GOLDEN HOUR
Caitlin Canty: acoustic guitar, vocals
Hans Holzen: electric guitar, lap steel, pedal steel, tenor guitar, organ
Sam Kapala: percussion, organ, bodhrán, piano, vocals, whistles
Harris Paseltiner: cello, acoustic guitar, vocals
Kyle Keggereis: upright bass, electric baritone guitar, organ
Sammy Baker: drums
Don Mitchell: vocals
Annie Lynch: vocals
David Senft: vocals
All songs written by Caitlin Canty © 2012, Silver Giblet Publishing (ASCAP), except
“Sweet and Low” written by Darlingside (S. Kapala-D. Mitchell-A. Mukharji-H. Paseltiner-D. Senft) © 2012 (ASCAP). “Do Not Stand At My Grave” lyrics by Mary Elizabeth Frye, music by Caitlin Canty. “Thorn” written by Caitlin Canty and Hans Holzen (ASCAP)
Produced by Caitlin Canty and Sam Kapala
Engineered and mixed by Sam Kapala at The 400 Room
Recorded at The Studio in Portland, Maine
Additional engineering by Steve Addabbo at Shelter Island Sound in NYC (vocals on tracks 4, 6) and by Caitlin Canty at Hans’ apartment in Brooklyn (guitars and steel on tracks 1,2,10,11)
Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE MASTERING
Layout by Brian Neilson
Photos by Shervin Lainez
GOLDEN HOUR LYRICS
1. Still Here
saw you on the train / buttoning your coat / got an open book / edges painted gold / how you pass another page / always on your way / you haven't changed / I'm still here I seen them all come and go / I'm still here I walked these streets as a young boy / I'm still here I drove these roads with my eyes closed / I'm still here I'll watch you all come and go / we never lock our doors / never get away / we live a golden hour of a golden age / there are those who go / there are those who stay / you cannot have it both ways / I'm still here I seen them all come and go / I'm still here I walked these streets as a young boy / I'm still here I drove these roads with my eyes closed / I'm still here I'll watch you all come and go / I've forgotten now what I came to talk about / I remember how every memory's slippery now / stronger than skin and bone / time will distill you down / what are you made of / what are you made of / we will all find out / what you're made of / what you’re made of / I'm still here I seen them all come and go / I'm still here I walked these streets as a young boy / I'm still here I drove these roads with my eyes closed / I'm still here I'll watch you all come and go
Shoot Trouble
he brought me to a firing range to stand on the good side of a gun / he knows better than to give me an ultimatum / he shoots trouble before it can run / he brought me to the county fair / held me so tight on that ride / he knows better than to let me out of his sight / he shoots trouble before it can run / run run run / we will say brave words to each other / tempt fate with our plans / play house together / a woman takes this man / when something else caught my eye / he didn’t seem to see / two weeks later over by the white pines / he dropped onto his knee / he shoots trouble / as the sun dissolves to night / my eyes ache at horizons / he tells me of a trip we’ll take / promising i’ll be right beside him / he shoots trouble / we will say brave words to each other / tempt fate with our plans / play house together / a woman takes this man / run run run / he brought me to a firing range to stand on the good side of a gun
Southern Man
southern man in a northern land / you know where to put your hands when we dance / call me darlin / you’re a hard man to understand / southern man / swing me ‘round to an old time band / hold me close with two strong hands / all my plans don’t mean nothing / you’re a hard man to withstand / southern man / working man with calloused hands / gentler than a gentleman / hold me tight / the world is put right / you’re a good man to stand by / man of mine / I can let my hair down / southern man in a northern land / you know where to put your hands when we dance / hold me so tight / you’re a good man to stand by / man of mine
Never Again
whiskey-throated daughter reaching for the water / mouth like a dust bowl eyes full of sharp stones / i’m too young to be this old / where did my time go / your sugar coated words sounded rehearsed / but if I have another one / just one / poetry will come / I’m too old to be this young / can’t remember all the fun must have had some / I drank more than I meant to / it's too late for thinking straight / didn't mean to lead you where I led you / cheap wine underlines every mistake / I’m too old to be this young / I’m too old to be this young / I’m too old to be this young / what the hell have I done / Never again / never again / poor me / pour me another one
Thorn
I like getting lost / I'll keep wandering off / how I love an open road / gonna get outta dodge / every chance I've got / you know how I long to go / you’re the thorn in my traveling bone / you make it so hard to go / I don’t mind kicking back / I’ll throw my feet up and relax / cozy up let time mosey by / but I just can’t unfix my gaze / from that always drifting place / where land touches sky / you’re the stone in this old suitcase / you make me want to stay / when every road starts to look the same / and faces blend with normal names / and all I crave is that one and I could watch the lines grow on his face / you’re the stone in this old suitcase / you make it so hard to go away / you’re the thorn in my traveling bone / there's nothing quite like coming home
Every Day
every day I wake up and the sun fades your face from my eyes / I try to keep them shut but you still go no matter how tight I keep them closed / you still go / I keep them closed but you still go / every day I wake up with fingernail lines in my palms / I guess that’s where I hold you / tight in my fists all night long / I hold on tight but you’re still gone / hold on tight but you’re still gone / so I’m gonna dream this time away til I see you again / this world’s too heavy for my head to hold all alone / every day I wake up moves me one more day closer to you / the last breath of your face is the first thing I see when I come to / I’ll keep dreaming til I dream you home / I’ll dream you home / I’m gonna dream this time away til I see you again / this world’s too heavy for my head to hold all alone / I’ll keep dreaming til I dream you home / I’ll dream you home / every day I wake up and the sun fades your face from my eyes / I try to keep them shut but you still go no matter how tight I keep them closed / you still go / I keep them closed and you won’t go
Do Not Stand At My Grave
do not stand at my grave and weep / I’m not there / I do not sleep / I’m a thousand winds that blow / I’m the diamond glints on snow / the sunlight on ripened grain / the gentle autumn rain / when you awaken in the morning's hush / I’m the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight / I’m the soft stars shining at night / do not stand at my grave and cry / I’m not there, I did not die.
Vermont
my lungs are full of diesel fumes / my heart is full of missing you / tried to go to the roof to get closer to the sky / so tired I can't sleep I’m separating stars from city lights / but my little home is not as high as these other buildings / I heard they're supposed to scrape the sky but I think they're missing / I'm missing a place there's no replacing / where she's listening to crickets sing / I can only hear this TV humming / it's dark in VT tonight / too bright in this fake light / gonna drive all night leave the concrete in my dust / gonna cool my feet in mountain streams til I've had enough / take a long run sweat the city out of my blood / the water runs its race so fast and hard / just to end up right back where it started / the harder I try to hold / the faster it goes / I've been breathing out more than I’ve been breathing in / gonna head straight home til I find myself a second wind / I thought by now I'd have a little more figured out / had a mouthful of wisdom once but someone pulled it out / so I’m going back / hide and seek until I find it / my lungs are full of diesel fumes / my heart is full of missing you
Go
talking with our fingers through glowing screens / how we hide from what we mean / all these timelines on my face / it takes so much it takes / there must have been a mistake / I am not who I meant to be / to dos and sticky notes piled by my car keys / I've remembered where to go / forgotten how to know / I see through you / blue wires below pale skin / always connected always plugged in / we spend it all tied to tight deadlines / staring at fake hayfields and electric skies / there must have been a mistake / I am not who I meant to be / to dos and sticky notes piled by my car keys / I've remembered where to go / it seems harder to be happy than it used to be / hands are exclamation points / stretching to a blinding void / pulling taut on tired arms / can you see the sparks / won't let go / can't let go for anything / so much harder to be happy than it used to be / on our way to cubicles / to buzz around the honeycomb / to earn the time to lie in sugar beds / there must have been a mistake / I am not who I meant to be / to dos and sticky notes piled by my car keys / I've remembered where to go
Businessman
black suit / sharp shoes / you put salt on everything / they ring for you the bells ring / Black noose / pulled loose / certain whispered words at night / do not hold up to the light / you take all of the credit and none of the blame / you take all you want it will never be the same / the blackest numbers / the whitest lies / you walk a crooked timeline / you smell like taxi and sharp cologne / you know where the time goes / you take all the credit / none of the blame /take all you want it will never be the same / you touched my skin / poured poison in my ear / said nothing personal / you take all the credit/none of the blame / take all the pleasure none of the pain / businessman / it's nothing personal
Sweet and Low
nothing tastes like sugar it's all sweet and low / nothing drinks like lemonade / nothing skips like stone / nothing runs like water when your one true love is gone / every day that comes along has a silver medal on / nothing soars like falcons it's all paper planes / nothing stings like thistles and nothing floods like rain / nothing roars like fire when you're standing on your own / no shelter from the coming storm will ever feel like home / nothing's cut like diamond it's all shades of coal / nothing breaks like tidal waves nothing mends like bone / nothing tastes like sugar when your love can ne'er return / how to feel with half your heart is the toughest thing to learn