1. The Digger

monster shadows burnt behind eyelids
lightbulb lemon a stranger to all my friends
a new pollution weighing heavy like a whale bone
so dig your own way out of your hole
          i like the sound of you beside me
          the moon, the river and the lightning
          your touch electrical exciting
          the open road and a good sense of timing

jungle hunger heated heart defeated not
wholesome raging with my skeletons in the dark
a dream so lucid a technicolor feature show
so dig your own way out of your hole
          i like the sound of you beside me
          the moon, the river and the lightning
          your touch, electrical exciting
          the open road and a good sense of timing
          i go in disguisery
          like a silhouette shimmers on the highway
          its you like a thunder bolt inside me
          the open road goes winding winding on

called by the moon, to ride in the waves of the black monsoon
here where i stand, a volatile volcano man
cause i like dynamite and lightning and she's got the diamonds in her eyes
cause i like dynamite and lightning and she's got the diamonds in her eyes 
cause i like dynamite and lightning and she's got the diamonds in her eyes
with a good sense of timing
yeah, a good sense of timing
so dig your own way out of your hole
dig your own way out of your hole

Alexander McCowan 2007

2. Ode to Lakewater

water from the up high
water from the sky
coming down the mountain
coming from the sky
water from the sky
          born when the stone was alive and the gods were guilty of pride
          carved by the crush of ice that covered the earth at the time
find myself
alone to be
insignificance
an ode to lakewater

water that im feeling
water make me clean
c'mon catch the feeling
of water so fresh and so clean
          your legs go swimming like a rainbow trout as you pass on by
          a place of reminiscing where all the lakemonsters can go and hide
find myself
alone to be
insignificance
an ode to lakewater

hear the calling of the loon break through the shadows of the pines
make me want to rest my bones on the stones of the shoreline
a healthly looking moon stretches tall
as one with all
connectedness
an ode to lakewater

Alexander McCowan 2009


3. Juste Comme Jacques Cousteau

quand la mer est commence a s'elever
it got dusty and hot like a stovetop
the crops sont mort and the mosquitoes brought malaria
nous etions dans de vilains drap
          so i built you un bateau
          et juste comme jacques cousteau
          we gonna s'adventurer ensemble
          avec ma belle et mon bateau
          we gonna go where the warm winds blow
          carried on the shoulders of the rising sea

le courant took us past calamity
un homard, une huitre and une baleine become our friends
so dry your eyes we shall not go hungry
i caught soixante poissons for a feast tres manifique
          and we'll live in mon bateau
          et juste comme jacques cousteau
          we gonna s'adventurer ensemble
          avec ma belle et mon bateau
          we gonna go where the warm winds blow
          carried on the shoulders of the rising sea

the waves they came down like rain
and it became sous marin
          and we'll live in mon bateau
          et juste comme jacques cousteau
          we gonna s'adventurer ensemble
          avec ma belle et mon bateau
          we gonna go where the warm winds blow
          carried on the shoulders of the rising sea

Alexander McCowan 2008

4. Young Folks

if i told you things i did before, told you how i use to be
would you go along with someone like me
yeah, if you knew my story word for word, had all my history
would you go along with someone like me

well, i did before and i had my share, and it didnt lead me nowhere
but i would go along with someone like you
cause it doesn't matter what you did or who you were hanging with
we could stick around and see this night through
            cause we don't care about the young folks, talking 'bout the young style
            we don't care about the old folks, talking 'bout the old style too
            we don't care about our own faults, were talking 'bout our own style
            all we care about is talking, talking only you and me

now usually when things have gone this far, people tend to disappear
no one will surprise me unless you do
i can tell there something going on, hours seem to disappear
everyone is leaving and i'm still here with you

cause it doesnt matter what we do or where we are going to
we can stick around and see this night through
            cause we don't care about the young folks, talking 'bout the young style
            we don't care about the old folks, talking 'bout the old style too
            we don't care about our own faults, were talking 'bout our own style
            all we care about is talking, talking only you and me
            and we don't care about the young folks, talking 'bout the young style
            we don't care about the old folks, talking 'bout the old style too
            we don't care about our own faults, were talking 'bout our own style
            all we care about is talking, talking only you and me
            talking only you and me

Peter, Bjorn and John 2006.

5. Where the Wild Tigers Go

i found you sleeping where the wild tigers go to eat their young
i found you sleeping with the words of ancient songs upon your tongue
blue was the moon in your bottle of rum

well you're mother was a gunrunner for the rebels, your father was a poacher and a priest
well you're mother was a gunrunner for the rebels, your father had a secret life to keep
and scratch the lie and you will find the thief

and so we followed one another 'til we danced in three-four time
and so we followed one another 'til i was yours and you were mine
with a hunters moon in the sky
singing
how funny when love comes
how funny when love leaves
how funny like the blood thats running
through your veins
how funny when love comes
how funny when love leaves
how funny like all your ghosts
are singing in the tall trees
i'm trying to find a place to be
with you where the wild tigers go

Alexander McCowan 2009.

6. The GDP (So Be Somebody)

so try again the play the game with the D-N-A
whats your code name undercover C-I-A
you were caught on the spot you were R-E-D
red on the hot spot, hands on the cash pot
but histories, centuries and the A-G-Es
are passing through kung fu and democracy
while you were looking for your keys for your G-M-C
truck out of luck, you were down never stuck
          cause the down side of up is just the up side of down
          and its one more reason why the world go round
          cause it all comes around, it all goes around
          yeah, it all comes around

so 1-2-3 get yourself a J-O-B
contribute to the G-D-P
cause the A-B-Cs come before the P-H-Ds
so be somebody and go
4-5-6 get yourself a F-I-X
cause if youre stuck in the mix
you better find yourself a reason to believe in times like this
so be somebody and go play

so try again, whats the game with the T-L-As
they were talking 'bout the swine flu and Y-2-K
they were talking 'bout Castro and J-F-K
who by the way would of said
'you better seize the day'
U-F-O up above, down its H-I-V
whats the cause and effect of the G-D-P
the S-U-N is explosive like T-N-T
dynamite, out of sight, out of mind
          well, it all takes time, a little bit of time
          yeah it all takes time, a little bit of time
          and thats one more reason why the world go round
          thats one more reason why the world go round
          cause it all, it all comes around
          yeah it all goes around

so 1-2-3 get yourself a J-O-B
contribute to the G-D-P
cause the X-Y-Z will come after you D-I-E
and R-I-P and E-T-C
and in times like these
you better open up your E-Y-Es, your just a zeitgeist passing through an A-G-E too
so be somebody and go

so be somebody and go play and live your days
your D-N-A is here and now, its not here to stay
you'll find you're way to re-arrange the game
by getting down to your W-O-R-K
it will pass you by, if you never even try
so bring it on home like a R-B-I
and just go be somebody
working for a living in this G-A-M-E

and 1-2-3 get yourself a J-O-B
contribute to the G-D-P
cause the A-B-Cs come before the P-H-Ds
so be somebody and go 
4-5-6 get yourself a F-I-X
cause if you're stuck in the mix
you better find yourself a reason to believe in times like this
and in times like these open up your E-Y-Es
and learn a little something from your A-B-Cs too
so be somebody and go play
so be somebody and go play

Alexander McCowan 2009

7. Honeybee

i saw you standing so smooth
illuminated inside this room
i caught your eye like an arrow
a symphony played our tune
          i stepped beside your essense where life is just a melody
          your sweet lil charms took a hold of me
          and yeah you got me spellbound, turned my whole world upsidedown
          you've gone to running inside my head

so wear your blue dress now
cause i can't get you out of my mind
we'll go out 'til the morning
cause i can't get you out of my mind
no i can't get you out of my mind

so c'mon lets get together
c'mon lets steal the night away
we'll walk the streets like young lovers
we'll count the stars and call them our own
          so yeah, i'm hooked i'm carving those mystic nights of our lovemaking
          you sting so sweet like a honeybee
          and there you are again, inside my head
          you burn my heart again, with those words you said
          just to lay beside your essence, baby, life is such a mystery
          c'mon sting me my honeybee
          and we'll get away from this

so wear your blue dress now
cause i can't get you out of my mind
we'll go out 'til the morning
cause i can't get you out of my mind
no i can't get you out of my mind

c'mon now, lets get to living
c'mon now, feel the rhythm
c'mon lets go

and wear your blue dress now
cause i can't get you out of my mind
we'll go out 'til the morning
cause i can't get you out of my mind
no i can't get you out of my mind

Alexander McCowan 2006