1. |
Mary Anne
04:19
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My joints aren’t loyal and I’m feeling old
This weather has got me down
And everyone I pass reminds me of a used up rodeo clown
It’s times like this can’t help myself
I gotta get in the car
Any distance satisfies when the radio plays NPR
I find myself in our old neighborhood
Where you kissed me in the snow
Fumbling in the vacant lot so that Jesus wouldn’t know
Your hair was crystallizing
The flurries were making sheep
I wasn’t the first boy that you loved but I could be the first man to keep
Nothing goes according to plan
Does it, Mary Anne?
But I’ll come around again
[instrumental]
Well I don’t know if you recollect
The way we had such kind neglect
And I can’t tell if I’m just bored
Playing with rhymes instead of cutting the cord
I’m sorry for misremebering
I’m sorry I never called
I’m mostly sorry I haven’t told you it’s you I miss after all
Sometimes you beat the rain
Sometimes it beats you
And sometimes the story you’ve told yourself turns out not to be true
Nothing goes according to plan
Does it, Mary Anne?
But I’ll come around again
Nothing goes according to plan
Forgive me, Mary Anne
Till I come around again
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2. |
Got It Good
03:37
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VERSE 1
trains roll by like a melody
and oh my god we got it good
we got it good, just like we knew we would
Lord knows we got it good
VERSE 2
fortified like a cup of tea
and oh my god we got it good
we got it good, just like we knew we would
Lord knows we got it good
CHORUS
I don't know / where the road will go
but you can count on me
Till the end / my love
though there may be stars above
I know / the brightest star is you
Till the end / my love
starlight fits you like a glove
and your eyes / are what it's shining through
SOLO
VERSE 3
You and I are all we need
feed the fire with some wood
we got it good, just like we knew we would
Lord knows we got it good
CHORUS
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3. |
A Guy Like Me
04:16
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V1
A guy like me should be set behind a desk
Nudging papers down the hall
A quiet life, a simple nest
Two cars, suburban Montreal
V2
Well I found something else gonna dedicate myself
As long as it’s ok with you
The things I’ll do for love
Rougher than the devil true
C
But I see stars through your eyes
But I see stars through your eyes
V3
Fighting’s what I do
Protection’s what I am
Empty my mind for the motion
And I’ll knock ‘em to the Rio Grande
V4
Well Godard and Laraque
Never had a chance like this
If the league thought I’d just lay down
It’s your pride that I’d miss
C
Cause I see stars through your eyes
Cause I see stars through your eyes
Br
Never seen a light like that before
I’ll be your fighting Doukhobor
I’d wrestle God to get one more
Stumbling backwards to your door
[solo]
V5
I’ve been beaten bad it’s true
Couldn’t even feel my toes
Bruises piled on my face
Circling wagons round my nose
V6
Leaning hard against your bed
Dawn has miles still to go
And when your breathing changes I know that you’re asleep
Little girl your daddy is aglow
C
And I see stars through your eyes
And I see stars through your eyes
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4. |
Friday Afternoon
02:25
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I want to see the cities shrink every time I fly
I want to sleep the night away after every rye
I want to keep you here with me and never be alone
I want to see your eyes light up every time I’m home
I want to see a different scene every time I blink
I want to fix this mess we made every time I think
I want to hit the perfect chord every time I strum
I just want the perfect verse every time I hum
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5. |
Windowsill
05:46
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[Verse 1]
I don't want to hear the noises on TV
I don't want the salesmen coming after me
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
I don't want it faster, I don't want it free
I don't want to show you what they've done to me
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
I don't want to choose black or blue
I don't want to see what they've done to you
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
[Hook]
Because the tide is high
And it's rising still
And I don't want to see it at my windowsill
[Verse 2]
I don't want to give them my name and address
I don't want to see what happens next
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
I don't want to live with my father's debt
You can't forgive what you can't forget
I don't want to live in my father's house no more
I don't want to fight in the holy war
I don't want the salesmen knocking at my door
I don't want to live in America no more
[Hook]
Because the tide is high
And it's rising still
And I don't want to see it at my windowsill
I don't want to see it at my windowsill
I don't want to see it at my windowsill
I don't want to see it at my windowsill
[Verse 3]
MTV, what have you done to me?
Save my soul, set me free
Set me free, what have you done to me?
I can't breathe, I can't see
World War III, when are you coming for me?
Been kicking up sparks to set the flames free
The windows are locked now, so what'll it be?
A house on fire or the rising sea?
Why is the night so still?
Why did I take the pill?
Because I don't want to see it at my windowsill
[Outro]
I don't want to see it at my windowsill
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6. |
Kidney Bean
04:46
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V1
You could be a prophet, you could be a millionaire
Study astrophysics, or make your way cutting hair
I’ll ask you all about it, who and what and when and where
V2
You could live in London, you could live in Mozambique
Settle in the tropics or run from the heat
I’d be eager to visit, could even put me to work for my keep
Ch.
It makes no difference to me as long as I’m by your side
Come what may, come what may
You’re proof the equipment works
That it’s not all a joke
Can’t wait to know you, kidney bean
V3
You could sit here with me and sing songs while I play
Or wander to the backyard and help Mom with the clay
You’re going to do it all your own way
Inst.
V4
Today the soil's turning, tomorrow you’ll be joining our flock
When that hazy stream of being clears itself on the rocks
And you’ll be stuck with us, better get used to that
Ch.
It makes no difference to me as long as I’m by your side
Come what may, come what may
You’re proof the equipment works
That it’s not all a joke
Can’t wait to know you
Come along and I’ll show you
Can’t wait to know you, kidney bean
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7. |
Fate
03:37
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All my friends were there just to stand in my place
And my mother she came and painted my face
And I left to fight but the war wasn’t long
Will you stay with me 'til I finish this song?
Oh I’ve come to terms with all the lies that I’ve told
Oh I’ve got some regrets but not the things that I’ve sold
Cause I’ve put my heart in all of the things that I’ve made
I don’t look to fight but I’ll sharpen my blade
I’m the second child of a family of two
I’m not born to be a natural leader like you
But I’ve found something I can lose myself in
Cross the border and I can finally sleep again
There are many lines I’ve let disappear
And my memories, most left for the frontier
And the cards came down, I played out my hand
I was born to write all the words for my band
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8. |
Living On A Thin Line
04:17
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[Verse 1]
All the stories have been told
Of kings and days of old
But there's no England now (there's no England now)
All the wars that were won and lost
Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore
All the lies we were told (all the lies we were told)
All the lies of the people running round
Their castles have burned
Now I see change
But inside we're the same as we ever were
[Chorus]
Living on a thin line
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line (living on a thin line)
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line (living on a thin line)
Living this way, each day is a dream
What am I, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line (living on a thin line)
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
[Verse 2]
Now another century nearly gone (gone)
What are we gonna leave for the young?
What we couldn't do, what we wouldn't do
It's a crime, but does it matter?
Does it matter much, does it matter much to you?
Does it ever really matter?
Yes, it really, really matters
[Chorus]
Living on a thin line (living on a thin line)
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line (living on a thin line)
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
[Bridge]
Then another leader says
"Break their hearts and break some heads"
Is there nothing we can say or do?
Blame the future on the past
Always lost in bloody guts
And when they're gone, it's me and you
[Chorus]
Living on a thin line
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line (living on a thin line)
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line
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KTW Golden, Colorado
Kyle Thompson-Westra, among other things, plays music.
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