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First The World And Then, Your Mom

by Randal Graves

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1.
Big Wind Blues: (words and music: Desmarais-Racine) My home My home was taken down X2 'Cause when the big wind came He blew it on the ground My house My house was blown away X2 It's gonna be a drag I can't afford to pay My home My home was all I had X2 No need to tell me you man The blues I got it bad Big wind You ain't got nothin' on me X2 You may have taken my home But I still sing in harmony Novembre 2007
2.
If Only I'd Know Further (paroles et musique: Joel Desmarais-Racine) Once you got into framing Your mind might be full of things Be a slut or be a star? What's my purpose if I sell cars? A pool of wine is what I want But playing blues I'll just get(the)pond Maybe someday there will be a light Instead of posers in my sight Chorus: Let the past be the past And help him make it last If only I'd know further I'd be through You call yourself a roots lover You even did a Dylan's cover You modernized a good ol' track Into a crappy one of your rack I'll climb the counter and piss in the sink Just to get there I'll jump in the ring Maybe someday there will a sign But I'll have to leave it all behind Chorus Crack a window I'm needing air For the record I'm staying square I'll be able to sing my songs With whiskey drowning all my lungs My backup band must know the blues And all the chances that we might lose If we don't write for teenage girls A Simple Plan to rule their world Septembre 2008
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How long will you still be on my mind? (paroles et musique: Desmarais-Racine) Down the street babe I'm layin' down It's the end babe No more stalker clown Won't the sun burn my eyes 'Cause love has just made blind But how long babe Will you still be on my mind? The record played The band is leaving town The sorry-agent says Boy, they didn't like your sound See the Nevada's vulture Rip it off, this heart of mine But how long babe Will you still be on my mind? Any memorie babe I locked them in the city's square From my dreams babe I kinda think you care 'Cause it's only when I'm messy That I see you lookin' behind But how long babe Will I keep you on my mind? The sun in her eyes Was never so sweet before Sorrow at my window The pain I never see no more But soon the cold mornin' Will come and take this gal' of mine But how long babe Will I keep you on my mind?
4.
The Hanged Ones (Paroles et musique: Desmarais-Racine) No one had the guts to compromise the men No one had inspect the old darn mills No one had mention the blood line on their hands No one even ask my 'pa's last will Oh daddy, please say it isn't so Please tell me you didn't kill those men All my friends told me: '' At the moment they go, They hanged ones always crap their pants. '' I didn't had the choice, they didn't had the rights They did not had the rights to touch my daughter I still can hear her scream in my lonely nights Gotta be real strong for my last hour Listen to me son, please let me tell you so Come here close so you can understand Take care of your 'ma, be sure to let her know That tomorrow I'll take it like a man Joel Desmarais Mai 2009
5.
What We Are 05:40
What We Are (Paroles et musique: Desmarais-Racine) Someone's fear has caught with you That made look kinda bad You dodge the bullet And flew outta my way And I'll never know the things you did Nor the story that brought pain I'm just trying to reach you Am I strong or am I sane? And the little crying kid in rag Don't even look the same And you came upon And we became what we are Someone chill just made out with you I swear to you that look bad He just puked all over you And leaving you freaking mad T'was I that you went to But I was unaware I didn't even was free from mind That must have been so unfair But in the sky it's written In a big and flashing square: ''And you came upon And we became what we are'' And from that time, we never been close I was studying math From a distant class But to the same one that you went to But then, one weekend I saw you With that dork and a shitty flick I just kept on looking at you And wish you were my chick And the little crying kid in rag Was acting like a prick And you came upon And we became what we are Now I don't see you that much Even though I'm back in town I least I did talk a bit to you And now I know that you're on your own Me, I just lost all of my temper And some of my esteam too At night, I see you lover And I'm lying close to you And I softly sing into your dreams: ''Don't you know our love is true'' And you came upon And we became what we are Septembre 2008
6.
Goddamn 04:59
Goddamn words and music: joel desmarais Silver lights on my neck Cold wind blows Walking to the sunset 'till I get my life a sense The sins have been announced and Heaven? Go! Your way is all trace up Stay on the road and walk Praying is not enough for To be save in all the way I got to walk a journey To live in peace again The first days had been easy But it was kinda long I'm tired of walk alone now When does it finally end? This road have nothing More than any other roads Expect a little green sign That appears from behind I turn my back one time And start to realize It's really not the end yet Sky: 40 Years, Hell: 25 What the fuck that I'm Doin' out here Goddamnit, you're such infair Why did you sent me here? Suddendly I hear voices I open up my eyes And there's a man in a car On the side of the road He's said his name was Larry And would like a ride? There's an easy an' evil way To reach the Heaven's gates The man was kinda creepy But what I had to lost? ''No need to buck your belt, son You're already dead'' Larry was driving Faster than a train He said: ''It's time to party Let the blues be your guide'' Muddy Water's music Canned Heat too We started drinking malted milk And did some cocaine too Robert Johnson's driving Larry's looking thrill ''You got to keep drinking, boy Before we reach Heaven'' Convertible hot seats Liquor starts to flow John Lee Hooker's jammin' On the radio Sonny Boy on fire Mary wanna burn This trip's not really over So drop the acid pill Eyes wide open Larry: ''You really been fucked up Now your soul is just dirt Your life's forever mine! Novembre 2006
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Me and the Mine (Paroles et Musique: Joel Desmarais-Racine) I was born in the east Breathing a more softly breeze And the sky it was a-sunny all day Oh the things they were fine Until I met the mine and since that My life's been leading to freeze (Chorus) Oh please tell me mine Can I ever be free? Can I be a part In the chain history? But at the end of the day When the work is all done I can barely see the sun The way we work underneath The air is so hard to breath And the sky is just a-rocky all day With all the dust in your lungs And the sands on your tongue Make the damn work day shift Kinda Don't worth the pay (Chorus) Oh please tell me mine Can I ever be free? Can I be a part In the chain history? But at the end of the day When the work is all done I can barely see the sun Have your read the day news? Me and mine got the blues We want work but we don't want work hre When I'll be dead lying down Don't bury me underground Held me high in the tree by the bay (Chorus) Oh please tell me mine Can I ever be free? Can I be a part In the chain history? But at the end of the day When the work is all done I can barely see the sun Oh please tell me mine Will I ever be free? May I be apart from your chain history? But at the end of the day When the work is all done I've already missed the sun (Octobre 2008)
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Old Timer 04:05
Old Timer (Paroles et musique: Desmarais-Racine) Old timer went to the river bed Like everyday since his old lady been dead He's not so much young anymore But he hopes that one, he'll find god's golden shore He unpacked his mule then he looked at the flood Holding the buckets, he shakes It's not even noon but the sun's boiling his blood As he roll up his pants past his waists Standing in the water, he dream of the land That he'll buy for himself if he search out the sands But this has been goin' on for twenty odd years And he's planning doin' it 'till he found out the reel Drown your buckets another day Maybe this time you'll get gold Way out in the water, you'll be okay You don't have much time, you are old In the afternoon, so hard he tries Eating beans with a spoon, he never cries Now the break is over, time to get to work Maybe then before the moon the river will burst He felt like a boost and he gave his best shot Double the work with god's hand The bucket just flew when he found out the rock Who was glowing in the sands His screams filled the entire canyons Even the wild coyote heard his canons But two rascals heard it too Hey watch out old timer, they're comin' for you He was still jumping when they shot him in the back Taking the gold from the man And way out in the water the river turns red On his face was still a smile Septembre 2008
9.
Different Cases (paroles et musique: Desmarais-Racine) The sky is tracking on your mind Your eyes will probably go blind This liquor wasn't very fine That why periodically You start ro smell funny On your crucifix Burns a man in twist He's a man with a home in the sands Talking hands There's a river runnin' through your butt The deal is over now I want my cut Stop speakin' now and make a shot You can go to hell by the way you tell They will surely try In your yellowy eyes You want to chill And pay your bills For the hill Why do you think they call it dope? You're gonna finish on a rope A junkie may have killed the pope You try to play the card Of the child retard You spit all over the place In the president's face You will buy your greasy smile Endless sky Watch out little boy you will fall Can't you see the writings on the wall? Now you don't hear anything at all You're fallin' so quickly Out of reality Your ultimate weapon Is the nearest turn Or your life in the flash of a knife In a crise NOVEMBRE 2008
10.
The Harvest Men (Paroles et musique: Desmarais-Racine) I'm surrounded by the harvest men They poked me up with their claws The southern land may seems unreal I'm livin' here above the law When the sun will stop shinning They'll burn me, burn me off this world You must back me anyway you can The poet mind is what we know Well, you're not even that innoncent We rushed our souls with the flow For all the things I did They'll hang me, hang me in the air The Lone Ranger and the Spiderman They cheer me up when I'm high You who are ghosts and livin' here You must be brushing all your lifes Even though you lost your job You must forgive, forgive the power plant They strangled here and they choked me there Just like a colored country The rotten bats they picked my limbs And dragged my into the sea I know you think that I'm immortal But I'll tell that ain't fair I'm surrounded by the harvest men They poked me up with their claws The southern land may seems unreal I'm livin' here above the law Octobre 2008
11.
A Nightly Ritual: (Desmarais) Between my thoughts of being rich Or living just like a ghost I know you'll always be here 'Cause every night I see you close Like a nightly ritual You're in my dreams every night A nightly ritual babe Won't you step into the light? From the moment I go sleeping To the morning when I wake You take your part in my dreaming When the light begins to fade Like a nightly ritual You're in my dreams every night A nightly ritual babe Won't you step into the light? All of the world can be destroy My thoughs will always still When the sun wake me up I always feel a chill 'Cause of the nightly ritual You being my dreams every night I nightly ritual babe Won't you step into the light?
12.
While the Establishment Burns: (Paroles et musique: Desmarais-Racine) The television's bleeding The sound of marching men The squad of soldier king Just scratching all their hands The toxic cocktail sings 4th of July in advance In fear While the establishment burns Wich side will you take? The rebels on the street Or the gunny fake? The windy lead will blow 'Till the break of day From the pyre The bum with the crowbar Listening to his heart The power standing afar Invading all the parks People exiling in cars Taking the children apart From fear But while the establishment burns Hiding in the shade The fear of patriotist From the morning I wake The stormy weather broke At 5 'o clock today For real The wicked male-function In the U.S Navy The phony salvation Just shitting on a tree The crowd in the distance Just keeping empty Some fears But while the establishment burns Napalm fire did good It blew up all the cities From all the things we could Helding high in courage And yell up at the world The word Juin 2008
13.
Mama I Missed The Plane (Words and music: Joel Desmarais) Capo 4 C F C G x2 C The McCallister prepared for the Christmas Am Taking a trip to uncle Rob in Paris C I was bored as hell when they were packing G I kept bothering my mother and my other sibblings I got in a fight with my brother buzz And I spilled coke on my uncle Frank's crotch My mom grounded me in front of my peers That night I whished they would all just disappeared The next morning they all overslepted 'Cause the power went down and the alarms reseted So all my family left in a hurry And in the rush they forgot me At first I thought it was gonna be fun Patricing shooting with Buzz's BB gun Jumping on the bed and watching gangster's movies I stoled Buzz's money to buy groceries Am But some things scared the crap outta me G Like the old man Marley, he killed his family F Or the old furnace in my own basement G But what's the worst thing that can happen? C F C G x2 C Well that worst thing came to be Am The Wet Bandits tried to rob me C Their names were Harry and Marv G They flooded the houses, that was their mark They were stealing every houses in the neighborhood I heard them by my home they were up to no good When they got the fact that I was alone On Christmas eve, they planned to rob my home So I decided to defend my house I put car toys on the floor and some trap for mouse I heated the door knob and poor water on the steps And many other things that can make a real mess Then I waited for them with Buzz's BB gun I shot Joe Pesci right in the bun My plan worked out from A to Z They falled in all my traps poor old Marv and Harry Am I called the police and ran across the street G Then the Wet Bandits took a real good beat F They were gonna make me really pay G But they were knocked with a shovel by old man Marley CHORUS: C Mama I missed the plane Am But now the burglars are in pain C I set bobby traps all around the house G And I kicked their stupid asses C When you'll come home on Christmas morning Am You'll be happy to see C That I am not a child anymore G And I can take care of my own... When I'm home alone C F C G x2 Verse 2: C The next year we all did the same thing Am A trip to florida, we were all going C As usual Buzz was a jerk G He made fun of me at the church So my mom grounded me again And I whished to spend Christmas withtout them But even though they still overslepted This time at least they didn't forget But something happenned at the airport I followed the wrong dad and ended up in new york Thank god I had his credit card So renting a hotel wasn't so hard I was having a blast while I was there Chilling in Central Park or in Time Square I even tipped Rob Schneider with gum I went to Duncan's toy store, damn it was fun Am But who's that on the sidewalk I see? G Escaped from prison, it's Marv and Harry F To save my ass I ran like hell G And I came back to the hotel C F C G x2 C Then my problems got bigger Am When I bumped into Hector the hotel manager C He said my credit card was stolen G And that he called the police to have me taken I managed to escaped with an awesome stunt I went to see the pigeon lady with horrible bunt She took me to the Carnegie Hall That's when I realized I had to stop Harry and Marv My uncle Rob had another house in town So I went to put Booby traps all around And When the wet bandits tried to rob to toy store I took a picture of them to pissed them more They followed me to my uncle's place I threw a few bricks right in Marv face They falled for everything once again They rued the day they cross Kevin's land Am They got knocked down finally G By birdseeds and the pigeon lady F And at the Rockefeller plaza G I finally found my mama Chorus 2: Mama I missed the plane But now the burglars are in pain I set booby traps in uncle house in new york And I kicked their stupid asses When you'll come here on christmas morning You'll be happy to see That I'm not a child anymore And I can take care of my own When I'm home alone C F G Solo: F G Am Am/G F G C x2 Chorus 1 Chorus 2 x2 (Novembre 2011)

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