Song Lyrics
Kathy’s Cafe
Six AM came around a little early after two AM the night before
She’s got no regrets as she straightens out her apron
Pulls down the chairs and opens the door
Back in the day she sang for her supper
And a tank of resolve to the next little stage
The radio played Hotel California
While she drove through the snow and dreamed of Kathy’s Cafe
She knew all the words to Pancho and Lefty
Free man in Paris, cobwebs and dust
Grievous angel, christmas in prison
Drifter’s escape, diamonds and rust
Then she drove through the snow and dreamed of Kathy’s Cafe
Thirty years later she hangs up a shingle
On an old stone building a place of her own
Ana all day long she makes crepes and cappacinos
Then cleans up the kitchen and writes on a board
Tomorrow’s specials and jam night at seven
When musicians gather and put on a show
After everybody plays she’ll borrow a six string
Then she’ll light up a song inside Kathy’s Cafe
She knows all the words to Pancho and Lefty
Free man in Paris, cobwebs and dust
Grievous angel, christmas in prison
Drifter’s escape, diamonds and rust
Yeah she knows all the words to Pancho and Lefty
Free man in Paris, cobwebs and dust
Grievous angel, christmas in prison
Drifter’s escape, diamonds and rust
Then she drives through the snow and dreams of
Kathy’s Café
Kathy’s Café
Kathy’s Café
Archie’s Good Night
Moonlight shines on Mill Street
Archie’s heading out the door
Gold tie clip and red suspenders
Fresh mission threads he gave back a week before
Thirty years a sailor
He retired from his laker labours
And once a week his Oxfords slide
To the beat at Le Cafe Flore
Lisa’s so young and beautiful
Old Archie he ain’t no fool
If the local lads are too scared to dance
He’ll show those kids his old school moves
You gotta get up and dance now
Celebrate your life yeah
Get up and dance now
Everybody’s up for a small town big dance night
The dance floor’s flowing like the river out back
Archie’s givin’ it all he’s worth
The band’s keepin’ time to a Marley rhyme
The bass feels like it’s coming from the earth
Then that sweet old man put his hand on his chest
And before the tune was done
Archie’s heart stopped dead and he checked out
To the House of the Rising Sun
You gotta get up and dance now
Celebrate your life yeah
Get up and dance now
Everybody’s up for a small town big dance night
Get up and and dance now yeah
Celebrate your life
Get up and dance now
Everybody’s up for a small town big dance
Everybody’s up for a small town big dance
Everybody’s up for a small town big dance night
Archie shone so bright
He was so outa sight
He made us feel allright
Then he said good night
Come Home Again
It feels so familiar yet not quite the same
The limestone and cedars
The river and rains
Full moons over hayfields
New friends and old flames
And I guess I had to leave to come home again
It’s here I learned we all got a gift
And to honour what you make with your hands
That helping someone up will never let you down
And cherish the moments and treasures that you’ve found
It’s here I learned to share and to love
And let the best of every soul shine through
That every small town has stories to tell
And we all get to be our best stories in the end
It feels so familiar
Yet not quite the same
I guess I had to leave
To come home again.
I guess I had to leave
To come home again
Bury the Hatchet
Let’s bury the hatchet put off the duel
Let’s talk things over we don’t have to be cruel
One town’s got red heads the other’s got browns
So let’s bury hatchet between these two towns
One’s cold stone sober the other’s got saloons
They say if you shoot off a cannon in the Dalby at noon
You’d kill the Reeve of Elora and a few profiteers
But the widows of Fergus would fill the quarry with tears
The Daughters of Temperance fill their pews to the brink
But after church in Elora they go out for a drink
Everybody’s got a choice between whisky and tea
Before you make your decision have a round on me
They say if you shoot off a cannon in the Dalby at noon
You’d kill the Reeve of Elora and a few profiteers
But the widows of Fergus
Would fill the quarry with tears
These three day benders are a little bit much
Purity and fidelity are the bedrock of love
Call out the Fergus brass band and make a parade
Don’t mind the manure ladies
They’re drunk as skunks here today
One’s cold stone sober the other’s got saloons
They say if you shoot off a cannon in the Dalby at noon
You’d kill the Reeve of Elora and a few profiteers
But the widows of Fergus would fill the quarry with tears
They say the widows of Fergus would fill the quarry with tears
So let’s bury the hatchet and have a round on me
Build an Ark
The troubled boys are out tonight
Proud of ourselves that we made it this far
Between rounds of drinks and do you remember whens
There’s one simple secret to the way that we are
It wasn’t our family names
Big league or ivy league aims
Chiseled looks or fast cars
One thing we had right from the start
In this weird little town, you could build an ark
George and Edna had three empty rooms
If a kid hit the curb they’d find out real soon
Come on in son you can stay for the night
Our house is your home until things get set right
It wasn’t our family names
Big league or ivy league aims
Chiseled looks or fast cars
One thing we had right from the start
In this weird little town, you could build an ark
Mike’s a builder who sculpts on the side
Jake’s a writer waitin on his first grandchild
Dakota fixes diesels and plays in a band
We all found the strength to make our own plan
It wasn’t our family names
Big league or ivy league aims
Chiseled looks or fast cars
One thing we had right from the start
In this weird little town, you could build an ark
You Know That I Want You
If you’re a slim maple blonde or a rosewood brunette
My hand’ll start tingling when I stroke your neck
Tiny tremolo tail or big Bigsby bottom
Once you wiggle your ash, you know that I’ll want you
Whoah-Oh-Oh, you know that I want ya
And you. And you. And-you-and-you-and-you-and-you
And I-I-I promise to love you all the same
Let’s take the highway to hell or the stairway to heaven
Either way, the volume’s goin’ to eleven
I’ll play lead if you can follow, or set rhythm like Apollo
Whatever it takes, just dreadnought my jumbo
If you like my riffs you’re gonna love my licks
I’m gonna twist your truss-rod and toggle your switch
If it’s a slide that sets you slinky, or a capo gets you kinky
Let’s loosen those strings and do the hanky panky
Whoah-Oh-Oh, you know that I want ya
And you. And you. And-you-and-you-and-you-and-you
And I-I-I promise to love you all the same
Whoah-Oh-Oh, you know that I want ya
And you. And you. And-you-and-you-and-you-and-you
And I-I-I promise to love you all the same
Promise to love you all the same
Promise to you love you all the same
Secret Power
Lately I’ve been thinking bout you
Lately I’m up off the ground
Flying high like a Superman
With all your love around me
I don’t know just what you’re doin’
Exactly how you cast this spell
But baby you got my full attention
And I’m overwhelmed
Hey this feels like something new every day
Maybe I love you’s not just something to say
Hey this feels like something new every day
Maybe I love you’s not just something to say
Baby you are my secret power
The reason why I’m a kinder man
Together we’ll make magic music
With our gentle hands
We’ll sail across the blue tomorrow
Find the ports and make new plans
Then get lost again together
So that we never reach the end
Hey this feels like something new every day
Maybe I love you’s not just something to say
Hey this feels like something new every day
Maybe I love you’s not just something to say
Maybe I love you’s not just something to say
Maybe I love you’s not just something to say
Fall Some More
We live in a treehouse
With three cats we can’t feed
But we all get along somehow
Sharing secrets and fleas
We got pencils and paper
On a table of planks
For makin’ up songs of forgiveness
Or notes to rob banks
When the night comes in and the kerosene’s on
The frogs are singin’ like God’s own choir
I just look at you and I fall right in
Let’s fall some more
The pickup runs fine I guess
It don’t need to have doors
Just watch yourself when it’s rainin out there
Cuz round here when it comes down it sure pours
No we don’t feel the sunshine
On the rare times that we’re clothed
John Prine said to eat peaches
Well we’ll do as we’re told
When the night comes in and the kerosene’s on
The frogs are singin’ like God’s own choir
I just look at you and I fall right in
Let’s fall some more
Let’s fall some more
Let’s fall some more
New Way to Live
Let’s all find a new way to live
Let’s all find a new way to give again
Let’s keep safe who struggle and strive
Who know the words but not how they rhyme
We all know right from wrong
There’s the meek and there’s the strong
And we’ve waited far too long
To find a new way to live
If you have a heart than you have some pain
For this old world and what it became
But it starts right now with us as the change
Push past the fear and see how much love we can make
We all know right from wrong
There’s the meek and there’s the strong
And we’ve waited far too long
To find a new way to live
A new way to live
We all know right from wrong
There’s the meek and there’s the strong
Let’s not wait for one more song
To find a new way to live
Let’s all find a new way to live
Nathan Sloniowski is a Canadian folk/roots singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his solo career he co-founded and performs with The Ragged Flowers neo-psychedelic folk band. Nathan also co-founded and performs with The Maywoods, a band devoted to the music of John Prine.
