Lewis' 1st Jam

The debut album from bobsled team. 
Including the singles This Pink Moon, Drive and You're so Cool.
Available on limited edition coloured vinyl.

Cool Water

Live From the Sweaty Palm Hotel

Johnny Payne - Only the Lonely

released October 15, 2021
Alexis Mahler: cello, vocals
Mixed by Clara Baker at The Rye Room in Portland, OR
Mastered by Steffen Prentiss Yazvac (Minneapolis, MN)

Artwork: Nathan Peltier - @_garlique
Music and lyrics: John Isaac Davey

Cruel To Be Kind

Teamed up with my good friend and associate Cameron Clark. I told him I needed two CC's of adrenaline directly into my track and he obliged.

Cam-Jam

Head Hang Low

Everybody Wants To Be A Cowboy

There's Your Trouble (Dixie Chicks cover)

John Davey - acoustic guitar, vocals
Shane Leonard - drums, percussion, mellotron
Josh Gallagher - piano 
Jeremy Boettcher - bass

Lower Tiers 
Words and Music: John Isaac Davey 

I watched my heroes fall
I saw them crumble
One and all
And a chorus of "no's" 
From a gallery of those
Who will never see so straight
Or stand so tall

All the guardian angels
The blanket forts and fake hells
All told me to sacrifice myself
On a funeral pyre
With my body on fire
I sat straight up and cast off all the spells

With the gates open wide
And my lover in sight
I called her name out loud
In the middle of the night
And the dawn it breaks
And the morning's warm embrace
Illuminates my lover's face

My sisters went very South and West
And I went East
We're all still fighting off 
Our demons in our sleep
We cascade to the coasts
Where we mostly can boast
That we are living better than well

But Maria, when are you gonna settle down?
I see your pictures and the question
Practically answers itself
When the back car seats 
On lower tiers that we have known for years
Have finally had their way with all of us 

I was terrified and dry and wide eyed
All sentimental
I rubbed the fog with my sleeve
Off of the early morning window
And the dawn it breaks
And the morning's warm embrace
Illuminates my lover's face
It illuminates my future face

Toss Your Javelin

Lower Tiers

I wonder what it is that motivates the creatures of the night
To circle ‘round the high-walled garden
Looking for a way inside

The smell of babies’ breath, I guess
The supple fruit of all good flesh
The crumbling cookie, flaxseed cake
The brick and fire which we bake with
The hearty fruit on sturdy vine
With love as sweet as yesterday’s wine

The boiling pot, the mother’s cub
A warning shot fired up above
As old as hills, a fear instilled
A caution sign, a chilly spine

The coal-black coat, the beady eyes
The slither and the scale and size
They’ll warn you once, they’ll tell you twice
Entreat you to take their advice
They’ll treat you bad, they’ll treat you nice
They’ll turn your blood as cold as ice

Hard times make strong men
Strong men make good times
Good times make soft men
Soft men make hard, hard times

Hard times make strong men
Strong men make good times
Good times make soft men
Soft men make good wine
Good wine make good time
Good times make hard, hard times

Hard Times, Strong Men

When I was younger
And didn’t know what life was
I said my only purpose 
was to be your love
I said it like a bad thing
Cuz I wanted more 
Now I’d give anything to be that poor

When you would hold me
Never felt alone
I wanted to be higher 
Little did I know 
The view from up here now 
Gives me vertigo
And I’d give anything to be that low

Time just keeps on rolling by like thunder
If you can slow it down well that’s a clever trick
I’m just trying to Break the spell I’m under 
Hoping maybe this time it’ll stick

Started a fire 
and i let it burn
Always trying to get somewhere
Waiting for my turn
Just wanted to get through it
now it’s turned to ash
And I’d give anything to get that back

Time just keeps on rolling by like thunder
If you can slow it down well that’s a clever trick
I’m just trying to Break the spell we’re under 
Hoping maybe this time it’ll stick

Time just keeps on rolling by like thunder
If you can slow it down well that’s a clever trick
I’m just trying to Break the spell I’m under 
Hoping maybe this time it’ll stick

When I was younger
And didn’t know what life was
I said my only purpose 
was to be your love
I said it like a bad thing
Cuz I wanted more 
Now I’d give anything to be that poor

Lower Tiers

John Davey

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