1. |
Don't Wait
04:20
|
|||
|
Don’t wait, don’t wait
Whatever you’re waiting for
Don’t wait, don’t wait
Waiting takes way too long Chorus
Don’t wait, don’t wait
What are you waiting for?
Don’t wait, don’t wait
Waiting won’t get you far
Why put it off another day?
The only way to stop procrastinating:
You’ve got to do the things you say
Leave tomorrow, come back to today
Don’t wait… Chorus
Now is the only time that counts
More than all your future plans amount to
Why stand for any more delay?
Lead tomorrow right back to today
Don’t wait… Chorus
There’s never a better time
better than right now, darlin’
There’s never a better time
better than right now, right now [x2]
Don’t wait… Chorus
There’s never a better time
better than right now, darlin’
There’s never a better time
better than right now, right now [repeat to end]
|
||||
2. |
Mothers Day
02:42
|
|||
|
You know exactly how I feel
I don’t need to repeat it
To show is better than to tell
So I’m going to reveal it:
You mean more to me
Than I could say in a card...
Come what may
On Mothers Day, every day
I love you more than I can say
Even on Mothers Day
I’ve grown to be the man I am
From the boy that you brought up
You’ve shown what I’ve tried to understand
I don’t need to get caught up
You mean more to me
Than I could say in a song...
Come what may
On Mother’s Day, every day
I love you more than I can say
Even on your birthday
Any day, come what may,
I love you more than I could say
Even on Mothers Day...
Should be every day...
Ah, but Happy Birthday, Mom!
|
||||
3. |
Far From Home
02:59
|
|||
|
You never know till you leave a place
What it meant to you, but when you’re away
Far from your home – you find where you belong
Is where you’ve come from – it’s been there all along
My father taught me my first three chords
He’d guide my fingers on his old guitar
G, C, and D – that’s what he showed to me
In cowboy country, that’s all you’ll really need
Happy Birthday to Gordon Perry - He’s a father to me
He always said that he’d live to see
125 years, now he will be
Five-and-seventy – don’t seem that old to me
Another fifty – is quite the possibility
So Happy Birthday to Gordon Perry –
Another year successfully
…
And though he missed it – just 44 birthdays early
He’ll have to see those years through me
|
||||
4. |
This Roamer
03:08
|
|||
|
This roamer’s got a home somewhere
This roamer’s got a home somewhere
But I don’t know where it is
Matter of fact, the sad fact is
I’m too young to care
This loner’s got a love somewhere
This loner’s got a love somewhere
But I want to go to the land of snow
Play my hand in the land of sand
Hang my hat most anywhere
Anywhere … hang my hat most anywhere
This dreamer had a dream one time
This dreamer had a dream one time
But all my dreams like all my schemes
Were fragile stuff and sure enough
They shattered on the rocks of time
This fool had a future too
This fool had a future too
But now it’s gone and the road winds on
And where it goes God only knows
But I’ll follow it till I’m through
Till I’m through … gonna follow it till I’m through
This roamer’s got a home somewhere
This roamer’s got a home somewhere
But I don’t know where it is
Matter of fact, the sad fact is
I’m too old to care
I’m too old to really care!
|
||||
5. |
My Cariboo
04:44
|
|||
|
Cariboo, I hear you calling
Far across the golden sea –
And the memory of your splendor
Lingers in the heart of me
I will walk again your valleys
Stroll along your crystal streams –
I will climb majestic mountains,
If only in my dreams
Cariboo - I’m calling you
If you only knew
My Cariboo
How I’ve been recalling you
I will see you in the morning
When the sun bathes you in gold –
I will hear your legends calling
As they sing of days of old
I will see you in the evening,
Watch it deepening your blue –
When the velvet night comes creeping
I will feel the pulse of you
Cariboo - I’m calling you
If you only knew
My Cariboo
How I’ve been recalling you
You will never leave my memory,
Though I travel foreign seas –
My Cariboo, I hear you calling
Deep within the soul of me
|
||||
6. |
Muddy Fraser
03:26
|
|||
|
Muddy Fraser’s flowing
West wind softly blowing,
Through the cottonwoods a-growing
Along her winding shore
Muddy Fraser’s dreaming
Of her past, redeeming
All the gold that lay a-gleaming
And the miner on the bar
Wherever we may go
We are always flowing on
with the current
Of forever, everywhere
Fraser I may wander
Over hills out yonder
But my heart will grow the fonder
Before I travel far
Wherever we may roam
We are always flowing on
with the current
Of forever, everywhere
And it never seems to slow
It just goes to show, who knows
where the river flows?
On forever, everywhere
|
||||
7. |
Mom
03:42
|
|||
|
Mom, Mom
Well I know that life and love have come
From Mom, Mom
You were always there to hear my song
When I was young
What I learned during earlier days of mine
From my Dad and my Mom
Helped to make me the man I’ve become
Though I’m still far from done
Living up to the name of my Mother’s son
Worthy of Mom, Mom
Shining in my sky just like the sun, for so long
Mom, Mom
What I owe to you I cannot sum up in song
Wishing that I could speak from the heart
But I start to feel overcome
When I wonder at all you have done
I am simply struck dumb
Though the words that I search for refuse to come...
You know I love you Mom, Mom
What I can’t quite verbalize I’ll hum
While I strum…
Mmm mm mm mm mmm
|
||||
8. |
Picture of A Life
03:58
|
|||
|
It’s my father that gets most of the credit
For whatever I've become, and what I will do yet
I wish I told him more times when he was alive
What it meant to me – to have that bringing-up,
I knew it growing up,
That it was more than luck to be in our family
Now that you’re really gone
It’s a long time to carry on … another minute more
We’ll keep your memory here but it’s a
Poor substitution for your latest photograph,
The grinning way you’d laugh,
And all those little things that only you could portray
Take a picture of a life - so you can
Look into memory
When you capture the world in a moment
You will photomagically see
I can’t get used to the thought of the past tense
Referring to you – so present in our minds
With the constant reminders of a story
That’s still being told – as we go through it all,
The times that we recall
Are keeping you around for all of the rest of our days
Take a picture of a life - so you can
Look right through memory
Fill the viewer and frame it forever
Putting portraits of people together
When you capture the world in a moment
ou will photomagically see…
|
||||
9. |
Let it All Go
04:33
|
|||
|
When all of a sudden your world falls apart
Who do you turn to, where can you even start?
You look to the homefront, follow your heart
It’s easier said than done, but you must play your part
In it all…
Then let it go… let it go
When you lose a loved one, there’s always a fear
That you’ll lose another - even while they’re still right here
(so) Live in the present; Learn from the past
Look to the future & follow through with all you have
To the last…
then
Let it go… let it go
I’ll never forget you but I’ve got to let the grief go
Find my way forward, even if it’s slow
I’ll never forget you but I’ve just got to let it all go
To say: it’s OK to be more OK
It can’t be avoided, it’s got to be faced
The sooner you do it, the sooner that you will let it go
Let it go… let it go
I’ll never forget you but I’ve got to let the grief go
Find my way forward, even if it’s slow
I’ll never forget you but I’ve just got to let it all go
To say: it’s OK to feel – a little more OK
|
||||
10. |
Never Gone
02:56
|
|||
|
When you lose your mother, she is never gone
She’ll be watching over all that you become
Keep her in your heart there, that’s where she belongs
You are always with her when you sing her song
Sing her song, mmm-mm
While you carry on
We move on, as you know she’d want
But knowing where you’re from
There can be no other person like your mom
Source of all the love where you know you come from
As you will discover whether here or gone
You can hear your mother’s voice in every song
Sing along, mmm-mm
While you carry on
We move on, as you know she’d want
Yet knowing where you’re from
When you lose your mother, she is never gone
She’ll be watching over all that you will ever
become
|
||||
Scott Perry Vancouver, British Columbia
“Where acoustic meets electric.” A singer-songwriter in the vintage mold of the 70s, Scott Perry launched The
EastVangelicals with Songs of Serenity (2017) and Follow UP (2018), all about home, nostalgia, and love.
Suite:Dreams (2020) tells the story of a relationship in ten lovesongs.
His latest, Folks Songs (Aug 2022) treats the loss of parents: processing grief, and celebrating their lives.
... more
If you like Folks Songs, you may also like:
“Portraits” is a collection of expertly drawn narrative songs with sharply observed lyrics and rustic instrumentation.
go to album
George Cosby's rich voice is the center of these cinematic pop songs that thrum with the ache of longing.
go to album
Record Dealin' Dick EP
by THE MONA REELS
The Mona Reels take on record clerk mansplainers with catchy power pop on this lively new EP.
go to album
This Sporting Life
by The Smashing Times
Terrific jangle pop with an edge, somewhere between Television Personalities and R.E.M. with a bit of Kinks in there, too.
go to album
Gentle chamber pop with rich, rococo arrangements driven by winsome vocal melodies.
go to album
Great, thrashing, melodic indie rock from this Illinois group that juxtaposes sugary vocal hooks with barbed guitars.
go to album
A promising blend of jangling guitars, melancholy lyrics, and irresistible indie pop melodies.
go to album
