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I Wish It Would Rain
03:31
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I Wish It Would Rain
A black road calls - calls me away
Says I’m a carefree highway - you must leave this place
Here the heat of July hammers and moans
And the vapour rises sucks the breath from home
Sun’s burning hot - crows in the shade
It’s a bad sign - a rogue moon - leaves nothing but haze
Here the girls of summer slowly drift by
Under a sky so blue it could make you cry
Oh - I wish it would rain
There’s a yellow ribbon tied where sirens moan
A mosaic lies where all hope is gone
In the heat of night tempers rose
And the boys went down a foolish road
So send me some dark skies - whisper relief
Before this town goes crazy - calls out the freaks
Before another bloody Sunday falls from the sky
Why does this witch of summer refuse to fly
Oh - I wish it would rain
Yea - I wish it would rain
I got old Mary beside me who shakes the bones
Says don’t wish the day over, you’ll be standing alone
These dog days of summer will soon be gone
And harsh wind will follow and shake you down
Oh - I wish it would rain
Yea - I wish it would rain
©Fredrick Brooks
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2. |
For The Dream You Are
03:40
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FOR THE DREAM YOU ARE
Time goes by - still I love you - comes as no surprise
For I still see - that light in your eyes
In this place we call love
You and I - we are lovers - who’ve stood the test of time
Through the dark and into the light In this place we call love
Chorus
You are my wonder
You are my heart
Through the years’ you’ve been my shining star
And I will love you
For the dream you are
Time goes by - still I love you - and it feels so right
Something in the way we hold each other tight
In this place we call love
Chorus
©Fredrick Brooks
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3. |
I'll Find You
03:28
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Tonight I watch the sun
Settle over Gulf waters
It speaks the end of day
How I’ve longed for this time with you
We run white beaches
While Cat sings Ruby Love
Follow in the footsteps of our lives
And I’ll find you
While trickster boys laugh and volley
By waterside
This music rises from my lips
Like white birds it sheds my joys
As the sun sets on golden sand,
I see in it the reason for this life
And I’ll find you.
Tonight I watch the sun
Settle over Gulf waters
It speaks the end of day
How I’ve longed for this time with you
And now we lay in love
As night birds cry
Tomorrow we’ll follow the sun
And I’ll find you
Yes I’ll find you
©Fredrick Brooks
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There’s no bread on my table at the end of day
Bad moon is rising here no sign of relief
My life’s laid open more naked than grief
Won’t somebody help me - somebody please
Chorus
From ashes I’ve heard a flower may grow
But it’s more deadly than sin more lightning than soul
I’m down to my last dime broken and rolled
Just a man on his knees
When God don’t live in New Orleans
So I carry this weight and it follows me home
As poverty wails I curse it’s load
I long for new eyes - ones that shine with hope
When shame is at the heart of it - you’ve got no place to go
Chorus
We’re just shadows of this city it’s forgotten soul
As floodwaters recede the mercy goes home
There’s justice for the rich man but not for the poor
Something is rotten here and I can’t take it now more
Chorus
© Fredrick Brooks
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5. |
This Lonesome Dark
02:58
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If silence is your only word
It’s all the same to me
If our love is lost
And I’m left free
“Then need is what I’ll be”
Chorus:
I’ll go down to the water
Down to the sea
Where the harbour lights call my name
There I’ll leave what’s left of me
Now trust was once our hearts desire
It whispered love’s deep truth
Now one is my lonesome world
That cries out for you
Chorus
Oh it’s been a cruel world
Like an arrow to my heart
I am on my way back home
I must leave this lonesome dark
I’ll don my cap - my heavy coat
Buttoned high to ward the cold
And where I’ll walk remains unknown
For I must walk alone
Chorus
© Fredrick Brooks
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6. |
So Near So Far
04:15
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I gather stars this summer’s night
As I dream of you
My love
I watch the night birds fly away
To another day
My love
Chorus:
So near, so far
You are forever in my heart
Until you return someday
I feel your body next to mine
It’s silent touch
My love
With gentle words I will call your name
Remember me
My love
Chorus
I watch the dawn return again
For you are near
My love
I fell the magic deep in my soul
Hurry home
My love
Chorus x2
© Fredrick Brooks
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7. |
Billie
04:34
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She’s an April shower
This princess of the night
And as day breaks
From 52nd street she lullaby’s
The New York town
Chorus:
And where is the love in your heart
It’s amazing what a little moonlight can do
And the white folk come to Harlem
As Billie sings the blues
Now the years have gone
Still I bled my papa for nickel and song
And every man that I meet
Takes me for the fool
Fool that I am
Chorus
Oh I’m tired and I’m lonely
Still I wrestle this junkie
For a little more - more that sweet life
And they lock me away
Still I sing for Louis, Lester
No child - no no no child to raise
Chorus
©Fredrick Brooks
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8. |
Elijah
03:06
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There’s a light on my soldier
Holds a silence - we share
Oh Elijah come home
Your daylight is here
On they dark road, you travel
Truth is blind - unseen
Oh Elijah my love
It’s a cruel world we must leave
Chorus
We are the battle, that no one can see
We are the broken hearts of peace
From these shadows that bind us
I cry out your name
Oh Elijah my heart aches
For the memories of our days
Chorus
Oh Elijah
Oh Elijah
Oh Elijah
©Fredrick Brooks
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9. |
Evening from Hillcrest
03:04
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Evening from hillcrest falling of day
In crimson detail
I can see
The seasoned changes
Wind and folly
Life flows
How she turns day to eve
A shadowed night
Set in blue
This thin edge
Held with skyline
Life flows
As one follows to another
This skyline remains unseen
Watch the Rembrandt fade
With each stroke of genius
My eyes fixed to the blackest night
On and on release
Evening from hillcrest falling of day
In crimson detail
I can see
The seasoned changes
Wind and folly
Life flows
©Fredrick Brooks
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10. |
John Francis
03:57
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There could be a chance
For you had the fire
From Des Moines to pork pie hat
The weather was fine
Trashed on the blues
Or maniced by life
I reach out
Only to cry
And where does the wind blow
The baddest of all
Silenced – empty
Divided by loss
For laughter is seldom
On this tired road
Hear me now
On you I’ll call
For laughter is seldom
On this tired road
Hear me now
Jaco’s gone home
©Fredrick Brooks
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11. |
The Lights Went Out
03:07
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We were brothers back then
In the fields of pretend
Before the schoolyard wars
Before the leather on skin
And we were taught to believe
Like so many before
That who we were
Could be no more
Chorus:
And the lights went out
In my little town
Something deep inside
Turned dark as night
So we hide away
Through the times of change
With their voice in our head
That forever remains
Chorus
So here we are
Just a voice in the crowd
So near - Yet so far away
Chorus
© Fredrick Brooks
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12. |
Traitor's Moon
03:22
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There’s a midnight train - passes through my hometown
With box cars from Memphis and Sante Fe
And a romance for anyone down that line
Can you hear that whistle blow?
Can you hear - hear it cry?
Now it’s the end of my time marked by this Traitor’s Moon
Ribbon track clicking here to a big rail tune
And the sparks they are rising as the coyote yips
As the night grows cold - I can feel it’s grip
Now I’ve never been to Memphis - never been too far
When I hear that night owl scream it pulls at my heart
Oh I cannot find my way there - it holds no truth
Still I hear that whistle moan - hear it - hear it cry
I hear them shunting in the moonlight
Silhouettes on the page
Setting up our Colville run to end our days
It’s our dance to fruition on the holy night
And I touch my lover’s skin and hold on tight
So I lay here in my dark room with the stars shut tight
I can see feel that seamless sky in some far off night
I’m dreaming - I’m falling - I’m out of control
Just a white light down that steel rail
With no place left to go
No place x3
Yip Yay
© Fredrick Brooks
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13. |
One More Time
02:30
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I can’t feel the sunlight
I can’t taste the rain
All I hear is that lonesome song
From love’s remains
It’s written on my body
It’s tattooed on my soul
It circles ‘round my heart
And aches in my bones
Chorus:
Before we say goodbye
Will you tell me you love me
One more time
I could see it in your eyes
That old familiar rage
The quiet of your broken mouth
Held words you’d never say
For here lies the story
Of a lover and a fool
The dagger and the heartbeat
With blood beneath the truth
Chorus
Why do I refuse
To face this fall
When the circle of your false embrace
Still breaks my open heart
It’s written on my body
It’s tattooed on my soul
It circles ‘round my heart
And aches in my bones
Chorus x2
© Fredrick Brooks
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Brookfield North Whitby, Ontario
Brookfield North is Fredrick Brooks (vocals/songwriter/guitarist), Jeff Brackett (guitars/mandolin/harmonies), Joy Brooks
(vocals/percussion/flute) and Chris Pezzarello (drums). Their vast original catalogue of songs includes folk, blues and jazz with a hint of Celtic and roots.
Brookfield North is back in the studio working on a new record.
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