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Unmade Bed

by Michael Daniel Murphy

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1.
columbus 04:23
Columbus words & music by: Michael Murphy I went full throttle came crashing into your wall I cried myself back together in one piece In one piece Like Columbus I set sail A great explorer A survivor Facing new worlds, and plagues Over turbulent seas Discovered my freedom Deep within Wandering the streets of New York I balled out like a baby And went on quite a journey From green tea, squids and whales My isolation, disappointment fell Came pouring down by Columbus square I cried you out, I cried you out.. I cried you out, oh baby I cried you out I cried you out, Oh baby I cried you out Time Square was the north On my coincidental compass So strong I found my way to navigate No lies I showed all my blues My ‘ugly face’ did make the headline news I won’t be your lapdog So sweet and so good No more waiting up for you No sitting, waiting to be fed by your love Came pouring down by Columbus square I cried you out, I cried you out.. I cried you out, Oh baby I cried you out I cried you out, Oh baby I cried you out I wish you’d never have kissed me That night Mourning out on the square Columbus did swear The world was a circle
2.
real 03:49
Real Words & music by: Michael Murphy When you are all alone Do you lie by yourself Sweat in your sleep You won’t admit that there’s something wrong But your body knows Yeah your body knows We used to run together like thieves in the night Sneaking past the ex’s that keep Tearing you away Back to the spot That burned your heart When you grow tired of me You’ll see, you’ll see you’ll see, There’s no one else out there For you, for me When you laugh at me Know that I was on to you When you laugh at me know that I was fond of you So when you’re out there turning tricks You’re the one they always pick But covers slip and make you fall What are you going to do when it’s real What are you going to do What are you going to do What are you going to do when its.. Real That cold dark night When you turned into an empty tree So hollow Haunted by the echoes of the wind That blew you down Your heart was never mine Oh it was never mind Your heart was never mine Oh it was never mind
3.
unmade bed 02:54
Unmade bed words & music by: Michael Murphy I locked myself in my own body It was an accident Always an accident Breaking things Your perfume so sweet it won’t leave Nothing the open window wind could clear Won’t you help me disappear Won’t you help me Take them back, take them back Those words I never said to you That made you leave our bed I was a coward a stupid fool Oh… I made the unmade bed our shrine I kneel before it every night The unwashed pillows face each other still The sheets in rippled tides, Oh I would do anything, everything, to hold you near So close to you dear So we could wake up together In the sun, in the sun So warm, it makes us cry So warm it makes us smile
4.
breakthrough 04:13
Breakthrough words & music by: Michael Murphy Don’t want to think about your face Don’t even think I wanna have to embrace The thought of facing someone new For fear that it might be you All over again It’s been six years and though I died I only let enough life in to get me by I lied, I lied I just wanna break through Let love come and wake me up again No bitter fears no masterminding Just simply there with you Simply there with you This pain’s been howling at my skin Grown scared of letting someone in And losing my ground Last time love shot me to the moon Left cold and breathless way to soon I yearned for the sun So warm I couldn’t land and fly beyond the craters I just wanna break through Let love come and wake me up again No bitter fears no masterminding Just simply there with you Simply there with you
5.
barometer 02:59
Barometer words & music by: Michael Murphy When I see you sleeping I can’t believe what happened All the years of doubting Came crashing into knowing That you’d be best for me You’d be best for me Now the light is piercing Through windows almost blinding On the tiles coolly Your body wept to hold me You’d be best for me Oh you’d be best for me The zoo always reminded me That we had collided I tried so hard to wipe you off the face of my planet You’d always be The barometer of my love Never binding The rain kept dropping by
6.
heart floor 02:59
Heart floor words & music by: Michael Murphy I’m about to set foot On a plane Back to you I’m about to set foot On the soil Where I first met you Oh I know your heart will drop to the floor But I will wrap it up, yeah I’ll wrap it up All good Please go back to him Stay with him if you can Stay with him if you can Because they all throw the towel in I’m about to set foot on a plane Back to you Oh I know your heart will drop through the floor When you see me again I don’t know what my heart will do when I see you When I see you again Because the moon is so bright tonight Oh the moon is so So bright For you tonight I’m so scared to set My foot on the plane I don’t want you haunting me again Holding me again
7.
Self Made Man words & music: Michael Murphy / Fred Bouchard Spent my whole life always, Trying to fly I never liked planes but a shot would Get me by With drink in my blood The emotional flood Never could express just what I felt All the little kids are rushing by by bye When you are going to make a million bucks I’m going to be man, I’m going to take a stand When are you going to make that million bucks I’m going to be a man, a big, big man All my little kids are hushing cry, cry, cry I wanted to go to school But never could pay So I used my brains And I did it my way All I wanna do is drive, drive Drive ‘til the end of the night All I wanna do is drive, drive… I’ve been going a 180 miles an hour since the day I was born Drove myself solo, so low Cause momma went away She chose to run away My childhood folded in that suitcase I never complained But all that remained was bread and molasses and cold Newspaper stains I lived the life I wanted to live And maybe, just maybe Its not too late Never did get to be a kid Will it be worth it now If I change All I wanna do is drive, drive Drive ‘til the end of the night All I wanna do is drive, drive Doctor you don’t know what’s wrong with me I took a little fall from the family tree So take another test, probe and guess I’m just another stranger out your door Did you get my name Well it's a shame Cause we both ended up sporting Fancy cars All I wanna do is drive, drive Drive ‘til the end of the night All I wanna do is drive, drive The night is getting darker still This death’s in my stomach, death’s in my stomach I’ll fight to see the morning light Cause I still got another 18 rounds To play
8.
red coat 03:09
Red Coat words & music by: Michael Murphy / Fred Bouchard When you feel alone Just put on my red coat When you feel strung out in a funk Inflate it up and float When you’re feeling tired And there is no hope in sight When your skin is shivering cold I’ll keep you warm tonight Cause you feel so much Don’t hold it all inside Yeah you fear so much Just let it all subside When you’re standing in the rain Just put on my red coat When your world comes tumbling down We’ll sail on a paper boat When your start to laugh Put my red sweater on And the day you finally sleep I’ll greet you with the dawn
9.
Little Lone Wolf words & music by: Michael Murphy / Fred Bouchard Gonna pack up the car And run for them woodland hills Gonna gaze at the stars Till I wake to the morning light chill Couldn’t take anymore Couldn’t keep up with that pace It was time to go I couldn’t recognize my own face I hear it calling Little lone wolf Little lone wolf, little lone wolf Won’t be coming home again tonight Going to head up the coast Put my feet on the ocean shore Raise my arms for a toast To the sun, where my spirit can soar I stand here naked Shed this heavy clothes off my back Feel the rain on my skin, smell the fire When the night has gone black I was due for a kill But not hunting for some new prey I was caught in a game That I didn’t know how to play Cause I lost my voice From howling at the crescent moon Now I sing to the full one Please can you help me soon Hear me calling Little lone wolf…
10.
Quiet in your arms Words & music by: Michael Murphy Why do you keep saying those things to me Why do you keep putting yourself down Don’t you know what you’re worth Well I know what you’re worth to me Just let it be I’m so tired of these social graces Happy hour, cocktail faces throw up conversations Everyone’s gone high-class prostitution Commitment’s not the end for me And our love can break this reverie I’ll take you in my arms tonight Take you in my arms tomorrow So quiet that head down Quiet that head down Surrender to my arms tonight I'll still be holding you tomorrow So quiet that head down Quiet that head down Down Still remember how we walked along the street and We'd buy flowers for your room You looked good in the sunlight Oh I love the way your teeth touch When your lips stretch out to smile Your eyes still find a way to mess me up I could wake up to their light every morning So forget all your fears just come over here I’ll take you in my arms tonight Take you in my arms tomorrow Quiet that head down Surrender to my arms tonight I'll still be holding you tomorrow So quiet that head down Quiet that head down Down I can still feel your voice Gently singing on my back On the side of the curb That warm, humid night I almost stopped to breathe You soothed my soul You soothe my soul So take me in your arms tonight Take me in your arms tomorrow Quiet that head down Quiet that head down
11.
hang on 06:02
Hang on words & music by: Michael Murphy / Fred Bouchard The sky’s growing darker The wind’s blowing harder Mercury’s having its way The water’s edge rising For the tears you’ve been shedding And each breath grows shorter each day We robbed the land barren None left for the children Who hunger and thirst for a change come rain put out this fire Hang on…. The snow storms are manic The shoveling gets frantic As a new season comes every hour No waving your neighbour Keep climbing that tower We’re all on the phone Alone Come rain, put out this fire Hang on Hold on… I thought I saw the people dancing I thought I heard them sing I felt the people come together I thought I felt their hands
12.
bye lullaby 04:40
Bye, lullaby words & music by: Michael Murphy I’m cozy in the orange sun This lazy afternoon Outside the branches cast their shade On this old Picasso piano My neck hangs loose and heavy My feet protected from this cold floor my mother’s stuck in traffic my brother lost his way But me I rock myself In this lullaby But me I rock myself In this lullaby Bye bye lull Bye bye lull Bye bye lull Bye lullaby Bye bye lull Bye bye lull Bye bye lull Bye lullaby My neck hangs loose and heavy My feet protected from this cold floor My mother’s stuck in traffic My brother lost his way But me I rock myself In this lullaby But me I rock myself In this lullaby

credits

released May 30, 2013

All songs (words & music) written and performed by: Michael Murphy with the exception of Self Made Man, Red Coat, Little Lone Wolf, and Hang On with the collaboration of Fred Bouchard

Produced and mixed by Fred Bouchard
Recorded at Studio Frisson and Studio PM in Montreal, October 2011-Febuary 2012
Engineered by Don Murnaghan
Additional engineering by Fred Bouchard and Michel Pépin
Strings and brass engineered by Pascal Shefteshy
Mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering, Portland ME

Guitars: Michel Pepin
Bass Guitar: Alexandre Lapointe
Upright Bass: Alexandre Lefaivre
Drums & percussion: Fred Bouchard
Melotron: Fred Bouchard
Piano: Michael Murphy
Wurlitzer: Michael Murphy
Vocals: Michael Murphy
Backup vocals: Michael Murphy, Fred Bouchard, Eva Desmarteau
Brass & Strings arrangements: Ben Wilkins
Brass and strings: Scott Reynolds, Rachelle Jenkins, Alex Truelove, Veronica Ungureanu, Gael Huard, Julie Fuchs, Brenna Hardy-Kavanagh
Lap Steel: Michael Murphy
Harmonica: Peter Weldon

This album is dedicated to my father Edward Murphy

photos by Susan Moss
Design by Jack Latulippe

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