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Stitches And Incisions

by Allison Brown

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just1jane The singing and playing is amazing and the lyrics have a fun sense of humour. Favorite track: Scavengers.
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1.
Model Railroad Town A.Brown 2014 Don’t you want to live in a model railroad town? Waving at the train as it circles around Time has stopped on the hands of the station clock And the only thing that’s moving is the train Somebody brought it home from the church rummage sale Took it down the basement connected all the rails Painted white clouds on a bright blue sky And the sun shines like a 60 watt light From the old stone church to the library From the lumberyard to the candy store The world is as big as the ping-pong table And the train only ever takes me back to my own front door From the old stone church to the library From the lumberyard to the candy store The world is as big as the ping-pong table And the train only ever takes me back to my own front door Don’t you want to live in a model railroad town? Waving at the train as it circles around Time has stopped on the hands of the station clock And the only thing that’s moving is the train The only thing that’s moving is the train
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Invisible Line – A.Brown 2015 It’s eleven am and there’s a thick haze rising off the piles of petroleum coke On the east side of town there’s a big black cloud Something’s going up in smoke And there’s always something burning on the other side There’s always something burning on the other side In the shadow of the distant city for miles around you can see Dissolved dreams of five dollar days; the arsenal of democracy Three big bullets pointed right up at the sky Three big bullets pointed right up at the sky There’s an invisible line Between your heart and mine I would cross that bridge of stars Just to get to where you are Is there any love left in the city with the hollow heart? Is there any love left in the city with the hollow heart? I stare out at the water and I hope you’re not offended I’ve been wishing that your border was a little less defended Every time I see you we have so much to say Love is so close but its so far away The red light flashes off and on a pulse with a steady beat There’s that rumbling sound that could knock it all down Like a plywood movie scene The sun starts to sink and everything turns pink The sky and the city meet I can see right through the empty office towers I wonder if they see through me I wonder if they can see right through me? There’s an invisible line Between your heart and mine And I would cross that bridge of stars Just to get to where you are Is there any love left in the city with the hollow heart? Is there any love left in the city with the hollow heart? Is there any love left in the city with the hollow heart?
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All Our Emergencies ~ A. Brown / W. Gillespie 2013 This is where they send you when you get in trouble That’s the door you walk through when no one will take you in This is where they save the godless daughters of the devil This is where they take them when they start to show their sin This is where they send you when they scrape you off the sidewalk This is where they pull the shards of glass out of your eye That’s the door you walk out when they put you back together This is where they hold your hand and say you’ll be alright If you’ll be alright Bad luck and bad decisions Stitches and incisions All our disease All our emergencies We just threw them at her feet Now she looks so lonesome as she’s crumbling abandoned The doors are locked the fence is high the weeds are growing tall Walking by you look up and you can’t help but imagine Behind which of these boarded windows your first breath was drawn Bad luck and bad decisions Stitches and incisions All our disease All our emergencies We just threw them at her feet How many nameless voices are still quiet waiting patient How many ghosts still linger waiting for a resting place What will we find when they tear it down to the foundation There are some wounds that never heal and scars you can’t erase Bad luck and bad decisions Stitches and incisions All our disease All our emergencies We just threw them at her feet
4.
Your Enemy 05:11
Your Enemy ~ A. Brown ~ 2013 Sometimes I wonder what you might be up to right now You’re probably leaping tall buildings in a single bound Not like me laying around on the couch – again While you’re flying high above the clouds And I’m still on the ground I can’t get out of this little square I’ve been drawn inside And none of my evil schemes ever work out right So I’ll get back to work on plotting your demise – again And act so surprised when the good guys always win No matter what the premise is Everybody needs a nemesis Somebody who just never quits Trying to take you down What if I don’t want to be your enemy What if I don’t want to be your enemy anymore..? Faster than bullet speed you must miss a lot I’m short on superpowers but I still haven’t got caught Don’t need no secret identity, don’t have a day job I feel like giving up but I just can’t stop I’m not saying that we could be friends If we quit fighting then the story ends Guess I’ll always be around the bend Trying to take you down What if I don’t want to be your enemy What if I don’t want to be your enemy anymore?
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Scavengers 03:21
Scavengers – A.Brown 2015 Pick it up pick it up pick it up and take it away Nobody will miss it in the light of day Under streetlights everything shines Everything looks like gold Picking at the bones of a long gone industry Miles of copper wire missing its electricity Behind crumbling walls ready to fall There’s treasure to be sold We are the scavengers We’re only doing what works We’re not all freaks, we’re not all jerks We are the scavengers And we’re just trying to get by It ain’t stealing if it gets left behind Pretty girls never fall in love with the junkman Coming home in the morning with the cuts on their dirty hands Everybody’s got their sharp edges Everybody’s heart is plated in steel Take a blowtorch to it see what it can reveal We are the scavengers We’re only doing what works It might look bad but it could get worse We are the scavengers And we’re just trying to get by It ain’t stealing if it gets left behind Everybody’s got a little iron running through their veins We all need to hustle to be worth our weight Everything is precious if you’re looking hard enough Throw it in the truck before it starts to rust Throw it in the truck before it starts to rust Everything is precious Everything is precious It ain’t stealing if it gets left behind It ain’t stealing if it gets left behind
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Recorded, mixed and mastered by Andy Magoffin at The House Of Miracles in Preston, Ontario in May 2013 and June 2015.

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released August 1, 2015

Allison Brown ~ Vocals & Guitar
Marshall Bureau ~ Drums
J.J.Ipsen ~ Piano, Wurlitzer, Hammond Organ
Jedd House ~ Upright Bass (1, 2, 5, 8)
Uncle Dan Henshall ~ Mandolin & Upright Bass (3, 4, 6, 7)
Chris Crossroads ~ Banjo
Scotty Hughes ~ Guitars (3, 4, 6, 7)
“Lonesome Lefty” Mike Houston ~ Violin (3, 4, 6, 7)
Vera Colley ~ Accordion
Martin Horak ~ Violin, Cello and Harmony Vocals (1, 2, 5, 8)
Bryan Wright ~ Electric Guitars (5, 8)

Martin’s harmony vocal recorded by Ryan Binhammer at CHRW, London, Ontario.

Photography by Mike Borgeault, Artwork by Shaela Kinting and Album Design by Melissa Parrott.

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Allison Brown Windsor, Ontario

ALLISON BROWN loves to sing a great song. She brings her distinctly tuneful, powerful voice to her endless collection of hand-picked roots music repertoire alongside crafted original songs. She provides the framework for her songs with steady, delicate guitar in her signature rhythmic finger-style. She brings her truest personality to the stage in a refreshing conversation with the audience. ... more

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