Crystal Ball

from Tasty Waves by The Safes

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THIS IS THE ELECTRIC BLUE VERSION: Fresh and hot out of the garage rock’n’roll oven that is The Safes comes the newest addition to their glimmering discography Tasty Waves. The Safes deliver another winner with a weird batch of lyrics sure to make you laugh, think, wonder, agree, cringe and scream HELL YEAH as they somehow simultaneously make the hair stand on the back of your neck. For the uninitiated, they pack the punch of Stiff Records stalwarts (Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds) lyrically with hints of Zombies, Big Star and Guided by Voices, musically. Tasty Waves is a musical and lyrical hang ten complete with wipeouts and endless full tunnel runs top to bottom. 125 Electric Blue, digital download card, full color insert and lyrics sheet!

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lyrics

"Crystal Ball"
Music and Lyrics written by Frankie O'Malley

I fell in love with a neighborhood girl at summer school today
I asked her out and she smiled at me right before she said okay
When we made plans for where and when
Neither had much more to say
Somehow we knew right there and then
Everything was gonna go our way
Everything was gonna go our way
With love / Beyond Above
With love / Beyond Above

It’s like we had a crystal ball all the pieces fell in place
Now we look back on study hall lucky stars in outer space
When we made plans for where and when
Neither had much more to say
Somehow we knew right there and then
Everything was gonna go our way
Everything was gonna go our way
With love / Beyond Above
With love / Beyond Above

When we made plans for where and when
Neither had much more to say
Somehow we knew right there and then
Everything was gonna go our way
Everything was gonna go our way
With love / Beyond Above
With love / Beyond Above

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The Safes® is a registered trademark of O’Brothers’ Records, LLC

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from Tasty Waves, track released September 8, 2017

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"Atomic Pop"
-David Fricke, Rolling Stone

“ The Safes make smart, melodic music”
-NPR

”… garage-kissed powerpop”
-San Francisco Chronicle

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