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Put It Out

by The Vanrays

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1.
Lovin' Man 04:00
___________ 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
2.
__________________ 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
3.
Hard Times 04:41
_____________ 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
4.
___________________ 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
5.
_________________ 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
6.
____________________ 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
7.
Heap of Ruin 04:33
_____________ 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
8.
Put It Out 03:54
_________ 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
9.
Made It 05:47
________ 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
10.
Up In Smoke 02:40
____________ 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

about

It's been a journey. The recording sessions for Put it Out began just before the onset of the pandemic. The world went into lockdown and we were forced to adapt.

With only bed tracks recorded before the lockdown, we were forced to improvise. We remotely finished a couple songs as demos compete with Zoom-like videos that we released as "The Social Distanced Demos" here on Bandcamp.

Slowly, we completed recording the album, instrument by instrument. We filmed a video. Gigs began to return. We finished a video. We mixed and mastered and waited for backed up pressing plants.

And now, finally we can "Put It Out"

Find the PUT IT OUT videos here:
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released February 11, 2023

The Vanrays:

SPENCER MCKINNON - VOCALS
GORDON REMPEL - ORGAN & ELECTRIC PIANO
BRIAN BAR - GUITAR
PHIL ADDINGTON - BASS GUITAR
ERIC LOWE - DRUMS & BACKING VOCALS
JOSE BLANCO - TRUMPET
MELISSA LEE - SAXOPHONE & BACKING VOCALS
NEIL BLISS - TROMBONE

Special Guest
SHELLEY PRESTON - BACKING VOCALS

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY
SPENCER MCKINNON AND THE VANRAYS

PRODUCED BY SCOTT FLETCHER

RECORDED AT PARK SOUND BY DAN PONICH
AND AT THREE CAT SOUND BY BRIAN BARR

ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY BRIAN BARR

MASTERED BY CRAIG WADELL AT GOTHAM CITY STUDIOS

ALBUM DESIGN BY MELISSA LEE

BONERATTLE RECORDS 2022
© 2023 SOCAN/BMI

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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. ... more

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