1. |
Stumbling Sailor
02:52
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Watched my friend sniff his life away,
Thought with his heart and loved with his brain,
They don't test for no cocaine,
But it still never bothered to call my name.
I can still taste the water when I hit land,
You're a nice looking lady would you hold my hand?
Still haven't sung about a red dirt road,
I'm a stumbling sailor on his way back home.
Moon keeps rising water stays still,
Nothing in my pocket but a hundred dollar bill,
Colombian women say I'll be a rich man,
Cause I passed at the chance of a one night stand.
I'm a stumbling sailor on his way back home,
Homeward bound.
Few things in life I wish I could give her,
But every paycheck goes straight to my liver,
It's not like me to quit something I started,
Love a good woman leave you broken-hearted.
Homeward bound.
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2. |
Not Your Outlaw
03:24
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I don't know what makes a good man give up,
i don't know why I beat myself up till I'm blue,
Black and blue.
I tried to write you a song you could sing,
My gritty words don't fit your pretty voice,
Pretty voice.
I'm not your outlaw don't make me try to be,
I'm not some game you pick up every other week.
Missus whispers you feel so distant,
Make believe that I'm able to listen,
Lying next to you, so far away.
I could live on I could crawl,
I could die, and I would call you from the afterlife,
See how everyone's doing.
I'm not your outlaw don't make me try to be,
I'm not some game you pick up every other week.
Open window, autumn leaves,
Young man young woman, sitting under a tree,
He puts his arm around her, then they kiss.
As I watched them I could see the years go by,
Their faces wrinkled and a tear fell from my eye, I started crying,
Then watched it turn to snow.
But I'm not your outlaw don't make me try to be,
I'm not some game you pick up every other week,
Thank you for the love you've given so far,
I'm the best shot you've got, see you at the bar.
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3. |
It Will Be Just Fine
03:07
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Hear the waves, feel the air,
Breathe it in until you just don't care because,
It will be just fine.
See the world in disguise,
Manipulate it pull it down from the skies because,
It will be just fine.
You could spend your whole life waiting,
For your ship to ever wash up on the shore,
You could spend your whole life creating,
Would you be there to answer the knock on the door?
And all the things in life we said we'd do tomorrow,
Have washed up with the sands of yesterday,
So if there's something inside you that still feels hollow,
You will be just fine.
Little voice in my head,
It keeps saying you'd be better off dead but I know,
It will be just fine.
Slip right in to this dream,
This life is just a waking breath in some big scheme and I know,
It will be just fine,
It will be just,
It will be just fine.
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4. |
Wolves
02:56
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Well I turned my back on the wolves,
They told me I was crazy,
Well I turned my back on the wolves,
Just to see if I'd go crazy.
Build my house in the snow,
In a cedar log cabin she fires when she glows,
I'll stoke it when it's cold,
Make it through the winter storm.
I've got waves in my castle twenty feet high,
I could let them roll me over but I choose to ride.
Well I done sailed the seas,
For twenty-one days I haven't seen the land,
Oh where oh were could I be,
Alabama or Newfoundland?
I don't need a pill,
Just to get me through today,
But a drink might be nice,
Until I take its advice,
Until I take its advice.
I've got waves in my castle twenty feet high,
I could let them roll me over but I choose to ride,
Waves in my castle twenty feet high,
Could let them roll me over but I choose to ride.
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5. |
Summer Days
03:00
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Summer days summer days don't always rain always rain in the city,
Millions of people walking around like they've got places to be,
Well I've got places to be too, stay out of my way fool.
I swear this is just an experimental phase,
It ain't no thing,
You'd think I'd know how these shots feel by now.
Pink and yellow colour dripping from my brain,
The lemonade.
Maybe just come out and say that you're leaving,
That would cut right through this feeling,
Tell me once don't tell me again,
I always get it on the first time.
Winter storm winter storm won't keep me warm keep me warm,
Even by the fire.
I swear it's just my charm that you admire
My little bird on a wire.
Maybe just come out and say that you're leaving,
That would cut right through this feeling.
Tell me once don't tell me again,
I always get it on the first time.
Maybe just come out and say that you're leaving,
That would cut right through this feeling,
Tell me once don't tell me again,
I always get it on the first time.
Summer days summer days don't always rain,
In the city.
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6. |
Who's Gonna Be The One?
02:23
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7. |
Man Overboard
03:06
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Break your bread in pieces drink your wine,
Let the ocean wave a word divine,
Far too often we're stuck inside,
The water's still in our blood, sun's in our eyes.
Oo oo oo oo
Oo oo oo oo
Dusty mirrors and trinity fires,
Spoke in truth of our hearts' desires
Johnny said we'll meet up at sundown,
We've got the world to build, man and we're starting now.
Oo oo oo oo
And it keeps me swimming,
Like a man overboard.
There's a different way of looking out at the city from here,
How much we've grown since Cable Head last year,
A big meech on the beach with a dreamy Buddha statue,
You're just in time to see the jungle ant cowboy looking at you.
Oo oo oo oo
And it keeps me swimming,
Like a man overboard.
And it keeps me swimming.
And for all those who couldn't be here,
We'll search ourselves through and through to be clear,
I showed up late so I just dipped my toes in the water,
Now I'm able to swim like a man overboard.
And it keeps me swimming,
Like a man overboard.
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8. |
Bonshaw Sky
03:47
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I belong in the deep woods,
That's where I am at home,
It doesn't matter if I'm with my friend,
I'm walking all alone.
It doesn't matter if I'm sober,
A couple puffs and a drink might do,
Now I see you're a part of me,
Now that I'm apart from you.
Coffee cup tells me please play again,
The angels tell me the same,
All I wanted was a little drink,
Now I'm stuck inside this game,
But I'll be out before the sun comes up,
And the chickadee sings its tune,
To the ears of the desperate with a happy song,
When the leaves first feel the bloom.
And I know that there'll be times when I'm asleep,
When the world is playing hide and go seek,
And I'll reach for a bottle of my homemade dandelion wine,
And think back to a time when you and I were high,
Under the Bonshaw sky.
And I know that there'll be times when I'm asleep,
When the world is playing hide and go seek,
And I'll reach for a bottle of my homemade dandelion wine,
And think back to a time when you and I were high,
Under the Bonshaw sky.
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9. |
Now These Trees
05:19
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August evening cloudy skies keep me believing where to go,
Familiar wilderness has helped me shed the bitterness in my soul,
And all the company who speak and show their love for me by the fire,
They are just like us old souls don't judge our justly shared desires.
Now these trees chasing after me,
Now we're pounding pavement,
Might have missed a few payments.
I don't know why but this is just the perfect place to be right now,
Like a dream in which the movie of your life plays tranquil sound,
Fall with the rain at least it doesn't make you feel like you're alone,
Twelve empty bottles till you still don't realize no one else is home.
Now these trees chasing after me,
Now we're pounding pavement,
Remember playing in the basement,
Now these trees chasing after me,
Now we're pounding pavement,
Might have missed a few payments.
And it seems so long ago but nothing's changed,
When those dreams blow through the trees,
Yeah they call my name,
They call my name when I need you, babe.
I thought the universe had bigger dreams than purses overflowed,
But what's a dollar if your heart keeps growing smaller don't you know,
Don't you know, oh.
Now these trees chasing after me,
Now we're pounding pavement,
Remember playing in the basement,
Now these trees chasing after me,
Now we're pounding pavement,
Might have missed a few payments.
August evening cloudy skies keep me believing...
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Lawrence Maxwell Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Lawrence Maxwell cut his teeth on beer caps, rough waters, and country music. A 2021 ECMA award nominee and two-time Music P.E.I. award winner, this Prince Edward Island singer-songwriter will tell it to you like it’s folk, and sing it to you like it’s country. ... more
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