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BOAT

by Old Wave

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1.
Bird Song 05:14
Sunlight keeps on a-changing Pollen coats the windowsill All around the birds call Melodies great and small That flew right over our heads Songs of the whippoorwill Flew right over our heads Songs of the whippoorwill On another ordinary day Dog walking in the woods When suddenly a bird of prey Came swooping through the trees our way And flew right over our heads Gave us a thrill Flew right over our heads Gave us a thrill Plants appear out of nowhere Suddenly the scenery changes Everyday the birds came and went And ate the fruit heaven sent And flew right over our heads You know time don’t stand still Flew right over our heads You know time don’t stand still Flew right over our heads Flew right over
2.
Left the room to play guitar Soon after you fell asleep Picked up guitar despite the hour I couldn’t fall asleep - After my words Spilled out wrong You’re making me right Proving me wrong again Lord knows I got a simple way A can of beer and a melody Lord knows I got a simple way Of getting to the point - There’ll always be room For us to share the bed And ample legroom We can rest our weary heads again Sleep deprived for years and years Following my dream again My wife prefers to sleep at night Resting ain’t enough - For the cricket chorus They can really shine Even inside I can hear them through the pine again Shut the shades, close the screen Turn on the fan the noise the breeze It’ll wash away the day to dream The sweetest melody - With my one and only In my site And I won’t be lonely Not after midnight again
3.
Space Mine 03:37
Bound to be A thrift store find One day of mine Recorded today And mined in space A thrift store find One day of mine Bound to be A short story Somewhere Burned onto something Somewhere out there Burned onto something Bound to be A record of Past thoughts Post memory Burned onto song And passed along Ought to be A mine in space Ought to be A space mine Ought to be One day of mine Ought to be A mine in space
4.
In the news I read Of a sorrow Of people dismissing people again It seemed so commonplace In the news I read Of a protest Only reading lines in faces It seemed so obvious When you dehumanized another person You’re less a person More a human tragedy I read the news and shook Didn’t take a second look I read their faces that day The pages they turned the way I understood them completely And with hardly even reading I knew what side I was on And with hardly even reading I knew it well I knew it well When you dehumanized another person You’re less a person More a human tragedy When you felt good about yourself You could be good to other selves too You could be good to other selves too If you were good to yourself too If you were good to yourself too You would be good to other selves too You would be good to other selves too If you were good to yourself too If you were good to yourself It wouldn’t be you and nobody else If you were good to yourself When you dehumanized another person You’re less a person More a human tragedy With all eyes on the solar eclipse My heart was in Charlottesville Then the rains came flooding down In Houston, Texas These natural distractions Hardly lose their meaning These natural signs Flood and shine Flood and shine
5.
*Based on the short story “The Warrior and the Captive” by Jorge Luis Borges There was a man An innocent man From a primitive land He worshipped the earth In the forests of the north Mother came first He left magic For eternal arches And open spaces He left magic To fight in the south For civilized Rome Call him a traitor For deserting his people’s cause Was it something written in unknown symbols That turned him against his Gods Fast forward thirteen hundred years And a few thousand miles A grey eyed Blonde haired English woman In Argentina She left comfort For feasts of scorched meat To plunder and to scream She left comfort To walk barefoot In the wilderness Call her a captive For not choosing this way of life Her parents killed in an Indian raid Today she is the chieftain’s wife Well I don’t understand Anthropology All apologies But them two people They’re one in the same They’re on the same plain They let themselves Free from reason To feel an impulse They let themselves See the other side Despite the recourse Others may judge What they can’t understand Each flip of the coin Is the same Don’t you understand The traitor and the captive The traitor and the captive The traitor and the captive The traitor and the captive
6.
Tributary 04:26
Tributary Take me to big river Tributary Time now to deliver I'm yours Now make me a believer I'm all ears Run big river Take me on your course Run big river To sea from mountain source I'm yours Don't forsake me at your mouth After all we've seen Hungry ocean Powered by the moon Hungry ocean Riptide ate the dune I'm yours A current to the wind I'm all in So take me to big river Time now to deliver Rain clouds gather Water from the sea Rain clouds gather And rain on hills and trees I'm yours I'm beginning to believe I been reborn So take me to big river Time now to deliver You’re gonna make me a believer Yeah make me a believer
7.
Everybody sees you, as you see everybody Before you put faith in anyone else, you gotta put faith in yourself If only to be simple, and never mind what day of the week you’re on To something good, to embrace the new days ahead When everybody counts, no one's left out Including yourself Boy you could of been a, been a contender If only this new millennium, would not play tricks on your good sense If only to be open, 24-7, that's all of the time And sometimes you get there, you pick up something else Like everybody counts, no one's left out Including yourself Including yourself Everybody counts, nobody's left out Including yourself
8.
Tunnel 02:36
Don’t go on adventures to forget your past Unless that path you’re on be well lit Forget about that light at the end of the tunnel Less you be in a tunnel of love Forget about that light at the end of the tunnel Less you be in a tunnel of love When there’s light all around When there’s light all around When there’s light all around When there’s light all around
9.
Is it a business or is it family? Despite our friendship We don’t always agree We could quarble over the littlest things And walk on not be walked on Dignity how are you? Are you under attack Have the ones you love come at you? Is the wall at your back? You get on your hands and knees And you scrub the floors All to walk on not be walked on All to walk on not be walked on It ain’t easy to walk against the wind When the wind is like a river refusing to quit But it’s all worth it to give all you cannot afford to lose All to walk on not be walked on Trying so very hard not to seem power hungry And walk on not be walked on Doing almost anything you would scrub the floors All to walk on not be walked on We could argue over anything And walk on not be walked on And walk on not be walked on
10.
Finally through the fog I saw my love I was all screwed up And I acted a fool Oh, to see my love again Just like the way things used to be I’d sing an ode to see my love again Ever since that lonely day When I saw her there When I caught that lonely glimpse Staring right at me I felt so shameful and sad Wondering how things coulda been How could I ever do a woman like her wrong? How could I ever do that? Ever since that lonely day When I caught that glimpse When I caught that lonely glimpse Staring right at me Living in that fog That’s what it was All the things that I missed when I was living in that fog That’s what it was All the things that I missed When I was living in that fog Sometimes feels like I can’t see a foot in front of me Sometimes feels like I can’t see a foot in front of me Sometimes feels like I can’t see a foot in front of me Sometimes feels like I can’t see a foot in front of me Living in that fog Living in that fog Living in that fog Living in that fog
11.
These photographs of my memories Imprinted like bloodlines Come to haunt me Come to the surface trigger melancholy For the springtime of my youth The springtime of my life twice removed Silly me these memories Clouded my judgement of how things ought to be Pre Colombians remember a time Before we got caught in a web We might as well be dead Cause nowadays, these memories Take on new life with technology Separation anxiety Happens away from a personal screen I’m just learning to pace myself Place myself in the running As my younger days memories Slowly faded away Yesterday’s a day away Cause nowadays, these memories Take on new life with technology Separation anxiety Happens away from a personal screen Once again we come alive Modern love and remembrance It’s happening before our eyes Modern love and remembrance Just gonna keep on changing The way we remember things Just gonna keep on changing The way we remember things Just gonna keep on changing The way we remember things
12.
If Tempered 05:43
Call my number, call my name, and I'll be there Any time, no questions asked, at the drop of a hat No matter time of day, Or after so many years, Know that I will be right there No matter time of day or year If tempered Call me once and I'll be there, like I said I would Even feeling feeling tempered Like only an oak tree could Believe you me I see the forest through the trees Way up on the hill, the oak trees might Give solace to my soul, give me sight If tempered If I'm different from the way I was before I'm still here And if I seem different from the way I was before I'm somewhere Feeling mellower and stoned In the cold winter snow Listening to the wind outside your front window Frosty moonlight indigo If tempered Call my number call my name and I'll be there Any time at all, all you gotta do is call, and I'll be there No matter time of sunset Or cycle of the moon Know that I will be there soon No matter time of night or in the afternoon If tempered

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released July 10, 2021

Old Wave
BOAT

Pancho Kidd - Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals

Scott Mizrachi - Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals

Ian Kovac - Electric Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, Backing Vocals, Organ, Cello

Regina Peterson - Flute, Backing Vocals

Neil Horsky - Drums

Violins on “Tunnel” and “If Tempered”
Jonah Rapino

Mandolin on “The Traitor and the Captive” and “Modern Love and Remembrance”
Wes Buckley

All lyrics by Pancho Kidd

Audio Engineering
Daniel Abugattas, Vallejo Records

Mixing
Daniel Abugattas and Scott Mizrachi

Mastering
Eli Winograd

Consulting
PJ Goodwin

Recorded in 2019 at the Big Orange Attic, Jamaica Plain, MA

Album Art
Andrew Leonard

Special Thanks to:
Femke, Slug & Stone

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