A Year Of February, by Patrick Canning

A Year Of February

by Patrick Canning

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1.	There's only good times up ahead (2020) 04:16	lyrics	buy track
There’s only good times up ahead Holding on to the sunshine in my bed Only once in a lifetime it could be only you Waking up on the wrong side isn’t what it used to Waiting on the good times up ahead Holding on to the sunshine in my bed Lying awake in the darkness thinkin’ bout what you did Wanna to keep it the whole time always forever hid You won’t ever hold me back Don’t have a heart attack Waiting on the good times up ahead waiting on the sunshine in my bed Out walking home and back Won’t paint this photo black Hold me down it seems so wrong to me Hold me down it ain’t time to leave
2.	A Cagematch With Benefits (2011) 04:15	lyrics	buy track
I don’t know about love I don’t know about love anymore I don’t know if what I see is real But don’t you try to tell me just what I should feel Far away in time I know you want me You want me Want me I don’t know if what I see is real Some changes had caught in my mind But far away in time I know you want me
3.	You, you got what I want (2018) 03:31	lyrics	buy track
You, you got what I want It gets lonely in the middle of this life Oh you, you got what I want Someday I can say that you’re my wife Say that’ll you’ll always hold me And just try to understand Someday’s you can slap and scold me And I’ll try to be your man Cause you you got what I want When the world is darkness you're my light Yes you, you got what I want No one else can tell me it's alright Nobody else can know me A sliver of what you can Nobody else controls me With a motion of their hand But you are brighter than all the shooting stars You’re a homing light that burns out our eyes Breaking all the rules and leaving us paralyzed We don’t know how to act you left hypnotized Breaking all the rules breaking all the rules now You, you got what I want You’re the only one to take me on this ride Oh you, you got what I want You’re the only one I’ll keep next to my side Somebody thinks they got what it takes And somebody got it wrong But everyone’s not you and I You, you got what I want It’s lonely in the middle of this life Oh you, you got what I want Someday I can say that you’re my wife
4.	Your eyes are mansions for old ghosts (2017) 02:52	lyrics	buy track
Tonight the stars are shining Tonight the ocean air Tonight I need my arms around you Tonight Tonight the stars are shining Tonight I wasn’t there Your eyes Tonight the stars are shining Tonight the salt sea air Tonight I need your arms around me Tonight Tonight I need your arms around me Tonight
5.	These opinions make me unique (2017) 04:00	lyrics	buy track
I need love I need a heart I can fill I need love I wanna be harder to kill The only one I’ve found Is too much to believe Only in the cold hard ground Can you dare me to leave I need love And I don’t want to steal I need love Nothing cold and unreal And I need lust Like a smooth polished stone And I need love I don’t want it alone The only one I’ve found You can’t help but admit Why does she stick around When I’m dumb piece of shit The only love I’ve found Is as soft as the breeze Only in the cold hard ground Will I dare her to leave I need love I didn’t make a mistake And I need love I made a deal I won’t break
6.	I need a friend (2019) 03:29	lyrics	buy track
I need a friend who’s got nothing but triggers I need a friend with a taste for tears I need a friend who can call his mother (once in a while) I need a friend with something to fear I need a friend to invite me to parties I need a friend who’d rather coke than beer I need a friend to start a new religion I need a friend who can last the year I need a friend with a boat collection I need a friend who gets serious I need a friend who can afford to stare straight at the sun I need a friend with experience I need a friend with a lot of money I need a friend who likes to play the field I need a friend with a scary husband I need a friend who keeps their big mouth sealed I need a friend who can take me bowling I need a friend who wears 6 inch heels I need a friend to get me out of the house here (once in awhile) I need a friend who’s got nothing to steal I need a friend to ask a lot of questions I need a friend with an axe to grind I need a friend with a wife and children I need a friend that’s so hard to find
7.	Your friends are fine, fine, fine people (2013) 05:10	lyrics	buy track
All your friends they are lining up to tell you you are nothing but a hopeless piece of shit and when you die you’ll be lucky if they even dig a hole and not just throw you in the streets for the dogs and rats after all the hobos steal your clothes And loose change, and we’ve ransacked your apartment looking for dvds. I can tell you cause I like you that we’re all just waiting for the day you die. Here’s a plan, you should hide your face, I’ll help you, here’s a paper bag, it’s already got 3 holes. All your friends have an office wager on just how much poison they can give you until you notice you’ve been poisoned. You can tell that they’re good people cause they rarely try to stab you in the face. And all your friends didn’t choke you in your bed last night even though there’s nothing more we’d like to do. All your friends they are lining up around the block to claim the best stones that are the perfect throwing size and when the day comes that you’re buried to your neck or chin is the day you’ll see just good we can aim.
8.	A frightened rabbit let loose in a church basement (2015) 02:46	lyrics	buy track
I know enough about heartache and shame Enough to fill a million cathedrals, to the ceiling, ceiling And I need hundred fucking hours and change To find myself a fucking feeling that’s real, real And I filled my guts full of hammers and nails I got a stomach full of pain Oh I’ve got something burning through my hand I got a wire taste in my mouth Oh I’ve got something burning through my hand I got a sense to be alone I’m the intruder in my home Oh I’ve got something burning through my hand There is a scent of something true but it is not a part of you Oh I’ve got something burning through my hand Are we all afraid to eat some shit from time to time? Are we all afraid to eat some shit from time to time? wOooooo
9.	Satan has two eyes you know (2010) 03:30	lyrics	buy track
How can I walk in this world without you How could I take this woman's life When all of the songs are about you And your words are stolen knives I would piss into the darkness I would rip my clothes to rags I would slice the tips of my fingers I would choke and spit and gag His eyes are cold chiseled daggers He couldn't hold his dice too long I felt the sickness rocking my stomach Felt his rifle on my tongue
10.	You were high I was screaming (2014) 02:38	lyrics	buy track
You were high I was screaming It was cold And I was leavin’ You were high I was drownin’ You were not wrong I was there You were high I was broken There was code In your words You were high I was screaming Out of your hole
11.	Typical gambling metaphor (2012) 05:07	lyrics	buy track
What’s a night? It isn’t much to see Are you surprised It don’t bother me? My hand is shit But I have much to gain By not folding it And if you want to I could give you one more game I won’t play the same And if you want to I could play you once again But you’ll never win What’s a life? It isn’t much to lose Are you surprised You don’t get to choose How much you bet Or when you show your hand? That’s how we play in here There’s no rule in the guide That’ll let you go free But if you want to I could let you win this round But I won’t go down And if you want to I could read you what’s in the guide Just sit by my side And if you want to I would love to give you more Then a simple chore And if you want to I would love you even more Then I did before What’s a love? It isn’t much to keep In your heart But it isn’t cheap You lose the pot If you don’t play the game So don’t give up It’s not the same
12.	A man pees a hole through his pants (2009) 03:53	lyrics	buy track
His face weighs five kilograms Blood and banana stems A horse heeds a knotted branch A man pees a hole through his pants I know I know I know I know I know
13.	A hot drink and a warm ghost (2016) 07:26	lyrics	buy track
The sun is going down And the winds a blowin’ And now I’m so so cold We burned everything we can burn And the fires going out And it’s all gone And I’m so so cold Take everything upon the ground And place it all upon the flames This shadow follows me around And tries to make me call it’s name And now I’m so so cold And now I’m so so cold I need a hot drink and a warm ghost And now I’m so so cold There’s a light that will only shine down on you There’s a light that will only shine down on me There’s a light that no one has the eyes to see Burn all that we have, all that we find and all that we leave all that we have, all that we find and all that we leave
14.	Everybody had a good time (2014) 03:29	lyrics	buy track
Everybody’s had a good time tonight I hope you feel alright Everybody’s had their fun There’s a taxi waitin’ for ya Don’t expect me to drive I wouldn’t want to kill ya I’m too drunk to stay alive Everybody’s had their fun Everybody’s having fun Everybody’s having fun You need a different kind of lover Cause Imma different kinda man You need a different kind of lover You can’t take me as I am as I am as I am as I am Everybody’s havin’ fun
15.	Muscle relaxant and a wet rag (2020) 03:34	lyrics	buy track
Baby baby why you gotta be so surprised As we stare into the empty void we can’t recognize I need a muscle relaxant and a wet rag for my brain While all of our hopes and fears circle down the drain Sometimes I feel the love of all the endless possibilities And when I feel the love I feel alive And when I lose control the only one who gets ahold of me Is standing in the doorway of my life And I know what I know and I know When I’ve reached the end When a cardboard box full of tears is my only friend Gonna take a walk to a place where I can feel that new genocide On the next block over where the streets are all gentrified Sometimes I feel the suck of all my endless possibilities When all I do is masturbate and cry And when I lose control the only one who gets ahold of me Is standing in the doorway of my life We all want to resist we all want to condemn We all want to feel that no one’s going to crush us in the end Can I feel the love can I feel the love? Can I feel the love can I feel the love?
16.	I'll draw you a picture (2016) 03:24	lyrics	buy track
My hands know the river My hands know the river Every mile as it heads to the sea Every knot in the stream And I trace it each time that I dream The place where it kills me to leave I’ll draw you a picture I’ll draw you a picture I trace it each night that I dream Where on the floor on this cold cold floor Don’t you leave me Don’t you leave me And I hear it each time that I dream
17.	You're Beautiful (2019) 03:02	lyrics	buy track
You’re beautiful And built to win Your glossy hair And flawless skin You’re beautiful Won’t take it back No bleeding gums No yellow plaque You’re beautiful At any price No worms or fleas No ticks or lice You’re beautiful So much to please Your muscle tone No skin disease Please stand by me Take my money Arch back slightly And give me a smile There are many words To express the things you are You surpass the competition Let’s get you in my car
18.	The safe word is "Crimea" (2015) 04:48	lyrics	buy track
You know I feel so sorry baby I couldn’t hold you, I couldn’t calm you, I couldn’t kiss you, I couldn’t touch you, I couldn’t tell you to take me back This is where I wonder, this is where I wonder what the hell I’m at And I’m tied at both ends, I’m tied at both ends With the rope in your hands with the rope in your hands behind my back You know I feel so sorry baby I want to find you, I want to see you, I want to smell you, I want to touch you, I want to take you from the back And I’m tied from both ends and I’m tied from both ends With the chain in your hand and a thin hack saw And I’m gasping for air and I’m gasping for air And I know you’re not there and I know you're not there to help me out
19.	Light Knife Woman (2014) 02:46	lyrics	buy track
There’s a light at the end of the road and it’s a catchin’ up on me There’s a light at the end of the road and it’s all that I can see There’s a light and I know that the right and the left are not for me There’s a light and it’s blinding oh it’s blinding There’s a knife it’s so pretty and bright and I hold it close to me There’s a knife at the end of a life it’s as sweet as sweet can be There’s a knife and I hold it so tight that I can almost feel it breathe There’s a knife and it’s shining oh it’s shining There’s a woman at the end of the stairs and she’s staring into me There’s a woman at the end of the stairs with her hair down to her knees There’s a woman and she holds in her hands all the prayers the children leave There’s a woman and she’s smiling oh she’s smiling
20.	At some point we had to stop screaming (2018) 02:43	info	buy track
21.	$24 and a paradise of options await us (2017) 02:39	lyrics	buy track
24 dollars gonna haul up to your daughters gonna take em on the city tonight Take another swig and I piss on myself and I don’t know why and I don’t know why It takes a twenty ton nuclear bomb to get anybody hoppin’ tonight going out every evening gonna dance by myself and I don’t know why and I don’t know why I need little bit more of a handful, need a little more of a bite I need to hit this buddy can I borrow a light I need a little something, need a little something something I need little something now can you help me? I need to feel this a little bit more every night Shaking in the middle with the dirty old fiddlers sticking fingers in the edge of a pie Take a little sniff and you puke on yourself and I don’t know why and I don’t know why I see my number one natural stallion lookin’ every kinda possible wrong Crushing on an 80 pound IUD shell and I don’t know why and I don’t know why Light up your cigarettes light up your windows And wait for the signal that everything has finally come Crying like a newborn baby it’s hell when there ain’t nobody singing along Take another swig and I piss on myself and I don’t know why and I don’t know why 24 dollars gonna feed my family full of golden dollarama delights Fall off the sidewalk and you kill someone else and IDKY I need little bit more of a handful, need a little more of a bite I need to hit this buddy can I borrow a light I need a little something, need a little something something I need little something now can you help me? I need to feel this a little bit more every night 24 dollars gonna haul up to your daughters gonna take em on the city tonight Take another swig and I piss on myself and I don’t know why and I don’t know why
22.	Punch a wet horse and laugh (2009) 02:44	info	buy track
23.	A man's got to be a man if he wants to be a man (2011) 02:22	lyrics	buy track
Man’s gotta be a man sometimes if he wants to be a man Man’s gotta be a man sometimes if he wants to be a man sometimes Sometimes a man’s got to be a man if he wants to be a man Man’s gotta be a man sometimes if he wants to be a man No the woman don’t understand what it takes to be a man Man’s gotta be a man sometimes but the woman don’t understand what it takes to be a man Man’s gotta be a man sometimes if he wants to be a man sometimes Sometimes a man’s got to be a man if he wants to be a man Man gotta be a man sometimes if he wants to be the man that he wants Man’s gotta be a man sometimes if he wants to be a man Oh he’s got a man pain but he knows he can’t complain A man or a woman don’t understand the pain a man whose gotta be a man has Man pain but he can’t complain about his man pain no no Oh a man pain but he can’t complain because he’s gotta be a man Man’s gotta be a man sometimes if he wants to be a man sometimes Man’s gotta be a man sometimes if he wants to be a man Man’s gotta be a man sometimes if he wants to be a man Be a man man be a man Darling he’s gotta be a man, gotta be a man, gotta be a man
24.	All our dreams were deplorable nonsense (2018) 04:50	lyrics	buy track
I never asked to be alone But I guess I just assumed With all these American mothers Feeding their ugly boys in their dark and empty rooms Only white bread and popsicles Pat their heads and sigh what’s a good boy to do? Now we slip into our nighties Cross ourselves, clasp our hands and pray Think about all those dying kids in Africa Then we roll back the duvet Just keep quiet and finger me Don’t you wake the child I get up early in the day It’s been three weeks since I had a little bit of action Or we could quietly kill ourselves leave the car in drive stuff the towels neath the door But which of us has the time? Jimmy’s got his karate club And Jenny’s got her dance class at four
25.	Keep your hands where I can see them (2013) 05:19	lyrics	buy track
Put your weight upon the wheel Keep your eyes upon the road Put your hands where I can see em’ Take me where I need to go I don’t like this new look on your face, at all This ain’t the road that takes me to my place Don’t try to take me away for the night I’m alone I just wanted a ride back to my home Put your weight upon the wheel Keep your eyes upon the road Put your hands where I can see em’ Take me where I need to go I don’t want to look at the ocean at night I don’t need this wandering hand gripping my thigh I don’t carry a gun and I’m not very strong I want you to know just how you’re wrong I don’t like this new look on your face at all This ain’t the road that takes me to my place Don’t try to take me away for the night I’m alone I just wanted a ride back to my home
26.	My girlfriend was a lifeguard (2012) 04:29	lyrics	buy track
This rain has drowned out every bird in sight, in sight And it’s never stopped for a second of our lives 00000ooooo our lives When this river starts to wander And raise it’s banks above my eyes My feet will scrape along it’s bottom And I will jump to stay alive Alive alive Ooooooo alive And just when I believe it’s over And the water starts to fill my chest I feel your arms pull tight around me And drag me to another breath of life Ooooooo of life
27.	The drugs the ocean and my heart (2010) 04:01	lyrics	buy track
When you know how it could be If you could see it all down at your feet It is reeling on your line in the sea Like babies set adrift in your shore Holding their tongues tight until the morning And no one can care for them no more Feeling this solid island and it's hard rocks for your bed But they're still set adrift when the cocaine runs out And your tired of all of this There's no one to care for them this time

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“A Year of February” is a collection of my favourite tracks from the last 12 years of my RPM Challenge albums. Every RPM challenge album was written and recorded start to finish in the month of February of that given year. Out of the 159 songs I’ve written during the challenge these are my favourite 27 with at least two songs from each album (although some were included more for album flow as opposed to pure quality) many of the songs were remixed and remastered for this release. Anyway, enjoy the hour and forty three minutes of music.

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released November 6, 2020

All songs written and produced by Patrick Canning except for tracks 06 and 17 written by Patrick Canning and Steve Abbott under Paper Skull and tracks 13 and 16 written by Patrick Canning and AE Bridger under No Culture.
Album art by Patrick Canning
All sounds created by Patrick Canning except:
Track 06 & 17 - guitar by Steve Abbott.
Track 01 & 15 - saxophone by Chris McGee.
Track 13 & 16 - guitar, accordion, mandolin, trumpet and percussion by Alex Bridger.
Tracks 13 & 24 - backing vocals by Michelle Swab.
Track 19 - violin by Alison Corbett.
Track 20 - drums by Devon Milley.

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Patrick is an artist type who lives out on the edge of nowhere in St. John's Newfoundland and makes music for himself.

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