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The Road Not Taken, the long-awaited 7th album from Arizona’s Innuendo. Ultra-melodic, mildly modern, classic hard pop-rock. Timeless songwriting. Dramatic arrangements. All killer-no filler.

This album is a pure labor of love; reminiscent of the long lost days back when music mattered, back when bands strived to create a record that made a complete statement, back when you listened to an album from the beginning to the end.

The Road Not Taken is by far the most powerful album of Innuendo’s career. The end result is an honest and brave record, like a breath of fresh air. Combining memorable melodies and dynamic songwriting, this band is not afraid to follow its heart.

No delusions of grandeur, Innuendo is definitely doing this for all the right reasons. And their intense determination has paid off in the form of a highly developed overall product that only time and sweat can truly deliver.

The Road Not Taken was mastered @ Sound Vision Recording by Michael Beck, former lead singer for Jake E. Lee’s (Ozzy Osbourne, Badlands) Red Dragon Cartel.

Innuendo have released 7 albums on XLR8 Records, and the band’s music has reached people around the globe, received rave reviews in dozens and dozens of major music publications across the U.S. and internationally, along with extensive radio airplay and world-wide distribution.

Albums like this just don’t come along every day. Hard to define, impossible to forget; Innuendo – The Road Not Taken.

Innuendo
The Road Not Taken

Produced, Engineered and Mixed by
Brett Richey

Mastered by
Michael Beck @ Sound Vision Recording

Front Cover Photo by
Seth Fogelman

1. The Other Side of Town (Jesus)
2. The Road Not Taken
3. Waiting For You
4. Digital Ocean (1974)
5. Don't Take It For Granted
6. Playing My Guitar
7. Little Less Grey
8. Going Through The Motions
9. Replaced
10. Almost Innocent
11. Far Be It From Me

Lead & Harmony Vocals

Pat Laferty

Guitar, Keys, Bass & Drums

Brett Richey

Drums

Tom Carr

Michael Whitman

Keyboards

Jeff Quinonez

Steve Shembab

LYRICS/CREDITS

The Other Side of Town (Jesus)

The Other Side of Town (Jesus)
(B. Richey)

She's lived her whole damn life
In the same brick house
On the corner by the store
She used to play all day in this same front yard
Where the grass don't grow no more
And she knew every face in this neighborhood
Back when no one locked their doors

Oh but her Jesus moved to
The other side of town
He left no forwarding address
She can't track him down
Now she blames herself and begs forgiveness
But he don't come around
Her Jesus moved to the other side of town

She hears these sounds all night
Out her bedroom window
She's too afraid to look
Sits at the kitchen table and drinks her coffee
And doesn't ever cook
And there's that bible gathering dust
Now it's become just another book

(Chorus)

    She’s praying for redemption
A miracle to turn it all around
There’s no congregation
She’s standing on this lonely sacred ground
Her Jesus moved to the other side… of town

He won’t come back, he won’t come back
He won’t come back around

(Chorus)

The Other Side Of Town (Jesus)

Written By
Brett Richey

Lead and Harmony Vocals
Pat Laferty

Guitars/Keys/Bass/Drums
Brett Richey

Drums
Tom Carr

Photo by
Cristian Newman

The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken
(B. Richey)

Oh it seems like yesterday
Came of age and I was swept away
The world looks different when you’re young
You knew it all before it’s all begun
But the past can’t be undone

Now this life was just a whim
I wonder what it could have been
The road not taken

I ran so far away from home
Took the exit to the great unknown
I drove this life just like a race
Missed my turn and now I’ve lost my place
And it’s gone without a trace

(Chorus)

Frozen by the fire, misguided by desire
And now I’m running out of road

The world looks different when you’re young
You know it all before it’s all begun
And now the past can’t be undone

(Chorus)

Oh and if I only knew
I never stopped to think it through
The road not taken

(Chorus)

The Road Not Taken

Written by
Brett Richey

Lead and Harmony Vocals
Pat Laferty

Guitar/Keys/Bass/Drums
Brett Richey

Drums
Tom Carr

Additional Keys
Jeff Quinonez

Photo by
Seth Fogelman

Waiting For You

WAITING FOR YOU
(B. Richey)

I held the line and the words went unspoken
Wasting away in a cage with no key
The sun does not shine
When your eyes are not open to see

I’d given up oh it all seemed like torture
Way past the point where there’s
Something to lose
I’d had enough
Oh and I’ve paid a fortune in dues

Playing the game, lost in the dark
Waiting in vain, hiding my heart

I lived my life, oh for all the wrong reasons
And nothing was true
I lived my life waiting for you

I saw the glow but I tried to forget it
A world full of liars and jokers and thieves
I let it go in the wind like a tree sheds it’s leaves

The sun doesn’t shine until it’s dawn
I’m crossing a line I shouldn’t have drawn

(Chorus)
(Break)
(Solo)
(Chorus)

I lived my life oh for all the wrong reasons
And nothing was true
I didn’t know I was waiting for you
I lived my life oh for all the wrong reasons
And nothing was true
I lived my whole God damned life
I’ve been waiting and waiting
And waiting… for you
Waiting for you

Waiting For You

Written by
Brett Richey

Lead and Harmony Vocals
Pat Laferty

Guitar/Keys/Bass/Drums
Brett Richey

Drums
Tom Carr

Additional Keys
Jeff Quinonez

Photo by
John Smith

Digital Ocean (1974)

DIGITAL OCEAN (1974)
(B. Richey)

The sun is gone, it won’t get any hotter
I bounce around like a fish out of water
And every star in the sky has just faded
  I didn’t answer the door, but it crept in
This is nothing like Queen or Led Zeppelin
I could just get in line, but I’m jaded

(Na na) It’s a digital ocean,
(Na na) I can’t take anymore
(Na na) I go back in slow motion, to 1974

The war is over, the verdict is final
C’est la vie when they stopped making vinyl
Doesn’t anyone care how it’s sounding?
  I can stream an eternal damnation
All I hear is a pale imitation
I try to swim to the shore, but I’m drowning

(Chorus)
(Break)
(Solo)
(Chorus X2)

(Na na) It’s a digital ocean
(Na na) And I try to ignore
(Na na) I go back in slow motion, to 1974
1974, 1974

Digital Ocean (1974)

Written by
Brett Richey

Lead and Harmony Vocals
Pat Laferty

Guitars/Keys/Bass/Drums
Brett Richey

Drums
Tom Carr

Additional Keys
Jeff Quinonez

Don't Take It For Granted

Don’t Take It For Granted
(B. Richey)

You can let down your guard
Turn around before it’s gone too far
It’s so easy, but it’s hard
Don’t take it for granted

Oh there’s so much we miss
There’s an ocean between faith and risk
And there’s no reason to be pissed
Don’t take it for granted

Don’t ever take it for granted
Blink it’s over some stupid words
Don’t ever take it for granted
Don’t take it for granted

Oh it’s all such a waste
Taking steps that you can’t retrace
And you never will replace
When you take it for granted

If you keep running up your tab
What you have will become what you had
And it’s all so fucking sad

Don’t ever take it for granted
Don’t take advantage and cross the line
Don’t ever take it for granted
Don’t take it for granted

(Break)

Time always slips away
Here today and gone tomorrow
Say what you need to say

(Break)

Don’t ever take it for granted
Blink and it’s over, some stupid words
Don’t ever take it for granted
Don’t take it for granted

Don't Take It For Granted

Written by
Brett Richey

Lead and Harmony Vocals
Pat Laferty

Guitars/Keys/Bass/Drums
Brett Richey

Drums
Tom Carr

Photo by
Steinar Engeland

Playing My Guitar

Playing My Guitar
(B. Richey)

Every morning, it’s hard not to be sad
The world has caught on fire
And the news is always bad

On a planet, where hate becomes the norm
I reach for a distraction
Seeking shelter from the storm

It makes you want to scream
I’ll dream another dream

Oh I need a change of scenery
I’ll be flying on a rocket to a star
You can keep all your reality
And I’ll just keep on playing my guitar

Every morning, I wake up ill-equipped
I can’t be an actor, oh and this is not my script
  My days are numbered
And this might be my last
So I’ll just stay here nestled in the
Bosom of the past

The only place I know, the only place to go

(Chorus)
(Solo)

Playing my guitar, playing my guitar
Playing my guitar

(Chorus)

Every night I’m on the silver strings
Make a wish upon a shooting star
It doesn’t matter what tomorrow brings
Oh I’ll just keep playing my guitar
Oh I’ll just keep playing my guitar

Playing My Guitar

Written by
Brett Richey

Lead and Harmony Vocals
Pat Laferty

Guitars/Keys/Bass/Drums
Brett Richey

Drums
Tom Carr

Photo by
John Smith

Little Less Grey

Little Less Grey
(B. Richey)

You can’t shatter this illusion
Cause I’m not sure what to believe
If we just piss this all away now
What did we achieve?
  I’m trying to bridge this gap between us
But there’s more than meets the eye
If there’s some truth you’re just not saying
Isn’t that still a lie?

Cause I can hear the words
But I can’t figure out
What you did or didn’t say
I need a little more black and white
And a little less grey

It’s all come down to just one moment
I know it’s now or never more
This could take me to a place I’ve
Never been before
  There’s a feeling I remember
But it’s not the same as this
All the pieces that are missing, do they still exist?

(Chorus)

I just keep hoping I was wrong
Have I been wrong for holding on

(Break)
(Chorus X2)

Little Less Grey

Written by
Brett Richey

Lead and Harmony Vocals
Pat Laferty

Guitar/Keys/Bass
Brett Richey

Keyboards
Steve Shembab

Drums
Michael Whitman

Going Through The Motions

Going Through The Motions
  (B. Richey)

True confession, one obsession
A mind that won’t relax
My eyes are stinging, my ears are ringing
I’m slipping through the cracks

I’m going through the motions
Just trying to find my way
I’m just going through the motions today

Out of focus, magnum opus, evaporating will
Double vision, indecision, time is standing still

(Chorus)
(Solo)

Isolated, automated, I barely even care
Broken-hearted, soul departed
Screwed without a prayer

I’m going through the motions, a tidy disarray
I’m going through the motions
Just trying to find my way
I’m just going through the motions today

I’m going through the motions
Just trying to find my way
It’s been nice knowing you
But I’m not showing you
Cause I’m just going through the motions

Going Through The Motions

Written by
Brett Richey

Lead and Harmony Vocals
Pat Laferty

Guitar/Keys/Bass/Drums
Brett Richey

Drums
Tom Carr

Replaced

Replaced
(B. Richey)

She’s like a river and she talks in poetry
Painting pictures oh that no one else can see

Subtle changes that are all so easy to miss
I’m left looking for a place that used to exist

I know I’ve been replaced
The love has been erased
I’ve been replaced

She’s always floating in a cloud of mystery
An endless river, an eternal tapestry

But something’s missing in the words
That she doesn’t say
Something’s different than it was just yesterday

I know I’ve been replaced
That look that’s on her face
Beyond a saving grace

She’s like a river and she talks in poetry
Painting pictures oh that no one else can see

And I know I’ve been replaced
The love has been erased
I’ve been replaced

Now I’ve been replaced
Beyond a saving grace
The love has been erased
I’ve been replaced

Replaced

Written by
Brett Richey

Lead and Harmony Vocals
Pat Laferty

Guitars/Keys/Bass/Drums
Brett Richey

Drums
Tom Carr

Almost Innocent

ALMOST INNOCENT
(B. Richey)

I’m the nicest guy you’ll ever meet
You’ll be dancing in the art of my deceit
This façade is all you really need to know
So don’t look too close
The cracks will never show

I promise you I’m barley even bent
I swear to God I’m almost innocent

I will let you join my entourage
As long as you don’t mess with my mirage
You’ll be spinning on my endless carousel
I mean it when I’m joking LOL

(Chorus)
(Break)
(Solo)

I’m barely even bent, I’m almost innocent

You don’t know just what you’re up against
I’m never wrong, I never will repent
My aim is true, I never will relent
No convictions, lack of evidence
An act of God, a happy accident
I promise you I’m barely even bent
I swear to God I’m almost innocent
Almost innocent, almost innocent

Almost Innocent

Written by
Brett Richey

Lead and Harmony Vocals
Pat Laferty

Guitars/Keys/Bass/Drums
Brett Richey

Drums
Tom Carr

Far Be It From Me

Far Be It From Me
(B. Richey)

Oh I’m broken and rusted
And the world’s worn me down
I don’t trust the entrusted
And I’m not turning around

Constant contradiction
Words without conviction
Far be it from me

There’s no solace in confusion
Or comfort in delusion
Far be it from me

I don’t get the attraction
Like a moth to the flame
I avoid that distraction
There’s no end to the game

(Chorus)

I look around, doesn’t anybody care?
I really wish I was blissfully unaware

(Chorus)

Lies can be addictive
The truth is so restrictive
Far be it from me
I feel the world’s persistence
But I just keep my distance
Far be it from me

Far Be It From Me

Written by
Brett Richey

Lead and Harmony Vocals
Pat Laferty

Guitars/Keys/Bass/Drums
Brett Richey

Drums
Tom Carr