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Refrigerator - Down With (1993) [Ajax, AJAX032, 7"]

SIDE ONE

A1. Crows
A2. Ceiling
A3. (Jr. High)
A4. Black + White Phonograph

SIDE TWO

B1. Down By The Law
B2. Down....
B3. Untitled

This is a nice one. As you can see from the cover, it lines up so that it looks like it says DOWN WITH REFRIGERATOR.

On the A-Side: "Crows" is a short acoustic one, melancholy. "Ceiling" might be the best song on the 7", that chorus will stick with you. "(Jr. High)" is that little interstitial bit of piano, as far as I can tell. "Black + White Phonograph" has some more kick to it. They still had Joel Connell onboard here, and he's doing some nice work on the drums at the tail end of the A-side especially.

Flip to side B, and Joel's on guitar for "Down By The Law" too, while Dennis mans the banjo. After two minutes of that, you get "Down..." which is the earworm of the bunch, for two more minutes. Then an unlisted, untitled third track, more thoughtful.

From the sleeve:

ALLEN
SINGS
JOEL
PlAYS
DRUMS
+
GuitAR
ON
"Down by
The law"
DENNIS
GUITAR
BANJO
+
PIANO.
AJAX
032

ENGIN
EERED
BY
BOB
DURKEE
IN
SAN
DIMAS
EXCEPT
"CROWS"
livE
ONTO
ONE
TRACK.
SE
QUENCED
AT K-SPC.
1993.
PHOTO:
OPHELIA
SELF.

Lyrics by ear (old Refrigerator means these are just best guesses, always open to corrections:)

A1. Crows

beaks bust on the glass
crows circle 'round your house
your calls go un-answered
i'm told

you find your friends dropping away like flies
they don't drop on in you
so much as out of view

A2. Ceiling

and i got the news
no i heard you'd finally turned and gone away
that's what the sidewalks say

better never
better never than now
better never than now

not a stormcloud in the sky
and there's nothing going on inside
said you had to leave
i just didn't believe you

better never
better never than now
better never than now

and i guess you're right
just a waste of time
to have four walls
and have no ceiling

that's what the sidewalks say
better never than now
better never than now

A3.  (Jr. High)

A4. Black + White Phonograph

this rosary
feels dirty
passing through my hands

it used to be
so pretty
passing through my hands

bury it in the hills
bury it in your eyes

she's carrying
memories
that scream inside her head
like a black and white phonograph

this rosary
feels dirty
passing through my hands

B1. Down By The Law

down by the law
where the river is bred to run
sickens the signals
playing with ampoules of fent
children by hangnails
wherein the lonely pray

down by the law
taught this way

if this your best
i've definitely seen your worst
huddled in the shower stalls

down by the wall
blood is bred to run
from the wrists

B2. Down...

you've been down
for too long

you've been wearing your umbrella
in the sun
you count yourself out
before you've even begun

you've been down
for too long

you've been watching these dumb talk shows
for some self-help

you've been down for too long
 

B3. Untitled

fed this bird
who looked starving
a piece of my stale bread
and this is what he sang
and this is what he sang

a little black
a little black
colors everything

saw this bird
who was crying
over a broken wing
and this is is what he sang
and this is what he sang

a little black 
a little black
colors everything
 

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