PERSPEVTIVE

Produced by
        Dave Carmichael, Stefan Morin,
        Reese Nearing, and Cathy Porter

Recorded and mixed at
Sustain Recording
        Dartmouth, NS by Andrew Watt

Mastered at
Solar Audio -
        Halifax, NS by Chris Mitchell


        Dave Carmichael - Guitars\Vocals
        Stefan Morin - Drums\Percussion\Vocals
        Reese Nearing - Bass\Vocals
        Cathy Porter - Percussion\Piano\Vocals

LYRICS:

on & on & on
Words & Music by Dave Carmichael
It’s been a while since I smelled your breath
Or seen your glow
Try to break the silence, clear the wall
Hear my voice rise and fall
It’s a bed of nails can’t sleep at all
‘Cause I keep on seeing you and the crazy things you used to do
Ah man can you hear me? [3rd verse outro]
I’m calling out your name
And I’m just a little bit insane
‘Cause I just want to talk to you
And tell you that I love you
It goes on&on&on; on&on&on; on&on&on
It’s frustrating!

I was at the sea just the other day
Watch the waves flow
They washed you away from the land
Just like my footprints in the sand
And it seemed to me that you were out there man
You were one of the dolphins, flying through the air & laughing
That’s just the way you are
Anything to be free
It’s the same thing for me
And as I stand and watch my footprints go
Away with you, where? I don’t know
On & on & on ; on & on & on ; on & on & on
It’s frustrating!

I carry you with me
Your memory burns
Won’t you help me please
This letting go, this great release
Amazing grace, I’m humbled by your glory
But all the same I find it hard to let go
And although I think I understand – some of it, some of the time
It’s just that… I miss you man
It’s frustrating!

burnin' the candle
Words & Music by Dave Carmichael

There’s music in the kitchen
And laughter all around
I find myself alone, reflecting
Cleaning up the mess inside my room
I’m alright

I drank me a lot of whiskey
The battle was running dry
Spirits were flying all around me
Trying to get in touch with what lays inside

Chorus: And there’s a light
I’m burning the candle at both ends tonight
There’s a light
Burning brightly

I opened up the closet
To see what I can find
Lot of crap fell out, knocked me out
You should’ve seen what I seen
Inside my mind…

I saw people in the garden
Everybody lovin’
Playin’ & stayin’ & everybody sayin’ “it’s alright”
Pretty pretty flowers
Ivory towers
Birds & bees, Adam & Eve, alright!
They came from the East came from the West
I saw Puss in Boots, Cinderella in dress
Not ashamed of who they be

Well you might say I had me a vision
You might say I’m a drunken fool
I couldn’t care less which way you look at it
‘Cause I’m happy enough in my room
I’m alright

The lesson is there for the learnin’
You learn it in your own house
Keep the rooms clean, if you know what I mean
Enjoy yourself

Repeat Chorus:

fishin'
Words & Music by Dave Carmichael

Fishin’ for feelings
But the stocks are depleting
It’s a savage world
Take what you can
Know what you get it for

I look to my oceans
In perpetual motion
Heading for the shore
It’s sink or swim, man
That’s why I’m moving on

And the days drift by in waves low & high
As I try to make amends
Every struggle, every battle, Love becomes my paddle
Loving what I’m living & Love is believing
You are only as strong as you feel inside

Mining my memories
As the walls cave around me
It’s a lonely world
My awakened thoughts are extensions of my dreams

Digging for my soul
Want nothing with fool’s gold
Heading underground
My time will come all I got is the getting there

And the years in the ground they’re coming back around
I’m starting over again
And to get myself level Faith becomes my shovel
Faith in what I’m living and Faith is believing
You are only as strong as you feel inside

And you know
I don’t mind
I think I’m falling again
And where I end up is where I want to be
Got faith in where I’m going and love is believing

love her anyway
Words & Music by Dave Carmichael

I met a girl with a chip on her shoulder
She cried to me “help the pain go away”
Well I ain’t no dip, honey
Take a look around you
There’s lots to be found
In every move and every sound
I’m talking about the seventh wave

Singing aye aye yippee yie yae
I know it sounds funny but I love her anyway
Ain’t afraid to die and I don’t mind living
I guess I’ll keep singing till my dying day
Do do do do do bee do

She left her home cause she thought she’d be stronger
The dreams in her head gave her food for thought
Now she’s so damned hungry
She don’t know where to turn
All the bridges she’s burned
She’s got a lot to learn
About loving the things she’s already got

butterfly
Words & Music by Dave Carmichael

I think it’s time we made a change
Cause we’ve both been in this place before
Where you think it is where it was - not sure

Time to rearrange what’s been put in place
Cause things just go where they’re supposed to go
We can move through here with our eyes closed
Let’s not be afraid to throw things away

Time is rolling by
Make no mistake
Time is rolling by
Said the caterpillar to the snake
It’s time to make a change
And I know you’re gonna like it
Oh I love you so gotta let things go and change
If we don’t do it now then I don’t know when
If I said tomorrow I’d be lyin’

And loving you gives me such a thrill
It’s been a great six months since we moved in
But the furniture hasn’t moved – an inch

Don’t you think the couch looks better there?
We can tear down the walls in the living room
Take the stuff from the corners and put it outside
Got nothing to hide – it’s garbage day soon
Let’s not be afraid to throw things away

Time is rolling by
Make no mistake
Time is rolling by
Said the caterpillar to the snake
Be a butterfly, you’re a butterfly
Cause nothing stays the same

daydreaming me
Words & Music by Dave Carmichael

There’s plenty of time for sleeping, buddy, when you’re dead…
Why’d you say that?
She said “cause I believe we’re wasting our time sitting in front of TV
You sleepy head! Your feet are lead!
I can’t remember when we checked the scenery!”
So we went for a ride in the countryside
She said, “I love you so” but I’ll have you know
I was daydreaming…
We never say nothing so I wait for waitress

Then there was the time we headed across the borderline
See where the light shines
Way down below, I go down deep, destination unknown
Rhapsody – sweet melody
She is a song, a prayer; a river’s flow
And it keeps on going, always knowing
Just what to do – if it were only true
I was daydreaming…
We never say a thing so I wait for waitress

Been coming here about a year
Now they’re going out of business
She’s been the girl of my dreams and now it seems
It’s there she will lie
Unless of course she gets a divorce and leaves him
And comes to live with me we’ll buy a big house by the sea…
These daydreams are daydreaming me

There’s plenty of time for sleeping, buddy, when you’re dead
Most mornings now I lay in bed
And dream; I see myself as I want to be
My aching head, my feet are lead
Stuck in the tracks of the train I’m on
She and me, a family – together, forever whatever the weather
These daydreams… they’re daydreaming me

mirror
Words & Music by Dave Carmichael

Took a long look in the mirror
See myself looking back so seriously
There’s been a change in the weather
And a change in my direction
And you know there’s been some changes in me

I’ve got one foot on the road
And I’ve got one foot in my mind
Seems like every time I get the urge to start a-roaming
My fears leave me behind

And I can’t take it
I’m so alone & confused inside my mind
And I want to hide

I’m not having fun anymore
I take myself too seriously
All this waiting, pretending something’s gonna happen
Pretty soon I’m gonna bust

And is it ever going to end?
I’m talking about the push I feel it behind my back
When will I ever find my own special Nirvana?
And forget the things I lack

leather-face boy
Words & Music by Dave Carmichael

Just sitting here thinking
Watching the flames on the campsite
Yeah I’m sitting here thinking
Watching the flames on the campsite
And I feel the flames they’re burning
You can go ahead & live your lie, you’re lying
Leather-Face Boy looking real tough but you’re not that strong

And I see the road ahead
It’s made out of dirt it’s not been paved
Yeah I see the road ahead
It’s made out of dirt it’s not been paved
But I’ll walk and take my chances
I’m walking just to see what I can see
Leather-Face Boy looks like you’re feet are stuck in the concrete

I’m gone hey hey hey
Don’t stay where I don’t belong I find myself running
Leather-Face Boy looking real tough but you’re not that strong

Now I’m standing on a cliff
Watching the river flow by
Yeah I’m standing on a cliff
Watching the river flow by
And I jump into the past now
You’re living like your dad did
Leather-Face Boy looking real tough you keep it hid

And I feel the wind blow
Reminds me of the look in your eye
Yeah I feel the wind blow
Reminds me of the look in your eye
Cause it’s blowing so fiercely
I find it easier when you’re not with me, hit me
Leather-Face Boy looking real tough but you freeze me

high/low
Words & Music by Dave Carmichael

Sun is shining what a sweet surprise
It’s been raining in here all day
Let’s hit the town – you and me
Clown around – do it up
Jump-start – hear the sound
Music ringing in my head now
We can dance to a funky groove – shake it down
I really like the way you move
Would you like to get to know me?

Well beware I’m a hell of a guy
I’m a man of a thousand faces
Now you see me, now you don’t, gotta go
Or stay at home all week behind the door
Music pulls me through you know
I want to touch the sky – that’s why I play
Wanna make you realize – I think what I’m trying to say

I get high then I get low
What to say – what to say
There’s nothing there then it comes my way
What to do – what to do
Contradictions, they’re defining me and you

Living life is a wonderful thing
The spinning wheel just keeps a-spinning
I look at you, you look at me what do you see?
Two worlds collide – know what I mean?
I pick up the pieces
And it took me by surprise – my heart went boom
When you caught me in the eyes
And I hope you realize soon

Are you scared of me?
Cause I’m scared of you
There’s something about the forced reaction
You got me shaking in the knees
I fight a lot with satisfaction – listen honey won’t you listen please
I’m a man of action a man of need

perspective
Words & Music by Dave Carmichael

1. Hey big Daddy won’t you pay some attention to me
The smile on your face says you’re some other place
I’m sitting here but you don’t see
If I had all the pennies I’ve given for your thoughts
I could take us away to the place you always go
Would I like it? I don’t know! We’d be together anyway
I’m always here for you just waiting for your loving
Oh my my my I’m sitting right here
I need a little bit of your love
Just a little bit of your love
I want a little bit Just a little bit…
Oh man! Are you listening? Are you listening?
What are you thinking?

2. Here I am in the spotlight – I get good vibes
when I play
Bigtime, shining like a beacon
What’s that baby? What’d you say?
Ah! Never mind that, listen here,
I gotta work for a brighter day
Just need some time to get it straight
And I know one day I’ll get my chance to play
Till then don’t you know what I want?
I want a little bit, just a little bit
I need a little bit, just a little bit
I want a little bit, just a little bit
I need a little bit, just a little bit of your
Love Love Love Love Love – yeah I just need
A bit of room that’s what

3. And she said “What? You need room? Well I can leave!
Can’t put me on any old shelf. You wanna be a light for everybody
But you only got the spot on yourself!
So long - I’ve had it with your dreaming
Reality is that you’re standing in the dark
Open your eyes you’ll find you’re all alone
Unless you convince me otherwise”

4. “Hold on! Wait a minute – can’t you see I’m on
a roll here
I found a groove that’s got soul
So sit yourself down and listen for a second
And I’ll play a little tune that’s got my heart in it
Do you like it? Can you feel it sugar?
Singing do do wap ah!”

5. She said, “No I don’t see it that way at all.
In fact I think we should sit down and have ourselves
a discussion about this – it’s the kind of thing we need to focus on in our relationship…”

He said, “I know what’s going on here I can see what’s happening.
We’re two sides of the same coin you know like the other side –
The grass is always greener that sort of thing
There’s no point flipping - no point flipping out
I need a little bit of your love”

She said, “No, you’re standing in the dark, as usual
If you want to be a light why not shine your light on me
Kindle my flame, light my fire, mmm
I need a little bit of your love”

I say we all need love…
And it’s a giving thing, giving thing
Forgiving thing… LOVE!

runaway child
Words & Music by Dave Carmichael

1. Since the time I could walk I started running
Got to keep moving I can’t help myself
No time to hesitate when I gotta go

A. My mother said “son, I’ll teach you a lesson
Go out & have fun when you feel like running away
Child – just go dancing”
Come on baby you can never lose
Forget your troubles get your dancing shoes
And dance away those runaway blues

Chorus:

Runaway, Runaway, Runaway child
I ain’t nothing but a runaway
Runaway, Runaway, Runaway child
I ain’t nothing but a runaway
I go dancing

2. When my baby and me start going crazy
Slip on some music from Louisianne
“Laissez les bon temps rouller”
I like to go down there

B. They come by the dozen & know how to have fun
The band starts a-buzzin’ – your feet just slip away
Child – let’s go dancing
Come on baby we can never lose
Forget your troubles get your dancing shoes
And dance away those runaway blues

Chorus

3. Fare thee well, fare thee well
Polly wolly doodle, must be on my way
Got the urge for stepping out
Listen to some zydeco

B-Chorus

looking glass
Words & Music by Dave Carmichael

Confidence amazes
I feel a strain, contain my rage
Do you feel the same way that I do?
Let me tell you about my world
I look for solace in some girl
Companionship breeds strength
Bit I did not say what she wanted to hear
She misread my confidence
Like her I stand behind a wall of fear
Trying to break through the barriers of self-defense

Enthusiasm brightens
I wear a smile my thought dreams ripen
The world inside my head is coloured blue
The girl I loved is gone
Gonna sing me a river, cry me a song
Try to float away
What else can I do?
And I see our love in the looking glass
It goes so fast

Miss Demeanor, you came into my life
Miss Conception, you added to my strife
Mistaken, Mistaken, I’ve been mistaken

Honesty is scary
When I speak from the heart can you hear me?
Do you feel the same way that I do?
I remember that girl
She came to me, consumed my world
Companionship breeds strength
But she said she couldn’t be herself around me
Because she loved me too much
What a waste of time, what a crock
What’s the use of loving me if she doesn’t love herself?