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Spaceman from Weslemkoon
03:16
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don't know where i'm going but i better get there soon
there's only four walls you can climb in any room
i got to go... it's time to go
'cause i feel that i'm about to hit a hole
if i'm not there tomorrow don't wait for me past noon
after that you better hope that you don't see me soon
i got to go... it's time to go
'cause i feel that i'm about to hit a hole
there's always something moving in of the corner of my eye
is that a long lost spirit or just a goddamn fly?
i got to go... it's time to go
'cause i feel that i'm about to hit a hole
the wind is in the trees and the branches clutch the moon
the moon is spilling stories about those who left too soon
i got to leave... it's time to leave
you will hear me whistling thru the trees
gather up my children and give them what i own
there's a hundred grande that i keep beneath a stone
they might need it where i'm goin'
'cause it looks like i'm going there alone
and if you find my bones won't you marry them w/ flame
throw a little house party and dance with my remains
you can dance me out there beyond
and i'm leaving you right here with this song
don't know where i'm going...
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Big Boy
04:22
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well i woke up this morning and i turned on the news
TV in the morning will just give a soul the blues
an attractive news lady told me it was the first day of spring
and down there in the city the pollution count was crowding 10
but she said 'don't worry, we predicted it would be'
i thought, 'how the hell is that going to help you or me'?
when i was a little boy you know my daddy said to me
always face your problems and never trust authority
you gotta take it on the chin and get a little taste
put your head to the grindstone and look it in the face
when you're a big boy
now my very own little boy, you know he said to me
while he was shooting his bow and arrow at a target beneath a tree
he said 'dad i want to be a hunter when grow up
get some good clean food, stop eating all this junk
when i'm a big boy
dad i'm gonna be a big boy'
now this old world, she's a tired old girl
'cause we have dirtied all her rivers, we've made her air impure
consumerism's killing her and the money lenders choke
if we're ever going to beat this mess,
it's going to take a brand new approach
and son don't you be too much like your dad
chasing each sensation, burning every path
be kind to your mother and do just what you're told
she's giving you the love that's the nutrition for your soul
when you're a big boy
you're gonna be a big boy
you're gonna be loved
you're gonna give love
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Happy on Earth
04:34
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my girl likes her suds in a big ol' bathtub
with cast iron legs and porcelain soap trays
and i like my scotch in a little shot glass
makin' songs of the future from tunes of the past
and we like to laugh, no life's not so bad
we're both having fun not living too fast
and we hit the porch with a smile on our face
and the lady next store thinks we're a disgrace...
chorus
you're so happy on earth
you're so happy on earth
you're so happy on earth you're in heaven
but this earth is hell
to the devil
hell is heaven...
the man at the corner got an old leather face
gravel voice like a feather and a run-down old place
but he got some tales that he's just not tellin'
about far away war, forgotten blood lettin'
but he smiles at us and i smile back
i know he's seen some miles beyond that old shack
as it was in the beginning it will be in the end
and we're both all alone, and we both need a friend
chorus
if i had a freight train and my very own track
i'd sleep in the caboose in an old leather sac
and i'd sing to the mountains with the moon in my face
and i'd ride all my friends far away from this place
chorus
you're so happy on earth
you're so happy on earth
you're so happy on earth you're in heaven
but this earth is hell
to the devil
hell is heaven...
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Great Day For Living
04:22
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the soldiers' they are dying and the bets are jacked up high
this property's worth more than the air that's in your sky
the big players got their heads down, you never see their face
pushing all the buttons that manipulate the race
the cellphones crowd the airwaves and the cars they choke the street
airplanes they hit buildings that crumble at your feet
the leader of your country's taking cash in paper bags
huddled in hotel rooms for which you probably paid
chorus
and it's a great day for living
for living up to what we're given
can i say i love the light that's in your eyes
it's a great day for living
big industry is shifting man the shift has hit the fan
now china's gonna make you wish you never left Japan
you know i think we shagged too much we should have just held hands
but on the odd night in a dream you know i'm still your man
and then the sun is coming up like a cruise missile head
i'm looking for the blue sky but there's a yellow film instead
the glaciers are melting and the earth is heating fast
but to stop production would just be too much to ask
chorus
there's dead leaves and pine cones in this country lane
since the fall has fallen the hills are blue again
you know i love you lady and i'll love you 'till the end
i know that you're a wilderness but i feel that you're my friend
and it's a great day for living
for living up to what we're given
can i say i love the light that's in your eyes
it's a great day for living
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6. |
Wanna be Happy
06:16
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i feel so bad, but i wanna feel good
gonna try a little something, don't know that i should
i went to the closet for an old working glove
pulled a hundred dollar bill, gonna buy a little love
so that i could be happy the rest of my day
i could be happy the rest of my night
and it's knock knock knock in the alley in the back
i need a little love no strings attached
i'll show you little sugar, i'll show you little spice
but you better treat this girl real nice
just wanna be happy the rest of my day
wanna to be happy the rest of my night
one look at me and that girl did say
you don't look like a man that often pays
i said no you're wrong, i've paid way too much
a hundred dollar cheap for a little bit of love
just wanna be happy the rest of my day
wanna to be happy the rest of my night
we finished our business and she started to laugh
she said don't be a stranger, you come right back
i mined my manners, my thanks, my please
that's the kind of action put a man to ease
just wanna be happy the rest of my day
wanna to be happy the rest of my night
the next time i came i brought a little wine
she read me my cards and we had a good time
there was no future, there was no past
we lived in the moment and we had a real blast
and we could be happy the rest of our day
and we could be happy the rest of our night
you know i got a little place in the country side
where the birds all sing ad the bears all hide
this can't be no kind of life
you could come with me and be my wife
and you could be happy the rest of your day
and you could be happy the rest of your night
she took a deep breath, she started to cry
she said no way jack and don't ask why
i made myself a promise in this life
i'm never ever gonna be another man's wife
and i can be happy the rest of my day
i can be happy the rest of my night
well i can't go back to that house no more
'cause they put a big padlock on the door
the cops all came they took the girls away
and where they took those girls they just won't say
but i hope they be happy the rest of their day
i hope they be happy the rest of their night
i think of that girl from time to time
i hope she's living well in warm sunshine
if i ever see my minnie again
i'm gonna give that girl a great big grin
so she can be happy the rest of her day
she can be happy the rest of her night
i wanna be happy the rest of my day
i wanna be happy the rest of my night
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7. |
Before they call me Home
03:43
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all my friends are talking health and healing
i'm still just getting high and reeling
lookin' for a magic moment worth stealing
i'm on my way back home
all my friends got a three tier mortgage
they're doing the dishes, taking out the garbage
i still want to pay a little homage
before they call me home
chorus
you can bury my ass in the cold cold ground
between the sumach tree and my small town
i still want to get all the way down
before they call me home
we got ourselves a wee little child
i don't want to settle down, i want to make her wild
walking with a skip and seeing with a smile
we're on our way back home
people round here sure got alot
and they don't care much for those that have not
here's to the pissers without any pot
we're on our way back home
chorus
you can bury my ass in the cold cold ground
between the sumach tree and my small town
i still want to get all the way down
before they call me home
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Sauce in a Can
03:53
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i got too high / i needed to land
so i chopped up some chicken right into the pan
went to the shelf and opened a can
now i'm feeling better thanks to sauce in a can
i met a girl / we started to talk
it went pretty well so we went for a walk
she winked at me and held my hand
so i cooked her some fish in a sauce in a can
chorus
sauce in a can / sauce in a can
some come from india / some from japan
sauce in a can, sauce in a can
when i'm cooking dinner i use sauce in a can
that president makes pretty good choices
delectable memories from far away places
turns out the president's a bit of a clown
monopolizes companies to bring the price down
but it's a free country / you do what you can
when i'm cooking dinner i use sauce in a can
chorus
it turns out the can, it's not the answer
ever since the fifties it's been giving us cancer
look for a solution / i didn't look far
now i'm makin' dinner with a sauce in a jar
chorus
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Push
05:12
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hey sister / hey mister
wanna see the sun rise in the sky?
hey buster / lack lustre
you better put some sunshine in those eyes
'cause the time is now
we can do it now
and i know somehow
i will get behind... and push
hey neighbour / hey labour
you know you're always welcome to stop by
hey mother / ex-lover
we're going to find that friendship by and by
and the time is now
we can do it now
and i know somehow
i will get behind... and push
hey mister / prime minister
funny how you sent those kids to die
hey mother / my sweet mother
funny how this time keeps slippin' by
well the time is now
we can do it now
and i know somehow
i will get behind... and push
funny how this time keeps slippin' by...
better find some sunshine for those eyes
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10. |
Blue Banjo Breakdown
03:21
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he was born with a fever / he was born with an itch
he was born with a knack for striking it rich
but he lost all his money, he lost everything he owns
'cause he can't leave the ladies alone
he fell down from heaven with lightening in his head
a hip flask of single malt, an angel in his bed
but he lost the pedigree to which he was born
'cause he can't leave the ladies alone
chorus
he can't leave the ladies alone, sweet jesus
said he can't leave the ladies alone
you know he lost everything
he lost everything he owns
but he can't leave the ladies alone
well, is it a gift, or is it a curse?
is it creation or something much worse?
god put it in him, but i swear it's going to burst
he can't leave the ladies alone
he tells a little story, he does a little dance
there's a little trick he does with a monkey in his pants
god knows he's a thoroughbred right to the bone
and he can't leave the ladies alone
chorus
got one at the race track, he's got one at the bar
he's got one in a high rise, another on a farm
he's got one that's mobile, he gets her on the phone
he can't leave the ladies alone
that jazz singer, she's passing thru town
that CBC reporter, she's got to get down
that african princess is carved out of bone
man, he can't leave the ladies alone
chorus
he bought a country lodge, with cabins by the lake
he'd rise in the morning, he'd wake and he'd bake
his wife ran to get him, "the plumber's on the phone"
well he was flushing the main line and he wasn't alone
he was born with a fever / he was born with an itch
he was born with a knack for striking it rich
but he lost all his money, he lost everything he owns
man, he can't leave the ladies alone
chorus
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Live Forever
03:16
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i know we will live forever, we will live forever more
i know we will live forever, we will live forever more
i can see it in the glimmer of my children's' eyes
feel it on the edge of an october sky
i can hear it in the horns out on the street
i can feel it in the earth right under my feet
i know we will live forever, we will live forever more
i know we will live forever, we will live forever more
it's painted on my sleeping lover's lips
i can feel it in the touch of her finger tips
i can hear it in a fiddle and bagpipe tune
i can see it on the face etched on the moon
i know we will live forever, we will live forever more
i know we will live forever, we will live forever more
i can hear it in an old chuck berry lick
feel it on the edge of the drummers' stick
i can hear it a second line piano roll
when that music hits you square in your soul
i know we will live forever, we will live forever more
i know we will live forever, we will live forever more
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Kidogo
02:45
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i am the prince that nobody knows
crown off my head and holes in my royal robes
robbers have come and stolen the wealth from my kingdom
younger men enjoy all of the women
my subjects have all left the land
the princess i chose she left with another man
this does not mean i will forget just who i am
i must rise up and reclaim my crown
rise up, rise up, rise up and grow
rise up, rise up, rise up and grow
'cause nobody knows...
i'm walking thru summer with all of my friends
the raven, the hawk and the blue heron
the black bear, the red fox, the cotton tailed deer
i'll gather my strength from the strength that's already here
rise up, rise up, rise up and grow
rise up, rise up, rise up and grow
'cause nobody knows...
the colours are brilliant here in the autumn
the poplar turns golden, the maple turns auburn
the seasons come and the seasons go
i'll plant my seed and thus i will grow
rise up, rise up, rise up and grow
rise up, rise up, rise up and grow
'cause nobody knows...
prince, you awoke this morning in the north country...
rise up, rise up, rise up and grow
rise up, rise up, rise up and grow
i am the prince that nobody knows
crown off my head and holes in my royal robes
robbers have come and stolen the wealth from my kingdom
i must rise up and reclaim this land for my children
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COPPINS Toronto, Ontario
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Grier Coppins began his musical career on the street in Toronto playing bagpipes at the corner Yonge &
Bloor in the mid 1970's. He was an original member of critically acclaimed Canadian bagpipe/funksters Rare Air in the 1980's. In 1993 he founded Taxi Chain, a rhythm & blues infused cocktail of song & tune. Coppins has played almost every major folk fest in Canada & the USA.
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