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Besides: Miscellanea Vol. 1

by Rick F. Fontaine

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This House Has Ghosts 04:08
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Inside these silent walls lies a mystery Of how our hopes and dreams have all but fleed Soon as the papers were signed and they handed the keys The foundation started crackin’ under our feet We’ll chase these shadows across the wall and face these phantoms now This house This house has ghosts Summer’s gold has turned to autumn’s cold And the leaves have all turned shades of grey These dusty blinds never did let the sun shine in But we could make our own light in those days These chains that once rattled 'cross the floor lay rusty now This house This house has ghosts This house This house has ghosts This house This house has ghosts
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Where the Warmth Is 03:07
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Where the warmth is Where the warmth is Can't blame you for switching sides Where you once were, the heat has quickly subsided Where the warmth is Where the warmth is This spot is empty inside me Where once was a friendly smile is now faded demise And now you go on to where you belong We'll keep a spot beside the fire Cause you can't go on for too, too long in this world Without a little warmth Where the warmth is Where the warmth is Is a place deep inside So when you feel that chill, don’t let it break your stride For I’ll always be, I will always be Right by your side
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Rocky Road 04:29
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Is it true you are immune When his words cut And his lies bruise? It's all a ruse He brought you up He’ll bring you down again The cards are stacked, his hand is dealt We can’t let him win And it’s a rocky road that we go down But if we’re bold, we’ll find some peace of mind Though the pines may be aflame And when the rains fall hard they will wash away our sins When our masks are down, we can all begin again When we know, it changes everything We brought him up We’ll bring him down again His bags are packed, the season’s changed He’s time’s at an end And it’s a rocky road that we go down But if we’re bold, we’ll find some peace of mind Though the pines may be aflame And when we crash the gates of this house they turned to grey We can claim this land once again today It’s been a rocky road and they’ve dragged us Through the mud. The dust we can wash out But the blood, it still remains When we know, it changes everything
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Calypso's Blues 02:40
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Xmas In Quarantine 04:36
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I'm spending Xmas in Quarantine Since all you freedom fighters arrived on the scene So save your milk and cookies for your own fat mouth Cause Santa Claus is skipping our house My head is dead and buried in a wagon's rut My throat has just been kicked in the nuts Everyone I know is taking off this year But you can't stand that string 'round your ears Shops are all but shuttered in your shit hole town You can't find a soul that isn't wearing a frown Don't you try to hide behind a mask of fear And bare a face of ignorance as you sip your beer So we're spending Xmas in Quarantine Since all you truth deniers have spoiled the scene So shove this sack of coal down your privileged mouth Cause Santa Claus is skipping your house This year They're making offers for the Dems to reject Just keep on playing games while people go into debt They're holding rallies in arenas of death While the weak are choking on their final breath The Covid Cousins are making a pact Next year we're never looking back But we're spending this Xmas in Quarantine Since the super spreaders have sown their seeds It won't take a muzzle to shut your mouth Cause Santa Claus is skipping your fucking house this year Cause Santa Claus is skipping your fucking house Cause Santa Claus is skipping your fucking house This year
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The Shape - Runnin' From The Man (The Shape Cover) 03:03
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Passin' my days in a Kingston town I got my own cure when I'm feeling down I grow it outside my backdoor step The sun shines down and I keep it wet My brother come 'round, he want a favor I give him my seed, he like the flavor Before I know it, he wants more Now the whole village wants that score They took it away They took it away They took it away They took it away Passin' my days in a Kingston jail The Man come around and he give me hell They took me away for growing a weed They don't know I still got my seed They took it away They took it away They took it away They took it away Then one day my brothers come 'round They took up arms and burned the jail to the ground Passin' my days running from The Man They took my weed but I got a seed in my hand I took it away I took it away I took it away I took it away Ah yeah....
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The Shape - Thought I Had A Thought (The Shape Cover) 03:23
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I play until my fingers bleed...What's the point? I'm given everything I need...What's the point? All my thoughts I've shared I've thrown them in the air And in this darkened room I pretend that I don't care A man will believe only what his eyes can see He's willing to concede a life of fallacy I sing until my lips are dry...What's the point? I'm spinning on this wheel of time...What's the point? All the efforts I've shown, moot from the start All my chances are blown, but hey it's a start A man will believe only what his mind can conceive His power has no bounds when his only truth is bought I have everything I need but I want more I guess you could call it greed, or an unsettled score I've got the keys to the kingdom but all I want is you But in this darkened room, I'll let you choose A man will believe only what his eyes can see His life has no bounds when his only truth is found
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The Shape - Homecoming (The Shape Cover) 05:39
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I love to sit and watch the clouds roll by It makes me feel like I am home again I'm just sitting here knitting years of gold Waiting for the rain to wash away my sin I love to sit here in my field of green My mind is muddy but my eyes are open wide I've looked so long for a harbor from the storm But I know I can no longer run and hide The dawn has come and I'm headed home And all my fears are fading fast It's been so long I'm heading home And all my fears are fading fast I lose myself in time's grand complexity I'm just wasting time it doesn't matter much to me At the end of a brand new day I've just realized it was meant to be this way The dawn has come and I'm headed home And all my fears are fading fast It's been so long I'm heading home And all my fears are fading fast The dawn has come and I'm headed home And all my fears are fading fast It's been so long I'm heading home And all my fears are fading fast
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40 Gallons of Whiskey (Acoustic Version) 04:24
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Feels like I’ve been down in a hole For these past few months Thinking ‘bout all the loves we lost And the times…we’ve had it rough Feels like I’m stuck n a vise And I can’t shake loose Every time I see the light It’s just a train come in to view 40 gallons of whiskey A round for everyone Let’s raise a glass and drink it fast ‘Cause livin’s just too fun… 40 gallons of whiskey A drink for all my friends Let’s toast to a brand new life And pray this just won’t end They say time can heal all wounds But mine still do sting I found out all too late What a friend you were to me My regrets, I’ve drowned in a bottle But what’s done is done It don’t change the fact That I could have been the one… So bring me… 40 gallons of whiskey A round for everyone Let’s raise a glass and drink it fast ‘Cause livin’s just too fun… 40 gallons of whiskey A drink for all my friends Let’s toast to a brand new life And pray this just won’t end Like a father you were The one I needed the most I was left on the side of the road And you…you picked me up Your secrets you kept hid For all to see You taught me to get busy livin’ As you laid dyin’ 40 gallons of whiskey A round for everyone Let’s raise a glass and drink it fast ‘Cause livin’s just too fun… 40 gallons of whiskey A drink for all my friends Let’s toast to a brand new life And pray this just won’t end
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Lately (Acoustic Version) 03:49
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Lately... Lately..yeah yeah Lately I've been thinking 'bout my state of affairs I feel Another situation's in the air Lately I've been holding down my dying breath I feel That a nervous breakdown’s all I have left But you know it can't last very long And there's got to be some way To pull myself out of the grave That I've dug...yeah yeah Lately I've felt something clinging to my back I think That this little monkey should cut me some slack Lately I've been coming down with a strange disease I feel That a dose of hope is the right remedy But you know it can't last very long And there's got to be some way To pull myself out of the grave That I've dug...yeah yeah On and on from now on I'll let myself down I've learned to take the bread as comes Silently without trouble Now I've come down to take my place With the human race so low It's not how high that I fly, but I far I have to fall Lately...
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That Don't Change Anything (Acoustic Demo) 03:37
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Sometimes I wonder aloud At all the things I've seen in my life Like hangin’ out at The One Night Stand When I can't sleep at night Thinkin' bout all the places I've known And all the birds that have flown Like Vegas on a Sunday night All my chances are blown Chorus: But I know I won't be walking on down that road again Once more I've realized loneliness is my only friend Well I know, but that don't change anything Some nights I sit alone And drown in a bottle of gin Reminisce about the good ol' days And let the rain wash away my sins The way star-crossed lovers collide It nearly blinds my eyes Like a train on a broken track I get derailed all the time But I know I won't be walking on down that road again I’ve finally realized loneliness is my only friend Well I know, but that don't change anything The clock's ticking on the mantle shelf It's time I was on my way My bags are packed and the baggage checked But the plane's done flown away But I know I won't be walking on down that road again I’ve finally I've realized loneliness is my only friend Well I know, but that don't change anything Well I know, but that don't change anything

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Singles, B-Sides and other junk collected from the past few years.

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released January 28, 2022

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Dallas-based guitar player, singer and writer of weird songs.

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