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What We Do

from Twitter, Buzz, Howl by Chris Velan

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    TBH was recorded over the summer of 2005 in the Eastern Townships outside of Montreal near the town of Sutton. We set up a makeshift studio in a barn and basically tracked everything while the insects buzzed and birds sang during the day; and the crickets chirped and the coyotes howled at night.
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WHAT WE DO

The night only left when it made it’s point
And staggered off drunk with a terrible cough
Morning swore this will be the last
Snooze button worked till you turned it off
The bus is a stretcher for the graveyard shift
Coffee doesn’t work for the hummingbird heart
Someone got fucked by the water duct
Somebody’s making a brand new start
And the eyes are going to focus for the sake of the hair
Static is erratic in the northbound lane
The sound of I think I can, I think I can, I think I can
Rises up in a chorus strain
How’s it going, jackpot growing
Message beeping, I’ll be sleeping awake
What do you make//

Day in, day out, this is what we do
Day in, day out, this is what we do//

The horoscope brags to the shopping cart
Fanfare kick through the upright posts
Daydream trip to a warm screensaver
Gate goes up if you pay the ghost
In the other part of town where the checks bounce hard
The planes fly over and the trains go through
They’re crying on the steps of the Information Age
Fathers of the Church don’t know what to do
Say, Come back, children
All is forgiven
You need blessing, stop your guessing and stay
It’ll be OK//

Day in, day out, this is what we do
Day in, day out, this is what you do//

So we all will jump ‘cause the ding means go
And everybody’s sad that the trees are gone
Crawl out of the tunnels like blinking moles
Laugh when we turn the boxes on//

The papers can’t tell who the culprit is
And someone’s going to die if you don’t move fast
The question of the day is not how it’s going to change
It’s how long will it last
And I’m not who I want to be today
There are riots in the minds and the suburbs on fire
I’m sorry but it never turns out that way
It’s all held together by tape and wire

Day in, day out, this is what we do
Day in, day out, this is what we do//

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from Twitter, Buzz, Howl, released January 8, 2007

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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. ... more

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