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Liam King

by Liam King

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1.
This sounds like a bad dream But it's the way things are They haven't changed throughout the years Like all the discarded cars Piled in a corner of my grassy home Rusting in the wilderness, alone Like a broken record She repeats herself No one seems to listen And no one tries to help I did what I could but I must go To find a place for me in this world, alone
2.
Well I guess I'm expecting rain 'Cause I know I'm not making love And though I'm not in pain You're still the one I'm thinking of Tonight, we could be together But you're miles away And I'm just sitting here, Expecting rain I may have lost my will But I never lost my dream I was just trying to fill That empty space between us Tonight, we could be together But you're miles away And I'm just sitting here, Expecting rain
3.
My Friend 03:27
What's that glimmer in your eye? What have you said that wasn't a lie? How much longer til you fly Again And leave me here, alone What do you see in your sleep? What do you find that you can't keep? It all seems so out of reach But it's right In front of you INSTRUMENTAL Try to find your way back home Listen to me when I'm on the phone You're bound to wind up on your own My friend You'll get the message, someday
4.
I remember holding your hand While the moon lit our way I would have stayed by your side, night or day We never stopped, but that didn't matter anyway We found our way home Even though the road was long The stars may have lied But I know I'm not wrong 'Cause you're here again Here again You're here again Here again Alone in the woods while the fire burned high There was nothing more that I could have hoped for In my mind I watched that feeling burn up in the sky It's been gone before But I feel it again You'll know when you see it Though I don't know when But you're here again Here again You're here again Here again
5.
I see these pictures but what do they mean? A field of flowers, a girl on her knees Don't know what she's on but she's alright to me 'Cause red's a color I know I can see Black and white moonlight Painting the snow Drugstore love letters, all in a row His lungs are coated but she doesn't know But red's a color that I've come to show Telephone line lightning breaking the Sun A million spaceships, flying as one Your rooftop gunshots taste like electronic drugs But red's a color that I'm a part of
6.
Goldmine 05:02
Sometimes I don't know if I'm wrong Or if I'm writing the right song Or if I'm getting thru at all At all If at first you don't succeed Pick another path to lead Just be sure that you don't fall No, no, don't fall The sun won't stay up all night But you know that I might I just don't know what I'm looking for No My eyes can't say what they've seen Or if they know what that means But she just walked out my door My door
7.
Ottawa 03:11
Some days I feel like I'm living a lie Other days, I feel left behind But on the sidewalk, the faces don't change You can't escape it, but you're not to blame And then it hits you why you're here again Under the high rise, without any friends "The money's worth it," you say with a smile Sometimes it's worth it to be gone for a while The TV talks, but you don't hear a thing You'd better make sure you're alone when you sing You're not different here, and that makes you grin You're an outsider, led out but let in And then it hits you why you're here again Under the high rise, without any friends "The money's worth it," you say with a smile Sometimes it's worth it to be gone for a while
8.
Hippie Kid 04:09
Hippie Kid walkin' with snow flying in his face Hasn't got a problem with the human race He needs somebody to love, somebody to hold But he ain't getting nothin', he's been left out in the cold The Dealer spends his weekends on the green Gets you what you want, if you give him what he needs Made sure he went to school, learned all that he could learn But he'll only be happy if he's got cash to burn The shy Girl sits, with something on her mind Carefully studying the scene of the crime She knows what she's looking at, but her eyes just won't believe She can't take the pressure, so she decides to leave The Drummer keeps a beat, but can't keep a job Doesn't have time for friends, or time for any god They both left him behind, and he pretended not to care How can he go out at night, knowing nobody's there? I sit like a stone and watch the sparks fly As the fire goes out and the rain falls from the sky Where do I go now, what's left for me to do? I don't want to be alone now, I want to be with you
9.
Bone True 05:37
The night can hit you pretty hard Like a hammer to the nail Sometimes I can't tell if you love me Or if you'd love to see me fail It leaves you hanging on a ledge Where the words just won't come And crashing hard can have its high points But you're not one of them Why can't you see me now? You're not the girl I knew This isn't what I'd found These words are ringing true And hitting the road jsut loses all meaning When you're along for the ride Sometimes I can't tell if I'm losing my grip Or just losing my pride And I'm glad that I can see you again I'm happy that you're doing well But a watched pot never boils Is what I keep telling myself Why can't you see me now? You're not the girl I knew This isn't what I'd found These words are ringing true Bone True Bone True Bone True Bone True
10.
People were always surprised to see me But I couldn't figure out why When I stared them in the face they looked at me Like I was going to die For a while I thought I was running From the demons in my back woods But in the end it turned out I'd gone Farther than any man should No one tried to stop me when I balanced on a ledge But by that time I couldn't make sense of what I, myself had said 1000 years is a long long time But it's not tomorrow My head was full of questions still And what I had borrowed From the communal knife on my table Looking me in the eye But I never knew how fast He could drive I thought I'd found an answer Within the hexagons of my mind Before the future was laid upon me On colored sheets of paper, bright & lined Video screens had a hold on me Til I took them by surprise "Meaning business means not wearing a suit," A drunken hobo cried I saw my love in reflection once Beneath a starry sky "But here is not real when you've come & gone enough" I lied as I lied And I saw a young girl crying As his mouth told the sad tale Of how he worked so hard, just to see His deep-rooted lover fail A haze had filled the barroom, Led by a flourescent blue That tried to hide the facts beneath A well-placed layer of glue So hold on to your lover Hold on for the son Hold the woolen covers over your concealed gun A paved path led up the hillside Through a doorway in my mind Standing at a sea of Nightfall I couldn't see with my own eyes He said "Drink this now & quickly, then get ready to watch the show" As he slept behind his eyelids which stayed open while they were closed He sometimes had to end things when he needed a bit of rest But he would've felt much better If he'd got those things off of his chest Then why is it 'round April I would feel rarely fooled Til the wind drops on the overpass So low, and cool And I felt the ink stain the paper as I signed it with my pen Knowing that it would be filed in a box Labelled "This was Then" To be read by a city girl Who'd come to visit, for a while Serving drinks and magic tricks Without any hint of style I didn't want to leave her, But my thoughts had been severely stressed By bits of piano an' movie clips That played out at her behest But her face was kept out of focus By my own concerned eye So as a serenade played on a guitar hand-made I kissed my nerves goodbye A dedicated Jukebox Played out on the carpeted stage While the band sang "Happy Birthday" for those who'd just come of age Like a reanimated Corpse Who's seen too much, too soon I was happy to play a number To a quickly-emptying room An eternal voice came calling Unsure of what I'd said I couldn't turn down the comfort Of my own empty bed There's something on my mind today I can't put my finger on A pain in my head that won't fade away Words to an unwritten song Don't replace the things you thought Were never gonna come for you You stretch out beyond all sight, you're forever You You felt the sun rise on yah But I couldn't comprehend I only felt it appropriate To finish to the end Where were you when the fun stopped And when it all broke down? Were you crossing a bridge on a moonless night Oon the dark side of town? As I wandered through a forest With my guitar in hand Knee-deep in emotions Too thick to understand

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The debut LP from singer-songwriter Liam King is 10 tracks of bare-bones acoustic guitar & harmonica..some mellow, self-produced alt-folk lyrical lamentations. Freshly remastered in 2010!!

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released August 11, 2007

All songs written by Liam King
Copyright 2007 P*420 Music

Produced by Liam King
Recorded at Hell's Half-Acre, North Augusta
January-May 2007

Remastered at DHARMA Studios 2.0, Ottawa
September-October 2010

Art Direction: Sharon Devlin
Front cover photo: Mara Villalobos
Back cover photo: Ryan Cahill

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Liam King Ontario

I want to be Buckaroo Banzai when I grow up.

In the meantime, I make a variety of weirdly personal & experimental music, and enjoy doing so. I hope you enjoy it too! :)

NEW LP! Anomalous Materials available NOW!! Also available thru Spotify and other online retailers.

Don't forget to keep an eye on my Soundcloud for work-in-progress tracks.

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