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Next Time Around

by The Rick Parnell Band

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1.
Ticket on a Plane 03:26
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Ticket on a Plane Rick and Hart Parnell Verses: I would be there If I could be here but I am nowhere to be found I would hold you If I could find you And I would never hold you down There are places I've never been to Where even when it rains The weather's fine When I find you I know I'll be there Where the water tastes like wine Chorus: Gonna stop taking poison for the pain Wash my troubles down the drain Buy a ticket on a plane Fly somewhere to be myself again Verses 2: I'd like to be near Another hemisphere A warmer breeze pushing my back If I knew you I'd hold on to you Sip cool drinks and share a laugh There are places That I could show you Where people smile Though times are bad With you with me I know I will be Happy with every thing I have Chorus: Gonna stop taking poison for the pain Wash my troubles down the drain Buy a ticket on a plane Fly somewhere to be myself again Verses 3: Living will be easy When you are with me The world looks better When we share All those places We've never been to Will be right here And we'll be there Final Chorus: Gonna stop taking poison for the pain Wash my troubles down the drain Buy a ticket on a plane Fly somewhere to be myself Fly somewhere to be myself Fly somewhere to be myself again
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Next Time Around 02:59
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Next Time Around Rick and Hart Parnell I was born at the wrong time And I was born in the wrong place If you can't see me now It's because I was born with the wrong face These are not my fingers And these are not my toes But I will work them for a lifetime I will dress them in my clothes And then maybe who knows I'll catch you next time around I never held you in these arms I couldn't serve you or bribe you with my charms This is not my body These are not my eyes Something tells me we have witnessed the same lies I shouldn't be here It's all messed up This is not my body But I taste what's in this cup And maybe who knows I'll catch you next time around I never held you in these arms I couldn't serve you or bribe you with my charms You won't see me now This is not my face But maybe I'll catch you next time around next time around next... time... next time around
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Apple of Your Eye 02:54
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Apple of Your Eye Rick Parnell Might have been a salesman So many things people want to buy Might have been a lawyer I never learned to lie I could be happy with you on my side I'm taking shape to be the apple of your eye Won't be asked to run for government I'm not that kind of guy Someone thought I'd fit the military But I was never keen to try May hide out till I can prove just why I should be the apple of your eye Some men are seeking peaches Some are seeking plums You pick that fruit too early And it will never ripen up Won't want to be a preacher Though some find comfort in their zeal Don't want to be in the middle Pass on orders I don't feel Might fail, but you know I have to try To become the apple of your eye I'd like to be a teacher There's too much that I don't know Maybe I could be a gardner Take care and reap what I have sowed But if you're walking through the garden then stop... And let me be the apple of your eye Yes, let me be the apple of your eye
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By These Blues 03:45
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By These Blues Rick Parnell Verses: I try to hold on, but I know that it can't last, As soon as I enjoy it the moment has passed Knowing we'll part, I'm already missing you Is that the sky, or has the sun succumbed to the blues I've got no reason beyond this rhyme, What you're doing to me now masks a perfect crime We took from each other but I can't get back now Is that the sky or are the blues falling too somehow Chorus: Same as it always was The past makes a perfect love If it wasn't so damn warm outside I'd be chilled by these blues I'd be chilled by these blues Verses: I let go of everything the moment we met If there's no future what meaning has a debt Such beauty seeks an always fresher gaze The sky should be grey but the blues have their hold on the haze I don't blame you for turning me away We can both see clearly with the light of this summer day But I may call you when the winter cold draws near And the sky has lost all color, and the blues have captured their last tear Chorus Same as it always was The past makes a perfect love If it wasn't so damn warm outside I'd be chilled by these blues I'd be chilled by these blues I'd be chilled by these blues
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A Numbers Game 03:48
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A Numbers Game Rick Parnell Highway 17 or 41 Colt 45 vs a tommy gun Sweet 16 turning 21 Day at the beach or a midnight run Smoke that cigarette and roll the dice count the money - count it twice if I had nickel for each bit of bad advice Give it away to make things right Cause I'm without you in this numbers game Each mile seems more insane snakes and ladders or a roulette wheel old friends and lovers - no time to steal TV channels without sex appeal the price is right, let's make a deal Without you in a numbers game Rented room and a rental car Tiny bottles in a hotel bar Would you rather be rich or be a star Either way it's a numbers game (guitar solo) Without you in a numbers game Count the miles driving me insane The fresh face in your mirror The things you say when you want me nearer Makes me ask "what am I doing here?" Another shot to deny my fear Fall leaves in a swimming pool making music with power tools living what I never learned in school count myself on this ship of fools It's a numbers game Each mile gets more inane Stuck without you in a numbers game Count the miles driving me insane (guitar solo)
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Back to You 02:19
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Back to You Rick Parnell For all of my promise For any of the pain For all the words left unspoke I'm sorry for it now For any of your life unloved For all that we might have been If there's anything left undone I'm sorry for it now I know that the path we're on is the best that I can do I'll walk every rocky road If it brings me back to you Back home to you For all of the busyness And all of the storms For anything I never meant I'm sorry for it now For all of my thoughtlessness For any time you felt alone If it ever seemed like carelessness I'm sorry for it now I know that the path we're on is the best that I can do I'll walk every rocky road if it brings me back home to you Back to you Back to you Back to you Back to you Back home to you...
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Another 03:56
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Another Rick Parnell Caught by the ankle At a twist in the road She lunged for my soul It had already been sold There was a hole near my heart So I welcomed her in I offered her whiskey She'd brought her own gin Chorus: And I swore I'd never touch another Just one more chance I'll never touch another She drank till she couldn't Even dance any more I laughed till she cried and my face met the floor What she said cut through me Like a mother's dying curse hanging in the darkness cornered by the hurt Chorus: I swore I'd never touch another Just one more chance I'll never touch another She was gone in the morning What she'd taken she'd left I should have eaten Though hungry felt best The trail she'd left me was already cold From where I was now I could never get home Chorus: I swore I'd never touch another Just one more chance I'll never touch another Well chances come As chances are Roads get crooked At the bottom of a jar I surely knew of the others In the end we're all doomed Swept by the current or under the broom Chorus: I swore I'd never touch another Just one more chance I'll never touch another I swore I'd never touch another Just one more chance I'll never touch another Never another
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Under My Feet (feat. Deb Judas) 04:45
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Under my Feet Rick Parnell These are the stones That I walk upon Turns shape the road That I am now on If I don't look behind me I won't notice that you're gone Will I still be happy with what I've done Will I keep searching For the road I'm on These soles may be broken By the fields they have torn These eyes won't open These eyes were never closed These are compromises I am making To line the path I walk upon Each step I take I'll be re-gifting Should I regret a path I never saw Will I keep searching for the road I'm on These soles may be broken By the fields they have torn These eyes won't open These eyes were never closed These eyes were never closed I keep to myself All words not spoken To light the path and guide my way Each breath I take is just a toke in Each step I make Is not the one before Each one is searching for the road that I am on Guitar solo: These eyes won't open These eyes will never close These eyes will keep on searching To know the road that I am on These stones under my feet These broken fields These eyes that just keep searching To know the road under my feet To know the road under my feet To know the road under my feet
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Never Knew Her Name 03:05
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Never Knew Her Name Rick Parnell I know what I know, It seldom seems like much This town feels too big But it’s great for finding lunch That’s where I found her In a café near the shore I might have looked this way I wished I'd looked like more I never knew her name Still I’m glad she came With hair of sandy blond It looked soft to touch Her shoes didn’t match the bag But the earrings matched her watch I won’t say what I wore But what she wore was green I would have liked to speak to her Would she know what I mean I never knew her name Still I’m glad she came In the middle of her beachless holiday Instead of sleeping She was being led astray The lights were breathtaking With her colours on display I never knew her name Still I’m glad she came And the band played And her tresses swayed With that magic smile She must have looked my way I never knew her name Still I’m glad she came I guess that’s all there is Though I might have wished for more Just one smile built To melt a cynic’s soul I never knew her name Still I’m glad she came
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Survive the Day (feat. Harriet Frost) 03:44
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Survive the Day Rick and Hart Parnell Verses 1 Don't know how to start my day Need to look the other way I need someone To divert my attention I wish you'd find a better way But the sky won't stay this grey I 'll find someone to redefine my direction. Chorus You want to make me pay I'd like to see you stay But if you walk away I will survive today Verses 2 Put the call out to my friend Help me mend my fence Remind me I have someone I can rely on My heart's too young to keep inside I could find a welcome smile With the right someone I'll find the way to move on. Chorus You want to make me pay I'd like to see you stay But if you walk away I will survive today Verses 3 This day was meant to be If not for you and me There is someone Who'll have the right reaction. Chorus You want to make me pay I'd like to see you stay But if you walk away I will survive today If you walk away I will survive this day Outro . . . . .
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I'm Coming Home (2012) 03:57
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I'm Coming Home Rick Parnell Verse: Long ago and far away Grass was green and the skys were grey And life wasn't likely to go my way Right would need another day My umbrella was done And I can't say who won But then I was only having fun The air was much too cold I already felt much too old I couldn't do what I was told Chorus: But now I'm coming home I've been gone too long I'm coming home again to you Verse: Flash of light and all around Close but never touching down Losing time with a dancer's song When it was you all along My umbrella was blue The heat consumed the morning dew And I was happy in the glue The sun was much too hot Life my way could be bought I wouldn't do what I knew I ought Chorus: Now I'm coming home I've been gone too long I'm coming home again I'm coming home again to you Verse: I can't let it be Though I have everything I need I just want to be The one you have to see Chorus: I'm coming home I've been gone too long I'm coming home again I'm coming home I've been gone too long I'm coming home again to you . .
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Not Your Man 03:13
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Not Your Man Rick and Hart Parnell I said I’d be here, and so I am I said I’d be here when we began I said I’d be here to hold your hand I said I’d be here and so I am I said I’d be here, Right ‘til the end, But I’m not your man … I saw that meaning, is hard to find And when you’re near me, I might unwind After what we’ve shared dear, don’t be so unkind Life isn’t fair dear, but this one's mine I said I’d be here, Right ‘til the end, But I’m not your man … I knew your beauty when you weren’t shy It wouldn’t leave you, hard as you try I was innocent, deaf dumb and blind After all the laughter we’ll share a cry I said I’d be here, Right ‘til the end, But I’m not your man … If there’s a way out, its almost here We weren’t the first ones to show no fear I know what your thinking, its so clear I said I’d be here to wipe that tear I said I’d be here, Right ‘til the end, But I’m not your man … I said I’d be here, Right ‘til the end, I’m not your man …

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Rick Parnell is a Canadian singer/songwriter who’s walking the road less traveled. Sidelining an enviable corporate career to pursue a passion for song, his music sprouts from the very roots of the Folk-Rock tradition and then subtly suggests new directions. Introspective and captivating, his songs most frequently evoke comparisons to Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and George Harrison. John Lennon and Johnny Cash are influences that also arise when describing Rick's vocal and song writing style ... Complex yet catchy lyrical phrases, solid melodies and impressionistic storytelling.

The Rick Parnell Band features singer /songwriter Rick Parnell with son Hart Parnell on lead guitar, Terry Martyniuk on percussion, and Ian Lopez-Ganoza on bass and backing vocals. Vocals from Harriet Frost and Deb Judas are also featured on this collection.

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released December 20, 2012

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Rick Parnell is an original voice, with intriguing lyrics in the tradition of Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Donovan, with some Lennon, Nillson, Harrison and even Johnny Cash mixed in for good measure. Inspired by these musical heroes, Rick’s own music is textured and nuanced, blending a mid-lifetime’s experience with a youthful, poetic soul. ... more

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