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The Wilderness

by Last of The Lions

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Matt Houlihan and Luke Pincock present an ambitious representation of a live acoustic set with no added production. One guitar, one djembe, one vocal and one take for every track, every song. - Stephanie Johns (The Coast)

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released 04 October 2011
Last of The Lions are...
Matt Houlihan - Guitar/Vocals
Luke Pincock - Djembe

Engineered/Mixed/Mastered by Matt Houlihan - Prehistoric Records
Produced by Matt Houlihan and Prehistoric Records
Associate Producer - Luke Pincock

Original Artwork by Morgan Drew
All Music Written by Matt Houlihan
All Rights Reserved
Copyright Prehistoric Records 2011

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Track Name: Red Toboggan
I wake up early in the mornin'
Turn on the radio
They say that there's a storm a comin'
Yeah the world's on hold account of snow

Now while the business world is strugglin'
The children know how to enjoy the snow

Oh Yeah the worlds on hold account of snow
No heat, electricity, telephone
Ah There ain't no use in stayin' home
Yeah ya might as well get out enjoy the snow

Oh we could take the red toboggan
Down the slopes of the Citadel Hill
Or perhaps we could a snow-man
I bet either choice would be a thrill

Because the worlds on hold account of snow
No heat, electricity, telephone
Ah there ain't no use in stayin' home
Ah you might as well get out enjoy the snow!
Track Name: The Last Brew
Down on the docks of the Halifax peers was a drunken man who then had no fears -and he'd fight his way- to the nearest 'a' bar to find himself a beer

Now his legs were numb and his face no sense, no cash for cabs just the change for suds. He struggled on a brave old soul as the snow blew down and the wind was cold!

Down on the docks of the Halifax peers was a drunken man who then had no fears -and he'd fight his way- to the nearest 'a' bar to find himself a beer

Now his boots were wet from the streets a mess and his blue nose dripped from it's frosty tip, his vision blurred a blackened tunnel as he fell straight back on the streets 'a' cobbled!

Down on the docks of the Halifax peers was a drunken man who then had no fears -and he'd fight his way- to the nearest 'a' bar to buy himself a beer!

He awoke refreshed and he said, "God blessed my soul, I know I'll get there yet; to the House of Ales; where the beer's 'a' plenty, the air be warm and women pretty!

Down on the docks of the Halifax peers was a drunken man who then had no fears -and he'd fight his way- to the nearest 'a' bar to find himself a beer

Now he found himself a stumbling 'round the corner of the bar he's bound, no line for cover- He's struck pure gold! No wait outside in that damn cold! He'd been so long the last call'd been sound; the bars closed up and no beers be found. This drunken man did venture on while we watched him from old Maxwell's Plum!

Down on the docks of the Halifax peers was a drunken man who then had no fears -and he'd fight his way- to the nearest 'a' bar to find himself a beer
Track Name: Walk The Walk
I like to walk the walk; I take a lap around the bar and I stop to talk to my friends
I like to walk the walk; I take a lap around the bar and I stop to talk to my friends
I like to walk the walk; I take a lap around the bar and I stop to talk to my friends
I like to walk the walk; I take a lap around the bar and I stop to talk to my friends

I have not seen them it seems like it has been quite some time now
I say, "Hey how is it goin' lets get the beers a flowin' right now"
So we poor ourselves a round and the beers we start to pound but we know the night is still so young
Then it's outside for a smoke I need a toke it ain't no joke but then it's back in for another round because

I like to walk the walk; I take a lap around the bar and I stop to talk to my friends
I like to walk the walk; I take a lap around the bar and I stop to talk to my friends

I see the ladies; I think that be lookin' mighty fine tonight
Maybe later I'll be walkin' and then we can get to talkin' and I'll see if you are havin' a good time
I could get to know ya', I could telephone ya', we could dance the night away
But sooner or later I'm'a need another Alexander Keiths
an Olands, Schooner or whatever I get sooner because

I like to walk the walk; I take a lap around the bar and I stop to talk to my friends
I like to walk the walk; I take a lap around the bar and I stop to talk to my friends
I like to walk the walk; I take a lap around the bar and I stop to talk to my friends
I like to walk the walk; I take a lap around the bar and I never stop! Woaho
Track Name: Stories
I drank a twelve pack
I drank a pint
We smoked the reefer
We drank some whine
I Say I sit down
For a long time
For a long time
For a long time

You tell me stories
I close my eyes
You do not bore me
I visualize
My mind is racin'
My bodies achin'
But I'll do fine
For the time

I said your company is quite lovely
Why don't you comfort me I need some quality time, time
I need some quality time, time

So I just sit back, I try to relax
I say, "I'm sorry" to my body, "Can we still be friends?"
Won't try to pretend
Like I'm half decent
Realize my weakness
While I take flight

So tell me stories
I close my eyes
You do not bore me
I visualize
My mind is racin'
My bodies achin'
But I'll do fine
For the time

I said your company is quite lovely
Why don't you comfort me I need some quality time, time
I need some quality time, time
I said your company is quite lovely
Why don't you comfort me I need some quality time, time
I need some quality time, time
Track Name: I Quit My Job
I quit my job today
Over twenty cents of pay
It was on the hour
I said, "Fuck the man and fuck the power"
I don't care any way
I needed a change of pace
Might as well go get a shave and a haircut
Get on the hunt cause lifes unfair but..

Huh!
 
I'm a fighter and you know when there's a fight there's a prize
Burlap sack with a dollar sign
Yeah, well it's mine for the taking
Unless Life KO's me and I'm mistaken
Well I can go a few rounds thats for sure
When I hear the bell ring I'll check the card for the score
I won't be throwin' the towel I'm turnin' heads like owls
I got four points both the basket and fouls
 
I quit my job today
Over twenty cents of pay
It was on the hour
I said, "Fuck the man and fuck the power"
I don't care any way
I needed a change of pace
Might as well go get a shave and a haircut
Get on the hunt cause lifes unfair but..

Oh!

I think I'm more 
Of an entrepreneur
As a matter of fact
Well, I barely make five figures so that shits whack
Gonna be years before I start up a business
Financial advisors suggest I don't risk it
Won't show me money so I show them my fists's
Metaphorically my right hook is vicious
 
I quit my job today
Over twenty cents of pay
It was on the hour
I said, "Fuck the man and fuck the power"
I don't care any way
I needed a change of pace
Might as well go get a shave and a haircut
Get on the hunt cause lifes unfair but..

I guess thats just how it is
Track Name: Sifting
She down by the river
Wading in the shallows
Sifting through the soils
Gold is what she gathers

He down by the river
Diggin' for clams
He work hard all day
Callas on his hands

He say, "I got the means
To make you pleased
I will work my shovel through your soil
For no fees I just want the clams beneath
You can keep the treasures found"
You can keep the treasures found

Ah they down by the river
Wading in the shallows
Sifting through the soils
Gold and clam is what they gather

Shovel by shovel
The tasks demands
Seem little trouble
With two sets of hands
He got her clams
She's got her gold
Their unions proven
So the story goes he said

He say, "I got the means
To make you pleased
I will work my shovel through your soil
For no fees I just want the clams beneath
You can keep the treasures found"
You can keep the treasures found
You can keep the treasures found
You can keep the treasures found
Track Name: The Sea Side
I spend my day at the sea side
The boats rock steady, the tide she rolls on by
We rock our day at the sea side
The Sun beats down and she lays it out real nice

Well I began my whole life burning in the sun catching air from my board dives
The whole gang at the docks never'd think twice, spending our days in the rays at the sea side

I spend my day at the sea side
The boats rock steady, the tide she rolls on by
We rock our day at the sea side
The Sun beats down and she lays it out real nice

I rock my day at the sea side
Oceans, good friends for a top time

Well it aint such a long ride to get past the city, get out to the sea side
And if you wan't a real good time get out in the morning and just check out the Sun rise

I spend my day at the sea side
The boats rock steady and the tide she rolls by
We rock our day at the sea side
The Sun beats down and she lays it out real nice

I rock my day at the sea side
Oceans, good friends for a top time

I rock my day at the sea side
Oceans, good friends for a top time

Oh when the Winter comes around you know the surfers will be found
Catchin' the barrels and the pipes in wicked waters with the ice
But this should come to no surprise, you know they'd gladly risk their lives to get a tough tuck through a pipe
Master the swells for righteous rides

Though

When the Oceans gets so mean
Waves like Tsunamis from Nor-Easters
Features breaks of forty feet for only the bravest to defeat

Oh when the Ocean She does rage She becomes a deadly stage
So if you ever get the chance to catch the surf don't let it pass!

Ohh..

You spend your day at the sea side
The boats'll rock steady the tide she'll roll on by
I rock my day at the sea side the sun beats down and she lays it out real nice
We rock our day at the sea side the boats'll rock steady the tide she'll roll on by
The whole world at the day on the sea side the sun'll beat down and she'll lat it out real nice

We rock our day at the sea side
Oceans, good friends for a top time

I rock my day at the sea side
Oceans, good friends for a top time

Oh yeah
Track Name: Peggy's Cove
Back when man was still so young
He sailed great ships of wood and ore
To lands he'd never been before
Adventure, desire led them forth
But many ships had ran aground
Around these parts their ghosts are found

We're on the shores of Peggy's Cove
The final home of many souls
Who lost their lives to the ocean cold
The lighthouse stands a lonely post
Protector of the ships who pass
Through thickened fogs and torrents fast

Oh but what a sunny day
Peggy's Cove is beautiful
The landscape lush, the air is cool
You can watch the fishery
The day goes on as usual
The old at work, the youth at school

White caps crash in shallow waters
The moon she pulls the oceans tides
and when she's full they come in high
Waves crash on rocks left a scattered
Deposited by glacial ice
Weathered by the oceans rise

We're on the shores of Peggy's Cove
The final home of many souls
Who lost their lives to the ocean cold
The lighthouse stands a lonely post
Protector of the ships who pass
Through thickened fogs and torrents fast

Oh but what a sunny day
Peggy's Cove is beautiful
The landscape lush, the air is cool
You can watch the fishery
The day goes on as usual
The old at work, the youth at school

We're on the shores of Peggy's Cove
The final home of many souls
Who lost their lives to the ocean cold
The lighthouse stands a lonely post
Protector of the ships who pass
Through thickened fogs and torrents fast
Track Name: Cosmic Adventures
Well I question my existence
As I stare into space
Infinitely expanding
We'll have no boundaries to face
And I believe
In space time relativity
Linear shapes and geometry
But is there more to you and me?
There has to be

Well all our knowledge
History they call it
Of the past can't last to be forgotten
But whose to say that we were right to begin?
We'll only find out if the worlds at its end
And it's this world that we share
Our bodies make us aware of
Our surroundings
Senses overwhelming
If we die will we live?
If our bodies we give?
Will our souls survive?
Well shit here's'a hopin'

So I question my existence
As I stare into space
Infinitely expanding
We'll have no boundaries to face
And I believe
In space time relativity
Linear shapes and geometry
But is there more to you and me?
There has to be
Track Name: Moon Man
Well it's lonely on the dark side of the Moon
Spaceman ain't comin' back down to the Earth soon
Yes it's lonely on the dark side of the Moon
I'm flyin' high but I ain't comin' back down soon

I spend my days collecting Moon rocks
Searching for samples in the Sun
Some say my life does sound appealing, yeah
But I assure you it's no fun
Because it's lonely on the dark..

It's lonely on the dark side of the Moon
Spaceman ain't comin' back down to the Earth soon
Yes it's lonely on the dark side of the Moon
I'm flyin' high but I ain't comin' back down soon
On the moon

Oh! Sometimes I take the Lunar Rover
Out for a midnight cruise
I find this makes me feel much better
When I've got the blues

Because it's lonely on the dark side of the Moon
Spaceman ain't comin' back down to the Earth soon
Yes it's lonely on the dark side of the Moon
I'm flyin' high but I ain't comin' back down soon
Track Name: The Wilderness
I dared to climb the tallest mountain to see how it would feel to conquer the wilderness
I found myself afraid to take a step toward the edge and see the world and all its beauty

Over passage of time I have learned from mistakes
Opportunity knocks but seldomly and that a life is not to waste
I won't waste mine today

And I will not come down from this mountain
I'll step, I'll step, I'll step, I'll step again
I will not come down until I reach the edge
I'll step, I'll step, I'll step, I'll step again

Under cover of the stars and the Moon the dawn does give its first light
So captivating, I still stand still waiting, look down to see the edge to my surprise
I can't believe my eyes

And so I have conquered the wilderness
I stepped, I stepped, I stepped, I stepped again
I would not come down until I reached the edge
I stepped, I stepped, I stepped, I stepped again
Track Name: Warning/Caution (Advertisement/Attention)
What is this sign?
I see no skull or cross bones
Should I call the fire fighters?
To make you burn is my desire
Oh come on and work it out
Come on and get down on the dance floor
Come on I know you wanna

Ahh Warning Caution Advertisement Attention!
The dance floor may explode when temperatures are rising!
Warning Caution Advertisement Attention!
The dance floor may explode when temperatures are rising!
Look out! Look out!
Look out! Look out!

Oh I know you want to come and move now
I know you want to come and groove now
I know you want to come and move now
I know you want to come and groove
So work it on out

Come on I know you wanna
Come on and work it on out
Come on I know you wanna
Come on and work it on out

Get on the dance floor
Come on I know you wanna
Come on and work it on out

Ahh Warning Caution Advertisement Attention!
The dance floor may explode when temperatures are rising!
Warning Caution Advertisement Attention!
The dance floor may explode when temperatures are rising!
Look out! Look out!
Look out! Look out!

Oh I know you want to come and groove now
I know you want to come and move now
I know you want to come and groove now
I know you want to come and move now
Work it on out

Come on I know you wanna
Come on and work it on out
Come on I know you wanna groove!