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The Ship That Sailed (LNNMCD03)

by Boss Caine

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1.
Keep the Homefires Burning 04:21
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Storm clouds loom like impending doom and lightning terrifies me Lighting up the sky and I’m wondering why, is there something that I’m meant to see? Makes me feel so small like I’m nothing at all, a celebration of a reality And I wonder if I’ll ever see the sunshine again Keep the home fires burning while I’m gone Light the fire in my heart that will live on in my song Always wishing for you to be safe and warm Whether or not we can weather this storm And awake to find the morning light has come Keep the home fires burning while I’m gone Like machine gun fire the rain came down Washed the dirt from the streets of this old town As I wander down them in my dressing gown looking for some kind of sign Should I return home or keep on walking alone Fighting against the winds of change that blow Perhaps I strayed a little too far from the line Keep the home fires burning while I’m gone Light the fire in my heart that will live on in my song I don’t know how long you must wait for me Maybe even as long as it takes for me To find out where this rains been coming from Keep the home fires burning while I’m gone Torrents of tears from electric skies, I scream “come get me Lord if it’s my time to die” Wished it before, must have been out of my mind Ain’t it good to be alive? Tonight’s a rebirth for the salt of the Earth, those who’ve got soul and who know what it’s worth Get up get out and dance to your hearts desire Or keep the home fires burning while I’m gone I’ll be out in the rain and I won’t be missing the sun While you’re sat home praying for the rain to stop I’m dancing in the dark until the very last drop Has fallen on my head from kingdom come So keep the home fires burning while I’m gone Keep the home fires burning while I’m gone Light the fire in my heart that will live on in my song Look to the sky each and every night Until my return to where hearts and fires burn bright And hope and ray that it doesn’t take long And keep the home fires burning while I’m gone
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Bring Back my Baby 03:42
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With a sweet country girl, a smile in her eyes that can’t quite disguise all the pain I while away all the hours in the day, paying no mind to the rain But where lies my sweetheart tonight? I’m calling her name in vain Where lies my true love tonight? I’m longing to see her again Down by the river near the old gaswork towers we rolled back the years to more innocent times Time disappears when you ditch all your fears, easy to lose hours in company so fine But where lies my sweetheart tonight? I’m calling her name in vain Where lies my true love tonight? I’m longing to see her again What I would endure just to ensure you were here by my side In the absence of you the wine gets me through now that bottle’s run dry Where lies my sweetheart tonight? I’m calling her name in vain Where lies my true love tonight? I’m longing to see her again Now my world is an empty glass, I need a drink, Lord I need a drink Bring my baby to me or just leave me be, just leave me be Bring back my darling to me Bring back my baby to me
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Dreamer 05:53
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I’m a dreamer, but I only dream of you I’ve got a lifetime of grieving to do She’s in all that I do now, she’s in all that I do I’ve broken my back once again Each time I learn to walk it’s in vain She’s in all that I do now, she’s haunting all that I do Each song that I sing you, each dream that I cling to, it’s her through and through You believe every single word I say Each and every one a truth I betray She’s in every that lie I feed you, do you want to hear the truth ? I think you need to I’m a bastard right down to the bone I’m a product of the devils that I’ve known They’re in all that I do now There is all that I do Each heart that I’ve taken, each truth I’ve forsaken Each song that I sing you, each dream that I cling to, it’s her though and through So excuse me if I’m not so polite I have burned all my bridges tonight Would you care to to come and witness what the price is of leaving me alone to my own devices? I’m a sinner with a soul set on fire Burning with the darkest desire You only ever learn from losing, and I had a lot of learning to do, and now Each day the sun rises it brings no surprises, it brings nothing new Each song that I sing you, each dream that I cling to, it’s her through and through
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Never Really Gone 04:20
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You asked me to leave so I just went Packed my things got out of there, I thought that’s what you meant Now I find you knocking on my door I think we both know what you’re knocking for You said go so baby now I’m gone So far gone now down the road I don’t even know where I’m coming from And now I find you knocking on my door I think we both know what you’re knocking for You keep on coming on back to tease me Making empty promises you seem to think will please me You’ve been telling me you’re leaving now for so damn long How can I begin to miss you when you never seem to be gone You tell me that I’ll miss you now it’s over But given time I’ll learn to love another Honey I simply can’t believe that’s true When the only girl I ever loved is you I thought I’d sort a place where you can’t find me Destroy the things that just serve to remind me But it really doesn’t matter what I do When the only girl I’ve ever loved is you and You keep on coming on back to tease me Making empty promises you seem to think will please me You’ve been telling me you’re leaving now for so damn long How can I begin to miss you when you never seem to be gone
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Man Overboard 05:01
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There are many lies that I could spin to keep you from knowing What I’ve done and where I’ve been tonight But great expectations of such fabrications just wouldn’t be right And intoxication nullifies each explanation I offer you tonight You see through all my lies You see through all of my lies So what’s the use? In denying the truth Man overboard, red alert, I’m sailing for stormy waters now It’s not that the drugs don’t work, they just don’t do what they ought to now I’m a fool I know, I can’t keep myself afloat I’m just a fool, I’ve been drowning you I’ve been pretending that I’ve been defending my heart But I’m just running scared I’ve been losing time I’ve been losing my mind I’ve been caught unawares Though I did not intend to hurt or offend you I’ve got no excuses prepared There’s nothing that’s left now but lies There’s nothing that’s left but my lies What am I to do, when I still love you Couldn’t tell you where we’re bound for now but I know that I let my baby down I’ve been giving her the run around and now I’ve found that I’ve let my baby down But she keeps it all inside She keeps it all inside What am I to do, when I still love you
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Camden Town 04:08
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These boots have done a lot of working today Didn’t know where they were heading to, but I followed them anyway Kings Cross pavements aint no five star stay I write a million love songs, I wouldn’t dream of singing them to anybody but you Me and my life, I guess we’re through Sinking ships just aren’t worth sailing, they all go down in the end You bide your time and take your chances, but gambling’s for fools my friend I play the fool for you, until the death of me Should I meet you on the bridge in Camden Town tonight? I’ve got a mouth full of words you don’t want to hear but if you didn’t it wouldn’t be right Me and my life are leaving now if it’s all the same to you And I guess that it is ‘cause the guy you’re leaving with’s not this one that’s in love with you Me and my life are leaving now, there’s plenty more fish in the sea If the oceans are filled with love sick fools like me Me and my life are leaving now, but it wasn’t my decision to make I’ve got a couple of litres of vodka and a bottle of sleeping pills to take Should I meet you on the bridge in Camden Town tonight Would that make everything alright?
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Sing For Your Sins 07:34
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Years ago you were lovers now you just can’t be called that More like two people stuck in a rut and the same dirty flat For this is no love now, this is more like a car crash Busted up bodies lie screaming and bleeding on broken glass Through the wreckage of it all I make out a feint light One last burning ember in a beacon of hope on the bleakest of nights So take good care and won’t you please walk on past There’s nothing for you here, nothing to see her, nothing that’s going to last Say goodbye, say goodbye to the guy that you once knew Caught a glimpse of the other side and sure enough he walked right on through So sing now, sing out, sing out loud, sing out for your sins Sing now, sing out, sing out loud, sing out for the suffering
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Sweet Sorrow Surrender 03:37
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To these bloodshot eyes You’re a sight to behold They couldn’t be distracted by diamonds or gold They’re just hanging on you, like you’re hanging on me You hang onto hope like a leaf to a tree Sweet sorrow surrender, unconditionally to me I’ll fight tooth and nail to defend your thinly veiled vanity I’m the last of the great pretenders At least that’s what I pretend to be Sweet sorrow come surrender now unto me You’re married to him, yet you cling to my sleeve Oh what a tangled web love doth weave He don’t treat you right, not like he should Come home with me darling and I’ll treat you good I just can’t leave you there knocking on wood So come home with me darling and I’ll treat you good Sweet sorrow surrender, unconditionally to me I’ll fight tooth and nail to defend your thinly veiled vanity I’m the last of the great pretenders At least that’s what I pretend to be Sweet sorrow surrender now unto me To these bloodshot eyes You’re a sight to behold They couldn’t be distracted by diamonds or gold
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Santiago 05:01
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He’s got flowers in his hands He’s got that shirt on that you bought him years ago He wonders if he’ll still be in demand Wonders if he’ll find you in the places where you used to go She’s got ribbons in her hair The ones she used to tie around the letters that you sent Dug out her Sunday best to wear She remembers you resplendent in the uniform issued by the government All the sins of Santiago couldn’t keep him from you Nor you from him You can take the boy out of the town but there’s a pretty little girl there that makes his world go around And the ship he’s been sailing on has come aground again Santiago he’s coming home He never thought he’d get this far Seen too much death in one lifetime to take anything else for granted Pauses for a cigarette outside the bar He’s been praying for this moment She’s been longing for this war to end All the sins of Santiago couldn’t keep him from you Nor you from him You can take the boy out of the town but there’s a pretty little girl there that makes his world go around And the ship he’s been sailing on has come aground again Santiago he’s coming home
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This is Your Life 04:02
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This is no Spanish inquisition And you don’t need an alibi This is your life it’s your decision Just please mean what you say when you look me in the eye Your stories don’t hold any water I can’t comprehend why you’d lie Your words just don’t say what they oughta But I believe you when you say that you’d die, for me There are no wrong answers, there are no trick questions All that I’m seeking is your truth I promise I’ll make good of all my intentions All that I need in this life is you But your stories don’t hold any water I can’t comprehend why you’d lie Your words just don’t say what they oughta But I believe you when you say that you’d die, for me
11.
Sha La La 04:13
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You blew my mind out in that storm, I simply cannot sing anymore Not about you, there I go again, shalalalala You blew my winter away, left me out of season, it’s all over bar the shouting now And my coffee’s getting cold, shalalalala All the branches of the trees on my horizon are as bare as my soul is layed before you now I’m naked as the day that I was born, naked as the day that I was born, shalalalala This damned guitar won’t stay in tune but I can’t play it for shit anyway, not today And now my coffee’s getting cold, shalalalala Sing me that song again, I swear that it could bring me to my knees, Me? I’m just a two bit chancer, and my coffee’s getting cold, shalalalala Muses come and go, and who are they amusing when they stick around and choose me as the one that they should bless, I’m just a mess I’m naked as the day that I was born, naked as the day that I was born shalalalala Don’t always say what I mean but I mean it when I say, I’m ok if you’re alright But now my coffee’s getting cold, shalalalala I miss my Cardboard Radio, always playing songs that I want to hear Bob Dylan with the lights down low All the cowgirls are dancing tonight, and I feel alright Shalalalala
12.
The Ship that Sailed 05:56
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The water was wide, too wide for me to swim across to Tennessee But that’s the only place that I want to be tonight So I built me a boat with sails made of letters that you wrote to me I set it afloat and I took to the sea Now there’s nothing but water waiting for me, waiting for me Countless days and nights sailing by the skies and drifting with the tides Just my boat and me, drinking my wine, with only your letters for company So seasick so wasted so wet that I didn’t even notice the rain Until the ink of the words that I read from the letters you wrote me Lest I should forget, ran down the sails, as the wind howled and ripped them to shreds Now there’s nothing but water waiting for me And now I must go where it takes me I’m all out at sea and there’s a tragedy on board this loveless vessel to contend with, so please don’t be offended if I take it on the chin and sail off into the wind Sail off into the wind
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Leaving Victoria 03:41
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Got to get myself a glass of what made the south the south Wash the taste of all your lying kisses from out of my mouth There is little that comes easy in these times, I have found But it is seldom what comes easy is ever worth keeping around I’m leaving Victoria In a state of euphoria But only because I know I’m coming back You go to bed each night a hero and wake up the next day a tramp When your life is on the road and your home is wherever your hat lands A life I wouldn’t change for all the riches in this world and the next I’ll remain a man out of time ‘til these bones have been laid to rest I know it sounds crazy but it doesn’t get better than this when you hit rock bottom you’ve got nothing left to lose that you’d miss I’ve got rolling thunder, the last of the reefer, a couple of Budvar and a bottle of wine And a feeling deep in my heart it will be just fine I’ve got my guitar and a bottle to drink from I’m thinking I’ve been singing sad songs for too long I’m heading back home to get myself on track I’m leaving Victoria In a state of euphoria But only because I know that I’m coming back
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Small World 04:34
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I know one guy, one guy from Canadia, he never missed a beat I ran into him on Oxford Street Neither of us from London, what a strange place for an impromptu meet But it’s a small world, it’s a small world that we’re living in it’s true But I can’t find you, I can’t find you What am I to do? Down each and every road I’m bound I’m haunted by the sound Of the wind whispering your name your name and a sense of déjà vu But each and every road I take is taken for the sake The sake of finding something that is true For such a small world there is such a distance between me and you The show sold out, a stranger pulled a ticket from his hat The very seat she wanted, in the circle with some long lost friends Tell me what are the chances of that? But it’s a small world, it’s a small world that we’re living in it’s true But I still can’t find you, I can’t find you Tell me what am I to do? Down each and every road I’m bound I’m haunted by the sound Of the wind whispering your name and a sense of déjà vu Each and every road I take is taken for the sake The sake of finding something that is true For such a small world there is such a distance between me and you For such a small world there is such a distance between me and you

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The debut album from York based folk/americana outfit: Boss Caine. Released on Little Num Num Music in April 2010.

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released April 1, 2010

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