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I worked with a girl, as quiet as can be,
Until that night at the staff party.
In all the years we knew her, hardly spoke to anyone.
We thought it would be good if she came out and had some fun.
Now she’s twerking on a table with her shirt in her hand.
First party she came to and she got herself banned.
Chorus:
A little bit of distance can take you pretty far
‘Cause when you get too close, you see the mess we all are.
Closer you get, there’s a lot of things you’ll show ‘em ‘cause
Everybody’s normal ‘til you get to know ‘em.
I got a friend seemed a pretty straight up guy
Until we worked our way through half a bottle of rye.
He said the world is run by reptilian shape-shifters,
If you look on-line, you can see all the pictures.
I said “brother, you must be shittin’ me”,
He looked me in the eye and said “You just wait and see”.
Bridge:
Phobias and fixations, delusions and fears
Often exposed with three or more beers
Inside someone’s head, there’s a lot of crossed wires
We pretend they don’t exist, like pathological liars
You know that secret thing that you’ll never tell?
Or the one your folks said would send you straight to Hell.
Sometimes I’m thankful we all have doors
It’s like our elevators all miss a few floors.
So next time you look at someone and wonder what to say
A Capella: They might be lookin’ back at you the very same way.
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Maritimer's Lament
04:04
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My father and his before him
Were ruled by the tides.
Each took the wheel of the Anne Louise
But now that girl is mine.
I was twelve years old
When my father told me “it’s time you come with me”.
My God it was cold but my heart was bold
I learned to love and fear the sea.
Chorus:
We were heroes then, when the boats came in.
When the lobster filled the hold.
Now the winds feel strange and the ocean’s changed.
And the future’s dark and cold.
Growin’ up in a harbour town,
The choice was made for me.
All I knew or ever dreamed I’d do
Was given by the sea.
For thirty-five years I’ve worked these waters,
They’ve given me a life.
I’ve a decent home, raised a son and daughter
I’ve a strong and patient wife.
We were heroes then, when the boats came in.
When the lobster filled the hold.
Now the winds feel strange and the ocean’s changed.
Our legacy’s been sold.
I’m a lucky man ‘cause I fish for lobster
And snow crab on the side.
But the cod are gone, they say it won’t be long.
We’re all on borrowed time.
Bridge:
I catch myself looking at my boy like my father looked at me.
I say, “You need to find a life on the land
‘cause there’s no life left in the sea.
there’s no life left in the sea.
But we were heroes then, when the boats came in.
When the lobster filled the hold.
Now the winds feel strange and the ocean’s changed.
I’m tired and I’m old.
But we were heroes then, when the boats came in.
When the lobster filled the hold.
Now the winds feel strange and the ocean’s changed.
I’m tired and I’m old.
I was twelve years old
When my father told me “it’s time you come with me”.
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My Heart Is Yours
05:29
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I saw you at the party, I hoped you’d be there.
I really want to talk to you but my feet won’t take me there.
It was so darn easy, before my heart chose you
Now I’m left a stumbling fool with no idea what to do.
There’s always been something, a seed inside of me
That the sunlight of your smile has awakened and set free.
But since my heart has changed, my confidence is gone.
It’s so hard to talk to you, so I’m writing you this song.
Chorus
I’m in love with you, my heart is yours
I’m in love with you, no way to change my course.
I’m hopeless yet I’m hopeful that you will finally see.
I’m in love with you …. and you could be with me.
I’m fascinated by everything you do,
When you walk into the room, my eyes are drawn to you.
Something in your voice touches my heart.
Singing this song to you is my way to make a start.
I’m in love with you, my heart is yours
I’m in love with you, no way to change my course.
I’m hopeless yet I’m hopeful that you will finally see.
I’m in love with you …. and you should be with me.
Can you hear me?
Can you see?
Can you love me?
Can you believe in you and me.
It was you that brought me here with all the things you do
Whatever time life’s given me, I want to spend that time with you.
There’s many years behind us and fewer yet to come
Take my hand, take my heart and let our lives be one
I’m in love with you, my heart is yours
I’m in love with you, no way to change my course.
I’m hopeless yet I’m hopeful that you will finally see.
I’m in love with you …. and you should be with me.
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The Wine's All Gone
03:11
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J: It was just a dinner to sort things out
Enough time had passed, we could talk and not shout.
K: To end on good terms and empty our hearts,
To understand why we tore it apart.
Chorus:
Tog: Well there’s no good reason I should be here with you,
K: We said our good-byes and decided we’re through
Tog: We both know where this is going to,
J: You came for dinner now it’s quarter to two
Tog: The wine’s all gone, we’re dancing naked in the dining room.
J: I don’t know why we had to make it so hard,
K: We let tiny things just tear us apart.
J: Never had a problem when the lights were low, (oh no)
K: Feeling our way to love’s afterglow.
Bridge:
It’s easy for you, it’s easy for me
We got an effortless sexual ESP
But what do we do when the lights come on?
Can we forgive and forget? Can we fix what went wrong?
(Tog)So what do we do now, where do we go?
Forget it ever happened or take it quiet and slow?
Are we together or is this the end?
One night of passion and we walk away friends?
Is this forever or only one night?
Can we make it last for the rest of our lives?
Chorus: (close curtains and let the sparks fly!)
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Chorus:
What did I do right
To bring you to my life?
I bless the rocky road that brought us here.
It was right right from the start,
Your love has healed my heart,
You’re my Valentine…
Every day of the year.
I looked for a card today, read every one in the store.
But none of them came close to what my heart was looking for.
I don’t need to apologise, or say things left unsaid,
Our love just seemed so minimized by the hokey cards I read.
A cartoon heart could never say
Or touch what’s come to be
The love that I feel every day
When you look at me.
I stood there remembering how far we both have come.
We were two broken hearts that healed together as one.
Building a life together one day at a time,
We’re finally free of the past we left behind.
How could I find that on a card?
A poem just won’t do
To thank you for the life we have,
For all that we’ve been through.
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Here’s to you and here’s to me.
Here’s to our lives and to those we leave.
Here’s to the past and to what may be.
Here’s to you and here’s to me.
On days like this when the world’s closing in,
And there’s so much to do, don’t know where to begin.
I just walk down to the stream where we laid you to rest
And have a drink with you Dad to get the weight off my chest.
The path is worn, I know it well.
Through the orchard past where the maple fell.
On that stump by the stream you’d come here to think.
Where that whiskey was hid, you’d sneak a drink. And you’d say:
Chorus:
I still remember the day you died,
It took a whole year before I could cry
Kept all that sadness bottled inside
Said I was fine every time but I lied.
I was back at the farm working late one night
Trying to fix that door that would never close right.
Without even thinking, I called out to you.
Finally realized you’re gone and my heart broke in two.
I knelt on that floor bowed by the weight
Of a years worth of tears bottled by fate
Never again would I hear you say,
“You got this son” in your fatherly way.
I don’t know how long I spent on that floor
But when the tears stopped, I fixed that damn door.
I kissed Mom goodnight and as I drove home.
With your voice in my heart I knew I wasn’t alone.
Don’t worry Dad, there’s still whiskey to share
But now I’m the one who hides it down there
I’m watching the farm I take good care of Mom.
I hope when I’m gone, I’ll share a drink with my son …. And He’ll say
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No Room For A Ghost
03:57
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It was just another afternoon,
Walkin’ home in the rain.
When you called out, he turned
And I could see his body change.
You used to work together,
So much history in your eyes.
Tell me do you dream about him?
Your voice says “no” but your body lies.
I never thought before
of who he was before we met.
I never felt before
a memory could be a threat.
You smiled and said “good bye”,
You couldn’t help one last embrace.
Pretending it was friendship
but the longing still was on your face.
Chorus:
Cry for your chances gone
Weep for the things that you didn’t do.
Can’t you see that he’s moved on?
There’s no room left for you.
Don’t think for a second
I’m gonna go all Jolene on you.
I won’t beg, I’m tellin’.
There’s no hope now, your time is through.
Your page has turned,
That chapter ended years ago.
The story that we’re writing
Has no room for a ghost. No room for a ghost.
Chorus:
Cry for the chances gone
Weep for the things that you didn’t do.
Can’t you see that he’s moved on?
There’s no room left for you.
No room for a ghost, no room for a ghost, no room for a ghost
I can see right through you………
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I've Got Nomophobia
03:18
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Chorus:
I’ve got nomophobia, it’s getting out of hand.
Can’t live without my phone, I’m sure you understand.
I’m just another victim of an evil corporate plan.
I’ve got nomophobia, It’s getting out of hand.
J: At first it was a phone, as simple as can be.
To get hold of other people and they’d get hold of me.
K: And then I started texting just in case they missed my call.
My God I was so witty then, each ended with a “LOL”.
J: Before long I could email, got music on phone.
Checking news and traffic to find the best way home.
K: And then came social media, it seemed like harmless fun,
Endless hours of scrolling, my obsession had begun.
Chorus
K: Many times I’ve lost it and that’s been quite a scare,
J: Searching every pocket and finding nothing there.
K: Racing back to where I was to find my precious toy.
J: To hold it in my hands again, unmitigated joy!
Bridge:
Calls and texts and emails Maps and banking too, Wikipedia settles arguments for you.
News and information, politics and porn.
It’s the last thing that I touch at night and first thing every morn.
Chorus
Tog: So I bought the latest model with a bigger better screen.
Higher resolution and the camera is a Dream.
Gigabytes of memory, it’s one Damn sexy phone!
I couldn’t live without it now ‘cause then I’d be alone.
it’s a flashlight, it’s a compass,
it’s an alarm clock, it’s my calendar,
It’s a timer, holds my photos,
it’s for when I feel socially awkward It’s for dating
when you’re waiting, it’s for banking,
it’s my personal assistant, navigations,
negotiations, book vacations,
master bat…. (woah!)
Chorus
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Finally
03:48
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You looked so perfect standing next to me,
Promising your vows for friends and family.
I know it’s late and we’re tired after our big day but
Come and lie beside me now and put those clothes away.
Chorus:
Finally, it’s our turn,
Finally, I get you all to myself
Let’s close the door and put our hearts together
It’s our time to make time, finally.
The day’s been long, we hardly slept last night.
The baby’s teething and our toddler’s started to bite.
I know it’s late and there’s laundry to be put away but
Come and lie beside me now, those other things can wait, ‘cause
Bridge:
It’s time for us, for you and me
‘cause we are the foundation of our family.
Just close your eyes
And listen to the beat of our hearts as we take time just to be.
Our youngest left for college just the other day,
We helped her load the car and watched her drive away.
The years flew by and now it’s back to you and I so
Come and lie beside me now and hold me as I cry.
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Cut Flowers
06:01
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My heart was like a wasteland, where nothing grew no more.
My withered soul was as dry as the sand that blew outside my door.
I put love’s tools away and locked them tightly in.
They’re old and they’re no damn good, won’t ever need them again!
Never need them again.
Never need them again.
Never need them again
Chorus:
Cut flowers there on the table, there in the hall,
Fragile and perfect, then they wither and fall.
She came on to me like a mist on the plain,
Her smile warmed my heart those withered, they roots grew again.
We played in the sunshine, sang into the wind
Had our own private Eden, without any sin.
I believed again
I believed again
I was believin’ again
Cut flowers there on the table, there in the hall,
Fragile and perfect, then they wither and fall.
Cut flowers there on the table, perfect and new.
Here for a moment, gone too soon.
(spoken: God you were lovely) Her: Aahhhh (singing)
Him: I still hear your voice in my mind. I remember that time when you were in the garden singing and it started to rain, you were soaked to the bone but you didn’t care. You were laughing and dancing and so God damned beautiful.
What choice did I have? I let you in, I fell in love with you.
I gave you everything!
They say good things must end, and I guess that’s probably so,
Like that cold September morning when I sat and watched her go.
I went into our garden with tears in my eyes.
Cut everything down to the ground – a tribute to her lies.
Threw those tools away
On the ground in the rain
Never gonna need them again.
Cut flowers there on the table, there in the hall,
Fragile and perfect, then they wither and fall.
Dead flowers there on the table, they remind me of you.
I keep them there to remember all you put me through
Never again (spoken x 4)
Never again x 4
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Rhindress Kelowna, British Columbia
We began writing songs in 2017 and now have 18 original songs which we have begun recording under the band name Rhindress.
Our songs are a reflection of our real life experiences and the people and stories we have gleaned from our travels across Canada and the world.
Jim Rhindress plays guitar and Kim Rhindress plays keys, bass and melodeon. We both sing and harmonize and love spreading the love!
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