Trip to the Sea Notes

released in 2010

recorded at Ramble Creek Studios // engineered and mixed by Britton Beisenherz // mastered by Jim Wilson

all songs written by Sean Maloney

pedel steel, electric guitar, and slide guitar  performed by Todd Pertll // harmonica and bass guitar performed by Britton Beisenherz // backup vocals performed by Amanda Leggett

cover art by Jen Lenihan

 
  • Wish away that happy torment that you love
    burn it on a spoon like any other drug
    talk for hours about her wonderous roaming eyes
    that you plucked from their head so they'd not cry

    your servants now are all asking to be free
    you thought they loved you, what is it that they could need?

    Shallow waters drowning every hope you have
    the mellow humming of a mind going mad
    wait for the gypsys and their drunken song
    wait for morning and the gypsys will be gone

    wavering a song she never heard you play
    plucking chords to decay

    You're asking questions that you have the answer to
    the act of asking somehow makes it new
    a gutless coward is what you're looking for
    to take apart and leave whats left on the floor

    angels laugh and mock your pointless play
    your thoughtless manner is just what they do crave

  • Highway cars speeding
    cups full ice clinking
    hard pressed for meaning

    Fist fights with assholes
    Cash sings he's real low
    ACs broke no windows
    and I just might go

    She walks up and asks me
    a quarter for a penny
    a jukebox song she's needing
    no just don't come easy

    I break with the lonesome
    take phone calls scream some
    laugh hard no reason
    hours days to seasons

  • I know I could tear your life apart
    to put the pieces back together
    it just don't seem smart

    and all the words that you would say
    would gladly slip away
    and all the words that you would say
    would gladly slip away

    running races like a fool
    is turning you into a tool
    and your reasons make me sick
    cause you don't have none

    and all the words that you would say
    would gladly slip away
    and all the words that you would say
    would gladly slip away

    it could be bad
    but I think its over now
    it could be bad
    but I think its over now

    I know I could tear your life apart
    to put the pieces back together
    it just dont seem smart

    and all the words that you would say
    would gladly slip away

  • Nobody hears you unless you yell
    nobody sees you unless you turn out well

    balanced pearls painted poems on my skin
    and all these words cuased my head to spin

    its a work of art I threw away
    i got some more but it aint trash day

    simple settings in a story you cant end
    once youre going youre never going back again

    you rearranged the things so perfectly
    everything is no where where it used to be
    but everything is just the same
    somewhere else for a change

    she said she said she said she said
    over and over again she said
    showers dropping rain drops one a piece
    what a lovely day for a lovely feast
    what a lovely day to get some peace
    what a lovely day to get some peace

  • I want to take her on a trip to the sea
    I want to take her where she'll never be alone

    Theres some strength left inside of me
    you can have anytime but not for free

    i want to gather up this whole damn town
    put it on my back keep it safe and sound my little town

    a pretty smile is spreading cross your face
    slyly smiling at the holes that i have dug where I have paced

    theres a place out there just for me
    and when I find it I will set my anchor down and will be free

  • Faded looks of disbelief
    on the faces that you meet
    watch the stares others show
    they all wish we didnt know

    you always carried me

    wonder down the street alone
    sing a song you almost know
    sometimes wake to sleep away
    the better part of the day

    you always carried me

  • The sounds that pick pearls and run
    to the focus that of which i've done
    I fell into my dreams and landed on my feet
    were you staring at me or was i staring at you

    the fog is really there but pay no mind
    my hand was in your hair but your hair didnt care
    you fell into my dreams and landed in my shoes
    were you staring at me or was I staring at you

    the sounds that pick and pearl and run
    the sounds that pick and pearl and run
    the sounds that pick and pearl and run
    the sounds that pick and pearl and run

    to the focus that of which ive done
    I fell into my dreams and landed on my feet
    were you staring at me or was I staring at you
    were you staring at me or was i staring at you?

  • Wonder if the winter skys will always last
    seeing everywhere a fear and its spreading fast
    a crowed cell seems not so bad right now
    everyones eyes are guitlty anyhow

    and then you see her and shes alway beautiful
    makes you feel like the constant fool
    but you like it better that way

    far away far away far away its calling you
    pack up your clothes you know just what to do
    even if your dreams half rememberd and torn
    they feel like the best suit that you've ever worn

    and then you see her and shes alway beautiful
    makes you feel like the constant fool
    but you like it better that way

    sometimes you wish you had a home
    to call your own
    to call your own

  • saddle up and hold on tight
    remember your way through the beautiful night
    all those dreams inside your head
    what would you want instead?

    the weather is calling for a change
    the leaves are asking for the rain
    your favorite song youre sing soft
    as if all the words might all break off

    many things inside youd thought
    wonder if you could pull them off
    break his back just to watch him squirm
    testing all the things you learned

    oh, you want to take them all apart
    oh, how hard could it be to see them
    oh, there are answeres underneathe the rocks
    things you know but never been taught

  • Its calling you back
    its wanting you to relax
    its making a promise it cant keep

    its a stones throw away
    its straight and its paved
    but its nowhere you want to be

    the wonders deep and strange won't change me
    the wonders deep and strange wont change me

    the lights are all out
    the the town is asleep
    you want to see it all burn down
    down

    its boring and ill
    just feelings a chill
    the ice on your back
    will not melt

    the wonders deep and strange won't change me
    the wonders deep and strange wont't change me

    its calling you back
    its wanting you to relax
    its making a promise
    it cant keep

  • Noise from your head
    chants broken dreams
    a wasted appeal
    of all that youd seen

    brought back again
    to home and the land
    that wants only balance
    tween lonesome and mad

    this is your home
    this is your home

    bring down those memories
    thats all you got left
    forget you had choices
    you done chose your path

    chanel that anger
    to something less done
    a dying heart lingers
    in awe of the sun

    this is your home
    this is your home

    brings not a social
    air to your dreams
    madness is movement
    at what youd not seen

    this is your home
    this is your home