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How the Land Lies

by Matt Paxton

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1.
The Nothing 04:37
Looking back at our window Looking back at the fall Holding on to the nothing Now letting go of it all I'm going out tonight Breaking free from the pain I'm going out forever Now that I'll never be the same I was dreaming I was dancing with you Holding your hands Making up the moves Now I'm crying Now I'm letting you go In to the unknown Where you'll make your home All alone Looking back at our window Looking back at the fall Holding on to the nothing Now letting go of it all
2.
I wrote our names on the sides of the trains In the old Aberdeen yard Thinking one day you'll see, in the city of Marie And return to this broken heart I remember you crying over Ossian's writing As you read his words soft and sweet That was the last time, those were your last lines I knew before you set out free My Charlotte, my baby, my wild valley wind, At night I hear cries from the deep They sing they've seen you, out of the blue On your stairway to the sea So up your river I climbed to your Acadian mind To explain my motive for my deed My unrequited love, your God up above My sweet spirit of the street I never stop trying, I think of you smiling As I spend my days waiting for you My Charlotte, my baby, my wild valley wind My Joan of the deep, dark and blue I remember you crying over Ossian's writing As you read his words soft and sweet That was the last time, those were our last lines I carved them in the linden tree And, I wrote our names on the sides of the trains in the old Aberdeen yard Thinking one day you'll see, in the city of Marie And return to this broken heart
3.
Harbour Town 04:00
Been harbouring a grudge against this harbour town Been eyeing the time as the days whittle down Been thinking of leaving you in the dust Been thinking of abandoning our love Well, I'll try and I'll try and I'll hope to someday escape These ghosts that remind me of those moves you once made Because all I really wish to do Is be happy when I'm thinking of you And I guess you can say that you loved me, better than the rest And I guess time's a test, and the worst may be for the best And maybe the best is yet to be And maybe you're the one for me Been harbouring a grudge against this harbour town Been eyeing the time as the days whittle down Been thinking of holding you in the dust Been thinking of protecting our love
4.
Between high and low Up the Skeena for my gold I'll see her in Two Mile or Hazelton I write these letters to feel better When I'm out in the wind I'm on my trails off the rails East of Port Essington When I'm miles, and miles and miles away I won't forget those days I won't forget your face When I'm miles, and miles on the other side I'll write you every day and night I'll miss you every day and night I'll love you till the day I die Between high and low Up the Skeena for my gold I'll see her in Two Mile or Hazelton
5.
Old track playing on the radio That reoccurring dream A ride that never seems to end Hard times hanging in the freezing rain That make you slip pass your stop and miss your train Till the sky begins to change Let's hit the rail with a head full of gold We can race the sun back west A reason to keep moving on Forget those blues, forget that money Come meet me at the downtown station honey Follow me, I'm not heading anywhere Old track playing on the radio That reoccurring dream A ride that never seems to end Hard times hanging in the freezing rain That make you slip pass your stop and miss your train Till the sky begins to change Till the sky begins to change Till the sky begins to change
6.
Don't get down Turn around Step in to the sun Smile for me, my baby Those days are done We got time We got love And that's all we need Take my hand, for I'm your man And I'll always be I'm not leaving you behind I can't get enough Rolling in the dark, love I'm not giving up I'll stay strong Moving on I'll always love you And remember, those days in December How everything was true I'm not leaving you behind I can't get enough Rolling in the dark, love I'm not giving up I'm not giving up I'm not giving up
7.
King Station 03:33
The next station is King, King Station I'm waiting on Yonge Street for you I'm always waiting on station imitations I'm always looking out for you The crowd pass, the hobo laughs The ghost in the King Edward could be you The church bells yell, the streetcar swells I'm always looking out for you Gold in the day, silver in the night The colour of the light in your eyes Paints my picture, conveys my truth I'm always looking out for you The next station is King, King Station I'm waiting on Yonge Street for you
8.
Elly I'm sorry but I can never look away When your lips are shaking And your eyes are filled with rain When you're shining in the sun Singing your songs to me Elly don't worry I know it won't be long Till your back in my arms And all our fears have gone When the bluebird cries How the land lies My love Stay strong, hold on My love, it won't be long Stay strong, hold on My love, it won't be long

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How the Land Lies, released April 29th, 2011, was written, recorded and mixed in February of 2011. The album was co-produced by Matt Paxton and Michael Keire in Keire’s Threshold Recording Studio, located in downtown Hamilton, Ontario. The album features Steve McKay (of Bruce Peninsula) on Drums, Billy Holmes (of Dark Mean) on bass, banjo and organ, as Paxton provides guitar and vocals.

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released April 29, 2011

All Songs © M. Paxton (SOCAN)

Produced by Matt Paxton & Michael Keire,
Engineered by Michael Keire at Threshold Recording Studio

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