1. |
Feather, Fur & Fin
04:58
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I went to the country to escape the noise and lights
and I laid there in the pine cones all night
I woke in the morning when all the trees were gone
I got this sinking feeling, everything felt wrong
Strip malls and dollar stores and diesel in the air
I slept in a rowboat and I anchored far from shore
Now I don't hear them chain saws no more
I woke in the morning
when someone pulled the plug
I was stranded in the lake bottom sludge
With all the tires, paint cans and things
Every little critter, feather, fur and fin
Cried to mother nature to come back for them
For every piece of litter, for every little sin
She cried for all of them, feather, fur and fin
I went to an island down the Caribbean way
and I laid there in the sand all day
I turned on a radio and I heard the DJ say
"Baton down the hatches down Santa Elena way"
I swam the ocean reef but the coral all was grey
CHORUS
She saw the eagle's eye weeping in the willow
She prayed to the mantis and she cried into her pillow
For the salmon in the Fraser and the salamander's kin
She cried for all of them, feather, fur and fin
I went to the city when all the trees were gone
and I lay there on her asphalt lawn
She cried out a thousand days of hurricanes and floods
Her face ran with tears, and the streets ran with blood
Fur coats and sushi boats and diesel in the air
Feather, fur and fin, she cried for all of them
She cried for every fin
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2. |
Purgatory Cove
04:53
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I drove into the cold
White knuckled, blind and bold
Shining white and gold
The colours in my soul
How I wound up here
Was I a souvenir?
We lost our landing gear
We circled in the cold
Until we disappeared,
like missing mountaineers
into the atmosphere
To where we'll never know
In purgatory cove, I wait
I keep a secret here
A secret so severe
I sing on your radio
My signal comes and goes
I sleep in the maple leaves
I hide in the gentle breeze
I blend into the trees
I scare the animals away
How did it come to this?
A forbidden kiss?
White and gold
somewhere in my soul
I sing in the choir here
And I just disappear
And I don't sing too loud
And I just blend into the crowd
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3. |
Wish Willy
04:13
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I drop anchor, I settle in
Get on my bike and I'm back again
Christmas lights on a bamboo tree
I didn't even know it was Christmas Eve
I don't want turkey and ginger ale
I tak a rum punch and a lobster tail
Rice and beans, the island queen
The best damn Christmas I ever seen
Nicholas, Nicholas, tell me,
have you been a dread from ever since
Step light, you better act right
Don't let the judge lock you up tonight
Don't let the judge lock you up tonight
Ooh
Wish Willy, oh Wish Willy
Cookin' up a storm by the sunset sea
Wish Willy, I wish I was Willy
Make sure you say to hi to Willy for me
Hey!
I got some good friends and a bad guitar
I got a case of beer on my handlebars
I heard the countdown out in the streets
I didn't even know it was New Year's Eve (Here we go)
I pass Sid's hear the chicken fry
I pass the Duchy on the left hand side
I'm at the Split with Marie Sharp
She's burnin' me up, she's breaking my heart
Oh, Norman, Norman,
I hear you got a boat and an engine
Step light, throw your nets right
Don't let the judge lock you up tonight
Don't let the judge lock you up tonight
Wish Willy, oh Wish Willy
Cookin' up a storm by the sunset key
Wish Willy, I wish I was Willy
Make sure you say to hi to Willy for me
Hey!
Wish Willy, oh Wish Willy
Cookin' up a storm by the sunset sea
Wish Willy, I wish I was Willy
Make sure you say to hi to Willy for...
Wish Willy, oh Wish Willy
Cookin' up a storm by the sunset caye
Wish Willy, I wish I was Willy
Make sure you say to hi to Willy for me
From "A New Coat Of Paint (Volume 2)" released January 6, 2018 Recorded at Danlandia Gardens
Danny Michel - Guitar, vocals
Davide Direnzo - Drums, percussion, vocals
Mark McIntyre - Bass, vocals
Rob Carli - Saxophones, Clarinet
Chris "Junior" Malleck - Harmonica
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4. |
What Colour Are You?
04:09
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I was there at the station when the colours combined
I’ve been trying to change them all with my mind
I’m out of fire and the cupboards are bare
My love left and I got nothing to share
So I put my last dollar on the railroad track
But no train came so I took it back
I put it in the gumball crackerjack prize
I won a mood ring and it was just my size
It said, what colour are you? What colour are you?
Some have it all, still it ain’t enough
I was aching for love, even the slightest touch
A young woman walked into that lonesome place
She said I know that look I’ve seen your face
I’ve been there before, it’s a terrible place
Now I’m bound for glory, I’m overdue
I’m sick of seeing red and feeling blue
What colour are you? What colour are you?
I’ve been trying to keep you off my mind
I’m trying to keep these colours all in line
I’m a hostage in a forgotten war, tied to a rock on the ocean floor
To be honest with you, I forget what I was fighting for
People turn green with envy, black with hate
Why can’t we all just communicate?
What colour are you? What colour are you?
And my heart keeps beating like an old bass drum
There’s plenty more of that, where that came from
And I'll still lay it on the line if the right time comes
And even if I’m scared to death, white with fear
I’ve been black and blue, I’ve even disappeared
What colour are you? What colour are you?
I was there at the station when the colours aligned
And in that lonesome place I felt peace in my mind
I’m on a golden wave length sunset hue,
I’m sick of seeing red and feeling blue
What colour are you? What color are you?
All you beautiful people
What colour are you? What color are you?
Uh, what colour are you? Tell me people
Uh, what colour are you? All you beautiful people
Source: https://sweetslyrics.com/danny-michel/what-colour-are-you-lyrics
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5. |
Sweet Things
04:46
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Counting out quarters at the record shop
London Calling and the Pressure Drop
Skipping double dutch with your sister's friends
The landlord's calling for the rent again
If all I have is all I need
and all I need is all I have
Then why is all I ever want is more
Why can't I see the sweet things until they're all gone
Sitting on the grass at your mother's grave
Staring at the letters that spell my name
Stars still shine in a sky blue sky
You just gotta look with better eyes
I lay face down in the summer dirt
My ear pressed into the conducting earth
I hear radio waves and ghosts that fizzle and fade
Why can't I see the sweet things until they're all gone
It's ten years later now
You said I wondered about your age
I said I got ID'd today
You said "ya, I get that too
It's like we'll never die
Just grow younger every day"
Shoe-box photos and birthday cards
I've got an old tube amp and no guitar
Living in a Salvation Army shoe
All we had was me and you
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6. |
A Cold Road
04:28
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Go on and let someone love you
Go on and open your heart
Rise to the sunrise with wide open bright eyes
Love 'em till it breaks your heart
I saw you walking on a cold road, a cold road, alone
You were haulin up a big load, like a sinking stone
Did he take from you the wide eyed girl I used to know
I saw you walking on a cold road, with no way home
I saw you sleeping by a cold road, Your fire burned low,
I saw you dreaming in the dream showed you all alone,
Did you go hide from all the wild eyed boys that flash their gold?
I saw you sleeping by a cold road, with no one to hold
And in the morning light, your maps will dry
And if your tears they cry, at least you tried
At least you tried
They cried
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7. |
24,000 Horses
03:56
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I waited & wondered
If the dream would return
What I saw through that porthole
Is tattooed and burnt
On the shore where we landed
3 graves by the sea
In the loneliest place
You ever did see
I sing the verses
You sing the chorus
With 24,000 old Russian horses
We crush through the ice
In the bright summer night
On the Kapitan Khlebnikov
This is the life
Seal skins drying
In the bright frozen sun
There's mouths to be fed
The work’s never done
Through the Northwest Passage
I stand at the bow
And I thought I’d seen beauty
Until right here right now
Once we had dreams
But they fell through the seams
Like the ice here all melting away
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8. |
Switchman
06:16
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There's a switchman up around the bend
He gets you in the end every time
He rolls his snake's eyes and listens for your train
With broken fingers
He lurks and lingers
And crosses off your name
With eyes like magic eight balls
Floating dice of fate
You could try again but that's a train that's never late
Any day now, your luck could change
There's no way out, there is no bargaining or trade
You're in the hands of the switchman tonight
And he can make you go wrong
And he can make you go right
A man builds a wall, and another knocks it down
We just go round and round, it's all the same
We're pinatas spinning in the wind
Blindfolded children, singing and swinging
They always get you in the end
And your candy shower burst
And sprinkles out your fate
And the switchman stirs awake
Any day now, your track can change
There's no way out, there is no bargaining your fate
You're in the chorus of the switchman's little song
And he can make you go right
And he can make you go wrong
And all in all we all just fall like bowling pins
Like broken violins in the end
We can hold onstrong like that old Parthenon
3000 years strong, we just keep hanging on and on
Any day now, your luck could change
There's no way out, there is no bargaining or trade
You're in the hands of the switchman tonight
And he can make you go wrong
And he can make you go right
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9. |
Sad & Beautiful World
04:04
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In these times, these dangerous times
A world held down by backwards minds
With closed eyes and hearts shut blind
It's a sad and beautiful world
What's the use in nations and borders?
Lines and walls that just divide
I would love it for you to come over
but we were born on the wrong sides
Water's rising knee deep and climbing
Politicians go rowing by
Photo albums float by me broken
Dreams leaking out, all their memories die
Would we fear the ending if it all started again?
This time with new faces, our lives trading places
In a sad and beautiful world
In these times, these dangerous times
A world held down by backwards minds
There's a baby born on a hot muggy morn
In a sad and beautiful world
I could sing this same song over
I could sing it again and again
I won't be the first and I won't be the last
But the Clash poured the gas in me when I was a kid
Young minds, a new generation
The revolution is in your hands
Take the reins back, step on our canes Jack
Don't look back, just take a stand
All these sensitive colors, still we all bleed red
We're all born, we die We live life, and cry
In a sad and beautiful world
In these times, these gluttonous times
A world held down by selfish minds
There's a baby born on a muggy hot morn
In a sad & beautiful world
Till every bullet is melted, for every boy & girl
The sun will come up in a Newtown each morning
In a sad and beautiful world
In these times, these dangerous times
A world held down by fearful minds
Shots ring out, church bells chime
In a sad & beautiful world
In these times, these dangerous times
A world held down by backwards minds
I was born on a cold winter's mornIn a sad and beautiful world
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10. |
Click Click
03:43
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I had a dream that I stole the maps
I erased all the borders, and that was that
I cut the power and sprung the traps
I knocked down the the walls and laid'm flat
I had a dream that I won the vote
I opened all the cages & drained the moats
I threw out a line and I hauled in the boats
I handed out flowers and welcome notes
I had a dream that we all locked arms
And vowed to keep each other from harm
I had a dream that I stole their clips
They ran out of bullets & their guns went click click
Love - Are you too cool for love?
I had a dream that the world was sick
So I gathered up blankets & tourniquets
I divvied out the the money, we all took a hit
Fed everybody & that was it
I had a dream that I talked to God
And he’d never heard of us, I found that odd
I had a dream that we found ourselves
Put our faith in each other and wished him well
I had a dream that we all locked arms
And vowed to keep each other from harm
I had a dream that I stole their clips
They ran out of bullets & their guns went click click
Love - Are you too cool for love?
Love. It’s built into your heart
Love. It’s been there from the start
Love. It’s still there in your heart
Love. Are you too cool? Too cruel?
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11. |
Tennessee Tobacco
03:06
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Well she came into my doorway like a whirlwind
Dragging mud and muck across my floor
She sat down in the chair where I was sitting
Picked up my guitar and made a chord
And she said, "your loves like Tennessee Tobacco
And it's killing me and all I want it more
Your hearts a lonely little chapel
But I love it's dusty pews and creaky floors"
And she said, "Babe, did you forget today is Friday?
And you promised that you'd take me to a show"
I said, "I swear the TV said that it was Monday"
And she kicked my shin and walked right out the door
She took my car and drove down to the legion
Grinding all the gears as she drove
She said, "the old guys there know how to treat a lady
And by the way your car got towed"
I said, "Your loves like Tennessee Tobacco
And it's killing me and all I want is more
Your hearts a lonely little chapel
But I love it's dusty pews and creaky floors"
Well I try my best and I swear I do
And my best is all I know
And I'll never leave this one horse town
If you decide to hang around
Well I found her in the morning at the table
Hungover and staring at her spoon
And I tried to make some cakes on the griddle
She just laughed and sang her little tune
And she said, "your loves like Tennessee Tobacco
And it's killing me and all I want it more
Your hearts a lonely little chapel
But I love it's dusty pews and creaky floors"
I said, "Your loves like Tennessee Tobasco
And it's killing me and all I want is more
Your hearts a lonely little chapel
But I love it's dusty pews and creaky floors”
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12. |
Who's Gonna Miss You?
03:51
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You can climb a mountain, you can swim the sea.
Or find a cure to some disease.
Or break every record in the book ya see (yeah)
But who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
Who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
Did ya live it right, did ya live it wrong?
Who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
You can carve a statue, and stand it tall.
And hang your painting on a wall.
Press your hands in wet cement.
But who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
Who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
You can come in first, be the best!
Win the lotto, ace the test.
Ya can line all them awards all up in a row.
But who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
Who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
Did ya live it right, did ya live it wrong?
Who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
Pop the question, cut the cake.
Pop the cork, and consummate.
Plant yourself a little family tree (yeah)
But who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
You can write a hit, and be a star.
Ride around in a big long car.
And everybody reaching to touch your hand.
But who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
Who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
Ah! Did ya live it right, did ya live it wrong?
Who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
They took you home now.
Up to that Big House.
Because it's where you long to go.
Now I recall where, you 'was' a good friend.
The wind will always blow.
So I say, ooh ooh ooh ooh
The church bells ring, and the sky turns grey
And that big black hearse roooolls away
And everybody tries to walk away
I'm gonna miss ya when you're gone
I'm gonna miss ya when you're gone
Everyday, and all day looong
I'm gonna miss ya when you're gone
Who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
Who's gonna miss ya when you're gone?
Did ya live it right, did ya live it wrong?
I'm gonna miss ya when you're gone
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13. |
Nobody Rules You
04:20
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Be who you want to be
Say what you want to say
Live how you want to live
Sing if you want to sing
Cry if you want to cry
Give if you want to give
But don’t let them hold you down
Don’t fade into the crowd
Cuz they don’t make the rules
This world is bright and blue
And it’s waiting there for you
Nobody rules you
Stay if you want to stay
Leave if you want to leave
Go where you want to go
Try if you want to try
Quit if you want to quit
Know when you don’t knowThink how you want to think
Pray if you want to pray
Doubt if you want to doubt
Fly if you want to fly
Hide if you want to hide
Shout if you want to shout
Fight if you want to fight
For something you know is right
If that something sets you free
Love how you want to love
Dream if you want to dream
And be who you want to be
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14. |
Perfect
04:31
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I got halfway to the canyon
And all the stars were shining bright
Your polaroid on the dashboard
It kept me going through the night
So don't wait up, just rest your eyes
'Cause I can't rush this beautiful ride
Nobody move, this is perfect
It's just like you
I saw the sun c-c-crash in the ocean
And all the vampires on their way
All the pretty girls spill tanning lotion
And they scatter in the rain
And my walkman sang my favorite song
In this perfect light I can't go wrong
Nobody move, this is perfect
It's just like you
I'm counting the drop that ran down the window
The constellation of broken glass
And all the stars fell like disco
and I woke up in your lap
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15. |
Love You for Miles
03:59
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You took a picture
Of my crooked smile
I was so full of liquor
There is no denial
I laughed when I saw it
I said take one again
I will love you for miles
I will love you for miles
I will love you for miles
Until this road ends
I took her picture
But not of her face
'Cause I love your fingers
Every wrinkle and trace
You sighed when you saw it
You said "they look old"
I said
I will love you for miles
I will love you for miles
I will love you for miles
Until this road ends
I went to a psychic
When I got nothing from prayer
I need a glimpse of the future
To see if you're there
I gazed into her crystal
She said "what do you see?"
I said
I will love her for miles
I will love her for miles
I will love her for miles
Or until this road ends
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