The Novelists

Chapter 6 // June 2013 // Finish Line // Take It Slow

Joel Ackerson – vocals and guitars
Eric Andersen – vocals, piano and organ
Megan Slankard – vocals and guitars
Zack Teran – vocals, upright and electric bass

“Finish Line” and “Take It Slow”

Produced by The Novelists // “Finish Line” was engineered by Joel Ackerson at True Story Records // Additional Engineering by Eric Andersen, Megan Slankard, Zack Teran, and Alan Griffith // “Take It Slow” was engineered by Joel Ackerson at True Story Records // Additional Engineering by Eric Andersen, Megan Slankard, and Zack Teran // “Finish Line” and “Take It Slow” were mixed and mastered by Tom Gordon for Inspired Amateur Productions at Imirage Sound Lab, Sparks, NV

Guest Musician on “Finish Line”

Jason Thomas – drums

Guest Musician on “Take It Slow”

Justin Kruger – drums

“Finish Line” ©℗ 2013 Eric Andersen & Joel Ackerson

“Take It Slow” ©℗ 2006 Joel Ackerson

 

LYRICS

FINISH LINE (Andersen/Ackerson)

 

Wake to find, the same as it ever was

Run and hide, it’s the same as it ever was

 

Search      your       life,         for the same as it ever was

Out         new       now                           it’s starting

 

Turn                        and              fight

Round                         to

A           here       start     you can never go back to the same as it ever was

 

You’re crossing the finish line

To find that your state of mind

Has changed and the race you won

Really, it’s just begun

It was never a finish line

Another continuum

But never a finish line

Never a finish line

 

More than just a…  new look now, to the same as it ever was

Throw it down, all the same as it ever was

 

Leave      your      doubt,    no more same as it ever was

All           old            it                             won’t help you

 

Make                         the             vow

Your                  cred

King          self       sa         you will never go back to the same as it ever was

 

You’re crossing the finish line

To find that your state of mind

Has changed and the race you won

Really, it’s just begun

It was never a finish line

Another continuum

But never a finish line

Never a finish line

 

Wake to find, the same as it ever was

 

Stand           and       fight

Stand       and         fight

 

Chorus

Chorus

 

TAKE IT SLOW (Ackerson)

 

Can I take you out on a date tonight

Would you give me an hour or two

If it’s cold can I hold your hand in mine

If I promise that’s all that I’ll do

 

I won’t expect you to kiss me or let me kiss you

I’ll be a gentleman, happy to want to, to want to

Take it slow

 

I’ve been learning to dance since I met you

And you told me how much it would mean

You’ll be there, and it’s where I can get you

With the least bit of space in-between

 

Please don’t expect me to spin you, or anything fancy

Try to be patient and tell me you want to, you want to

Take it slow

 

Now you’re smiling at me so inviting

And the message you’re sending is clear

The stereo, turn it low, dim the lighting

As you’re already pulling me near

 

I hope you expect me to kiss you, and let you kiss me

We can try anything, and if we want to, we want to

Take it slow