Tunesmith

BY DAVID MCLACHLAN
A joy to record in Nashville Sept 2022…hot off the press…thanks for your support
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Released: Sept., 2022
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Here and Now

Tracks / Lyrics

1. COME TO AVIGNON

I stayed in Carcassonne

Had soup of champignon

Gendarmes left me alone

Felt safe in Carcassonne

I went to Avignon

I had to find a home

Felt strange to be alone

I moved to Avignon

CH Oh come to Avignon

Take a train from Barcelone

Rendezvous from heart of Rome

Oh come to Avignon

Now I live in Avignon

I eat filet mignon

I drink Cab Sauvignon

At home in Avignon

BDG Don’t say oh come to Paris

She stole my heart many time

But if you’re from Avignon

You’re a friend of mine

Now I play in Avignon

Each night I sing my song

Drink wine ‘til break of dawn

New day in Avignon

RAP Fly direct from San Antone

You will land in Cologne

Drive south to Avignon

Stay with me in my home

TAG Oh come to Avignon

David McLachlan © Handy Publishing/SOCAN 2022

2. ANY WAY YOU CAN

ANY WAY YOU CAN

Butterfly came out today

Watch it as it starts to play

Get a net it flies away

CH Things change deal with it

Things change deal with it

Any way you can

You may wake up late today

Gotta run to make your pay

You get fired what do you say

A loving heart will caress

Sing a song for you are blessed

Let the wind hear you confess

TAG Let the wind hear you confess

Any way you can

David McLachlan © Handy Publishing/SOCAN 2022

3. RIDE OF OUR LIVES

My baby moans please take me

I say where you wanna go

She rolls her eyes Uzbekistan

I say okay lets go

And so we head off

On the ride of our lives

My baby purrs sweet nothin

In my sleepy ear

She says you got that something

To take us outta here

And so we head off

On the ride of our lives

BDG You may have no interest

In this travelogue

I say take a chance and go

You will not get lost

My baby moans please take me

I say where you wanna go

She says take me anywhere

Make it sweet and slow

And so we head off

On the ride of our lives

TAG Head off on the ride of your lives

David McLachlan © Handy Publishing/SOCAN 2022

4. CHORUS ON THE WIND

The bones of our ancestor’s

Cry out to be heard

All the little children

Speak without a word

You can hear a chorus

You can hear a rumble (iv)

Carried by the wind

A chorus on the wind (iv)

It is getting louder

Getting so much louder (iv)

It will draw you in

For years we heard the story

A rumour from the past

We have not forgotten

A memory that will last

If the truth shall stand up

Someday we will know

Blood on the crucifix

All the scars you show

Come my child sit here

Let me cut your hair

Learn now how to live

We’ll teach you to be fair

You are very wild

We can tame that too

Forget to speak your language

An unmarked grave for you

TAG The bones of our ancestor’s

Cry out to out to be heard : :

David McLachlan © Handy Publishing/SOCAN 2022

5. KID IN A CANDY STORE

Take what you want from the grab n’ go

See a menu just for you

So you will know

It’s not like life has passed you by

Kid in a candy store will never cry

You know it’s not like doin time

Reach for the sky it ain’t a crime

It’s not like life has passed you by

Kid in a candy store eyes open wide

BDG Don’t feel that life has passed you by

You got your freedom a gift of time

BREAK

Take all you want from the grab n’ go

Menu is unlimited

And now you know

It’s not like life has passed you by

Kid in a candy store knows how to fly

David McLachlan c Handy Publ SOCAN 2022

6. CLOSE TO LOVE

Good to feel fifteen again

Remember you said it back then

Never knew how it would go

You let it slip now we both know

CH I’m close to love with you

I hope you feel it too (i/ii)

I know you feel it too (iii)

Always a scare when you step out and dare (i/ii)

Do not be scarred just step out and dare (iii)

I’m close to love with you

We walked a different road

Sometimes close more miles to go

Two hearts long for the day

Go double dare not easy to say

BDG Closer to love

let yourself go oh oh

Closer to love

why fight what you don’t know

CH (iii)

TAG It’s good to feel fifteen again

David McLachlan © SOCAN 2022

7. IT’S NOT ME IT’S YOU

CH Hello darlin this I know

It may be news to you

For everything we did

All that we went through

You know it’s not me it’s you

An old flame called me up

My heart began to race

She said we should bury the hatchet

I said hold on here

Can we talk this out

I knew she could really get at it

My eyes grew big and wide

‘cause it’s not every day

You get a chance to right an old wrong

Somehow I knew she could

I never doubted that

If she had her way I’d be gone for good

She had a place and time

Meet me down by the pond

Friday night will be a full moon

I knew if I went

Would be the end of me

My demise would come real soon

I bought some camouflage

Smeared mud on my face

As night fell could feel my heart beat

When that full moon rolled around

There’s a rumour she left town

If truth be told that pond is very deep

TAG You know it’s not me it was you

David McLachlan © Handy Publishing/SOCAN 2022

8. THREE DUSTY ROSES

First time I bought you a rose

It was lunch and Valentines

With nothing in my pocket

My heart was on the line

We shared the daily special

And talk of what lay ahead

It was there we knew

We’d go where we were lead

CH See the dust of time on

Three dried roses of mine

I stole from your bouquet

Once fragrant in the vase

Would stop and give me pause (i/ii)

Always gave me pause (iii)

I give them back to you today (i/ii)

Just got back from where you rest (iii)

I lay them at your feet (i//ii)

I laid them at your feet (iii)

Three dusty roses

Last time I bought you a rose

You filled that quiet room

I sang Storybook Romance

Like our wedding too

And as I sang for you

In brave and sombre tone

You lay there in red bouquet

Ready to go home

BDG Our firstborn made a little vase

He brought it home from school

He said here for mom and dad

And it holds roses too

TAG Three dusty roses :

David McLachlan © Handy Publishing 2022

9. MABELS DINER

They would get there early

Every day at 6 am

Grab a stool still half asleep

And the show would begin

Work was callin the sun was up

But that would have to wait

Mabel had a special greeting

That would make their day

Mabel would say hello Professa

Good morning to you

Every working man would hear it

She knew it was their due

Coffee now is that a yes

It will start your day

I’ll make you toast and cinnamon

Before you go on your way

CH Mabel had a great big pair of knockers

They’d line up for the show

They’d come for coffee toast and scrambled

Then off to work they’d go

Sometimes a gal would wander in

Stop and take a stool

She knew where the men were

Mabel saw she was no fool

Mabel would say Hello Princess

Good morning to you

Bet you got a busy day

And a project coming due

Mabels diner in the old sawmill

Was for everyone no rules

You could be bent or straight

Just come by grab a stool

They would sit for a spell

Hot coffee toast and a chat

When they got up to leave

Mabel said thank you come back

TAG Mabels diner in the old sawmill

Was for everyone no rules

10. ROCK ‘TIL DAWN

I have this dream

Seems every night

Chased by this vixen

And her eyes are bright

You laugh say fantasy

Ah what the heck

It’s just a dream

And its bound to end

In this dream

We’re having some fun

She’s full of fire

Yeah bring it on

What’s that I hear

The strangest song

Share what you got

And you rock ‘ til dawn / Share what you got And you rock ‘till dawn

Tell ya this dream

Is quite a thrill

She’s got the moves

Coming in for the kill

Look in her eyes

It’s scarring me

Relax baby she says

Soon you’ll be free

Trapped in this dream

I can’t get out

I kick and scream

I start to shout

Let me go

Hear my plea

The fires too hot

It’s burning me

I have this dream

Seems every night

Me and this vixen

We’re doing all right

You laugh say fantasy

Ah what the heck

It’s just a dream

Not a reality check/ Share what you got/And you rock ‘till dawn

11. FIELDS OF HEARTACHE

CH How many schools have graveyards

How many headstones lost

Truth and reconciliation

The only path to walk

Come to a place of understanding

Our children were stolen from us

Lost in the fields of heartache

The light of resolution and trust

Have to walk strong for all these years

First Nation’s know what must be done

Time and healing build a fire

Sacred circle of love in the sun

BDG With each new reflection

How can we forsake

The broken hearts that cry

OUTRO In the fields of heartache

Hear the voices rise

In the fields of heartache

See the eagle fly : :

12. THANK YOU GOD

Thank you God for the spirit waking

Thank you God for the voices raising

Thank you God for all we’re praising