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Gimme Some Light

by Ryan Martin

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1.
I lost my mind Then I felt the plane taking off Back to a time of the past And all that I lost This is not a time that I forgot A complicated mind And the brutal heart No one drew me a line So I don’t know where to start I’m on the ride ‘till I get lost But the good men know when to get off Yea, they got something to live for I would understand If love killed a man Because the well it goes so deep And you sink, and you sink, and you sink This ain’t right I’m much too high But the good men know when to fly The good men fear the sky I lost my mind Then I felt the plane taking off Back to a time of the past And all that I lost Is it not too late to get off? So damn unprepared And he’s growing up so scared Left him with a pocket for a gun And the will to shoot out the sun I won’t sleep I’ll just walk the street But the good men know where to meet But I don’t know this city I lost my mind Then I felt the plane taking off
2.
It couldn’t have been more than thirteen seconds He put it together and he called it perfection That’s what I was thinking as I stared in your direction You got some friends but I don’t care with your goldfish eyes and vagabond hair I was waiting in the corners When your light crept in and impaled my eyes Oh Mandy how much do you love me? Is it sweeter than the waves of the California bays that once held me close As a child? We talked of harlots and I told you about these streets And in the morning you took to the mirror like Holly Golightly Now you’re planting these visions of a lovers reverie Two street corner singers, two destitute darlings You left some coins from home for me I said baby, cute currency. Oh Mandy, how much do you love me? Is it sweeter than the waves of the California bays that once held me close As a child? Now you’re a carnival girl traveling the north country Scrounging for love and fighting to be free And I know I’ll see you again one day in some deserted station reading A half written novel we’ll use our lives to complete And I will reach out and touch your shoulder And at that moment we will be free Oh Mandy how much do you love me? Oh Mandy can you say it in a way? That would be sweeter than the waves of the California bays that once held me close As a child? I’ve been bored for a while So lets get back in style, Mandy
3.
Hold on angel, don’t pay the bill Look at me like you want it We are lonely and hold some guilt But the truth lies upon it And I’m not going to wait For the death of love Yea it’s all we got Hot rod rangers may feed you pills Scoop you up from the bottom And all the danger brings a thrill Keeps you close to the ending But I’m not going to wait For the death of love Come on give it up Please just believe me and stay for the night Morning will wake you and then I’ll be right For the death of love Always withholding but that ain’t a life Nothing is stranger than daring surprise Like the death of love
4.
Parasol 03:21
I want me a really nice pretty one With a parasol smile and sparkling curls To show me the secret of her world Walk her down a sweet old country road Arm in arm, soul to soul And talking will never grow old Parks and swings and juniper Street lamps and cold winter air She may cry when I am far away I will send letters to share My return to her arms is near Lemon pies and a little bungalow Sundress size for a belly that grows A heartbeat, one of our own Lakes and boats in the afternoon Lets take a ride in our automobile
5.
I’ve been sleeping with your ghost In the moonlight on the coast Taking punches at the rain Making claims that God’s insane You’re a mystified escape Get the car, we’ll crash the gate And in the glory of the night We’re not afraid to die Say you love me Say you love me now And I want it all from you Like a starving millionaire And I want the world for two If you could only lead me there I dare You’re a haunted hurricane I’m a home out on the plain It’s the way the walls cave in Really makes me want to live And if you find the will to open up Like petals in the sun Then with the power of the sea I’ll bring you my body Say you love me Say you love me now And I want it all from you Like a starving millionaire And I want the world for two If you could only lead me there I dare
6.
Hear me man there is no plan I’m frantic and unprepared To take to heart the better part Of living outside the fear So many days I have thought of the ways to rewind Back to the start with the purest of hearts And not to want the perfect way to die Tell me Jack just how to act So no one will think of me But notice that I’m under some fantastic suffering Study my failures and build up the layers of lies What is the truth? Am I of any use? Well fuck it man I’ll find some other life One more time to free my mind And let go of the past Pierce the skin and swim within Embers turn to ash Accept that the meaning is not more than feeling the love Choke on my blood set fire to the rug And now I see I’m dangerously unplugged
7.
Regular Man 06:01
The dawn breaks and your dreams They’re all now forsaken Restless with you sigh Like every word you hear is goodbye Take time to think of the rain How every drop finds a drain Like yourself and what you had In your youth delusions of truth And now your in wheel Just like a regular man And its all you feel Just like a regular man And it’s all you steal But you give it back again The sunburst clouds on the drive And you close your tired eyes And on the shelf, the whiskey It’s calling for your help So hang your coat and get your glass And drown in your past All you wanted to say Hold your tongue it all passes away And now you’re in the wheel Just like a regular man And its all you feel Just like a regular man Realize regular man how the simple life has got you down I know you had a different plan but the wheel has spun you around
8.
I was looking out one night from a Brooklyn fire escape Seeing all the happy people join in the suicide parade I saw ribbons and fire and the laughter hit like a drum Still I can’t find a single thing that’s wrong Wearing a face that says I’m fine so you can try to relate But if I let you in on my state of mind Then you may want to escape So lets not talk about lovers Or anything you wish to change We’re already doing our best to seal our fate But we look nice in our shells Like we don’t need anyone else But I’ve been blind to the love outside And it’s all a part of why I hide I’ve been working up a fantasy waiting on a subway train I dreamt the girl I was sitting with would turn to me and say, I know we are strangers but the moonlight brings a change All I want is some sympathy for the pain
9.
Be Kind 03:02
So they say the truth can be found In the things we cannot see So I’ll pray on hallowed ground ‘neath the willow hanging trees I’ve tried hard to be a part of all the wondrous disguise And if the caterwauls from down the hall awake you in the night Be kind To understand yourself in another Is that the way it’s supposed to be? If not for me than for my brother Let his gentle heart receive There’s a swinging sign in the moonlight Saying come on in, it’s time But I’ve been walking through wars for years and I don’t want a hello or goodbye Just be kind And if from this city rooftop, through your yellow window I see you crying I’ll be kind
10.
Adeline 05:10
Well you left me out on the wings again As I’m dying just enough to enjoy the ride And you can’t find it redeeming when you smile You’ve disconnected the light You see we’re the same We don’t shelter our hearts from the pain And when the wolves are closing in I’ll be beside you then Oh Adeline, Oh Adeline It’s so easy to die young and high Well its not any more fun you said As you awaken dragged up off the floor Now the end is all you believe in You have given but no one’s asking for more You say you’re the last The last one to ever know where it’s at And when your makeup’s smeared with tears I’ll love you for your fears Oh Adeline, Oh Adeline The way you want to fall It’s beautiful and all but you’re missing the target One more time you crawl into the night to return a little less I don’t believe you when you say It’s only love
11.
I felt the rays of God shine in my hands Burn all the plans I’m going to grip the sun Learn how to use it Learn how to fuse it To my darkened heart in a burst of sparks I was leper in armor He said Gimme some light The eyes are all in bloom With a beautiful madness and a dangerous sadness Nightfall came too soon It crept through my window and commanded my soul In blankets made of stars We’ve gone too far I was a leper in armor He said Gimme some light Stars for gutters and winter leaves Indian lovers taken from the valley Black Hill thunder and the Ghost Dance queen They discovered nothing Return to me
12.
Ask your mother, if you can go out tonight Cause the boys got a bottle on the roof From your rear view mirror, it’s a twilight drive This must be life’s forgotten proof They’ll sell you summer We got this year and to my friends and I it will come true A teenage hunger and a suburban child Got a kiss from a girl then away I flew Into the blue Where no one knows my name I found a love to shame Where I never was the one Forgive me father, for telling you lies But you know I was lost in lust I’ll meet my brother at the bowling alley And there’s a girl with eyes like dangling diamonds reflecting the sun Walk the shoreline It was my time, on each park bench my time did come But in the bedroom We tried lord we tried but to learn love was not enough Let it rust Where no on knows my name I found a love to shame Where I never was the one
13.
Love does not forgive It does not care who wins It is only what you give And I plead with you, my soul Do not let me go I am here forevermore Oh my heart Oh my heart won’t start Come on, give it one more try Stand up and tell them why I was given life It is all I can do But fear is what tortures me And it wants company So it clings to the dream Oh my heart Oh my heart won’t start Come on, give it one more try Take off your mask for me All I want to see Is the real human being I know there is suffering But it’s all part of being A real human being Oh my heart Oh my heart won’t start Come on, give it one more try

credits

released June 29, 2018

Ryan Martin: Guitars, Piano, Bass on 'Be Kind', Celeste, Glockenspiel, Harmonica, Chamberlin
Dave Smith: Bass
Keith Robinson: Drums
Jonny Lam: Pedal Steel, Lap Steel, Guitar
Christina LaRocca: Harmony Vocals
Cornelius McMoyler: Piano, Wurlitzer
Barami Waspe: Saxophone on Death Of Love
Joe McGinty: Organ, Piano on 'Suicide Parade' & 'Dangerously Unplugged'
Lucas Van Lenten: Guitar, Percussion
Daniel Weintraub: Mandolin, Percussion
Nathan Corsi: Harmony Vocals on 'Lepers In Armor'
Carrie Ashley Hill: Harmony Vocals on 'Be KInd'
Dean Jones: Trombone on 'Suicide Parade'
Marianne Tasick: Violin, Harmony Vocals
Andy Snitzer: Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
Mike Davis: Bass Trombone, Trombone
C.J. Camieri: Trumpet, French Horn
Sean Boyd: Banjo
Horns on 'Parasol' arranged by C.J. Camieri
Horns on 'Ask Your Mother' arranged by C.J. Camieri and Ryan Martin
All tracks recorded at The Art Farm, Accord, NY
Except 'Real Human Being' recorded by Ryan Martin at home on a TASCAM DP-004
All songs written and arranged by Ryan Martin
Produced by Daniel Weintraub and Ryan Martin
Engineered and Mixed by Daniel Weintraub Mastered by Dan Hersch for d2 Mastering
Photography by Eric Akashi
Design and Layout by Patrick Whalen
Thanks to Sean and Richie at The Art Farm
Special Thanks to Lucas Van Lenten for his creative wisdom and George Baer Wallace for his genius
All Songs © 2018 Zephyr Bird Music (BMI)
All Rights Reserved
www.ryanmartinmusic.net
This album is dedicated to the memory of Jonathan W. Thee
p & © 2018 High Moon Records
Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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