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Motel Bouquet

by Caitlin Canty

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1.
TAKE ME FOR A RIDE I said I would not go down this road again with you I said we never get where we’re going you know it’s true I said I got no use for a shiny car but there you are You take me for a ride How can you hold me like you do when you’re not here How can you hold back a beating heart while it’s ringing in my ears How can you trouble me through and through you know you do You take me for a ride You take me for a ride Wrap your arms around me I come untied You take me for a ride There are no stars tonight just a string of lights I walked here by myself Left the cigarettes behind the counter Left the liquor on the shelf Then in the dark a familiar spark and there you are You take me for a ride You take me for a ride Wrap your arms around me I come untied You take me for a ride You take me for a ride
2.
River Alone 04:54
RIVER ALONE No sound of a dog bark Only distant hum of cars and wind And dry leaves falling Where the light falls slant She holds the river in her hands November hits the ground A blanket of yellow and brown The rushing of the water drowns out Birdsong and highway sound She’s wringing out sun-drenched hair Find her by the river alone She turns to water He turns to stone Stars above her How they shone Watching over The current pulls at her bare feet and her legs Up come a cold breeze Arched trees bend in closer watching She let the wind run his fingers through her hair Let the sun touch her skin Young brown golden He found her by the river alone She turned to water He turned to stone Stars above her How they shone Watching over Driving rain at night holds its breath under bridges The road hisses As he slows to leave the highway Streetlights shine on power lines Rain hangs like diamonds A necklace for a heavy sky on a windless night He found her by the river alone She turned to water He turned to stone Stars above her How they shone Watching over Blue smoke in the backyard Snaking high above the barn Cold blanket of stars pulls in closer The colder they are
3.
TIME ROLLS BY Why does time roll by slowly When you are away Time rolls by slowly Like a frozen river winding to the sea Winedark night Water moon bright as chrome One flashlight lighting a silver path home Waves crawl in Tide slips out Another day washes away With my heartbeat counting the Time rolling by slowly A frozen river winding to the sea Honey-hearted moon sparkling through the trees A porch light swaying soft on the breeze Wind rolls in Clouds slip out I’ve been sitting here a hundred years With every breath counting the Time rolling by slowly Like a frozen river winding to the sea Time rolls by slowly A frozen river winding to the sea
4.
Who 04:36
WHO Who put the song on your lips Who put the swing in your hips Who put the cotton in your fingertips Who Who put the bird in your chest Who put the beat in your step Who put the fire on your breath Who You took the salt from my lips You took the love from my fingertips You took the red from my mouth Put the light out Who put the moon in your cry Who put the wind in your sigh Who put the sun in your eyes Who
5.
Leaping Out 03:55
LEAPING OUT Hold your hand to your heart Keep it from leaping out Leaping out If I could have you would I want you If I could have you If I could He's good at glances He takes his chances Good at glances He's good When you were young having fun He could make your heart ring Ringing rung it out Played it out like a child's plaything Hold your hand to your heart Keep it from leaping out Leaping out Wild rose A sight to behold She was a rose In a jacked-up truck Scratching off her luck Pick up truck Wild rose I'm not sleeping You're the reason I'm not sleeping I don't sleep Blood and red wine Flow in real time Blood and red wine Blood red wine Hold your hand to your heart Hold your hand to your heart Keep it from leaping out Leaping out
6.
Onto You 03:30
ONTO YOU What's that new song you've been humming Your mind some place else Thumbs drumming on the steering wheel Man you're up to something A warm front means a cold one’s coming You got an explanation for every clue I'm onto you You've been strutting around like some Dive Bar Duke With your Pearly Snaps Bought a brand-new suit Polished your disposition Even shined your shoes I'm onto you We sit here in the kitchen reading paper news Now have you've been wishing I was someone who Could do all the dishes Light up a room Give you long kisses that send you to the moon You slammed the screen door honey I see through I'm onto you Do you think you could find a little sweeter action A brighter laugh Longer lashes We all look the same when it falls to ashes But you could burn the house down and look like nothing happened You're singing that same song It's out of tune I'm onto you The moon is hanging low like a landlord's light On a dingy ceiling on a dirty sky You're driving up ahead I follow two snake eyes My heart is burning red as your tail lights Drop out of sight into the blue You pull up the driveway in the fallen night Familiar crunch of gravel underneath your tires Wonder why no one bothered to leave on a light Fumble with your keys blindly step inside Feel the cold air rush from an empty room
7.
Motel 03:04
MOTEL In a motel with a bouquet in the ice pail You can tell them I'm doing OK doing real well I've got six strings in the morning Rain danced on the roof last night Moon rose without warning Took its time crossing the sky I could tell you about lonely roads and the high way I could warn you about the trouble and the time it takes But California woke up this morning with a sweet refrain Yellow sun beat on the window Light cut straight through the blinds It was love that broke my sorrow Like the day breaks the night Yellow sun beat on the window light cut straight through the blinds It was love that broke my sorrow Like a day breaks a long night In a motel with a bouquet in the ice pail You can tell them I'm doing OK doing real well
8.
Scattershot 03:40
SCATTERSHOT Dark cloud like a gun Do you stay do you run Barrel pointed at the heart of the plains Green bird on the wire Smoke before the fire Dry leaves coil in a rattling chain Yellow edges the light Dust curls wind sighs Like the moan of a faraway train The rain came scattershot Taking aim with every drop Doesn’t care where it’s been or where it’s bound It’s coming scattershot and it wants another round Hard rain on the road Do we stay do we go Static hisses on an old tv We packed up the car Didn’t get far River rising like you wouldn’t believe It comes down scattershot Taking aim with every drop Doesn’t care where you’ve been or where you’re bound You’re running scattershot and it wants another round First it’s filling up the wells And it’s rolling through the streets of this town Over the steps of the motel Lightning tore the sky from the clouds Now it’s rising to the rafters Climbing up the steeple Ringing all the bells Ringing all the bells
9.
BASIL GONE TO BLOSSOM All our basil gone to blossom I loved him and I lost him I wish gone meant forgotten All our basil gone to blossom And our honey it's been frozen Since he left me without warning I could use a sweetheart this morning All the honey is frozen He took my time and he spent it He took my heart and he bent it Oh he loved me said he meant it We built a home and he left it Now every day is just a number The buzzing hours of summer Just bleed one into the other I will never love another All our basil gone to blossom I loved him and I lost him I wish gone meant forgotten All our basil gone to blossom
10.
CINDER BLOCKS If you left me In the front yard In the tall grass On cinder blocks In the wet sun I wouldn’t rust If you left me In the dark hallway Of your empty house With the TV on In the backroom I wouldn’t hush I’d run down the dark hillside Through the black coal light To a silver stream Cutting through the velvet night Like a sharp knife Bright blade in the moonlight If you left me With your old news Half-hearted empties And your thin thank you A cold goodbye How could I love you How could I still love you

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Motel Bouquet, Canty’s third record, features ten original songs that hold her darkly radiant voice firmly in the spotlight. Produced by Grammy-nominated Noam Pikelny (Punch Brothers) and recorded live over three days in Nashville, the album boasts a band of some of finest musicians in roots music, including fiddler Stuart Duncan and vocalist Aoife O’Donovan. Rolling Stone hails Motel Bouquet as “dreamy and daring” with “poetic lyrics and haunting melodies.”

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released March 30, 2018

Caitlin Canty - Vocals, acoustic guitar
Stuart Duncan - Fiddle (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 10)
Paul Kowert - Upright bass
Aoife O’Donovan - Harmony vocals
Russ Pahl - Pedal steel guitar
Noam Pikelny - Electric guitar, plectrum tricone guitar, electric banjo
Jerry Roe - Drums
Gabe Witcher - Fiddle (Tracks 6, 8)

Produced by Noam Pikelny
Recorded by Josh Grange at Resistor Studio in Nashville, TN
Additional Recording by Rob Evans at Haunted Hollow, Charlottesville, VA
Mixed by Jason Wormer
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, CA

Album design and layout by Pearl Rachinsky Moreland.
Photography by Caitlin Canty, Louise Bichan and Micah Albert

Aoife O'Donovan appears courtesy of Yep Roc Records
Noam Pikelny appears courtesy of Rounder Records
Paul Kowert and Gabe Witcher appear courtesy of Nonesuch Records

All songs written by Caitlin Canty © 2018 Silver Giblet Publishing ASCAP, except “Take Me For A Ride” (Canty, Kristin Andreassen, Yellowcar Music ASCAP), “River Alone” (Canty, Noam Pikelny, Noam Tunes BMI), “Leaping Out“ (Canty, Anthony Da Costa), “Onto You” (Canty, Pikelny) and “Scattershot” (Canty, Andreassen). All Rights Reserved. www.caitlincanty.com

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