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River Kids

by Davey Halfbeard

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1.
Coming Home 02:22
Drive for miles with the sun in my eyes Somewhere between Maine and going blind I flip a switch and the radio screams Local news with no meaning Cause it’s you Oh, it’s you I’m coming home to Air on my face and the wind at my back Counties lost in the states I pass Salty air puts me back in my place Like a roundhouse kick to the face Cause it’s you Oh, it’s you I’m coming home to The sun’s gone down but I still feel blind I‘ve lost track of the miles behind On thick air sails in your voice Saying turn back now like I have a choice When it’s you Oh, it’s you I’m coming home to When it’s you Oh, it’s you Because it’s you Oh, it’s you-oo-ooo! I’m coming home to
2.
River Kids 03:51
I am a child of the river In a little muddy cistern My flowers grow Like a turtle in the thick reeds Bowing to knotweed Where the great waters flow So toss in a flat stone And I’ll teach you how to set bones But you must break a few LET’S GO DOWN TO THE RIVER BY THE STREET BRING A COW AND CUCUMBERS TO EAT OH NO, THOSE RIVER KIDS RIVER KIDS Out in the wild Acting like a child Watching fish wander through So come to the water Like a lamb to the slaughter I’ll steal you too Go ahead and struggle I’ll drown you in a puddle You’ll break like bamboo LET’S GO DOWN TO THE RIVER BY THE STREET TAKE A BOW BEFORE YOU TAKE A SEAT OH NO, THOSE RIVER KIDS OH NO-O-O-O-HO-WA-OH LET’S GO DOWN TO THE RIVER BY THE STREET BRING A COW AND CUCUMBERS TO EAT OH NO, THOSE RIVER KIDS OH NO-O-O-O-HO-WA-OH I am a child of the river In a little muddy cistern My flowers grow
3.
Fish 02:37
I swim in this tank all day I hear all the things they say Don’t bite the hand that feeds It knows all your needs But how many needs could a fish really have How many needs could a fish really have The pebbles and the pillars are my friends The only ones who don’t get the bends It’s not so bad down here But my only real fear Is dying alone in the end Is dying alone in the end But who would’ve thought I’d be better off All by myself I can hear them as they bicker and fight They scream into middle of the night They just tap the glass On their way walking past And I hope everything is alright Yeah I hope everything is alright I don’t think that they understand How lucky they are to live on the land They count each breath Every day until their death But here I am wishing I was them And here I am wishing I was them
4.
Lying 03:29
It’s so nice to be with you It feels so fresh and so new So different than what I’m used to At least that’s what I’d say to you But when our plans fall through And we’ve nothing left to do You watch me with those eyes Those pearls as blue as the skies But can’t see past my disguise And you don’t seem to realize That when I’m in this bed I’m so far out of my head When I’m lying next to you So far away from the truth So far away from me and you I'm lying to you You ask me what I think You’re trying to get us back in sync I can practically hear as your heart sinks And I wish so hard that you would blink ‘Cause if you closed your eyes real tight Maybe then you’d see that it’s all trite Because you don’t even know me You’re just picking things up slowly In between the things you show me In between the things that whoa me Because when I’m in this bed I’m so far out of my head When I’m lying next to you So far away from the truth So far away from me and you I'm lying to you And the crazy part to this Is that you love to reminisce About the old things that you miss And at the same time you dismiss That things are not the same There’s no fire to the flame ‘Cause I feel I’m burning out The way that things are turning out And there’s been nothing else but doubt Except one thing I’m sure about And that’s when I’m in this bed I’m so far out of my head When I’m lying next to you So far away from the truth So far away from me and you I'm lying to you It’s all fake but you will see When you’re lying next to me I’m not who you think that I used to be When I’m lying next to you When I'm lying next to you When I’m lying next to you So far away from the truth So far away from me and you I'm lying to you When I’m lying next to you When I'm lying next to you When I'm lying next to you I’m lying to you
5.
Yesterday I walked to my car Felt the heat rising off the tar It’s true what they say I fumble my keys and unlock the door Next thing I know the pedal’s on the floor It’s like you’re back in the passenger seat Windows down so you can hang your feet From Maine to Vermont and all the way back again I’ll drive this road until it comes to an end Our small car is running out of gas But I won’t know it’s gone til my last chance has passed I’m gonna stall I’m gonna brake All over several states Now you rest inside of a lake Where I can swim with you til my lungs start to ache And it’s true what they say But when my asthma gets the best of me I think of you and I breathe easy I know you’re here when the wind starts to blow So I hold my breath then I let it go I had a dream last night that made my blood run cold I saw my mom and she had grown old My chambered heart is running out of room And I won’t know it’s full until a moment too soon It’s gonna spill It’s gonna break All over several states
6.
I know it’s getting late, but I’m sitting here wide awake And I know I’ve made a big mistake I made a big mistake, so Please pick the phone up one last time Don’t leave me hanging on the other end of the line Please pick the phone up one last time Waiting here all alone, hoping my cover’s blown And I talk to the dial tone I talk to the dial tone, so Please pick the phone up one last time While your heart still beats in tune with mine Please pick the phone up one last time I need to talk to you, and you don’t wanna talk me It’s pretty clear to see It’s black and white to me, but Please pick the phone up one last time Don’t leave me hanging on the other end of the line So please pick the phone up one last time Please pick the phone up one last time While your heart still beats in tune with mine Please pick the phone up one last time
7.
Snail 02:37
When I get hungry I eat along Then I turn around And I crawl back home I’m living In a shell Or so it seems Down by the rivers And down by the streams I’m tired of the parables Telling me to eat my vegetables Gotta eat your vegetables Take me Take me away from here Don’t make me Cry another tear I’m making copies of myself And I hope you will take one And keep on your shelf When the whole ground feels a lot like braille ‘Cause baby I’m just a snail And baby I’m just a snail ‘Cause baby I’m just a snail
8.
I am a weathervane on top of a farm I spin around in the wind and try not to do any harm ‘Cause I don’t know who or what I am I don’t know who or what I am I am a rooster crowing up at the morning sky I scratch at the dirt all day and wonder why ‘Cause I don’t know who or what I am I don’t know who or what I am I’m an ear of corn growing midway up the stalk What good is listening if none of my friends ever talk ‘Cause I don’t know who or what I am I don’t know who or what I am I am little worm buried deep into the ground I like to eat the dirt and try not to make any sounds ‘Cause I don’t know who or what I am I don’t know who or what I am
9.
Alcohome 04:33
I wish this car had a fully stocked bar With a tender that knew me by name Maybe then I wouldn’t care. I could go anywhere When the street signs all start to look the same As I’m crossing each state line I forget which is mine But I swear that this road takes me home I wish I could be nowhere at all I wish I could be nowhere at all Between the wreckage and a place on your wall The changing of winds makes my head spin I’m dizzy and ready to fail Then I start drinking it feels like I’m sinking Using my empties to bail When the sun wakes me up I will crush this red cup It’s just another bread crumb on the trail I wish I could be nowhere at all I wish I could be nowhere at all Between the wreckage and a place on your wall
10.
All this happened so long ago I can’t remember How’d we get here, feels like I’m living in December Days roll by in disguise all around us Habits form and they start to surround us It’s far too late to get out now The years passed us by And we need to break our vows With fears cast aside It’s far too late to get out now The years passed us by And we need to break our vows With fears cast aside Who’d have thought I’d be drowning myself in your lungs Silent screaming, words stopped rolling off of my tongue Hindsight 20/20 is useless All these accusations are ruthless It’s far too late to get out now The years passed us by And we need to break our vows With fears cast aside It’s far too late to get out now The years passed us by And we need to break our vows With fears cast aside
11.
Pull up a chair and watch the world burn tonight Grab a cold beer, now the flames are burning bright And I don’t know when I don’t know when I’ll see you again You with your torch, and me with a bag of shit Maybe we team up and find some targets to hit Cause I don’t know when I don’t know when I’ll see you again If I get rowdy you can put me up on trial And maybe if I’m you’ll hold me in contempt for a while Cause I don’t know when I don’t know when I’ll see you again But don’t worry I’ll leave the porch light on for you And when I make coffee I’ll save an extra cup or two Cause I don’t know when I don’t know when I’ll see you again
12.
Bird 03:44
I’m the bird that follows you Through the dark inside of you You’re a great big willow tree Hollow through and through I’ll build a nest in your branches high Feel the breeze roll across the sky Sit and watch the falling leaves As they learn to fly No, no, no No, no, no No, no, no No, no You’re a train on the tracks tonight The brakes failed and I’m holding tight I’m terrified for your life Of what’s down the line All the thoughts inside your head Burning and glowing red You’re furnace full of coal A fire bound to spread No, no, no No, no, no No, no, no No, no A puppy dog, a garden snake All the nights you lay awake Seems like a very fair trade For a promise you can’t break Try and wait til the sun will rise Let the sky brighten up your eyes The world needs one last glow Before you go No, no, no No, no, no No, no, no No, no
13.
On foggy mountain roads through Vermont With my cassette tapes of Lord of the Rings From the BBC, I know just what it means To be lost Oh, to be lost And to be free To be lost Oh, to be lost And to be free I panic real hard about emergency brakes And I panic even harder about mountain snakes If I break down here will I die young tonight? Or will I, see the morning light? will I, see the morning light? I wave goodbye to the maple trees I wave goodbye to the things I see Maybe Danville and Hardwick, too And I stare And I swear I’ll be back soon And I stare And I swear I’ll be back soon
14.
Turkey 03:02
The Wild Turkey sweats from across the room I look at the clock and it's only half past noon I wonder how I wonder how I got here And I'm too afraid to check my own phone I'm afraid I might have called you when I was alone I wonder how I wonder how things got so bad I try to stand up but I fall right back down Every noise I make is an awful sound I wonder how I wonder how you'd look at me I take it inch by inch and row by row Even if I had seeds I couldn't make this garden grow I wonder how I wonder how the sun will die I wonder how I wonder how I wonder how I got here
15.
When I went to bed, my fish was swimming In the morning he was dead, the tears started brimming Had he been there all night? Did he die alone? And I’ll never feel alright, until I feel it in my bones I’ll never feed him again, I’ll never clean his tank And when I get sad now and then, I know I’ll have him to thank It’s not what he’d want for me, I think he’d want me to smile I don’t think he wanted to go, but he’d been sick for a while I feel like a wet seed wild, in the hot blind earth I feel like an unborn child, waiting for his birth I’m not sure what comes next, now that you’re gone When everyone pays their respect, am I supposed to move on? I’ll miss the way you looked up at me, although I think it was the other way around I’ll miss the way your eyes reflect mine, once you’re back in the ground But I know All the pain is gone, you’re not hurting anymore But I still wish that we could go back to the way things were before

credits

released October 7, 2016

All songs written and performed by Davey Halfbeard except if and where noted*
Guitar - Martin M-36
Harmonicas - Hohner Special 20 in “G” & Hohner Marine Band in "C"
MIDI Controller - Akai MPK Mini Mk. 2
Mic - Blue Snowball
Software - Garageband
Funding - Nonexistent

*Davey Halfbeard did not write the Star Spangled Banner but he did record the intro to Track #11

Album art by Davey Halfbeard using Procreate/GIMP

Special Thanks to all my friends and family for supporting me through coming to my shows, listening to my songs, making me smile, and carrying me through the sad days. Let’s take a moment in silence to remember Piss the Fish.

Last but not least I’d especially like to thank my mom for encouraging me despite the ear bleeding years of broken tones, rusty strings, and chaotic wailing on a guitar. You live on in my heart. I love you.

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Davey Halfbeard Orono, Maine

I've seen a thing or two. Hell maybe nine or ten things more. I know what trouble sounds like and it's knocking at your door.

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