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A Beginner's Guide to Danny Michel (deluxe edition)

by Danny Michel

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1.
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
2.
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
3.
Wish Willy 04:13
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
4.
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
5.
Sweet Things 04:46
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
6.
A Cold Road 04:28
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
7.
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
8.
Switchman 06:16
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
9.
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
10.
Click Click 03:43
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?
11.
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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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
13.
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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Perfect 04:31
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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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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