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Red Rover

by Kyp Harness

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Joe Reilly Kyp is simply one of the finest songwriters around. Check out this hour long interview/feature about this album on CKCU-FM. cod.ckcufm.com/programs/107/51224.html Then check out his amazing and heartfelt songs. His older releases are great as well! Go back to his song “Low Dishonourable Men” - an anthem for our times summing up corporate greed and government complacency in just a few minutes.
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1.
Lead the Way 02:44
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LEAD THE WAY I know where I wanna go but I’m not sure how to get there Lead the way, Lord, lead the way Heard about a promised land where we can all live in peace together Lead the way, Lord, lead the way Been bidin’ my time and waiting for signs for what seems like forever Lead the way, Lord, lead the way The dam is breakin’, the bridge is shakin’ The books are falling off the shelf Everybody’s askin’ themselves If they even have a self Tryin’ to love my neighbour, sister, brother and the other Lead the way, Lord, lead the way Tryin’ to find the light when it’s hard to find a reason to bother Lead the way, Lord, lead the way
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Earthworm Melody 06:43
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EARTHWORM MELODY I know you been puttin’ out fires, I know you been detained For each one you get extinguished another one goes up in flames I know that there’s no time to ponder what has been Each moment that is lost does not return again As we’re concentrating oh so hard on tryin’ to get somewhere I got a lot of love to give you before we make it there Even if the cards weren’t marked, even if they hadn’t been stacked The dealer’d still be dealin’ from the bottom of the deck It’s no secret that the law around here is upheld by a bunch of goons If they can’t bully you into silence they try to drive you looney tunes There’s a list as long your arm waiting to be transferred I got a lot of love to give you before you get the word I know the tremor of these times about cut you off the knees In this round robin of disaster, deception and disease There’s always that much more than you can handle at any given time Always the soulless beep of a cell phone, never freedom’s golden chime When the trail leads not to the sunset but to a musty old broom closet I got a lot of love to give you to help you get right back on top of it As we’re standing here so mystified Tryin’ to see the amusing side Of keepin’ our heads above the rising tide It’s possible to become quite drunk on all these big ideas But what’s the point of walking on water if you don’t know where the sea is? Sometimes all these shortcuts they will only let you down And eat up more of your life than taking the long way around Tryin’ to save yourself a few pennies can cost you a fortune later on I got a lot of love to give you when these substitutes are gone As we’re hangin’ here so crucified Tryin’ to see the amusing side Of keepin’ our heads, keepin’ our heads above the rising tide I can feel the pulsing rhythm of the river of your blood Even when I’m blank as snow and all I’m up to is no good I’m trying to become a useful member of society I’m awaiting further instructions in perpetuity As I’m standin’ in the vestibule where no one dares to even cough I got a lot of love to give you before they carry me off You know that they can find you even on some foreign shore You know they’re gonna get you but what will they get you for? You’ve always been a believer in what no one else believes Mercy in the slaughterhouse, honour among thieves Never been subject to the law of diminishing returns I got a lot of love to give you, let’s hope you never learn I don’t care what school you went to, I don’t care what you been told By any preacher in a pulpit embossed with stolen gold By any salesman, politician, TV spokesperson bore I know the system’s workin’ and I know who it’s workin’ for As the columns of power disappear into the unassuming air I got a lot of love to give you as we move from here to there
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Fire Hydrant 03:49
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FIRE HYDRANT I’m sittin’ here waitin’ for my dream to come true I’m sittin’ here waitin’ for my dream to come true But even if it doesn’t, a dream is still a dream and this dream will see me through People got a funny of talkin’ here, you gotta watch their lips if you wanna understand People got a funny of talkin’ here, you gotta watch their lips if you wanna understand But while you’re watchin’ their lips what their hands are busy doin’ is something else again My grandpa was a farmer, used to go out and plow the field all day My grandpa was a farmer, used to go out and plow the field all day Then he’d knock it off and come in for supper, never once worried that he had nothing to say There must a thousand ways to cross over to the darker side There must a thousand ways to cross over to the darker side Some do it with a runnin’ leap, most do it with a long slow side He’s patient and he’s affable, he won’t speak ill of you when you’re gone He’s patient and he’s affable, he won’t speak ill of you when you’re gone What he can’t cheat you out of now he’ll be more than happy to steal from you later on I’ve been let down gently, been let down with a crashing fall I’ve been let down gently, been let down with a crashing fall But the worst is when someone asks you what happened and you gotta say “Oh, nothing at all” There’s a price you gotta pay for everything, of that let there be no doubt There’s a price you gotta pay for everything, of that let there be no doubt If you don’t pay going in you can rest assured you’re gonna pay on the way out I’m sittin’ here waitin’ for my dream to come true I’m sittin’ here waitin’ for my dream to come true Maybe it already as and I don’t know it, maybe I’ve been too long in the stew
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Uphill Climb 05:09
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UPHILL CLIMB Seems like the god of bad luck is so gratified he’s found ya Every time you go out the door calamity surrounds ya All you’re trying to do is put one foot in front of the other Now you’re starting to regret you ever departed from your mother But you’re doin’ fine, it’s an uphill climb Uphill climb, you’re doin’ fine At the slightest distraction your concentration shatters Everything you touch immediately falls into tatters You’re a creakin’ wreck that should be took out with the trash You’re the kind of check no sane bank teller would cash But you’re doin’ fine, it’s an uphill climb Uphill climb, you’re doin’ fine I don’t know what’s at the end of the road I only know what lies beneath it I don’t know how it will all unfold But I know I’m bound to hear it and smell it and feel it and breathe it Half the time you can hardly even string two words together Where one is not an obscenity and the other’s not some guilty prayer You can’t remember anything that doesn’t make you fall Into a whirlpool of dread and rage and nostalgia for it all But you’re doin’ fine, it’s an uphill climb Uphill climb, you’re doin’ fine I don’t know what’s at the end of the road I just don’t wanna get buried underneath it Some claim to know how it will all unfold I guess I’ll see it when I believe it You’d rather be shot at sunrise than have to make one single decision You’re tryin’ to get it together but one piece always goes missin’ You’re slippin’ and you’re slidin’ but it’s not in the direction Of anything you ever thought you could look on with affection But you’re doin’ fine, it’s an uphill climb Uphill climb, you’re doin’ fine
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Laugh Clown Laugh 03:57
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LAUGH CLOWN LAUGH Laugh as your eyes are melting Laugh as your memories fade Laugh comin’ down the mountain To the idiot’s parade Is it reality that you have your quarrel with Or is it reality’s mask? And for all that it really matters in the end Laugh clown laugh Laugh as your nose is bleedin’ Laugh in your potato sack Laugh as all your fears come stampedin’ Through valleys of tarmac Jesus held onto the hand of his father Moses held onto his staff You’re holdin’ onto a multicoloured seagull Laugh clown laugh Laugh as you’re staggerin’ and stumblin’ On the tightrope over the abyss Laugh as the accordions are rumblin’ On such a pleasant summer’s night as this The pie that is careening toward your face with so much force Is not the first nor will it be the last With custard drippin’ off your clothes like manna sent from heaven Laugh clown laugh
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Red Rover 03:43
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RED ROVER I don’t have much to say I’m livin’ for today ‘Cause to do it any other way Only leaves me hurtin’ I don’t have much to save Since paradise was paved But the sweet hope that you gave Is all that’s certain Red red rover, come on over This time we won’t ask you where you’ve been All is forgiven, life is for livin’ Let us feel the heartbeat of your love again Your clothes are so torn Your saddle is so worn You look like you’re bein’ reborn With every moment Your eyes are like the sun Shinin’ warmth on everyone Tellin’ all about what’s been done And what is comin’ Red red rover, come on over This time we won’t ask you where you’ve been All is forgiven, life is for livin’ Let us feel the heartbeat of your love again I just got out of jail ‘Cause you kindly sent the bail One call and it was in the mail The doors flew open And I didn’t even care It was you who put me there You’re the answer to each prayer I’ve never spoken Red red rover, come on over This time we won’t ask you where you’ve been All is forgiven, life is for livin' Let us feel the heartbeat of your love again
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Sweet Little Thing 03:01
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SWEET LITTLE THING Don’t take much to break me down Don’t take much to shake me down I’m travellin’ from town to town In search of my sweet little thing I’m not all I’m cracked up to be I’m a chopped up chunk of misery I’m a rank impostor in the ranks of humanity Without my sweet little thing It’s not that I’m so sentimental It just seems so elemental Don’t wanna put a down payment on the rental Of something half as good at twice the price My head is swimmin’ and my brain’s displaced By all I drank yet could not taste I’m like a turtle on its back when I’m not in the embrace Of my sweet little thing It’s not that I’m so sentimental It’s just seems so fundamental Don’t wanna put a down payment on the rental Of something half as good at twice the price Got a long white beard that’s brushin’ my knees You could put all the love in the world in a thimble and still have room for the trees It’s a burnin’, boilin’, broilin’ vision of hell if you please Without my sweet little thing Ain’t nothin’ doin’ in this sad little town But to walk around with my jaw droppin’ down Watchin’ all the leaves on the trees turnin’ brown Without my sweet little thing
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Long Haul 05:31
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LONG HAUL It seems we’re always waitin’ For the train that’s left the station But I can’t say that I care I know we’ll make it there But in the meantime – Let’s not lose track of you and me Let’s not lose sight of what we cannot see For whether we believe it or not We only got one chance to take this shot Oh yeah We started out with nothing But we soon got rid of that For happiness is not something You can pull out of a hat We never see this thing we’re chasin’ We only pass through where it’s been But that’s what you get for spendin’ your life With your face in the rear end of a dream I’m long haul, don’t you know I’m long haul Nothing temporary interests me at all Long haul When the night goes on forever When the candle’s windin’ down Well I’m not sure but I have heard Silence sounds the same all over town I’m addin’ up these numbers I’m callin’ out these names But when it comes to you, my love I am so glad I came I will cross the mighty ocean I will stare this sadness down I will run all the way from here to old Jerusalem And never touch the ground I’m long haul, don’t you know I’m long haul Nothing temporary interests me at all Long haul Better not leave the doors unlocked, honey Better not leave anything on We could be safely tucked away In paradise before they even know we’re gone You can take away this costume This clock, this compass too We got no use for them at all In the place we’re going to You can tear up all them memos You can shred the Bill of Rights You can torch the constitution Tonight’s the night we’re setting everything alight Because we’re long haul, don’t you know we’re long haul Nothing temporary interests us at all We’re long haul
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Terminal City 03:43
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TERMINAL CITY Don’t have no funny, sunny song to help you on your way Don’t have no funny, sunny song to help you on your way Just got this tiny point to make like a needle in a stack of hay Doctor said I got adjustment problems, said she’d help me see them through Doctor said I got adjustment problems, said she’d help me see them through With one hand she pointed at me, with the other hand she pointed at what I had to get adjusted to Down in Terminal City I nearly died of thirst Down in Terminal City I nearly died of thirst Each one was killin’ the thing they loved before it had a chance to kill them first Why’d they go to the trouble of stealin’, why’d they set themselves such a heavy task? Why’d they go to the trouble of stealin’, why’d they set themselves such a heavy task? When everything that they took from me I’d have gladly given them if they only would’ve asked Somehow I just don’t trust his heart, but then again neither does he Somehow I just don’t trust his heart, but then again neither does he He don’t care who he is at all, only how others imagine him to be I’d hate to be you, honey, on the day you realize what you’ve done I’d hate to be you, honey, on the day you realize what you’ve done God gave you five senses but you only ever learned to use but one I was lucky to get out of there alive, much less with a fork and a spoon and a cup I was lucky to get out of there alive, much less with a fork and a spoon and a cup Next time I will remember always lay one thing down before you try to pick another one up Don’t have no funny, sunny song to help you on your way Don’t have no funny, sunny song to help you on your way Just got this tiny point to make like a needle in a stack of hay
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Along the Way 03:34
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ALONG THE WAY You’re more bright and you’re more golden than any newly minted gold coin Your beauty astonishes us every day The music of your laughter makes me feel I’ve been loving you forever Forever along the way At any sudden noise you have a tendency to startle Then tears will be soon on the way But wait till you discover that you got three lovers Lovin’ you all along the way You’re the sun, you’re the rain, you’re the moon upon the river You got the dust of the stars and of the clay You got the eyes of your mother, the smile of your sister and your father And something else and something other from somewhere along the way Little worker, little dreamer, little planner, little schemer Little laugher, little crier all the way Little fighter, little reacher, little student, little teacher Forever along the way If there’s something in your heart, please don’t hesitate to speak it What could we do more important anyway? But to try the best we can to lend a helping hand Helpin’ you all along the way And we gather round you to gaze upon you in daily wonder We love to see you growin’ every day We thank the wondrous soul within ya for the privilege of travelin’ with ya A while along the way You’re more bright and you’re more golden than any newly minted gold coin Your beauty astonishes us every day The music of your laughter makes me feel I’ve been loving you forever Forever along the way
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Sleep Baby Sleep 02:28
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SLEEP BABY SLEEP Sleep baby sleep, sleep all day long, there’ll be time enough to run when you are grown Sleep baby sleep, sleep all day long, there’ll be time enough to run when you are grown At the bottom of the ocean of slumber you rest, no worry furrows your brow At the bottom of the ocean of slumber you rest, no worry furrows your brow The world scurries by but you don’t care, you’re mesmerized by the insides of your eyelids The world scurries by but you don’t care, you’re mesmerized by the insides of your eyelids Sleep baby sleep, sleep all day long, there’ll be time enough to run when you are grown Sleep baby sleep, sleep all day long, there’ll be time enough to run when you are grown You’re like bubble floatin’ ‘round on a soft summer breeze, people watch you pass by with amazement You’re like bubble floatin’ ‘round on a soft summer breeze, people watch you pass by in amazement Soon you will inherit the cares of the world, soon you’ll have something to do Soon you will inherit the cares of the world, soon you’ll have something to do Sleep baby sleep, sleep all day long, there’ll be time enough to run when you are grown Sleep baby sleep, sleep all day long, there’ll be time enough to run when you are grown
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Crazy About You 03:15
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CRAZY ABOUT YOU I’m in love with ya, honey So in love with you, sweetheart I’m in love with you, baby Crazy about you From the time that I saw ya I wanted to be with ya I don’t want nobody other Crazy about you I’m thinkin’ ‘bout you, baby Hourly and daily These thoughts of you overtake me Crazy about you And I just can’t ignore it Don’t have the will or strength for it Your sweet charms leave me adorin’ you Crazy about you I don’t know where this feeling will go Or if it has to go anywhere at all All I know is I’m in thrall anytime I see you at all I start to fall -
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Dog Collar 05:27
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DOG COLLAR You can throw the ball but I ain’t gonna run no more You can throw the ball but I ain’t gonna run no more You took me for a ride – now what do you take me for? I’m goin’ out to stake my claim, gonna sit down in my proper place I’m goin’ out to stake my claim, gonna sit down in my proper place Somewhere I can unpack my bags, somewhere I can show my face If you’re gonna rattle my chain, you better have a good excuse If you’re gonna rattle my chain, you better have a good excuse You must have some redeeming quality, some hidden gift that can be put to use You can send your errand boy to come collect my bill You can send your errand boy to come collect my bill If he gets lost he can ask directions from the other ones lyin’ underneath the hill They’re fillin’ up the air, takin’ away the ground beneath our shoes They’re fillin’ up the air, takin’ away the ground beneath our shoes But don’t you worry, honey, I know we’ll find some kind of way to make due Lookin’ out my window, I see they’re carryin’ out the same old plot Lookin’ out my window, I see they’re carryin’ out the same old plot The kind that contradicts the existence of every type of elevated thought Someone called and said they found my dog, asked me what the reward was Someone called and said they found my dog, asked me what the reward was It’s funny ‘cause I don’t own a dog, don’t know anyone around here that does You can throw the ball but I ain’t gonna run no more You can throw the ball but I ain’t gonna run no more You took me for a ride – now what do you take me for?
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Ev'rything 03:29
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EV’RYTHING You’re ev’rything to me And I can guarantee Without your love I’d be Languishing And though I know you hear Same old sentiments year after year Let me tell you frankly, dear To me you’re merely ev’rything You came out of the blue Like all the best things do When all I held as true Was unravelling You give me life to learn You give me love that burns What could I give you in return But ev’rything? You’re as perfect as a jewel On any royal crown And I would be the perfect fool If I should ever let you down So please hear me attest I’d be a counterfeit at best If I should ever give you something less Than ev’rything You’re as perfect as a jewel On any royal crown And I would be the perfect fool If I should ever let you down The sky above is grey Likewise is the day When all’s in disarray Or is crumbling So put your little hand in mine We’ll walk into the bright sunshine For if we have love divine We have ev’rything
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Until Your Heart Comes clear 03:28
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released December 20, 2020

Kyp Harness - guitar, piano, songs
Tania Gill - piano, accordion
Blake Howard - drums
Victor Bateman - bass
Dale Morningstar - electric guitar, organ
Rebecca Hennessy - trumpet
Produced by Dale Morningstar

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