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Stories

by Dancy

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1.
Sittin’ on a stool in a smoke-filled bar Singing someone else’s words and playing my guitar There’s people drinkin’ and dancin’ too All havin’ a good time so why so blue? I had big city dreams That I’d make it out one day Kept that ideal so close, helped me make it through this way Now my big city blues Are not going away So I will sit, sing songs, to get paid Cynical or honest, I can never decide Choose what you want: you’re the one with a quarter in my side Each night is just a little bit worse than the last Floatin’ through this storm of life, surviving on my dimes
2.
Baby is it true? Was I no good to you? 'Cause baby, I tried. I tried, I tried. Did I make you feel lonely? Well, I didn't mean to. I guess I won't forget when I had you. Thought I was so clever, never reaching for forever. Thought I'd be satisfied with no one by my side. ...'till the day I saw you, but I was such a fool. And I guess I won't forget when I had you.
3.
Today I woke up with snow in my eyes Cold and a little bright Over the hillsides in front of the road signs: Where you slept last night Today I can't see you, But still I'll make it through: Tonight we start our lives We all have these times in our lives Where the stars must have aligned They got together, thinking pretty clever About what is next for the sky Today we woke up, together forever Not knowing what's next for our path Still we push on, without knowing what's wrong Or what's right
4.
Toodle-oo 05:00
When I ran away to California, To find a cure for the stars in my eyes I always thought someday I'd come back to Georgia, To find you, darling, and become your bride. I thought by now, I'd be in the movies Sipping champagne with all the stars out there But directors here, if they don't know your name, dear, They don't look, they don't even care. Toodle oo, Toodle oo, my darling. Hollywood's got a moat called LA. Toodle oo, Toodle oo, my darling. Swimming it is like winning the lottery. It's funny the things you do when you lose everything, When a chemical becomes your only friend. My breakfast spoon is warming over a candle So I can feel like I'm in heaven again. I got raccoon eyes, and holes in my stockings, platinum hair with roots down to my ears, big black veins up and down my arms, dear... and all the while, I wish you were here. Toodle oo, Toodle oo, my darlling. Don't you try to come and find me now. Toodle oo, Toodle oo, my darling. Try to forget about me somehow. Oh......What a shame I've become. With my raccoon eyes and holes in my stockings... Waiting on the corner for a ride. Sometimes I don't even know my name, dear. Sometimes I wish I'd curl up and die. Toodle oo, Toodle oo, my darling. I wish I knew the right words to write. Toodle oo, Toodle oo, my darling. I've got to go, I've got to say goodbye.
5.
True Love 04:04
You told me that you loved me When you woke up next to me And even though I couldn't see, I told you I'd be there It's always easier to, have someone next to you To tell them, that you love them too No matter what they do, you'll always have the truth And true love can...be found You told me that you missed me, when I wasn't there And even though I may be in Cleveland, You know my mind, is by your side My mind is always by your side Now look at us, the years have come and gone But you're still the only one for me Now I look at you, and tell you "I love you", You smile, 'cause you know it's true
6.
Our Song 03:16
I sing our song when I'm alone And sometimes I can hear you sing along Well I know I'm wrong, I know you're gone But a part of me that's still hanging on I've walked about 10,000 miles, Pacing back and forth in what once was our house I've waited here, for 40 years, All I want is to feel you near, are you still here? 'Cause I need you now They're saying that I should go But I can't leave you alone I see plain as day, they'll get their way They'll what they want to keep me safe So when I'm gone, I'll sing our song I hope you can find me and follow along 'Cause I need you now They're saying that I can't be alone, But there's so much that they don't know I'll be so alone if I go, 'Cause honey there's no place like home.
7.
Your grandfather was a famous singer Travelin' around from town to town And by the lights he'd follow The path to the road, to wherever it had led him down Your grandmother was a famous lady Fabulous in beauty and in mind Each night she'd walk around the town, everybody they wanted her life Away take it away from me "Loneliness ain't welcome 'round here" Pa'd say. "Why can't I just be happy? All the green and gold in this world cannot bring me To where I want to be." Pa would come home late at night, you see Sometimes he'd be away A dirty suit and a broken harp, filled with disgust Was all that he had to our names Your grandma woke early one morning to A sound that she had not heard in years It was the man that she'd loved long ago, Before he had driven her to tears "I've been gone for too long, you see My plan was f'ed up beyond belief The one thing I thought that I needed was always Right here in front of me".
8.
The Shadows 03:56
I pick my head up from the ground I lay upon A night spent forgetting, drowning in songs In between the melody, the meanings of these words Lives a man who's broken down; a man who's not heard Tell me which way you're heading now And if you want some company But if you want to stay the night Then that's alright with me Drink in the day to prepare him for the night On top of a wooden throne, He's a man alright, of the hour, of this small country town He's been hidden beneath layers of sound Covered his arms, all the places he has been Regretful; some of them, or all of them Never standing in the shadows, or alone for a while He'll pretend, till the end, with a smile
9.
I see you walk, walk away I'm not gonna beg you to stay I'll see you around, by and by I won't make a scene, I won't cry But I've got one question for you, If you've got some time left for me "What am I supposed to do, When yours is the only thing I want to be? What about me?" You've got nothing left to say You have made it very clear to me anyway I suppose we'll both heal over time Maybe someday you will be a friend of mine But you were so convincing, That you made a fool out of me What about me? I guess I will live a brand new life I guess I'll become someone else's wife Maybe you will sit alone and cry Thinking about us and wonder why Why you ever threw away your love That was real, that was true What about you? I can't sit upon a shelf, keeping myself free What about me?
10.
Drivin' cross the country and I hear your name Trying to forget what you become But how you went and left, I can't forget that I don't know if you remember that day You were snifflin' and drinkin' and slippin' away I stepped over you on the floor to get to the door You were a waste of my time Saw your face the other day, You looked away when I looked your way So high on yourself, you know I can't forget that Every time I let you see me again, You creep on in, you pretend you're my friend You beg me to take you back, but I can't forget that

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dancy's debut album. we began recording this in the summer of 2012 at the now famous-then un-named "let it roll" studios in marlborough, ct. we hope that you enjoy our journey through song.

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released June 4, 2013

dancy is:
dan garaffa (vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, hand claps)
nancy michaud-wozniacki (vocals, ukulele, percussion, hand claps)

additional album musicians:
ed sabourin on electric guitar (tracks 3 and 7)
tim braun on accordion (track 7) and keyboard (tracks 1-5, 6 & 9)
ruth kennedy with back-up vocals (tracks 1,4, 7, 9 & 10)
kevin hugh on drums (tracks 1-4, 6-7, 9 & 10)
laura sabourin with hand claps (track 10)

cover photo: michael mcdevitt
recorded/mixed by: ed sabourin at let it roll studios
mastered by: jonathan j. abarca at jja studios
album layout/design: dan garaffa

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the duo met while in a mutual rock fusion-y band: organic chemistry. somewhere along the way nancy wanted to sing live and dan wanted to do the same, so dancy was born.

apart from the typical ukulele and acoustic guitar played by nancy and dan respectively, additional instrumentation includes but not limited to: spoons, percussion, drums, bass, electric guitar, organ, squeeze box, etc.
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