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Songs For Lonesome Weekends

by The Lonesome Weekends

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Patrick Book Slightly ramshackle at times but these young Reginans more than adequately capture and recreate a bygone era of music that is a refreshing addition to the pervasively-indie rock-riddled Regina music scene. From the first they were possessed of a fantastic sense of self-assurance. Favorite track: Meet You By The Riverside.
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1.
Buckskins 02:55
These days I wish I was a trapper Though it's not the fur I'm after It's an island to myself In them woods with those books Carved in all the pine trees And with the stormy sky behind The gun it's the pen And I know 'neath those pines I will wear my buckskins and You will wear your moccasins And we'll sleep 'neath the Earth again Now over my shoulder I've watched you grow older I mean I've watched those eyes get colder With no traps set Still I know Lady I been cruel to you lately I mean I been a real fool lately Still I can't repent And I know 'neath those pines I will wear my buckskins and You will wear your moccasins And we'll sleep 'neath the Earth again Now this city it can get pretty shitty I mean it would look pretty shitty If it was sitting on your shelf I mean this city it can get pretty shitty I mean it can get pretty shitty Until you drink enough And still I know 'neath those pines I will wear my buckskins and You will wear your moccasins And we'll sleep 'neath the Earth again
2.
I stood at the top of a mountain And looked back down at all the people still climbing They weren't as high as me But that's just how I see They probably don't give two shits about me Rain is better than sunshine If you want your pain to turn gold But the songs that you sing They don't mean anything You're just beating on the ground Where your horse once laid I stood at the back of the bar room And I listened to everything you had to say I wondered why you even try And how you don’t see your life pass you by I'd really like to see these tears that you say you cry I'm tired of trying... I'm tired of trying to make this last Rain is better than sunshine
3.
I always thought that love could save almost anyone But I thought wrong, yeah I thought wrong I hear them say the dark night is before the day But the winter winds are here to stay till spring I had a friend who said “I’m heading out west, I won’t be back again” Today I picked him up down at the greyhound station Cuz all our dreams fall flat on their face, slip away downstream Just autumn leaves into the ocean floor The ocean floor is the hardest fall I took a plane to Montreal Drove my car to Winnipeg When I got home there was nothing left For me to think or do or say I headed south, I took the train Till your ghosts all caught up with me And now I’m stranded here
4.
Dorothy 03:04
I know what you're saying You're leaving here tonight Well I'd hold you dear lady And say that it'll be alright But I know what you're saying And I wish I said in before So I'll wait around till the springtime Then I'll be alright Dorothy, let the moon rise And I'll find someone to be with for tonight And I'll put to the wind this heart of mine And I'll wait here till springtime Then I'll be alright Liquor seems to help me Forget your face I'll see you all over town And I'll try not to say That you could have been someone to me So I'll lie here till springtime Then I'll be alright Dorothy, let the moon rise And I'll find someone to be with for tonight And I'll put to the wind this heart of mine And I'll wait here till springtime Then I'll be alright
5.
Crashin' 03:33
Your memories are fading walking through this old town My heartbeat is slowing, my mind’s coming down Breathing’s just like the ocean, Let it pull and then slip away But I’ll ride on this wave till I crash on the shore When my time has come I will choose to be no more When I’m fast asleep in my poor man’s grave I hope that there’s nothing that I would’ve changed Now I’m so much older than I used to be My steps getting slower, I don’t feel so free Some days I feel so low, Some days I just lose control But I’ll ride on this wave till I crash on the shore When my time has come I will choose to be no more When I’m fast asleep in my poor man’s grave I hope that there’s nothing that I would’ve changed
6.
I only drink when I cry but I cry every day Not 'mount of truth no 'mount of lies could take this hurt away My baby's gone to them hills She said they're greener on the other side So I'll just drink when I cry and I'll cry all the time I only drink when I cry so I'm drinking every day Just trying to forget that haunting memory It's in the bottle it's in this song It's in all the things I've done wrong So I'll just drink when I cry and I'll cry right or wrong I only drink when I cry but I cry every day Not 'mount of truth no 'mount of lies could take this hurt away My baby's gone to them hills She said they're greener on the other side So I'll just drink when I cry and I'll cry all the time
7.
Hold my tongue, but I ain’t seeing The Holy Ghost in this land So hold my hand underneath the water ‘Till the black-eyed devils go outside of me All this time I must’ve had no vision That would carry me through So hold my head underneath the river And I’ll come up speaking in no tongues of man So I’ll meet you down by the riverside And I’ll grow my hair real long I’ll grow my beard just to be your disciple And I’ll try to go along Now when I see people I used to know They say, “There was a man who knew His Word!” Now I’m sleeping ‘neath the full moon’s light I guess you can’t see the sun from the ocean floor So I’ll meet you down by the riverside And I’ll grow my hair real long I’ll grow my beard just to be your disciple And I’ll try to go along I’ll meet you down by the riverside And I’ll grow my hair real long I’ll grow my beard just to be your disciple And I’ll try to go along Yeah, I’ll try to go along I’ll try to go along
8.
People they change I went away You we're never the same I went away And I was never the same I remember the face I recognize the name But you yourself have changed Your smile is wider Your glow is brighter But your eyes look tired Close them now I'll kiss your brow And you'll feel lighter Now I have been selfish I have hurt others With automatic defenses Broken hearts Broken fences Still I don't regret it They say everything happens For a reason Well I ain't that convenient Besides we can't light The match that's already burnt out Can't retread old paths And change which one we walked down I can't look into your eyes anymore And feel that love fill me up I can't look into your eyes anymore And feel that love fill me up I can't look into your eyes anymore And feel that love fill me up When I'm down when I'm alone and giving up
9.
Towers 03:09
I did not love her She did not love me At least in that way that she thought she did Cause I've seen those picture Of how it use to be You we're happy before me These filthy towers Amassing power For all the pagans hour by hour Bloody dowries And smokey flowers For the pagans to devour I've layed on the beach And I've watched that water Deliberately and slowly move in I won't let that happen again
10.
Chilled to the bone Living in the backwoods, A thousand miles from my home Can’t turn back, it’s too late, I’m living like a rolling stone And I hear my baby calling from a flatland town, I wish I could hold her tight But we’re miles apart and the sun’s going down So I’m sleeping alone tonight Cuz baby, can you hear me? I am lost without you Baby, can you hear me? I am so lost Well everyday I get up at dawn And I work till the sun’s getting low And every train that keeps rolling on by Tells me to just jump on and go Cuz baby, can you hear me? I am lost without you Baby, can you hear me? I am so lost

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released April 5, 2011

The Lonesome Weekends:
Devon Floyd - Vocals, Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica
Christopher Sleightholm - Vocals, Electric Guitar
Marshall Burns - Vocals, Guitar
Tyler Hammer - Drums
Steve 'The Hat' Jeske - Keyboards
Chris Prpich - Acoustic & Fender Bass

Produced by: The Lonesome Weekends & Prpich
Recorded by: Robb Morrison @ RMS Labs (January 2010)
Mixed & Mastered by: Orion Paradis @ SoulSound
Layout & Design by: Caribou Creative
Cover Photo by: Vanessa Benson
Background Vocals by: Vanessa Benson

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