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Lay The Stones

by Zac Henderson

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1.
come into my castle, girl there’s plenty to do all I'm really asking fors a night with you all my pens and paper out we’re ready to draw don’t mind the dirty white rug in the middle of the floor you’re in my element, baby in my element, girl you’re in my element, baby keep living in my world people pass me by at such an awful pace burnt into my mind's the image of your face now you won't speak to me pain behind your eyes and if I see you on the street I’m just a passerby in my element, baby I'm in my element, girl I'm in my element, baby keep living in my world
2.
Tin Shed 03:04
the wind wont settle down at all the leaves on the trees all shake and fall and days pass by a fire stoking coals I'm sleeping in a tin shed and it gets so cold at night I pull the blanket over my head wait it out til the morning light birds all own this place come and go as they please to them I'm just another face something to watch from the trees I've got no need to worry I've seen things get much worse she took one for the team this time but someone still must wind up hurt I'm singing Dan's song 'keep me in your heart' after some time together we'll take some time apart the birds all own this place come and go as they please to them I'm just another face something to watch from the trees Kathy's cryin' in the kitchen lyin' like a hollow log all the boys have gone out fishin' I'm tryin' to spot the hogs sleeping in a tin shed well it gets so cold at night I pull the blanket over my head wait it out until the morning light
3.
wind shakes my walls sudden falling rain you wait in the halls of the magistrate if I were a king I'd have been slayed stripped bare of everything right where I were layed build this home stay and lay the stones you know where to find me all you've got to do is show I can't give more then myself for sure but you can see right through me when you know what you're looking for my patience wears your mother stares she swears she's got me figured out my palms sweat your father bets that he knows what im all about build this home stay and lay the stones you know where to find me all you've got to do is show I can't give more then myself for sure but come and see right through me if you know what you're looking for you can see right through me when you know what you're looking for
4.
lying on the floor slow music plays where’s my head at? how did I get here? dreaming of days gone living in a day gone I’m feeling withdrawn with all I have drawing blood and all my lucks run out waking up in a bed that’s full of mud but yet you lay clean there next to me I hear sirens in my head heart is thumping and there's crying in my bed I see a lonesome night coming no matter who I choose to spend it with no matter where I am you know what I’m like asking all the questions but this time you’re answering me with good intentions this is not how I thought things would be to be your friend you know you’re my best friend? drawing blood and all my lucks run out waking up in a bed that’s full of mud but yet you lay clean there next to me we’ve been talking I'll be gone for a month we’ve been talking there’s a lot to discuss if you want to take the world on your own then fair enough I’ll only wish you luck if you bail on me now I’m gonna take that flight I dont need another falling out we could make things right I could flag a ride to come by and find you tonight I’m drawing blood all my lucks run out I’m waking up in a bed that’s full of mud and you lay clean there next to me I’m drawing blood all my lucks run out and I’m waking up in a bed that’s full of mud but yet you lay clean but yet you lay clean but yet you lay clean there next to me
5.
it's too soon to sing about it now cause all my friends and all your friends all know me they ask, 'who's that song about?' they know full well who it's all about I take a vow of silence and I stare into my coffee the morning time arrives and I arise from an hours sleep I'm Mary's lamb all grown up but still follow as a sheep I feel like everyones best friend when I'm everyone's worst enemy I haven't seen you in a week you say it hasn't been that long but I know it has it took me a whole week to write this song down for you and that's the least but also the most that I can do I wear the t-shirts that you leave at my place in my mind we live alone I keep trying to reach out put your number in my phone and hesitate to call that's something I'm not proud about but we both know all in all it's just the thought that counts you said, 'lets light the fire' I smiled in affirmation but I lost all of my lighters in last night's humiliation let's skip the flames not play the games I'd love if we could have a conversation if I could sit beside you say some things I think you'd understand you'd lean back and play it cool you know you've got the upper hand you're so smart and beautiful and I'm just some singer in a band if I could sit beside you say some things I think you'd understand you'd lean back and play it cool you know you've got the upper hand you're so smart and beautiful and I'm just some singer in some band I haven't seen you in a week you say it hasn't been that long but I know it has it took me a whole week to write this song down for you and that's the least but also the most that I can do
6.
they’re all just songs to me dear but perhaps I shouldn’t say that I guess I never made myself clear and if I did I've just wished I could take it all back cause it all just means what you want it to mean so you write your thoughts and I write my thoughts you see? if you do you then I’ll do me it ain't easy to please me if you’re gonna let me down just let me down let's not beat around the bush I came in through the back door aw geez - how rude of me I forgot what I even came for after the way you tried to speak to me so I tied my laces - walked out warm air midnight breeze clarity it ain't easy to please me and I'll only let you down don’t let me let you down let's not beat around the bush (let's not beat around the bush) (easy, easy, easy, easy) I saw the warning signs that I chose to ignore see I put so much faith in something that I don’t understand anymore of course it's hard to say to say this (always hard to say this) perhaps I should have kept it in (perhaps I should have kept it in) all that’s said is said now we can't go back to where we watched our love begin but it ain't easy to please me if you’re gonna let me down just let me down and let's not beat around the bush (let's not beat around the bush) (it ain't easy, it ain't easy, it ain't easy, easy) you can’t reply to a postcard you can't rely on where I may be wherever you go also I just hope that you always remember me
7.
Trick Pony 03:48
now you find it hard to be proud all your plans they fell through rocks must tumble when cliffs come down but you don't have to prove yourself to me or say the words out loud if you love her brother prove that you love her and don't mess her head around I'm no trick pony I won't jump through hoops for you I've heard both your sides and now I need to decide where they meet in the middle and maybe find a little truth see I'm not innocent and I've been insecure but if this is no accident then what are you doing down on your luck for? you know you have to live with it changes must be made and all you had once before I'm sure is coming back your way I'm no trick pony I won't jump through hoops for you I've heard both your sides and now I need to decide where they meet in the middle and maybe find a little truth promises broken came as no surprise it just took me back when I found that all my friends were picking sides and it's not my place to worry 'bout marks on your arm now my helps no help stick around until you find the charm cause I'm no trick pony I won't jump through hoops for you I've heard both your sides and now I need to decide where they meet in the middle and maybe find a little truth just remember always what you're living for and that what's killing you now someone else has lived through before just remember always what you're living for and that what's killing you now someone else has lived through before
8.
pa-pa please pay me my pride's put my patience to rest and passiveness is productive but prepares me for less practising purpose pulls me down and I plead while people pout for me pretending that I’m in their need like they know me from passing me on the street parading and fooling around like a flock of free birds fortune for me is not value I know my own worth I’m sorry I sold myself to a selfish old swine I guess they just knew how to sell me the sale of my life and so they did they told me a tonne of things ‘til it sounded like truth when they were done with my time they decided to set me on the loose so don’t drag me down deprived I’ve been drowning in age tomorrow will come with the rise of the sun like today and I'll be the same parading and fooling around like a flock of free birds fortune for me is not value I know my own worth - I think I do I constantly come to conclusions and I compromise I built up a concrete wall to knock down to pass the time and they say I’m on the ball and its just a shame it's such a shame cause you can’t get far on a ball thats attached to a chain don’t drag me down deprived I’ve been drowning in age tomorrow will come with the rise of the sun like today and I'll be the same parading and fooling around like a flock of free birds fortune for me is not value I know my own worth - I think I do so if you were gifted with life then bring a gift to give cause all you can do is what you spend your time doing while you live she said she couldn't care less if we slept in the same bed tonight I guess tainted truth twists us all and then you buy some delight so I bought a lie
9.
Long Enough 03:20
now your rivers have run dry and your tired cries can not be heard if you can't find the knot to tie then you quickly find the bridge to burn did you ever give yourself some time to understand your change in mind? it's long enough I've waited now for you to see the light it's long enough I've waited now to let go or stop holding on so tight his grave is growing flowers of it's own and the marketplace just bores me now I've dried right to the bone seems the older I get the less I know and so I'm giving up on casting stones I'm trying to move on to move on it's long enough I've waited now for you to see some light it's long enough I've waited now to let go or stop holding on so tight to let go or stop holding on so tight
10.
Stonewash 04:30
it takes a lot to make this traveller smile he took off and tried to trail his mind back on track instead he's just been rollin' and ravin' never stopping for the night or day when it seems like he's tired he'll rock up and ask to stay the night you offer up your bed he's up and gone again before you rise in the morning before you rise in the morning his sister said that she saw him in November last year but he didn't have much to say and when she spoke he didn't hear in a way he's good as gone it just aches because the memories live on from those stonewash better days garden lazin', laughing, talkin' walkin' to the corner shop seeing what you could both scrape together with your pocket change but that's all gone and you remain now he may come to visit once every while he's got your number there on speed dial but he wont pick up if you call first he won't pick up if you call first but he wont pick up if you call first he won't pick up if you call first you still keep your promises of travel and sunshine try to help each other out with any love you can find ooh, but the love's on the decline and those stonewash better days garden lazin, laughing, talkin' walkin' to the corner shop seeing what you could both scrape together with your pocket change are long gone and you remain now he may come to visit once every while he's got your number there on speed dial but he wont pick up if you call first he won't pick up if you call first but he wont pick up if you call first he won't pick up if you call first

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released January 22, 2021

Zac Henderson - guitar, vocals
Mathew Olivier - piano, keys, glock
Thomas Newman - bass
Lawrence Churches -drums
Katelyn Wilson - backing vocals
Jay Jarome - backing vocals
Dayna Roberts - violin
Lachlan Johnson - cello
Greg J. Walker - slide guitar, double bass
Produced & mixed by Greg J. Walker (Machine Translations)
Mastered by William Bowden (King Willy Sounds)
Album art by Zac Henderson & Harrison Bowe

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