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When you're this, this in love

by john southworth

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1.
the passion play has come and gone the caravans have all moved on but i’m still standing where they made the river sweet martin luther’s got his proof mona lisa’s in the louvre but i’m still standing like a falcon on the queen’s green sleeve heroes of eros before you retreat tend to the swan that was dragged through the streets sing out your song ‘la belle dame sans merci’ heroes of eros we never got to say goodbye before the ironsides arrived and now we ride beside the duke of aquitaine esmeralda’s lost her goat and quasimodo’s on the ropes they know the future of the passion is at stake and it’s now in flames heroes of eros before you exchange what if the pain in your heart does remain? through every brave metaphysical change heroes of eros you never had to hunt for boar never faced the god of thor you’ve too much time upon your paws and on your plates now willy wonkas’s getting whipped and cassonova’s getting clipped and martin luther’s getting licked on drury lane despite the plague heroes of eros before you embrace know that the glove can’t be pierced or replaced know that your love may appear tailor made heroes of eros
2.
Vertigo 03:26
vertigo long way down when you’re this this in love this, this in love i’m forever making trouble i’m forever falling i’m forever seeing double i’m forever crawling leave me in the sunshine in the garden of the frail i just need to spend time far away from what i feel vertigo long way down when you’re this this in love this, this in love tell me will the morning bring your malice or your mercy? do you want to love me or do you intend to hurt me? vertigo long way down when you’re this this in love this undone overcome so don’t go vertigo
3.
time to unwind time to listen to myself again time to crawl into my shell again for you know how hard i fool myself time to let go of the reins sever the chain end the charade when all the ends of the earth have begun and you all pretend that it’s all in good fun then it’s time to unwind from you all
4.
confidence man just around the corner honeyland in the rear view mirror i’m always on always on the river deeper in land i can hear your whisper i carry on with no clear agenda i’m always on always on the river and the river that i’m always on is never gonna let me off until i learn my lesson until i get my game on always on the river in my mind always on the river in my life on a houseboat in the backwaters waiting on your amazon order i’m always on always on the river riverboat captain’s trimming his whiskers cook’s in the kitchen cooking up the last kipper i’m in my cabin getting sicker and sicker and the river that i’m always on is never gonna let me off until i learn my lesson until i get my game on always on the river in my mind always on the river in my life low and high deep and wide day or night rain or shine always on i’m always on the river coming down wind there’s a lukewarm fragrance i prey i’m still in the lord’s surveillance i’m always on always on the river
5.
elevator boy don’t cry now how could you have foreseen a.i.? get back on the human bus if you’re looking for honest work then you’re out of luck i remember when songs in the land gave strength and hope to each woman and man now those days are gone it’s all news talk all news talk has formatted the land chimney sweeps have washed ashore along with another cosmonaut now we’re gathered in the last depot we’re singing a labor song by the broke payphone i remember when songs in the land gave strength and hope to woman and man now those days are gone and so the songs of folk have gone the way of the land hold on you can’t go back from where you came from you can’t undo from what you’ve done wrong you can never go back you know better than that now those days are gone now those days are gone now those days are gone
6.
Tiny Tim 03:41
our tiny tim has gone gone but not forgot he was a prince of fools ridiculed from shore to shore our tiny tim’s no more he died upon a stage before a crowd of sleeping trains and cargo lost he passed away in mid-swan song our tiny tim has gone gone but he is not forgotten tiny tim the johnny rotten of vaudevillian song tiny tim the bottled genius is gone and so i carry on with a bag of orville corn i walk the night towards the former music hall that’s now a reefer store gone but he is not forgotten tiny tim the johnny rotten of folk rock tiny tim the bottled genius is gone gone but he is not forgotten tiny tim the johnny rotten of folk rock tiny tim who sang god bless us everyone god bless us everyone god bless us everyone
7.
down in the under in the underground with the overproud i’m paid to rest down in the water of the cabbageman why the cabbageman has baby breath when i walk along the surface when i talk up on the street i cannot believe a single sound i can only be so earnest i can only be so sweet let me down it’s time to let me down in the under in the underground in a highway lounge i’m stoned to death down in the odor of the premature the adrenal cure has been dispensed i have walked the streets on easter i have had a foolish dream i have dragged my dog into the pound i have been a people pleaser maybe just a bit naïve let me down it’s time to let me down in the under in the underground with the spirits of the river men down in the parlor in a pale steam why is the air so sweet around the dead? down in the under in the underground from the will of life i decompress
8.
Oona 03:20
oona in the night silken and serene nimble and divine porcelain and naïve oona in the night time is on the brink rain is in the urn fish are in the road pain is felt alone oona in the night love may have to be just out of reach forever green within the ruin oona in the night once I fell asleep down beside the stream then I rose above high above the tree oona in the night railroad in the rain river in the road i am in the wind wind of the unknown oona in the night love may have to be just out of reach forever green within the ruin oona in the night
9.
wondering what went wrong wondering what went wrong i was on the bridge now the bridge is half gone i was truly in the music truly i was in the music i had no idea you could not hear a sound you and i have been like soldiers sack of lime upon our shoulders giving all we can before we’re taken out wondering what went wrong wondering what went wrong to the milk of time to the liberation wondering why i fell with no one to tell now the people fight and i’m deep in my self i have swept the broken bottle i secured the mountain cable i stood up to have this dance with you in the night of broken curfew in the grass i understood you tell me why on earth is this not true? wondering what went wrong wondering what went wrong to the milk of time to the liberation wondering what went wrong wondering what went wrong I was on the bridge now the bridge is half gone
10.
angel landing in my arms i can’t take it anymore i’m trying to sweep up the yard i’m trying to get out the door they want me to reject the veils they want me to neglect my chores they know that i’m a family man they see my spirit needs to soar angels are landing landing at my feet they keep on demanding that i follow their lead give me time give me work give me love and give me earth time again you lift me from my feet forgive me now forgive me then forgive me time and time again time again i’m taken by a dream angels are landing landing at my feet they keep on demanding that i follow their lead i’m walking cross the driving range i’m standing in the batting cage i’m flying high up the ground my kid is on the pitcher’s mound angels are landing landing at my feet they keep on demanding that i follow their lead
11.
hunchback on the parking lot roof everybody got their proof but you loose change in the back of your brain now it’s spilling out all over youtube you get worked up over nothing sing it loud sing it strong sing it from the mountain top there’s a lone brave spirit on the a.m. dial tonight lately you been missing old friends now they’re tearing down the dundas sign oh my you been pushed to the edge you been hanging by a thread in your mind to the thread of your own invention sing it loud sing it strong sing it from the mountain top there’s a lone brave spirit on the a.m. dial tonight
12.
Vow 04:26
you were the one to lead the way into the storm and there and then expose the forlorn child and now i’m learning how to touch and taste the form of naked feeling that’s been long denied this is a world that makes a mockery of love that pays in gold to keep true feeling down now i stand before the face of what’s to come my love for you will never be unsound i bow down and say vow in the rain i say vow in the spring i say vow in the fall i say vow to you i recall the holy scripture on the wall before we lay down on your mama’s bed it took some years to see what had been in my eyes for me to hear the words that had been read and now we walk along a road that’s washed away i have to hold your head from being drowned i cannot bear to see you crying in the rain my love for you’s the only true way out i bow down and say vow in the rain i say vow in the spring i say vow in the fall i say vow to you my love in the rain i say vow in the spring i say vow after all that’s gone down i bow down and say vow to you

credits

released May 12, 2023

musicians:

Jean Martin – drums and percussion
Justin Orok – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar
John Southworth – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
Ben Whiteley – bass

with:

Kevin Breit – electric guitar on Wondering what went wrong
Rebecca Hennessy – accordion on Tiny Tim and Vow; trumpet on Time to unwind; peck horn on Vow
Aline Homzy – violin on Vow and Down in the under
Felicity Williams – vocals on Angel landing
Jesse Zubot – violin on Vertigo and Heroes of Eros

all songs written by John Southworth
produced by Jean Martin and John Southworth
recorded, mixed and mastered by Jean Martin
cover photo by Matthew Maaskant

special thanks to Canada Council for the Arts and Toronto Arts Council

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