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Grandview

by Mark Branscombe

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    Music
    Mark Branscombe - Vocals, guitars, harmonica
    Melissa Bandura - violin, guitars, rhodes, vocals & glockenspiel
    pd Wohl - guitars, vocals, lap steel, bass, keys
    Jesse Waldman - guitar, bass
    Simon Kendall - organ, piano, accordion
    Jesse Waldman - guitar, bass
    Kenton Weiss - drums
    Chris Garnier - drums
    Melissa Hammer - trumpet
    Natasha Pheko, Ryan Mclean - background vocals

    Production
    tracks 1,2,5 Melissa Bandura - production, arrangements
    engineered & mixed by Jesse Waldman
    Red Light Studio, Vancouver, Canada

    tracks 3,4,12 Jesse Waldman
    production, engineering & mixing
    Red Light Studio, Vancouver Canada

    tracks 6,7,8,9,10 pd Wohl
    production, engineering & mixing,
    Wohl of Sound, Vancouver, Canada

    Scott Young - track 11 engineering & mixing
    Alchemy Sound, New Westminster, Canada

    Mastered by Jamie Sitar,
    Outta Town Sound, Winnipeg, Canada

    Art
    Photographs by Mark Branscombe, Colleen Rogan, Dawn Millott
    Graphic design - Peter Koenig

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    Many thanks to you all for putting the glow into this batch
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    Booklet inside with full lyrics and photos
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1.
Bonnie and Clyde 03:59
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Bonnie and Clyde If you will be my Bonnie well I’ll play Clyde We’ll climb on to the back of that bullet and ride We both made our vows long before we met And kept them and broke them and we’ll be makin’ lots more yet But this is going to be a life we’ll never live to regret If you will be my Bonnie well I’ll play Clyde We’ll climb on to the back of a bullet and ride Back in your home town there’s a lotta talk passed around They just don’t seem to understand The bonds that bind a woman and a man The very thing that holds them there drove us both away If you will be my Bonnie well I’ll play Clyde We’ll climb on to the back of that bullet and ride The guns that we live by are surely the ones at our side When a hot flash from no where drops us in our tracks Too soon we’ll pay for doing things our own way But we ain’t takin’ back this or any other day If you will be my Bonnie well I’ll play Clyde We’ll climb on to the back of that bullet and ride Down the highways and the backroads at night Sleep in the daytime by the river side You and I we just may be two of the happiest people alive You and I we just may be two of the happiest people alive You and I, maybe, two of the happiest people alive
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Flowers On Friday 04:14
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Flowers On Friday Ridin’ the B line Under a perfect sky Back to the Eastside Feel like that lucky guy All day long been thinkin’ bout our rendezvous Countin’ down the stops now just a few to go I can’t wait to see you I’m buyin’ flowers on Friday because they’re beautiful And I’m givin’ every one to you Sometimes we meet Down on the Drive Take in some street life Quarter after five We go walkin, talkin’, window shoppin’ Stoppin’ on the corner to gaze into your eyes I’m so paralyzed I’m buyin’ flowers on Friday because they’re beautiful And I’m givin’ every one to you Pretty petals, cherry blossom trees Will we live to see days sweeter than these I always knew There’d be someone like you We’d meet up somehow Out of the blue We fell together quite perfectly Maybe we were put on earth To drive each other crazy Never been so happy I’m buyin’ flowers on Friday because they’re beautiful And I’m givin’ every one to you I’m buyin’ flowers on Friday I’m buyin’ flowers on Friday Flowers on Friday Flowers on Friday
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Light In The Sky 05:10
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Light in the Sky Sittin’ in this open window watchin the city empty out It all slides off to the west, leaving a deep blue promise hangin about Darkness carries it away in it’s arms through the black, And sets it down with it’s things out back It’s over, its it done it’s gone, the night is comin’ on I’m lookin for a light in the sky, some good reason why I can’t see a thing tonight, lookin for a light in the sky Up on the end of the beach there’s a place I always go alone Listen to the waves singin some old song They rolled in from out beyond Lingering in the great unknown Words in the wind weaving stories any one could own We found our way out there through the dark Gotta believe we’re gonna find some way home I’m lookin for a light in the sky, some good reason why I can’t see a thing tonight, I’m lookin’ for a light in the sky Jesus Christ, Jean and Joan of Arc The lovers and redeemers, the dreamers and the lost Are pickin’ up your signals...out here in the dark Saw you moving through the market this morning, Your eye was not upon the fare Picked your face right out of the crowd, Told me why you were there A glance as you passed pierced right through Froze your name in my throat, ‘fore I could call it out loud So but let it be as a memory, maybe time will be as kind to you I’m lookin‘for a light in the sky, some good reason why I can’t see a thing tonight, lookin’ for a light in the sky
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Sugarland 05:23
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Sugarland Top strand of barb wire & the fence posts stickin’ out of the snow Runnin’ long side a frozen gravel prairie road Gunmetal grey and ten below in the last light of day A coyote stopped up in the field about a hundred yards away Sniffs the air and slides across the borderline Leaving just the mist that was risin’ off his back behind I’m going to Sugarland and I’m comin’ back I’m going to Sugarland if it’s the last thing I do I’m going to Sugarland with you Shut the engine down on the shoulder, checked all the tires Only sound out there was a hum in the transmission wires Saw an eagle turning circles in a clear blue sky Through a rusty bullet hole in a bent metal sign If I could make out what that eagle is tryin’ to say I could tell you just how many more miles to go and which way I’m going to Sugarland and I’m coming back I’m going to Sugarland if it’s the last thing I do I’m going to Sugarland with you Everybody wants to get there, everybody finds their own way Everybody’s gonna make it yeah, we’re goin’ all the way Memories, ghosts & heat-waves rise up off the highway Silver flash through the insulator glass playin’ tricks with your eyes The daydream has a water tower with the name written on the side And a town you can’t reach no matter how long you drive If you ever should arrive maybe you’d roll straight through There’s always some place new on the horizon waiting for you I’m going to Sugarland And I’m coming back I’m going to Sugarland if it’s the last thing I do I’m going to Sugarland, I’m going to Sugarland I’m going to Sugarland with you
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All Over Me 05:03
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All Over Me I read the letter From the lawyer this morning Knew what it said Before I had it half read Disturbing news though not surprising Still it just doesn’t seem true How anything so black and white Could leave me so blue I got these blues all over me Top to the bottom and underneath Inside and out and in between I got these blues all over me Every T was crossed , Every I was dotted I read it twice to be sure that I got it These envelopes always feel so coarse Attorneys listed like a hit songwriting team From the offices of so and so, so and so And so it goes I got these blues all over me Top to the bottom and underneath Inside and out and in between It’s a text book case Chapter one to the very last page Star-crossed lovers fallen from grace Disenchanted with their fates Litigate to save some face I got the message Last night when I got home It wasn’t pinned on the fridge Wasn’t in the email or on the telephone It was there in the air crystal clear Loudest sound a man will ever hear That silent deafening roar Tellin’ you she don’t live here anymore I got these blues all over me Top and bottom and underneath Toes to my teeth Inside and out and in between I got these blues all over me I got these blues all over me
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This Heaven Of Yours 05:26
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This Heaven Of Yours I see it’s late and you’re ready to close Can I still get a little something to go I’m not that fussy as long as it’s hot Anything really whatever you’ve got We could negotiate something To make it worth your while But you’ll have to tell me If I’m wastin’ your time This Heaven of Yours This Heaven of yours Will it take us all down Before they open the doors, This Heaven of yours Walking through a world that’s seen better days We find ourselves here face to face Militarizing everything in our way Heaven sent and hell-bent It should have gone better, Really it could it get much worse But you’ll have to tell me if you get there first This heaven of yours This heaven of yours Will it take us all down Before they open the doors This Heaven of yours Is everyone fed, have they got enough A roof & a bed, somewhere safe to keep their stuff Is there anywhere up there you can park for free If I get in after curfew can you toss us down a key It should have been easy Truly it could get real tough So what can you tell me that might turn this around Is there space on the bus for a few more of us You can charge us what you think is fair We’re pretty easy as far as it goes Long as you can get us there We just really need to see Behind those old oak doors Behind the razor wire and your metaphors This heaven of yours, this heaven of yours This holy ground , this sacred place Blood in the sand outside the gates We seek a blessing and bear a curse This heaven of yours Can we take it from the top again now so I’m clear Just before I give them my notice here I was with you till the bit about the entrance fee Could you go over that one more time with me Now how would it be If we did it off the books And you just gave me Your personal guarantee This heaven of yours, this Heaven of yours Is there room up there for people like me This heaven of yours This heaven of yours
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Whole Lotta Water 06:05
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Whole Lotta Water There’s just so much water in the river Not so much as there was last year It’s running slow, there’s not much flow Summer wind is hot and the water is low Need a whole lotta water to make it all grow There’s just so many fish in the sea Plenty enough in there for you and me If I take one and you take three Won’t be enough for any other family Whole lotta fish and many people to feed There’s just so many trees up on the hillside And too many boulders in a mudslide Truckloads of timber and rolls of paper, Spreading the news out far and wide Takes a whole lotta timber to stop a landslide There’s just so much oil in the pipe You can drive it to the end of the earth if you like Sink another hole, down to the core One barrel closer to the very last drop Gotta whole lotta oil and no remedy When they burn the very last liter of diesel Tanks are lyin’ empty, still in their tracks Soldiers walking cross the silent sands Nothing to burn and no plan of attack That’ll be the day when the war machine stops There’s a whole lotta kids born in the world you see Young fresh minds, new ideas When the right way isn’t easily Need a teacher to teach them what they can change There’s a whole lotta kids with a lot to learn There’s a whole lotta life lived in a minute Just so many minutes in a day Time picks up the seconds and puts them away And never brings them back the same again There’s a whole lotta heart beats in a minute There’s just so much water in the river Not so much as there was last year Now it’s running slow, there’s not much flow Summer wind is hot and the water is low Need a whole lotta water to make it all grow Whole lotta water...
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Young Men On Ships 05:12
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Young Men On Ships In what may be this century’s greatest cities Some men will never hear the knock of opportunity Youth is spent in the shadows of doubt Boys become men who are doing without Kept alive by knowing how to fight Young men on ships with guns, boom boom boom Young men on ships with guns, whoa oh oh Are following orders, maintaining interests on foreign borders Right down in Times Square in the heat and hustle There’s a little office there that offers you a better life They’ll take you out of these city streets Give you a chance to be all the man you can Do something for your country and others too Join the team that’s got the muscle Danger and adventure await You can travel all around the world Young men on ships with guns, boom boom boom Young men on ships with guns,whoa oh oh Are following orders, maintaining interests ...on foreign border Arabian sun warms the blood this morning Rise and find a prayer inside your heart today Salt and missles at the wind’s command All hands on decks that pitch and sway Harbor hope of returning safely to your homeland Young men on ships with guns boom boom boom Young men on ships with guns, whoa oh oh The president is on the other side of the world watching CNN Young men on ships with guns boom boom boom Young men on ships with guns boom boom boom With crew-cuts and new paint And so many cannonballs the gunwales ache Young men, young men, with guns
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Good Company 04:09
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Good Company It’s hard to be delighted When storm clouds descend on you Nothing you can do to fight it And a big hole just opens up around you You can hear the thunder in the hall Lightning cracks through the window Watch the rain drip down your wall And you’re not sure you care this flood may drown you Sometimes we so get consumed With this wound in our chest Your spirit’s been compressed It’s just a tight little ball that burns Well the world turns but once a day, But not your way And you can’t find your place in it The pain it seems to be here to stay You can’t unlock it You can’t escape it for a minute Keep yourself in good company The right kind of help is hard to find Keep yourself in good company You kick yourself around this town Like a newspaper down the tracks of the underground I don’t want to see you used up I don’t want to be afraid again I’ll salve your feet when they are cut, I’ll share with you and your luck Anything to keep you out From underneath the wheels of that train Keep yourself in good company The right kind of help is hard to find Keep yourself in good company
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Dark & Slippery Night 04:36
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Dark and Slippery Night                                                       Driving alone, has it’s pros and cons Pluses and minuses, ups and downs   It depends on the view, And who you imagine is riding shotgun with you                                     The things that slip your mind When you lose sight of the centre line   On a dark and slippery night The recklessly faithful with no apologies Decidedly fateful, with just one hand on the wheel Leave a lot of places and people Behind them along the way                                                      The things that slip your mind Show up front and centre in the headlights On a dark and slippery night   When the distance is infinite, it’s hard to lose your way Its always the same mileage from there to here    That feeling in you stomach Even measures of hunger and fear  When the signs in the dark disappear That’s when things get really clear     On a dark and slippery night. You can gain a lot of speed, comin out of a  curve  Questionable sometimes what purpose that serves   Nerves & blind faith carry you a long long way Sometimes right down to the end of the line                     Now it’s all boiled down to some choice you made  Seven years ago with less than presence of mind The chances we take, decisions we make, under uncertain conditions  Who would have known what was down that road and what you’ll find  On a dark and slippery night   On a dark and slippery night   This is one dark and slippery night  
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Sun Is Fallin' 06:04
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Sun Is Fallin' Sun is fallin‘ Fallin’ down on me Burns my skin Made my throat so dry Sun is fallin’ Fallin’ from the sky My wife died last summer Temperature was a hundred and three “Gets hotter every year” Was the last thing she said to me She used to like to walk Down by the river Get right out in the middle Jumpin’ rock to rock Water splashin’ by her on all sides Sittin up on top She looked so happy Sun is fallin‘ Fallin down on me Sun is fallin’ Indiscriminately Not a cloud in the sky The morning my well went dry I followed the horses down the valley They didn’t lead me to drink I followed the horses Two days and a night and didn’t stop By the end of the second, Still couldn’t smell a drop That’s where they left me , Chokin in the dust on my knees And disappeared over the hill And the sun fell slowly Down behind the trees Sun is fallin‘ Fallin’ down on me Only shade I can find Is when the buzzards fly by Sun is fallin’ Like an enemy Can’t grow cotton or sugar beets Can’t grow no corn, can’t grow beans These land won’t raise up enough to eat Ain’t no place to raise a family This land can’t feed them any more If I live through the night If I wake before I die If l live to see the sun burn across the sky Just one more time Pray for thunder lightning and rain Open up heaven again, Shake the maker if you must Stop turnin’ good dirt to dust Fill the rivers to the brim Spill a flood down into town Tell the banker there that holds my deed He can sink, he can swim or drown Sun is fallin’, fallin’ down on me Shakes my faith, left me lonely Sun is fallin’ with no mercy Sun is fallin’ down on me
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Trolley Wires 03:58
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Trolley Wires Hangin’ out on the monkey bars Watchin’ the crows fly home Wishin on the first star I see tonight Maybe we’ll be friends for life You don’t always need to understand me Wouldn’t expect you to There’s so many things I might never Hope to know about you We’re just like these trolley wires, One’s no good without the other one Through the streets of this town You and I we keep on runnin’ We won’t always be together But we’re always gonna be forever Wrapped up tight inside each other’s story See you any time I close my eyes We’re just like these trolley wires One’s no good without the other one Through the streets of this town, You and I we keep on runnin’ If I lose you for a while Know that I’ll find you by and by Pick it up again just down the line See you I see you, yeah see you around We’re just like these trolley wires One’s no good without the other one Through the streets of this town You and I we keep on runnin’ We’re just like these trolley wires Just like the trolley wires

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released January 1, 2014

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Mark Branscombe Vancouver, British Columbia

Since 1978 a guitarist and songwriter with Mud Bay, a Vancouver blues rock band.
2014 – Solo album "Grandview"
2017 -Formed The Gravel-Aires a duet playing contemporary Acoustic Roots, North-Americana, Country and Blues music. .
The Gravel-Aires released an album “National Avenue” in 2018 and "Headlights In The Rear View Mirror" in 2021 open.spotify.com/album/5REwjE2pUXUwn0c6WFWUxE
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