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Stargazer

by Jeff Gay

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    JEFF GAY'S 2020 RELEASE, STARGAZER, ON CD! OMG, PERFECT FOR CAR OR DISCMAN! FULL COLOUR ARTWORK BY CASSIE MANN, PHOTO BY LMNO PHOTOGRAPHY - LISA MARIE MacPHEE. RIP IT ONTO YOUR COMPUTER! VERTICAL SLEEVE - WRONGLY PUT IT ON ITS SIDE OR ORIENT CORRECTLY: YOUR CHOICE!

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1.
Call Me the Wild Card 03:37
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CALL ME THE WILD CARD A new year A whole new chance for mistakes To say a few things I’ll regret She’s so sweet Libel to get me to change And change was never my friend December thirty-one Here comes another year I’m guessing ‘Bout to call it a day And then she sends me a text Call me the wild card And you can play me like I’m just like an ace in your pocket In your pocket She can’t stay She’s got to get back to the church She’s singing at midnight mass The lonely road They’re counting all the way down from ten And so another lonely year ends If I had a friend, he’d say, “you’re gonna get a lesson” But I know one of these days I’ll miss this time that we spent Call me the wild card I think you find me just a little too strange to go out But you know I adore you Doncha I adore you Doncha know I You know I adore you Call me the wild card Call me the wild card Call me the wild card Call me the wild card
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Say Anything 04:41
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SAY ANYTHING Sweet revenge Always sweet revenge It keeps flowin’ through my veins Isn’t it gonna be that way? Your brand new boy And your gold-plated Cadillac Down the Cul-de-sac It feels the same It always feels the same When I see her face Always puts the ice in my veins And I can’t chill I keep waiting for the night to be still And don’t be taken in ‘Cuz I will say anything To get you in my arms, my friend I would say anything The price you pay Always a price to pay When you can’t explain Can’t meet expectations Am I even real? Or is my heart really made of steel? Save my breath Gotta save my breath And just step away I’m afraid what I will say Can’t comprehend Just can’t see us carryin’ on as friends And don’t be taken in ‘Cuz I will say anything To get you in my arms, my friend I would say anything
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Clifton Street 04:05
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CLIFTON STREET I’m punchin’ in And I’m punchin’ out Got a foot out the door There can be no doubt Come by and see me I must see your face Can’t paint this masterpiece no other way I gonna look up some recipes Yes, I’m gonna choose some fine wines Gonna work ‘round your allergies I just saw ya on Clifton Street Just the other nite Yes, she is alright-ite Well, hey-hey, in the shade Swear I caught her driving down olde Clifton Street Well, hey-hey, in the shade Swear she caught me boppin’ down on Clifton Street Well, hey-hey, in the shade Someone makes a reference To a person, place or thing Makes me think of the one I love Makes me think when I usually don’t think Like Archimedes in the haystack I’ve been barking up the wrong tree Wipe the slate of my memory Yes, I’m gonna need her time-time You shoulda seen her in her reverie I just saw her on Clifton Street Just the other nite Yes, she’s alright-ite Well, hey-hey, in the shade Swear ya caught me driving down olde Clifton Street Well, hey-hey, in the shade Swear I caught her boppin’ down on Clifton Street Well, hey-hey, in the shade Well, hey-hey, in the shade Swear I caught her driving down olde Clifton Street Well, hey-hey, in the shade Swear she caught me boppin’ down on Clifton Street Well, hey-hey, in the shade Swear I caught her driving down olde Clifton Street Well, hey-hey, in the shade Well, hey-hey, in the shade
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Two Dead Birds 05:02
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TWO DEAD BIRDS On the desk, filed away On a paper creased and stained Signed their lives away Two dead birds encaged Down the sidewalk, down the street Only home they’ve ever known Ferryman, take the coin Fie! Fie! My love Words alone, they share They’ll take ‘em with ‘em now, together as friends On the night stand, there’s his teeth And her slippers tucked underneath The housecoat he never wears Even though she complains Children playin’ down the street As they lay down holding hands Oh, the stillness as they lay Fie! Fie! My love Two dead birds Glad to feel the same Scored a perfect game Fie! Fie! Two birds take wing to the sky They’ve made it up in their mind Fie! Fie! Two birds take wing to the sky They’ve made it up in their mind Ooooooh Their lives are like a ripple now Ridin’ down the farthest ring Right to the edge Fie! Fie! Two birds take wing to the sky They’ve made it up in their mind Fie! Fie! Two birds take wing to the sky They’ve made it up in their mind One by one, one into one, one into the soul of the one Fie! Fie! Two birds choose their way to fly Flying alone through the skies One by one, one into one, one into the soul of the one Fie! Fie! Two birds choose their way to die Two is the one in their eyes One by one, one into one, one into the soul of the one Fie! Fie! Two birds take wing to the sky They’ve made it up in their mind Fie! Fie! Two birds take wing to the sky They’ve made it up in their mind One by one, one into one, one into the soul of the one Ooooooh
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XOXO 04:35
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XOXO Changed out the pots Replaced the jack Swapped out the strings on my old strat One more song for the road Before I go rogue I can’t say how long I’ll stay Or if I’ll come back All my love is runnin’ on red With blood on the tracks Tumblin’ down I don’t make a sound When I hit the ground I know I must go And I’m feelin’ down Wishin’ you were around Putting the stars in my crown XOXO And by the time you hear my song With these parting shots I’m on the run Goin’ out with a bang And speaking in tongues I can’t tell you how I feel I never have But I love And I grieve And I always feel bad Tumblin’ down I don’t make a sound When I hit the ground I know I must go And I’m feelin’ down Wishin’ you were around Putting the stars in my crown XOXO Tumblin’ down Tumblin’ down Wishin’ you were around Tumblin’ down Tumblin’ down Wishin’ you were around I know I must go Tumblin’ down XOXO
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The Bridge 03:50
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THE BRIDGE (CURTIS MacPHEE) One day when I wake up to find Who I am Whose been left behind Replaced by a man in a shell Or a gun But I’m neither one I need the sunrise in the morning My regards to your wishing well I want to take you high to the top of the bridge Ahhhhh Our time has come at last We’ll leave the past in the past And walk down many a road More to come I’m down with either one I need the sunrise in the morning My regards to your wishing well I want to take you high to the top of the bridge I once stood in the ocean I wanna be there with you I want some peace of mind, baby I know there’s a cure I don’t wanna forget it I don’t want this halfway I don’t want to live without you I need you to stay Next time you’re here Don't ya go away Ahhhhhh
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Parkland 07:45
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PARKLAND The lights turn on at Parkland Another working day No one thinks the unspeakable Where guns have the rights And they have their say There’s no love in Hateland They’ll never make it right Or take the time to learn from their mistakes The thoughts and prayers Are always too late Please don’t try to understand There’s no sense in Parkland It’s not part of any plan Seventeen dead in Parkland Rifle in the spotlight Master of this domain Life will never be the same on Valentine’s Day In Parkland Praising the God of Thunder The shooter take his aim The tragic American tango keeps playin’ Where to prove you are street Is to be a real man Hero in the bunker Frowning from a trench Bullets making peace in Parkland today Next stop, Santa Fe In our cold, dead hands Please don’t try to understand There’s no sense in Parkland It’s not part of any plan Seventeen dead in Parkland In Parkland In Parkland In Parkland In Parkland In Parkland In Parkland
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World of Wonder 03:14
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WORLD OF WONDER Take me back to the days That I try to forget When I was tryin’ to get laid Treatin’ girls with contempt And I internally raged Until I just burnt out Wander in your world Walked into your world of wonder The more time that we spend The more I hope it never ends And that’s not gonna change ‘Cuz I’m always gonna be your friend Before these wonderful days When it was hard just to laugh And I was acting so tough Committing treacherous acts And I can’t turn the page ‘Cuz there’s nothin’ past act one Wonderin’ about love Wondering if I could really love another I keep wondering aloud because the learnin’ never ends And that’s not gonna change ‘Cuz yer always gonna be my friend Walked in your world Walked into your world of wonder Ooooooh Of wonder Ooooooh Of wonder And that’s not gonna change ‘Cuz yer always gonna be my friend Ooooooh Of wonder And that’s not gonna change ‘Cuz yer always gonna be my friend
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Questioning 02:49
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QUESTIONING Questioning He darked the sky The season changed He questions why Pointing up Behind his tower He made some claims Made some denials We choose to resist They’re choosing their side When history begins This dude abides No more question for me There was gonna be trouble Hit that scene on the double There is gonna be trouble Brought them right up to speed With my need for some trouble Trouble Reckoning He sermonizes Through so much hate we see the sunlight Give us strength to fight our foe The unholy three: money, fame, and ego Hot fun guaranteed This summertime In the jungle, we train To kill the lion WOE No more question for me There was gonna be trouble Hit that scene on the double There is gonna be trouble Brought them right up to speed With my need for some trouble Trouble Trouble trouble trouble Trouble trouble Trouble trouble trouble Trouble trouble trouble Trouble trouble trouble Trouble trouble trouble
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Snow Blind 03:33
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SNOW BLIND If you’re taking me right down the line I’ll be your home at wintertime And whenever you are down Down, down, down… So serious and snow blind Anyway We can get down Down to the root I’ll carve out enough space To take your whole heart on And you can have mine When you’re making up your mind In the cold winter light When your globe is shaken upside down Can you turn it around?? 'Round, ‘round, ‘round… Can you look a good man in the eye? Snow blind Bird on a line Fighting to survive All the love In your sight Let it all burn inside Ahhhhh... Ahhhhh... Snow blind Bird on a line Fighting to survive All the love In your sight Let it all burn inside Anyway We can get down Down to the root I’ll carve out enough space To take your whole heart on
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When I Saw Her 03:59
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WHEN I SAW HER When I saw her I was high She was all by herself Looking straight through my heart every time All my friends Said goodbye And I was walking her home Unrequited, I assumed In my mind And the lightning comes down As we’re crossing the Commons Tryin’ our best to stay dry Wait for the bus ‘cuz the last one just passed us by When I saw her I knew I must try I must change into a new guy All my friends They have their own style We’ll be drinking the beers on the couch In a blink of an eye She won’t have it She won’t tell me again She’s not putting her faith into a bottle again And the thunder, it flashes In my mind and its blurry A revelation takin’ its time Gotta find a way to get the girl to love me this time When I saw her I knew I must try I must change into a new guy When I saw her I knew I must try I knew I must try I must change into a new guy When I saw her I knew I must try I knew I must try I must change into a new guy When I saw her I knew I must try I knew I must try I must change into a new guy When I saw her When I saw her When I saw her When I saw her When I saw her When I saw her I knew I must try When I saw her I knew I must try When I saw her I knew I must try When I saw her I knew I must try When I saw her I knew I must try When I saw her I knew I must try When I saw her I knew I must try When I saw her I knew I must try When I saw her
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Bad Advice 06:51
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BAD ADVICE Night sky on the horizon is red When the wind blows in from the west And my ship has sailed, as the saying goes Gonna put the gods to the test She’s got a new guy That can only explain Why she’s suddenly being so nice Listen to this girl just fanning my flame I shouldn’t listen to her bad advice Old blind eye Won’t you look my way See me through a jam Lend me your instincts I only listen to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice I only listen to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice Oooooooh... This girl she left me tied to the tracks But I deserve everything that I get I was shootin’ off my mouth, so I just hold still And now the train is comin’ around the bend My only weapon is my pen And you know I told you right from the start All the things I regret and all my mistakes Well, I still wouldn’t change any part of it Chasing white whales Takin’ them for a spin On fantasy island I only listen to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice I only listen to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice Oooooooh... I’m a writer of songs and a poet at times But inspiration keeps me wake in the night ‘Cuz it’s the sweetest dream when she’s kissing me It’s so lame and I just can’t describe it Her eyes are like pools for dudes to drown in But her love is a block of ice Still I try to pick away Gonna burn out my light As a tribute to the bad advice Tomorrow, I’m getting better Tomorrow, I let her go But today, I love her forever I only listen to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice I only listen to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice I only listen to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice I only listen to the bad advice, to the bad advice, to the bad advice
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Hard to Make a Sale 04:28
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HARD TO MAKE A SALE I could smell myself burnin’ Burnin’ into your eyes You must erase your memories of me Gotta make some bread for my kiddies And it’s so hard to make a sale Hard to make a sale Hard to make a sale Do I have an offer? Did I sell myself? Life on the margin I’m goin’ disco Hard to make a sale There’s a black hole on my balcony I keep driftin’ through space and time Turnin’ my back on the hypocrisy Tryin’ to quell the seller inside of me And it’s so hard to make a sale Hard to make a sale Hard to make a sale Do I have an offer? Did I sell myself? Life on the margin I’m goin’ disco Hard to make a sale Thank you for being so considerate Breaking up again by lunch Now I’m goin’ to the bridge And I swear that I will... JUMP! Seems to me, I’ve been had With friends like this, who needs friends Water my plants and call my Mom Sealed with a kiss was this letter bomb And it’s so hard to make a sale When your love feels like retail And it’s so hard to make a sale And it’s so hard Bulletproof, but I still have my scars All these barricades have broken my fall See how I survive as I land on my feet Sealing the deal by the skin of my teeth!
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Hey Lover of Love 03:26
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(QUESTIONING - Reprise) Trouble, trouble, trouble Trouble, trouble, trouble Trouble, trouble, trouble HEY LOVER OF LOVE To be all it’s name implies I’m goin’ back to Paradise Drew a circle ‘round the spot Where you fell off the map A little snow is mixed with rain And sad-eyed faces, so in pain We look down from our current state Sittin’ on a cloud I wanna have fun with you, baby, I know Things can be so dark these days Ain’t got nothin’ that I don’t want to show ya Hey ya! Lover of love I know, I know I heard you say, yeah Not always so sunny your way You can’t dry out your raincoats Skyway through my mind, you’ll find The fire it’s still burning away I just had to ignite it So you’d know that I’m crazy So you know he’s never gonna hide it Soon as he seen her, he decided Never seen him so excited So we roll so coolly down the valley Down the foothills of the valley Wahoo! Wahoo! To be all it’s name implies I’m goin’ back to Paradise Rock and roll and the lizard queen Is always on my dial I wanna have fun with you, baby, I know Things can be so dark these days Ain’t got nothin’ that I don’t want to show ya Hey ya! Lover of love I wanna have fun with you, baby, I know Things can be so dark these days Ain’t got nothin’ that I don’t want to show ya Hey ya! Lover of love
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Underlined, Italicized, and in Bold 04:50
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UNDERLINED, ITALICIZED, AND IN BOLD Tatyana sits alone in her mama’s home Sister Olga, she’s got Vladimir on the phone See the love fill her eyes as she saw Vlad’s guest And her heart fills in the rest Underlined, italicized, and in bold Not to say I told you so But you’ve been told Once before When our Tess spills the beans to Angel Clare The way she felt Well you could swear that you’d been there Open your eyes See the errors of your ways When you could only act your age Underlined, italicized, and in bold Not to say I told you so But you’ve been told Once before All the lines on the pages, written down Ooh wop doo wop, ooh wop doo wop Through the ages, words of wisdom, handed down If you see a little bit of you there in the text Well, then you’ll know what to do next Underlined, italicized, and in bold Not to say I told you so But you’ve been told Once before
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In the Dead of Winter 04:45
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IN THE DEAD OF WINTER Well I gathered up my lumber And setup near a pond Muggy nights The flies will bite Stay close to the fire But in the dead of winter You think of life and death You fortify your shelter With everything you have Four years on this mountainside Where rodents fear to dwell I get along ‘til I seen her face In the water inside my well It was a mere hallucination A flash from underneath With lips that looked like apples That sink into your teeth And the days go by in the usual way Not a whole lot to figure out Avoid all passing villagers And fish a little trout Ahh, but it was in the dead of winter I saw her face again She walked right past my window And my candle it went dead It was remote and it was rugged Almost found my little piece But the puzzle just needs solvin’ Or does history repeat? For it was with my good old axe in hand I was taking down a tree When I saw smoke over the mountain And a woman beside me I have felt her in the flesh this time And in many other ways Say I don’t seek no companions ‘Cuz I always feel betrayed Ahhh, but it was in the dead of winter She made me change my mind Thought I wanted peace and quiet But I needed womankind
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XOXO 04:35
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XOXO Changed out the pots Replaced the jack Swapped out the strings on my old strat One more song for the road Before I go rogue I can’t say how long I’ll stay Or if I’ll come back All my love is runnin’ on red With blood on the tracks Tumblin’ down I don’t make a sound When I hit the ground I know I must go And I’m feelin’ down Wishin’ you were around Putting the stars in my crown XOXO And by the time you hear my song With these parting shots I’m on the run Goin’ out with a bang And speaking in tongues I can’t tell you how I feel I never have But I love And I grieve And I always feel bad Tumblin’ down I don’t make a sound When I hit the ground I know I must go And I’m feelin’ down Wishin’ you were around Putting the stars in my crown XOXO Tumblin’ down Tumblin’ down Wishin’ you were around Tumblin’ down Tumblin’ down Wishin’ you were around I know I must go Tumblin’ down XOXO

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released August 14, 2020

JEFF GAY - STARGAZER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jeff Gay
PRODUCED, MIXED and MASTERED: Jeff Macdonald
RECORDED BY: Jeff Macdonald and Jeff Gay
Drums recorded by Jeff Macdonald at The Drum Room (Three Fathom Harbour, Nova Scotia).
Special thanks to John Parker and Ronok Sarkar for advice and sonic seasonings.
All instruments and vocals by JEFF GAY except backing vocals.
In order of appearance: LAURA MERRIMEN featured on Say Anything; MEAGHAN DALTON on Say Anything, The Bridge, Underlined..., featured on When I Saw Her, and In the Dead of Winter; JULIA WEIR on Say Anything, Underlined, and featured on Two Dead Birds, Parkland, and World of Wonder; CURTIS MacPHEE on The Bridge, Hard to Make a Sale, featured on Clifton Street; CHRISTINA MARTIN featured on XOXO; NORMA MacDONALD featured on Snow Blind; TYRA BETHANY BRENNAN featured on Bad Advice and Hey Lover of Love; RONOK SARKAR featured on Bad Advice and Hey Lover of Love; TREVOR MURPHY featured on Hard to Make a Sale; VICTOR BEAUMONT on Hard to Make a Sale; MELANIE STONE featured on Underlined. Sorry to backing vocalists who sang on songs that did not make the final cut... but they will come out - someday!
PHOTO: LMNO Photography, LISA MARIE MacPHEE. ART DIRECTION and LAYOUT: CASSIE MANN. SPECIAL THANKS to LONG & McQUADE HALIFAX for their continuing support of me, and for this album. This is a double album; there are four songs per side.
All songs by J Gay except The Bridge by Curtis MacPhee
Copyright 2020, Jeff Gay. All songs SOCAN. Tossing Records. All Rights Reserved.

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TOSSING RECORDS is filled with beans and joy to announce the newest Jeff Gay album, THE MONSTER. Coming to you: Dec 8, 2023. First single from the Monster: Moonflower, Dec 1. In addition to Jgay and Dirtmouth titles, TOSSING RECORDS will release the entire Jeff Gay catalogue on Bandcamp, so make sure you follow for digital transfers of dusty DATs and demos/unreleased tracks ... more

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