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Mermaid Salt

Sound Issue 142

"Count Me Down" the 3rd single from Craigie's upcoming new album 'Mermaid Salt' out everywhere 4/15/22

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2022 Tour Dates
Apr 1 · Cat’s Cradle · Carrboro, NC
Apr 2-3 · Jammin Java · Vienna, VA
Apr 5 · Higher Ground · South Burlington, VT
Apr 6-7 · One Longfellow Square · Portland, ME
Apr 8 · The Parlor Room · Northampton, MA
Apr 9 · Caffe Lena (Early Show) · Saratoga Springs, NY
Apr 9 · Caffe Lena (Late Show) · Saratoga Springs, NY
Apr 10 · 9th Ward (Babeville) · Buffalo, NY
Apr 12 · Paradise Theater · Toronto, ON
Apr 20 · The Triple Door · Seattle, WA
Apr 27 · The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever · Los Angeles, CA
May 1-3 · Mississippi Studios · Portland, OR
May 6 · Felton Music Hall · Felton, CA 
May 12 · Live Wire @ Alberta Rose · Portland, OR
May 28 · Strawberry Music Festival · Grass Valley, CA
May 29 · Juan de Fuca Music Festival · Port Angeles, WA
Jul 7 · Denver Botanic Gardens · Denver, CO
Jul 8 · Pikes Peak Center For The Performing Arts · Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 10 · Mariposa Folk Festival · Orillia, ON
Jul 28 · Sawtooth Valley Gathering · Stanley, ID
Aug 14 · Rocky Mountain Folks Fest · Lyons, CO
Aug 22 - 24 · John Cragie On The River (Tuolumne River) · Groveland, CA
Aug 25 - 27 · John Cragie On The River (Tuolumne River) · Groveland, CA

Count Me Down Lyrics
 
Once upon a time I’d be 
Making babies, planting seeds
In an empty country full of dreams
A little sapling of my family tree
I would’ve been good
 
My old man’s been hanging on
Waiting for another John
I suggest that time is gone
He suggests I don’t give up
I could’ve been good
 
Somebody count me down 
 
Well there ain’t no meal that’s big enough
That won’t leave you hungry tomorrow
I keep tryin to fill up 
Won’t someone tell me my last one 
And I’ll be good
 
Somebody count me down

Count Me Down

"Helena" the 2nd single from Craigie's upcoming new album 'Mermaid Salt' out everywhere 4/15/22

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"Helena"
Words & Music by John Craigie

LYRICS
I was born dead, mama told me 
She said the devils they didn’t want me 
And they left me behind for her to hold
And she said, no one could see me
I was invisible to everybody
And we would have revenge for what they stole
 
She said fire was how we’d make ‘em pay
As I ran across the fields she would scream
 
Light it up son 
 
She would send me in with the matches
I would burn that shit down to ashes 
And I would crawl out of the flames back in to her arms 
And she was right, no one could see me
I was her ghost, I was her banshee
And in our wake we watched Montana burn
 
Somehow they figured out that it was her
But it only made us run faster
 
Light it up son
 
When she was tired of the chase 
She decided that we would make our peace
See I was born dead and she’d been jealous the whole time 
So she tied us both to the stairwell 
Made me light one last farewell 
I can still hear her crying through the flames 
 
And when the Helena police arrived at the scene
The fire must have burned away my invisibility 
They pulled me out, not a scratch, they couldn’t believe
 Just a loose rope wrapped around me not tied to anything
 
Light it up son

Helena

"Drown Me" from the new John Craigie album 'Mermaid Salt' out everywhere now.

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"Drown Me"
Words & Music by John Craigie

This air is tainted I don’t want another breath 
Wrap your legs around me til I’m almost deaf 
Drown me baby, drown me baby 
I wasn’t using my lungs for any good anyway 
Them pretty boys they couldn’t handle your love 
They all agree you’re pretty bossy for a sub 
Drown me baby, drown me baby 
I wasn’t using my lungs for any good anyway 
I gave up sugar, babe, I kept the salt 
Your little anchor ain’t as heavy as you thought 
 
Step daddy wasn’t a man he was a cigarette 
This life smoked him down til there was nothing left 
Drain me baby, drain me baby 
I wasn’t spending my cash on any good anyway 
He smacked your mama up, she came back with a gun 
Karma’s a bitch but man it get the job done 
Drain me baby, drain me baby 
I wasn’t spending my cash on any good anyway 
You look stuck girl, don’t let the boat sink 
Your little anchor ain’t as heavy as you’re thinking 
 
The ex cleaned her act up isn’t that nice
She want me back, I’m nice but I ain’t that nice 
Break me baby, break me baby 
I wasn’t using my heart for any good anyway 
First of all child, I never said I was a saint 
Second of all, don’t you gotta be dead to be a saint 
Break me baby, break me baby 
I wasn’t using my heart for any good anyway 
Last time I checked girl we’re both still breathing 
Your little anchor ain’t as heavy as you’re thinking

Drown Me

"Future Tripping" from the new John Craigie album 'Mermaid Salt' out everywhere now.

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"Future Tripping"
Words & Music by John Craigie

Don’t say that you’ll pray for me it offends the other gods 
Don’t die with your love
Use it all up
 
Your shirt will smell like her for only so long 
Don’t die with your hands wrapped tight around the dream
Die with your hands empty
 
Your body will someday let you down 
Don’t die with your eyes closed to the sun 
Die with your eyes open

Future Tripping

"Microdose" from the new John Craigie album 'Mermaid Salt' out everywhere now.

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"Microdose"
Words & Music by John Craigie

Into the sunrise off you drove
To show this was just the beginning
I micro-dosed for months and months
Dissolve my ego in the acid
 
Seven lovers, seven moons
Seven days without speaking
How long could I keep it up
Before I started disbelieving
 
I write you postcards everyday
To remind us both that time is fleeting
I’m all alone here in many ways
Deserted island, middle of the city
 
Somebody up there must really like me
Somebody else up there must truly hate me
 
It’s a war of the gods, baby I don’t know
I never picked a side, I never started praying
They’ll fight it out as we make love
And every now and then, look up, and see who’s winning

Microdose

Distance 
 
I could lose you to the loneliness vast and infinite 
To the phones that blink and blink and some nights don’t blink
To your new found freedom, the ever changing seasons 
And all the options falling at your feet 
I could lose you to your dreams possible now they seem 
And somehow don’t fit along my path 
But darling please don’t let me lose you to the distance
 
I could lose you to the drugs, all the best ones 
Where you would no longer crave my embrace
I could lose you to our paranoia, the deep and heavy traumas
And all the crazy thoughts that we might think 
I could lose you to another man 
Who could be around more than I can 
To show up and simply hold his stance
But darling please don’t let me lose you to the distance
 
I could lose you to the sea, salty and free 
With nothing but the stars above to glisten 
I could lose you to the roaring crowd, the tiny little mountain town 
Or the desert where all we do is listen 
To the mysteries of the heart 
Jumping back and forth
To all of these I would understand 
But darling please don’t let me lose you to the distance

Distance

Pictures

Live interview and session on the Funk and Soul show with Craig Charles, BBC Radio. 

Aired  30th May 2015. 

Live Session with Craig Charles on the Funk and Soul Show

Traveling folk singer. New single 'Good to You' feat. TK & The Holy Know-Nothings out now → https://stream.johncraigiemusic.com/goodtoyou