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Take Long My Lighthouse Cowboy [Demos]

by Callum Cheah

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1.
Sardines In Poppies 05:50
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Overwhelmed and underfed Dry your tears to show you’re not upset Tell yourself it’s as good as it gets Ignore the marks appearing in your legs I love it when you’re sprawled across the bed And your fingers they linger on pale bits of flesh The cracks in your lips are filled up with the sips From the bottle you throttle the neck of I’d sing so happily to your bones Though I know it’s your heart that must feel alone And it’s cold, it’s the winter that comes in the spring And I’ll bring you the beautiful things of the night The trees the wave at me When I walk past the cemetery And I loathe the dead in my head Cause I’ll never quite know if I’d rather be with them instead Of drinking alone with your voice as the drone While I stumble back home The ceiling here’s not as clearly defined As the whites of your eyes I’d sing so happily to your bones Though I know it’s your heart that must feel alone And it’s cold, it’s the winter that comes in the spring And I’ll bring you the beautiful things of the night And I’d break your thumb and be done with all of this Bastards with broken fists Chew on cigars while crossing their arms Defensively, while I think pensively I’m not quite how the fence became door And the splinters no longer hindered or rot We’re sardines in poppies impossibly brought together And whether you’d like it or not I’d sing so happily to your bones Though I know it’s your heart that must feel alone And it’s cold, it’s the winter that comes in the spring And I’ll bring you the beautiful things of the night You’ll call, but there’s no words left here at all And I’ll fall, until under the blankets we both writhe and crawl And they’ll call, but there’s none of you here at all And appalled I’d pour the liquor, but who has the gall? Chorus: I’d sing so happily to your bones Though I know it’s your heart that must feel alone And it’s cold, it’s the winter that comes in the spring And I’ll bring you the beautiful things of the night And I’ll bring you the beautiful things of the night And I’ll sing until all your bones break just right And I’ll linger here until the morning light And I’ll bring you the beautiful things of the night
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Blue Moon (feat. Monique Marani) [Elvis Presley cover] 02:03
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Blue moon You saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own Blue moon You knew just what I was there for You heard me saying a pray for Someone I really could care for Blue moon You saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own Blue moon Without a love of my own
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High 03:04
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I’m only happy when I’m high now I’m only happy when I’m high now Feeling crappy wanna die now I’m only happy when I’m high now I’m only tired after we speak I’m only tired after we speak My words exhausted and my eyes weak I’m only tired after we talk The joke is I’m smoking In the hopes to fix what is broken I’m only happy when I’m high now I’m only happy when I’m high now Sounds so sappy, sounds so trite I’m only happy when I’m high now I need you here like you need the space I need you here like you need time away Whisper in my ear all the words you can’t replace I need you here like you need the space The joke is I’m hoping You’ll fix what is broken I’m only happy when I’m high now I’m only happy when I’m high now Thoughts they trap me when I lie down I’m only happy when I’m high now
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Still Lovin' You 02:53
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The sky outside my window Will never look as blue Whenever the changing of the seasons come I’m reminded I’m Still lovin’ you When the summer sinks And autumns on the brink I find I drink for two Oh whenever the winter’s air gets in my room I’m reminded I’m Still lovin’ you No matter how far We may drift apart I know my heart beats true Oh whenever my bed gets cold and lonesome I’m reminded I’m Still lovin’ you And on the rainy days When Elvis Presley plays In that haze of blue Oh whenever I feel tired and lonely I’m reminded I’m Still lovin’ you

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Recorded direct onto cassette, unmixed and unmastered. Here are a new collection of demos written in the past month. Special thanks to Monique for spending one of her last nights in the country helping me record the Blue Moon cover.

Inspired by Elvis Presley, Jack Kerouac, exam stress and the paintings in my bedroom

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released June 23, 2018

Written and Recorded by Callum Cheah
Guest Vocals by Monique Marani
Blue Moon by Elvis Presley
Thanks to Josh for being in the photo

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