Get all 11 Paul Dake releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Summer Whims - III, Quiet and Pale, You Come Down, Firebird, Legacy, Shortest Day of the Year, The Summer Whims, Sunlit Moon, and 3 more.
1. |
Good Thing
02:55
|
|||
|
Good Thing
You’re not comin’ from the same place that I am
Let me tell ya, got some news for you
We’re not lookin’ the same way at this relation
Someone’s got explaining to do
It’s a good thing I don’t have a temper
Kinda even keeled I guess you’d say
No, I still don’t have an answer
Turning my cheek the other way
It’s a good thing I’m giving you today
I’ve been telling you this story for a long time
There’s a happy ending yet to come
What made me think you’d take the time to even hear it?
To understand just where I’m comin’ from
Good times are comin’ right around the corner
Maybe you’ll be there this time around
There may not be an angel
There may not be a hero
But I know there’s something for you
Little treasures to be found
Deep inside the sound
Retrospect is an idea that I find useful
Always a lesson there to learn
Tried to be true, but then I wish there was a warning
That came with every page I didn’t turn
January 29-30, 2021
|
||||
2. |
Love Revenue
03:38
|
|||
|
Love Revenue
There’s a whole big lack of attention
Every time you walk on by
Can’t help noticing nothing
Is said every time you try
There’s a whole big lot of nothing
Scratching at the bottom line
Keeping up with paranoia
While thinking everything is fine
How
Do you like me now?
Now that I’m gone
Telling everyone you knew me when
When tomorrow you’ll be moving on again
There’s a whole lot of taking for granted
Empty feelings aside
Wiggling thumbs with blinders on
Trying to come along for the ride
I’m gonna cross that bridge
And you’re gonna follow me there
Yeah, I’m gonna cross that bridge
Someday you’re gonna follow me there
There’s a whole lot of bellyaching
Crying over love revenue
Legacy there for the taking
Can’t collect before it’s due
October 22, 2020
|
||||
3. |
Bring Yourself
03:54
|
|||
|
Bring Yourself
I wait and I wait as days roll by
With a vision that’s everywhere
Right there waiting in the palm of your hand
But you just couldn’t meet me there
With a snap of a finger
You could bring it all down
Yeah, a fraction of a second to prove it
Could have brought a little sympathy
Bought a few minutes of love
But you just couldn’t bring yourself to do it
There’s ups and there’s downs I never can trust
While an ego that’s been burned before
Is left there waiting like a dollar in a jar
For you to bring yourself through that open door
I can’t stop myself, I won’t stop myself from preachin’
Cuz there’s a mountain of hearts
Hearts of good people that still need reachin’
Fame and fortune can’t teach us anything
Unless it’s all lost in the end
Well, I’m gonna' leave you with everything I had
But you could’ve done better, my friend
November 25, 2020
|
||||
4. |
Your Own Name
03:36
|
|||
|
Your Own Name
Well, the guy’s got a shiny big black car
And a driver with a silver flask
No matter where they go they don’t get too far
But the driver says he’s up to the task
The guy’s in the back for the length of the ride
Practicing his speech of the day
While the driver mumbles underneath his breath
“Nobody’s gonna hear it anyway”
(Got to) remind yourself
You ain’t like nobody else
Not the guy in the back, not the guy at the wheel
Your own name is how you feel
Now the guy’s legacy is nothing to leave
Cuz’ his reputation is crap
While the driver’s learned how to make a fast turn
With a silver flask in his lap
Now the guy’s serving time on the company dime
Believing that he’s still in charge
And the driver don’t complain that the guy’s insane
Cuz’ he’s the one of the two living large
You can call yourself anything you want
Everyone will be able to tell you’re an idiot savant
You can call yourself anything you want
Everything is the same
No matter the plan or how far you go
You’re right back where you came
January 9-10-11-12, 2021
|
||||
5. |
Retreat
05:35
|
|||
|
Retreat
I left home at the innocent age of seventeen
Most naïve suburban boy the Army had ever seen
Six years later still learning how to be a man
People I knew all seemed to have a different plan
Trying to hold on to the dwindling light of days
Wind blowing to my back and I’m counting the ways
Seemed like I took a wrong turn, but it got me here
Another morning comes and my vision is clear
Shadows grow much longer as the daylight fades
I need another promise before I pull the shades
Nobody here holding fire to my feet
Nobody looking around that I want to meet
I’m about to retreat
Somewhere around the middle I found a clue
Learning all about what I thought I already knew
Let me set the record straight, I don’t know what I did
To find solid ground when I know I could’ve easily slid
Some people show their memories on the outside
Furthest thing from integrity and grace
Some people fall and some live a life of innocence
Some got the hard lines of wisdom on their face
It’s hard for a restless soul to settle down
Carried that weight while moving from town to town
Life is so easy when it gives you that open door
Until you really find out what human nature is for
October 17, 2020
|
||||
6. |
Said and Done
04:16
|
|||
|
Said and Done
Here you come with your loving
After you took it away
There you go with your crying
Saving it up for today
Didn’t see it coming
A chance to let it in
Knew that I’d know better
So let the mad rush begin
When all is said and done
You know where I’ll be
High up on some mountainside
Drifting over the sea
Looking down on a moonrise
Tripping over the sun
Reliving all you remember
When all is said and done
Had no will to give you
A reason to leave town
There you go with your heartache
I took it laying down
So pour a shot and a chaser
Raise it up in the air
Probably be the last time
You show how much you care
So take a little piece of me with you
Free to spread it all around
Nothing but a good thing waiting
A last chance to be found
Reward for good behavior
A human thing to do
Got my final blessings
I ain’t sure about you
The tarot card you pulled out
Had a knife in the eye
And it’s a crazy long road
When you’re born to fly
November 20, 2020
|
||||
7. |
Freezer Burn / Thin Ice
08:19
|
|||
|
Freezer Burn / Thin Ice
Waking in the morning
Using what you can
Who knows where it comes from
Where it all began
Every little corner
You painted yourself into
Became the one thing calling
From the other side of the room
As if it even mattered
To anyone who could hear
You kept your feelings open
If only too unclear
Now the clock is ticking
The temperature feels right
Though the water’s cloudy
Clarity’s in sight
And it makes you feel cathartic
With every stone you turn
Till all the best preserving
Turns into freezer burn
You’re on thin ice in the warmth of the sun
It’ll feel nice when I’m already one
January 24, 2021
|
||||
Paul Dake Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Composer of Fun, Heartfelt, & Lyrically Inventive Songs
If you like Paul Dake, you may also like:
Echo Dancing
by Alejandro Escovedo
The legendary Alejandro Escovedo returns with another country-rock scorcher.
go to album
Move To The Trees
by Winter McQuinn
Winter McQuinn mixes soft rock and psychedelic folk for a sound reminiscent of classic pop purveyors like Cut Worms and the Lemon Twigs.
go to album
Juxtaposing poetic balladry with roaring feedback and warped piano lines, the Vermonter's music is as stunning as it is unsettling.
go to album
Downey to Lubbock
by Dave Alvin
Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
go to album
Rundgren-esque rock with big hooks and a hint of the baroque, recommended for fans of Jon Brion and post-Kill Rock Stars Elliott Smith.
go to album
Stuck in the Aching Again
by Fur Trader
L.A. singer-songwriter Andrew Pelletier goes full on Gene Clark with some woozy effects on this latest EP.
go to album
This Bay-Area based band offer modern indie songs with intertwining harmonies and searching refrains.
go to album
