℗ 2008 Summer Child Music
Produced by Kenny Dread. Recorded in West Cork, Chicago, Brooklyn, and The Catskills. Recorded by Jeremy Backofen, Joe Ferguson, Peter Andreadis, Jeff Hammand, Dan Sherer, Marcus McCarthy, Kenny Dread, Andrea Bunch, Gary Flessert, Bob Egan, Jim McHugh, Benny Steele. Mastered by Dan Stout.
Photography by Kelly Pembleton.
Special Thanks to Gesine Schulz, Dorothee Burney, Peter Reilly, Maria Goes, Chuck Smith, Sono Smith, D Bayne, Ramsey Gouda, Brian Parks, Burt Harrison, Shirley Harrison, Virginia Stein, Connie Gillock, Dan Sherer, Brian Frost, Alex Ugur, Bernard Fox, Gunhild Muschenheim, Miranda Daly, Holly LaBerge, Kennedy Greenrod, Anna Wilson, Blume, Jessica Pelkey-Blume, Nana Muschenheim, Iain Burrell, Levi Chen, Debi Buzil, Mark Shepherd, Kelly Pembleton, Courtney Contos, David Chen, Sue Brown, Jessica Brown, Eileen Lehane, Johnny Walsh, Claudia Böse, Ed Carr, Kevin Hogan, Shakti Kroopkin, Jim McHugh, Dave Stringer, Dearbhla Kelly, Maurice Seezer, Mick Daly, Jeff Martin, Fergus O’Farrell, Ger Wolfe.
Hey Now
© Kenton Muschenheim (Summer Child Music ASCAP)
Featuring Andrea Bunch
I want to know what’s happening with you
I want to hear you sigh in the night
Talking about it
I want to hear your awful story
See you cry in the silence thinking about it
We drove all night to hear you singing
You smiled at the sight of us sitting and listening
I want to know what is the reason
That we ride through the night on this
Wave of emotion
Last time we met I saw a side of you
I saw there’s no sprinkling wet petals on
The pain that’s inside you
I want to be your fleeting memory
Some guy that night sitting and listening
Night after night he asked the question
Is it all right that we lie with
My arms all around you?
All of my friends share this religion
All of them pray to gods of moonlight
And sacred invention
So tell it again, tell me a story
You can take all night, you can lie or
Digress if you want to, that’s fine
I want to hear you sigh in the night
Talking about it
I want to hear your awful story
See you cry in the silence thinking about it
We drove all night to hear you singing
You smiled at the sight of us sitting and listening
I want to know what is the reason
That we ride through the night on this
Wave of emotion
Last time we met I saw a side of you
I saw there’s no sprinkling wet petals on
The pain that’s inside you
I want to be your fleeting memory
Some guy that night sitting and listening
Night after night he asked the question
Is it all right that we lie with
My arms all around you?
All of my friends share this religion
All of them pray to gods of moonlight
And sacred invention
So tell it again, tell me a story
You can take all night, you can lie or
Digress if you want to, that’s fine
Little Wisdom
© Kenton Muschenheim (Summer Child Music ASCAP)
When he walked her home from school
He was there to learn a lesson
Clued by vintage dresses
And black lace
The knowing smile across her face
It was just one afternoon
Holding hands with Little Wisdom
She spoke and he listened
To her tell about the temple in Wilmette
And the pop stars she had met
And how she took her Mother too
And that is something children rarely do
When he went to touch her face
She moved without explaining
Switched on the record player
Turned back
When he walked out of her room
He could hear the music playing
We may never pass this way again
Then he went to sleep in June
And he woke up in September
Summer’s dream like summers often do
With scattered scenes that don’t relate
Smoking weed and jumping trains
Quick collisions unexplained
Secrets left with strangers
As the night evaporates
Now he knows that this is true
Even Michael Jordan
Sometimes gonna miss a shot or two
And fleeting moments aren’t untrue
They’re just waving out of reach
Firecrackers on the beach
Oh turn around
Turn around and see
He was there to learn a lesson
Clued by vintage dresses
And black lace
The knowing smile across her face
It was just one afternoon
Holding hands with Little Wisdom
She spoke and he listened
To her tell about the temple in Wilmette
And the pop stars she had met
And how she took her Mother too
And that is something children rarely do
When he went to touch her face
She moved without explaining
Switched on the record player
Turned back
When he walked out of her room
He could hear the music playing
We may never pass this way again
Then he went to sleep in June
And he woke up in September
Summer’s dream like summers often do
With scattered scenes that don’t relate
Smoking weed and jumping trains
Quick collisions unexplained
Secrets left with strangers
As the night evaporates
Now he knows that this is true
Even Michael Jordan
Sometimes gonna miss a shot or two
And fleeting moments aren’t untrue
They’re just waving out of reach
Firecrackers on the beach
Oh turn around
Turn around and see
Every Highway
© Kenton Muschenheim/Craig Rosen (Summer Child Music ASCAP/No Static Music ASCAP)
From every highway
And every hill
I will find you
I will find you
From every byway
And every bridge
I will find you
I will find you
And I don’t want to hear the news about you
I prefer to recall
The days gone by
The days gone by
The days gone by
From every city
On every plain
I will find you
I will find you
From every murder
And every pain
I will find you
I will find you
And I don’t want to feel no way about you
I prefer to recall
The days gone by
The days gone by
The days gone by…
And every hill
I will find you
I will find you
From every byway
And every bridge
I will find you
I will find you
And I don’t want to hear the news about you
I prefer to recall
The days gone by
The days gone by
The days gone by
From every city
On every plain
I will find you
I will find you
From every murder
And every pain
I will find you
I will find you
And I don’t want to feel no way about you
I prefer to recall
The days gone by
The days gone by
The days gone by…
Mama Was Mine
© Kenton Muschenheim (Summer Child Music ASCAP)
I remember the time
Mama was mine
When I was young
I almost forgot my dream
I dreamed you went away
Leaving the Son and Father to stay
I dreamed that I loved you still
I dreamed that we’d meet again
Years later in a foreign land
Like lovers secretly
I dreamed we’d meet again
When I was a man I’d see you again
I wouldn’t ask you anything
And when we’d meet again
I’d take your hand
Dark glasses and everything
You were beautiful
My dream was years ago
But sometimes it’s strange
To recall these things
‘Cause now you live in a foreign land
And when we meet again
I can’t do anything
To stop your tears
Mama was mine
When I was young
I almost forgot my dream
I dreamed you went away
Leaving the Son and Father to stay
I dreamed that I loved you still
I dreamed that we’d meet again
Years later in a foreign land
Like lovers secretly
I dreamed we’d meet again
When I was a man I’d see you again
I wouldn’t ask you anything
And when we’d meet again
I’d take your hand
Dark glasses and everything
You were beautiful
My dream was years ago
But sometimes it’s strange
To recall these things
‘Cause now you live in a foreign land
And when we meet again
I can’t do anything
To stop your tears
Day Of The Fire
© Kenton Muschenheim (Summer Child Music ASCAP)
On the day of the fire
On the day of the fire
I walked through pools of lumiere d’or
When I reached your door
The light was silver blue
Everything was clean and cool
On the day of the fire
We made love that day for the last time
Even though it hurt you to do so
We hung our heads out of the window
Saw pillars of smoke
On the day of the fire
As if it was a time of war
Later that night we camped in the hills above town
In the dry brittle forest
Suddenly I wondered
What if there was a fire in the hills
What would you do if you knew I was burning?
Burning
What would you do if I was burning?
Did you know my heart is burning?
Oh Lord let me down
On the day of the fire
I walked through pools of lumiere d’or
When I reached your door
The light was silver blue
Everything was clean and cool
On the day of the fire
We made love that day for the last time
Even though it hurt you to do so
We hung our heads out of the window
Saw pillars of smoke
On the day of the fire
As if it was a time of war
Later that night we camped in the hills above town
In the dry brittle forest
Suddenly I wondered
What if there was a fire in the hills
What would you do if you knew I was burning?
Burning
What would you do if I was burning?
Did you know my heart is burning?
Oh Lord let me down
Seen It All B4
© Kenton Muschenheim (Summer Child Music ASCAP)
Travel ticket itineraire
Lipstick dipstick suitcase highway
Blue jeans leather jacket tattoo
Email nose-ring café condom
I know you’ve seen it all B4
Heathrow Orly JFK
Hot tub jail cell nightclub cigarette
I know you’ve seen it all B4
Maybe those fifteen minutes
Andy Warhol promised were denied
I barely got five
Bad Brains Royal Trux Scythian
Kind bud heroin crystal methedrine
I know you’ve seen it all B4
Frantically turning the pages of Spin magazine
Reading every article
Desperately searching for my name
Or even of a friend of mine
I’ve seen mansions and jail cells
Hot tubs and cigarettes
I’ve seen hunger and airlines
Food stamps and credit cards
Kind bud and movie stars
Lipstick dipstick suitcase highway
Blue jeans leather jacket tattoo
Email nose-ring café condom
I know you’ve seen it all B4
Heathrow Orly JFK
Hot tub jail cell nightclub cigarette
I know you’ve seen it all B4
Maybe those fifteen minutes
Andy Warhol promised were denied
I barely got five
Bad Brains Royal Trux Scythian
Kind bud heroin crystal methedrine
I know you’ve seen it all B4
Frantically turning the pages of Spin magazine
Reading every article
Desperately searching for my name
Or even of a friend of mine
I’ve seen mansions and jail cells
Hot tubs and cigarettes
I’ve seen hunger and airlines
Food stamps and credit cards
Kind bud and movie stars
Livin’ On The Farm
© Kenton Muschenheim (Summer Child Music ASCAP)
I remember
Livin’ on the farm
Sittin’ in the barn
Waiting for your mother to come home
And I remember
Sleepin’ by your side
Early mornin’ ride
Grilled cheese and spaghetti in the evening time
And I
Could have lived there forever with you
Then I went to school
I remember
Jammin’ all the time
Drinkin’ all the wine
Same song just like yesterday
And I remember
Dinners on the porch
Sunset on the corn
Sister smiles without a sound
Only then
I didn’t have no words for this song
Summer’s gone
Livin’ on the farm
Sittin’ in the barn
Waiting for your mother to come home
And I remember
Sleepin’ by your side
Early mornin’ ride
Grilled cheese and spaghetti in the evening time
And I
Could have lived there forever with you
Then I went to school
I remember
Jammin’ all the time
Drinkin’ all the wine
Same song just like yesterday
And I remember
Dinners on the porch
Sunset on the corn
Sister smiles without a sound
Only then
I didn’t have no words for this song
Summer’s gone
Taking My Good Luck Away
© Kenton Muschenheim (Summer Child Music ASCAP)
Will you ride, will you ride
Will you swear you’ll no more of me?
Taking my good luck away when you go
Will you tell it on high?
Will you break it down low?
Taking my good luck away when you go
Will you rave, will you rove
Will you travel far far from me?
Taking my good luck away when you go
Will you praise me on high?
Will you slander me low?
Taking my good luck away when you go
Will you swear you’ll no more of me?
Taking my good luck away when you go
Will you tell it on high?
Will you break it down low?
Taking my good luck away when you go
Will you rave, will you rove
Will you travel far far from me?
Taking my good luck away when you go
Will you praise me on high?
Will you slander me low?
Taking my good luck away when you go
Walk Away
© Kenton Muschenheim (Summer Child Music ASCAP)
When I see you In the morning
You seem to walk away
Then I wake up take a shower
I hear you walk away
Walk away
Now I’m riding in the subway
And I see you walk away
Now I’m working at computer
And I hear you walk away
Walk away
I don’t want you leavin’ now
When I’m driving in my car I
Like to hear the radio play
Thumpin’ merengue howlin’ opera
It takes my pain away
Pain away
Take it away
Now I’m flying in an aeroplane
And I see you walk away
Like a scene from in a movie
You seem to walk away
Walk away
I don’t want you leavin’ now
You seem to walk away
Then I wake up take a shower
I hear you walk away
Walk away
Now I’m riding in the subway
And I see you walk away
Now I’m working at computer
And I hear you walk away
Walk away
I don’t want you leavin’ now
When I’m driving in my car I
Like to hear the radio play
Thumpin’ merengue howlin’ opera
It takes my pain away
Pain away
Take it away
Now I’m flying in an aeroplane
And I see you walk away
Like a scene from in a movie
You seem to walk away
Walk away
I don’t want you leavin’ now
Gyrations
© Kenton Muschenheim (Summer Child Music ASCAP)
I see your new love
I see him clear
No surprise such a beautiful man you hold dear
And I see my new friend she’s right here
I put my arms on her body again and again and again
And all this confusion in our lives
Seems like mutual friends gotta choose sides
And all these gyrations in my mind
From compassionate love to the
Deep dark raging pain inside
And all of these people that I see
So afraid of rejection what it’s
Gonna do to their self-esteem
And all of these egos so well fortified
Like islands in the sea
Sailboats passing by
And all this confusion in our lives…
And all this fuckin’ bullshit that I hear
She said “I’m gonna hold back on love,
Live my life cleaner”
And all this fuckin’ bullshit that I hear
She said “He was the love of my life,
Now he’s such a hater”
And all this confusion in our lives…
So Lauren drink your red wine
And look in my eyes
Do you remember the evening
It took us with such surprise?
A feeling in silence
Staring in each other’s eyes
I see him clear
No surprise such a beautiful man you hold dear
And I see my new friend she’s right here
I put my arms on her body again and again and again
And all this confusion in our lives
Seems like mutual friends gotta choose sides
And all these gyrations in my mind
From compassionate love to the
Deep dark raging pain inside
And all of these people that I see
So afraid of rejection what it’s
Gonna do to their self-esteem
And all of these egos so well fortified
Like islands in the sea
Sailboats passing by
And all this confusion in our lives…
And all this fuckin’ bullshit that I hear
She said “I’m gonna hold back on love,
Live my life cleaner”
And all this fuckin’ bullshit that I hear
She said “He was the love of my life,
Now he’s such a hater”
And all this confusion in our lives…
So Lauren drink your red wine
And look in my eyes
Do you remember the evening
It took us with such surprise?
A feeling in silence
Staring in each other’s eyes
Rosé Wine
© Kenton Muschenheim (Summer Child Music ASCAP)
I will never participate in your life again
That is over
I will never participate in your bed again
That is over
And I
Will drink rosé wine
Sit by the harbour in Albion
And I
Will pick a guitar
Make conversation
Dance with the ladies
And remember I love you
I love you
I’m not from Catania
I’m from Chicago
I will never participate in your love again
That is over
And I
Will drink rosé wine
Sit by the harbour in Albion
And I
Will pick a guitar
Make conversation
Dance with the ladies
And remember I love you
I love you
That is over
I will never participate in your bed again
That is over
And I
Will drink rosé wine
Sit by the harbour in Albion
And I
Will pick a guitar
Make conversation
Dance with the ladies
And remember I love you
I love you
I’m not from Catania
I’m from Chicago
I will never participate in your love again
That is over
And I
Will drink rosé wine
Sit by the harbour in Albion
And I
Will pick a guitar
Make conversation
Dance with the ladies
And remember I love you
I love you
On Another Day
© Kenton Muschenheim (Summer Child Music ASCAP)
On another day
Let it rain all day and the color grey be everywhere inside my head
On another day
On another day
We can cry all day for the beautiful lovers who kissed our cheek and went away
On another day
On another day
We can stare at the sea trying to remember the people that we used to be
On another day
But today
Today let’s sing and dance and
Feel the sun upon our face
Today let’s celebrate the day
Today let’s be happy today
On another day
We can run down the street naked and bleeding with the beatdown boys behind our feet
On another day
On another day
Let the skyscrapers fall and the television roll and the meaning of it mean nothing at all
On another day
On another day
Let the arguments rage and the gunfire spray and nobody put their guns away
On another day
But today…
On another day
Let it rain all day and the color grey be everywhere inside my head
On another day
On another day
We can cry all day for the beautiful houses where we played as kids got sold away
On another day
But today..
Let it rain all day and the color grey be everywhere inside my head
On another day
On another day
We can cry all day for the beautiful lovers who kissed our cheek and went away
On another day
On another day
We can stare at the sea trying to remember the people that we used to be
On another day
But today
Today let’s sing and dance and
Feel the sun upon our face
Today let’s celebrate the day
Today let’s be happy today
On another day
We can run down the street naked and bleeding with the beatdown boys behind our feet
On another day
On another day
Let the skyscrapers fall and the television roll and the meaning of it mean nothing at all
On another day
On another day
Let the arguments rage and the gunfire spray and nobody put their guns away
On another day
But today…
On another day
Let it rain all day and the color grey be everywhere inside my head
On another day
On another day
We can cry all day for the beautiful houses where we played as kids got sold away
On another day
But today..
- Hey Now Kenny Dread 5:02
- Little Wisdom Kenny Dread 3:47
- Every Highway Kenny Dread 3:21
- Mama Was Mine Kenny Dread 3:48
- Day Of The Fire Kenny Dread 4:25
- Seen It All B4 Kenny Dread 5:35
- Livin' On The Farm Kenny Dread 3:32
- Taking My Good Luck Away Kenny Dread 5:39
- Walk Away Kenny Dread 4:04
- Gyrations Kenny Dread 5:43
- Rosé Wine Kenny Dread 5:19
- On Another Day Kenny Dread 4:54