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After You

by The Vermeers

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1.
Daylight In The Swamp 00:29
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[instrumental]
2.
Saskatoon Moon 01:43
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Only this morning I had it all figured out Felt I was on top of the world Now comes the evening and I'm shattered by doubt The braid has come all untwirled And that cold Saskatoon moon Will be risin' up soon We'll all croon a sad tune This day will be over soon I had money, a home, and a lover so dear Thought I was settled for life But now I sit with my thoughts, drownin' sorrows with beer I've traded my comfort for strife And that cold Saskatoon moon Will be risin' up soon We'll all croon a sad tune This day will be over soon Tomorrow I'll rise, wipe the tears from my eyes Try to start over again Someday I'll trade all the lows for the highs But I honestly can't tell you when And that cold Saskatoon moon Will be risin' up soon We'll all croon a sad tune This day will be over soon This day will be over soon
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Let Me Sleep In Your Car 02:13
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Let me sleep in your car Let me sleep in your car Well, it's cold out here And I'm all out of beer And I don't have any friends near Let me sleep in your car Let me sleep in your car Well, I'm all out of smokes And my watch it is broke And you're already wearin' my coat Let me sleep in your car Let me sleep in your car Zoë I wish you would show me Your northern love From up above Let me sleep in your car Let me sleep in your car We walked all the way And the sky it is grey And I'm tryin' to think of what exactly to say Let me sleep in your car Let me sleep in your car I know come the dawn That you will be gone And I'll probably be passed out on the lawn Let me sleep in your car Let me sleep in your car Zoë I wish you would show me Your northern love From up above
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Pretty Polly 02:08
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There used to be a gambler who courted all around There used to be a gambler who courted all around He courted pretty Polly, such beauty never been found Pretty Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with me Pretty Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with me Before we get married, some pleasures to see She jumped up behind him and 'way they did go She jumped up behind him and 'way they did go Down into the valley that was far below They went a little further and what did they spy They went a little further and what did they spy But a newly dug grave with a spade lying by Oh, Willy, hey, Willy, I'm afraid of your ways Oh, Willy, hey, Willy, I'm afraid of your ways I'm afraid you will lead my poor body astray Pretty Polly, by golly, you guessed it just right Pretty Polly, by golly, you guessed it just right I dug all your grave the better part of last night Then he stabbed her in the heart till her heart's blood did flow He stabbed her in the heart till her heart's blood did flow Down into the grave pretty Polly did go A debt to the devil, that Willy must pay A debt to the devil, that Willy must pay For killing pretty Polly and running away
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Thirty Lines 02:38
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You are my heroin Just tell me where and when I'll come runnin' with my spoon You're like my ecstasy You just keep callin' me I hope that you'll come through soon There must be somethin' in your heart, babe There must be somethin' in your soul You've become my drug of choice, babe Without you I don't feel whole You're like my morphine now Gotta get my fix somehow You're the only one that gets me high Don't leave me in the sticks Gotta go and get my fix Please don't leave me high and dry There must be somethin' in your heart, babe There must be somethin' in your soul You've become my drug of choice, babe Without you I don't feel whole I try to break away But I relapse everyday When I start jonesin' after you I gotta quit this thing You've become my everything I think I'm addicted to you There must be somethin' in your heart, babe There must be somethin' in your soul You've become my drug of choice, babe Without you I don't feel whole
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It's Over 01:30
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You're just another girl So why do you care? 'Cause you ruined my life Ha, au contraire! Although things weren't all well and good We did a lot better than I thought we could I thought that it was understood It's over You ruined it all No, you did It's all your fault Oh, don't you kid! I'd like to see where you'd be now Without me behind the plow So it's me who's sayin' ciao It's over Stop makin' excuses Stop pointin' the blame I say we just call it quits And forget each other's names I'm right, you're wrong Sayonara, so long Fat lady's singin', they're bangin' the gong It's over
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Brisbane Ladies 03:30
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Farewell and adieu to you, Brisbane ladies Farewell and adieu, you maids of Toowong We've sold all our cattle we have to keep moving But we hope to see you again before long And we'll rant and we'll roar like true Queensland drovers We'll rant and we'll roar as onward we push Until we return to the Augathella station Oh, it's flamin' dry goin' through the old Queensland bush Then on to Taromeo and Yarraman Creek, lads It's there we shall make our next camp for the day Where the water and grass are both plenty and sweet, lads And maybe we'll butcher a fat little stray And we'll rant and we'll roar like true Queensland drovers We'll rant and we'll roar as onward we push Until we return to the Augathella station Oh, it's flamin' dry goin' through the old Queensland bush Then on to Nanango, that hard-bitten township Where the out-of-work station-hands sit in the dust Where the shearers get shorn by old Tim, the contractor Oh, I wouldn't go near there, but I flamin' well must And we'll rant and we'll roar like true Queensland drovers We'll rant and we'll roar as onward we push Until we return to the Augathella station Oh, it's flamin' dry goin' through the old Queensland bush The girls of Toomancie they look so entrancing Like bawling young heifers they're out for their fun With the waltz and the polka and all kinds of dancing To the rackety old banjo of Bob Anderson And we'll rant and we'll roar like true Queensland drovers We'll rant and we'll roar as onward we push Until we return to the Augathella station Oh, it's flamin' dry goin' through the old Queensland bush Then fill up your glasses, and drink to the lasses We'll drink this town dry, then farewell to them all And when we've got back to the Augathella Station We hope you'll come by there and pay us a call
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Room For You 03:58
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[instrumental]
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Coffee House 01:09
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[spoken word]
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Silver Dagger 03:20
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Don't sing me love songs, you'll wake my mother She's sleepin' here right by my side And in her right hand is a silver dagger She says that I can never be your bride All men are false, so says my mother They tell you wicked, lovin' lies The very next evening they'll court another Leave you alone to pine and sigh My daddy is a handsome wrangler He's got a chain five miles long From every link, dear, a heart does dangle From some fair maid he's loved and wronged Go court another tender maiden And then someday she'll be your wife For I've been warned and I've decided To live alone all of my life Don't sing me love songs, you'll wake my mother She's sleepin' here right by my side And in her right hand is a silver dagger She says that I can never be your bride
11.
What's Your Damage, Heather?/Adagio In G Minor 00:35
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What's your damage, Heather? You can't change the weather
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Little Sadie 01:30
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Went out last night to take a little round I met my little Sadie and I blowed her down I ran right home and I went to bed With a forty-four smokeless under my head Began to think what a deed I'd done Grabbed my hat and away I run Made a god run but I run too slow They overtook me down in Jericho Standin' on the corner, ringin' my bell Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville He said "Young man is your name Brown? Remember the night you blowed Sadie down?" "Oh, yes sir, my name is Lee I murdered little Sadie in the first degree First degree and second degree If you've got any papers will you serve them to me?" Well, they took me down town and they dressed me in black They put me on a train and they brought me back Had no one for to go my bail They crammed me back into the county jail The judge and the jury they took their stand The judge had the papers in his right hand Forty-one days, forty-one nights Forty-one years to wear the ball and the stripes Went out last night to take a little round I met my little Sadie and I blowed her down Ran home and I went to bed With a forty-four smokeless under my head
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Silent Title 03:08
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When I was a little tyke I fell in love with this chick named Spike She had a style all her own Kinda gal you wanna take home Then when I was just fifteen Fell in love with the snowball queen She never gave me the time of day I wish she would come back and play Then sometime between night and day I fell in love with Carol Lay I used to read her in the Express Where it went's anybody's guess Then sometime between day and night I fell in love with Meg White A Detroit girl born and bred She only dresses in white and red
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El Conquistador 02:11
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I am Hernando Cortez Soon you will know me so well I'm a bounder, a cheat And let me repeat I am Hernando Cortez I am the fair Aztec princess Your ways seem foreign to me I'm scantily clad And you are a cad Oh, what will become of poor me? I'm gonna steal all your gold from you Then I'll pillage a village or two You're gonna wish that I was through I'm tellin' you And when there's no more gold in the land I'm gonna show ya the back of my hand I'm Chris Columbus' biggest fan A-yeah, man Ol' Montezuma's got nothin' on me I'm the Spaniard with the planiard, it's plain to see From Timbuktoo to Timbuckthree I'm the terror of the seven seas Tried to raise my son right I gave him all that he needed Then he went off to fight Now the Aztecs have all been defeated Oh, mammy, that's such a sad story Oh, mammy, your little boy's sorry Poor Montezuma, I guess things just happen that way Poor Montezuma, he'll have his revenge He'll have his revenge Yes, he'll have his revenge Someday
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To Morrow 01:11
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I started on a journey, about a year ago To a little town called Morrow in the state of Ohio I've never been much of a traveler, so I really didn't know That Morrow was the hardest place I'd ever try to go I went down to the station for my ticket and applied For tips regarding Morrow, not expecting to be guyed Said he to me, "Now let me see if I have heard you right You'd like to go to Morrow and return tomorrow night" "You should have gone to Morrow yesterday and back today For the train today to Morrow is a mile upon its way If you had gone to Morrow yesterday, now don't you see You could have gone to Morrow and returned today at three" "For the train today to Morrow if the schedule is right Today it goes to Morrow and returns tomorrow night" I was so disappointed, I was mad enough to swear The train had gone to Morrow and it left me standing there The man was right in tellin' me I was howlin' jay I could not go to Morrow, so I guess in town I'll stay
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Wagoner's Lad 02:41
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Hard is the fortune of all womankind They're always controlled, they're always confined Controlled by their parents until they are brides Then slaves to their husbands for the rest of their lives I am a poor girl, my fortune is sad I've always been courted by a wagoner's lad He's courted me daily, by night and by day And now he is loaded and going away Your parents don't like me because I am poor They say I'm not worthy of entering your door I work for a living, my money's my own And if they don't like it, they can leave me alone Your horses are hungry, go feed them some hay Come sit down beside me as long as you may My horses ain't hungry, they won't eat your hay So fare thee well darlin', I'll be on my way Your wagon needs greasin', your whip's for to mend Come sit down beside me as long as you can My wagon is greasy, my whip's in my hand So fare thee well, darling, no longer to stand Hard is the fortune of all womankind They're always controlled, they're always confined Controlled by their parents until they are brides Then slaves to their husbands for the rest of their lives
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Epitaph 01:15
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When the curfew blows And my life here is done I just want you to know I loved you everyone And how I miss my childhood And how I miss my innocence And when I die And when I'm gone Won't you bury me At Maple Lawn? G-d, I miss my Rosebud And how I miss my innocence And Alberta, you've been on my mind But we didn't have the time No, we didn't have the time
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I Know You, Rider [live bonus track] 05:50
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I know you, rider gonna miss me when I'm gone I know you, rider gonna miss me when I'm gone Gonna miss your baby from rollin' in your arms Laid down last night, Lord, I could not take my rest Laid down last night, Lord, I could not take my rest My mind was thinkin' 'bout the wild geese in the west I know you, rider gonna miss me when I'm gone I know you, rider gonna miss me when I'm gone Gonna miss your baby from rollin' in your arms The sun will shine in my back door someday The sun will shine in my back door someday March winds will blow all my troubles away I know you, rider gonna miss me when I'm gone I know you, rider gonna miss me when I'm gone Gonna miss your baby from rollin' in your arms Wish I was a headlight on a northbound train Wish I was a headlight on a northbound train I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain I know you, rider gonna miss me when I'm gone I know you, rider gonna miss me when I'm gone Gonna miss your baby from rollin' in your arms Gonna miss your baby from rollin' in your arms

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released December 25, 2007

Matt Rasch - vocals, guitar, keyboard, percussion, mandolin, concertina, harmonica, ukulele, jew's harp
Holly Keller - vocals, mandolin
Nik McLane - vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboard
Kevin Paul - vocals, guitar
Ryan Cole - percussion
Eric Jaqua - bass
Sam McKenney - vocals
Beth Karkosak - vocals, alto saxophone
Brad Winkler - banjo [bonus track]
Erik Van Horn - congas [bonus track]

(and thanks to MG for the drum)

All tracks written by M. Rasch; except 4, 7, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18 traditional; 5, 13 by M. Rasch and N. McLane; 8 by N. McLane; 9 by M. Rasch and B. Karkosak; 11 by M. Rasch/T. Albinoni

Recorded at Plattdeutsch Studios, except track 18, recorded live at Coffee & Connect
Mixed and engineered by Matt Rasch
Produced by Vermeers, Ltd.

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