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What's That Over There A Dead Rainbow? Certain death and the truth of life Are the best of friends and they're very tight So they ride together They never guess at this or that Everything they say is always right Their weaponry is simple words Simple deeds with a predictable end And they don't even try Their actions are never light Like a wrecking ball swinging at the sight Of this whole tiny world Look up, up, up, look up in the The moon is going to crash And we're all going to die tonight Can you hear the flood It's coming, coming crashing down And you cannot get out of the way The listening part is hard There's a lesson to be learned If you know what I mean
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You Sing Low and We Will Sing High You sing low and we will sing high You sing low and we will sing high No matter how high it gets That's the thing about death It takes everything you've got That's the thing about death So take your memories from the bank And relax with them You sing low and we will sing high You sing low and we will sing high No matter how high it gets We live a good life We watch the world become new We've done everything right But given the chance to do it again We'd do it twice as fast And twice as good You sing low and we will sing high You sing low and we will sing high No matter how high it gets
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Old Times Past New Times I spent my life in only two blocks Of a seven and a half block town Was scared of the river though the river was frozen At least four feet down Played a drunken version of the "Battle of New Orleans" For the whole British Army Luckily they seemed to like the tune So they sang along with me Decisions that I've made Decisions that I've made Slate wiped clean by a fresh snow But the fire died in the night Spent all morning trying to blow and blow But the son of a bitch won't light The approach of February tells me that I should not tarry but to prepare for what's right Because when you're six foot one The guy whose five foot ten is looking for a fight Decisions that I've made Decisions that I've made Slept outside in minus forty-five But the jacket kept me warm The whiskey kept me warmer on the inside But resting is no cure Woke up frozen to a plastic chair And dug in the snow for wood The Northern Lights swam and danced around my head Comin' forth to carry me home Decisions that I've made Decisions that I've made The threat of broken hands From the battle of the bands Will be typical during flight Take another sip of my personal hell To get me through tonight The louder you get the worse you're off But you minimize your pain Then your best friend comes and drags you From the bar and saves your life again Decisions that I've made Decisions that I've made Thermometer says it's only minus ten But it's sixty below in this bar I've spent all night being heckled By the nicest evil crowd Decisions that I've made Decisions that I've made Decisions that I've made Decisions that I've made
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The Future of Tradition Frankie can you hear me when I'm calling you From so far away From so far away my love It's me Albert your loving man They've got flowers over here that you have never seen I named one after you It's always in bloom and never seems to wither away Albert there's just moments before we meet again So far away When this floor drops the public will be satisfied And I'll be back with my loving man Frankie don't be scared of the other side It's bright but it feels just the same I'll be right here waiting for you to arrive It's not so far away Albert I am wearing my favourite dress The dress you bought for me I've been wearing it six days now waiting for today When I cross will it be made clean Frankie over hear you just create yourself Whatever you want to be Don't imagine anything and everything you will be You are beauty eternally Albert I am happy to go this way And I love........
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Pretty Bird 02:31
Pretty Bird Oh the pretty bird She warbled sweetly Oh the pretty bird Once sang in rhyme Now the pretty bird Calls to her babies Those poor babies She cannot find I wish that I had not Cut down that mighty tree Now the pretty bird Just stands there crying All the other birds They scream at me I worked for the power company I had not been there very long It was my third day And I did not want to Attack the beauty That surrounded me But now the bright sky has been cluttered With lines that divide the air So the common man Can plug in a tv And use the power We think we have Now the summer months They bring me torture They bring me no joy And a crying shame And the once sweet Songs of the pretty birds They haunt me all day And in my dreams I wish I could reverse The damage that I have done But no amount of good deeds doing Will make the pretty birds Stop reminding me
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It Is In the Water There's gonna be a day when the bottom will drop out And all of our hands will be free There will be peace of mind And the total dissolve of our money Happiness with life shall reign supreme It's in the water Flowing forward Widening the river Slowly down the hill A blue sky is waiting patiently above that storm cloud Constructed of an answer like a key To the lock on everybodies door that soon will be opened Letting through the flood Whose path is simplicity It's in the water Flowing forward Widening the river Quickly down the hill Great changes will be made and All of us must deal with them You cannot save yourself with a lie A day will come when all beings will truly be alone Forced to answer this when they die Did you foul the water That flowed so freely Poisoning the rivers And destroying the hills So it's never too late and there's no time like the present To help your world with a basic exercise Just touch the water It's flowing beauty It doesn't even need us But gives us everything Just touch the water It's flowing beauty It doesn't even need us But gives us everything
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We Are All The Middle Child We are not here And we are not there We are simply Everywhere We are the middle child We are the middle child You may have been born first or last You may be hung up on the past You are the middle child You are the middle child You don't need things and you don't need peace All you need is some form of release You are the middle child You are the middle child We all have aunts and we all have uncles If you think you're alone That's impossible You are the middle child You are the middle child
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The Gambler Never Wins I saw you in a dream In the form of a train Rolling on down the line When it arrives a slice of heaven will step off To ease my worried mind Lord, lord To ease my worried mind But the train it don't stop For twenty-one days Pushing on down the track I wish that my little baby would finally come home I wish that she'd hurry back Lord, lord I wish that she's hurry back I'm standing at the station With tears in my eyes Trying to hold them in A letter it arrives and says just this inside The gambler he never wins Lord, lord The gambler he never wins She must have had enough of my foolish ways Found herself another man So the bottom of my world has been washed out beneath my feet I haven't even got a friend Lord, lord I haven't got a friend Now that a cloud of darkness Has enveloped my whole head I ain't got no where to stand I think I'll fill my cup until it overflows Deal myself another hand Lord, lord Deal myself another hand In a few short moments My little heart it will stop And I will be in pain no more In the next round I'll finally settle down Hold on to what I lost before Lord, lord Hold on to what I lost before
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As Long As One Sun Could Shine Woman don't you take your heart No woman don't give it away I'll return someday I've been dreaming of you As long as one sun could shine And as long as a river could flow Darling you can know I am dreaming of you Oooh I'll be your loving man Baby won't you come away And lady marry me By the captain of a ship Upon the big blue sea On the way to England girl From there we'll walk straight North Everyday of Spring Flowers will bloom at our feet Oooh I'll be your loving man
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"The near flawless, sultry delivery of Squire's vocals is the album's most notable asset. It's impressive Squire has managed to stay off-the-grid to the extent that he has thus far, considering the length and weight of his resume. March 12 should finally bring him the accolades he's working so hard to avoid." - CHART ATTACK

"A quiet, unassuming debut by a talented songwriter who doesn't require bells and whistles to make us listen closer." - NOW TORONTO

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released November 2, 2010

To record this record you need a teac a-3440, tascam dp-08, 3m 226 tape, realistic cassette recorder, maxell high bias cassette tape, leggings wrapped about a bent coathangar frame, mic stand with boom, audio technica 2020, art tube mp studio, sennheiser 935, traynor mark III, traynor yba-I, traynor yvr-I, pan duo-matic, traynor yt-15, traynor ycv-40 (cabinet), yorkville ysm2p, squier bronco bass, tokai 335, justin's gibson acoustic guitar, piano, old accordion, old fiddle, supreme kick drum, sonor floor tub and snare, dadarrio exl-145s, dunlop green picks, old ride cymbal, aphex aural exciter type-c, tascam pe-40, teac ge-20 eq, egg shaker and pencils and paper.

All songs written and performed by Frederick Squire
Recorded and mixed by Frederick Squire in Sackville, NB
Mastered by Rick White
Photography and layout by Paul Henderson
Format: LP/CD/digital

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