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Songs from the Birch Cabin

by Joey O'Neil

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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 02:19
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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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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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Demos for private consideration of music to be recorded.

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released May 9, 2018

Joey O'Neil: Vocals, guitar
David McDonald: Engineer

Songs by Joey O'Neil
Recorded in Dawson City, Yukon

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Joey O'Neil is a critically-acclaimed Yukon folk musician bewitching audiences with hauntingly heartfelt anecdotes from a woodland life.

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