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Basement Miscellany 2024

by David Booth

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1.
A Million Flowers 03:08
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A Million Flowers © 5/22/2022 If I could, I’d wrap you up and keep you warm. Hold you safe here in my arms forever. If I could, I’d pick you up when you fall. Be around for you anytime you call. If I could I’d grow a garden all around your bed, A million flowers where you rest your head. But I know, oh, I know, I know, I know, Love is always letting go. If I could, I’d keep you clean and keep you strong. Take the blows for you whenever you get wrong. If I could, I’d bind the stranger in your mind. Find those precious pearls you had to leave behind. If I could, I’d raise a shelter for you down by the lake, Where you could banish fear and heartache. Chorus Bridge If I could, I’d lock the oil in the ground; I’d make the soldiers throw their weapons down. If I could, I’d see the birds back in the sky; I’d watch the years roll gently by. If I could, I’d make it better when I go. If I could, I’d make it better when I go. Chorus Outro If I could, I’d wrap you up and keep you warm. Hold you safe here in my arms forever. If I could I’d grow a garden for you all around your bed, About a million flowers where you rest your head.
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Before It Drifted In 04:00
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Before It Drifted In © 3/18/2015 5/12/2019 I wish I’d heard you a little better I wish I’d seen you as you are I wish I’d noticed more what made you grin I wish I’d kept your old guitar I wish I’d known just what you wanted I wish I’d known just when and how I wish I’d known enough to love you back then The way I love you now I guess I should have read your letters I should have known what might have been I guess it had to snow and snow and snow some more Before it drifted in You were my “angel of the morning” You were the sky; you were the ground You were the only one to follow me around Picking up what I broke down Chorus Interlude Bridge Headlights strung out on the highway The wind is up, the sun is low Turn my back, turn the key Turn up somewhere, I don’t know Chorus
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Hammock in the Trees 03:56
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Hammock in the Trees © 6/20/2012 You and I should hang a hammock in the trees Bring our books out and a blanket for the breeze Lie together just as long as we please I’m for you and you’re for me. You and I should plant a garden all our own Beets and greens out in the yard You and I should watch the seasons come and go Turn the soil over and see what grows. Chorus It’s a world of mystery, You bet on cards that you don’t see, Turn your boat to the open sea, Baby, I’m for you and you’re for me. You and I should keep one little secret – Something no one else needs to know, You and I should keep one quiet place Where we will find each other when storms blow. You and I should throw the window open wide Just to hear the crazy chorus of people passing by; And they’llhear us, too, we laugh and we cry. There ain’t no rhyme or reason, and there ain’t nothing to hide. Chorus Bridge Time might be so sweet; time might be cruel But you’ll always be my only love and I will always be a fool for you. You and I should grow old together, Watch the sun rise and set You and I should watch each other’s backs, We should give as good as we get And hang a hammock in the trees, Bring our books out and a blanket for the breeze Lie together just as long as we please, Cuz I’m for you and you’re for me. No matter, no matter what will be I’m for you and you’re for me. No matter, no matter what will be I’m for you, and you, you’re for me.
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Hang On 03:43
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Hang On © 9/29/2018 When I’m old and tired, and I can’t bear the news When I can’t make sense of anything, when I can’t tie my shoes When I can’t shake the feeling I’m not where I’m s’posed to be I’ll hang on to you, you hang on to me. When my legs grow weary, and my eyes begin to fail When I get lost in a grocery store, when I forget the mail When I can’t shake the feeling someone’s laughing at me I’ll hang on to you, you hang on to me. Chorus Cuz you have known me since my better days When I could sing in tune, turn a phrase And you see me still as I want to be Unafraid, fancy-free Interlude Chorus When I’m old and worried, and I don’t know what to say, When I can’t explain the problem, when I get in the way. When I can’t shake the feeling people look right through me I’ll hang on to you, and you hang on to me Outro Cuz you have known me since my better days When I could sing in tune, turn a phrase But things move so fast now, changes every day I misplace the words for things I really need to say, anyway I’ll hang on to you, you hang on to me I’ll hang on to you, you hang on to me I’ll hang on to you, you hang on to me
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Keep Anything I Left 03:48
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Keep Anything I Left © 10/1/2019 You were at the laundromat, at least that’s what your roommate said Then she called you up at your new boyfriend’s and you came running with your face all red. I see so clearly now, what I overlooked before If you ever loved me, you don’t love me anymore I got out ahead of things, dreaming a future for us both Wedding vows and wedding rings, wedding dances and wedding toasts Matching dishes all our own, a house and a mortgage loan Now I know: I was just your stepping stone. Chorus I’m moving on, I’m moving on I gave it all I had and now it’s gone. I’m gonna leave you two, you can make your brand new start I’ll try a brand new city to live in, maybe a brand new heart Turn my back on the setting sun, chase my shadow to the sea Count the waves and let them roll right up to me. Double Chorus (second half instrumental) Then the car quit running when I got to Portland, Maine Just died on the side of 295 in the middle of a driving rain So I took stock of my options from the comfort of the breakdown lane And I spelled your name in the fog on a window pane Chorus and Outro Moving on, I’m moving on I gave it all I had and now it’s gone. So let me be, let me be You can keep anything I left, but let me be. You can keep anything I left, but let me be. You can keep anything I left, but let me be. You can keep anything I left
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Last Remains 04:02
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Last Remains © 5/11/2011 Revised 4/6/2020 Used to be a fever How’d it get so cold? Everything used to be new It gets old. So I been looking in your eyes I been thinking about your touch I’ve been listening for clues in your voice But you don’t say much. Chorus And I’m dragging the river Dragging the river Dragging the river just looking for a trace of your love. I guess you showed your cards last night Trading shots with a joker named Bill Closing time I couldn’t find you And I bet I never will You don’t pick up your phone You don’t pick up your mail Time to get the dogs out, baby Put the hounds on the trail Chorus Instrumental on Verse Bridge I’m dragging the river Underneath the bridge By the muddy bank, where you went in Yeah, I’m dragging the river Dragging the river Dragging the river just trying to find a trace of your love. I’m gonna take it so much lighter now Easy come and easy go Cuz I’ve been around the block, I know what I know. You will never find peace You will never be blessed ‘Til the last remains of love Are laid to rest.
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Live In the Trees 04:30
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Live in the Trees © 2013 If I had a doctor and she had the cure, Just the right medication, powerful and pure She’d fix me up at the pharmacy Oh, pretty baby, you wouldn’t recognize me With all the right pills, and therapy, And healthier habits, maybe some old folk remedy, I’d drown all my demons, drown ‘em in the deep blue sea, Oh, pretty baby, you wouldn’t recognize me I’d be smiling the whole day through I would be smiling just like you And you wouldn’t recognize me Up in the treetops at the break of day Birds in a concert, beautiful and gay If I had wings, or a melody I’d live in the trees And you wouldn’t recognize me. I’d be smiling the whole day through I would be smiling just like you With all they know now about chemistry There’s no excuse to be blue And you wouldn’t recognize me. If I had wings, or a melody I’d live in the trees And you wouldn’t recognize me. I would be smiling the whole day through I would be smiling just like you With subtle changes in my chemistry I’d have no reason to be And you wouldn’t recognize me
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Nothing To Me Now 04:05
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Nothing To Me Now © 1/31/2015 We had a sweet thing, didn’t we? But that was then and this is now. We made your daddy turn his head around. But that was then and this is now. What made you think you could just walk up to my door again like, “Hey, baby, it’s me.” Cuz it’s nothing to me now; nothing to me now Just a habit I’ll learn to live without You know it’s nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing to me now. I used to eat you up like candy. I used to lick you from my lips. I look back now and I wonder. Was there a warning I missed? What made you think you could just walk up to my door again like, “Hey, baby, it’s me.” Cuz it’s nothing to me now; nothing to me now Just a habit I’ll learn to live without You know it’s nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing to me now. Bridge I know you had your reasons; I know you had to go You left your coffee getting cold on the patio I never saw it coming; I never see It’s a bad memory; it’s a broken melody But it’s nothing to me now; nothing to me now I used to wake up with my face in the sun. But that was then and this is now. I never worried ‘bout anyone. But that was then and this is now. I used to dream you would walk right up to my door again like, “Hey, baby, it’s me.” But it’s nothing to me now; nothing to me now Just a habit I’ll learn to live without You know it’s nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing to me now. Ah, Ah, Ah, nothing to me now Ah, Ah, Ah, nothing to me now Ah, Ah, Ah
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The Devil Works for Free 04:40
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The Devil Works for Free © 10/22/2023 Cold wind in the north, hot wind in the south Trouble on the mountain top, taste of metal in your mouth All around, the clashing creeds; it’s all the devil needs He was on the dusty border when the captains gave the order Young men running in the dark, guns in the air Daybreak comes, a mother weeps; the devil plays for keeps Chorus I just wanna sleep at night, wake up in the morning light Keep my children safe and fed; Work and Love and Pray I don’t want no part of killing; but the devil gets his way Big man behind a desk, he can’t run and he can’t rest A row of medals on his chest, by the hollow place that can’t be blessed He wants the land, he signs the deals; the devil steals At his word the rockets fly, but there’s a beam stuck in his eye He can’t see it when they cry, where other mother’s children die Blames it on the other side; the devil lied Chorus Instrumental And now he’s at the capitol with the fools up on the hill Working up a brand new mess of angry words to serve the press Tiny hands, so much to prove; the devil’s on the move So look on down the road ahead, you know you walk where people fled You can always do what’s right; everybody’s blood runs red Does the devil win or lose? You gotta choose. Chorus (outro)
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What I Need 03:53
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What I Need © 9/27/2022 I don’t need you to be a hero I don’t need you to rescue me I don’t need you to tell me any fairy tales Let’s keep it on the level, baby, that’s the key Chorus What I need is your smile in the morning What I need is your kisses in the night When you wrap your loving arms around me Everything’s all right. I don’t need you to make me famous I don’t need you to make me rich I don’t need you to sugar-coat the facts You know I get it, sometimes life’s a bitch Chorus I look around and there’s a lot of crazy people Talking crazy talk and telling big lies They get high on the damage and confusion They get a laugh wrecking people’s lives It’s like a rainstorm banging on the window It’s like a wind stirring trouble in the night So come on, darling, wrap your arms around me Then I know it could be all right I don’t need you to live in a mansion Don’t need to ride in a limousine I don’t need to see my picture on the cover Of the New York Times Sunday Magazine Chorus
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Where Do I Go Now? 03:35
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Where Do I Go Now? 9/20/2021 © 10/26/2021 Oh my favorite people! Oh my favorite places! I used to know the way to go to find my favorite faces. Then I got confused, north turned west and east turned south. I got turned and turned around; words just vanished from my mouth. I had a map; I kept it in my head. I always knew the way to go, I saw it in bright red. But now the map dissolves; all the tangled colors bleed. Signs refuse to speak to me; I’m unsafe at any speed. Chorus So where do I go now? Where do I go now? I used to know my way around, But where do I go now? I could lie down in my bed; and rise up once again. Any time, I did not mind, dark and dawn, they were my friends. But now they drag me down; my body dangles from my head. I could take up arms once again or close my eyes instead. Chorus Where do I go now? Where do I go now? I’ve seen the world from up and down, But where do I go now? Instrumental Bridge I could keep on riding in the rain, up these hills so steep. Or I could I ask the man to bring me something strong to help me sleep. Chorus (long) So where do I go now? Where do I go now? I used to know my way around But where do I go now? Where do I go now? Where do I go now? I’ve seen the world from up and down But where do I go now?
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Out of Arizona 03:54
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Now I think back on what Louisa said The day we sold the store: “Take care what you dare, old man, You might get what you’re asking for.” I came down here to find some comfort Take my last few years at ease Let the desert sun relieve me Check the ladies in the bright capris ‘Cuz sixty years of angry winters Are buried deep down in my knees So you can keep your old woolly sweaters And you can sell my skinny skis I’m done with the cold I won’t be cold again I’ve had enough, I called the bluff I took the money off the table and ran Instrumental Now here I am in Arizona Bought me a house on the thirteenth tee There’s a valley called Paradise But it’s too damn hot for me. It’s three weeks and counting Still a hundred and ten degrees They got no water to fill up a toilet They keep the water on the emerald greens Somebody turned the heat up Turned the heat way up high They call it a bird rising up from the ashes You know it’s a man down deep fat fried Instrumental Let’s get out of Arizona Let’s get out while we still can Yeah, there’s a valley called “Paradise” But the streets are hotter than a frying pan I guess it’s back to Minnesota With a fading snowbird tan Lord knows I hate the winter But I can handle summer with a window fan Still I can’t shake what my Louisa said The day we left the store: “Take care what you dare, old man, You might get what you’re asking for.”

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released January 30, 2024

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David Booth Minneapolis, Minnesota

David Booth’s music works the familiar literary veins of love, railroads, and the culinary arts, with musical grooves from Nashville to Plaquemines Parish to Austin to Abbey Road. These are songs from a person in “the middle of life’s way” -- and by turns they offer consolation, comfort, righteous indignation, and wry commentary on life’s strange scenes. ... more

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