from the well Superior to all us earthly pigs, animals fucking in our own smell It would be so simple if you could just forget And Pull your eyes from the sky on down and just pretend But I can see you’re not totally sold I can tell by the look in your eyes youre far from enrolled Are you really ready to bite the hand that feeds, Okay have it your way but I gotta warn you about the heat Chorus: Tied to a thing That rang true, hear it ring To die on a Hill For Something real, I feel it still Run Run Run Run Run Run if you can. But I feel it calling me, Turning me around, back around again Bridge: I remember a time in my life with Cool water Cool water I ran so clear cold and sweet
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Sometimes I feel so fucking dumb Sometimes I feel so fucking dumb Sometimes I feel empty inside, And I Hope I’ll feel better if I give it some time Sometimes I feel so fucking dumb Sometimes I feel so fucking dumb Sometimes I feel so fucking dumb Sometimes I just can't come But down at rock bottom there's a glimmer of hope Sometimes I feel so fucking dumb Sometimes I feel so fucking dumb Sometimes I feel so fucking dumb Sometimes I cant even think, And the best that I can do is make myself a drink Sometimes I feel so fucking dumb
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NightHang 02:55
The nighttime is my favorite time To Leave the tattletails back far behind Let the nosy neighbors look inside Im feeling fine ain’t tryna hide You made your mind And you picked a side I cleaned these sheets this bed is fine Im out tonight I crossed the line It’s nice outside This world is mine The sun is cool But I like the moon I like to howl When Im passin through Ill wake your mom Ill wake your dad I’ll make your gramma feel Young again This life is short And I wanna shout I wanna dance And let it out I wanna hang Out on the streets With other folks Who feel like me I like the sweat I like to run My pounding heart going Thud thud thud I like the dirt I like the mud And crawl to you When I see the sun Winter summer Fall and spring I’m down to do Anything In the attic and Basement too I’m down to hang Just come on through
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A Nickname 01:45
Mi how sing it
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Scream 04:06
Sometimes I feel so depressed Sometimes I feel oh so stressed Sometimes I feel I’m going insane Sometimes I need to clear brain when I Scream Scream Scream Scream It’s a common affliction. In this age of information to lose our way and to forget our foundation We’re not the digitals rats Or brains in a vat More like a primal wind That moves across the land This is your life So get back in charge This world is yours As the lion roars Your body longs To feel your lungs Fill will air And let it go and Scream Scream Scream Scream Do you ever feel like I do? Do you ever feel like you’re coming unglued? Do you feel the pressure inside? Well there’s a way to clear your mind go and Scream Scream Scream Scream There’s a choice that we all make to be something or to be nothing I won’t lie down into that good night oh no I am here I exist I wont lie down And and accept death I will fight I will kick I will bite I will scream
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Little Billy wants to be an astronaut Little billy wants to get in a ship and fly up into the starts Little billy’s grades aren’t very good It’s time for little billy to start working hard Life is made for making mistakes. When Im lost out on the road gotta find another way And another might be a better way Don’t let first impressions lead you astray Little Jean Ann wants to be Little miss Tennessee Well in truth, Little Jean anns mom used to want to be little miss South Carolina But they all had to move to Georgia because Jean Anne’s dad needed to go there for work Maybe now they can both be little miss Georgia We all have setbacks. And things don’t go as planned. We all have nights Where we cry into our hands And when you fall down Know you’re not alone We’re a freakshow full of people Out here on the road
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Breaking Up 04:51
Verse 1 Verse and intro- Bb-Am-Bb-Am-Bb-Gm-Bb-Am-C Chorus-Bb-Dm-C-G/Bb-Dm-G-C/ Bb-Dm-C-G/F-Am Bridge-G-F-C-Bb x3-G-F-C-Fn Try fifth fret capo for ease I gotta stomach full of rocks Filled to the top I got a house full of webs And spiders in my bed Theres an ache in heart Since we’ve been apart So bad And If you wonder if think about you, You Know I do The eyes in my head can see we’re at the end But my heart doesn’t know we’re through Chorus Breaking up is hard to do It’s hard on me, I know hard for you Breaking up is hard on the heart It takes a toll, It hurts your soul It fucks your mind, its got me all night Breaking up is hard on the heart Verse 2 I gotta tumbler full of scotch and soda on the rocks And a pain that won’t die No matter how hard I try To forget about your ghost I’ve been feeling so lost It so sad And If you wanna know if I’ve been missing you Its true The life that we led, like flies to the dead Is gone no matter what we do Bridge The hardest thing sometimes is moving on The hardest thing sometimes is letting go You packed your things, I got my bags, God only knows where Im going next The hardest thing sometimes is moving on
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You didn’t show but I thought id wait Just a little more, in case you were runnin late I called you up on the telephone It rang and on and on, I drove away alone Trusting you makes me feel like a fool Yeah I like a fool Yeah I like a fool You’d have thought that id have learned by now, You’re gonna let me down You always let me down You’re actions said what your lips wouldn’t say When things got hard, you always found a way To disappear oh so conveniently You’re all about your pride, never thought of me Trusting you makes me feel like a fool Yeah I feel like a fool Yeah I feel like a fool You’d have thought that id have learned by now, You’re gonna let me down You always let me down Ive been holdin my breath for you change your mind But it’s me whos the crazy one tonight Ive been waiting around for you change your life But Im the one who needs a change tonight I think Im on to your game, you’ll never change Youll always be the same You’d have thought that id have learned by now, You’re gonna let me down You always let me down
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You gotta pay those tolls You gotta pay in full But don’t ever give em inch when they come for your soul Oh no No There’s no stortcuts No, There’s no free lunch That easy street concrete is hard so you better be tough Don’t wanna stand in line I just want whats mine You’ll be waiting all your life just get a little piece of the pie Not I Nobody knows the way No matter what they say They can say what they want but you pay at the end of the day I don’t for sure but I think you may only get one of these things We are here on limited time and we get to choose how some of this is gonna go Not all of it, but some of it though When I was little kid riding around on my bike, It never occurred to me that I might die one day And as I get older and I start to watch people depart to that great BK in the sky And I realize you can’t always have it your way, As of lately, I’m starting to take greater stock in my life and how I look at things Everyone I know has opinions and that’s okay, thats their life and they get to live their own way I’ve been living a life all my own, which is good cus I pay for it in full This is my time, and my life, this universal gift was wrapped with a bow for me
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You own the men, pointing the guns You got us bombs, to blow us all up You blow us up and you don’t give a fuck You call the shots while the whole world dies Sticking needles into our lives You shoot us up you don’t give a fuck You tell yourself that you do it from love The public good and justice But there a voice deep inside That keeps you guessing into the night Do what it takes, not everyone wins Sirens sings, the blue red spins You got the cages to carry em all If when you run out, you can just build more And It make take a little time Till someone comes along who won’t let you hide And they see you and they know you You build the prisons to lock us all up You do us out for a few greasy bucks You lock em up and you don’t give a fuck You smile wide while the whole world dies You make the news that’s fucking our minds Its all lies and don’t give a fuck You take the money, Nobody will know And if they find out, it’s all part of the show A Public service served with a smile The scandal fades after a while And it may take a little time Till the other psychos come and eat you alive That’s right, they weren’t your friends But you kinda knew that, right?
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When Summer Leaves With Summers Breath upon the Maple Trees A chill that comes on high around the bend Her Ashy skin is shed in Octobers Breeze A kiss goodbye and prayer to rise again Embrace undone I step into the cold With mourning eyes, I shuffle through her death I sense myself awaken now in full The pain of loss is how I know my breath The sun descends behind the blackened hills We scavenge life among the other ones A need for warmth and human touch my will In darkness, light requires some work and Love When Summer leaves we’re left to find ourselves and Go inside and fall for someone else
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Uniform 01:18
A land where boys and girls all dress the same The surface depth betrays the true affair To peel and scratch façades so far away Is how to know the moments weight and prayer And after work she falls onto the couch Her smiling time is over for the night The living room can hold the world on out The bluish tint of tele screens the sky The restaurant is darkened now tonight The orders filled and laid to rest for now The emptiness will lie and wait for light And life will stir awake someway somehow Individual is all unsaid and done A million different unseemly suns
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Nashville 02:00
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I took a drive today in mountain rain A floating bliss arrested heart in love in October awake with parting pain on foot by land so damp the dirt and mud I’ve waited long for Autumn come to me And just as fast it disappears again I felt it’s breath on summer’s gentle breeze In hot pursuit I chased it round the bend My head and heart were bent on living deep In the Mossy cool from the Mountain stone up high Allowing cold to wash away the heat From my tortured brow and the labored breath, I sigh The moment holding everything so still Will come and go and leave it’s solemn chill
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Go downtown Go Downtown Go Downtown tonight Go downtown Go Downtown Go Downtown and see some city lights.....................................................................
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Downtown 2 02:44
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Leibe Hassen 04:31
Leibe Hassen Leben Tod All the ones we love All go away How I'd bring you back to life and beg you to stay I'd sail the seas of hour glass sands Just to be with you Just to be with you Gonna take my life tonight into my hands Leibe Hassen Leben Tod
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Lookin back to that scene, there was nothing for me All the fruit was hanging from the trees, Shoulda been a sweet scheme Jacked up with aces kings and queens and everything inbetween God knows there’s people in my life who couldn’t it right Who came so close, no matter how they tried couldn’t rab it good and tight Gotta take some time tonight and try and get it right I need to go inside got a friend with every reason to succeed Couldn’t make himself believe A born king with an engine full of steam, living in a bad dream Packed to the gills with everything to do well, an eagle in a jail cell It makes me wanna scream God knows theres people in my life Who couldn’t get it right I bet there’s people in your life Who couldn’t get it right Looking out from your eyes You couldn’t get it right Looking out from my eyes I couldn’t get it right
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Disconnected 02:05
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I Do 04:15
I bet you think it’s stupid This must all be so dumb to you You show up late with boy on a leash playing games Like I got nothing else to do Like a Manhatten princess In your New York City cloths You think you me fooled, under your spell. And that its only you who knows Chorus I do I do Keep fucking around playing games and youre gonna end up alone Verse When I first met you I must admit it felt like love Stopping by, staying late, at your place Looking back it feels so dumb Like a dumb little plaything I would follow you around While you were planning your next move on uptown Did you think I wouldn’t find out I knew I knew Keep fucking around playing games and youre gonna end up alone Bridge Maybe I just needed a way to hurt myself And for me to not see it, I needed someone else And when you can see how silly you look Would you finally want a love that’s true
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Looking back At where I fell A punk rocker Under a spell Black Magic I didn’t know Desert woman Mexico When I met you I was looking for love I was looking for someone to love A ticking clock Countdowns on Your love is like An atom bomb I feel the thunder And lightning lips I hear the sirens I cant resist The earth shakes Im in the wind I need to feel your love again When I met you I was looking for love I was looking for someone to love I see a flash I hear a sound I fall so hard Mushroom cloud Chorus Automatic Apocolypse A world ender From a kiss Automatic Apocolypse You’re the girl I can’t resist
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Chorus The time has come to pull out the stops The time has come to give it all up The time has come bounce off the walls I’d do it all cus I want your love Verse I’m looking in on you on the nights you spend on your knees Im up all night I’m making some calls Trying to get my conscience clean I got the time to get down in the mix Im in my life and Im checking my list I’m shouting out and the neighbor are pissed Its okay this ones for you Chorus Verse You know you’re on my mind I can feel it when you’re tied to a dream I’m on patrol, burning midnight oil Trying to make this guitar scream I got the time to slow down the speed And jerry rig that potion you need I’m tied to you and your tied to me and So you see this ones for you Bridge For you out there in your hospital bed For Heart attacks and the one that are left You birds of preys locked in your cell We’ll get it right, highwater or hell All you vampires who only come out at night All the good hearts hanging tough in the fight To anyone whos ever felt lost Ill be right right here puking out songs for you and your broken heart

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This album was created one track a week for the 52 weeks of 2023. I, Jesse, recorded this with my very humble studio. This is an album but also my a journal as a guitarist, songwriter, and member of the human family. I am, for better or worse, the mix engineer on this baby. And, for better or worse, no auto-tune was used in this project.

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released January 1, 2024

Jesse Sample - All parts and instruments (save the below exceptions)
Anthony Vincent Campo - Keys and Vox on tracks 13,24
Paul Burke - Bass Guitar on tracks 47,48,50
Ana Gabriella Montemayor - Sampled Vox on track 29
Bipi the Dog - Sampled Vox on track 1
John Chiara - mastering

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