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The Best Ain't Happened Yet

by Ryan Gaio

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1.
1949 03:43
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
2.
Haunted 03:14
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
3.
Cry Over You 04:24
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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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released March 16, 2023

Produced by Al Grantham & Kaleb Hikele
Engineered by Kaleb Hikele & David Kierstead
Mixed by Kaleb Hikele
Mastered by Tom Murray

Album recorded at The Townhouse Recording Facility & Sound Studio (with some additional tracking in miscellaneous apartments)

Ryan Gaio - Guitar, vocals
Al Grantham - Guitar, bass, vocals
Kaleb Hikele - Piano, organ, vocals, harmonica
Sarah Howden - Vocals
Dave Kierstead - Guitar, bass
Bramwell Park - Drums
Maxwell McLarty - Trumpet, saxophone
Gabriel Riecksen - Slide guitar

All songs written by Ryan Gaio

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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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