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Heavy Hearts
03:50
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She woke up
To a blood red sun
And said the battle’s over
But the war’s begun
We will limp back
To our home
With heavy hearts
And broken bones
Baby do you want
To hear my song?
I worked on it
All night long
Shake for me
Like the leaves on a vine
And dance me
To the end of time
Baby you’re true blue
That’s one thing I know about you
At night
When we lay down to sleep
It’s under a sword
Of Damocles
There are storm clouds
Gathering in the east
And a rumbling
From that slumbering beast
It’s all game and we’re just pawns
It’s hard to know you rights from wrongs
You know your heart will have it’s say
To hear it out is the only way
Come closer don’t be shy
It’s easy don’t ask why
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2. |
Such a State
03:40
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All the love in this here world
Would be greater than the hate
If it wasn’t for the ones amongst us
That choose to propagate
The darkness in their hearts
That spread around the pain
That put up on a pedestal
What should be cast away
And they say the violent bear it away
The troubled tear it away
They take it and they break it
And it’s left in such a state
The violent bear it away
Many people that I’ve seen
Many places that I’ve been
Nothing to determine
Just what makes a body mean
A simple little lie
A wrong done to a child
Something that’s before the womb
That last beyond the grave
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3. |
The Air Over There
02:20
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What do you get
When you take away
A man from the rivers and streams?
Oh my god, it’s what I’ve become
And the thought is killing me
Give me shelter when I am cold
Give me pity when I bleed
Can’t you see that I’m hurting now
It’s saving that I need
And I want to live by the water
I want to die by the sea
There’s something in the air over there
That fills me up with peace
Everybody that I know
Lives beyond their means
Building up
Their accoutrement
And chopping down their trees
Do you love the world we’re in
That’s grey instead of green?
It’s tough to lie, why even try?
It’s not the way it’s meant to be
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4. |
Katie Mae
02:42
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Katie Mae
Put that gun away
You don’t want to use it now
Anyway
I’ve got a foot in the door
And a foot in my mouth
And one foot in the grave so
Katie Mae you’ve got to put that gun away
Ever after, happily
One life stifled
One life free
I ain’t opposed to changing though
Just wait and see
You’ve got to drop that barrel, Katie
What would you do
Without me?
Times is changing
Day by day
You know that I’m fearful man
I’d never act that way
It must have been
That mean old devil
That lead my hand astray
You’ve got drop that barrel, Katie
Don’t end my life today
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5. |
Sixteen Years Too Late
03:31
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Doctor, oh doctor
Won’t you give me some good news
The battle’s lost
The war’s to lose
And there’s nothing
I wouldn’t do
To push on for another few
To see this thing
I’ve started through
Sixteen years too late
What was stolen
Can’t be repaid
Children, oh children
You are young and you are bright
And I’ve prepared you for the fight
Taught that strength doesn’t
Always mean might
That the road is rough so
Hold on tight
And I’ll step in to that
Good night
Father, oh father
Aren’t you proud of me?
I made RCMP
To do my good duty
I moved my family
To Tumbler Ridge, BC
And I hope that you remember me
For what I was and what I meant to be
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River Delisle
03:41
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Off in the distance
A train sounds it’s cry
Like a warning
It hums on the fields
Breaking the silence
Of a pastoral scene
And the sun
Rolls toward night
Like a wheel
And I really believe
That it’s time to move on
I really think I’ve have my fill
Of wasting the hours away
At the house on the River Delisle
The cracks in the windows
Sully the view
Of the cattle that aimlessly graze
And on the horizon
Is the glimpse of a notion
Of walking on out
Of this place
It’s the funniest thing
When you sit down and think
About the meaning of words
Home is just a word
When it passes your lips
And floats on the breeze
Like a bird
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7. |
Up and Run
04:25
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Darling when you wake up in the morning
Don’t forget that I forgot to pray
So don’t go thinking evil
Thoughts about me
Today could be the end
Of all my days
You know you’re a pretty little angel
I don’t know how you wound up
In my bed
You should have carried on
With a good man’s heart
There are places that you’re
Not supposed to tread
So darling when you wake up
In the morning
I hope that you don’t begrudge me none
Because I don’t belong
On the pedestal that you built
And that is why
I had to up and run
Honey I’m not looking for a pardon
And I’m not one
To ask for a reprieve
I only ask you don’t
Spend your time guessing
What it was that made me up and leave
It comes down to a million little pieces
That add up to a big thing in my mind
I go to bed dreaming of the good man
That I hope one day you will find
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