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(Movin' Up To) Sugar Hill / Perfect Portrait

by Yaupon

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1.
I'd been building Rome all day, renaming good neighborhoods I was just another banjo picking for a fight Then you kicked my heartbreak out, wearing strawberries at night Yes, I couldn’t stop climbing castle walls to be near You swept me up and took to laying my fortunes in their rows I got set my sights on the one nearest your hand Packing my bags up tight Leaving jetsam at the curb behind Forward late-knowers the good news I’m moving up to Sugar Hill That’s right, I’m moving up to Sugar Hill Now we’re measuring the moon, every corner to the inch Got to make some space appear on these resistant shelves Break the biscuit bank, hurray. Only big fancy will do Yeah, we’re third coast elitists making our dreams out loud You sweep me up and wash it down with gravy laying low I got my eyes on the prize to put your hand Packing my bags up tight Leaving jetsam at the curb behind Forward late-knowers the good news I’m moving up to Sugar Hill Packing my bags up tight Leaving jetsam at the curb behind Forward late-knowers the good news I’m moving up to Sugar Hill Packing my bags up tight Leaving jetsam at the curb behind Forward late-knowers the good news I’m moving up to Sugar Hill That’s right, I’m moving up to Sugar Hill Ah yeah, I’m moving up to Sugar Hill Come on, I’m moving up to Sugar Hill
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Make me always notice what’s in front and abound Sure that wishes are horses, look ‘em all of them in the mouth Get a place to excite us, and Seattle on down March our calendars, on forward, to a good night I’ve got a portrait of your lips in my right eye Perched into view and born anew each every time I run my sights around the florid frame preside Delicate, rapturous, and all in line Take some time to remember what we have with ourselves Commandeer a horizon, ain’t for nobody else I’ll be your danger dolphin, you’re my retro mod queen Stir it together, just the cure to keep it right I’ve got a portrait of your lips in my right eye Perched into view and born anew each every time I run my sights around the florid frame preside Delicate, rapturous, and all in line I’ve been looking at your portrait, baby Perched out there in front of my eye An immaculate spotlight coming down over you in my mind If I could, I’d take it from my eye and put it in a golden frame Hang it prominently over the mantle with the rose coupe glasses and that fancy chip 'n dip Like a moth I’d get drawn over Closer, closer, over and over and closer again It’s perfect, baby. it’s perfect, baby Perfect portrait got me wound up, ah yeah! Make me always notice

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released August 1, 2023

Todd Hansen: Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar, Percussion
Victor Powell: Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals
Cody Franklin: Keys, Synthesizers, Backing Vocals
Robert Browning: Drums, Backing Vocals
Dillon Hutyra: Bass, Backing Vocals

Music by: Yaupon
Lyrics by: Todd Hansen
Recorded at: Wire Road Studios (Houston, TX)
Produced by: Yaupon

Audio Engineering by: Cody Franz
Mixed by: Victor Powell
Mastered by: Blake Bickel, Dynamic Sound Service
Artwork by: Joyce Chou
Pressed by: Standard Vinyl (Victoria, BC)

Thanks to our supportive spouses, family, friends, and dog children. Special thanks to David Colmenar and Travis Huehlefeld.

All songs © 2023 Yaupon (ASCAP)

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Yaupon Houston, Texas

Yaupon (Yo-Pawn) is a Houston band that initially bonded over a mutual love of the Laurel Canyon sound. This five-piece outfit incorporates textures of modern indie rock, groovy pop, and 90s college alternative into their performances.

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