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Twilight Songs

by Andrew Rodger

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1.
The Kangaroos Are Sleeping 04:31
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Well the world is a very large place Sometimes you need somewhere to hide Like a super-secret hideout A place where no one can find And if the world fell down And I fell down right along with it Well the world is a very large place Sometimes you need somewhere to hide Like a super-secret hideout A place where no one can find And if the world fell down And I fell down right along with it Well I might get scared But I’ll just roll right along with it Cause when you’re eating breakfast The kangaroos are sleeping Did you know when you’re eating breakfast The kangaroos are sleeping So wake up wake up You sleepyhead you sleepyhead Well I do don’t like potatoes Sometimes I do don’t like broccoli I’ll call you Goldilocks you call me porridge We’ll be best buddies just you wait and see Cause when you’re eating breakfast The kangaroos are sleeping Did you know when you’re eating breakfast The kangaroos are sleeping So wake up wake up You sleepyhead you sleepyhead Sometimes inspiration comes when you least expect it I found mine when I went down to Wiggletown I also like blue and my hair is grey G’Day Feeling happy today Cause when you’re eating breakfast The kangaroos are sleeping Did you know when you’re eating breakfast The kangaroos are sleeping So wake up wake up You sleepyhead you sleepyhead My sleepyhead my sleepyhead Well I might get scared But I’ll just roll right along with it Cause when you’re eating breakfast The kangaroos are sleeping Did you know when you’re eating breakfast The kangaroos are sleeping So wake up wake up You sleepyhead you sleepyhead Well I do don’t like potatoes Sometimes I do don’t like broccoli I’ll call you Goldilocks you call me porridge We’ll be best buddies just you wait and see Cause when you’re eating breakfast The kangaroos are sleeping Did you know when you’re eating breakfast The kangaroos are sleeping So wake up wake up You sleepyhead you sleepyhead Sometimes inspiration comes when you least expect it I found mine when I went down to Wiggletown I also like blue and my hair is grey G’Day Feeling happy today Cause when you’re eating breakfast The kangaroos are sleeping Did you know when you’re eating breakfast The kangaroos are sleeping So wake up wake up You sleepyhead you sleepyhead My sleepyhead my sleepyhead
2.
Circles Turn 03:16
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How many songs can I write about holding your hand Cause lately my guitar sounds just like a telephone ringing It’s ten after twelve and the dryer’s not done but I am I’m sitting here thinking strumming some chords Maybe I’ll write a million and one Cause these chords remind me of beauty and Beauty reminds me of you Just where the river flows nobody really knows The circle turns yeah the circle turns round and round Round and round Round and round Round and round I can’t believe the ease with which I know you You’re not the ghost of the girl with the phantom curls The earth spins round in space at its own pace I’m sitting here thinking about the amazing new friend I’ve made These chords remind me of beauty and Beauty reminds me of you Just where the river flows nobody really knows The circle turns yeah the circle turns round and round Round and round Round and round Round and round There is a sign that I keep on my table To remind me that another new day will come My thoughts are far away in a distant constellation I’m just a mouse on the prairie too trying to find my courage in an ashtray And these chords remind me of beauty and Beauty reminds me of you Just where the river flows nobody really knows The circle turns yeah the circle turns round and round Round and round Round and round Round and round
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Three Years Change 04:34
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It’s a bad day for a bad day Not a good time for a low point Not saying goodbye or see you later They’re just words and I hate them Three years change Three years change Three years change love won’t change it Three years thirteen or thirty Three years change love won’t change it Three years thirteen or thirty Love won’t change Love won’t change Turn the nightlight on even though it is broken Fractured light is better than none Heart aches heartbreaks and I am broken But I know damn well that I’m not done Three years change Three years change Three years change love won’t change it Three years thirteen or thirty Three years change love won’t change it Three years thirteen or thirty Love won’t change Love won’t change Turn the music up loud so I can’t hear Turn the frequency down on my fear Living well it just isn’t the same Memories and music remain Three years change Three years change Three years change love won’t change it Three years thirteen or thirty Three years change love won’t change it Three years thirteen or thirty Love won’t change Love won’t change Love don’t change Love don’t change
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Grover's Blues 04:54
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My mind feels cloudy today Couldn’t find the words I needed to say Here I am hiding in a song again Do you know I think about you when the day seems long When I’m by your side and you’re sleeping I steal one more look at your face Just so it’s the last thing that I see As I fade into the night Beauty burns through the clouds of my mind Yes her beauty burns through the clouds of my mind Everything is changing Yes everything uh-huh is changing Uh-huh Let’s travel together through the universe that is our minds Who cares if we get lost some of the time Full moon in the sky hangs above me I stop in my tracks and I smile Dreaming about a hotel in Paris Where we may or may not have been in the twenties But it was such a comfortable space Best sleep I’ve had in my life Beauty burns through the clouds of my mind Yes her beauty burns through the clouds of my mind Everything is changing Yes everything uh-huh is changing Uh-huh
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Plastic Pink Flamingos 03:46
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The pancakes need turning Ruby the toast is burning The newspaper man forgot our door again The pilot light is out this trailer’s like hell frozen over I’m sorry Ruby I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings Cause waking up next to you is like a little piece of heaven Just don’t think sometimes and I say things that I shouldn’t Well Ruby I’ve ruined breakfast The most important meal of the day I can only hope we don’t feel sluggish by high noon Oh Ruby stay in bed for a while I’ll get it right this time For a while now I’ve been meaning to talk with you Here comes the chorus Now I’m falling on my knees I’m asking Ruby please Will you be Be my girl I’d share my last soda with you I’m not Johnny who works on the docks No I’m Johnny from the factory Maybe you know it it’s the one on St. Pierre Avenue And Ruby she’s my girl I stay with her at her trailer park I don’t make much money at the plastic pink flamingo factory Ruby remind me again how close are we to buying that island And moving somewhere warm South of the Equator Ruby why are you crying I know I am a dreamer Just want to take you somewhere that’s as beautiful as you Here comes the chorus Now I’m falling on my knees And I’m asking Ruby please Will you be Be my girl I’d share my last soda with you Oh I’d share my last soda with you
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Rocking Chair Blues 04:55
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Well I feel like shit today But look at this view I feel like shit today But look at this view I had a dream Dinner party in a stream Do what you have to do to get by And I yelled at the fly Swimming in my wine I drink alone I drink alone I drink alone I drink alone And I prayed to the trees God help me please If I’m helping myself I’m doing all that I can Finding my voice I don’t have a choice Still have to dream or die And I yelled at the fly Swimming in my wine I drink alone I drink alone I drink alone I drink alone Rocking chair blues Tell me the news Cause I know that you’ve seen so many years Rock with me Roll with me If we’re helping ourselves we’re doing all that we can And I yelled at the fly Swimming in my wine I drink alone I drink alone I drink alone I drink alone Swing with me on this drum beat night Swing with me on this drum beat light White light shining onto our souls Flying away on slippery slopes To a place with no endings and only fresh starts A palace of daisies are waiting for you A palace of daisies are waiting for you A palace of daisies are waiting for rocking chair blues Rocking chair blues Rocking chair blues You’ll always be there You’ll always be there Rocking chair blues
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Drip Dry Heart 04:26
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Lately I’ve found myself Living in a clothes dryer My vertigo tells me to stop but we set the controls for permanent press And my My drip dry heart shouts Let’s go round again My drip dry heart shouts Let’s go round again My drip dry heart shouts It shouts It shouts My drip dry heart shouts So tobacco burns tonight I watch from on high where meteors fly Twilight is my sunrise Sunrise is my bedtime sleep tight Fate’s filled with fog Volume volume you turn up the volume Fate’s filled with fog Volume volume you turn up the volume Actions speak louder than words Words then can trap you Like a bird in an hourglass Her eyes speak of action Her eyes speak of action In that smiling sort of way Her eyes speak of action But dreams don’t linger like they used to Thank you for flying me home Thank you for flying me home Thank you for flying me home Thank you Thank you My drip dry heart shouts It shouts It shouts My drip dry heart shouts So tobacco burns tonight I watch from on high where meteors fly Wind whips waves of sunshine Against what will be a new coastline From up here the sun rises every twenty three minutes From up here the sun rises every twenty three minutes Did I tell you I feel the tornadoes Reaching up through the earth Reaching up towards the heavens But heaven’s at her fingertips Her eyes speak of action In that smiling sort of way Her eyes speak of action But dreams don’t linger like they used to Thank you for flying me home Thank you for flying me home Thank you for flying me home Thank you Thank you My drip dry heart shouts Let’s go round again My drip dry heart shouts Let’s go round again My drip dry heart shouts It shouts It shouts My drip dry heart shouts
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Song #7 02:52
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Sometimes you feel Like the weight of the world is on your shoulders This can’t be real Got to get away Leave it all behind Wish I could reach into the sky Get you some answers I would do anything I would do anything Where can you go when you feel alone Where can you turn when you’re spinning around Look for my hand reaching out for you I see your tears I see your tears Sometimes life It can drag you down It ‘ll pick you up Throw you around But you can’t kick yourself while you’re down If you need help getting up I’m still around I’m still around Where can you go when you feel alone Where can you turn when you’re spinning around Look for my hand reaching out for you I see your tears Yes I see your tears You’ve got to know you’re not alone You’ve got to know when you’re spinning around Look for my hand reaching out for you I see your tears Yes I see your tears
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Manitoba Maple 06:06
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Twilight is descending Somewhere on my horizon I’m longing for the prairies again Open space and time I’m running with the wolves in my dreams again Maybe I should get out of here Red tailed hawk almost slams into the window To get my attention Take a cue from a girl I knew Search for beauty There’s a prairie wind that’s kicking in Blowing through my soul I’m left to my own devices To find my way to the full moon There’s a prairie wind that’s kicking in Blowing through my soul There’s a ghost of a girl with a phantom curl Lingering in my dreams A trace of a face from a future place Dancing in my mind Well time flies faster time flies hard Like recycled paper made of old birthday cards This empty paper bag used to hold This empty bottle of wine Take a cue from a girl I knew Find my way to beauty There’s a prairie fire burning wild Somewhere in my soul Weaver of the web weave our lives together again I remember you There’s a prairie fire burning higher Somewhere in my soul There’s a Manitoba Maple beside a fence post Bending in the breeze An unknown name is on my lips An unknown song is in the air There’s a ghost of a girl with a phantom curl Lingering in my dreams There’s a ghost of a girl with a phantom curl I remember you Take a cue from a girl I knew Live in beauty There’s a prairie flower finding her power Just beyond that ridge There’s a ghost of a girl with a phantom curl Lingering in my dreams There’s a prairie flower finding her power Just beyond that ridge There’s a prairie flower finding her power Just beyond that ridge
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Grandfather 03:20
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Sunrise burns through the stars Stars melt away but they won’t disappear Three crows walk with me on my way to work Last night I flew with them in a dream Took me to a blackness To a timeless vastness To a place where there was no man Thousand sets of eyes intrigued by my appearance Grandfather Crow sat with me in council He said Toksha atke wacin yanktin ktello I shall see you again Toksha atke wacin yanktin ktello I shall see you again I’ll see you again Grandfather Crow said I’ve been wanting to help you Walk in the light and you will always be free Freedom is a tricky word Like that star at sunrise It can melt away But it won’t disappear Be as strong and as true as the mountains Hold out your heart and be warmed by the sun Though you walk this path alone You will never be lonely Though you will know many lovers You may never know love He said Toksha atke wacin yanktin ktello I shall see you again Toksha atke wacin yanktin ktello I shall see you again I’ll see you again So I light my pipe for the women that have truly loved me I light my pipe for friends that have flown away I light my pipe for my friends back in Montreal And now I say a prayer for the little ones yet to come Now I say a prayer for the little ones yet to come And I say Toksha atke wacin yanktin ktello I shall see you again Toksha atke wacin yanktin ktello I shall see you again I’ll see you again

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If you asked me a year ago if I would be celebrating the release of a new album, after being off the stage for a decade, my answer would have been very different from what it is today. As Covid-19 took hold of our world, I began to pick up my guitar again, hoping to send some positive vibes to family, friends, and fans (the ones that still remembered me - haha!).

As the online performances continued, my passion and love of music returned. I began to write again! After creating "Three Years Change" as a gift for a dear friend on her birthday, I knew it was time to hit the record button and share my music again. My hope is that this album brings you what it has brought me - joy and healing.

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released March 27, 2021

A huge THANK YOU to my wife Dianne and my girls, Eliza and Alex- couldn't do what I love without their love!

Cover Art by Eliza Rodger

Cheers to "Ed", James, Rick, Robin, Britannie and Shaun - my friends and "producers" team. Your insights were a tremendous help.

Thank you to every musician that has hit the stage with me as a member of Stop Yelling over the years!

A heartfelt thanks to Dr. Bruce Bonner and the Living Science team, as well as Dr. Paul Sly and the ACHC team, for building me back up again after a long, dark journey.

And, thanks to everyone that has been tuning in for the online shows this past year - without your support, this album doesn't happen.

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Andrew Rodger Braeside, Ontario

Maker of sadly-optimistic Canadian indie folk music, 90’s style ambient electronica, outlaw country, and uplifting kids’ music.

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