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Three

by Josh McIntosh

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    This album was recorded and mixed by Mario Previti and produced by myself. I'm very proud to have worked with top shelf musicians like Jason Lynn who brings years of study and experience to the drums and adds rhythms from around the world to the very American arrangements that I'm writing. Also Don Bassey who's tone is impeccable and chops are undeniable on the electric bass guitar. These guys really know how to play, and I'm grateful for their contributions!
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1.
I'd Rather Be A Melody Josh McIntosh Babe it just might be that I wasn't born to lead Yeah, it's been a while since I was accused of diplomacy But if it's true a man can be what he decides to be then I'd rather be a melody You could tell me I was next in line for king Put me on the mountain, offer all that i could see You might even tell me you were gonna be my queen But I'd rather be a melody Whatever else you're thinking You can count on me But I'd rather be a melody...
2.
New Definition ©josh mcintosh men of ambition seek power and position but leave their family home wishin' wife washing dishes in the kitchen It's an age old tradition seen from a different position same as it always has been it's just a new definition things change... it ain't always easy to measure how sometimes pain comes from pleasure, how always becomes never yeah, it's a difficult endeavor but you'll be light as a feather as long as you can remember that some friendships are fleeting like family is forever things change but family is forever things change like a melody on the breeze. but looking down from the ceiling it always looks the same. from the ceiling. But things change....again with feeling men of ambition seek power and position by using simple addition they turn the truth into fiction we follow without condition call it our own intuition same as it always has been it's just a new definition things change we go wherever they lead us we end up just where they need us they tell us we shouldn't worry if we get hungry they'll feed us so we get caught in a bubble watching the stock market double but what was once a cool million I think is now seven hundred things change things change like a memory soaked in red wine we bet it all on a feeling but i think we'll be just fine I got a feeling... things change, but not really I been around up and down I been lost and then found I been asleep on the ground after a night on the town But that's only part of the story and you can choose to ignore me or you can follow me home and I'll tell the rest in the morning things change, but not really. or do they? things change like a melody on the breeze but looking down from the ceiling it always looks the same things change like a memory soaked in red wine we bet it all on a feeling but i think we'll be just fine i got a feeling... but things change not really ain't nothing new under the sun ain't no race that ain't already been run ain't no new melodies that ain't already been sung except for maybe this one and we could go on like this for days with a clever word or turn of phrase but i think it's about time for me to say goodbye and i'll be on my way la da da da.... it's just a new definition
3.
I admit to taking some liberties with these classic lyrics Train arrive 16 coaches long Train arrive 16 coaches long Well that long black train Got my baby and gone Train train rolling round the bend Train train rolling round the bend Well it took my baby Away from me again Come down to the station Meet my baby at the gate Asked the station master If the train’s running late He said if you’re a-waiting On that train 444 I hate to tell you son That train don’t stop here anymore mystery train smoking down the line mystery Train smoking down the line Well it took my baby And left poor me behind train....baby took that train Went back down the tracks to find my baby at the railroad station thinking it might just be all in my imagination Heard that whistle blowing It was the middle of the night When I got down to the station That train was pulling out of sight Mystery train smoking down the track Mystery train smoking down the track Well I don’t want no ride Just bring my baby back Well I don’t want no ride Just bring my baby back Well I don’t want no ride Just bring my baby back.....
4.
If I was a fisherman lost on the sea you'd be a compass you'd be a light that i could see by If you were the ocean i'd be the land cover me up with water I will fill with the sand in time If I was a river I'd run deep and wide and straight and true If you were a river I would build a canoe If you were the pen I'd be the word If I was the paper you'd be the hand that kept them pages turning If I was a brush fire you'd be the wind or maybe a gentle breeze to fan the flames and keep them burning If I was a river I'd run deep and wide and straight and true If you were a river I would build a canoe And I'd just go driftin' or like a tumbleweed tumblin' put both of my feet in probably have myself a swim maybe do a little singin' might play my mandolin ride your waterfall violin until we hit the sea again If you were a blue sky I'd be a bird If you were a line of poetry I'd be the ears that hang on every word If I was a singer you'd be the song And you may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one If I was a river I'd run deep and wide and straight and true If you were a river I would build a canoe If you were a river I would build a canoe
5.
I Waited 03:55
You know just how to make me feel like everything is perfect and it's all about me but I been around a while, and i know better gone are those days when i believed everything i see they're gone...those days. those days are gone.... You oughtta be a politician with a face like that you could really blow up the scene but you'd probably be better off if you didn't bother with it it's a pretty rough game and it's bound to mean so long i waited don't prove me wrong and i waited and i"ll keep waiting just as long as i'm breathing i waited i keep waiting baby right here down on my knees when i was a child I filled my days with fiction my imagination never let me down with my head buried in a book or on the living room floor listening to the records i found that shaped the way i see things now like sam stone, peter pan and jesus and when I got a little older I found that I could sing and play So I never really finished school I thought I'd make it up in music Now this is all that i can do there really isn't any more to say So long i waited now those days are gone and i waited and i"ll keep waiting just as long as i'm breathing i waited i keep waiting baby right here down on my knees cuz you know just how to make me feel like everything is perfect and it's all about me but I been around a while, and i know better gone are those days when i believed everything i see
6.
I've spent time in lots of places i been looking to find myself i get all my money at the races i keep letting it ride i been called a man of many faces some even call me a liar but i said my head gets to spinning and a racing i start acting the child but if i cry lay me down slow and lift me up easy give me some time to get on my feet again and find myself again in the light i guess i've been acting crazy i jump into the fire head first my friends they all think i'm lazy but i been walking the wire loveless, cynical and maybe i get tired of trying but this time i swear i will take it easy i don't think it's my time but if i die lay me down slow and lift me up easy give me some time to get on my feet again and find myself again in the light well i've been on this road before i've knocked on every door when i think i've found one open it's locked tight i get lonely more and more i ain't rich but i ain't poor i just need some place that's warm to spend the night and if i cry lay me down slow and lift me up easy give me some time to get on my feet again and find myself again in the light i've spent time in lots of places i been looking to find myself i get all my money at the races i keep letting it ride....letting it ride...letting it ride
7.
Dark Eyes 04:02
run.... while you still can she got that wood faerie dark magic make you forget where you been and when she comes it'll take your wind it'll take a piece of your life span but still you don't want it to end it ain't cuz she's young that she can't be your friend it ain't the sweetness about her that keeps you from drinking her all in it's those dark eyes and it's that crooked smile it's those dark eyes those dark eyes that keep you out long past closing time she like your tongue and your influence she likes the way you choose your words not just for meaning but for rhythm and cadence she don't play dumb but she likes to be led she likes to whisper secrets and leave you to wonder what she said yeah, she's fun but she got no regrets she'll fill your head up with images you'll wish you could forget but those dark eyes and that crooked smile those dark eyes those dark eyes remind you that something just ain't right don't be confused a man could get used to this kind of treatment better hold on tight dark eyes will keep you up with bad dreams all night so run.... while you still can she got that wood faerie dark magic make you forget where you been
8.
when i was a young man i would get out of my head when i could but that didn't do me no good i'm a needle in a haystack locked in my room stinking of beer and perfume sucking down gospel and blues i'm a pony at the feed bag baby i'm gonna put this down i'm gonna put this down i'm gonna put it down i don't need to tell you can see that all of these riffs that i bring flow out me like it ain't no thing i'm a weasle in a hen house look and you'll see both mothers and daughters agree that if ever there way such a thing i'm a keeper and a throw back baby i'm gonna put this down i'm gonna put this down i'm gonna put it down and when the earth shakes you'll know i'm coming when i hit this on the first take i know you'll come running even though it ain't your birthday the gifts keep coming cuz baby even on my worst day i'm giving you something.... baby i'm gonna put this down i'm gonna put this down i'm gonna put it down if i was a one woman man girl i would never leave your side if i was a one woman man girl i would never leave your side cuz i know a red headed woman she won't never leave me dry whether early in the morning afternoon or late at night whether early in the morning afternoon or late at night she give me everything i want she always treat me right baby if i didn't know better i would swear you came to fight baby if i didn't know better i would swear you came to fight girl you beat me up so bad though i resist with all my might baby i'm gonna put this down i'm gonna put this down i'm gonna put it down when i was a young man i would get out of my head when i could but that didn't do me no good i'm a needle in a haystack
9.
Before I Go 03:46
I'd been sleeping for some hours Just woke up and you were there Like the morning, like the flowers Sunlight whispering in my ear Red tail hawk shooting down the canyon Put me on that wind he rides I will be your true companion When we reach the other side I will try and I will stumble But I will fly, he told me so Proud and high or low and humble Many miles before I go Can't decide which way to travel On the ground or in the sky All my schemes have come unraveled All that's left is you and I And I will try and I will stumble but I will fly, he told me so Proud and high or low and humble Many miles before I go there's ghosts on the trees there's ghosts on the wires Asking questions and showing signs Shivering with truth they are lighting fires Lighting fires all down the line And I will try, and I will stumble But I will fly, he told me so Proud and high or low and humble Many miles before I go

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released August 1, 2010

Josh McIntosh- Lyrics, Vox, Guitars
Jason Lynn- Drums
Don Bassey- Bass
Tom Drohan- Double Bass
Mario Previti- Engineer
graphics- Molly Tuttle

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