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1949
03:43
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Do you wanna go with me to my favourite daydream?
We can take my Daddy's car and park it at the beach
You'll wear a polka-dot bikini and we'll walk around in barefeet
We'll pretend it's 1949 and all is well
And though all this may turn rotten, now it's hard to tell
Well, my Mama always said just to deal with what you've been dealt
La de da, de da, de da
La de da, de da-da da de da
After lunch we'll go get ice cream and then we'll hold hands
And I'll let you have mine if you drop yours in the sand
And all of this will happen just exactly as we have planned
We'll pretend it's 1949 and all is swell
And though artificial heaven's worse than certain hell
We'd be happier together than we'd ever be by ourselves
La de da, de da, de da
La de da, de da-da da de da
And when the sun goes down
We'll go walking to the edge of the pier
Then you'll turn right around
And you'll say, "Baby, take me anywhere but here!"
Do you wanna go with me to my favourite daydream?
We can take my Daddy's car and park it at the beach
You'll wear a polka-dot bikini and we'll walk around in barefeet
We'll pretend it's 1949 and all is well
And though all this may turn rotten, now it's hard to tell
Well, my Mama always said just to deal with what you've been dealt
La de da, de da, de da
La de da, de da-da da de da
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2. |
Haunted
03:14
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Set out on the freeway
Hope I'll be there by tomorrow
Said I won't be stealing
But I'll beg and I'll borrow
Knocking on my ceiling
All that I been hearing lately
But I know
I'll never let you go
I've been at it again
Gonna stop it but I can't say when, no
I've been at it again
Cuz I'm haunted
I'm haunted
I've been at it again
Gonna stop it but I can't say when, no
I've been at it again
Cuz I'm haunted
I'm haunted
Well the last time that I saw you
You said I was looking handsome
Yeah you held me tight in a hotel room
And then you held me up for ransom
Scars need time for healing
And that's all I've been needing lately
But I know
I'll never let you go
I've been at it again
Gonna stop it but I can't say when, no
I've been at it again
Cuz I'm haunted
I'm haunted
I've been at it again
Gonna stop it but I can't say when, no
I've been at it again
Cuz I'm haunted
I'm haunted
I've been at it again
I've been at it again
I've been at it again
I've been at it again
I've been at it again
Gonna stop it but I can't say when, no
I've been at it again
Cuz I'm haunted
I'm haunted
I've been at it again
Gonna stop it but I can't say when, no
I've been at it again
Cuz I'm haunted
I'm haunted
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3. |
Cry Over You
04:24
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Inside my heartache
That's where I'll be found
If you won't tip toe through my tulips
If you won't come around
And whisper your sweet nothings
Into my ear
Well, I'll pull all my hair out
And try to disappear
And then I'll cry, cry
Cry, cry, cry over you
Yes I'll cry, cry
Cry, cry, cry over you
Cry over you
I wish I'd never met you
Oh, if only I'd known
How I hope and I pray
That you'll move far away
And forever, and ever, and ever
Just leave me alone
But I know you won't
And though, my dear
I should hate you
Darling, we both know I don't
And so I cry, cry
Cry, cry, cry over you
Yes I cry, cry
Cry, cry, cry
Over you
Cry over you
Yes I'll cry, cry
Cry, cry, cry
Over you
Cry, cry
Cry, cry, cry over you
Cry over you
Cry over you
Oh, my darling
I'll cry over you
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4. |
Song For Cecilia
03:13
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Cecilia, Cecilia
Where are you tonight?
Cuz I need someone
To set these things right
All my bones keep breaking
And my collar's way too tight
She only calls to ask me for a light
Got a pocketful of memories
But sometimes I forget
That living's only living
If the best ain't happened yet
Seems I spun a red
But it was on black that I bet
She wears a jingle-jangle jacket, man
What did I expect?
You know what I mean?
Some nights I dream of movie screens
My own Hollywood star
Some nights I dream about the planets
And how far away they are
Some nights I have to hitchhike home
Cuz she's out with the car
Some nights I beg 'em not to close the bar
Some nights I have to hitchhike home
Cuz she's out with the car
Some nights I beg 'em not to close the bar
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5. |
Headed For A Heartache
05:06
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Swore someday I'd leave
But now I can barely breathe
And I see the
I see the writing on the wall
Don't mean to complain
'Bout this fortune and this fame
But it ain't much
It ain't much of anything at all
Baby I, I, I
I'm headed for a heartache
I'm hoping that it don't break
I'm headed for a heartache
Baby I, I, I
I'm headed for a heartache
I'm hoping that it don't break
I'm headed for a heartache
I got nothing left to wish
When it rains now, it just spits
And I miss the
I miss the setting of the sun
I could be forgiven
For my failing and my sinning
If I'd been
If I'd been ashamed of what I'd done
Baby I, I, I
I'm headed for a heartache
I'm hoping that it don't break
I'm headed for a heartache
Baby I, I, I
I'm headed for a heartache
I'm hoping that it don't break
I'm headed for a heartache
Baby I,
Baby, baby, I
Baby I'm headed for a heartache
Baby I, I, I
I'm headed for a heartache
I'm hoping that it don't break
I'm headed for a heartache
Baby I, I, I
I'm headed for a heartache
I'm hoping that it don't break
I'm headed for a heartache
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6. |
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Policemen got cell phones, and they all text at red lights
While I ride my skateboard on sidewalks, but only at night
And Destiny's just a girl who sits at the bar
She hips hard on something and says to the silver screen star
Sometimes life's such a thrill
What I got, I got still
Never went, never will
Never wanted to till
Someone gave me a smoke
Said he'd tell me a joke
And so softly he spoke
Swore it's true, how I hope
And Paradise is just a boulevard, it's down the block
My grandfather lives there and his doors are always unlocked
He ain't sentimental, so baby, see why I was shocked
When he went to the attic and brought down and old-fashioned clock
And he said
Sometimes life's such a thrill
What I got, I got still
Never went, never will
Never wanted to till
Someone gave me a smoke
Said he'd tell me a joke
And so softly he spoke
Swore it's true, how I hope
Outside the courthouse, the preachers all gather at dawn
To swap out their sermons and stuff to spray on their lawns
And inside the graveyard, the greasers are still standing guard
Till the preacher says, Baby, smile, it ain't all that hard
To see that
Sometimes life's such a thrill
What I got, I got still
Never went, never will
Never wanted to till
Someone gave me a smoke
Said he'd tell me a joke
And so softly he spoke
Swore it's true, how I hope
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7. |
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I've been a-gambling
I sent the dice a-tumbling
Now I'm a-panicked
I fear a fight's a-rumbling
I wanna walk upon the water
But I'm stranded on the shore
My bones are shaking
Gee, I'm a-awful nervous
My heads a-aching
I'm calling out in curses
I wanna peek into your keyhole
But I'm knocking at your door
I'm standing on your doorstep
And with all my mighty force left
I'll bang my fist upon it
And this house, it ain't a-haunted
So you'll hear it, it'll echo
It's good right from the get-go
Put my hands in my pockets
When I learn you've unlocked it
I'll come inside and
Now I'm only gonna tell you this one time
And one time only
So you listen up, and you listen up good, okay?
I've learned some lessons
I've gotten down and dirty
You know I oughtta count my blessings, babe
Hell, hun, I'm hardly 30
I wanna climb the spiral staircase
Without falling to the floor
But for now
I'm standing on your doorstep
And with all my mighty force left
I'll bang my fist upon it
And this house, it ain't a-haunted
So you'll hear it, it'll echo
It's good right from the get-go
Put my hands in my pockets
When I learn you've unlocked it
I'll come inside and
I'm standing on your doorstep
And with all my mighty force left
I'll bang my fist upon it
And this house, it ain't a-haunted
So you'll hear it, it'll echo
It's good right from the get-go
Put my hands in my pockets
When I learn you've unlocked it
I'll come inside and
I'll come inside and
I'll come inside and
I'll come inside and
I'll come inside and
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8. |
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When the day's end is drawing near
When I crawl, I will crawl here
Cause I'd do better beside you
To twist and turn the gears
Yeah, I'd do better beside you
To hold with all my fears
Send the sons and daughters home
Sell off everything we own
Cause I'd do better beside you
To plaster broken bones
Yeah, I'd do better beside you
To grasp at when I groan
And all the times the words caught in my throat
All the lines I scratched from what I wrote
All the bodies buried in the walls
I will find them all
If the frost should fail to freeze
If the blood drips down my knees
Well, I'd do better beside you
To hang our framed degrees
Yeah, I'd do better beside you
To stage our mysteries
And all the times the words caught in my throat
All the lines I scratched from what I wrote
All the bodies buried in the walls
I will find them all
When the day's end has passed us by
When the stars fall from the sky
Well, I'd do better beside you
To comfort and to try
Yeah, I'd do better beside you
To triump and to try
And all the times the words caught in my throat
All the lines I scratched from what I wrote
All the bodies buried in the walls
I will find them all
I'd do better beside you
I'd do better beside you
I'd do better beside you
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9. |
So Much Younger Then
04:16
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I once sang "Raiders, Hallelujah!"
Cuz Holy Cross'll run right thru ya
And it does
I still wear my sweater
It now fits me better
And sometimes some of us got plastered
Sometimes there was lots of laughter
Sometimes not
Sometimes there were bruises
Cuz sometimes we were stupid
And sometimes some of us were
Something more than friends
We were so much younger then
I once sang "Wonder where you wander"
Now here we are and I no longer
Have to try
I still wear my t-shirt
Even as a teacher
Sometimes we made some kind of racket
Sometimes we had to pack it up the
Same damn night
Sometimes there were days spent
Locked down in the basement
We had it tightened up
We had time to pretend
We were so much younger then
Some day I might end up with cancer
I hope by then I'll have the answers
But I won't
Where are all the songs from?
Singing and guitar strums?
And Hallelujah, how I'll wonder
Headed up or headed under
Or at all?
I'm still gonna ask it
Till I'm in a casket
But looking back on all my
Worries at the end
I was so much younger then
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10. |
Why Don't You & I?
03:06
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Sometimes it might be tough
And sometimes scary
Sometimes it might be frustrating
Sometimes it might be very
But darling, why don't you & I get married?
We'll keep The White Album
Among things carried
Stack em side-by-side
Upon a bookshelf long and varied
So darling, why don't you & I get married?
Nonna can meet Nana
Ingrid meet Garry
We'll feast down on the farm
And for dessert, peaches and cherries
Darling, why don't you & I get married?
Well, this might sound kinda cheesy
Like some lousy Heart & Soul
But I'll love you more than ever
When we're 99 years old
Darling, why don't you & I get married?
Darling, why don't you & I get married?
Darling, why don't you & I get married?
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Ryan Gaio Toronto, Ontario
Ryan Gaio was born n raised in Niagara-on-the-Lake, where he spent his days helping out on the family fruit farm and his nights listening to the oldies station on AM radio. And it shows.
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