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The Frogs Sang Symphonies

by Me & the Mrs.

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1.
Oh, Canada 03:53
I can spot a miracle clean across the sky so can you Our hearts are writing stories cross this country made of dreams and little tunes You could stay forever in one place and not know better than the truth It's as simple as the sun that sets as holy as the moon in it's pursuit Lets find a map and pick a spot make whatever place we find our home Not too close to either family not far enough to keep us on our own We could stay forever in this place and then be better than we'd known But I would rather share this road and then atone Oh Canada you're making me fall in love with you again From Calgary to Saskatoon I hardly missed my bed To Winnipeg we lost an hour but you didn't seem to mind Ottawa you broke my heart and you could break it all the time if you swear We'll do it all again You only wore that dress the once but oh you loved it more than all the rest You burned it trying to iron out the creases that you knew you should've left (you should've left) Both of us could use less fuss we get wrapped up in the trappings and forget This life is made for living I'll sleep a little more when I'm dead Oh Canada you're making me fall in love with you again From Wexford House to Fredericton I nearly lost my head To Charlottetown we took the bridge And I couldn't help but smile You held my hand a little tighter than you had in a while And I swear ......we'll do it all again And I swear.......we'll do it all again I can spot a miracle clean across the sky so can you
2.
The devil takes no hostages And God won't force your hand You've been waiting for forever for a sign that you were meant For something great, don't hesitate Translate the truth to your heart from your head Don't believe the lies Your Mother didn't want you At least that's what you thought Your Father couldn't love you He saw himself in what he brought Into the world by a pretty girl With green eyes and siren song And he's paid for it ever since If I could trade you places I would take your pain away I'd Burn in hell I might as well lose myself that way A prophet has no honour In the town from which he came Trading truths won't change your views There's nothing I can say The devil takes no hostages And God won't force your hand If you're sitting on the fence, this is where you're like to stand Till something true gets hold of you There's no hope of promised land And the road stretches out for miles The girl of your dreams Haunted them by night Sharing your bed with the ghost of regret Sleep walking in black and white You pray for the sun for the morning to come With dimmed eyes and weakened love You're not sure that you can go on If I could trade you places I would take your pain away I'd Burn in hell I might as well lose myself that way A prophet has no honour With the friends that he has made Trading truths won't change your views There's nothing I can say If I could trade you places I would take your pain away I'd Burn in hell I might as well lose myself that way A prophet has no honour In the town from which he came Trading truths won't change your views There's nothing I can say
3.
Yours Anyway 04:24
I can't believe a word from those lips So stop talking crazy and give me a kiss I can't be sure what I see in your eyes Is the dream that I dreamt When I was sleeping late last night It's the dream that you dreamt When we were sleeping late last night I past by a pony on my way into town I slowed down to greet him But didn't turn him around Was he bound for greener pastures Was he bound for city lights He was not looking back and half a mile from the 9 Break my heart If that's what it takes Take it all Undo my mistakes Set on fire all that remains And don't leave a thing Take my heart It's yours anyway Take my heart Lets drive the St Lawrence with the windows rolled down We'll make this our home, our history our town I can't believe a thing that I see It's a little bit of heaven and a bit of hell for me It's a little bit of heaven and it's a bit too much for me Break my heart If that's what it takes Take it all Undo my mistakes Set on fire all that remains And don't leave a thing Take my heart It's yours anyway Take my heart And I've roamed this land from the east to the rockies Struck by the beauty, embraced by your love I've searched this land, held your hand in the darkness Trying to find what the good book speaks of.... Break my heart If that's what it takes Take it all Undo my mistakes Set on fire all that remains And don't leave a thing Take my heart It's yours anyway Take my heart I can't believe a word from those lips So stop talking crazy and give me a kiss
4.
The night grew dark as the moon she rose The frogs sang symphonies I held your hand as a tune from the band of crickets put a skip in the step of our feet Put a skip in the step of our feet We could see them stars in the black of the pond Heaven's mirror shines back at her I could cast me a line and catch you a fine Planet when you grow tired of this earth A shooting star or a universe When I can't find the words And I'm just making sound Will you reach for my hand Lift me up from the ground When I'm all on my own will stand by my side In a room full of strangers with no where to hide When I'm scared of the darkness Will you carry me into the light The coyotes cry on a September night As we howled at the harvest moon Our feet on the path that our ancestors had Travelled as well with the soles of their shoes Living life just the best that they knew When I can't find the words And I'm just making sound Will you reach for my hand Lift me up from the ground When I'm all on my own will stand by my side In a room full of strangers with no where to hide When I'm scared of the darkness Will you carry me into the light The years slip on by like a roller coaster ride With our hands in the air or holding on tight Time is a dollar you never get back The past is a young man having a laugh An owl on a post calling out “don't come close” With a stare that burned holes in me We sat on the ground, listening close to the sounds And the wind in the leaves of the trees Life you're too much for me When I can't find the words And I'm just making sound Will you reach for my hand Lift me up from the ground When I'm all on my own will stand by my side In a room full of strangers with no where to hide When I'm scared of the darkness Will you carry me into the light When this world stops it's spinning We will dance in another life
5.
The sun just packed it up Said my time round here is done I'm needed elsewhere round the world I couldn't change his mind He was set on passing time Somewhere else with someone else who wasn't me The endless summer days Of wearing out my favourite jeans Running fast and playing hard among the stars All our secrets plain as day In the sweet deep shade of a runaway train Honey, I'm just trying find out who you are There's a mystery in your face I long to solve and right the world There's a sadness in your eyes that breaks my heart If I could do a thing or two I'd do it all for you it's true I'd ride the wind to get to where you are I packed a bag and filled the tank With the gasoline left in a jerry can saved For a rainy day but I guess this one will do I've been missing you dear since the day we met In the shade of a train that you wished we had left And all the stars up in sky just make you blue There's a mystery in your face I long to solve and right the world There's a sadness in your eyes that breaks my heart If I could do a thing or two I'd do it all for you it's true Lasso the moon and pull down all the stars And I will build a life with you And a home with my hands So you will always know I love you Stone and wood, the stuff that's good A foundation of love With windows to let in all the sunshine Smiles in frames our children's names How I ache for the day That I may put a roof over your head There's a mystery in your face I long to solve and right the world There's a sadness in your eyes that breaks my heart If I could do a thing or two I'd do it all for you it's true I'd ride the wind to get to where you are Lasso the moon and pull down all the stars I'd climb aboard that tired old freight car The sun just packed it up Said my time round here is done I'm needed elsewhere round the world
6.
I send him my love Cause I ain't got no gift I blow her kisses Cause I've got cracks on my lips We'd go for a drive in the country If he could buy gasoline I'd give her red roses I've got enough for the weeds in between Foxes have holes and a bird's got it's nest We ain't' got none but we're doing our best My smiles are free You've ruined me You've ruined me I'd show her the world From the page of a map I'd give him a record I've got enough for the hiss in the tracks We'd go for a spin in the city But I don't have a thing to wear I think you're perfect in that or anything at all, I swear Foxes have holes and a bird's got it's nest We ain't' got much but we're doing our best My kisses are free You've ruined me You've ruined me Riches or rags we will live this life well For better or worse, your love casts a spell over me I have all I need Foxes have holes and a bird's got it's nest We ain't' got much but we're doing our best My smiles are free My kisses are free It's just meant to be You've ruined me You've ruined me
7.
What's left to lose? What can we save? Oh an eye for an eye makes everyone blind There's got to be a better way I've been thinking 'bout the future And I've been largely unaware That the time it takes to calculate Could be better spent somewhere She's been rolling all the coins that we've saved In a jar above the stove I've been doing dishes dreaming of all the places that we'll go What's left to lose? What can we save? Oh an eye for an eye makes everyone blind There's got to be a better way What's left to lose? What can we save? Oh an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind There's got to be a better way I've been pondering forever And I've been strangely uninspired I don't know what it means to have no dreams And still be cold beside the fire She's been wearing only dresses In a summer made of rain I've been wearing jeans when it's 35 And singing songs to keep us sane What's left to lose? What can we save? Oh an eye for an eye makes everyone blind There's got to be a better way What's left to lose? What can we save? Oh an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind There's got to be a better way Everyone I know is making love But is it love they're making? Everyone I know.... And we're so damn lonely Is it love we're making? Is it love we're faking? Who's heart are you breaking What's left to lose? What can we save? Oh an eye for an eye makes everyone blind There's got to be a better way What's left to lose? What can we save? Oh an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind There's got to be a better way
8.
I've been thinking lately That all my thoughts are wrong That my head is full of nonsense A sense I don't belong All the voices keep on talking But they don't say a thing to me I'm staring at the door again Like a window by the sea Like a window by the sea And it's time to pay the waitress And I've never felt more broke My wallet's full of credit cards And receipts for things I hoped Would make me feel like someone else Or a little more alive I'm a deadman walking on diamond soles With a heart of twisted twine It's a shame that the truth's inconvenient It's a pain that your heart has to break before it mends Every cloud in the sky in the shape of a sign Every song that I hear brings a tear to my eye And the bend in the road is alright All the streets are filled with people Filled with things they'll never say Rushing here and there, it's a sad affair A life that's lived will pay But the wage you get is the thing you've earned Not the thing that you might want Every day is a drop in the sea of hope Every word just floats or stops It's a shame that the truth's inconvenient It's a pain that your heart has to break before it mends Every cloud in the sky in the shape of a sign Every song that I hear brings a tear to my eye And the bend in the road is alright I'm a slave to every feeling But the joke is that I'm free I'm a cause that's lost, I'm an astronaut Stuck on earth with rocket dreams I'm the tight rope act at the carnival And I'm scared to death I'll fall The world is at my feet right now I can't think of a soul to call It's a shame that the truth's inconvenient It's a pain that your heart has to break before it mends Every cloud in the sky in the shape of a sign Every song that I hear brings a tear to my eye And the bend in the road is alright And the bend in the road is alright And the bend in the road is alright
9.
I can't think of a thing to do I'll write you a song filled with words that I never use....but should Lets drive my old car to the lookout and park And spend the whole time asking “whys” It's a long way to heaven But a short drive to paradise I can't think of a thing to say So I'll make you dinner Red wine, candlelight on your face...you look great Lets go for a walk, I'll listen, you talk I'll hold your hand all the way Our feet take us home My home's where you are anyway The heart in my chest was oh such a mess From the first time I knew Like a book front to cover My pages were cluttered with you I can't think of a thing to see Lets make up a story and see where it leads I'll finish your thoughts and say when I'm wrong Hold the door, sweep the floor, drop the seat I'll take out the garbage without you asking me... The heart in my chest was oh such a mess From the first time I knew Like a book front to cover My pages were cluttered with you The heart in my chest was oh such a mess From the first time I knew Like a book front to cover My pages were cluttered with you Like a book front to cover My pages were cluttered with you
10.
The creases in the elbows of his faded denim shirt He wore when we went fishing an' I'm wishing I had learned A little more from you Dad before you went away I'm lost without you Cross about you But I don't know what to say The winchester that was his Dad's, he brought out of the case Hold on son with all you got, don't ever be afraid To stand up tall and know you'll fall and know this is the way I'm lost without you Cross about you But I don't know how to change He said hold your head up higher, Know just who you are Shoot straight and check your sights son Aim a little far Learn to love a woman The rest will come with time Be the man I couldn't be And live a worthy life The old truck parked out front at nights With the paint chipping away The bench seat where I sat with him, in awe of all he'd say I'd take another drive with you, anywhere at all I'm lost without you Cross about you But I don't know who to call He said hold your head up higher, Know just who you are Shoot straight and check your sights son Aim a little far Learn to love a woman The rest will come with time Be the man I couldn't be And live a worthy life He took my hand and said to me With pride there in his eyes “I love you son, God bless you son” From the bed where he would die I didn't want to say goodbye I could hardly find the words I'm lost without you Cross about you Still every day it hurts He said hold your head up higher, Know just who you are Shoot straight and check your sights son Aim a little far Come to know your Maker The rest you'll find in time Be the man I couldn't be Live a worthy life He said hold your head up higher, Know just who you are Shoot straight and check your sights son Aim a little far Learn to love a woman The rest will come with time Be the man I couldn't be Be the man I couldn't be Be the man I couldn't be And live a worthy life

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released December 10, 2014

Produced by John Paul Peters and Me & The Mrs.
Recorded and mixed by John Paul Peters at Private Ear Recording (July 2014).
Mastered by Ed Brooks at RFI Mastering
String and Brass arrangements by John Zacharias and John Paul Peters (tracks 2, 3, 8).
Brass Arrangement by John Paul Peters (track 7).
String Arrangement by Daniel Wiebe (track 4).
Voice, Guitar and Percussion: Paul Zacharias
Voice, Mandolin, Accordion and Glockenspiel: Heather Zacharias
Banjo and Resonator: Jason Bertsch
Grand Piano: John Zacharias
Drums: Ryan Voth (tracks 5 & 7)
Drums/percussion: Scott Senoir (tracks 1, 2, 8)
Upright bass: Julian Bradford
Pedal Steel: Eric Lemoine
Violin: Meredith McCallum
Violin: Kristina Bauch
Cello: Emma Quackenbush
Trumpet: Tim Friesen
Trombone: Kevin Mclean
Cover painting by Jenny Keith Hughes (www.jennykeithhughes.com)
Photography by Kelsey Krogman
Layout by Jerod Fahlman

Thanks:

John Paul Peters, Vanessa Peters, Rainer Peters, Katherine Peters, Teri-Lynn and Chad Friesen, Haylie and Stuart Koslowsky (Maxine and Remy), John Zacharias, Vanessa Zacharias, Julian Bradford, Jenny Keith Hughes, Tim Friesen, Kevin Mclean, Kelsey Krogman, Aaron Krogman, Dan Wiebe, Jerod Fahlman, Jason Bertsch, Emma Quackenbush, Meredith McCallum, Kristina Bauch, Ryan Voth, Scott Senoir, Eric Lemoine, Merle Zacharias, Sandee Birch, Todd Birch, Doug Pattengale, Gail Paget, Nancy Pattengale, Jodie Pattengale, Morris Ertman, all our wonderful friends who have hosted concerts for us, fed us, put us up for the night, John Wort Hannam, Karla Adolphe, Natalie Inga Gauthier, Alix Cowman, Lauren Hamm, Lauren de Graaf, Conrad Belau, Lewis & Mitzy Frere, Teresa, Mike and Josh de Graaf, Steve and Kirsten Waldschmidt, Angus Wilson, Jessica Benini, Alysa van Hasteert, Rosebud Theatre, Rosebud Church, Cassia Schramm, Nathan Schmidt, Deanne Bertsch. Our Lord Jesus Christ for the gift of life and the gift of music.
Thank YOU for buying this record, your support means so much to us and we are ever grateful.

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Me & the Mrs. Rosebud, Alberta

Husband and wife duo, Paul and Heather Zacharias, hail from the biggest little hamlet in Canada: Rosebud, Alberta. Their brand of melodic folk is full of catchy hooks and sweet harmonies.

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