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1.
You got me inside out, you got me upside down You have a way of turning me around and around The little things you do to keep me gettin' stale Check me when I’m wrong and lift me up if I may fail The perfect match could be the one that don’t quite fit Shimmyin' forever, trying to make the best of it All I’m saying is that I’m happy when you're here Glad that we together ’til we go and disappear We’ve been working for the sake of this love Gotta burn to say it’s strong enough It gets hot and then we let it cool off For the sake of love We sink our hands on in, molding this like clay Building up one life together, going day by day We stumble now and then but always find our feet Never took a dancing lesson, feelin’ out the beat We’ve been working for the sake of this love Gotta burn to say it’s strong enough It gets hot and then we let it cool off For the sake of love The seasons always change And the snow becomes the rain All these people rearrange - some may go The night becomes the day Blues skies turn to grey Sometimes we lose our way from our home Some people go astray but I know That we won’t We’ve been working for the sake of this love Gotta burn to say it’s strong enough It gets hot and then we let it cool off For the sake, for the sake of this love Ooh we’ve been working for the sake of this love Gotta burn to say it’s strong enough It gets hot and then we let it cool off For the sake of love
2.
Boomerangs 04:13
When I was young I told myself not to come home ‘til I found who I was I’m not so sure that my goals were achievable though I am not giving up All of my friends are like boomerangs skimming the sky, tumbling for a ride Just like me they tried catching a breeze but we know how the boomerang flies Yeah we know how the boomerang flies Why do we always come back to the nest Despite what we said all those years in the past Why do we find ourselves pulled on a string A dinner bell ring does the funniest thing Singin' la da da da, la da da Singin' la da da da, la da da We’re boomerangs On your first flight you feel bigger and smaller at once; in a magnifying glass In just a few days you’ll have tilted the rear-view straight up, truly flying at last Months become years and one day you feel something askew, like a “tug-o-war” heart Straighten your arms out in front like a zombie would do and walk it back to the start Why do we always come back to the nest Despite what we said all those years in the past Why do we find ourselves pulled on a string A dinner bell ring does the funniest thing Why do we always come back to the nest Despite what we said all those years in the past Why do we find ourselves pulled on a string A dinner bell ring does the funniest thing Singin' la da da da, la da da Singin' la da da da, la da da We’re boomerangs
3.
Sweet & Sour 02:38
She thinks sleep is the greatest thing since sliced bread And she believes that some things are better unsaid I like way that she operates in my bed She operates in my head I try to fix things that I think are broke about her But when I step back I see these things as power She's like a desert sand that grows the nicest flowers My girl is sweet and sour My girl is sweet and sour I’m out in space now, I'm orbiting around her She makes my head spin a thousand miles per hour But I don’t want to live this life without her My girl is sweet and sour My girl is sweet and sour My girl is sweet and sour My girl, my girl, my girl is sweet and sour, sour, sour
4.
Sending a signal up, are you there to receive Can you hear me, do you read You’re loud and clear up here, every message makes its way to me I can see you and your everything But child, didn’t you have doubts about heaven Sure do, but for you I make exception I put you into the sky when you died, didn’t know what else to do No need to worry about me, I’m at peace, and I still reside inside you I feel alone on earth sometimes and I miss you terribly Just remember, child, I’m wherever you want me to be How ‘bout these last two years, you’ve grown up mighty fast Never though it’d come to pass I guess I’m standing in, grabbed the torch from your hand Trying to make you ever-last And I still have doubts about a Promised Land You do, and you’ll never understand I put you into the sky when you died, didn’t know what else to do No need to worry about me, I’m at peace, and I still reside inside you I feel alone on earth sometimes and I miss you terribly Just remember, child, I’m wherever you want me to be Nothing could replace the moments that we shared back then I guess that’s just the way it always goes You’re not wrong but don’t mistake this for the end All that lives was born and died before I put you into the sky when you died, didn’t know what else to do No need to worry about me, I’m at peace, and I find myself, I find myself inside you I feel alone on earth sometimes and I miss you terribly Just remember, child, I’m wherever you want me to be
5.
Growing Love 05:28
I always wondered how you made your way to me When I look back a dozen years it seems like fifty A calendar full of perfect days, I never pictured it like this And each time that we share the air, I’m blanketed in bliss And I think we’re growing love And I think we’re growing up Yeah, I think we’re growing love Yes, we’re growing love Do you remember when we spent all day attached Young love was something else, yeah we were moving fast Not a lot has changed since then, we’re in a different place and time I still feel you across the room, magnetic with your eyes And I think we’re growing love And I think we’re growing up Yeah, I think we’re growing love Yes, we’re growing love One day at a time, there is always more to find I am yours and you are mine, and that is love One day at a time, there is always more to find I am yours and you are mine, and that is love One day at a time, there is always more to find I am yours and you are mine, and that is love One day at a time, there is always more to find I am yours and you are mine, and that is love
6.
Under Water 05:27
A strange and lonely little place The room between my ears feels like its walls are closing in I teeter back and forth; most days I’m hopeful and in love but not this moment You wouldn’t know it Afraid and maybe lacking sleep I tinker with my chemistry, tonight I’ll switch to tea A fleeting sadness hovers, I rarely draw the shutters but I’m home sick You wouldn’t know it Most of time I’m doing just fine But I’m offline I’m under water and I’m out of breath Stuck in quicksand, facing death I feel my heart beating out of my chest But I’m not dying, no I’m just stuck in my head The pain is an imaginary friend Gaslit my attic, got me spinning to no end Selfishly my mind made this to replace lost experience I might’ve known 90 years ago So here I lie with just my thoughts Beating me up and running all these scary plots I shut it off when you’re around, ziplock the feeling way deep down in my pocket You wouldn’t know it Most of time I’m doing just fine But I’m offline I’m under water and I’m out of breath Stuck in quicksand, facing death I feel my heart beating out of my chest But I’m not dying, no I’m just stuck in my head You always ride it out Less intense the next time than the last It’s best to sit it down Laugh at it and watch it slowly pass I’m under water and I’m out of breath Stuck in quicksand, facing death I feel my heart beating out of my chest But I’m not dying, no I’m just stuck in my head I feel my heart beating out of my chest But I’m not dying, no I’m just stuck in my head
7.
Congregate 04:12
It begins to fall The snow is in control, the people at its beck and call We say a prayer Deliver us, old furnace, blow your breath into our air The schools are closed Teachers and parents are inversely juxtaposed Yet all is right For the first time in forever we’re all fighting the same fight Congregate out in the drives Crooked backs and squinted eyes Crack a smile by surprise When we suffer together we seem to do better Here comes the rain Spinning like a washer in this evil hurricane Board up the glass Delicate apartments may not even stand a chance Courageous souls Will try to ride it out while others leave behind their homes In all this strife For the first time in forever we're all fighting the same fight Congregate on higher ground Hopeful glances all around Brought some spirit to this town When we suffer together we seem to do better Why does it take a catastrophe to remind us of who we have to be It’s kinda sick to see it play out like it does Cause when the snow melts and floods recede we move right on like it was just a dream I kinda wish it’d always stay the way it was Maybe it never really was... Congregate when times are tough But not before or for too long God forbid we get along When we suffer together we seem to do better
8.
"Peg" plays on the radio I spin my whiskey Sprite around My friends all left an hour ago Looking for the things I’ve found I can flirt, you know I'll try And I can use all of my eyes Flashing lights are in my sight My old lady waits for me tonight I am married to the woman that I met at age 16 Call me lucky, call me mad, call me naïve I've spent the last ten years watching what it's like to be Swimming alone and floating free All this time I've been the ears A sounding board after a beer Holding out a one-way mirror Pretending like I've once been here But I'm vicarious I'd like to know just how it is To feel real heartbreak on your lips To really know the hits and misses I am married to the woman that I met at age 16 Call me lucky, call me mad, call me naïve I've spent the last ten years watching what it's like to be Swimming alone and floating free I try my best to understand what it might be like Without someone holding your hand and standing by your side Well maybe they're just as fine as I I am married to the woman that I met at age 16 Call me lucky, call me mad, call me naïve I've spent the last ten years watching what it's like to be Swimming alone, swimming alone, yeah they're swimming alone Swimming alone and floating free
9.
I hear a knock, no one is there When I will fall, who’ll say a prayer Making a home inside my head Where will it go when I’m dead Heaven existed until I came of age Staring up at the stars Where fires rage to the end of time Feel it burn when it’s on your mind Contemplating the end of the line But where are the walls, are we really stuck We can find the top if we climb on up No type of infinity appeals to me Nirvana and nothing are the same at the seed They’re just different flowers Time and space are just words that give us weight I fear that it’s all just make believe Free will and theories of a simulated state Beyond it what’s the meaning, what’s at stake
10.
Angel Eyes 04:26
She woke me up when I was deep asleep Pulled me out of some terrible dream Through my murmurs she heard misery And she spoke to me Soft and gentle like an angel's voice "You're okay," she whispered through the noise And I woke to see her angel eyes In the dark of night She is the light When darkness reigns She makes me right When I'm in pain It's a long hard day Waiting for you in the pouring rain But I swear I will stay Until I see your smiling face There are times when I don't feel so well I don't know why I have horrible spells But I found a way to calm myself When I can't get on She has a power that I can’t explain Just her being here can cure my pain Unaware of what she does for me I know this is love She is the light When darkness reigns She makes me right When I'm in pain It's a long hard day Waiting for you in the pouring rain But I swear I will stay Until I see your smiling face Yeah it's a long hard day Waiting for you in the pouring rain But I swear I will stay Until I see your smiling face And in the morning when I rise to see the sun It's no surprise that I'm not tired Thanks to you I am alive, and I feel young It's no surprise That it's a long hard day Waiting for you in the pouring rain But I swear I will stay Until I see your smiling face It's a long hard day Waiting for you in the pouring rain But I swear I will stay Yeah I swear I will stay But I swear I will stay Until I see your smiling face
11.
I see a cell tower blinking right in front a sunset 10 miles and I think I can touch it Looks hot like a firey oven It’s cold outside, ain’t phased or nothin’ It got dark but the light’s still there All our little voices are in the air I can find a metaphor somewhere But this cell tower can’t relay my prayer I know I won’t know what happens until it takes me too But I’ve got all these questions lost in prelude Who do I talk to on these boring Wednesday afternoons We used to fill this time with utter ease I’d like to share my hopes and joys, my sorrows and regrets But since you’ve left no message is received Been looking for your likeness in every face Sparkling eyes and a smile for days But nothing on earth can replace Video, voicemail, no none of it’s the same I feel bad moving on without you Growing up too fast like I do If you were here you’d say “slow down dude” Well I know, I know, I know I know I won’t know what happens until it takes me too But I’ve got all these questions lost in prelude Who do I talk to on these boring Wednesday afternoons We used to fill this time with utter ease I’d like to share my hopes and joys, my sorrows and regrets But since you’ve left no message is received I’d do anything to breathe the air you breathe It's like trying to catch the wind It seems so real when it brushes past your skin But you can’t bottle it It’s everywhere and nowhere, that’s just how it is I know I won’t know what happens until it takes me too But I’ve got all these questions lost in prelude Who do I talk to on these boring Wednesday afternoons We used to fill this time with utter ease I wanna share my hopes and joys, my sorrows and regrets But since you’ve left no message is received I’d do anything to breathe the air you breathe
12.
I don't know what the world expects from me Lately I been thinking 'bout what I wanna do Caught up inside my selfish fantasy Maybe I should spin around and broaden the view I think we're all so sad, living in efficiencies Trapped inside these one-bedroom walls Look at all our faces fixed upon these little screens Guilty by just going along We're out here for ourselves, maybe for the first time in history 7 billion spotlights shining down on each and every one We’re all on our own We’re all on our own We’re all on our own Oh no no The soldier's coming home, leaving his new family Back inside his one-bedroom walls We're so surprised when he–deprived of his community– Struggles to continue at all We're out here for ourselves, maybe for the first time in history 7 billion spotlights shining down on each and every one We’re all on our own We’re all on our own We’re all on our own Oh no no, oh no no We’re all on our own We’re all on our own We’re all on our own Oh no no, oh no no, oh no no
13.
Wash it with water, watch it get clean We got 40 degrees this February Piles of snow now reduced to debris Staining the ground and will soon be set free Now you are set free Baptized by time and made holy each day Oh we rise and we fall like the sun Bend but don’t break, we are all made of clay Oh we die and the death is undone We’re in a season no different the rest Raincoat or flannel, spring/summer dress The dial is spinning: north-south and east-west We circle a star in our nothingness Some call it providence Baptized by time and made holy each day Oh we rise and we fall like the sun Bend but don’t break, we are all made of clay Oh we die and the death is undone Wipe the sleep from your eyes and swivel your head It’s a nice, sweet surprise to still be in bed If yesterday’s highs are shriveled and dead Just remind yourself that you are alive, tomorrow is next Baptized by time and made holy each day Oh we rise and we fall like the sun Bend but don’t break, we are all made of clay Oh we die and the death is undone Oh we die and the death is undone

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released March 5, 2020

Music, lyrics, keyboards, vocals by Dan Collins.

Bass............Josh Murtha: joshmurthamusic.com
Drums..........Reuben Garza: @reubengarza
Strings.........Christopher Marion
Mixing..........Tyler Rice: @tylerrice_
Mastering.....Pierce Johnston: piercejohnstonmastering.com

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