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Change is on its way now.
Nothing's staying where it used to be.
Can't you feel things moving?
Never where we'd thought we'd ever be.
Disruption Song. No point in holding
Onto old plans. You know they've got to go.
Ain't no time for hes-i-ta-tions
Take a breath 'cuz
Life don't give no second chances.
Countdown is on
The ground is shifting
Countdown is on
Momentum's taking us
Countdown is on
The world is tipping
4,3,2,1.
Who knows which way this will play?
Hold on to the truth
In the eye of the storm, there is calm
In the eye of the calm, there is change.
Ahhh.
Change is on its way now.
Nothing's staying where it used to be.
Can't you feel things moving?
Never where we'd thought we'd ever be.
Disruption Song. No point in holding
Onto old plans. You know they've got to go.
Ain't no time for hes-i-ta-tions
Take a breath 'cuz
Life don't give no second chances.
Countdown is on
The ground is shifting
Countdown is on
Momentum's taking us
Countdown is on
The world is tipping
4,3,2,1.
Who knows which way this will play?
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One day
Starting from this day.
Take it to a better day
Where freedom will ring.
This time
Different from the last time.
Have to take us to a new time
Where freedom will ring.
Gonna dream a dream. Gonna make it happen.
Gonna make a change and gonna start it right here.
Gonna dream a dream. Gonna make it happen.
Gonna make a change and gonna start it right here.
Only we can free each other.
Won't you help us sing freedom?
One time
Gonna turn our backs on bad times.
And the monuments to past crimes
So freedom can ring.
No time
To wait until sometime.
No waiting for a clear sign
That freedom can ring.
Gonna dream a dream. Gonna make it happen.
Gonna make a change and gonna start it right here.
Gonna dream a dream. Gonna make it happen.
Gonna make a change and gonna start it right here.
Only we can free each other.
Won't you help us sing freedom?
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3. |
Daylight Savings Time
03:14
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I might be stupid but I'm not dumb.
I can see for miles where you're coming from.
I know that your smart. I can see your spark.
You take away the hours to take away the dark.
Saving up the moments. Try to line them up by size.
Measuring the space between clever and wise.
Take the loss, to see what's to gain.
I've been here before but everything's changed.
Fall back. Bide you're time when
The going gets tough, wait for the signs then
Fall back. Bide your time when,
The road's looking rough, wait for the signs then
Fall back. Bide your time when
The troubles look enough, wait for the signs then
Spring ahead.
Take a step forward, take one step back,
Don't Get ahead of yourself. The world just stays on it’s track.
One step back, one step ahead.
Sometimes the early bird can let the worm stay in it’s bed.
Telling times. Do they amount to anything?
Sometimes I'm not so sure. but some times are everything.
Take the loss, to see what's to gain.
I've been here before but everything's changed.
Fall back. Bide you're time when
The going gets tough, wait for the signs then
Fall back. Bide your time when,
The road's looking rough, wait for the signs then
Fall back. Bide your time when
The troubles look enough wait for the signs then
Spring ahead.
Old Georgie, looking down lost in thought
Old Georgie, doesn't want the days to stop.
Old Georgie, looking up has the thought
You can take from the bottom and add it on top.
Hey Georgie! Hey Georgie! Hey Georgie!
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4. |
Coffeeshop Storyteller
02:46
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Back then they called me Lucky
They called this town that too.
First time luck don’t go that far
This town changed too.
The history of this city
Like truth too often bent.
The names been changed, fact rearranged
to cast us innocent.
I learnt how to press my luck
to see what it would do.
This place left me to pull my fate
through.
Before you meet me, I’ll have your portrait drawn.
Last time you lay eyes on me, I’ll be long past gone.
I watch the world around me,
Like Balzac in his time.
My dreams my only fortune, my thoughts my only crime.
They called me Lucky
They called this town that too.
First time luck don’t go that far
This town changed too.
I learnt how to press my luck
to see what it would do.
This place left me to pull my fate
through.
Watch the world around me,
Like Balzac in his time.
My dreams my only fortune, my thoughts my only crime.
They used to call me Lucky,
They called this town that too
First time luck don’t go that far
This town changed too
I learnt how to press my luck
to see what it would do.
This place left me to pull my fate
through.
After you’ve met me, a portrait in your hand,
A vague history of mixed up facts that disappear like sand.
Take in the world around me,
Like Balzac in his time.
My dreams my only fortune, my thoughts my only crime.
First time lucky,
Third time too.
Fourth time my luck struck out
The last time too.
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Paul and Silas bound in debt
With some strength they'll get there yet.
Keep your eyes on the prize hold on.
Paul and Silas 'gan to shout
World woke up and all walked out.
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
Hold on. Hold on.
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
Hold on. Hold on. Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
The only chains that we can stand,
Are the chains of hand in hand.
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
Simple living, don't take but give,
So that others can simply live.
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
Hold on. Hold on.
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
Hold on. Hold on. Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
The only chains that we can stand,
Are the chains of hand in hand.
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
Simple living, don't take but give,
So that others can simply live.
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
Hold on. Hold on.
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
Hold on. Hold on.
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It was the last time that I saw you
I know that you weren't at your best,
I could see past the confusion
Take hold of your hand and leave, the rest.
Between today and tomorrow
The awkward space that's in between
There's nothing left here to discover
That's all there is here to be seen
It takes away all of the
Questioning what might have been
Off guard the memories will catch me
Trip up my tongue and my head.
Let down I think through the moments
Review everything, unsaid.
Between today and tomorrow
It opens up to claim this space.
The weight that keeps us to this moment
It closes in and makes its case
It fills the room as it
Holds my feelings in this place.
The thoughts collide as I think back
Way back beside the recent past
Timelines refuse to keep their straight lines
Crossing back like ragged dreams, outcast.
Between today and tomorrow
Carries the weight of what's too long
It keeps me in this place refusing
Attempts to fix what appears wrong.
And in-between I stay
Meanwhile you've already gone.
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Beyond the clouds
The North Star shines
The road leads on
And the South Wind tries
To change my course as the path folds back on itself.
Future hopes pull me,
But memories hold me
And everything has its own truth.
The warming light pulls me
The shadows they hold me
The sky keeps us under its gaze.
Beyond the clouds
The North Star shines
The road leads on
And the South Wind tries
To change my course as the path folds back on itself.
Future hopes pull me,
But memories hold me
And everything has its own truth.
The distance pulls me
Your closeness enfolds me
My love for you has no beginning and no end.
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8. |
Oslo, Via Montreal
03:56
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How did we end up here?
At the horizon roads disappear
After the highs the low come in, the journey runs aground
I never thought I’d chart this strange countdown.
How did it all end in this place?
Running away from truths too hard to face
The road we took takes us away from all that matters most
How could I know that love can change to the hungriest of ghosts?
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.
Hold onto the space that keeps the light in your heart
Rise above. Rise above.
How did we end up here?
At the horizon roads disappear
After the highs the low come in, the journey runs aground
I never thought I’d chart this strange countdown.
How did it all end in this place?
Running away from truths too hard to face
The road we took takes us away from all that matters most
How could I know that love can change to the hungriest of ghosts?
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.
Hold onto the space that keeps the light in your heart
Rise above. Rise above.
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9. |
Love & (R)evolution
04:09
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Fight with love. Fight with love.
Fight with love. Unite with love.
We met online. She blew my mind.
She drew a line around our lives, opened my eyes.
Fight with love. Fight with love.
Fight with love. Unite with love.
She said resist. Blew hate a kiss.
She raised a fist
We are the ones who can lead this.
Fight with love. Fight with love.
Fight with love. Unite with love.
Fight with love. Fight with love.
Fight with love. Unite with love.
Her eyes they shone. She turned face-on.
She raised her voice
If all life matters why force a choice?
Fight with love. Fight with love.
Fight with love. Unite with love.
Her voice was soft. She knew the costs.
She raised her sights
Love, and evolution, we'll make what's right.
Fight with love. Fight with love.
Fight with love. Unite with love.
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We find ourselves in times of trouble.
Strife and struggle fill our lives.
When everybody's double speaking,
You can’t tell the truth from lies.
You gotta learn to keep your guard up.
Down on the streets their sirens call.
Today their words are weapons,
The writings on the wall, the writings on the wall.
A to B, everything is free.
The costs will come when they tally the sum
C to D they will claim their fee,
At every point used to pin you down.
A to Z, form the words in your head,
But there are ways to twist them around.
1,2,3 screens replace what we see,
The more they show, the blinder we become.
All to one, it's a dangerous equation
These are the times, these are the times
One to none, a troublin' calculation
These are the times, these are the times.
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11. |
The Empire Of Money
03:04
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Here comes that sinking feeling
In the stomach and the mind.
The more you let your hopes up
The further your behind.
You listened to their promises
Their story and their song.
You thought you'd really get somewhere,
And everything's now gone.
They fooled you once
They fooled you twice.
There's no such thing as paradise
You bought the dream in the empire of money.
You bought the dream
You paid the price
There's no such thing as paradise
They fooled you twice in the empire of money.
Here's that sinking feeling
The feeling you've been had.
The solid opportunities, each one has turned out bad.
They played upon your dreams
The feelings were so true.
You took them at their word, they turned the failure back on you.
Here comes that sinking feeling
In the stomach and the mind.
You can't out-scheme the schemers
When you buy into the empire of money.
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12. |
Actionman And Talkboy
03:10
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Rescue me,
Melody set me free
Save my mind,
Play the track and hit rewind.
Rhythm and the harmony,
the lyrics speak to everything,
and open up my world to the sound.
Takes me to another place,
between the notes there is the space
Reminds me where it is that I belong.
Set the tone,
Ride the beat and cue the drone.
Words let go,
Punctuate the audio.
Bend the notes and take the break,
And build the bridge, record the take
It’s freedom that’s been set in 4/4 time.
Sing the verse and middle eight,
Define emotion and it takes
The rhythm to meaning
And reason to the rhyme.
Rescue me,
Set all my worries free.
Play the sound,
Lift the mood and turn me ‘around
Rhythm and the harmony,
the lyrics speak to everything,
and open up my world to the sound.
Takes me to another place,
between the notes there is the space
Reminds me where it is that I belong.
Set the tone,
Ride the beat and cue the drone.
Words let go,
Punctuate the audio.
Bend the notes and take the break,
And build the bridge, record the take
It’s freedom that’s been set in 4/4 time.
Sing the verse and middle eight,
Define emotion and it takes
The rhythm to meaning
And reason to the rhyme.
Words let go,
Punctuate the audio.
Takes me to another place,
between the notes there is the space
It’s freedom that’s been set in 4/4 time.
Sing the verse and middle eight,
Define emotion and it takes
The rhythm to meaning
And reason to the rhyme.
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It was the last time that I saw you
I know that you weren't at your best,
I could see past the confusion
Take hold of your hand and leave, the rest.
Between today and tomorrow
The awkward space that's in between
There's nothing left here to discover
That's all there is here to be seen
It takes away all of the
Questioning what might have been
Off guard the memories will catch me
Trip up my tongue and my head.
Let down I think through the moments
Review everything, unsaid.
Between today and tomorrow
It opens up to claim this space.
The weight that keeps us to this moment
It closes in and makes its case
It fills the room as it
Holds my feelings in this place.
The thoughts collide as I think back
Way back beside the recent past
Timelines refuse to keep their straight lines
Crossing back like ragged dreams, outcast.
Between today and tomorrow
Carries the weight of what's too long
It keeps me in this place refusing
Attempts to fix what appears wrong.
And in-between I stay
Meanwhile you've already gone.
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Jim Dandy Audio Guelph, Ontario
The music of Jim Dandy Audio blends folktronic, warbly indie pop & blue-eyed soul, not leaning into nostalgia but staying
focused on the present. It may not be the present that was promised or desired, but it is the imperfect now that we all share.
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