Gingers On Barrington Street
recorded above the granite tavern and promoted by amy campbell at battleaxe folk, this was a recovering of some my old songs, and presentation of new songs by rose cousins, a talented singersongwriter from PEI.
2003|buy in Canada|buy in UK

Barney and Miriam
the song almost stopped the car paul said it best
me, i've been leaning to the right and you've been leaning to the left
let's take all the mistakes and shift them away (insert text here - tbc)

Brandon From Ithica
the bus stopped in brandon miles from ithica
at the coffeeshop to pour the people out
to drink all the coffee read through the magazines
about the famous coming out

the couple two rows up from the left didn't move
as i passed they just lay sleeping in
to one another the way birds cluster together
when facing wind

she was like a camera he a 'b' film
both pretty faced but hard
from smoking too much and waiting too long
and from all the things that life does to break your heart
i told you so don't say i didn't tell you so.

i listened to them all the way westbound
under gold blankets and blue fields
with our sally ann jackets, pillows and backpacks
he turned into her like a shield

from the story of santa claus drunk stuck in the chimney
to the deer they lost making them fly
and how bb king rode the bus to his gig because he was broke
and how sometimes its ok to cry and

i swear it rains there all the time she says
first thing we'll find a room and keep dry
o we'll find a bed and put us in it
it will feel like home in no time

what if there is not much more than this
i'd like to share it with you.
with your 100$ dollars and my 100$ dollars i'm sure...
sure... sure that we'll pull through
i told you so
don't say i didn't tell you so.

RADIO HOME - By scott merritt

And when i come home
And there’s no sign of you
Out the window green grass cross the white fence
Its x and y and the blue eyed descendant

I’m sitting on a half bed
It don’t sit too good
nicotine, caffeine, novocaine
Sometimes i love that chemical haze

Why am i waiting on you?
Why am i waiting at all?
Why am i waiting on you?
I don’t know why you don’t radio, radio, radio...

I was thinking of Apollo; looking at the last frontier
Then a pigeon hit the window
Now its down in the hedge
I’m looking at its wing
I’m looking at its neck

Now I’m a man with a shovel
I’m a man with a hole to dig
Across the fence from the mouths of the idiots
Hey jack what’s that?
In a shoebox, what kind of fashion is that?

Why am i waiting on you?
Why am i waiting at all?
Why am i waiting on you?
I don’t know why you don’t radio, radio, radio...

Man in lobby now
With magazines dating back to 1968
Man on the moon
He’s a man with a shovel

How’d they get me on the cover of Time?
Neil who? Arm what?
Why don’t the names match up?
Tag says that; this says that?

Novacaine, thorozine, valium
Nurse says do this; don’t do that
I’m due back; due back on a....

Why am i waiting on you?
Why am i waiting at all?
Why am i waiting on you?
I don’t know why you don’t radio, radio, radio...

MILES TO GO

We’ve been driving the main state
For what seems like hours
The cars and our blood thick and slow
Trading miles for inches and we’ve got miles to go
And we’ve got heavy loads

I can see the clouds changing in the mirror behind
My moods are the weather they change with the sky
But god how it feels to get up and fly
Its been coming for all this year

Then its film screen
Blue greens
Thunder and lightning movie scene

What amazes me the most
Is that we’ve come so close
And then it all comes undone
then it all comes undone

And i am making harder in my usual way
I’m growing through stages and mistakes i’ve made
But there’s pages and pages of things i can’t seem to say
And i know i should come clean
Somewhere inbetween
The thunder and lightning

What amazes me the most
Is the fear of ghosts
And then it all comes undone
then it all comes undone

I don’t know exactly what its about
I know its been at least three times now
All the shit I put you through
Relentless and useless
My solution is I’m no good for you

And we’re still driving the main state
Our state of driving
The cars and our blood thick and slow
Trading smiles and pinches and we’ve got miles to go
And we’ve got miles to go


BARNEY + MIRIAM

the song almost stopped the car
Paul said best
He said i’ve been leaning to the right
You’ve been leaning to the left
Its true you know
If you’ve got no place else, you can always come home

Let’s drive all night
Let’s drive all day
Let’s let the weight of all these mistakes

I will be, i will be, i will be
Miriam if you’ll be my Barney

They took it all off and shut it down
Said you were making it up, you said ‘what comes around...’
Let’s let all of these mistakes slip away
Feeling down when there’s nothing to be ashamed of.
I will be, i will be, i will be
Miriam if you’ll be my Barney