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Eva
02:46
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Eva
Chris Velan
I thought we were through
When they went and buried you
On the last of the warm days of September
Not a soul at your grave
To speak of what you gave
With nobody even left to remember
Eva, don’t you haunt me
Eva, don’t you haunt me
I can hear your cold feet across my floor
Eva, don’t you haunt me
Eva, don’t you haunt me
Eva, don’t you haunt me anymore
I’ve been stuck in your world
Waiting for a girl
Wondering if she’ll find me by the river
Have I been here too long
In the country, in this song
Let’s drive into town
I think I know what to give her
Eva, don’t you haunt me
Eva, don’t you haunt me
When you leave, make sure you shut the door
Eva, don’t you haunt me
Eva, don’t you haunt me
Eva, don’t you haunt me anymore
If I laughed at you then
I was too young to comprehend
That we all live alone in the arms of our master
But I’m getting it now
I’m starting to see how
Love grows wider as the days get faster
Eva, don’t you haunt me
Eva, don’t you haunt me
Did you get what you came here for
Eva, don’t you haunt me
Eva, don’t you haunt me
Eva, don’t you haunt me
Eva, don’t you haunt me
Eva, don’t you haunt me anymore
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Sticky Notes
03:34
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You leave me sticky notes
In the places that I’ll find
When you’re gone
Scribbled, silly notes
Words of love
Simple pictures, lightly drawn
Stuck upon
The bathroom mirror
The fridge door
Underneath the clothes in my drawer to remind me
Remind me
That I’m loved
If I didn’t know it yet
Remember to remember
Don’t forget to not forget
All those sticky notes
X’s, O’s
Hot pink and fluorescent green
Your own made-up quotes
To-do lists, absurd and often obscene
Stuck on the screen
Of my computer
My toothbrush
As you’re leaving in a rush to remind me
Remind me
Every day is good
If I didn’t know it yet
Remember to remember
Don’t forget to not forget
Hidden in plain sight
Waiting to be read
Let nothing be unwritten
And nothing left unsaid
La la la...
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3. |
City Of Fur
03:45
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City of Fur
Chris Velan
Tell me in your mother tongue
The meaning of the song we sung
I’m not old yet but I’m not young
What once was strong is fading
Island tethered to the shore
Do you know me anymore
One bridge will me to her door
With what I have left for trading
Come back to me
My city of fur
What we are now is not
What we were
Did I let you get away
I’m not sure
If I can stay
My city of fur
Over the mountain one more time
For something that I left behind
Looked everywhere but I still can’t find
Your new saints and sages
You knitted my broken bones
Your streets of neon cobblestones
What we all share but no one owns
Light up your darkened stages
Come back to me
My city of fur
What we are now is not
What we were
Did I let you get away
I’m not sure
If I can stay
My city of fur
Lodged inside the river’s throat
I can sing you note for note
Cross the ice and burn the boat
The outpost of our dreaming
Come back to me
My city of fur
What we are now is not
What we were
Did I let you get away
I’m not sure
If I can stay
My city of fur
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4. |
Enough To Go On
04:00
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Enough to Go On
Chris Velan
I ran into you this morning
You appeared without a warning
Bags of groceries hanging off both arms
We stood there not knowing what to say
Then you smiled in your old way
And stepped aside to let the people through
We lobbed questions like a ball
Haven’t seen you round at all
It’s been ages, tell me what’s new
The whole time we were talking
I was thinking
Have I been slowly sinking
For longer than I care to believe is true
You were halfway down the street
Before I found my feet again
And what I could not explain to you
I’m on the trail of something new
It shows up just like you and then it’s gone
But it’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to go on
It’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to go on
I slept through the second coming
In my car with the engine running
While everybody paid their dues
Now I’m walking like a stranger through your town
With everything shut down
And I am wondering how I could have missed the clues
There’s a picture in my mind
I’ve been traveling back to find again
I can’t recall why it was gorgeous to my soul
When I try to paint it, it comes out badly drawn
But it’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to go on
It’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to go on
And maybe the next time we collide again
I will have the words then
And if the day won’t be redeemed
I will live off what I’ve gleamed
If it’s meager but it’s true I will give some back to you
It may barely keep us held until the dawn
But it’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to go on
It’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to go on
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5. |
Love With A Capital L
04:02
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Enough to Go On
Chris Velan
I ran into you this morning
You appeared without a warning
Bags of groceries hanging off both arms
We stood there not knowing what to say
Then you smiled in your old way
And stepped aside to let the people through
We lobbed questions like a ball
Haven’t seen you round at all
It’s been ages, tell me what’s new
The whole time we were talking
I was thinking
Have I been slowly sinking
For longer than I care to believe is true
You were halfway down the street
Before I found my feet again
And what I could not explain to you
I’m on the trail of something new
It shows up just like you and then it’s gone
But it’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to go on
It’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to go on
I slept through the second coming
In my car with the engine running
While everybody paid their dues
Now I’m walking like a stranger through your town
With everything shut down
And I am wondering how I could have missed the clues
There’s a picture in my mind
I’ve been traveling back to find again
I can’t recall why it was gorgeous to my soul
When I try to paint it, it comes out badly drawn
But it’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to go on
It’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to go on
And maybe the next time we collide again
I will have the words then
And if the day won’t be redeemed
I will live off what I’ve gleamed
If it’s meager but it’s true I will give some back to you
It may barely keep us held until the dawn
But it’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to go on
It’s enough, it’s enough
It’s enough to go on
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6. |
Cameo
04:31
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Cameo
Chris Velan
I’ll be straight
Alright, look
Lately, my phone
Hasn’t been ringing off the hook
My agent says
She’s still trying
But everybody thinks
I’m either dead or dying
Everyone’s a movie
Worth sitting through
Just give me a chance
And I’ll show you
There was a time
The world was mine
I had them all
Hanging on the line
But time does all the casting
You know how the story goes
And fame’s never lasting
For the old star
Who nobody knows
Everyone’s a movie
Worth sitting through
Just give me a chance
I’ll prove it to you
I’m not too proud to beg
I can face the facts
Just don’t tell me there are no second acts
I still got it in me
I’m an old hand
I need this badly
I need you to understand
Everyone’s a movie
Worth sitting through
Right ‘til the end
When the credits roll into black and blue
I don’t need the lead
Just a minor role
I’ll even take a cameo
I just want to be in your picture
I will take a cameo
I just want to be in your picture
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7. |
The Future
04:57
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The Future
Chris Velan
Day One
One day at a time
The first one don’t cost a dime
Short as a nursery rhyme
Day Two
There are too many days
Too many wayward strays
Coming in and out of phase
But if the future doesn’t need you
If it’s not what you agreed to
On some days, baby
It gets me, too
If the future doesn’t need you
I still do
Old hands
Folded on breathing chests
We’re all just doing our best
Bring the kids down to the protest
Nightfall
Elevens turn into twelves
Clearing off grocery shelves
Lonely for ourselves
And if the future doesn’t need you
If it’s not what you agreed to
On some days, baby
It gets me, too
If the future doesn’t need you
I still do
Sunrise
No sense of what that means
Try to reach through the screens
Find love in the in-betweens
Twilight
Singing some brand new hymns
Words without synonyms
Cups filled up to their rims
Touching with phantom limbs
And if the future doesn’t need you
If it’s not what you agreed to
On some days, baby
It gets me, too
If the future doesn’t need you
I still do
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8. |
Keeper Of The Bees
02:39
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Keeper Of The Bees
Chris Velan
I’m going to plant a lemon tree
And make those lemons come to me
It’ll grow up from a seed
And I’ll have more than I’ll ever need
I’m going to find a honey bee
And we will start an apiary
We’ll make honey on solar power
And sweeten up the lemons when they get too sour
When they get too sour
I’ll be the keeper of the bees
I’ll be the grower of the lemon trees
And at night when I fall to my swollen knees
I’ll say thank you
I’m going to need tea leaves, too
To boil in a pot when I’m feeling blue
When the trees all freeze and the lemons die
And the bees swarm off into the sky
I’d be lying if I said that I knew it
I’d be lying if I said that I knew how to do it
I’d be lying
If I said I could see my way through it
But I’ll be the keeper of the bees
I’ll be the grower of the lemon trees
And at night when I fall to my swollen knees
I’ll say thank you
Honey in the bowl, I’ll keep the bees
Lemons on the branch, I’ll pick the trees
At night when I fall to my swollen knee
I will say thank you
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9. |
Plagiarize
04:15
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Plagiarize
Chris Velan
There was a time
I had a lot to say
Every word was mine
I filled pages every day
And then nothing came
Some kind of block
But you spoke my name
And a key fit right into a lock
Now I’ve got no
Original bone in my body
But still it comes
Everyday I plagiarize
When I steal all the words
Right from your eyes
Go on you can sue me
‘Til the end
Every song is a cover
I just want to be your lover again
You can’t make this up
Buy it off the shelf
This kind of stuff
Doesn’t write itself
I pulled out my hair
Trying to find these lines
They just could not compare
To what comes out
When your shines
I’ve got no
Original bone in my body
But still it comes
Everyday I plagiarize
When I steal all the words
Right from your eyes
So go on you can sue me
‘Til the end
Every song is a cover
I just want to be your lover again
Give credit
Where it’s due
I’m going to give it all to you
‘Cause I’ve got no pride
I’ve got no doubt
The words feel fit so good
I gotta wear them out
You know I hate to steal
I’ve got nothing left
Why reinvent the wheel
When all is fair in love and theft
Everyday I plagiarize
When I steal all the words
Right from your eyes
So go on you can sue me
‘Til the end
Every song is a cover of something
I just want to be your lover again
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10. |
Songs About Songs
03:47
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Songs About Songs
Chris Velan
I wish I could figure
Life out like a chord
Let every finger
Wander ‘round the fretboard
And when they find something
That makes a good sound
That’s where we’ll hang out
I would love to keep
Myself in tune
Stay ringing out true at least until
The afternoon
But I go sharp
Then I fall flat
It doesn’t work like that
Dropped by the algorithm
I’m clapping off-time
The best that I can give ‘em
Is the weakest rhyme
They don’t know where they’re going
They really don’t care
Songs about songs
Never get you anywhere
Don’t go to them for solace
God knows I’ve tried
They’re too self-centered
And never satisfied
When you pull back the curtain
They’ll be nothing there
They’re only pushing air
Dropped by the algorithm
I’m clapping off-time
The best that I can give ‘em
Is the weakest rhyme
They don’t know where they’re going
they never stick around
Songs about songs
Will only let you down
And though they mean well
They can come off cold
A little too clever
A little too old
They don’t know where they’re going
But they’re not unkind
Songs about songs
Can’t get you off my mind
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Chris Velan Montréal, Québec
Montreal singer-songwriter and producer, Chris Velan, has always been crossing borders with his brand of world music-
influenced, singer-songwriter pop. Drawing comparisons to the smart, genre-mixing writing of Neil Finn, Nick Lowe and Paul Simon, Velan's
latest album, “Amateur Hour”, will be released September 14th with touring to follow.
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