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Fell Into Place

by the balconvillains

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Fell Into Place 04:29
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Fell Into Place Summer days down on the avenues a gang of friends, there was me and you There was Tommy and Marilyn and all the rest Howling with laughter at each simple jest Sit on the stairs that twist up to the flats Jostle each other to let neighbours pass Down to the park to play ball or shoot hoops Whatever the score it’s the teams that we choose Oh I remember that time in the rain, we stood in the puddles, I whispered your name The warmth was the warmth of embrace, The joy was the smile on your face And everything fell into place, it was all right Or maybe then take a dash to the lane Where the thrill of the chase the name of the game Hide in a shed with the moment’s best friend Together forever, forever don’t end Sharing it all, even want, even need As heroes we stood as we traded our dreams The magic was broken by my mother’s shout dinner is ready but we drag to stay out Oh I remember that time in the rain, we stood in the puddles, I whispered your name The warmth was the warmth of embrace, The joy was the smile on your face And everything fell into place, it was all right Summer nights down on the boardwalk Stake a place with everyone’s jive talk Who is the coolest (besides you and me) At the Pav there is music reflecting the scene Stray for a moment, slip from the light Walk hand in hand out of every one’s sight But who’s foolin’ who, it’s not even a guess I stare in your eyes pull you tight to my chest Oh I remember that time in the rain, we stood in the puddles, I whispered your name The warmth was the warmth of embrace, The joy was the smile on your face And everything fell into place, it was all right All that we had was the time on our hands Late summer launched the craziest plans climb to the roof to avoid all the heat Another dimension, shooting the breeze City Hall clock with its beckoning light Would draw us like moths, the feeling’s all right Choices were weighed on the monument’s steps blow it all off, crash the dance at the Rec Oh I remember that time in the rain, we stood in the puddles, I whispered your name The warmth was the warmth of embrace, The joy was the smile on your face And everything fell into place, it was all right © 2013 Dean Thomson / Richard Hastings
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Spark 04:17
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Spark In a dream I see fire, in its flames is the image of you It flickers, conspires, denies all of life’s other hues The blaze has a rhythm, pulsating, induces a trance The centre, a vision, you move in elaborate dance A spark lights a thought, ignites the want, explodes into need The heat of desire, our bodies now glisten with sweat Temptation beckons, more fabulous with every step Parched, my thirst yearns to be quenched with a brush of your lips your breath steals mine as brazenly I steal a kiss A spark lights a thought, ignites the want, explodes into need Flesh turned electric, shocks answer to every caress Sense and sensation, unfettered, won’t settle for less Arms pulling closer, a melding of hips wrapped in thighs A pleasure possessed of a wanting, a scream and a sigh A spark lights a thought, ignites the want, explodes into need Hunger sometimes finds expression in thoughts without words Lovers define satisfaction that can’t vanquish urge Bodies entwined move in union to each other’s whim Consumed, lost in time, we collapse in the glow and the grin A spark lights a thought, ignites the want, explodes into need © 2013 Richard Hastings / Dean Thomson
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Lookin' to the Left 03:54
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Lookin' to the Left We’re looking to the left We’re looking to the right We’ve nothing left to lose We’re spoilin for a fight We’re looking to the east We’re looking to the west We’re sending runners down We’re picking off your best We’re sniffin at the breeze We’re checkin all the signs We’re keeping on our toes We’re guarding all the lines We’re searching high and low We’re looking all around We’re flipping up the shades We’re covering our ground Swing batter, batter, batter (X3) We’re looking to the left We’re looking to the right We’re dealing from the stretch We’re busting in real tight We’re looking to the north We’re looking to the south Surviving in the fields We’re living hand to mouth We’re searching high and low We’re looking all around We’re flipping up the shades We’re covering our ground We’re dealing from the stretch We’re saving some for ‘last’ We’re pushing off the mound We’re stepping on the gas Swing batter, batter, batter (X 3) We’re sitting on a deuce It’s breaking fast and strange We’re gonna set you up And use the circle change You think we’re on the ropes And basing all our hopes On a deuce that’s breaking fast We’ll use the hammer last We’re sniffin at the breeze We’re checking all the signs We’re staying on our toes We’re guarding all the lines We’re searching high and low We’re looking all around We’re flipping up the shades We’re covering our ground. Swing batter batter (X 6) © 2013 Dean Thomson / Richard Hastings
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Where the River Don't Freeze 05:25
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Where the River don’t Freeze Goin’ down to where the river don’t freeze, Ma Mama child upon your knee Heard stories ‘bout a place down there , Dreams blossom, in the morning air We talked through the night , We grew with the dawn We dreamed of a bold horizon where shadows break from lies that bind them Goin’ down to where the river don’t freeze, Goin’ down to the gathering Entranced by that gleeful call, promises a cure for all We told of the fright , We hid from the wrong We touched in the bold horizon where shadows break from shapes that bind them Oh the water how I feared when it was rising, now that fear is my disgrace Its only water yet I felt it worth despising, when all I felt was out of place I feel the current flowing, I have no strength for rowing, Adrift, the river pulls me, down to the sea Goin’ down to where the river don’t freeze, Ma mama how we tried to please Old glories, a familiar face, truth lies in that lonely place We held with our might , We fought with our brawn We dreamed of a bold horizon where shadows break from lies that bind them Goin’ down to where the river don’t freeze, goin’ down to the gathering Hear tales of all woe and ruin, hard times just the luck of fools, We basked in the light, we moved with the strong We touched in a bold horizon where shadows break from shapes that bind them Oh the water how I feared when it was rising, now that fear is my disgrace Its only water but I felt it worth despising, when all I felt was out of place I feel the current flowing, I have no strength for rowing, Adrift, the river pulls me, down to the sea Goin’ down to where the river don’t freeze, Ma mama when you think of me Tell stories with a toothy grin, all smiles at the shapes I’ve been We learned of the right, we knew all along, We dreamed of a bold horizon where shadows break from lies that bind them Goin’ down to where the river don’t freeze, goin’ down to the gathering Voices raised in joyful song, lost hearts that can not belong We walked through the night, we flew with the dawn We touched in a bold horizon where shadows break from shapes that bind them © 2013 Richard Hastings
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Too Much Gone Wrong 03:21
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Too Much Gone Wrong Seems like too much gone wrong, I heard lovers say that words are only spoken to harm Not that we are not strong, voices shadow pain that’s hidden in a heart for too long I know that there’s a reason, Surrender your heart and your soul warns of treason I hope and I believe that the love that we take isn’t tarnished by greed Tears on your pillow seem foolish, Smile it’s OK Hold what can never possess you, Touch my hand it’s too late Seems like too much gone wrong, lonely moments shared give precious little shelter at dawn Only want to belong, hearts and flowers mark the shallow graves where love was once drawn I see a new dimension, hope shines in darkness when love is mentioned We’ll be without pretension, chilled till our souls reach their common senses Tears on your pillow seem foolish, Smile it’s OK Hold what can never possess you, Touch my hand it’s too late Seems like too much gone wrong, burdened, past mistakes break backs but we strive to go on Can’t forget what has gone, I heard lovers say the dreams we held we held on too long I see loves resurrection, comes to my heart cures my soul’s infection These dreams urge for connection, we’ve waited so long with the best intensions Tears on your pillow seem foolish, Smile it’s OK Hold what can never possess you, Touch my hand it’s too late © 2013 Richard Hastings
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The Shore 04:04
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The Shore A short word is all that I heard and I don’t really know if my mind is working Tell me get back to the New Sensation if you don’t wanna be of the lost generation Gotta get this to fulfill all your wishes, it’ll save time and the taste is delicious Why wait you can buy it on line, if you don’t, run the risk of being regarded as swine. I hear the children rumbling in a place far away from the heart Talk’s cheap when reduced into mumbling and you know you never get to the start Some pray and they say that it’s humbling but they just gotta get that new car I hope that you’ve been thinking ‘cos the waves are a pounding and the shoreline’s a sinking Safe talk you use triple protection but you don’t even know if you’ve made the connection So the bad news is removed through the cable and the worries of life are never spoken at table All the harsh dreams and the bad scenes are then locked in the box and filtered for screen Why walk, you can avoid all the shock in a climate controlled whatever or not I hear the children rumbling in a place far away from the heart Talk’s cheap when reduced into mumbling and you know you never get to the start Some pray and they say that it’s humbling but they just gotta get that new car I hope that you’ve been thinking ‘cos the waves are a pounding and the shoreline’s a sinking Now that we’ve heard from the sponsor do you think he will say that he ever did want her So she recoiled from is touch in the garden and he never did notice his arteries harden Blushed cheeks only visions don’t speak of the whys and the wheres and the fears of the deep He holds her tight now and she wilts a flower but we’re never gonna know, it’s the end of the hour I hear the children rumbling in a place far away from the heart Talk’s cheap when reduced into mumbling and you know you never get to the start Some pray and they say that it’s humbling but they just gotta get that new car I hope that you’ve been thinking ‘cos the waves are a pounding and the shoreline’s a sinking © 2013 Richard Hastings
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Charlie Dick 04:05
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Charlie Dick Charlie Dick will break your heart He will tear your soul apart; Make you laugh and make you cry, Mama wished you’d kiss ‘Goodbye’ Charlie Dick will break your heart. Well, you meet him in a bar And he knows who you are... (You’re) thinking all he wants to do, is have his way with you And cop a 10 minute screw So he finds out where you work Comes there acting like a jerk So you tell him ‘Take a walk’, saying ‘Stick it in your sock” That his line is just a crock But he hangs around a while Plus he has a ‘Certain Style’ You decide to take a chance, make a play for sweet romance, In the parking lot you dance It’s time to make another move Cause you got something to prove Country songs are just a fling, singing love songs is your thing Broken hearts and wedding rings Finally make it to the top Crossing country into pop Soon the money starts to flow, Cadillac and bungalow Seems no end to it, you know Coming home late one night You and Charlie start to fight And he works you over good, beats you like an old boy should… Crackers treat their women good Now, you bear the man a child During labour, he’s running wild Doncha know he’s not too far, getting lucky in a bar No concerns of where you are But you know you love him so And you’ll never let him go ‘Cause you said that fateful day, during wedding vows you made He’d be loved into his grave Flying home on that small plane Never to be seen again Crash and burn on mountain side Charlie wasn’t by your side, Charlie wasn’t with his bride Charlie Dick is all alone Charlie don’t know where he’s goin Dontcha know you broke his heart, dying tore his world apart Charlie Dick is all alone. Charlie Dick will break your heart He will tear your soul apart; Make you laugh and make you cry, Mama wished you’d kiss ‘Goodbye’ Charlie Dick will break your heart. © 2013 Dean Thomson
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Stay 04:19
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Stay Don’t tell me what I heard, will you deny the spoken word Don’t try to twist the facts, I don’t think that’s too much to ask Don’t tell me what I’ve seen, the view is fresh upon the screen Don’t talk of their collusion, know the truth is not illusion Stay, I want to talk about it The thoughts of secrets past, sublime, divine yet still hold fast Stay, I want to talk about it Instilled with rising pressure, half the thrill for twice the measure She knew the missing master, image faded, broken plaster Don’t tell me how I felt when winter’s rage began to melt Don’t think I heard the call, another shadow on the wall Don’t tell me who was there when laughter’s bells did pierce the air Don’t cross the other side to keep the faith and breed the lie Stay, I want to talk about it The thoughts of secrets past, sublime, divine yet still hold fast Stay, I want to talk about it Instilled with rising pressure, half the thrill for twice the measure She knew the missing master, image faded, broken plaster Don’t tell the sorted tale of shattered hearts that block the trail Don’t feed the beast your burden, worlds collide beyond that curtain Don’t talk of bygone days, before the doubt that brought the haze Don’t mention we were one, the spell was cast, the die undone Stay, I want to talk about it The thoughts of secrets past, sublime, divine but still hold fast Stay, I want to talk about it Instilled with rising pressure, half the thrill for twice the measure She knew the missing master, image faded, broken plaster © 2013 Richard Hastings
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Another Tear In Your Eye 05:17
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Another Tear In Your Eye Turn off the TV, another weekend’s gone by It’s all been reflex no time to reject the lies I’ve been thinking, no I’ve been sinking in mire so deep I can’t keep breathing From tender moments we lost the hope that Our time and place would not fall from grace But truth laid treason to words that were said No longer flowers only thorns in our bed And I don’t want to see another tear in your eye Through cloudless vision moon has a prisoner tonight Eyes locked mind wanders, bleak thoughts heart thunders a sigh Once so compelling now lost its thrill till dreams fade to pallor blue shades all hours Words fail their meaning, replaced by scheming Escape from nowhere, all’s lost yet play fair But truth laid treason to words that were said No longer flowers only thorns in our bed And I don’t want to see another tear in your eye Fears held back sacred, souls bared minds naked, we writhe No more suppression, contempt expressed and love dies No furtive glances, not one last chance ‘cause the hurt aches so deep it’s the numbness we seek there’s no returning, loss fuels the burning all down in flames, only ashes remain Truth laid treason to words that were said No longer flowers only thorns in our bed And I don’t want to see another tear in your eye © 2013 Richard Hastings
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Brand New Cadillac 03:46
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Brand New Cadillac It’s a Brand new Cadillac, its got everything you want Brand new Cadillac, gotta move em off the lot Brand new Cadillac, its got style, its got speed Brand New Cadillac, but baby’s got to eat daddy used to tell of when Elvis was the king the glories of nations rode on caddy’s fins there was no thought of failure, the only way was up in the land of milk and honey, the cream rises to the top It’s a Brand new Cadillac, its got everything you want Brand new Cadillac, gotta move em off the lot Brand new Cadillac, its got style, its got speed Brand New Cadillac, but baby’s got to eat daddy used to talk of the strength and of the pride The day the eagle landed it had god by its side there never was question, not a shadow of a doubt that in any situation, the brave would have it out It’s a Brand new Cadillac, its got everything you want Brand new Cadillac, gotta move em off the lot Brand new Cadillac, its got style, its got speed Brand New Cadillac, but baby’s got to eat daddy used to worry I saw it in his face the times they were a changing at such a rapid pace We boarded up all main street, we padlocked factories we traded in the neighbours for the new economy It’s a Brand new Cadillac, its got everything you want Brand new Cadillac, gotta move em off the lot Brand new Cadillac, its got style, its got speed Brand New Cadillac, but baby’s got to eat daddy used to say that a house was still a home it was more than just a shelter, a place where we could grow But they sold us speculation and they sold us on the greed they sold away the future for commission on the deed It’s a Brand new Cadillac, its got everything you want Brand new Cadillac, gotta move em off the lot Brand new Cadillac, its got style, its got speed Brand New Cadillac, but baby’s got to eat daddy died last week a Fleetwood took us to his grave we talked about his spirit we talked about his days we talked of complications of derivatives and rates we talked about the loss and the chains on Lansing’s gates we talked about the loss and the chains on Lansing’s gates © 2013 Dean Thomson / Richard Hastings
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Talk With Guns 02:52
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Talk With Guns Mama told all good boys got to get in line to deserve any favour But what’s the point of standing ‘round in a line that never moves Word spreads back the doors are barred to those in line not related to the saviour We no longer understand why the chosen get to choose ‘cos they Talk with guns, every one’s a soldier Course is run, season’s getting colder Talk with guns, every one’s a soldier Choice has come, reason’s getting bolder now. Sister was a beauty raging, Carmen Gloria is her name Thought that she could speak her mind but they were of different views, Caught her in a curfew town where terror reigned by official blame Doused her there with gasoline Beauty’s raging flames now light the truth that they Talk with guns, every one’s a soldier Course is run, season’s getting colder Talk with guns, every one’s a soldier Choice has come, reason’s getting bolder now. Brother’s in a prison cell, they hold him hostage for wishing well Wished for all equality, well no no-one gets that wish for free In the mountains, in the towns they raise their guns to keep us down We raise our voice with all our might and with our fists we vow to fight And we’ll Talk with guns, every one’s a soldier Course is run, season’s getting colder Talk with guns, every one’s a soldier Choice has come, reason’s getting bolder now. © 2013 Richard Hastings
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New Tomorrow 04:24
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New Tomorrow You and I, we go for a walk but we don’t bring no rosey shades In this heat you can’t help but meet all the scenes from the big parade To the left or look to your right, there are so many tears trying hard not to fight Like the child on the street, dirty hands, unshod feet, well he looks to the ground ain’t no food to be found I heard some talk about a new tomorrow Whatever we got we’ve had to steal or borrow Oh why tell me why Well I don’t wanna live but I don’t wanna die See the girl as she slinks in a room in a place where the wealthy they go She can’t be more than nine or ten but she’s worth more than her weight in gold In her eyes fear mixed with despise at a life that was sold into chains To a flesh merchant man tries to meet the demand of the aging who deny the shame I heard some talk about a new tomorrow Whatever we got we’ve had to steal or borrow Oh why tell me why Well I don’t wanna live but I don’t wanna die See the sweat as it pours down their back as they slave for a nickel or dime Mommy is pregnant and Daddy don‘t work so for playing they haven’t got time Bleak house stares they’re all lost in despair ‘cos there’s never enough to go ‘round And if they cry it’s never in sight ‘ cos another can always be found I heard some talk about a new tomorrow Whatever we got we’ve had to steal or borrow Oh why tell me why Well I don’t wanna live but I don’t wanna die City lights well they block out the sights where the hungry are always to blame, Values go down it’s the wrong side of town and respect is then lost in the pain Round any corner without any warning the victims now thieves shooting holes on their sleeves Well they look to the sky and they dream of a life but they know it’s a lie so they try not to try I heard some talk about a new tomorrow Whatever we got we’ve got to steal or borrow Oh why tell me why Well I don’t wanna live but I don’t wanna die You and I, we go for a walk but we don’t bring no rosey shades New Tomorrow………..New Tomorrow………. © 2013 Richard Hastings

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released July 7, 2015

Tony Labao : drums, percussion, vocals.
Bruce Lewis: bass, cymbal, vocals
Dean Thomson: guitar, mandolin, vocals
Richard Hastings: guitar, vocals
Recorded by Andrew Cartmill at Seratone Studios and Green Mile Studio, Montreal and by Tristan Wan at Concordia University, Montreal.
Mixed by Andrew Cartmill at Seratone Studios, Montreal.
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering, Montreal.

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the balconvillains Montreal, Québec

Pan-genre…Omni-groove…
Not young…Not pretty…

Craft honed across two millennia, not the undead, the experienced.

The progeny of Montreal and the Age of Aquarius, chameleon transients in time and space, consumed and were consumed, frivolous, rhythmic, the voice of the common in the complexity of the mundane. ... more

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