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Civic Holiday

by Civic Holiday

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Crushing lots of beers, and making hockey sticks Smashing a little plastic chair “The ice is fine,” Dave Collins yelled Its time to go out there! Go to sleep little Bergeron, go to sleep little Bergeron, Its getting way too late and you’re getting way too drunk (break) Stealing cigarettes and smoking them up at your cottage Firing bottle caps in the lake, and shootin’ off fireworks Accidentally at our face Go to sleep little Bergeron, go to sleep little Bergeron Its getting way too late and you’re pretty drunk Go to sleep little Bergeron, you’ve got a big day ahead of you tomorrow, Of building things and smashing chairs and swimming in the lake…..
2.
I want to learn how to skateboard then I’d be cool Cover my knees and elbows in cool looking scars Then I could say that they came from grinding down those rails But I’m not really cool Or good at it at all But at least now I can ride down the street Without thinkin’ I’m gonna fall I want to learn How to slam dunk then I’d be cool Cover my knees and elbows in cool looking pads Then I could say that they came from sliding on the floor But I’m not really cool or able to reach the rim But then I get to be Michael Jordan when someone lowers, lowers, lowers, the rim I want to learn how to make love then I’d be cool Cover yer knees and elbows with ice cold hands Then I could say that they came from throwin’ snowballs at cars But I’m not really cool, and people call you crazy But then I get to lie here with you And the tv audience goes crazy
3.
Oh why do I do this everyday? The harder I try and it never goes away. The sweet lazy eyes of yester year are pickin’ away at my ear And I don’t know why I do this everyday Oh why do I do this everyday? The more I reach makes it go further away I’ve been sittin here with my worst fear, we’re rolling now and I can’t steer And I don’t know why I do this everyday And if I count the times I have sat and watched the time go slowly By and meet me in the same place, the very next day So come on with me now, I can show everyone how easy it is To sing to this song, if you help me out we can make it long Oh why do I do this everyday? I see it now its written clear But I can’t move I’m stuck in here
4.
There’s an island, hidden by the bay Its in a lake, its tucked away, so far away But we went there one summer day Wizard Bean Island We joked about something going wrong, and left in the canoe We didn’t have enough room so we towed Mike behind the canoe We didn’t know what we were in for Wizard Bean Island The Wizard cast a very powerful spell The wind kicked up, and we could not tell water from the rain Tent poles snapped and we were lost again Wizard Bean Island
5.
Today was shockingly similar To the one before, to the one before My wish today is so familiar I’ve been here before, I’ve been here before So lets hope it storms, So lets hope it storms So I don’t have to work Work you see was bothering me I’ve done this before, I’ve done this before I hope it storms so I can be free I’ve said that before, I’ve said that before So lets hope it storms, so lets hope it storms, So I don’t have to work
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Future Barry 02:46
In the future, in some undetermined time from now When the sweat gets on your brow Future Barry he’ll show you how In the future, in some far away land I’m playing the blues in some old-timey band Future Barry’s there to give be a hand In the future, we’ll have to live in outerspace When it gets too hot to live in this place Future Barry’s there to take your case He can help you out Future Barry He can help you out, There’s nothin’ he can’t carry In the future, we’re all living out on Mars, There’s lots of beer and the trees grow chocolate bars, And Future Barry has lots of cars, Future Barry has cured SARS, Future Barry found a new star, With Future Barry you’re gonna go far
7.
I want you to move, outta here by August, Take all of your shit and fix what you broke and don’t bother to lock it, I want you to prove, this used to be a forest Cause all I see is pavement and signs and people to ignore us Searching through the wooded grounds, Encircled by the lost and found I’ll see you soon, but it won’t be today I’m packing my bags, and selling my stuff Take what you need, like a toaster or a wolf poster cause I’ve got enough I’m moving again, just down the road How can you not see that you can’t carry that load Searching through the wooded grounds, Encircled by the lost and found I’ll see you soon, but it won’t be today

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A demo of really old songs, learned and recorded by the band in one afternoon on the dome in Dawson City. That's why it sounds like it does. Part of RPM Challenge 2024.

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released February 29, 2024

Guitar and Vocals - Craig Hunter
Piano - Kristen Poenn
Drums - Andrew Laviolette
Bass - Jesse Cooke
Trombone - Teresa Conkin

Album art - Mike McIntyre
Music* and Lyrics^ - Craig Hunter

Except * on Let's Hope It Storms - Illegal Ponies
Except ^ on Bergeron's Lullabye, Wizard Bean Island - Mike McIntyre

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