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Bluenose
03:42
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Bluenose (by Tyler Ellis)
Quarter of nine killing time crawling down the highway
Radio on playing that song that takes her far away
To the rocky shore of Labrador to the boy with the hand-me-down clothes
To the sails filled with hopes and dreams running with the Bluenose
His crackling voice fills the salty air she reaches for the harmony
Que sera sera sera loving the Anne Murray
Blissfully unaware of how her story would go
The stormy seas the doldrum days oh how they’d take their toll
But the radio bless its soul, the radio bless its soul
The radio, the radio, the radio, the radio
How it comforts her
Her bundle of joy comes undone down on Hastings Street
The apple of her eye made her cry voting with his feet
Miles to go and gas so low probably won’t make it to work
The electric company pulled the plug
A coffee stain on her skirt
But the radio bless its soul, the radio bless its soul
The radio, the radio, the radio, the radio
How it comforts her
Quarter of nine killing time crawling down the highway
Radio on playing that song that takes her far away
To the rocky shore of Labrador to the boy with the hand-me-down clothes
To the sails filled with hopes and dreams running with the Bluenose
To the sails filled with hopes and dreams running with the Bluenose
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2. |
Music as Usual
03:48
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Music as Usual
(words and music by Tyler Ellis, ©NB Music 2019)
Tell the soundman to mix it for my mom
She likes to hear a lot of me
Mix me like Willie Nelson
Like a John Prine wannabe
Keep the keys nice and low
Don’t let that guitar player steal the show
Tell the bass player just to keep it breezy
Tell the drummer to take it easy
Let the music pave the way
For the things I have to say
Let it help me make my point
Then of course we’re gonna rock the joint
I’ll be singing some poetry just like the pros
And I hope you sing-a-long with me if you know how it goes
It’s just music as usual
Just trying to find the groove
Maybe make you think a thought
Maybe make you bust a move
It’s just music as usual
Sweet nothing to fill the air
And we’re so very glad you’re here
Because music is made to share
Now if the critics said that’s pretty catchy
Your band’s cooking like a rusty old Hibachi
Or if they said we don’t really like your sound
Well if the music gets you up nothing gets you down
And if we had a single climbing up the charts
And millions of people knew the words by heart
I’d probably go out and buy myself a Baby Grand
But it’s music not money that fuels the band
It’s just music as usual
Just trying to find the groove
Maybe make you think a thought
Maybe make you bust a move
It’s just music as usual
Sweet nothing to fill the air
And we’re so very glad you’re here
Because music is made to share
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3. |
Canadian Heart
02:49
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Canadian Heart (Canada Yee-Hoo) by Tyler Ellis
Well I’ve got a car don’t run so good
And I’ve got a house termites in my wood
And I’ve got debt far as I can see
And when it rains I get a pain in my knee
And I’ve got troubles stack ‘em one on another
And I’ve got a horrible nagging mother
So I switch on the T.V. and I turn to the news
And I sit around watching other peoples Blues
And I thank my lucky stars and I know you do too
Cause you live in Canada, Canada Yee-Hooo!
We call it ours c’est le notre
It’s what we’ve got il n’y a pas d’autre
So let’s pull together let’s not pull apart
Love your native tongue and your Canadian Heart
Well everybody in Kamloops tout le monde a Rimouski
Everybody by the Georgian Bay or acote de le Beaufort Sea
Everybody on that prairie field, everybody with that ocean view
Everybody in the 416, everybody in the 902
They’re counting their lucky stars
Cause that’s just what you do
If you live in Canada, Canada Yee-Hoo!
We call it ours, c’est le notre
It’s what we’ve got, il n’y a pas d’autre
So let’s pull together let’s not pull apart
Love your native tongue and your Canadian Heart
Let’s pull together let’s not pull apart
Love your native tongue and your Canadian Heart
Canada, Canada Yee-Hoo
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4. |
Glory
04:37
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Glory (by Tyler Ellis)
Sometimes life gets in the way sometimes you’ve got to earn your pay
Sometimes you’ve got to hit the road to the far side of the globe
When you’re far far away and I don’t have you to hold
When we are apart something happens to my heart
Something happens to my heart
It grows fonder of you, of you
It grows fonder of all the little things you do
And then it conjures you in all your glory
Then it conjures you in all your glory
You be the star power, I be the heart throb
Even in my daydreams you’re in the love scene
You in all your glory, you in all your glory, you in all your glory
Lonely whistle of the revolving door in the hotel lobby makes my heart grow fonder
The lonely road that stretches out in front of me makes my heart grow fonder
The table for one in the setting sun with the thoughts of all the things we’ve done
Table for one in the setting sun with the thoughts of all the things we’ve done
You be the star power, I be the heart throb
Even in my daydreams you’re in the love scene
You in all your glory, you in all your glory, you in all your glory
Sometimes life gets in the way sometimes you’ve got to earn your pay
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5. |
Spring
02:43
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6. |
West Coast Ways
03:20
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7. |
Hot
03:08
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8. |
Honey Do
02:48
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9. |
Mwa Mwa
02:36
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10. |
Summer
02:05
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11. |
Lost on the Bridge
04:09
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Lost on the Bridge (by Tyler Ellis)
There’s this Dylan song I’ve played a thousand times but I still get lost on the bridge
And at the grocery store for the life of me I can’t remember if there’s milk in the fridge
And sometimes I walk into a room and just stand in that room wondering what the heck I came in to get
There are a million things that have slipped my mind
But there are some things that I’ll never forget
Like the way your face lights up when you see me coming
Twinkle in your eye when I take you in my arms
Those late-night walks, those pillow talks
And every single one of your charms
Well the odd anniversary has eluded me belated birthday cards I’ve sent quite a few
And misplacing my wallet, my keys or my phone well that’s something that I regularly do
And the only thing I remember about my password is that I made it with the alphabet
There are a million things that have slipped my mind but there are somethings that I’ll never forget
Like the way your face lights up when you see me coming
Twinkle in your eye when I take you in my arms
Those late-night walks, those pillow talks
And every single one of your charms
Oh the way your face lights up when you see me coming
Twinkle in your eye when I take you in my arms
Those late-night walks, those pillow talks
And every single one of your charms
Now memories fade, details get fuzzy, I can’t recall what I did last Monday
But somethings I’ll never forget, somethings I’ll never forget
Like the way your face lights up when you see me coming
Twinkle in your eye when I take you in my arms
Those late-night walks, those pillow talks
And every single one of your charms
Oh the way your face lights up when you see me coming
Twinkle in your eye when I take you in my arms
Those late-night walks, those pillow talks
And every single one of your charms
There’s this Dylan song I’ve played a thousand times but I still get lost on the bridge
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12. |
Tootsie Roll
02:50
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13. |
Out Tonight
03:50
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14. |
Stuck in my Ways
03:46
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One to ten and back again
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, TEN
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, TEN
TEN, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, ONE
One silver moon shining in the sky / One last slice of apple pie
One heart, one brain, one nose on your face / Call you number one if you win that race
Number One, 1, 1, 1, NUMBER ONE!
Two legs, 2 arms, 2 shoulders, 2 hips, 2 feet to stomp, 2 hands to grip
Two ears to hear, 2 eyes to see, we’re 2 together just you and me
Number 2, 2, 2, NUMBER TWO!
Three little birds sing “don’t worry about a thing”
It’s 3 strikes your out so swing batter swing
Count to 3 before you jump in on a hot summer’s day when you’re going for a swim
Number 3…
Four is the number of legs on the table
On the zebra, on the donkey, on the horse in the stable
There are 4 fours in a deck of cards and 4 black tires on a red sports car
Number 4…
Give me 5 up high, 5 down low, 5 on the side whoops too slow
Share 10 with a friend and you get 5 each
Starfish have 5 legs you can count them at the beach
Number 5…
If you play the guitar then you strum 6 strings
At 6 o’clock the dinner bell rings
6 faces on a box, six faces on the dice, hockey teams put six players on the ice
Number 6…
Tim Horton wore 7 for the Maple Leafs, 7 colours in a rainbow, 7 days in a week
6 is afraid of 7 because 7 ate 9 and 10
If you heard that one before well you just heard it again
Number 7…
You can make an 8 if you figure skate / if you sink the 8 ball you’re doing just great
Octopus have 8 tentacles, spiders have 8 eyes
The red stop sign well it got 8 sides
Number 8…
The Rocket wore 9 for the Canadians / Nine is that number that comes before ten
The tallest man ever was over 9 feet tall
And 9 Blue Jays shout “Let’s play ball”
Number 9…
Count down from 10 before you go to space
You should count to 10 if you’ve got an angry face
Count it on your fingers count it on your toes
Count it anywhere now that you know how it goes
Number 10, 10, 10, NUMBER TEN
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, TEN
(words and music by Tyler Ellis, ©NB Music 2018, all rights reserved)
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16. |
Fall
03:21
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Fall (by Tyler Ellis)
You can call me Autumn, you can call me Fall
Get yourself a sweater, grab yourself a shawl
I come before Winter, I’m the opposite of Spring
The squirrels collect the nuts and the birds take to the wing
Frost is on the pumpkin, the pumpkin’s in the patch
Leaves are changing colours they’re falling from the branch
I come before Winter, I’m the opposite of Spring
The squirrels collect the nuts and the birds take to the wing
You can call me Autumn, you can call me Fall
Get yourself a sweater, grab yourself a shawl
I come before Winter, I’m the opposite of Spring
The squirrels collect the nuts and the birds take to the wing
Frost is on the pumpkin, the pumpkin’s in the patch
Leaves are changing colours they’re falling from the branch
I come before Winter, I’m the opposite of Spring
The squirrels collect the nuts and the birds take to the wing
The squirrels collect the nuts and the birds take to the wing
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My Brother’s in The NHL
Five in the morning talking to the cows
About the why and the wherefore the Hulls and the Howes
He got the shot and he got all the moves
He got the roar of the crowd and I got the sound of the shuffling hooves
Dead of winter out on the pond his was the team everybody wanted to be on
It’s only a game in Maine but in Flin Flon it’s a religion
You see I’m not very good I know that’s what people say
I’m not tough in the corners I’m just not built that way
I’m not very good I can’t play that well
But my brother’s very good
My brother’s in the NHL My brother’s in the NHL, My bother’s in the NHL, My brother’s in the NHL
I remember the day they all piled into the truck and headed for the draft
I stayed down on the farm one of the heifers was having a calf
I’m not bitter everybody’s got their lot
But it’s five in the morning and I’m just wishing for a little of what he got
Did you see him last night he went upstairs he went the five hole
But the one that gave him the trick have you ever seen such a pretty goal
You see I’m not very good I know that’s what people say
I’m not tough in the corners I’m just not built that way
I’m not very good I cant play that well
But my brother’s very good
My brother’s in the NHL, My brother’s in the NHL
And my cousins are in the NHL and my grandfather played for the Toronto St. Pats
And my great uncle George played for the Vancouver Millionaires
And my brother’s in the NHL, My brother’s in the NHL
My brother’s in the NHL, My brother’s in the NHL
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18. |
Venn Diagram
01:51
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Venn Diagram (by Tyler Ellis)
Let’s find ourselves a little common ground
Meet you in the middle of a Venn Diagram
All us kiddies know it
We learned it in our studies
We talk about it with our reading buddies
We’ve all got hopes
We’ve all got dreams
We’ve all got feelings
We’ve all got hearts
Sure we’re all different
We’re not all the same
But, getting along is the name of the game
1,2,3,4
Let’s find ourselves a little common ground
Meet you in the middle of a Venn Diagram
All us kiddies know it
We learned it in our studies
We talk about it with our reading buddies
We’ve all got hopes
We’ve all got dreams
We’ve all got feelings
We’ve all got hearts
Sure we’re all different
We’re not all the same
But, getting along is the name of the game
1,2,3,4
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19. |
All the Power
03:34
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20. |
Preachin' to the Choir
03:59
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21. |
Winter
03:31
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Tyler Ellis Toronto, Ontario
“John Prine meets a well-primed Sir John A. Macdonald” (Toronto Star)
If you like your
songs with a little tongue-in-cheek yet with their finger firmly on the pulse of the human condition, then Tyler Ellis is for you. “Tell the soundman to mix it for my mom; she likes to hear a lot of me.” (Music as Usual)
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