Brett Every: new album MENU

Featuring:
Brett Every - vocals, guitar, piano, acoustic bass
Lauren Allison - drums
Robin Dixon - double bass, banjo, saw
Estelle Noonan - harmony vocals
Virginia Re - harmony vocals
Stuart West - trumpet, blues harp

SAILOR

Hey there Sailor, why are you dancing alone?
And why’d you choose such a sad song?
He said “Baby, my navy ship sails tomorrow
So tonight might be my last one
     On solid ground with that jukebox & that 80’s sound
     So come wrap your arms around and say –
     ‘I’ll be here on the other side of tonight’”

Hey there Waiter, give us two glasses of
Whatever you've got two glasses of
Cause my baby, his navy ship leaves tomorrow
So that leaves us just 8 hours more
     On solid ground, with that jukebox & that 80’s sound
     So just one more round and say you’ll stay -
     I’ll be here on the other side of tonight
     I’m going nowhere, I’ll be here until daylight

He was a sailor whose name well I did not quite catch
But whose eyes well I will not forget
He said “Maybe, baby, if the sea brings me back
Well I’d sure love to see you again”
     I said “I’ll be here on the other side of tonight
     I’m going nowhere, I’ll be here until daylight”

 HOW STILL THE NIGHT

The wind was so still it was no wind at all, and
The night was so quiet I could hear your heart call
The waves touched so lightly the sand wasn't sure –

           How far the stars, how high the sky
           And my two arms to hold you tight
           How full the moon, how still the night

Your shirt wore so thin it was no shirt at all
And you said that there be no need for the coat I wore
I said "If you don't hold me I fear I will fall

          And how far the stars, how high the sky
          And my two arms to hold you tight
          How full the moon, how still the night"

     We slow-danced in the headlights
     Until the battery went dead
     And if the fish in the sea could have seen
     where this scene went next
     They'd be jumping

CAMPING OUT

It was late, the night had played
Played out almost all it had to say
We had pitched a tent, but chose instead
To sleep beside the campfire slowly dying away
The smoke sent up into the sky
I hadn't seen stars like that since 1999
Was it me that kept you warm,
Or you that kept me from the frost - you, me or us?

Early morning - the last flame had gone
Gone to wherever all our past tenses go
The world turns, away from where we were
The clock ticks away, away from yesterday
Like smoke sent up into the sky
Turn it back and remember 1999
Two boys just camping out, trying to keep each other from
The frost - you, me or us?

The inevitability of the rising sun
Come from wherever all our tomorrows come
In one last attempt to keep that fire lit
You turned the log that we both thought was dead
The smoke, the spark, the light
And once again we burn like 1999
Two boys and their fire, trying to keep it alive
And it lives without us trying - us, you and I

SWAYING

You were New York, when I needed light
You were brighter than Times Square
And when I needed warmth, you were July
In the northern hemisphere
You were New York, I was wide-eyed
You had my ear, singing –

      Don't, don't let this stray
     Cause after all this going, nothing is gone
     Nothing's gone that can't be called back this way
     To be swaying in your song
     There ain't nobody sing it like you
 
I was far from home and I'd lost my map
You made sense of where I'd been
And with your open arms around me, wrapped
You pointed me to where I was heading
Lost in New York, you were my man
You were everything, singing –

     Don't, don't let this stray
     Cause after all this going, nothing is gone
     Nothing's gone that can't be called back this way
     To be swaying in your song
     There ain't nobody sing it like you

DEVEREAUX
When he works long hours
I watch 80's reruns
Them classic sitcoms
No they don't make 'em like that no more
Stare out the window
At the city below
And above a plane flies low
Is it leaving or coming home?
    Oh, you know how the song goes
    Oh, Blanche Devereaux

When he works long hours
I  hear music from the neighbours
Tom Waits, Bette Midler
And they're singing the same song
    Oh, you know how the song goes
    Oh, Blanche Devereaux

When he works long hours
I take long hot showers
Rearrange the flowers
Or anything that rhymes
    Oh, you know how the song goes
    Oh, Blanche Devereaux

WILLIAM

William,
I've been wondering if we could start again
Maybe we'd work out this time, better timing
Love is two people dancing, and now we know the tune
You could keep in time with me,  I'll keep in time with you
    Oh could it be so easy
    Love that binds and frees me?

William,
I've been working on those things you said I should
It takes some things some time sometimes
To be understood
But I'm seeing things more clearly now I didn't see before
I was staring at the ceiling, I missed the writing on the wall:
    Oh could it be so simple
    Love that solves two riddles?

    Oh could it shine so clearly
    Love that's held and holds so dearly
    In one, unrelenting rhythm?
    Love, dance with me, William…

'TIL THE EYES ADJUST

You, you're too much
Like the brightness of the morning sun
In that moment when the curtain's drawn
'Til the eyes adjust
And you blew my mind
Like seeing colour for the very first time
After years of merely black and white
You were rainbow bright
     And something now where nothing was
     Then first was darkness until you lit it up

You, you're too much
Like a rainstorm in the driest month
I was desert dear and you're the flood
I'd been praying for
And I don't often pray, not religiously anyway
You were words I could not help but say
And you came true
     And something now where nothing was
     Where first was silence until this song
     An emptiness until you filled it up
     First was darkness until you lit it up

You, you're too much
Like the brightness of the morning sun
In that moment when the curtain's drawn
'Til the eyes adjust

DO YOU WANNA WALTZ

Say it only once, say it soft and low
I'll lean in close enough if you tell me how close
A whisper's hard to hear, but I'll happily try
Happily lean in nearer to hear your reply

Do you wanna waltz, waltz 'round this room
Do you wanna waltz cause I wanna waltz with you

I'll take you by the tie, tied too tight, let it loose
Let the night and the moonlight swirl around you
And neither of us needs to lead, we'll let the sway decide
Let three beats in each bar swing the spinning wide

Do you wanna waltz, waltz across this floor
Do you wanna waltz cause I wanna waltz some more