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NIGHTS

by Josh Geddis

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1.
Nights 02:56
Well I haven’t slept a night Since I met you You know I dream all my dreams awake now Well I haven't slept a night Since I met you You know I dream all my dreams awake yeah You know I dream all my dreams awake Well it would be a crying shame for you not to cry And keep me up all night I wish you’d just say something I could understand Then I could make you feel alright Cuz you know I dream all my dreams awake now And my bones they are tired and breaking now And though I lose my feelings In the shadows of our evenings man I sure as hell do miss you when you’re gone Oh well the wind flows through the rafters When you're not at home And I let it keep me up all night Just searching so aimlessly for empty sounds You know they make me feel alright Cuz you know I dream all my dreams awake now And my bones they are tired and breaking now And though I lose my feelings In the shadows of our evenings man I sure as hell do miss you when you’re gone Cuz you know I dream all my dreams awake now And my bones they are tired and breaking now And though I lose my feelings In the shadows of our evenings man I sure as hell do miss you when you’re gone So please, please, please Come back I promise not to make you cry I promise I’ll try harder next time
2.
Old Magazine 02:53
Don't cut your teeth on me no girl Don't cut your teeth on me My feelings they are concrete And my thoughts are not discrete And long after my songs been sung The gear is loaded and we’re done oh You'll be waiting lonely For a call that seldom comes You'll be waiting lonely for a call that seldom comes Oh you thought you'd wrote the book on me But the bridge is burning out from underneath And I fly through the hours Like a bird flies through a tree Your finding out the hard way That the place I wanna be Is standing at the back yeah When the band has long since played Drinking down my last sips Like they're poison lemonade Drinking down my last sips Watching nights turn into days Oh you thought you'd wrote the book on me But the bridge is burning out from underneath Oh you thought you'd wrote the book on me But the bridge is burning out from underneath And I want my life to read Like an old magazine Relevant though torn apart On every weakened seam And if I'm to be your cross to bare Would ya hear these words and we'll call it square yeah I know love is rare and rare is what I think we are yeah I know love is rare and rare is what I think we are And oh you thought you wrote the book on me
3.
Had To Go 03:22
If you come home on Saturday Saturday might be too late I’ll be in the water A note tacked on the cottage door Just like so many times before Sand between your toes as you sit and wait Runners on a pine wood floor Memories from back in ‘04 Flood into your mind Shooting movies Shooting the shit The shows we’ve see The places been Moments after moments as you sit and wait And in the heart of my soul There’s a place for you And in the heart of my soul There’s a place for you So when you’re staring at your shoes politely As the crowds go by you On a Wednesday afternoon Heads bowed down with tongues of insight Strangers offering glimpses To a man they thought they knew Back in ‘72 And in the heart of my soul There’s a place for you And in the heart of my soul There’s a place for you And as the sun went down that night Yeah as the sun went down On my darkened afternoon I heard the pine trees creak and crack I heard the winds howl this and that Listen and they just might hear me talking to you And in the heart of my soul There’s a place for you And in the heart of my soul There’s a place for you And so you know that Truth be told I’m going on vacation With your mother in the fall I’m sorry that I had to dive so deeply It really wasn’t my call I just had to go And in the heart of my soul There’s a place for you And in the heart of my soul There's a place for you
4.
The day you stepped out Was the day I walked in And our hope Sank slowly but surely Like a polar bear on the arctic shelf I drifted away On the last great iceberg All the Eskimos waved goodbye And I learned in school That white bears could swim But now I’m truly fearing That I might fall in When this last shard of ice Turns to oceans beneath All my vices turn into Are shadows out on the sea And on the day that It rained for a year We all fell in love With that warm Arctic fear And as the last shard of ice Drifted away You know I truly thought That we’d both, both be OK Now an oak tree is bent On the place where I sunk You’ll forgive me for thinking All those thoughts that I thunk When the iceberg was sinking And oh you were on my mind But you didn’t come to save me from Sinking this time I remember my last breath It was agony and defeat You just sunk your last iceberg You just sunk your last love And if one day they find me On underwater expeditions They’ll say this one, this one oh Lived out of his time. And on the day that It rained for a year We all fell in love With that warm Arctic fear And as the last shard of ice Drifted away You know I truly thought That we’d both, both be OK And on the day that It rained for a year We all fell in love With that warm Arctic fear And as the last shard of ice Drifted away You know I truly hoped That we’d both, both be OK
5.
Would you like to come in from the cold she said I’d like to come in from the cold I said I’m sad that it's cold The coffee shops closed And the roads are all shut down She said I’ll make some coffee the kind you like Drink six cups through the day stay up all night I’m only trying to keep both eyes wide open To avoid hibernation Inside Saturday outside is snowing I wanna go outside but the winter she’s blowing Her shoulders rolled back Fists clenched in for a long haul So cuddle up with a box set of DVDs Watch Kelly and Dylan make love by the sea California seems so far away California Here I am Inside Saturday outside is snowing I can’t afford a ticket so I guess we’re not going I’m staying on the couch I’ll be happy until the spring Inside Saturday make mine a double If you go outside better bring you a shovel I’m staying on the couch I’ll be happy until the spring
6.
Young 03:35
Young, young, young We were young once we were young once We were tying one on On the high school hill Ride, ride, ride We used to ride Side by side Down one way streets you and me You’d watch out for cops I’d watch for kids running off of the sidewalk laughing Not knowing We were young, we were young And we’ll all fight the rebellion And we won’t buy what you’re selling No we won’t Unless it’s for free Wake, wake, wake We’ll stay awake we’ll stay awake In empty fields we will swoon To the setting moon Break, Break, Break Our dreams are breaking Breaking dreams are making Dreams of their own A little more alone So let's stare at pretty girls And watch as fists fly into faces Breaking bones breaking bones We are young Yeah we’ll all fight the rebellion And we won’t buy what you’re selling No we won’t Unless it’s for free Yeah we’ll all fight the rebellion And we won’t buy what you’re selling No we won’t No we won’t Unless it's for free
7.
Woah you yeah, you told a lie, and now you’re gonna pay Woah you, yeah you told a lie, and now you’re gonna pay We were just kids On a swing in the park It was dark Kicking rocks was the name of the game And you you looked so beautiful In your blue jean spring jacket Oh why do I look So ugly and cold You yeah, you told a lie, and now you’re gonna pay Oh you, yeah you told a lie, and now you’re gonna pay Well it started As innocent conversations often start Oh when you, you told me something To try and save my life Decisions that you’ve made Now are all in the past Dust in the valley of ash But the night it came faster than Than we both thought I was young and stupid You were so awful hot And I said to myself What you’ve already said Said When you, you told me something To try and save my life Decisions that you’ve made Now are all in the past Dust in the valley Dust in the valley When you, you told me something To try and save my life Decisions that you’ve made Now are all in the past Dust in the valley of Ash
8.
I lost my way in the snow today I lost my way again It seems like it’s something That I like to do Can I lose my way with you You were a trembling wall And I was a crumbling store front No one ever looked back on And I saw a little boy Five years old Falling face first in the snow Stumbling awkwardly home that night With his little footsteps in tow And I looked him in the eye as we passed and he asked Hey man how do we get home I tried to point out the way but I couldn’t So I said I guess we’ll have to go at it alone So I kept on walking As day turned into night I saw you a mile away It looked like you were smoking a pack Of Alberta clippers As clouds fumed around your face Yeah I stalked you out of the fields that night Your hands were all purple and cold You held them out to me And I gave you my gloves And told you that I was in love You were a trembling wall And I was a crumbling store front No one ever looked back on And when we’re both one hundred and eighty-two When you are trembling When I am crumbling I’ll still be in love with you Woah and you were a trembling wall And I was a crumbling store front No one ever looked, ever looked Ever looked back on

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Nights by Josh Geddis was recorded with the intention of putting the feel back into recorded music. Having rehearsed with his band and performed many of the songs that make up this album, the decision was made to record as much of it as possible live off the floor. The first song tracked was Had To Go, a completely live recording of four people covering three vocal parts, two guitar parts, keyboard, and trumpet. Following the success of this track, six more of the eight tunes were recorded over a two day period, which formed the foundation of the album as a whole. Drums, bass, acoustic guitar, and lap steel were all done live as a band, in a room together, without a click track. The music breathes, there is ebb and flow, loud and soft, light and shade. It's a dynamic, energetic, and soulful approach to recording a folk based singer/songwriter album and we couldn't be more proud of the result. - Matt Weston (recording and mix engineer on Nights)

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released June 7, 2014

Josh Geddis - Vocals, Acoustic/Electric Guitar, Violin, Mandolin
Robert Breen - Bass Guitar
Kevin Kennedy - Electric Guitar (Track 4), Slide Guitar, Banjo
Jessica Langan - Trumpet, Backing Vocals
Todd Phipps - Organ
Ivan Raczycki - Electric Guitar (Track 3)
Jillien Regier - Keyboard (Track 3), Backing Vocals
Matt Weston - Drums, Backing Vocals

Recorded & Mixed at Swamp Songs Recording Studio in Lucan, Ontario by Matt Weston

Hammond Organ Recorded by Todd Phipps in Mount Horeb Wisconsin

Produced by Josh Geddis & Matt Weston

Mastered by Joao Carvalho in Toronto, Ontario

Album Art by Steve Dawe

P & C Josh Geddis. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, copying or rental of this recording is prohibited by law. Made in Canada

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Josh Geddis Bluewater, Ontario

Josh Geddis is a Canadian Singer/Songwriter making music out of Bayfield, Ontario. He has released two full-length albums: NIGHTS (June 2014) and YELLOW TENT (2008 rm2021). His NEW EP will be released in spring of 2021 in both digital and limited edition vinyl. ... more

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