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Company Man

by Chris Kelly

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1.
Desert 00:40
What you never told her / In the desert that day / Was that you had buried / A ghost along the way / And the sound of the windmills / blew what you wanted to say / And it got you / Where you are today
2.
Cold Feet 02:14
I hope my cold feet don’t wake you up/ nor the sound of that door/ I think I might try and take you up / on loving you more/ harder than I did before / and I thought of this all and quarter past four I hope the TV don’t reach your ears/ or influence your dreams / I know I haven’t felt the same / Since I left my teens / I know that’s not how it seems/and I thought of this all at 4:15 When will I sleep/ when will, will I sleep/ When will I sleep/ when will, will I sleep
3.
Money 01:57
I have this feeling the money I’m making / is doing bad things to me / and these changes I’m making could be mistakes and / I could change them all for free The city I live in could unforgiven / in fact it’s rather plain / if I moved to another, would it be like any other / when I could stay here for just the same And these clothes I wear / don’t get me anywhere / but the books I read just might
4.
More Time 02:51
If you had more time with me / would you spend it with me or somebody else / And would you hum along / if I sang you a song about somebody else It takes no time / to find / the kind of girl I want around/ when you’re lost and can’t be found And would you look at me / if you could see my face / And would it look the same / Or would it have changed because of this place Don’t you find / that people can kind / and you’ll change your mind about who you want around / when you’re lost and can’t be found Find me a better place and time before I knew your face / where the date’s the same and never changes / and no one there knows / your name
5.
Over Time 01:58
Over time / you’ll need her less / but for now this is your defence / You wanted new skin / And it was dark / break the branches of her heart
6.
Up Nights 03:18
Cutting your first pair of shorts of the summer /Sneak down a beer to the beach it’s your way / of ushering in the sun to the inlet / and warming up nights, up nights. The only way to see it is putting on these glasses / Forget about the new ones / just listen to the classics / and roll down / the hill on your bike / slow it down, there’s a cute one / might turn around draw a map to the space /cause we’re ushering in the kids from the alley / and warming up nights, up nights The only way to see it is putting on these glasses / forget about the new ones and listen to the classics The only way to see it is putting on these glasses / forget about the new ones and listen to the classics Hair in our eyes/ wasting the night / wasted ourselves as we stare at the lights / And we’re ushering ourselves out into to the alley / in the warmth of the night, the night And we’re warming up nights, up nights
7.
Newfoundland 02:55
If you were to count the times / I have walked this street of mine / it would probably be the length I had to travel / Oh, I had to travel Robson Street to Coburg Road / A country in between our homes / and if I had worked hard enough / I would have made it / Oh, I would have made it And the though the plane travelled fast / it could bring me to the past / Or circle backwards round the sun / and you bring you back to everyone Or, I would have made / I would have made it there / we would have gone everywhere / with time to spare Take the path down to the sand / singing songs of Newfoundland / let the water reach our knees / and float out to sea
8.
Fall 03:24
Well I won’t be home for fall / give my regards to school supplies down at the mall / I won’t be home for scarves / I won’t be there at 5 o’clock to see it getting dark And won’t be home / no I won’t be home this year / 'cause 3000 miles can take a while to walk Well I won’t be home for trees / I won’t be home for trees / I won’t be home to rake / I won’t see the fog roll in on Silver Lake And won’t be home / no I won’t be home this year / 'cause 3000 miles can take a while to walk Well I won’t be home for fall / winter spring or summer or anything at all / Well I won’t be home for you / I won’t get to be there for anything you do I won’t / no I won’t be home this year / 'cause 3000 miles, can take a while to walk
9.
Lightning 04:12
Out, in your house in the field / a gothic that you bought for a steal / with a roof reaching up to the sky / let the lightning protect us tonight / let the lightning protect us tonight And a boy, sixty acres of land / and another who can barely stand / and a man with a drum in his hand / Let the lightning blind them tonight / Let the lightning blind them tonight And I could destroy it all / as your slip begins to fall / to the floor, as I close the door / Let the lightning hit me tonight / let the lightning hit me tonight Let the lightning hit me tonight / let the lightning hit me tonight
10.
It’s your way, it’s your way /It’s your way out of this one / and on to the next one / This one was good It’s your work, it’s your work / It’s your work that makes you known / so don’t stop it or they’ll leave you alone

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Company Man is the first solo album by Canadian musician and radio producer Chris Kelly.

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released April 26, 2013

Musicians:

Chris Kelly - guitars, piano, organ, harmonica,
Colin Cowan - bass, guitars
Kurt Dahle - drums, organ, guitars

Additional Musicians:

Ashleigh Ball - vocals
Louise Burns - vocals
Hannah Epperson - violin
Tariq Hussain - slide guitar
Chris Leitch - farfisa
Mike Leitch - electric guitar
Jenn Bojm - vocals
Phil Rabin - mandolin

Gang vocals on "Cold Feet," "Money," & "It's Your Way" : Lizzy Karp, Karen Pinchin, Phil Rabin, Sonia Kowalewski, Kurt Dahle, Lauren Bercovitch, Colin Cowan, Carrie Lowther

Produced by Kurt Dahle
Mastered by Ryan Dahle
Recorded at The Factory, Greenhouse Studios, The China Cloud with Mark Lawrence, Kurt's house, and secretly at CBC Vancouver with Bruce Dierick.

Album photos by Marcus Jolly
Album layout and design by Ben Didier

Thanks to: Lauren Bercovitch, Nick Fabin, Grant Lawrence, Jill Barber, Steve Bays, Analog Bell Service, Kristen Halliday, space parties, Debra-Jean Creelman, Coco Culbertson, Carrie Lowther, Brent Hodge, Pat Kelly, Peter Oldring, Steve Pratt, CBC, Gram, Pop, Claire, Aly, Meghan, Mom & Dad.

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Chris Kelly Vancouver, British Columbia

Chris Kelly is a musician and radio producer from Vancouver, B.C. He has played in bands such as: Analog Bell Service, The Choir Practice, Colin Cowan & the Elastic Stars, and Rob Butterfield. He is also one of the founding members of The China Cloud and is senior producer of CBC's This Is That. ... more

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