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Live At The Horseshoe

by The Honest Heart Collective

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1.
I keep a picture in my wallet of a love I used to know We spent every dollar we had On every credit card we owed And maybe that’s what did us in Or the time our house foreclosed We forgot the vows we said as kids In our parents wedding clothes In our parents wedding clothes It never used to be this way We’d dance from night till day We drove past graveyards And I looked at her and said We ain’t going out like that you know? Our kids won’t come from a broken home And I remember she smiled and took my hand Back to when her and I began We spent months on different schedules She worked days and I worked nights We’d come home to civil wars They were only stupid fights So we just kept digging our own graves And I signed those papers and I hid Cause I can’t forget the day the judge said I wasn’t fit to take the kids I wasn’t fit to take the kids I wasn’t fit Toronto It never used to be this way We’d dance from night till day We drove past graveyards And I looked at her and said We ain’t going out like that you know? Our kids won’t come from a broken home And I remember she smiled and took my hand Back to when her and I began It never used to be this way We’d dance from night till day We drove past graveyards And I looked at her and said We ain’t going out like that you know? Our kids won’t come from a broken home And I remember she smiled and took my hand Back to when her and I began When her and I began
2.
This song's called North American Dream Let's go You can take a day or two but no more than that We’ve got a real strict schedule to meet Don’t you want to keep the lights on in that house? Don’t you want to keep shoes on your kid’s feet? See they don’t care if you’re sick They don’t care if you’re ill They need you to do things nobody else will Cause if the lights go out That American dream moves on Are you tired of living, two weeks at a time? Sing it Working paycheque to paycheque Fighting just to stay alive As it goes on, you’re left behind To wonder what life could have been like If you were born in a different time So don’t let it die Can we talk about timing? Or should we talk about love? Maybe we should just walk away And pretend it ain’t in our blood ‘Cause either you’re something or you’re nothing You’re broken or you’re loving Well if loving means nothing Being broken meant something to me Being broken meant something to me Are you tired of living, two weeks at a time? Working paycheque to paycheque Fighting just to stay alive As it goes on, you’re left behind To wonder what life could have been like If you were born in a different time So don’t let it die Toronto how we doing tonight everybody? I can't hear you Toronto I say how we doing tonight? We're a little band called The Honest Heart Collective From a place called Thunder Bay, Ontario And if you live there You're either something or you're nothing You’re something, or you’re nothing You’re broken, or you’ve loving Cause either you’re something, or you’re nothing You’re broken, you’re broken Are you tired of living, two weeks at a time? Fucking paycheque to paycheque Fighting just to stay alive As it goes on, you’re left behind To wonder what life could have been like If you were born in a different time So don’t let it die Don't let it die
3.
Alright this is an older song And it's called Liar's Club Toronto let's dance Welcome to the Liar’s Club Where we drink and dance We hide our heavy hearts And we hold our shaking hands And the rumours spread And they spread around The only way you leave this club Is six feet underground And we stand strong While hurting one another Honesty’s a hopeless plea There’s no need to discover We’ll sit up in our webs that we spun From up above Now the tales I’ve told won’t hurt no one We’re just the Liar’s Club Now if you even try to seek the truth You’ll be subject to ridicule and our self abuse But maybe we’ve got it all wrong Those who lie, they don’t love And they won’t They won't fucking sing along And we stand strong While hurting one another Honesty’s a hopeless plea There’s no need to discover We’ll sit up in our webs that we spun From up above Now the tales I’ve told they hurt someone We’re just the Liar’s Club And we stand strong While hurting one another Honesty’s a hopeless plea There’s no need to discover We sit up in our webs that we spun From up above Now the tales I’ve told they hurt someone They hurt the one I love
4.
Alright everybody get your cell phones out I lost my job today at the rail yard Hours were cut, so I was cut too First in, last out Last call and self-doubt If only there were more that I could do See I’ve flipped through the newspaper classifieds But every listing says, “Diploma required” See I failed, I tried I got drunk to pass time Perhaps a sober state of mind would follow through And so what if I’m scared of dying alone? I always thought I’d grow up to get my daddy’s job But they cut him loose when a machine took it on As I say, as I do one drink, then a few I watched him slip away back then And that’s just what I lived up too Now these debts grow taller than me And so what if I’m scared of dying alone In an unmarked grave? And honestly I swear that I’ll never know If I can pay back the debts that I owe First in, last out It’s what this life’s all about Who you are, who you know What you’ve done, how you grow And so what if I’m scared of dying alone In an unmarked grave? And honestly I swear that I’ll never know At least I tried to pay back the debts that I owe
5.
You had to get away Get away fast I’m rolling with the punches But I feel that it won’t last I can hear your knuckles break As they hit my face Got me feeling something bitter But it’s just the blood I taste Oh I taste Well my heart is barely beating About to flatline And my lungs they aren’t breathing No, not quite right But I’m, oh I’m lucky to be alive yeah I never meant to be broken I never thought you would say That you could never fall in love With the mistakes that I’ve made You had to get away I found my teeth on the floor After you said I don’t love you anymore Well my heart is barely beating About to flatline And my lungs they aren’t breathing No, not quite right But I’m, Toronto, oh I’m lucky I'm lucky to be alive yeah Toronto how we doing Like I said earlier we're The Honest Heart Collective All the way from Thunder Bay, Ontario Sing it if you know it I never meant to be broken I never thought you would say That you could never fall in love With the mistakes that i’ve made I never meant to be broken I never thought you would say That you could never fall in love With the mistakes that i’ve made I never meant to be broken I never meant to be broken I never meant to be broken no Haymaker, haymaker, haymaker
6.
When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride When I get to the bottom and I see you again Yeah, yeah, yeah Do you, don't you want me to love you I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you Tell me, tell me, tell me, come on tell me the answer Well, you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer Helter skelter, helter skelter Helter skelter, yeah Will you, won't you want me to make you I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you Tell me, tell me, tell me Come on, tell me the answer Well you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer Helter skelter, helter skelter Helter skelter, yeah When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide And I stop and I turn and I go for a ride When I get to the bottom and I see you again Yeah, yeah, yeah Do you, don't you want me to make you Coming down fast but don't let me break you Tell me, tell me, tell me, yeah Cause you may be a lover well you may be a lover You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer Helter skelter, helter skelter Helter skelter, yeah
7.
One two three four Hey Mac, we’ve been here before But I can’t imagine when Frontlines and picket signs But the cheques aren’t coming in And you just had that kid back on August 10 And 35 bucks a day, well it’ll barely pay the rent But we’ll look out for each other And keep our ears to the ground ‘Cause we’ll be listening to that old strike sound Someone crossed the line today I guess they don’t understand the word “solidarity” Or better days for a fellow man Well it takes time and broken locks We’ll make ‘em sweat till we’re better off And trust me Mac Everything in the world’s gonna be okay ‘Cause revolution sparks the change We’ll look out for each other And keep our ears to the ground ‘Cause we’ll be listening to that old strike sound Hearing that old strike sound Brothers in arms, sisters at hand Trying to make our way to the Promised Land They can’t stop us from reaching it And we’ll look out for each other And keep our ears to the ground ‘Cause we’ll be listening to that old strike sound We’ll look out for each other And keep our ears to the ground ‘Cause we’ll be listening to that old strike sound Hearing that old strike sound Trust me they’ll hear that old strike sound That old strike sound
8.
This song's about a girl who lives on Brunswick Street And her name's Abigail Why is it over? Maybe I’ll tell you when you’re older Well it was something ‘bout a river And how I’m drowning in it sober, sober Well if I could go back again I’d stop the river from closing in on baby on You won’t understand a word I say, but Abigail it’s true I know it feels like a rainy day for these separate ways For these separate ways Why is it over? I guess she never found closure Had seven years and you together And I wish we’d have made this work To save you that hurt But the mistakes I made came in like a flood And the rain washed away all the things I loved But if only, Toronto, I could do it right by You won’t understand a word I say, but Abigail it’s true I know it feels like a rainy day for these separate ways Separate ways Well we still love you It’s nothing you did or could ever do Your mom and I got things to sort through But ill be seeing you I’ll be seeing you Toronto Well, you won’t understand a word I say But Abigail it’s true I know it feels like a rainy day for these separate ways You won’t understand, you wont understand a word And it’s true I know it feels like a rainy day for these separate ways For these separate ways For these separate ways Thank you You guys still with us?
9.
Right there buddy, looking at you right there man You guys cool if we play you guys an older song? It's a singalong alright It's emotional And it goes like this Well I've been holding out, holding out on you I've been hiding out in shipwrecks and alleyways Hoping I'd pull on through And I've said my goodbyes To my friends at the Liar’s Club The only thing my honest heart needs is your love Toronto, I only need your love Laying low in an old little bar One drink then another when you said hello to me Well ever since that fine moment darling Anchors and crowns are all I see And they mean everything to me Do you really want to know what goes on in my dreams Well every time I tell a lie I swear that It gets harder to fall asleep Well I’ve been holding out, holding out on you I've been hiding out in shipwrecks and alleyways Hoping I'd pull on through And I’ll be saying goodbye To my friends at the Liar’s Club The only thing my honest heart needs is your love Well I was dying all alone one night Passed out in the ally when you said don’t go to me Well you keep growing tired of all this nonsense but i keep begging you not to leave Do you really want to know what goes on in my dreams Because that rough boy you fell in love with Yeah he’ll turn over that leaf 'Cause I've been holding out, holding out on you I've been hiding out in shipwrecks and alleyways Hoping I'd pull on through And I’ll be saying goodbye To my friends at the Liar’s Club The only thing my honest heart needs is your love I only need your love I'm laying low in an old little bar One drink then another when you said hello to me Ever since that fine moment darling Anchors and crowns are all I see Holding out I won’t be holding out, holding out on you I won’t be hiding out in shipwrecks and alleyways Hoping I’d pull on through And I’ve said my goodbyes To them kids at the Liar’s Club The only thing my honest heart needs is your love I only need your love
10.
Now this next one is about being sure What you're doing in your life is worth it It's about asking yourself that question And being honest about it Because you only one, we only get one everybody And we almost lost ours But we're still here We're still making music We're still driving down Highway 11 17 To come to the great people of the six So I dare you Toronto I'm gonna ask you a fucking question And I'm going to need you to answer it Everybody, this song's called Lonely Bones If I asked you, would you tell me that this was worth it? Being lost here in a fragile state of mind ‘Cause I’m the fool because I thought that I deserved it Well I got a feeling in these lonely bones of mine I’m tired and broke in the same clothes from last night And just because I’m in a brand new city That don’t make it all right I’ve spent two weeks in these jeans and white t-shirts And the pain in my neck just gets worse and worse But those are lessons you learn Lessons that you learn on your own If I asked you, would you tell me that this was worth it? Being lost here in a fragile state of mind Well I’m the fool because I thought that I deserved it Well I got a feeling in these lonely bones of mine It’s just another night out but free won’t last forever You pay for it every morning In the stormiest of weather I know it’s hard to say no to those free things And the wonders of the world that their love brings But those are lessons you learn For reasons that you already know If I asked you, would you tell me that this was worth it? Being lost here in a fragile state of mind ‘Cause I’m the fool because I thought that I deserved it Well I got a feeling in these lonely bones of mine If I asked you, would you tell me it wasn’t worth it? Being lost here in a fragile state of mind ‘Cause I’m the fool because I never really earned it Well I got a feeling in these lonely bones of mine Oh god I’ve been dealing with These lonely bones of mine
11.
Toronto, what's going on? Tell you what, it's almost Friday It's almost Friday And after that Most of you probably have to work anyway Because the cost of living is too damn high So you all have two to three jobs And I mean, that's fine you know Is it? I don't know, I can't really tell That's why I can't afford to live here That's why my friends are moving out to the suburbs That's why we're from Thunder Bay, Ontario And we're fucking proud of that That's just fine by us everybody We got a new single out right now On Spotify Apple Music Wherever you choose to consume it This song's called Fine Come on You always know what I’m thinking But you never really wanted to hear You can blame who ever you like Standing where you were last year We’ll I’ve said it before, so I’ll say it again Have you looked in the mirror? That ain’t your friend You say you’re fine But I don’t believe it There’s always something with you I can feel those words that you’re breathing They’re the furthest thing away from the truth Though I know that there’s a reason I tell myself that something is wrong With me, yeah, with me There’s always something with you In every room you walk into You’re looking for a fight Tell me kid, do you feel alive? Lost yourself to an anxious pride It’ll be okay, just admit you lie When you say, you’re fine Truth is, you’re tired Well you say, you’re fine But I don’t believe it There’s always something with you I can feel those words that you’re breathing They’re the furthest thing away from the truth Our reflections can’t keep secrets When you walk away they’re following you Though I know that there’s a reason I tell myself that something is wrong With me, yeah, with me, yeah Wrong with me, yeah You say, you’re fine But I don’t believe it You say, you’re fine But I don’t believe it There’s always something with you I can feel those words that you’re breathing They’re the furthest thing away from the truth Our reflections can’t keep secrets When you walk away they’re following you Oh I know that there’s a reason There’s a reason why I know Oh I hope that there’s a reason I tell myself that something is wrong With me, yeah, with me, yeah Wrong with me, yeah Wrong with me, yeah, with me, yeah Wrong
12.
Thank you very much Toronto We're The Honest Heart Collective How many people have seen our little band play before? That means there's a lot of new faces Welcome to the Liar's Club everybody So we got some merch over there And it's right there It's on you, it's on you, it's on you, it's on Guys thank you so much Alright boys let's bring it down a bit Let's bring it down a bit Now before we kick off our last song tonight There's some things that need to be said Some announcements that need to be made Everybody give it up to our two great opening bands Leeroy Stagger and Brother fucking Elsey The Horseshoe Tavern is a great fucking place ain't it? Give it up to the Horseshoe Tavern And all their staff, security, bartenders Tip your bartenders everybody Because chances are tomorrow night it's gonna be you Everybody if you turn your attention to the back By the sound board Give it up to our good friend Paul at the sound board Wave hello It's Paul's birthday at midnight everybody I wanna thank Vanessa and Danielle at Live Nation For putting this concert on and their whole team And everybody, the man giving us all our guitars Keeping them all in tune for the evening So we look somewhat professional Our friend Darren McGill everybody Now Toronto, I wanna say thank you to you guys Thank you for coming out Thank you for supporting our band The Horseshoe Tavern Was the first place we ever played When we played in Toronto when we started touring And it's great to still be here And connecting with new people In this legendary venue in this great city So thank you so much for having us We've always got you Toronto
13.
He was a helpless victim, the kind we know now And I’m sorry that you lost him But I swear we’re going to work this out Oh I cannot lose you, I can’t go through this again Oh I cannot lose you, I can’t go through this again Don’t give it up just yet, you might be emotionally spent But I’ve got you, well I’ve got you And if there’s one thing you shouldn’t forget That baby it’s not fair to think it’s yours to regret ‘Cause I’ve got you, well I’ve got you Hey hey You’ve come along way since then But it still hurts sometimes That old guilt still crawls in your head Right in the middle of the night I never want you to feel that broken again But it’s the hard truth, never an “if”, only “when” And I remember everything that you said The day you found out Oh I cannot lose you, I can’t go through this again Oh I cannot lose you, I can’t go through this again Don’t give it up just yet, you might be emotionally spent But I’ve got you, well I’ve got you And if there’s one thing you shouldn’t forget That baby it’s not fair to think it’s yours to regret ‘Cause I’ve got you, I’ve always got you Oh I cannot lose you, I can’t go through this again Oh I cannot lose you, I can’t go through this again Toronto thank you so much, thank you for coming out Now you've been singing along all night And I hope it's not too much to ask If you'll sing along with me one last time Before we go home So repeat after me, you ready? Oh I cannot lose you, I can’t go through this again Your turn Oh I cannot lose you, I can’t go through this again Oh I cannot lose you, I can’t go through this again Oh I cannot lose you, I can’t go through this again Toronto, thank you so much We're The honest Heart Collective Don’t give it up just yet, you might be emotionally spent But I’ve got you Toronto, I've always had you Toronto, thank you We're The Honest Heart Collective Let's grab a drink
14.
Thank you everybody, thank you so much Thank you for paying attention to our little band We'll keep coming back as long as you keep showing up Eleanor, I got some bad news today The doctor told me there was a whole lot of hurt Coming along the way Well it’ll get my liver, it’ll get my lungs It’ll crush that life we were dreaming of Eleanor, I got some bad news today Do you remember when we were young in ’68? You were a few years older than me So I was nervous on our date But it was the way you’d laugh that made me feel Like this strange, odd thing, it could be real Do you remember when we were young in ’68? Do you remember when we were young in ’68? I guess I always hoped I’d have more time All the things we could have seen and done If I only were alive But I bet the heartache and the medical bills Will get me before the cancer will I guess I always hope I’d have more time I guess I always hoped I’d have more time Eleanor I’ve got some bad news today Just let them grief rights in So you can lower my body in that grave Well please don’t let your life end with me You’ll make a great mom one day you’ll see Eleanor, I got some bad news today Please don’t forget when we were young in ’68
15.
In the day we sweat it out on the streets Of a runaway American dream At night we ride through the mansions of glory In suicide machines Sprung from cages on Highway Nine Chrome wheeled, fuel injected And steppin' out over the line Oh, baby this town rips the bones from your back It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap We gotta get out while we're young 'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run Now Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your friend I wanna guard your dreams and visions Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims And strap your hands 'cross my engines Together we can break this trap We'll run 'til we drop, baby, we'll never go back Oh, walk with me out on the wire 'Cause, baby, I'm just a scared and lonely rider But I gotta know how it feels I wanna know if love is wild And I wanna know if love is real Alright Kevin you hit it with that saxophone buddy Beyond the Palace, hemi-powered drones Scream down the boulevard The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors While the boys try to look so hard The amusement park rising bold and stark Kids are huddled on the beach in the mist I wanna die with you, Wendy, on the street tonight In that everlasting kiss Thank you Toronto One, two, three, four The highway's jammed with broken heroes On a last chance power drive Everybody's out on the run tonight But there ain't no place left to hide Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness I'll love you with all the madness in my soul Oh, someday, girl, I don't know when We're gonna get to that place We really wanted to go and we'll walk in the sun But tramps like us Baby, we were born to run Oh honey, tramps like us Baby, we were born to run Come on Toronto, tramps like us Baby, we were born to run Give it up for Brother Elsey everybody Thank you very much We're The Honest Heart Collective Let's grab that drink Thank you everybody Thank you so much

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released December 6, 2019

Recorded live at Toronto, Ontario's Horseshoe Tavern by Paul Mack
Mixid by Darren McGrill
Mastered by Derek Hoffman
Performed by Ryan, Nic, Kevin, and Jay of The Honest Heart Collective
Keyboards and additional vocals by Jimmy Breslin

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