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GOOD GIRL

by COWBOY BOY

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    "GOOD GIRL" is out on June 11, 2021

    There are two sides to the Cowboy Boy story. Here’s the first: Olivia Maria and Mike Nevin started writing songs together in Boston. When Olivia moved to LA, Cowboy Boy persisted over FaceTime and weekends spent recording in each other’s home bases. That part’s easy, but packing up and leaving the East Coast was hard. Enter part two of the Cowboy Boy story — the PRINCESS/GOOD GIRL double EP out soon via Get Better Records.

    If PRINCESS showcases a young band on the edge of critical life changes, GOOD GIRL waves from the other side of the aftermath. PRINCESS is shot through with caffeinated anxiety that could only accompany watching a long-term relationship transition into a long- distance one, and GOOD GIRL processes the heartbreak from a California zip code. For Cowboy Boy, growing is part of the process even when miles threaten to make them seem small.

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1.
Why can’t everyone just think like me Cause I’m the only person who won’t do things that make me feel weird Everyone else is sullen and stunted Won’t talk about their feelings or they do and then can’t shut their mouths Sometimes they tell me I’m important to them But it’s only temporary til somebody wants to smooch them I should just learn to not listen to them But it’s so hard when they’re pretty and I’m dying for connection How did I become so trusting Always knew that if you asked I’d follow you across the country Now look at me, I’m so pathetic Crying over someone with my girlfriend sleeping next to me Each time this happens I think I’ll learn But just because you make the same mistakes won’t mean that they don’t hurt I don’t have time to think about it No time to cry for anyone while working off your student loans
2.
Someday I need to start living in the real world Existing outside of theoretical conversations I don’t wanna talk about you when I’m drunk And wake up terrified of all my social indiscretions I try not to religiously check my phone And try not to let your radio silence make me angry I think that I like you more than you like me Cause if that wasn’t true I think that you would fucking text me I put you on ‘Do Not Disturb’ but you’re still unnerving me Cause if you don’t love me now You will never love me again So every time I hear a love song I wanna be thinking of someone else Cause if you don’t love me now You will never love me again I’m not calling cause I’m tired of wasting my breath I’m so sick of hearing you complain about your exes I’m your psychic dumping ground but I don’t get a benefit I used to think that I was cool cause I don’t ever take shit But lately taking shit from you is really all I do And I’m so sick of waiting for my line while you just monologue It’s lame and self-involved Cause if you don’t love me now You will never love me again So when I have a conversation I wanna be talking to someone else Cause if you don’t love me now You will never love me again I’m not trying cause I’m tired of wasting my breath You’re wasting my breath
3.
CUPERTINO 02:58
If you asked me for a cup of coffee I’d stop at Pavement on my way home from class If you needed to take the T to Allston I’d swipe you in with my weekly pass But please don’t say you need me to kiss you and send you away Cause I’d do anything in the world for you but that If you tell me you have trouble sleeping I’ll stay up with you and won’t close my eyes I won’t even mind if I’m home with my parents I’ll still use FaceTime til my battery dies But I don’t know if I could stay here and just let you go And say goodnight every night from across 2,000 miles They say if you really love somebody to let them go So what kind of girl does that make me if I told you no I think I’d go crazy if I can’t wake up to your face next to mine I know So stay here instead we can just stay in bed And I’ll order Dominos If it’s midnight and you need some water I’ll get up and I’ll pour you a glass If your apartment feels kind of empty I’ll forget I’m allergic to cats But please don’t ask me to let you leave if you won’t come back Cause I’d do anything in the world for you but that I’d do anything in the world for you but that I’d do anything in the world
4.
5.
BAD PARTY 02:55
November is always my least favorite month Don’t give me a reason to hate it some more I know it’s selfish but days like today I wish you would lie when I ask how you are You play me a song, run your hands through your hair And I listen silent on your bedroom floor You ask what I’m thinking and I can’t reply Cause I’m wishing I was enough to keep you safe at home Will you still think about me when you’re far away When you won’t pass my house when you’re on your way home Out of sight out of mind, now that phrase makes me cry Please don’t tuck me away in one line of a song So I’ll wait right here I’ll wait all alone When the days get short And the air gets cold Let me eat your fear All the weight you hold It’ll still be lighter outside Than the day you go November is always my least favorite month So I won’t let it take you, stay here for a while When the snow comes I promise I won’t make a fuss But if you’re going to leave please don’t leave in the fall
6.
SHRINK 02:58
I wanna be pretty for you Just give me a chance I’ll shrink down to fit beside you I’ll sit in your hands Use me for what you want to As long as you come and stay Cause what good is looking pretty If you’re not looking anyway I’ll shrink, I’ll shrink, I’ll shrink to fit Take up less space so you can fill it I’ll disappear like all the girls you’ve got yourself inside Waiting for my turn to ride I just want you to love me a little more than you do now Tell me how, tell me what to do Cause I don’t want to but I know that I’d drop everything The day you’re seeing me the way that I’ve been seeing you I hate that I wish this on me I’m tired of feeling dumb I’m ready to be a baby I don’t wanna be your mom I’ll shrink, I’ll shrink, I’ll shrink to fit The same way all those others did I’ll disappear like all the girls you got yourself inside You sure know how to pick your type And I just wanna be it I just want you to love me a little more than you do now Tell me how, tell me what to do Cause I don’t want to but I know that I’d drop everything The day you’re seeing me the way that I’ve been seeing you
7.
PET 03:00
Sometimes I like to imagine what it would feel like To be pretty enough That you don’t have to wonder if that’s the reason They saw you naked and won’t call Isn’t it crazy how two people can have opposite perceptions Of the same situation Now I stand in the mirror before taking a shower Trying to envision what you see Now I’m twisted contorting and finding the angle You got sick of seeing me Somebody told me you won’t know how bad it hurts until you do it And I should’ve believed them Cause now I wanna be your pet Hold me like your baby I don’t wanna be ugly I wanna be your pet Forever In my head I’m still fifteen Eating half of all my meals Unreciprocated feelings It’s not you it must be me I know that I’m only human and I need validation I’m cursing insecurity Cause I still want somebody to tell me they want me To silence my fragility I’m feeling stupid Didn’t know how much I’d need it til I had it And now I can’t have it Cause now I wanna be your pet Hold me like your baby I don’t wanna be ugly I wanna be your pet Say you think I’m pretty Take my heels off for me I wanna be your pet Performing for affection Craving your attention I wanna be your pet Hold me like your baby I don’t wanna be ugly I wanna be your pet Forever
8.
Each time I leave I say that this is the last time A few more months and we won’t do this again Familiar acid building in my stomach I’ll see you soon but I just don’t know when I’m walking through this Texas airport And the first thing I hear is some Brandon Flowers song Life’s synchronicity is too much to handle And if I never leave again it’s gonna be too soon Wishful thinking is so useless In my head it’s all I do Every day inside this ghost town Is a day I could’ve spent with you I’m half asleep and I’m still sure you’re beside me I smell your shampoo on my pillowcase Not sure if it feels worse to forget or remember I’ll start to lose you in a couple of days For now I’ll fall asleep inside this airplane Land in three hours with tears in my eyes Next ticket I buy is gonna be a one-way And you’ll be waiting on the other side Wishful thinking is so useless In my head it’s all I do Every day inside this ghost town Is a day I could’ve spent with you
9.
INCONVENIENT 03:01
I think you liked me more from far away It was easy when I was imaginary Now I’m real and it gets harder to ignore That there’s lots of things that you don’t like about me When you love someone who lives inside your head You can scrub away what doesn’t fit your narrative All the big unseemly feelings that they hide Cause their sadness means you’re less likely to care for them I’m sorry I know it’s inconvenient For me to be the one who needs something What do you do when you become the second choice When you can see it in their eyes they’re getting bored of you I should’ve realized you can’t romanticize me While I nurse my broken heart in the room next to you Never thought I’d be your inconvenience Even the concept makes me sick I wanna talk but it’s the same words over and over I wanna write but you’re the only thing I’m writing about I wanna die but I don’t think that I’m that serious about it I wanna tell you I love you if I thought it would work How many times can I apologize How many honest pages can I write How many dinners can I cook for two How many errands can I run for you Next time I cry I’ll do it in my room I won’t be sad when I’m in front of you I’ll keep my feelings safe inside my head Just so I won’t be inconvenient
10.
There’s a ghost in my house and he lives in your room I’m possessed by the cheap imitation of you Used to leave your door open, you close it instead Now I’m smiling alone at the back of your head Now I can’t help but feel every second’s a waste If I’m not under covers with my head on your chest Punish me for the times that I made you upset Just tell me what to do so you’ll like me again Let me back through your door Let me back in your bed I keep trying to talk but start crying instead Every word that I write Everything that I do Every day I’m alive is a love song for you In your room in the dark on the Fourth of July Watching fireworks burst as I’m closing my eyes With a smile on my mouth at the stupid cliche I knew I’d never see fireworks the same way Let me back through your door Let me back in your bed I keep trying to talk but start crying instead Every word that I write Everything that I do Every day I’m alive is a love song for you
11.
DIFFERENT 03:32
How do you move on to someone different If you’re my favorite person that I’ve ever met And if you tell me I’m your favorite too How can it work with someone else but not with you I never knew how bad I wanted you to want me But I want you to really want me Not cause it makes sense logically Superstitious when I’m watching things go wrong I try to find the moment that I wrecked it all A reason for the unexplainable Put things in order to maintain some control Our circumstances changed But I don’t think I’m different I don’t want somebody different I don’t love you any different I never wanna cry over anyone else but you So if you need to make me sad again do what you need to do I never wanna cry over anyone else but you So if you need me to keep crying then that’s what I’m gonna do I never wanna cry over anyone else but you So if you need me to keep crying then that’s what I’m gonna do
12.
Somebody told me at a party That writing a new song is the best way to complain And it feels good cause I’ve got so much to complain about You’re a Gemini I guess that’s why You fall in love with every girl you see So I can’t get mad but you go to her house and I go to therapy Keep trying to write a chorus But all that comes out is “fuck, I wanna die” And I feel bad cause all my friends are sick of hearing it Seems like everybody gets exactly what they want Except of course for me So you make her a mixtape and I’m finding new ways to deal with anxiety If I wake up in your bed My alarm clock shouldn’t be some other girl’s texts I’m tired of giving you my best When you give yours to someone else repeatedly I’m tired of giving you my best I’m gonna keep it for myself Cause god knows you’d never do the same for me Somebody asked me at the bar If I was jealous of the girl you brought for drinks And I got mad but looking back I was defensive If we’re five years in and you’re blowing me off For a girl you’ve known two weeks The answer’s no I’m not jealous It’s kind of pathetic You can pick up my drink tab Cause you don’t deserve me I’m tired of giving you my best When you give yours to someone else repeatedly I’m tired of giving you my best I’m gonna keep it for myself Cause god knows you’d never do the same for me I’m tired of giving you my best When you give yours to someone else repeatedly I’m tired of giving you my best I’m gonna keep it for myself Cause god knows you’d never do the same for me Cause god knows you’d never do the same for me

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There are two sides to the Cowboy Boy story. Here’s the first: Olivia Maria and Mike Nevin started writing songs together in Boston. When Olivia moved to Los Angeles, Cowboy Boy persisted over FaceTime jam sessions and long weekends spent recording in each other’s home bases. That part’s easy, but packing up and leaving the East Coast and all it offered was hard. Enter the second part of the Cowboy Boy story — proudly represented by the PRINCESS/GOOD GIRL double EP out soon via Get Better Records. If PRINCESS showcases a young band on the edge of critical life changes, GOOD GIRL waves from the other side of the aftermath. The first EP is shot through with caffeinated anxiety that could only accompany watching a long-term relationship transition into a long distance one, and GOOD GIRL processes the heartbreak from a California zip code. Taken together, it’s a vibrant and punchy first outing from a long-distance band, held together by rambunctious energy, the sturdiness of neon-lit pop punk, and swerves into adult contemporary and pop-rock lanes. Sample the surging malaise of a track like “MOVING TO CALIFORNIA” to tease out the band’s prevailing attitude, but stay for moments like “SHRINK,” which betrays its lyrics about fitting into a box for those we love by having a bouncy arrangement that somersaults away from settling. Even when “FOURTH OF JULY” finds lovers’ fireworks faint and distant, the song itself soars with a bright hook. For Cowboy Boy, growing is part of the process even when miles threaten to make them seem small. Welcome to their coronation.

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released June 11, 2021

OLIVIA MARIA - ALL VOCALS, KEYBOARDS
MIKE NEVIN - GUITARS, BASS, DRUMS

SIDE A ENGINEERED & PRODUCED BY MIKE NEVIN
SIDE A DRUMS ENGINEERED BY MATTHEW POLITOSKI
SIDE A ADDITIONAL VOCAL ENGINEERING BY SAI BODDUPALLI
“KELLER (INTERLUDE)” BY MATTHEW POLITOSKI
SIDE B ENGINEERED & PRODUCED BY SIMON KATZ & MIKE NEVIN

MASTERED BY ZACH WEEKS AT GOD CITY STUDIO
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CAKE CREATED BY LEXIE PARK
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ALBUM ART BY OLIVIA MARIA

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COWBOY BOY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR VARIED AND CHERISHED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE JOURNEY OF THIS ALBUM —

GET BETTER RECORDS, SOLIDARITY CLUB RECORDS, BIG TEX, JESS GRAHAM, MATTHEW POLITOSKI, SAI BODDUPALLI, ZACH WEEKS, SIMON KATZ, NICK SURETTE, ELLE DIOGUARDI, STEPHANIE MEYERS, CHUCK MOORE, SARAH TUDZIN, CHRIS FARREN, EVA FRIEDMAN, CHRIS GELLER, HANNAH LIUZZO, JAMES CASSAR, AND LEXIE PARK.

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