All songs written, played and recorded by Crawdaddy Simon in 2006-07 in Mile End on Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg homeland unless otherwise noted.

Inspired by Crazy Horse, Grin, Raspberries, Wings, and various early seventies British country-rock bands, Sailor White became a live band featuring Shawny Petsche, J.Five and Rory Tremblay, along with Basia & Bobby Bulat, Adam Brown and Emerald Cloud Cobra.

The Dust He Knew (2006-07)

RIYL: Teenage Fanclub

Lyrics: 
Well I'm going on thirty-one
And I've never owned a gun
I don't know why not
But I know you're the one

Got my leather on my back
I live by the railroad track
I don't know when I'll go
But I ain't coming back at all

And if it seems that I could love you more than this
And there was more that I could give you
I promise you girl if it ever comes to this
Won't you pick me up and we'll be on our way

I like sunshine more that rain
I wanna walk around again
I don't know where, don't care
If I can feel your hand

Up the leather on my back
Down by the railroad track
I can't say we'll stay
But I can tell you through it all

That if it seems I could love you more than this
And there was more that I could give you
I promise you girl if it ever comes to this
Won't you pick me up and we'll be on our way

Live it up a little longer
Turn it up a little louder

"The railroad track" was at the end of Saint-Urbain in Mile End.

The Dust He Knew (2005-06)

On Our Way

Written in Auckland, New Zealand, on Maori homeland.

Mortimer Pass

RIYL: The Raspberries

Lyrics:
I never knew what to sing about until I met you
Never found the words I couldn't do without until you
You gave me cause for rhyme
You made me lose my reason
But now I got the lines
Coming out all so easy
And it goes

Maybe won't last, baby so fast
Baby must go and all things must pass
But hold on

I find it hard to get it over with
Don't really know what it's all about
If I could only start it over with you
I'd let you know what it's all about

You gave me words to rhyme
You gave my song a reason
To everything a time
Never without a season
And it goes

What To Sing About

Lyrics: 
I will bring back spices for you from my journey
I hope that you can find the time to wait
The day I left could only come too early
I hope the day I'm back don't come too late

All of the gold
That you could ever hold
Will be yours upon my return

Until then, don't know when
So much time to make amends
And pray I don't end up getting burned
Bringing back the sun

I will bring back riches for you from my travel
Hoping all the while I'm on your mind
And when you hear the news of my arrival
I hope you think of when we said goodbye

All of the silver
That you could ever wear
Will be yours upon my return

Over the sword and under the gun
Past the cross and still I run
Praying I don't end up getting burned
Bringing back the sun

Bringing Back The Sun

RIYL: Gene Clark

Cover by The Honey Melon: 
https://soundcloud.com/thehoneymelon/in-the-country-rough-mix

Write-up on Goldkicks: 
https://goldkicks.blogspot.com/2006/02/sailor-white.html?m=1

Lyrics: 
Got a message from the country
Said hey won't you come on down
I said yeah give me just a couple of hours
Trying to catch the next 'hound

You got the birds singing, the dog running
And a creek at the back of the shack
A place to clear my head, lay my bed
And wait till my woman gets back

And that's the way it is
That's the way it is in the country

I was born just a city boy
Rambled all over the place
Had my ups and downs, turnarounds
You can read about them on my face

But don't you stare too long 'cause sometimes girl
I feel like being alone
Got to hop on the bus, don't you make a fuss
I'm heading for my country home

And that's the way it is
That's the way it is in the country

In The Country

In The Country "rough mix"

Songs by Crawdaddy Simon (2006-07 and 2022-24).

In The Country

Sailor White

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