Album
Golden - EP
Charlie and the Foxtrots' sophomore EP - folk / indie-pop / alt-country
- Released
- July 2014
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Charles Gwynne Wilson III (BMI) 100%
Description
optimistic, lighthearted, folk lullaby
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Oh my word I've seen something that's good
Didn't think I could
All the sins I've done I would repeat
To get her to meRock me darling rock to sleep tonight
Stay with me until the morning time
If you leave before we wake
I'd swear to God my soul you'd take awayMade a list of things that we'd become
We'd settle none
Burn down all the doors that held us back
No looking backRock me darling rock to sleep tonight
Stay with me until the morning time
If you leave before we wake
I'd swear to God my soul you'd take awayWipe the fear from our eyes
Strip me down to my disguise
I am bare where I lie
Pick me up pick me upRock me darling rock to sleep tonight
Stay with me until the morning time
If you leave before we wake
I'd swear to God my soul you'd take away -
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Charles Gwynne Wilson III (BMI) 100%
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"Stomp, Clap" is an energetic anthem for all those who've ever questioned themselves and their role in society
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I'm sleeping in the next room over
Laying on the hard wood floor
My baby's living in her head
Can't find the way to me insteadOur brother's hiding in the corner
Wears a mask and speaks to no one
Trees are counting different shades
Numbering my daysOh put down the telephone
Jump off the ledge alone
Lay down the gun go home
Don't listen to the radioWho is the ghost in the machine
Is he as messed up as he seems
We are a mouse inside a maze
Born to live to entertainWhere is the man I was becoming
Hopped a train and kept a running
Oh they're leaving me behind
Left alone to dieOh put down the telephone
Jump off the ledge alone
Lay down the gun go home
Don't listen to the radio -
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Charles Gwynne Wilson III (BMI) 100%
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"Dreams of Yesterday" tells a story of missing home, falling in love, and losing love. The storyteller shares his tale in hopes that it will remembered long after he has passed.
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I miss my family
And nights that I could sleep
And the only thing keeping me awake
Were the dreams of yesterdayI ran from my hometown
Had a ticket out
Now the only thing keeping me away
Are the dreams of yesterdayIf I am to die
Leave behind a ragged life
Tell my story slow
Make it sweet make it knownI washed upon your steps
Bruised and beat to hell
You hosed me down
Broken unwound
And I learned to love againYou hopped the first train home
Left me here alone
No I don't blame you
Nor do I choose
To learn to love anewIf I am to die
Leave behind a ragged life
Tell my story slow
Make it sweet make it knownIf I am to die
Leave behind a ragged life
Let me stay with you
Till the dark fades to blue -
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Charles Gwynne Wilson III (BMI) 100%
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The perspective of a fairytale villain
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Come on girl follow me
We're gonna take a ride down to the sea
Where buried treasure buried treasure lies
Buried deep beneath my heart insideBaby sweet don't you know
I've been through this same old thing before
Fairy tale made up to relieve
Promises a man will never keepI chopped down the cherry tree
Took some fruit and left the rest to bleed
Told a fib to save my tail
Only fooling you to fool myself
No one elseSay to me please forget
I'm like one that you have never met
Memories ripped up to begin
Patterns cycled time and time againDarling dear face so sweet
I'm the baddest one you'll ever see
I'll blow right down your house made out of straw
And eat you up 'til I can't have no moreI chopped down the cherry tree
Took some fruit and left the rest to bleed
Told a fib to save my tail
Only fooling you to fool myself
No one elseSay to me oh
I chopped down the cherry tree
Took some fruit and left the rest to bleed
Told a fib to save my tail
Only fooling you to fool myself
No one else -
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Charles Gwynne Wilson III (BMI) 100%
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A reflective song, "Dorothy Gale" tells a tale of running away from past mistakes to live a life of solitude, only to realize running away isn't the answer.
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I meant to play things right
To put the past behind me
Spend time in isolation
No reconciliation for lies
All liesDaydreamer blind to love to light
Every spite please igniteGave everything I had
A way to get some back I thought
Turns out I'm pretty lonely
Without the world around me I see
Just meDaydreamer blind to love to light
Every spite please igniteWake up my eyes It's time
Wake up my eyes and my life oh it's timeDaydreamer blind to love to light
Every spite please ignite -
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"The Man I Am" is a song about being trapped in your thoughts, forced to analyze old dreams and failed relationships. Escaping with alcohol or confiding in others can help ease the pain of regret, but ultimately a change in self is the only remedy for a clear conscience.
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I thought I'd learned the come and go
Will I be selfish or alone
Always aloneI'll stay the night with you instead
Escape the walls in my head
These walls I dreadSo just lay your head to rest on me
Stay till nothing's troubling you
Feel free to take my grin
I trust it'll find a safer ending too
For the fool I was sees nothing in the truth
And the man I am is only passing throughMarked walls by the door entail
Past hopes and ancient lovers fail
Always failWine and whiskey will rewind
Catch me at a better time
Another timeSo just lay your head to rest on me
Stay till nothing's troubling you
Feel free to take my grin
I trust it'll find a safer ending too
For the fool I was sees nothing in the truth
And the man I am is only passing through -
