Since there was no booklet in our first album, Ain't Tired of Lovin', here are the lyrics to those songs....

1. THE 105 (B. Levia)

I woke up early around eight or nine,
I'm running late but I can be on time, if the bus would get here soon
I 'm standing on the corner, waiting for the 105.
If I don't get there soon, they're going to hire another guy.
On the telephone they told me to bring in my CV,
as soon as I did, they'd have a job on the spot for me
I'm standing on the corner, waiting for the 105.
If I don't get there soon, they're going to hire another guy.
I woke up early, I stayed up late,
even though I have an important day,
the man said to get there by noon.
I'm standing on the corner waiting for the 105.
If I don't get there soon, they're going to hire another guy.
Now I'm pacing back and forth, I've got the address in my hand,
twenty five minutes have come and gone and I just can't understand.
I'm standing on the corner, waiting for the 105.
If I don't get there soon, they're going to hire another guy.

2. MARY MARGARET (R. Rigby)

Bombin' down the 401 with a mando in my hand
They tell me it's my country
but it feels like a foreign land
My sister is a princess
and my brother is a thug
Bought a Detroit millimetre
stuck it in my mug

chorus:
Don't fear, my friend
you know it's not the end
spoke to Mary Margaret,
she said live will come again
yes, now love will come again. (Mary Margaret is our friend on repeats)

Hitching back from Chelsea
man, I'm shit out of luck
When down the road comes a country girl
in a brand-new pick-up truck
Her eyes were full of sadness,
she just broke up with her man
He went to guard the donut shop
in Afghanistan

chorus

Spent the night in Pefferlaw
but I left before she woke
Took the bus to Ottawa
with a pistol in my coat
Now I'm standing by the entrance
PM's SUV arrives
I carry out the sentence, Lord
then i wave bye-bye

chorus

Thank you friends and neighbours
for hearing out my tale
This point i won't belabor,
only nature will prevail
'Cause one way or another
that old hard rain's gonna fall
And whether you're a king or slave
it pours down on us all!

chorus

3. THE WORD IS LOVE (B. Levia)

Icy roads and heavy loads are slipping back and forth
The wind it blows, the tree it knows, it's shaking all its forks
The forest floor looks empty at the same time it looks full
Shear my uncle's sheep and harvest all the wool
Sing all night and dance all night, why not do them both
The people you see everywhere may well just be a ghost
If you never do it friend then somebody else will
Take a bite, chew and swallow it until your belly's full
It ain't the luster of the stone, it ain't the karats in the ring,
It's the happiness you'll share, it's the love that it will bring.
Sing out loud (love love) lift the cloud (love love)
Say it proud (love love) tell the crowd the word is love
It's like two gutters in the first frame and a strike thrown in the next
It's when you're strolling through the park or quickly hopping up a fence
A CD-R looks full even when there's nothing on it yet
I'm paying off my bills and finally getting out of debt
It ain't the luster of the stone, it ain't the karats in the ring,
It's the happiness you'll share, it's the love that it will bring.
Sing out loud (love love) lift the cloud (love love)
Say it proud (love love) tell the crowd the word is love

4. THE SIOUX (A. Chvostek)

Well, I met a young girl on the train ride
Her dad and granddad drove the train through the Sioux
She could wave to her granny as the northland got norther
She was heading for her sister in the look-out of the Sioux

chorus:
Have you ever been to the Sioux and seen the river?
No I've never been to the Sioux have you? (x2)

She said It's hard to buy hairspray at the drugstore
'Cuz the kids knock it back for the buzz
What do you do when there's not much to live for
Head to the bar, pick up ma after school

chorus

What makes a fix in the Northland
What kind of junk would you do?
What kind of God has our old king delivered?
Oh my people, come through this colonial blue

chorus

5. I AM VIOLENT (R. Rigby)

I am violent
Always silent
I was raised by a TV
And I have no idea where I've been
(repeat)
Sticks and stones is all I know
And my head is solid bone
And my heart is as cold as a stone
(repeat)
I do more drinking than I do thinking
And I'm prone to getting numb
I would cry but the tears just won't come
(repeat)

6. DOWN, DOWN, DOWN (R. Rigby)

I went to the bank but they would not cash my cheque
Then I went to the pumps but there was no gas there yet
Then I went to the store but they had no food in stock
When I went back home the frigging landlord changed my locks!

chorus:
Well I'm down, down, down, but I'm bound to get back up (x3)
Some day, some bright and sunny day
Some day, some hallelujah day
Some day, the Babayaga Way
Some day, some zipadeedoodah day

When we see the world from inside this metal frame
Then the wheels fall off, who you gonna blame
We close ourselves up into this little box
But the sad truth is we hold the keys to all the locks

chorus

Well, I stand my ground right in front of this machine
As its wheels go around I know just what it means
It seems designed to accentuate our fears
I will throw my bones right into its rusty gears!

chorus

7. DALAI LAMA (AIN'T TIRED OF LOVIN') (D. McKell)

Well I'm goin' to see the Dalai-Lama,
I've got my red robe on,
Well I'm going to see the Dalai-Lama,
I've got my red robe on,
Don't you know that he's still smilin,'
There must be nothin' wrong,
Well I'm gonna meet the Dalai-Lama,
Out by the temple gong,
Well I'm gonna meet the Dalai-Lama,
Out by the temple gong,
Sewing up a string of sounding sutras,
Then I'm gonna come back home,
Om Mane Padme Hum
Well you know this world's a great long river,
You and I, we're but tiny drops,
Say well you know this world's a great long river,
You and you and you and you and I we're but tiny drops,
Someday this river's gonna meet the ocean, uh huh huh,
and that's not where it stops,
Om Mane Padme Hum
Om Mane Padme Hum

8. MOTELS OF AMERICA (A. Chvostek)

That's it, I'm giving it up, giving it up for joy
I won't expect your loving and I'm leaving like a boy
I tried oh I tried, but I'm not a good whore
All I get is heartache, now I'm walking out the door

(chorus:)
Motels of America
Ease my dents and dings
With your sticky old linoleum
And mini fridge that sings
I'm gonna get some rest tonight
Upon those old bedsprings
Motels of America
Take me under your wings

One kiss, just one kiss, a kiss and I get confusion
I can't take it anymore, this game is not amusing
I'm always coming home and yes, I'm leaving all the time
I took a chance, you couldn't wait, bye bye.

chorus

Baby I'm not saying that I'll never love again
I might try it some time, right now I can't say when
I'm getting in my vehicle to head out on the road
Tonight a motel clerk is gonna lift my heavy load

chorus

9. THE ARMADILLO SONG (B. Levia)

Meet my friend the armadillo, he's got armor on his back
You can't hurt the armadillo, he's immune to your attack
Way off in some sandy dessert, someone tries to eat him up
When they bite the armadillo, they'll find his shell much to tough
He's my friend the armadillo, he's extraordinary in every way, in every way.
Armadillo's shell is tough, it's made of 90% pure bone!
That's why while he waddles home, other animals leave him alone
Armadillo's not a reptile, armadillo's not a marsupial
Armadillo is a mammal, just like me and like you too.
He's my friend the armadillo, he's extraordinary in every way, in every way.
Far off on a desert highway, the armadillo is walking home
A big truck hits the armadillo, and just gets flipped right off the road.
He's my friend the armadillo, he's extraordinary in every way, in every way.

10. THE WATER BILL (B. Levia)

Bill went out walking, and he didn't stop when he got to the river frozen straight across the top
When he got to the edge, he heard his mama call, Don't walk on the water Bill.
He took one big step, and the ice didn't crack, so he walked for a while and he didn't look back
All along he heard his mama say, Don't walk on the water Bill
Don't walk on the water, it ain't frozen through
Go play in the snow like the other kids do
Don't walk on the water Bill
As Bill walked north for ten minutes or so, he could hear the waves crashing inches below
His mama told him so he should know, Don't walk on the water Bill
Don't walk on the water, it ain't frozen through
Go play in the snow like the other kids do
Don't walk on the water Bill
Then Bill heard a rumble, so he tried to run back, but it was too late as the ice it did crack...
Don't walk on the water Bill!
Ne marche pas sur l'eau, elle est pas encore gelée, vas donc jouer dans la neige avec les autres enfants
Ne marche pas sur l'eau, Bill
No, don't walk on the water Bill

11. FREE MEDICINE (R. Rigby & M. Rigby)

Well I might get struck by lightning, I might get hit by a car
I might fall right down a flight of stairs and I might not get hurt at all
I might get killed in a plane crash or blowed up by some ol' bomb
But as long as I get my free medicine, I think I could get along

chorus:
I think I'd get along , I think I could get along
As long as I get my free medicine,
I think I could get along

refrain:
Don't you know when it snows, you'll be crying for the sun
Hang on, don't let it get you down
Can't you see the light will come again
It always does, my friend
Uh huh, huh, huh

Well, I'm sitting in a basement, and I'm watching a TV
And I'm drinking something from a drinking box
And I don't know what it could be
I sit here in the morning, Lord I sit here late at night
Well I wish I was doing something
'Cuz all of this sitting just ain't right
I wish I was a bird, I'd fly away from this place
But if I was a bird I'd be in the air and I'd never see your face

chorus x2
refrain