SCR-003
Finger On The Button
By Blue Cactus
Release date - 2020/02/17
2 Track Single - Digital Download, Streaming, 7” Vinyl
Cosmic honky tonk
Credits
Co-Produced by Alex Bingham & Blue Cactus
Recorded at Bedtown Studios in Goodview, Virginia
Lathe Cut by Tangible Formats, Space Coast, Florida, USA
Mastered by Nick Vandenberg
Cover Art by Nicole Berland
Art Direction by Gabe Anderson
Side A - Finger on the Button
Written by Mario Arnez
Acoustic Guitar - Steph Stewart
Electric Guitar - Mario Arnez
Bass - Alex Bingham
Drums - Gabe Anderson
Vocals - Mario Arnez
Background Vocals - Heather McEntire, Steph Stewart
Pedal Steel Guitar - Whit Wright
Recording & Mixing Engineer - Ryan Johnson
Side B - Quittin’ Again
Written by Steph Stewart & Mario Arnez
Acoustic Guitar - Steph Stewart
Electric Guitar - Mario Arnez
Bass - Alex Bingham
Drums - Gabe Anderson
Vocal - Steph Stewart
Background Vocals - Mario Arnez
Wurlitzer & Organ - James Wallace
Recording Engineer - Chris Boerner
Mixing Engineer - Nick Vandenberg
Lyrics
Put your hands on the wheel
Let the golden age begin
Let the window down
Feel the moonlight on your skin
Let the desert wind
Cool your aching head
Let the weight of the world
Drift away instead
These days I barely get by
I don't even try
Thought I heard you in the static
Calling out my name
In the waves and wires
Of the fuzzy astral plane
At first I couldn't see you
Then I closed my eyes —
Rolled the dial, turned you up
Tuned in
You got me spinning round
But you ain’t a dancer
You never lead to solid ground
Love used to feel like falling
You were holding me down
You got me sinking
But you ain’t an anchor
Treading water you thought you could swim
Don’t you know there ain’t no lifeboat
Gonna get you outta here
You're fine polished silver
You're aging ruby wine
I learned of the good life
I can't touch you
You're a bow on the heartstrings
You're a crystal clink of champagne
I heard of the good life
I can't touch you
Ain't a song left to sing
On a day cold and gray
Dark clouds gathered round
Took my sunshine away
Got a hole in my heart
And the sole of my shoes
Been going down the road
Too low to sing the blues
The world’s passing by
No one’s gonna try
It ain’t easy
Living in wayside
All the glitter
See how she shines
A rhinestoney rodeo queen
Today was the day he left you
‘Cause you can’t hold the flame you used to
And all this runnin’ round
Left you ragged and bruised
Blue as the day
Turn out the light to feel you
See me alone in the dark
Don’t it feel like the first time with you
Holding my heart?
We’ll pretend we’re lovers,
Something more than friends
Right beside you but I wanna be closer than this
I broke in the right bones
I cut all the right lines
I ain't foolin’ anyone
I can try just to get me in a rental
How did I get by not being your home?
I think it's about time I come clean
The hardest part is settling
I think it's about time I got right with me
‘Cause I've been becoming everybody
I never wanted to be