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1. |
Lovin' Man
04:00
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Lovin' Man:
Baby I am your lover, I'm your loving man
I'd do anything for you , just to hold your hand
If i had to I would fight for you, Baby I would Kung fu fight
Do what I got to, what a lover should do , should do to do you right
Honey I am your lover, I'm your loving man
I'll do whatever it takes to, to make you understand
Hell and fire might conspire, conspire to keep me from you
The world is rough but baby it's enough, knowing our love will pull us through
Through the fires, the brambles and the briars, I'll do what I can
Come what may, I'll clear the way
Cause Baby I'm your loving man
It seems the world is not right - like it's gone insane
Not enough lovers loving, and too much pain
Fire and floods can't touch us, keep me from you
Rise above with sweat and blood now knowing our love will pull us through
Through the fires, the brambles and the briars, I'll do what I can
Come what may, I'll clear the way
Cause baby I'm your loving man
Through the fires, the brambles and the briars, I'll do what I can
Come what may, I'll clear the way
Cause baby I'm your loving man x4
WRITTEN BY
SPENCER MCKINNON AND THE VANRAYS
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2. |
Shake My Hand
02:56
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SHAKE MY HAND:
Shake my hand , shake my hand- shake my money maker
Shake my hand , Shake my hand I'll Shake your money tree
Shake my hand , shake my hand-ohooh... shake my hand
Shake my hand , Shake my hand I'll Shake your money tree
You know that baby by the time it takes now, to grease the palm before your hand can Shake now
Before you realize just what's at stake, I'm on to something new
Shake my hand , shake my hand- shake my money maker
Shake my hand , Shake my hand I'll Shake your money tree
Shake my hand , shake my hand-ohooh... shake my hand
Shake my hand , Shake my hand I'll Shake your money tree
The time it takes to hesitate, your fate has been decided
When you fall but I don't call, you know it's been a lie
Caught between a love that seems at best to be one sided
You should have guessed you should have left &left me high and dry
I've made a move before you've even started, you're broke before you know you're broken hearted
Death do us part and baby I've departed, my spirit's on the move
Shake my hand , shake my hand- shake my money maker
Shake my hand , Shake my hand I'll Shake your money tree
Shake my hand , shake my hand-ohooh... shake my hand
Shake my hand , Shake my hand, Shake my hand , Shake my hand
Shake my hand , Shake my hand, Shake my hand , Shake my hand
If there's a mark then baby I will hit them, If there are pockets then I got to pick them
If there are fools you know I got to trick them, to shake their money tree.
I got these urges that I can't resist now, We're what the law it calls recidivists now
WRITTEN BY
SPENCER MCKINNON AND THE VANRAYS
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3. |
Hard Times
04:41
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HARD TIMES:
When time is pulling daggers and trying to cause you pain,
You got to turn the knife around on it, control it once again
When the wolves are at your back door, and your backs against the wall,
Got to breathe, got to believe baby and all your fears will fall
Bother hard times- don’t let them get you down
Brother hard times- you can turn your life around
When you open up your wallet and you aint got no pay,
You can barely make it baby, hand to mouth most everyday
And it seems you’re moving backwards, got to turn yourself around,
Don’t run from it, face up to it to what they’re putting down
Brother Hard times- don’t let them get you down
Brother Hard times- got to turn that shit around
don’t let the hard times get you down girl
It’s all a state of mind
Don’t let the hard times get you down girl
Got to leave it all behind
When the ghosts from your past are closing in on you and
They’re trying to steal your soul away and you don’t know what to do
There’s nothing in your cupboards cause you aint got no bread
It may be fucked but listen up, listen to the words I said
Brother hard times- don’t let them get you down
Brother - hard times- you can turn your life around
Brother hard times- don’t let them get you down
Brother - hard times- got to turn your life around
WRITTEN BY
SPENCER MCKINNON AND THE VANRAYS
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4. |
I'd Rather Be Stoned
04:30
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I'd Rather Be Stoned:
I... I'd rather be stoned baby
Than listen ..listen to your lies
I... I'd rather be stoned girl
Than have to listen to your alibis
F- you said F was for forever
U, but you could never see
C, See that Baby love ain't measured
K, in the kindness you withheld from me
I ...I'd rather be stoned baby
Than listen ... than listen to you
I.. I'd rather be stoned girl
Than put up with, all that shit, you put me through
Cause F, falls far from forever
U, baby you’ll never be
Able to C, see that you're not that clever
K to cover up that kiss from me
If you need me baby I'm just getting stoned dear
If you need me baby I'm just getting stoned here
Can't believe that we were once a happy home
True is just not something that you understand
You don't know how to treat me baby like I'm your man
I know you had to go and that I'm better off alone
If you need me baby I'm just getting stoned
I... I'd rather be stoned baby..Than listen to your lies
I... would rather be stoned girl.. than listen to your alibis.. than listen to ...your lies
WRITTEN BY
SPENCER MCKINNON AND THE VANRAYS
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5. |
If You Got Love
04:08
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IF YOU GOT LOVE:
I could swim the deepest ocean to prove my love to you
I could climb the highest mountain, but what good would that do
Crawl across the desert, cross the burning sand
Only a fool,thinks he's got to, do that to be your man
you don't need stuff if you got love
I could walk a hundred miles and walk a hundred more
Or I could just take a bus with flowers to her door
My baby don't need drama to get her kicks
Or feats of strength of any length or silly parlour tricks
How can I prove that I love you...
If you don't want clothes and you don't want rings
And you don't want roses or anything
And you don't want diamonds or fancy cars
Cause that's not a picture of who you are
You don't need stuff if you got love
All I can give you is all my love
It's messy and covered with kisses and hugs
And it's stretched like a sweater but fits like a glove
Cause all I can give you is all of my love
You don't need stuff if you got love
WRITTEN BY
SPENCER MCKINNON AND THE VANRAYS
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6. |
One More Chance
03:07
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ONE MORE CHANCE:
I‘ve been trying, I can’t get no relief. Nah
And I’d be lying, if I said I was getting sleep now
Cause I’ve decided, that I ain’t taking no, lord
I’ll lay down my life, for your heart every night, I’ll fight I’ll fight til we’re united
Baby come on…you gotta gotta give me one more chance
I’ve been crying, like a lonely fool , nah
I’m surviving, but I’ve been punished lord now I’ve been schooled
cause Baby come on, oh….. You gotta gotta give me one more chance
I’ve been down and kicked around, you dragged my heart through a field of pain (One More Chance)
That fields been ploughed but still somehow, I still want you back again (One More Chance)
You cheat and lied and said goodbye, you make it sounds like a bad romance (One More Chance)
Bad as it seems you’re in my dreams.. so baby…. give me one more chance
I‘ve been trying, I can’t get no relief. Nah
And I’d be lying, if I said I was getting sleep now
Cause I’ve decided, that I’m not taking no lord
I’ll lay down my life, for your heart every night, I’ll fight I’ll fight til we’re united
So Baby come on, oooo….oooo….ooooo
WRITTEN BY
SPENCER MCKINNON AND THE VANRAYS
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7. |
Heap of Ruin
04:33
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Heap Of Ruin:
Baby don’t say you’re sorry it’s too late – don’t feed me more lies I’m overweight
Baby what you’re serving’s just a heap of ruin – the sooner that you leave me’s not too
There’s the door – and don’t come back no more
I crawled on glass I walked on fire – nothing’s good enough to satisfy her
What it takes you’ll never know – I can’t take no more you got to go
There’s the door – and don’t come back no more
I should be feeling down – like my life is through
Instead I’m coming round – better without you - better without you
Heart of a lizard, soul of a beast – not really living baby your soul is deceased
Tried everything to bring it back to life – it’s like cutting out a cancer with a swithblade-knife
There’s the door – and don’t come back no more
I should be feeling down – like my life is through
Instead I’m coming round – better without you
My friends say you’re a witch – and I’m under your spell
But I’m wise to your tricks now baby– so Baby it’s farewell
Baby it’s farewell
There’s the door – and don’t come back no more
I should be feeling down – like my life is through
Instead I’m coming round – better without you
My friends say you’re a witch – and I’m under your spell
But I’m wise to your tricks now baby– so Baby it’s farewell
Baby it’s farewell - see you babe in hell
WRITTEN BY
SPENCER MCKINNON AND THE VANRAYS
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8. |
Put It Out
03:54
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Put It Out:
You take a fire girl and you put it out – you take desire and conspire , turn it into doubt
You take a heart and fill it up with pain, then you’re making up but sure enough you do it again
You’re a natural born killer, killing’s what you do, taking hearts all apart in your high heeled shoes
You took my dreams girl and turned them upside down, you took our love, shook it up and threw it on the ground
You take the good and you make it bad, I cant believe I couldn’t see that baby I’d been had
You’re a natural born killer, killing’s what you do, well they’re all gonna fall by the time you’re through
They never see it coming, til it’s all too late now
They never see it coming, ooo til she’s walking away
A deer in the headlights, blinded by love
You can’t see it coming, it’s death from above
You never see it coming, til she’s walking away...ya
You take a fire girl and you put it out – you take desire and conspire , turn it into doubt
You take a heart and fill it up with pain, then you’re making up but sure enough you do it again
You’re a natural born killer, killing’s what you do, taking hearts all apart in your high heeled shoes
A deer in the headlights, blinded by love
You can’t see it coming, it’s death from above...
They never see it coming, til it’s all too late now
They never see it coming, ooo til she’s walking away...
She’s walking away now...She’s walking away now...
WRITTEN BY
SPENCER MCKINNON AND THE VANRAYS
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9. |
Made It
05:47
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Made It:
I been wondering, where the time’s been running …running to
And I been wondering….been wondering, wondering,wondering, wondering about ..you
Just when I think our love is strong, just when I think it could go on
When I think that we made it…when I think that we made it
Walking but it seems to be, walking down a dead end street
when I think we made it, when I think we made it
I’ve been trying but you’re not buying...what I’ve been putting down
I can tell you’re leaving, that you’ve been cheating, that you’ve been running round
I been misguided, got no choice so I’ve decided, that I got to leave
With a love that’s so one-sided, I can’t, I can’t, I can’t hardly breathe
Just when I think I figured out, what our love is all about
when I think we made it, when I think we made it
We find a way to take our luck, to take our love and fuck it up
When I think we made it, when I think we made it
I’ve been trying but you’re not buying...what I’ve been putting down
I can tell you’re leaving, that you’ve been cheating, that you’ve been running round
You play me for a fool....You play me for a fool
You play me for a fool... All I wanted was the truth
I been wondering, where the time’s been running …running to
And I been wondering….been wondering, wondering,wondering, wondering about ..you
Just when I think our love is strong, just when I think it could go on
When I think that we made it…when I think that we made it
Walking but it seems to be, walking down a dead end street when I think we made it, when I think we made it.....
WRITTEN BY
SPENCER MCKINNON AND THE VANRAYS
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10. |
Up In Smoke
02:40
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Up In Smoke:
Remember it, you done me wrong, ya
Just another hit in your little bong, ya
You took my heart and lit it on fire
It turned to smoke and the flames went higher
Got to cut you loose got to sever the ties
Cause you smoke the truth like a pack of lies
You took our love and you lit it up
It turned to smoke but it’s not enough
All my hopes...gone up in smoke
You lie about everything... blowin’ your smoke rings
What you trying to be... Smoke in my eyes so I cannot see
That your were running... running out on me
What a mess but you got your charms, ya
But who’d of guessed you could cause so much harm,ya
You took my heart and lit it on fire
It started to smoke and the flames went higher
You took our love and you lit it up
It turned to smoke but it’s not enough
baby all my hopes... gone up in smoke
WRITTEN BY
SPENCER MCKINNON AND THE VANRAYS
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The Vanrays Vancouver, British Columbia
EastVan Soul:
It's a Motown beat down in a shark skin suit. It's wailing like its gospel while they're laying in the
boots. It's a curb stomping rhythm on the corner of control. It's a nod in the direction, when all the shoes had leather souls. And to when those shoes were twisting, to Otis and to James. And so now do, The Vanrays too, we are here to do the same.
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