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The Great Migration

by Trevor Garrod

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1.
Guillotine 03:25
I feel so silly Yes, I’m scared to death Running in circles And trying to catch my breath Counting my blessings Forgetting the pain Leave all the pain To yesterday I am no conservative I always hedge my bets I don’t care if I win Or if I lose my head ‘Cause I’ve seen the guillotine Its speedy and humane Do with me what you will I’ll never be the same I will get a rocket ship And I will plot the course To the center of the sun I’ve got to find the source They say that life is suffering But I say that there’s more Life is love and love is for The whole entire worldI feel so silly
2.
My old man and me went sailing Upon a lonesome southern sea Who here knows the name of that dragon The one that we imagined in that dancing isle of stone And we found a hidden harbor When we heard the wind would blow Throw your line to these très borrachos Tres borrachos in a boat Drinking beer beneath the sun I want to be a Mexican You’re not too old if you still try Excuse yourself and kiss the sky Kiss the sky Waiting for the moon rise We need the light, the night is dark Its so close, close enough for kissing Tell me what I’m missing, I’ve been gone I hear the Earth’s been shaking But I’ve been gone too long to tell Hold on tight, its a nuclear summer A day like any other wipes us out Drinking beer beneath the sun I want to be a Mexican You’re not too old if you still try Excuse yourself and kiss the sky Tres borrachos in a boat Do what you can to stay afloat While the world is melting down And the mountains turn to sand Turn to sand
3.
The Falling 04:20
Let me down I cannot help but pick you up The sound of you falling’s like a drug That I want, no, I need I need it with me constantly Its the only thing holding me up Let me fall Like a reckless lover From a ta ll precipice above A dark and yawning endless chasm The faithless and abandoned The reason why we want to fly The falling makes me feel so light There are dreams that we all share but never speak of There are fears that keep us up all night And I hope, one day, all the lonely people Will figure out that they’re all right Let them fall like a bottle rocketing in the sky A riot of white light And they’ll fall but when the flame is finished It will not be diminished The Earth will catch them every time The falling makes me feel so light The falling makes me feel so light The falling makes me feel so light And if I knew just where I’d be landing I don’t know if I would go I’m afraid I have made so many bad choices All I want to do is just let go Let me fall Like a reckless lover From a tall precipice above A dark and yawning endless chasm The faithless and abandoned The reason why we want to fly The falling makes me feel so light
4.
Shadows follow falling flames Chasing that which can’t be names Reasons change like seasons Don’t believe a word I say Sunshine showed up found us stone Ready for the anti-dote Powder white like wings of night time Flying paper moths Upon a great migration Its bound to get down soon With powder on paper wing It clings and brings us home Ship wreck reject beneath the moon Cut them god damn anchors loose Forgotten free you may believe Forgotten you are free Cities sink into the sand Forgotten dreams recur again While all the little fishes make their wishes To be birds Upon a great migration Its bound to get down soon With the powder on a paper wing It clings and brings us home Upon a great migration Its bound to get down soon With the powder on your paper wings It clings and brings us home With the powder on your paper wings It clings and brings us home With the powder on your paper wings It clings and brings us home
5.
A sparrow’s egg in a cedar box It’s speckled like the sky The embryo is drained and drawn There’s no one left inside But the light is on, the lazy lie We cannot reconcile We’ll waste the world because its ours Because its ours we burn Black fire smoke Black fire smoke Black fire flaming I’m changing To black fire smoke My last hope undying Consuming daylight We follow behind A train of mules in on the trail They bear their burden well The mountain came to me I see And then I said farewell Your golden globe I do recall While in your royal robes I stole it just to melt it down The map we drew must burn Black fire smoke Black fire smoke Black fire burning I’m turning Black fire smoke Is this some kind of joke Consuming day light We’re riding the moon A soldier and his only friend They flee a star-lit field New machines replace the things That chaos has revealed A sparrow falls and falls alone Into an outstretched hand Of those who wait for what may come Of ashes in the wind Black fire smoke Black fire smoke Black fire flaming I’m changing To black fire smoke My last hope undying Consumes the daylight Consumes the daylight Consumes the daylight And tears down the sky
6.
Feeling like a tree Falling in the forest No one else can see See or hear me The noises I’m making Love that I’m faking Oh how did you know I’m a sunny day Above a rain cloud All the people say Put up your umbrella The rain drops keep falling Sounds like they’re calling Calling your name And if I was a bird I’d be flying If I was a little girl I’d probably be crying For all them little birds That never make their landing Leave us standing alone On a hill above the sea Hill above the sea Ships keep on rolling Fog horns are blowing Like pages of a book unbound I would read that book But the pages have gone missing I would sing that song If somebody was listening Like the quiet calling Of a tree that’s falling Alone in the woods
7.
Wind stirs the branches Setting sail the seeds and leaves Like slave ships a-rowing Free in the breeze I was promised fortunes In the land beyond the sea All I found was the devil And he looks a lot like me You look like your mother And I’m my father’s son Let’s lie down in the shade And wake up in the sun With flowers all around us In your hair and at your feet When the color’s gone They still smell sweet Some birds sing at twilight Some birds sing at dawn Some birds sing all night Mocking me with their songs These flowers that I cut for you Are drowning in a vase I’ve been so long without you I can’t recall your face With flowers all around us In your hair and at your feet When the color’s gone They still smell as sweet Wind stirs the branches Setting sail the seeds and leaves Like slave ships a-rowing Free in the breeze Let us quit this country Let us leave the land Let us go with nothing to show But a suitcase in our hands Yes we’re running from the devil We are what the devil needs But my suitcase is over flowing With wild flower seeds Yes there’s flowers all around us In your hair and at your feet And when the color’s gone They still smells sweet Yes there’s flowers all around us In your hair and at your feet When the color’s gone They still smell sweet Sweet Sweet
8.
Sun shines down Raising me off the ground The day is a destiny That has no need for me My two feet Get me where I need To be but luckily I’ve got no place to go I’m happy and I’m rich And perhaps a little beautiful I’ve got all that I need And all I need is enough So pass that jug around Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em I’ve got all that I need And baby that’s enough Oh the stars Shine like a million bucks Who needs them when you’re stuck In a barrel of good luck My ragged cloths Are better than tuxedos Who wants a pretty life Who wants a fancy wife When you’re happy and you’re rich And perhaps a little beautiful I’ve got all that I need And all I need is enough Pass that jug around Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em I got all that I need And baby that’s enough I’m happy and you’re rich And perhaps a little beautiful I’ve got all that I need And all I need is enough So pass that jug around Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em I got all that I need And baby that’s enough I got all that I need And baby that’s enough I got all that I need And baby that’s enough

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When I lived in San Francisco, I had the perfect set up for a poor young songwriter - a cold unfinished room in the backyard of an old house on 40th and Balboa. To enter I had to walk through the garage and take one step outside into the backyard. It was quiet, close to the beach, and cheap. I lived there for many years. I loved it. I’d be gone for weeks at a time playing with the band, but that room, my ‘garden shed’, was home port and safe harbor. It had two large old fashioned windows, painted shut. I had my piano set up beneath them and I would stare into the fog while I played. I wrote a lot of songs in that room. I eventually had to let the place go but I took with me one last collection of songs. The first bits were recorded in that room. I carried them around with me for sometime, adding to them, getting help from my friends. Eventually Davey (who lived right above me in that old house) got a hold of these recordings and took them down to Nashville. He put it all together for me while my life transitioned, learning how to make wine and taking care of horses. These are the last songs from that garden shed. It’s been a long journey, with no end in sight .

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released January 22, 2021

Produced by Trevor Garrod and Dave O'Dell
Mixed and engineered by Dave O'Dell
Mastered by Michael Romanowski
Contributing musicians: Chris Haugen, Aaron Redner, Madeline Tasquin, Al Howard, Cochrane McMillian, Jason Smart, Adam Boyd, Dave O'Dell
Album Art by Jessica Houston and Pablo Fritz
All songs by Trevor Garrod
Mt. Eden Music

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Trevor Garrod San Francisco, California

Hello folks, I've been rambling around for quite some time, singing songs, playing pianos, and trying to figure it all out.

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