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Mother Earth

by Brett Wildeman

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1.
Coos 02:27
Grew up on Harlem Hill On the other side town Above the tsunami line We hang our wash to dry Cranberry bogs keep us a float when times get tough Freedom is in the air when seas get rough Coos County is my home It is all I have ever known Born and raised likely die this way Die the way I was shown Clouds go on for days Cover the sky like a maze Oh the rain it pours And the old man he snores
2.
I know exactly what you need Complete opposite of what you are doing Hand in the air, smoke in the other Begging for forgiveness From everybody but yourself Not yourself, not selfless anymore Mother’s medicine she don’t work anymore Mother’s medicine she don’t work anymore Not going to drop from the heavens As there are no heavens to speak of Who is lost, who is forgotten, whose unfound
3.
Our Fathers 03:04
Our fathers grew up together Oh man did they raise some hell The hairs on the necks of their mothers did rose From sunrise to church bells We never knew We never knew We never knew who these boys really were Our fathers grew up together Slinging mud in a place not so far When Burnaby Lake is your big back yard Country life in an urban strip mall Our fathers grew up together Sad yet funny how times flies Birds of a father oh they flock together And our fathers they flew high
4.
Untitled 03:57
Old lovers are having children Still running these streets sinning Looking for a piece of the puzzle missing indeed A woman’s lips were made for kissing Smooth rocks carved for skipping Full moons, lighting naked bodies swimming in the sea Oh I see The way it goes Isn’t always the way it should be The way it goes Isn’t always the way it could be Oh my dear But you’re just, just how you should be to me The Irish Sea is calling me back home Cardigan Bay on the streets where I once roamed Unforgettable times in unpronounceable places Life’s like a river full of salmon don’t waste it Don’t waste it
5.
The Story 06:13
On October 25th Your brother he came to me And said mama I killed a man Could still smell the blood On the skin of his hands And I said son, they gonna make you a man Twenty-five years or life Is what they will give to you At it seems you have yet to learn Oh it seems you have yet to learn And I said woman Please tell me story You know so well December 1st your father came to me He said woman I can no longer sling this dope The high life ain’t the good life It was portrayed to be For sure it ain’t for me But babe I will do What I ever I need to, to be with you Cause you are all I have got And he said Babe I will do Whatever I need to, to be with you Cause you are all I have got On March 1st 1993 The first of seven oh they came to me Their father was gangster A gangster was all he could be Cause when you are born in the Tenderloin Life can be grimy as can be People spreading dope like it’s a diseases When the dog catches its own tail Its been chasing for years Not quite the pit-bull it appears When the dog catches its own tail Its been chasing for years Not quite the pit-bull it appears When you are born in the Tenderloin And bodies wash up in the bay Life is cheap yet death is the price you pay to play
6.
Life's Storm 04:31
I can tell by the look in your eyes That you are worried about me Tears weighted by your smile Tell stories, that are costly Momma don’t cry for me You need sleep more than I do I am not longer a child But I am your child it’s the truth I look left and right at the intersection Before locking eyes with this storm Took the hand of the woman beside me (Oh Lord) A mother’s mothers tasks are never done When weather systems blow in from the west Bringing clouds that are describablely wet Momma there is a roof over my head And there is food, on the table I am young and able Ain’t no fool for these fables people tell
7.
The air it smells of money Brought by company men in the morn The lives we live are battered Beat up and war torn Orange buses kick up dust If not dust slush under dark skies If the labour doesn’t crack you The ammonia will make you cry The soil was once fertile Bison drank from a babbling brook Until 1887 Treaty 7 When the Blackfoot and Crows hands were shook The Queen she smiled fondly Over her newly acquired land Homesteaders planting rows of seeds That’s where the wild rose began Take me away to where the buffaloes once roamed And the hills meet the sky Now a place where wheat kings once stood And now animals are sent to die Take me away to where the buffaloes once roamed And the hills meet the sky Wheat kings once stood tall and free And animals are sent to die
8.
Foreign Affairs You’re not welcome in our community anymore Standoff with democracy, may be resource rich, this is our war Get out of our town now, get out of our hair When oil leaks down that river bend no amount of money can repair Mother earth Please come and stand with us Your sons daughters and family are fighting for your wealth They are waring in the desert, organizing on the coast Taking to the streets of the city vocalizing our common voice Mr. Harper I hope your listening To all your citizens, we didn’t all vote for you Mr. Harper I hope your listening To all your citizens, we didn’t all vote for you Your power is not absolute Lets talk about this problem The one we have got on hand A dependency so deep, the system must repremend The crooks and the thieves, who profit off the way we live A green future is a clean future the rest is all pretend Mr. Harper I hope your listening To all your citizens, we didn’t all vote for you Mr. Harper I hope your listening To all your citizens, we didn’t all vote for you Keep our water blue
9.
Self 00:42
People are ask you what you are do with yourself Friends are asking what you do with yourself Family is asking what you are doing with yourself And you don’t know.

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An album inspired by family and the planet we live on.
Thanks be given to many people. You know who you are.

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released July 8, 2013

Brett Wildman- acoustic & electric guitar, ukulele, harmonica, & vocals
James Law- drums, piano, percussion, & violin (track 4)
Graeme McGillivray- electric guitar & vocals
Sophie Heppell- vocals & violin
Davis Dalgleish- vocals
Adam Stevens- Bass

All songs written by Brett Wildeman (SOCAN)

Recorded during December 2012/January 2013
Engineered by James Law at Strait Sound Studio, Roberts Creek BC
Mixed & mastered by Jon Anderson (Buena Vista Audio)

Album Artwork: Sarah Clement (www.sarahclement.com)
Album Design: April Alayon

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Brett Wildeman Nelson, British Columbia

Brett Wildeman is a guitar strumming, nature loving musician and cyclist who shares his passion for music and the environment through his unique projects and creative initiatives.

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