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I Don't Do That Stuff Anymore

from High Times in the Dark by The Claudettes

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I DON'T DO THAT STUFF ANYMORE
I wrote this song for Zach to sing. Even more than me, Zach got into some things in his youth that he's lucky didn't leave him dead. And yet, we sure felt alive during those high times, didn't we? This song's for those ex-wildmen who go on daytime talk shows to say, "I got so deep into drugs, drinking, gambling, chasing women…I was lucky to survive that, and now I'm happy to report that I've found love and I'm sober and loving life." ("Sure was fun, though," I think, is an undercurrent of this tale). So this song is about settling into mature, safe life--in bed at 11:00, not having turbulent fights with friends and lovers, not having memory loss from the night before--and yet realizing that you don't love life as passionately as you did during those wild years. You've traded dangerous adventures for security that comes with numbness. So, "I don't do that stuff anymore" applies to the drinks, drugs, danger--but also to loving life so, so much, as you did when you found yourself on top of the high school at midnight, evading the cops, hailed as a conquering hero…

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I must've driven home but I don't remember a thing
Vile mess in the back seat, a side mirror missing
He said "DON'T CALL ME," my head is pounding
I don't do that stuff any more
I used to die a little at a time
Ecstasy and steep decline
Night after night, leave a little behind
Oh my lord, what a time
I remember so badly wanting to beat your heart
The game is over before you start
If you bust out the lights and insist on the dark
I don't do that stuff anymore
Endless battles amount to war
So I settled down, I don't settle the score
I tiptoe around, I don't slam the door
I don't do that stuff anymore
Adrenaline racing, bet we get caught
Exotic trespassing, burning all we were taught
Bold faced lies about where we were going
Smiling eyes knowing what we were knowing
Of living in nowhere but residing in heaven
Our reckless adventure winding down around seven
Now I'm lying still by News at Eleven
But I know that my mirrors are both intact
I'm sure that my friends will both call back
It's not up to me to outfox the cops
Or win the whole night as I pick the lock

Such a dangerous place, but I want nothing more
Than to abandon all hope and walk through a door
To when we were all just fun-loving whores
We treated the night like it was ours, not yours
I don't do that stuff anymore
God, I loved life so much, I was just so in love with it
I kissed it so hard and held it so tight
I loved it, I loved it, I loved it, I loved it
I don't do that stuff anymore

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from High Times in the Dark, released April 3, 2020

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The Claudettes Chicago, Illinois

The Claudettes stare down dark personal and national moods, seizing high times on the road and on their best album yet. Piano is still the core of the Claudettes' music, but Berit Ulseth's sublime vocals steal the spotlight on the band's fifth release. Produced by Grammy winner Ted Hutt, this richly atmospheric album conjures images of Julie London and Allen Toussaint in a '60s hot-rod band. ... more

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