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When I Forget
02:05
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"When I Forget"
I forgot how dark it gets
Midnight sun begins to set
I wouldn’t be here now if I remembered how
Dismal it does get
But it’s easy when I forget
I forgot how cold it gets
Below forty begins to set
I pushed the pain away and made the same mistakes
And I haven’t learned from them yet
But it’s easy when I forget
I try to move forward
But I keep on moving back
I forgot how dark you get
You never yelled when we first met
When you did, I ran, but I came back again
Though you haven’t apologized yet
But it’s easy when we forget
I forgot how cold I get
When we recall regrets
Every tear you shed goes over my head
You sit alone with your cigarette
It’s easy when we forget
We try to move forward
But we keep on moving back
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Manitoba
03:40
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"Manitoba"
I don’t wanna stop in Manitoba
‘Cause I don’t wanna step outside
Don’t wanna plant my feet down in your hometown ground
Just wanna ride through in my ride
I’m as fragile as a flower
In this prairie province of yours
So I’ll pluck myself up, ‘cause I don’t wanna get stuck
To weather another storm
Last time I did stand on this flattened land
We were standing hand-in-hand
On busy city roads and vegetable rows
And we spoke of partnered plans
I still believe in the dreams that we had schemed
I’m still holding tight to you
I never wanted to move on
Which is why I wanna move on through
I don’t wanna stop in Manitoba
‘Cause I don’t wanna step outside
Don’t wanna plant my feet down in your hometown ground
Just wanna ride through in my ride
I’m as fragile as a flower
In this prairie province of yours
So I’ll pluck myself up, ‘cause I don’t wanna get stuck
To weather another storm
Off on another freeway
Your legend’s left unclear
But your memory’s strong and it lingers on
My map of yesteryear
I’m a sucker for nostalgia
A romantic memory hoarder
I’m driving and crying and biding my time
’Til I reach the Ontarian boarder
I don’t wanna stop in Manitoba
‘Cause I don’t wanna step outside
Don’t wanna plant my feet down in your hometown ground
Just wanna ride through in my ride
I’m as fragile as a flower
In this prairie province of yours
So I’ll pluck myself up, ‘cause I don’t wanna get stuck
To weather another storm
My engine’s overheating
My gas is getting low
But I’ll push this brave old Wagoneer
As far as it’ll go
I don’t wanna stop in Manitoba
‘Cause I don’t wanna step outside
Don’t wanna plant my feet down in your hometown ground
Just wanna ride through in my ride
I’m as fragile as a flower
In this prairie province of yours
So I’ll pluck myself up, ‘cause I don’t wanna get stuck
To weather another storm
I don’t wanna stop in Manitoba
‘Cause for me
It’ll always be
Yours
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"I'll Only Smile When You're Gone"
Don’t ask why I’m not smiling
I don’t ask why you’re a jerk
It’s none of your damned business
Why I’m not filled with pep and perk
I’m in this bar for my own reasons
I’m not part of your drinking crew
I’m gonna feel the way I’m feelin’
And I feel like I don’t like you
I’m not your cordial cutie
Not your decorative dear
So take your company elsewhere
I got the right to be sad right here
You didn’t pay my orthadontuary dollars
For my fillings or my floss
So I’ll fill you in, you got no right to my grin
So take your sly smirk and get lost
Don’t ask why I’m not smiling
I don’t ask why you’re a fool
It’s not of your damned business
Why I’m not in a merry mood
I’m sitting alone for a reason
I’m not part of your drinking crew
I’m gonna feel the way I’m feelin’
And I feel like I don’t like you
I wish I could be smiling
But ignorance is bliss
And I got too much on my mind
To talk to you and not be pissed
If I’m making you uneasy
‘Cause a happy woman’s what you want
I’m gonna frown now just to spite you
And I’ll only smile when you’re gone
I’m gonna frown now just to spite you
And I’ll only smile when you’re gone
I’m gonna frown now just to spite you
And I’ll only smile when you’re gone
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4. |
I Can't Keep Both
02:36
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"I Can’t Keep Both"
I’m under the spell
I now know wild Yukon highways fairly well
Though those boring Ontarian roads feel like home
So far apart, I can’t keep both
How am I supposed to choose
Between the two
I’ve got two parts of me telling me two different things
Please, don’t make me choose
I’m under the spell
Of getting close with a few folks I don’t know well
Though there’s one I really know who feels like home
I’m gonna’ break somebody’s heart, I can’t keep both
How am I supposed to choose
Between the two
I’ve got two parts of me telling me two different things
Please, don’t make me choose
Don’t make me choose
I’m so far apart, I’m gonna’ break my heart
I can’t keep both
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Always A Little Bit Sad
02:31
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“Always A Little Bit Sad”
I’m always a little bit sad
I’ve got an underlying, lingering feeling
That flavours any feelings that come along
With a bitter, icky whisper it comes creeping
Reminding me it’s been there for too long
How many times it’s tuned out my laugh track
How often it arrives when I finally thrive
How regularly it impairs me when I’m high
And compares it to the lows of my mind
I’m always a little bit sad
I’m not trying to whine, just trying to be true
If I ain’t got too much then I ain’t got too much to lose
It’s my whole lot in life to have a whole lot of the blues
I’m always a little bit sad
I can’t ever get knocked down off my high-horse
If my horse is lying sadly on the ground
And I never understood the point of a happy song
If there’s never any sad bridge to overcome
For now, I’m far too forlorn to fight it
I’ve accepted my dejected state of being
I’m certain one day I’ll feel settled in uncertainty
Instead of uncertainty settling down on me
I’m always a little bit sad
I’m not trying to whine, just trying to be true
If I ain’t got too much then I ain’t got too much to lose
It’s my whole lot in life to have a whole lot of the blues
I’m always a little bit sad
Not glad
I’m always just a little bit sad
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Joey O'Neil Dawson, Yukon
Joey O'Neil is a critically-acclaimed Yukon folk musician bewitching audiences with hauntingly heartfelt anecdotes from a woodland life.
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