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Alma Mater

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by Dave Norris & Local Ivan

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released 01 October 2011
R E C O R D E D I N PART A T G A L L E R Y STUDIOS IN O T T A W A B Y DEAN W A T S O N. R E C O R D E D I N P A R T AND MIXED B Y D A V E N O R R I S IN H I S A P T I N O T T A W A.

Dave Norris (vocals, acoustic guitar, songs); Graham Boyle (guitar, backing vocals); Adam Di Penta (bass, backing vocals); Tim Watson (drums, percussion); Luke Donovan (guitar, mandolin, ukulele, banjo); Special thanks to Ottawa Folklore Centre.

M A S T E R E D AT GALLERY S T U D I O S.

© and ℗ 2011. Dave Norris. SOCAN.
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Track Name: Song For An Ad
You got my fire going
You know my wants (and my needs)
And when I'm a sad, sullen, waste
The sun is on the set
And it's so real I can touch it
And when I'm out of debt
I'll buy a golden...

You got my fire going
I bought right in to your parade
And now my eyes are swollen, again
The moon is on the stage
But it's so far away
You never tell me so
So what's a boy to do?
And when I'm out of debt
I'll buy her a golden...

Golden...

You got my fire going.
Track Name: Million Dollars
You've been chosen by the middle men
Good, honest men, without sin
Settle right in
Don't be worried 'bout econom(ies)
No, we'll handle all the war and peace
Your finest hour
Dogs have a million words for coward

Hey! Na na na na na...

Something about wages and slavery
Don't get caught up in imagery
Sound it out yourself
You've been chosen by the yellow men
Go ahead now and go with them
Sell out your brothers
To the tune of a million dollars

Hey! Na na na na na...

Na na na na na...
Track Name: Alma Mater
I wouldn't mind a little bit
I wouldn't throw it back is what I'm sayin'
We're ridin' high, we shoot the shit
But I don't wanna say it's only playin'
Well I've been down, I guess you know
I guess you see it all over my body
I tell a tale, I tell a joke
I'm feelin' silly talkin' 'bout my lonely, lonely heart

I will not insist
Maybe it's the sound
Maybe that's all there is!

I hit a wall and then I'm back
I think about it like it's only motion
And when the paint is dry and cracked
You pour your watercolours into the ocean
"Nobody cares anymore!"
Yeah yeah yeah
"Nobody cares anymore!"
Yeah yeah yeah
No one asks about the future.

I cannot resist
Maybe it's the light
Maybe that's all there is!
And if so, let's go there
Yeah yeah yeah
Let's die there!
Track Name: Carrie, Carrie
Carrie, Carrie
You don't need money, money
But you do need honey
And I'm your man
I'll give you somethin'
You did not see comin'
It's the love I'm runnin' home with

Put on my new shoes
I'll throw away the blues for you

But it feels like we shouldn't be laughing like that
It's feels like we shouldn't be laughing at that

Carrie, Carrie
Will you marry, marry me
In a cemetery for two?
I'll treat you better
And no, there was no Heather
Just a rock and a feather in verse

Sounds like love to me!
Sounds like the rain
I've been waiting for the ground
(I know now) Been waiting for the sun!

And it feels like we shouldn't be laughing like that
It's feels like we shouldn't be laughing at that

Repetition, repetition, the only mission!
Track Name: Woe Is Me
I can't get no relief in this place
Woe is me and woe is my face
You can see it when I'm up and I'm down
Something was wrong and she said:
"Somebody's up in my head.
Somebody's praying for me to be dead."
And I can't decide if it's real or if it's lies

I found out the hardest of ways
Love is near when no one else stays
You can read me like an open book
Something went wrong and she said:
"Somebody's hoping I'm dead.
Somebody's up in my head.
Kicking walls. Having fun!
Doing what you want them to."

I can't get no relief in this place
Woe is me and woe is my face
Track Name: Courtney L.
I'm tellin' on you
I'm so tellin' on you

'Cause you were dancing and you were watching me fall
You were lightin' up, I was nothing at all

But it takes one to know (know) no one
But it's takes one to know there's no one

I'm tellin' on you
I am so tellin' on you

And when it all comes down you'll be heals-to-the-sun
I'll be laughin' and you'll be under the gun

But it takes one to know (know) no one.
But it takes one to know there's no one.
Ah hun, well it only takes one to know you're no one.
And it takes one to know (know)

And it takes one to know no one
And it takes on to know they're no one
And it takes to know there's no one.
And it takes one to know (know, know, know)
No, no, no, no.