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NIght owl envies the mourning dove

Produced by Sam Kassirer and Caitlin Canty

Recorded by Colin Lester Fleming at the Great North Sound Society

Additional recording by David Chalfant at Norfolk Studios

Mixed by Sam Kassirer at MEFFA

Mastered by Dan Cardinal at Dimension Sound Studios

Photography by Laura Partain and David McClister

Art direction by Fetzer Design

Caitlin Canty - Vocals, Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar

Jeremy Moses Curtis - Bass

Rich Hinman - Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Baritone electric guitar, Lap steel, Pedal steel

Sam Kassirer - Organ, Piano, Pump Organ, Wurlitzer Electric Piano

Matt Lorenz - Backing Vocals

Ray Rizzo - Drums, Percussion

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY CAITLIN CANTY, QUIET FLAME PUBLISHING (ASCAP) EXCEPT, “HEARTACHE DON’T LIVE HERE” BY CAITLIN CANTY / JAMEY JOHNSON, POLISHIT (SESAC)

1. Hotter Than Hell (4:33)

2. Open the Window (3:34)

3. Strangers / Lovers (4:08)

4. Electric Guitar (3:38)

5. High on a Lie (4:13)

6. Dear Home Again (3:26)

7. Don’t Worry About Nothing (3:47)

8. Bird Dog (3:16)

9. Cruel (3:38)

10. Night Owl / Mourning Dove (4:48)

11. Heartache Don’t Live Here (3:36)

LYRICS

Hotter Than Hell

Dog days of August and a run of double shifts

Burning heat from the kitchen a nodding fan could never lift

My hair curled like heat waves from the hood of that truck

We found a dirt road to leave a cloud of our dust

And we’d haul far as we could

Way back in the mountains, black cherry wood

Hotter than hell your heart in my hand

The thunder of blood drumming through the land

My body the land

Threw a blanket down in the high grass kicking apples at our feet

More fruit bruised and honeyed than a man could ever eat

Bees buzzed around us in the dizzy hum of summer

Hunting through the lines of trees for one lost lover

I can recall where we stood

Way back in the mountains, black cherry wood

Hotter than hell your heart in my hand

The thunder of blood drumming through the land

My body the land

In the shade of a sugar maple my head heavy on your chest

Prying wind pushed up leaves with the rising of your breath

The sky turned electric with a crash of sober rain

And the cold that comes after the fever breaks

Years flash by faster than you think they will

The sweat on your neck I can taste it still

When the thunder echoes off those distant hills

Where we stood way back in the mountains

Black cherry woods

Hotter than hell your heart in my hands

The thunder of blood drumming through the land

My body the land

Open the Window

Open the window

Let the night roll in

Take me by the hand

Let the record spin

Forget about the dishes

Forget what I said

Open the window

Let the night roll in

Tell me you love me

Could stand to hear it again

Listen to the song

Spin me round the kitchen

Who cares about the mess

What the neighbors might be thinking

Open the window

Let the night roll in

Don’t wait til tomorrow

Don’t let one more moment pass

Looking for the right time

Looking for the best line

Grab my hand right now

Open the window

Let the night roll in

Take me by the hand

Spin me round the kitchen

Let the moon watch us dancing

Let the stars listen in

Open the window

Strangers / Lovers

I would have to be polite

I would have to dress up nice

I’m sure I’d burn a lot of toast

I’d miss my dog the most

No one would ask me where I’m going

No one would ask me where I’ve been

We’d have to be strangers to be lovers again

I can see us at the start

Right in time two beating hearts

And to catch your sparkling eye

I didn’t even have to try

Now if I set this room on fire

It wouldn’t spark your attention

We’d have to be strangers to be lovers again

Once you heard what I was thinking

Knew how every line would end

Do we have to be strangers to be lovers again

Electric Guitar

Do you feel dog tired

Is your mind a cloudy sky

Do you comfort yourself with

It’s OK you gave it a try

Up ahead that kid’s running

Like a dog let off his leash

Do you catch yourself wondering

How it’d feel to be that free

Did you put down that electric guitar you bought but never play

Standing up in the middle of the night like you’re the one breaking day

Has it been some time now

Since you heard that cocksure voice

Telling you how it goes now

Cutting through domestic noise

Do you feel the sound tugging like a child at your sleeve

Does your heart start thumping but it cannot find the beat

Did you put down that electric guitar you bought but never play

Standing up in the middle of the night like you’re the one breaking day

Did you learn every word to a song that you swore you would never play

Did you cast all your seeds just before the big storm blew them all away

Can that wild wind carry you back to the day you found

That electric guitar you bought but never play

Standing up in the middle of the night like you’re the one breaking day

You get so down you don’t know why

You spent it all gave it a try

You put it down you left it behind

You feel so tired you just wanna cry just like the day you found that electric guitar you bought but never play

Standing up in the middle of the night like you’re the one breaking day

Did you put down that electric guitar you bought but never play

Standing up in the middle of the night like you’re the one breaking day

High on a Lie

Dark eyes whiskey breath

Another wasted Sunday morning

You put your big heart to the test

Found it can give out without warning

He saw a taller tree

He tried to cut you down

That man did a number on you

But you still hung around

Getting high getting high on a lie

Did she walk right through your door

Did she bat her pretty eyes

Told a dirty joke you’d heard before

Made you feel 25

Getting high getting high on a lie

Did your mama raise you up

Just to watch you sit around

Getting high getting high on a lie

Getting high getting high

Who told you you shouldn’t feel pain

Must have been trying to sell you something

Nothing ever goes your way

They’ll show you someone else to blame

Dark eyes whiskey breath

Another wasted Sunday morning

Dear Home Again

I’m setting out on a deep ocean

Will I see my dear home again

I’m setting out bright eyes open

Oh will I see my dear home again

The swaying fields goldenrod blue aster

The gentle woods the cooling shade

The laughing stream through the greening pasture

Oh will I see my dear home again

Don’t Worry About Nothing

You built a colorful castle

Just to see it get knocked down

By some mean kid who likes to hear the sound of breaking

Feel the power in making nothing

Where something once stood strong

Don’t worry about nothing

A new day keeps coming

Even the morning learned how to break

Now you have a blank page

You’re holding a clean slate

Just like the pavement after a hard rain

Don’t worry about nothing

A new day keeps coming round the bend

Those old trees got knocked down by that big storm

Now every time the wind blows it takes one more

Now every time the wind blows you run and shut the windows

And lock every door

Don’t worry about nothing

A new day keeps coming

Even the morning learned how to break

Now you have a clear view

A forest you can see through

Clear to the dawning of a new day

Don’t worry about nothing

A new day keeps coming round the bend

Your friends are speeding by so fast

And that ain't cheap gas

Driving their dreams past your little home

While you’re stacking green wood

And if things go like they should

You’ll watch it dry out good

And go up in smoke

Don’t worry about nothing

A new day keeps coming

Now there is nothing in your way

Hey you got a blank page

You’re holding a clean slate

Just like black pavement after a hard rain

Don’t worry about nothing

Our day is coming round the bend

Bird Dog

There’s a bird dog barking out in the yard

And a heartache hounding me

No matter how far I get away from it

Haven’t I spent enough time

Enough crying

Enough

I can hear your voice

Echo off the mountains

I still hear your voice

Swinging through the yard

Like birds around the fountain

Singing like church bells

Ringing like hell through this town

There’s a bird dog barking out in the yard

And a heartache hounding me

No matter how far I get away from it

Haven’t I spent enough time

Enough crying

Enough

I can hear your heart

Beating every door down

I still hear your heart

Knocking through the walls

Like a wrecking ball hellbent on taking down

Everything I ever loved

There’s a bird dog barking out in the yard

And a heartache hounding me

No matter how far I get away from it

Haven’t I spent enough time

Enough crying

Enough

Sliver of a silver moon

A hangnail hanging on the darkening edge of blue

Like I’ve been hanging on to memories

Haven’t I spent enough time enough lying enough trying enough crying

Enough

Enough time enough crying

Enough

Cruel

How can a man be so cruel

He was once a child too

How many times will I be fooled

How can a man be so cruel

How long can I stand by

Watching from the sidelines

How much louder must they cry

How long will I stand by

Listening for the clatter of the hero’s hooves riding in to save the day

All I hear is a lone heart beating against the walls of its cage

How can a man be so cruel

He was once a child too

How many times will I be fooled

How can a man be so cruel

Night Owl / Mourning Dove

I might stay in the mountains

Never come down never come down

In the blueblack morning the first light cold

I see how I could let go

Night owl envies the mourning dove

Two new lovers

Hands tied in a bow

Your town gave me clementines

And a flat tire

A handwritten note

How could I let go

And leave the street where I met you

And leave the stairs where we fell in love

And leave the redbud and hackberry

And the nest of our mourning dove, Night owl

Night owl envies the mourning dove

I might stay in the mountains

Never come down never come down

Night owl envies the mourning dove

Two lovers hands tied

Night owl

I might stay in the mountains

Never come down never come down

Heartache Don’t Live Here

By Caitlin Canty and Jamey Johnson

For the first time in a long time the sun shines

And the shadows have nowhere to hide

Morning comes singing a breeze through the pines

And the windows are all open wide

In some ways the old place feels brand new

Brighter than ever before

Has a little more space than it used to

Heartache don’t live here no more

Those old blues they still do come knocking

Nobody answers the door

That burden can just keep on walking

Heartache don’t live here no more

Lay down alone on a long night

Leaving on the porch light

Hoping that trouble don’t darken the door

Heartache don’t live here no more