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Howl

by The Good Woods

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    Here be our live-off-the-floor album/child, HOWL. Listen with abandon.
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1.
Blue Sky Campfires I live my life with a lowered expectation I’ve never been happier, nor my smile wider I am guided by modified anticipation You’ll never see me surprised by sad eyes I love you pretty babe I love you pretty babe, till you’re in your grave sweetening mud pies I love you pretty babe, till we’re recounting the days gone by I love you pretty babe, like a July day ‘round the campfire swatting flies Like whiskey singing to me I get warm down to my knees Thinking of sunny days in July Blue sky campfires Like whiskey singing to me I get warm down to my knees Thinking of sunny days in July, burning paper, burning leaves
2.
Dance Floor 04:24
Dance Floor Some of the people who I’ve known, yeah I love them to their bones They’re coming and they’re going Ontario, New Brunswick, or BC London, Ireland, Poland or Germany The back deck, just working, or Venice Beach Now let’s go tear up a dance floor in the woods, and just make like we’re still friends, la da I guess it’s better in the end when you just pretend like things they’re alright Just like everything is good, cause if you make out like you plan, then you make out like you should and that’s for the… Some of the people who I’ve seen, you see they’ve disappeared from my dreams, and I wonder where they’ve gone Now I hope and pray that you never are just a song 'Cause some people who I’ve known, yeah I love them to their bones They’re coming and they’re going. Ontario, New Brunswick, or BC. London, Ireland, Poland or Germany. The back deck, just working or Venice Beach.
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Laughing Eyes Have you ever had your lover in sight, and just been perplexed by your proximity to a place you’ve been half a century? Have you ever had your lover in sight, and just been perplexed by, the proximity that you have achieved? It’s bewildering There was a time when I first met you, your hair was always straight and long I’d buy you flowers every other weekend, to keep your smile a pleasing song. Now I watch you in the mirror, as you craft your beauteous face As we pass through lunar phases may we occupy the same space May this be what love is for, always wanting more, With that knife in your hand you’re still beautiful I’d go anywhere and never find such laughing eyes Your breathing and time, it’s all tied into mine
4.
Lackwit 03:09
Lackwit I played a part, I say the silly things to appease your heart, I played a part I climb the trees, police the breeze, I’ll screw a dream right off your jar Found out that’s how you get discarded I had my wits about me then, but I’m a lackwit now, I say you could ask me anything and I won’t know I won’t know, I won’t know, no I won’t This once was a manned ship, captain, steward and whip Every oar was to and fro Every wave, an average blow, it's now a decimated throw-away A whale just beached and singing as we go I had my wits about me then, but I’m a lackwit now, I say you could ask me anything and I won’t know I won’t know, I won’t know, no I won’t
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Howl 04:32
Howl Long distance stores, and carnival stones No I won’t have no more, and I won’t take no throws If you’ll just send me off on some lonesome boat With a lighter and canteen, I’m not so resourceful However, I will sail my way to some distant shore And there I will have my fill of the land and the culture I’m eating long grain rice with some bison and saffron Forgetting whiskey and old spice and leaving the lights on Instead I’m drinking cold nights with star light and some twisted sunshine With the folks who work long days, still howl at the night time And the lovers they don’t need no name, no number And there’s children and they still play in the forest and the desert That just howl You see your red moon mean nothing but a sky that’s deformed by the weak limbs of light as they adopt different forms And you’re a weakling of mind if you think there’s much more So I’ve been told I just howl and howl and howl
6.
Show Me You Get Off I, I get it all from your head Gather eons in your atmosphere Show me you get up, show me high (you’re almost there) Show me you get off Show me light, bright light
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Future Ghosts You say you’re on your own now. You say you never do things You say you never win now. You never get up to leave You say you’re on the ropes now. Say you the ring it's spinning Yet underneath the headlines, it's just sun and then showers Everything’s a host of what society has known So make the most of the show, for your future ghosts Verse What are we furthering here? It’s just a pot for the gold, and a feast for the crows See, everything’s a host of what society has known So make the most of the show for your future ghosts
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No Curse 03:44
No Curse You’re awfully light-haired, crow, and being so bold Your shining pennies in a row You’ve tasted nectar of forbidden fruit Your greedy claws misleading you There must be somebody out there to just grease the palm and pay the man to speak the words No words No curse You’re awfully light-haired, bear just having no cares, jiving penniless in your lair You’ve gotten into the honey, and it’s sticky too Your greedy paws betraying you There must be somebody out there to just grease the palm and pay the man to speak the words. No words. No curse.
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Meteorite 05:20
Meteorite Yeah, you seem to know where you want to go Yeah, your yellow highway lines on your painted road They lead you straight into the sea And if you’re looking back at me Hope your thoughts, they’re not too poor Don’t want those waves crashing on my shore Yeah, you seem to know where you want to go Yeah, your yellow highway lines I painted over them with snow, for you said you love it when it’s cold “Cause it’s so easy to get warm” And I was there, frozen melting in your hair Yeah, you seem to know where you want to hide Yeah, your yellow highway lines, that you painted while you were driving I just read the highway signs, and of course you thought I read your mind And maybe you were right Perhaps we’re all just meteorites, until one day we all fall out of the night we just fall fall fall Yeah, we fall out of the night.

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This album was recorded live off the floor at Compact Audio in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Recording, mixing, and mastering by Justin Felix.

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released April 6, 2017

Album art by Amy Chandler. Checkout out Friday55 on Facebook and instagram.

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The Good Woods Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Good Woods are from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

They are
Stephen McIntosh (banjo, mandolin, and harmonies),
Ian Rogers (electric guitar and harmonies),
Luke Collins (acoustic guitar and vocals),
Andrew Slaunwhite (bass), and
Sean Parsons (drums)

Take a walk through The Good Woods. You won't be sorry, even if you do get a little lost.
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