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Cannonballs

by Jeremy K Betterley

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1.
Ooh, I'll admit that I miss you even though I know I shouldn't tell Cause old memories of nights and sunny days are things On which I know I probably shouldn't dwell And ooh, but I can't help think How you're with somebody else right now While I'm all alone on this dusty road with all my bitter thoughts as well But it's no fun to share a bed with anger And jealousy's no good for my poor back So while you're with them please don't forget me babe You know where I'll be when I come back 66 nights have I been wandering 66 nights sleeping alone and 66 nights have I been dreaming of the 44 more til I come home So let me take a moment with my thoughts and try to win this battle with my mind for my instincts are telling me one thing While reason tells me it will all be fine And it's no fun to share a bed with anger And jealousy's no good for my poor back So while you're with them please don't forget me babe You know where I'll be when I come back And I know you deserve more than that To be put up on some shelf and kept up there I thougth I'd learned my lessons while I was in pre-school But I guess I'm still learning how to share But it's no fun to share a bed with anger And jealousy's no good for my poor back So while you're with them please don't forget me babe You know where I'll be when I come back
2.
Will you share this umbrella As we watch leaves dance in this Rain thats falling as I'm still falling darling Won't you give this thing a chance? We will say forget the system, baby Cause it don't know what's good for us Old printed fliers are our reminders as we Give this old thing a chance? And they say youth have much to learn We haven't forgotten it ourselves And I can't say how I'll look back on this moment But let's compare notes in a few years Will you share this one way ticket with me As they call all aboard this train that's rolling as we watch the world roll by Won't you give this thing a chance? We will say, forget the money grabbers as they take all of our spare change comes slowly as we watch the world roll by Won't you give this thing a chance? And they say youth have much to learn We haven't forgotten it ourselves And I can't say how I'll look back on this moment But let's compare notes in a few years But let's compare notes in a few years But let's compare notes in a few years
3.
Cannonballs 02:42
Why do the stars resemble animals? No one ever knows, no one ever knows Why don't we all just live like cannibals? No one ever knows, no one ever knows Why don't we all just live like cannonballs? Crash Into the walls, crash into the walls Leave nothing behind us but a smoky pall Crash into the walls, crash into the walls Let's walk our dogs to the peninsula In Siberia, In Siberia I think I'd like to get to know ya In Siberia, In Siberia Let's walk our dogs to the peninsula In Siberia, In Siberia It's hard to tell what's a peninsula In Siberia, In Siberia
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Satellite 04:55
You are like my satellite Cause you float round and round Way up high And you my friend seem stuck out in orbit While I wait here for you Don't make me wait too long Don't make me wait And I my dear could never stand in the way Of you and your precious stars (sky) But we both know that though the universe expands How one day all things will meet once again Don't make me wait too long Don't make me wait Don't make me wait too long Don't make me wait too long Don't make me wait
6.
sometimes I think about impossibilities and sometimes I think about what they mean for you and me Because we're powerless deviants guilty of free speech And I can't talk louder than the Heartland Institute and the fools they put on tv sell out your opinions, it's what you've always done It's not your fault, afterall you're just as Powerless as me Powerless as me Powerless as me Powerless as me Powerful as me Obedience afterall is what it takes to succeed Make the grade and know your palce before its taken by a machine Because we're components on assembly lines, with maximized efficiency Free will is an afterthought in this New society New society New society New society New society The system rewards those who question it the elast While we keep our heads in goings on our reward is sanity But we cover the earth in pesticides and we plant genetic modified seeds I'm feeling more like a test subject in this Global laboratory Global laboratory Global laboratory Global laboratory
7.
B7 C G Across an ocean on the distant shore dancing in the ferns on the forest floor moving to the east to start my day F C G That's Where I found my way Climbing to the tops of the tallest trees while a land made by fire stretches beneath my feet looking to the west to end the day that's where I found my way Putting mile on mile underneath my boot letting my soul seep up through my shoes calling on my roots to lend me strength That's where I found my way Casting out to sail on a deep blue sea Diving in when it's still too dark to see Standing on the banks of a drowned lake That's where I found my way That’s where I found my way
8.
C G F C It does my heart much good to be here Am G F G Six miles, your crystal waters C G F C To hear your trickle, just to be near Am G F C Six miles, of crystal waters When first we met, I knew not your beauty Six miles, your crystal waters You have gave such comfort to me Six miles, your crystal waters F C G C Once had a trail that led right to you Am G F G But now I’ve moved so far away-ay C G F C I meant to write, I mean to see you Am G F G C Six miles, patiently wait I knew a girl when I was younger Six miles, your crystal waters She learned to love me bu your stream there Six miles, of crystal waters (Instrumental) Steep wooded sides surround my river Like walls around where I call home I swear that soon I’ll try to be there Six miles, won’t be long Once had a trail that led right to you But now I’ve moved so far away I meant to write, I mean to see you Six miles, patiently wait
9.
Salty Air 03:30
it's time to go back once again Am to breathe the salty air G feel sun on my skin Am G let the car roll down the road Am find out where it goes D hear the lobster boats G Am I'll be there in the morning C G and you'll be right behind G Am dip a paddle in the water C Cm feel that warm sunshine RIFF Am G though you feel so far away now Am G I won't forget how Am G it feels to be there Am D realign my furrowed brow G Am I'll be there in the morning C G and you'll be right behind G Am dip a paddle in the water C Cm Bb F G feel that warm sunshine
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Yellow Line 03:14
So as we'd walked that yellow line You'd held my hand, walked by my side And though we knew there'd come a time when we wouldn't have to think about each other anymore I could never forget you Like forgetting myself Forgetting my ways I could never forget you How could I? How could I? And as we'd slept by mountain streams our riparian homes never seemed so sweet And though we knew that where it led would deposit us apart in some new watershed I could never forget you Like forgetting myself Forgetting my ways I could never forget you How could I? How could I?
12.
Skyline 04:52
I was looking out across this town Where the skyline met my eye as I looked down and saw the carpet of cracked pavement Does anyone have the time? Does anyone have the time? Does anyone have the time? I was looking out across this field Where kids kicked soccer balls wearing cleats with worn out heels And I saw that neat lawn stretched so wide Does anyone have the time? Does anyone have the time? Does anyone have the time? And where did it go? Another day slips away from our reach And I'm not sure where they float off to Maybe they pass the asteroids and join the stars Or stay somewhere in our hearts I was walking alone down by the shore Where the seagulls called like harpies and the boats bobbed on the surf And I sat a while and watched the tide Does anyone have the time? Does anyone have the time? Does anyone have the time? And where did it go? Another day slips away from our reach And I'm not sure where they float off to Maybe they pass the asteroids and join the stars Or stay somewhere in our hearts

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All songs written, recorded, mixed, mastered and produced by Jeremy Betterley

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released May 20, 2016

Jeremy Betterley - vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, keyboards
Sean Bonney-Burrill - drums (tracks 2-5, 9)
Alex Ford - vocals (3)
Taya Win - vocals (3)
Kim shifrin - vocals (3)
Chris MacNamara - drums (6, 11)
Rob Blackmore - guitar (6)
Sam Boyles - bass guitar (6), double bass (11)

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