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Carry Me Along

by Dave Richardson

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1.
Squid 03:25
Squid, giant squid Hanging like a hanged man In this building right downtown An impressive specimen Did you come from Japan California or Iceland? Guess I’ll never know You can’t tell me, anyway You escaped the mighty wrath Of the sperm whale all your days Now you’re behind a plate of glass In a 5,000 gallon tank Here we are face to face You are dead, and I’m getting there You’re unlike anything I’ve seen So how’d you end up here? Squid, giant squid Hanging like a hanged man In this building right downtown An impressive specimen An impressive specimen
2.
Oh, hard is my fortune and hard is my fate Controlled by my mother from early to late And when I get married to end all my strife Controlled by a man for the rest of my life Young men go a’ courtin’ they dress up so fine They cheat the girls up, that is all their design They’ll titter, they’ll tatter, they’ll laugh and they’ll lie They’ll cheat the girls up ‘til they’re ready to die Young men go a’ courtin’ they stay out all night Get up in the morning and look like a sight They’ll saddle their horses, they’ll rock and they’ll reel “Goddamn them old girls, how sleepy I do feel” Oh, bachelor’s hall, it is bound to be best Get drunk or stay sober, lay down, take your rest No woman to scold you, no baby to bawl Happy is the man that keeps bachelor’s hall Oh, happy is the man that keeps bachelor’s hall
3.
Bare feet on the hardwood floor Feel around for the chest of drawers T-shirt and a pair of socks Sneak out into the parking spot Climb up on the hood of the car Lay back and stretch out your arms so far Black has turned to the darkest blue Tap out a beat with your tennis shoe Waiting for the sunrise Headlights flash by every now and then Early morning air bitin’ at your skin Thoughts float in and float away Darkest blue turns to lighter gray Your eyes adjust so that you can see Couple of clouds and the tops of the trees A painting that nobody hung Taste the dew on the tip of your tongue Waiting for the sunrise Oh it’s coming now, a yellowy glow Sky is blue, there’s a ribbon of rose Haze hangs low, it’s burning away Night’s all gone, you’re left with day Two little birds dart back and forth There’s a nest in the eaves above the porch Twigs and straw tucked in their beaks ‘Neath golden clouds with orange streaks Waiting for the sunrise Sit on up and hop on down Back in the house without making a sound Get yourself back into bed Run your cold fingertips on the warm bedspread
4.
The tank’s dry The wheel’s flat And an old black cat’s crossing through your path You’re burned out Beat up Fit to self-destruct, well, just hold tight It’s just about that time… Front porch time In the sunset glow You’re looking so Very fine The heat of the day’s Burned away Right on time So pour the wine Front porch time You’re all smiles No stress And your flower print dress smells fresh from the clothesline The clouds In my brain Break up and float away now that I’m here with you Here comes the moon… Front porch time In the sunset glow You’re looking so Very fine The heat of the day’s Burned away Right on time So pour the wine Front porch time The songs, they flow from an old radio Won’t you dance with me? The sun sinks down as we twirl around Oh you dance with me The bottle Is empty And I know, you don’t have to tell me it’s time to go inside But can I have one More song To carry me along ‘til tomorrow night? Front porch time In the sunset glow You’re looking so Very fine The heat of the day’s Burned away Right on time So pour the wine Front porch time Front porch time
5.
My nose is freezing, red as a beet Twiddling my thumbs in the passenger seat, man I wish we had the money to fix the heat In this car This’ll be the longest trip I’ll ever have to make To get to your funeral, burial and wake And we’re traveling We are traveling So far My world’s shook up, like I been through an earthquake My outsides buzz and my insides ache You can say you’re ready for when it comes But you never really are I always knew there’d be a time when you’d be gone I never liked you much but I loved you all along And we’re traveling We are traveling So far First and last you were a drunk and a mean one at that You used to call me good for nothing, used to tell me I was fat I used to like you best when you were away Down at the bar You never got me, I never understood you You were the salt in my wounds, I was the gum on your shoe And we’re traveling We are traveling So far My husband’s driving and the baby’s in the back When you finally went I thought it’d be heart attack But no, they went and shot you, the whole thing’s Bizarre And the cops don’t care enough to figure out why I guess one way or another all old men die And we’re traveling We are traveling So far Mama died when I was just nineteen They said it was a stroke but I always believed She left this world on account of that Broken heart Nobody asked you to be the perfect spouse But you were screwing around and then the bank come took the house And now we’re traveling We are traveling So far Well we drove through Pennsylvania and Ohio Final destination is Chicago I know seeing you again’s gonna rip open This old scar But I found a man who loves me and loves me true And it’s the last time I’ll ever lay eyes on you And we’re traveling We are traveling So far I know things can get bad and then things can get worse And sometimes it feels like you’re stuck in reverse But when your world is dark sometimes peace shines through Like a burning star And daddy when I leave, I’m gonna leave you here And I’m never gonna cry you one more tear And now we’re traveling We are traveling So far
6.
The wind does blow today my love With a few small drops of rain I never had but one true love And she in the cold grave has lain I will do the best for my true love That any young man may I will sit and mourn all on her grave For twelvemonth and a day The twelvemonth and a day being done The dead began to speak Saying who is this sits on my grave And will not let me sleep? Tis I my love sits on your grave And will not let you sleep I crave one kiss from your clay cold lips And that is all I seek You crave one kiss from my clay cold lips My breath smells earthly strong If you had one kiss from my clay cold lips Your time would not be long Go down into the garden green Love, where we used to walk The fairest flower that ever grew Has withered to a stalk The stalk has withered dry, my love So must our hearts decay So make yourself content my love ‘Til God calls you away
7.
Bounding through the twisted underbrush Evening and the forest’s waking up Zigs and zags, his muzzle to the ground Looking for a chipmunk or a mouse The fox is having breakfast As the stars are coming out He’s finished off his field mouse And he’s licking clean his snout Bushiest of tails, eyes beady black Every inch of these woods he has tracked Drinking from his favorite little stream Howling for a vixen to make queen The fox is feeling peckish In the middle of the night He comes upon a berry bush And eats some, bite bite bite Sky is gray the night is nearly done Settles on a supper of some grubs Bounds back to his hollow for to bed Curls into a ball, tucks in his head The fox is fast asleep now While we’re just waking up He’s dreaming lots of foxy dreams As we fill our coffee cups So go on off to work now And go about your day So the sun can get to setting And fox can rise and play
8.
Rubies 03:32
Coffee and chicken gumbo At the kitchen table watching the snow blow Lumpy is how I’m feeling But I got rubies falling from the ceiling My brain is stuck on last night Which culminated in breaking up a bar fight Getting moving is unappealing But I got rubies falling from the ceiling I got emeralds in my plumbing They’re filling up the sink and I got Diamonds on the soles of my shoes I got topaz in my toothpaste Turquoise in my shampoo But I can’t wash away these sapphire blues My to-do list is never ending Gotta scoop the wood stove, screen door needs mending That old bedroom paint is peeling But i got rubies falling from the ceiling This cold is brutal and oh, I’m wishing For summer sun, I’d go out fishing No shiv’reng shov’ling, just rod and reeling I got rubies falling from the ceiling I got emeralds in my plumbing They’re filling up the sink and I got Diamonds on the soles of my shoes I got garnet lined pajama’s and A moonstone for a pillow But I can’t sleep away these sapphire blues Coffee sun’s hanging low Back at the kitchen table where did my day go It ain’t paradise but I’m dealing I got rubies falling from the ceiling I got rubies falling from the ceiling
9.
The queen, she wants sailors to sail on the sea, Which made pretty Polly to stand up and plead: “Willy, dear Willy, don't go off to sea, Remember the vows that you made unto me.” Early next morning before it was day, He went to his Polly, these words he did say: “Oh, Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with me, Before we are married some friends for to see.” He led her o’er hills and through valleys so deep, Which made pretty Polly to sigh and to weep, Sayin' “Willy, dear Willy, you led me astray, Ahead of my innocent life to betray.” “Oh Polly, pretty Polly, 'tis true all you say For all this long night I've been diggin' your grave.” And the grave, it laying open and spade lying by It made pretty Polly to weep and to cry. “Oh spare me, dear Willy, my innocent life And I never will covet for to be your wife. I'll travel the country to set you free If you will but pardon the baby and me.” “No pardon, no pardon, no pardon I'll give.” And with that he drew out his long dagger-knife; He stabbed her to the heart and the blood it did flow, And into the grave, fast, her body did go. He's covered her over so safe and secure. Nobody would find her, of that he was sure. Then he went on board ship for to sail the world around Before that the murder would ever be found. Early one morning, before it was day, The captain come up and these words he did say: “There's a murderer on board which has lately been done. Our ship is in mourning, we cannot sail on.” Up jumped one sailor: “Indeed, it's not me.” Then up jumped another, the same he did say. Then up jumped bold Willy to stomp and to swear, Sayin' “no, it's not me, sir; I vow and declare!” As he was turning from the captain with speed There was pretty Polly and his heart it did bleed. She ripped him and stripped him and tore him in three, Because he had murdered the baby and she. Where is pretty Polly? Over yonder she stands With rings on her fingers and lily white hands. She cradles the babe in her clay cold arms None, even not Willy, can do her more harm.
10.
Goodbye to Baltimore I’m leaving in the morn Moving out to Kansas With its sunflowers and corn The east coast has worn me down I gotta get away Start building something new On the Midwestern plain Goodbye to Baltimore I can’t keep up this pace can’t catch my breath here I need to get some space So I bought myself a farmhouse Nestled in among the cottonwood trees Every day the meadowlark Will sing her song for me Your summers suffocate me Your winters chill me to the bone You may have been the place I lived But you were not my home Goodbye to Baltimore It’s all fallen apart Three times I fell in love Three times a broken heart I’m gonna meet a Wichita woman We’ll be married in the fall And a baby by next winter With any luck at all Goodbye to Baltimore I’m leaving in the morn
11.
Annie 03:34
Barman says it’s time to go on home See you tomorrow at 2 Get your bags, I’ll walk you to your flat Annie, what’s gonna become of you? Drinking hard, living low You’re breaking my heart in two Sure as hell you’re headed for a fall Annie, what’s gonna become of you? Drinking, gambling, hustling for dimes Throw all your money away Thinking ‘bout nothing but having good times Annie, don’t you feel it slipping away? Pretty girl I knew in Tennessee Sweet as a morning dew I remember days when you walked in straighter ways Annie, what’s gonna become of you? Quit your bars and out of tune pianos Quit singing your low down blues Let’s head home, you know you want to Annie, what’s gonna become of you? Lets make tracks, lets get on back Start all over anew Southbound train will take us to Memphis And a greyhound will carry us through Set your mind on the hills of Tennessee Shining ‘neath the sky so blue And your poor old dad who’s picking on a banjo Annie, what’s gonna become of you? Barman says its time to go on home See you tomorrow at 2 Get your bags, I’ll walk you to your flat Annie, what’s gonna become of you?
12.
Turtle Rock 02:26
Jumping in head first What’s the worst That can happen You get hurt And then you learn You turn and twist So when you jump the next time It hurts a little less So take the risk Find the joy in the free falling Lean into it Cannonball Into the lake Full of people just like you They all jumped too They know the thrill They’ve got scars and bruises Like you do So take the risk Find the joy in the free falling Lean into it When you jump For the thousandth time and You don’t have to think about it Once or twice Think about it And see how far you’ve come

credits

released February 23, 2018

Dave Richardson: vocals, acoustic guitar, bass (track 4, 11), mountain dulcimer (track 12), glockenspiel (track 7)

Liv Baxter: fiddle (track 8), vocals (track 1, 3, 12)

Ariel Bernstein: drums (track 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11), piano (track 1), Hammond B3 organ (track 1), Wurlitzer (track 4, 11)

Jefferson Hamer: electric guitar (track 10), mandolin (track 8), vocals: (track 5, 8, 11)

Emily Mure: vocals (track 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12)

Mali Obomsawin: bass (track 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12), vocals (track 1, 12)

Produced by Dan Cardinal and Dave Richardson
Recorded and Mixed by Dan Cardinal at Dimension Sound Studios, Boston, MA
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice

Photography by James Napoli
Graphic Design by Mariel Vandersteel

All songs by Dave Richardson, Branch & Thorn Music, ASCAP except
“Bachelor’s Hall,” “The Unquiet Grave,” and “Polly’s Ghost,” Traditional, arranged by Dave Richardson
and “Annie” by Chaim Tannenbaum

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