Parisian Kisses

A couple of friends are getting married this October. They got engaged in Paris, which inspired this song...

He hid the box behind his hotel night stand while he hit the shower
First time it was out of his sight in about 8 hours
Since he boarded the plane with his lady last night
Heading straight for the City of Lights

To see what her answer would be, he’d practiced for weeks
Had all the perfect words, just needed the nerve to speak
But he must have known, it’s the surest thing
She’d say yes, with our without a ring

     CHORUS
      Some things go on for years and years
      Decades and even eons, I hear
      But nothing lasts as long as Parisian kisses and love, love
      Nothing lasts as long as Parisian kisses and love

They walked along the avenue and craned their necks at the Eiffel Tower
And they both knew this wasn’t even their finest hour
He got down on one knee and the future was clear
When she smiled from ear to ear

      CHORUS
      Some things go on for years and years
      Decades and even eons, I hear
      But nothing lasts as long as Parisian kisses and love
      No
      Some things go on for years and years
      Decades and even eons, I hear
      But nothing lasts as long as Parisian kisses and love, love
      Nothing lasts as long as Parisian kisses
      Nothing as long as Parisian kisses
      Nothing lasts as long as Parisian kisses and love

My Curiosity

Here's a little kids' song that was inspired by last week's guitar lesson. Anybody got any contacts with Sesame Street or the Muppets?  :-)


I didn’t know how to spell watermelon
W, A, T, I kept forgetting
So I looked it up in a dictionary
And guess what else I found in the library

A whole bunch of books about combustion engines
Maybe one day I’ll take mechanic lessons
Build a motorcycle and ride it into space
Figuring things out puts a smile on my face

     CHORUS 
     I might not know everything 
     But I can find a way to see 
     How to do almost anything
     Through my curiosity 
     My curiosity

I’ve been looking for instructions to play marbles
I tried to Google it, but the results came out garbled
Would you mind asking your grand dad, or an uncle or an aunt
Cuz so far all I've got seems a little scant 

     CHORUS

BRIDGE
Well if there’s something you don’t know
Maybe I can tell ya
If you ever draw a blank
Man, just gimme a shout
There’s a pretty good chance
That I won’t have an answer
But if we put our heads together
Yeah, we’ll figure it out

     DOUBLE CHORUS

Running To Open Arms

I was laying on the ground
Under a fairytale sky
Wishing you were there
So I could feel you by my side

Thinking, all we are
Is carbon and love
One goes on and on
While the other turns to dust

     CHORUS      
     You’ll never be lost too long
     With your heart as the northern star 
     Nothing can steer you wrong
     Running to open arms

All I’m sayin’ now
Is time, it don’t wait
There’s no sure way to know
Till you’re looking back on it

So wrap your arms around me
Let’s dive right in
Gotta roll the dice
If we ever wanna win      

     CHORUS

BRIDGE
Here we go now, climbing over the mountain
With each step, every moment, we’re counting
On leaving our own trails behind
To blaze one side by side
 
     CHORUS
 
All we are
Is carbon and love
One goes on and on

Hounds At Bay

Hounds At Bay

Hunger and craving
The jaws and the teeth
Lusting and longing
No chain, no leash
I will be hunted again
If you ever leave

Stay, you keep the hounds at bay
Stay, you keep the hounds at bay

Safe under cover
Of your pulse and your breath
Shielded and sheltered
In the heat and the sweat
If a distance should grow between us
I’ll have no defence

Stay, you keep the hounds at bay
Stay, you keep the hounds at bay

Riding Shotgun

Riding Shotgun
(co-write with Nathan Smith)

The tank is full, my bags are packed
There’s room for yours beside ’em
No more talking ’bout our dreams
Let’s go see if we can find ’em

C’mon and leave it all behind
Just think what you could find

    CHORUS
    By my side
    On any highway
    We’ll take this ride
    And make it our way
    I’m in it for the long run
    If you’re riding shotgun
    If you’re riding shotgun
    If you’re riding shotgun
    If you’re riding shotgun

Pick a point on the map
Big or small, it don’t matter
It ain’t about the destination
We can figure that out after

Well I can follow any road
Cuz I got you to hold

    REPEAT CHORUS

SOLO

BRIDGE
I’m soaking up this red sunset
And dreaming of the road ahead

    DOUBLE CHORUS
    (Side by side)

Who says it can't be yours?

If I were a 20-something-year-old woman, I'd like to think that I'd sound like this:

When your streets are paved with coal
But you walk around ‘em just like they were gold
Some jerks are gonna call you a crazy fool
If you're not gonna do what they all do

You gotta chart the course you want
Let the sheep all laugh and doubt and taunt
Believe that when your ship heads out to sea
They’ll all be drowning in envy

Let courage scream, cuz talk is cheap
Let haters hate while dreamers dream

CHORUS
There’s a new wave rolling over that old ocean
There’s a fresh wind blowing in an ancient sky
There’ll be new sparks flying off of every fire
Until the last, lone ember dies

Who says, who says, who says it can’t be yours?
Who says, who says, who says it can’t be yours?
Go in search of more — make it yours

Well everything comes with its price
A champ is never born without a fight
You’re gonna have to take some to the chin
And lose a few before you win

So punch until your knuckles bleed
You’re Rocky, not Apollo Creed

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Keep kicking and climbing and digging and screaming
And kicking and climbing and digging and screaming
And kicking and climbing and digging and screaming
Till it’s yours

REPEAT CHORUS

Rumours Of Spring

Aside from a cowrite with my friend Smudge in February, and edits to a couple of my existing tunes, I haven’t written a complete song since October 27 (which was the title track for my new album launching June 1… stay tuned for more on that).

I s’pose it’s been a long, cold winter in more ways than one. So it’s only fitting to dust the cobwebs off with this new one. Had the hook idea a few weeks back when walking on a very cold Toronto beach. Wrote the lyrics this past weekend. It’s melancholy, but I still dig it, especially the chorus.


Rumours Of Spring

Even the weather man says he can’t recall
A year when we had it this bad
I swear we’ve been frozen since fall
By February we were nearly mad

Annie said we just needed a break
So I bought us a week in southern sand
March crawled by, oh how long did it take
Till April came, fool’s day in hand

CHORUS
Now I’m down by the lake where the dogs run free
Sunday morning with my back to the breeze
Coming off the water, so the tears on my cheeks don’t freeze
There've been rumours of spring
But it’s something that I just can’t see
There’s been rumours of spring
But it’s something that I just can’t see

Right about now, she’s got her lips on a drink
And an old straw hat to shade her from the sun
I should’ve gone anyway, I know what you think
But some islands just have room for one

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Well, things ’round here still feel icy cold
Yeah, Annie picked the perfect time to go

REPEAT CHORUS