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Beating the Bounds

by Gavin Downs

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1.
Emergency! 04:19
Hold your hats, it's the first day of spring And it's blowing a hooley through the town And if you ask me why I'm not running in It's 'cause I don't feel it Blossoms ride on the tendrils of the wind Picking up the ashes from the ground And if they tell you the world is coming to an end You better believe it Blind prophets blow their bubbles In the face of a force nine gale Artillery take their targets down Doom painters paint by numbers Tale tellers are turning tail Tin trumpets trump their turgid sound Oh, Emergency...
2.
Strawberry 02:19
My love is like a perfect strawberry Almost too good for this world A countenance so extraordinary Almost too good for this churl And the colour is the reddest red Even when clouds are all grey The wailing winds will not tear her off Try as they may Got me thinking off a quiet life Somewhere in a shady dell I'll hang my guns up by the fireside And we'll grow some things to sell And on Sunday we'll go into town Take in a picture or two The traffic there will not bring us down We're just passing through
3.
Beating the bounds Taking in all the beauty that surrounds us I don't know what this world is coming too I can't help it any more than you Pounding the ground Looking out at the other realms that bound us All my circles they're decreasing now But I'll stretch them if you show me how Raise your voice up in song Find out where you belong in the weave of creation From a different view You can start to undo any stitch you like I don't know what this world is coming too I can't help it any more than you
4.
In Looking Glass Town Not a soul would look to meet your eye Heads down into the cloud As the traffic goes by They shuffle around A sound as deafening as a mime Under the city clock Where the hands are out of time I'll sail away when I can In a ship upon dry land To find the questions that were buried in the air I only hope you understand I came into town Early evening at first light To fix a broken wheel On a car I couldn't drive I'll sail away when I can In a ship upon dry land To find the answers that were buried in the air I only hope you understand
5.
Sun Grenade 04:22
Negative forces drain my resources Walls in the way, solid and grey Throw in a sun grenade Exploding light and shade Showering colour On one another Stumble into daylight Hoping to take flight Things in the background Pulling us back down Throw in a sun grenade Exploding light and shade Showering colour On one another Towers are rising fractured horizon Preachers are chidin' Devils dividin' Throw in a sun grenade Exploding light and shade Showering colour On one another Now see it coming
6.
7.
I'll be doing fine Somewhere along the line Words will always rhyme Somewhere along the line Setting sail on the sea On the shores of Innisfree Notes will fall in time Somewhere along the line I'll be in my prime Somewhere along the line Grapes will bend the vine Somewhere along the line Heaven-sent morning comes On the shores of Avalon Fortune's in my sign Somewhere along the line
8.
Hey ho, skeleton strings Hey hey, pulling everything Hey ho, it's not my soul Hey hey, that's in control And I know that these thoughts Are like fingers and thumbs Reaching for walls in the darkness And I know these numbers Don't make up the sums But I'll count my blessings regardless Hey ho, skeleton strings Hey hey, pulling everything Hey ho, it's not my soul Hey hey, that's in control And I know that these visions Are like shadows in the cave Nothing too clear or too clever And I know that this vessel is At the mercy of the waves But I'll steer it onward whatever Hey ho, skeleton strings Hey hey, pulling everything Hey ho, it's not your soul Hey hey, that's in control
9.
Animals, they'll eat me for breakfast If a make a move that's too timid or reckless Eat this fruit, then don't feel too clever As my soul gets thrown down a river of never Every time you walk down the stairs Something's forgotten Trees always stare Like dogs in the night When the gods Throw rocks in my way Pause the game I don't wanna play Windswept plains In darkened domains When the gods Chow down on my brains Level up to face your opponent All my bridges burn in the heat of the moment Mayday call and hope for survival All reinforcements are dead on arrival Every time you open your mouth Words are all rotten Ghosts in the air Are spoiling the light
10.
Night and day in no set order There's moonlight in the water Sable sea and me A sparkle in the black Night and day and no set warning There's sunlight in the morning Silver sky and I'm Just hanging at the back Waves they break like glass The heatwave bakes the grass And seagulls bark Candy floss clouds doing Two hundred miles an hour after dark Through the windy world I breeze Shedding my soul like leaves Hey won't you please Drift a while with me Night and day cut to ribbons I'm going where the rainbow Shows no blue and you Are on my wavelength band Night and day I can't explain it I'm going where the clocks are Turning back on the shore Buried in the sand My feet are worn down to stumps And my toes are curled Motorcars are wingin' and alarms are ringin' Through the windy world And should I get blown away Over, under, either way Would the moonlight in the water blow or stay?
11.
It's coming to an end
12.
Go to Bed 02:05
Spiders crawl Over the lampshade Ancient blades Shiver the light Go to bed Tomorrow's just another night Tigers prowl on the Edge of the jungle Tribal drums Pound out of sight Go to bed And turn your head off from the light

credits

released July 31, 2020

All words and music written by Gavin Downs.
Produced by Gavin Downs and Samuele Matteucci
Studio Engineer: Samuele Matteucci
Mixed by Gavin Downs

The players played:

GD: Vocals (all tracks except 6), Guitars (all tracks), Bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10), Zither (1, 4, 12), Recorder (1, 4, 9, 12), Harmonica (1, 2), Violin (1, 4, 12), Pixie Harp (7), Glockenspiel (10) Percussion and software instruments

SM: Piano (1, 3, 11, 12), Keys (1, 9, 10, 11), Drums (1, 3, 9, 10), BVs (1, 4, 11), Growl (12)

Thanks to family and friends and most of all to Samuele for your boundless support and passion for this project.

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