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Languishing
03:08
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Languishing by Dave Kilbank
Languishing… between good and bad.
Languishing… not happy, not sad.
So ask me how I am… and I’ll say: honestly man,
I’m languishing… down this rabbit hole,
Languishing… I need a small goal,
If I can find the time… to start that project of mine,
No more languishing… Ahh-ah.
I’ll be wishing… Ahh-ah.
Ohh-ya. Ohh-ya.
Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo.
Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo.
I can hardly wait… but I procrastinate,
I’m languishing… between up and down.
Languishing… no smile, no frown.
If I can find the flow… just focus, and let myself go,
No more languishing… Ahh-ah.
I’ll be wishing… Ahh-ah.
Ohh-ya. Ohh-ya
Ooooooo...
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2. |
The Last Days of Winter
03:41
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The Last Days of Winter
words and music by Paul Bezooyen & Dave Kilbank
When the sun rises higher,
sleeping branches awake,
melting snow feeds the river.
When the soil gets warmer,
dormant seeds will awake.
These are the last days of winter.
These are the last days of winter.
I know you’re impatiently waiting for change,
but it’s still too early for planting.
Give it time, this dark season will pass.
Before long your seeds will be sprouting.
When hope rises higher,
sleeping minds will awake,
melting fear feeds spring fever.
When the heart gets warmer,
dormant feelings awake.
These are the last days of winter
These are the last days of winter.
I know you’re impatiently waiting for change,
but it’s still too early for planting.
Give it time, this dark season will pass.
Before long your seeds will be sprouting.
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3. |
Morning Stay Away
03:23
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Morning Stay Away By Bob Enns
Summer winds are blowing strong
By morning I'll be gone
We try our best to hide the tears
We only have till Dawn
Because the winds are blowing
The sky is glowing
And wildfires take me away
Chorus
But I won't close my eyes.
No I won't close my eyes.
Won't take them from you until I'm gone.
So please —--- –Morning stay away.
Don't bring on the day.
Cuz come the dawn I'll be on my way
All night long I hold you close.
Tonight we won't let go
We let our love rise above.
The pain of letting go.
And every night when you see the light
From the Northern Star.
Imagine it's my eyes
Reflecting from the skies
And you can see me watching over you
Chorus
So please—--- morning stay away
Don't bring on the day
I'll be gone but not for long
When those rains start coming down
I'll be coming home to stay.
So please—-- morning stay away
Don't bring on the day
Morning stay away
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4. |
The Test of Time
03:32
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The Test Of Time by Dave Kilbank
Find yourself a soft spot on this rock of a hard place,
Somewhere to catch your breath so you can run the human race.
Win or lose you can choose…
Make yourself at home, relax, put on a happy face,
The chaos finds some order in this open timeless space.
Entropy reversing…
I offer you this sanctuary,
Where you can change the paradigm.
Make every day extraordinary,
Our friendship stands the test of time…
Find yourself some answers to life’s questionable things,
A sounding board for off-key chords when everybody sings.
Noise can be harmony…
I offer you this sanctuary,
Where you can change the paradigm.
Make every day extraordinary,
Our friendship stands the test of time…
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5. |
Heart's Beating Faster
03:59
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Heart’s Beating Faster
Words and Music: Paul Bezooyen
( except bridge: Words by Wayne Dyer )
Feels good to walk in these dark misty mountains.
Need to clear my cluttered brain.
I can smell fallen trees, last year’s leaves
New life wet with morning rain.
Sleepy old owl scowling down at me,
saying “Hey boy, what do you see.
in this place of ten thousand things.”
Amazing just how small I can feel
My heart’s beating faster
‘cause I’m climbing high
Saying no to deadlines
and false ideals contrived
I’m breathing harder
and it clears the haze
I’m getting tired,
but that’s good in so many ways
I’m blind as a tree roots finger the earth
Grabbing at anything to anchor me down
All the while branches grow out. New leaves unfurl
With the new life they have found
(Bridge)
Wisdom is knowing we’re nothing
Love is knowing we’re everything
And in between our lives move
So stay as close to love as you can.
Sky full of stars. Some flash in the black,
as they fall from grace in the clear night air.
And all of these stars seem quite amused
By all the drama we try to bear.
My heart’s beating faster
looking through the smoke,
from a crackling fire,
at friends telling really bad jokes
I’m gonna breath deeply,
when I smell her skin
Friends and a true love
help make sense of it all
Friends and a true love
help make sense of it all
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6. |
Fandango
04:00
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Fandango. by. Bob Enns
I remember when I walked into that room and I saw you looking back at me
Crowded little coffee place But I could only see one face. You smiled at me.
And you oo oo never knew what was going on inside of me
I tried to hide but I was starting to slide into love with you at the very first sight
Coffee turned to dinner and supper seemed so right
We danced a slow fandango. As love began on our very first night
We really found a way you know To give our hearts away and so here we are
We never knew the day would come that we could ever love someone the way we do
But Love took over you and me that magic night those years ago
It cam to us so naturally, the day we fell in love at first sight.
We will remember that beautiful night
When we found each other
We always know, we always knew it was right
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7. |
Bodies of Water
03:42
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Bodies Of Water by Dave Kilbank & Paul Bezooyen
We are bodies of water - we’re blood, sweat, and tears,
We swim in life’s ocean, and drift through our years.
We are ruled by the moon, riding tides that ebb and flow,
We learn to tread water, or drown in the undertow…
It’s a body of water - it’s oceans and lakes,
It’s rivers of plenty from ice and snowflakes.
It’s our history’s gift to the future that we owe,
The endless water cycle on Planet H2O…
The web of life is fed… by clouds that rain on local watersheds…
Draining down to the sea… Evaporating, circulating, free…
We are bodies of water - we’re all in this boat,
We must find our balance, or we’ll sink, not float.
We are crashing like waves, facing rain that cold winds blow,
But we’ll find safe harbour if we sit down and row…
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8. |
Joyous Escape
02:37
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INSTRUMENTAL
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9. |
Come Back Home
03:01
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_Come Back Home_ By Bob Enns
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Give me any reason
To come back home
Out on the road I’m so alone
Just give me one reason and I’ll break this chain.
And be back in your arms again.... Back in your arms again.
I want to be the reason you come back home
You know that I miss you and I’m so alone
I’m waiting here for you and I want to be
Back in your arms again. Back in your arms again
Chorus
Back in your arms again
Back in your arms
Too long on this road again
I want to be back in your arms
Bridge:
The road that takes you far away....
Brings you back another day
We both have to find the way...
To come back home... To come back home.
Passed a sign .Welcome to Alone
Living our lives on a cellphone
Do you get the feeling the time has come
To turn around and come back home
Chorus
Back in your arms again
Back in your arms
Too long on this road again
I want to be back in your arms
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10. |
The Hermits Blues
04:02
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The Hermits Blues by Dave Kilbank
I’ve been a Hermit since my teenager days,
I’m sorta stuck in my ways (it’s a craze).
My friends are Hermits too, we’re all in a daze,
Self-imposed lockdown in a haze (out of phase).
We write our songs alone, we only come out to play,
And we can jam on-line, share music with no talk of pay.
We mix and master, then we do it again.
The Hermits Blues and Folk and Jazz keeps us sane…
We are all Hermits when we look deep inside,
But we all let it slide (fortified).
If we’re alone too long it lights the dark side,
It looks like Jekyll and Hyde (you can’t hide).
And so we might as well strap in for the ride,
Embrace technology without getting fried.
Then we can launch into the star-studded sky,
The Hermits Blues and Folk and Jazz gets us high…
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11. |
Way Down in the Alley
02:52
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Way Down in the Alley words and music by Paul Bezooyen
There was a cool cat,
wrote really good poetry
With rhythm and rhyme
and fine symmetry
The words got him humming.
The humming got him singing
And way down in the alley at night
Down in the dark alley at night
Way down in the alley at night
You could hear that cat a’ swinging.
Old Dog could hear him.
Said “I wanna jam to that.”
The Cat said “ That’s cool,
jammin’s where it’s at.”
The dog conjured up some
rhythm and blues
And way down in the alley at night
Down in the dark alley at night
Way down in the alley at night
they were howling at the moon.
They sang Ooo Ooo Ooo
Whatcha gonna do ?
Hey Hey Hey
We’re just singing our blues away.
Racoon was listening
from behind the garden gate
Wanted to join in
so he went and tempted fate.
Sang a third harmony
was better with three
And way down in the alley at night
Down in the dark alley at night.
Way down in the alley at night
The mice and crows
and the rabbits and the toads
the owl and the hobo out on the road
were swinging....and singing
swinging and singing too.
They sang Ooo Ooo Ooo
Whatcha gonna do ?
Hey Hey Hey
We’re just singing our blues away.
They sang Ooo Ooo Ooo
Whatcha gonna do ?
Hey Hey Hey
We’re just singing our blues away.
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12. |
Big Brains
03:53
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Big Brains by Dave Kilbank
The brain is a great big place,
Much bigger than outer space.
But sometimes in my thoughts, I find,
That I’ve really got a very small mind.
Great big brains always play small mind games.
The more I learn, the less I know,
The less I think, the more I go,
To extremes in my dreams,
But it seems reality screams at me.
The brain is a crazy place,
Unhindered by time or space.
But somehow I can see sanity,
If it’s not obscured by my vanity.
Great big brains elevate small complaints.
The more I get, the less I show,
The less I say, the more I go,
To extremes in my dreams…
But it seems reality screams at me.
The brain is a scary place,
Hides things that I have to face.
But something deep inside me gets out,
So that I can overcome all my doubt.
Great big brains feeling small growing pains.
The more I fail, the less I grow,
The less I try, the more I go,
To extremes in my dreams,
But it seems reality screams at me.
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13. |
All of Us
02:58
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All of Us. by Bob Enns
Time is the sand that is slipping through your hand
Or wind that is flowing through the leaves on the trees
Resistant to slowing . Persistently flowing
Like so many rivers to the sea
Carrying you...and me for...ever, gently ahead
The past is just slipping away
Bridge
We tie a tether to forever. We go on and on
The heavens know where you go. We never know...We never know
Believing it all. You say what you say
and you know, you know that it's always been this way
All of us are drifting in this space we call time
Uncertain of the reason, unknowing of the rhyme
Evolving, revolving with untethered ends
We find resolving in family and friends
For ever and ever, Gently ahead as our past is slipping away
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The Hermit's Music Project Parksville, British Columbia
3 songwriters and studio musicians at The Hermit's Music record label collaborated to create this album. Each has published other solo and collaborative albums which can be found on BandCamp or at www.theHermitsMusic.com
The Hermit's Music Project recommends:
Check out Paul's solo projects
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Check out Dave's Double Album
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Electro Jam
by Bob Enns and Paul Bezooyen
Bob and Paul go all electric
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