This song was originally performed by The Wild Colonials and was written by McCluskey/Shark.

Whiskey Flower chose to cover this song in rememberence of the loss of a loved one and her connection to The Wild Colonials.

LYRICS:

SPARK
I knew life had to change 
 	So I held your hand more tightly
And when I asked you to leave
 	You smiled at me politely
Please forgive my greed
 	I look like I have plenty
And still I ask you for more
 	'Till I leave you feeling empty
 
 	THE SPARK IS GONE BUT THE LOVE LIVES ON 
 	THE SPARK IS GONE BUT THE LOVE LIVES ON
 	THE SPARK IS GONE BUT THE LOVE LIVES ON
 
Even though I'm far away
 	You pull the strings more tightly
And lying in my bed today
 	I remember I cried for you nightly
Even though my life is new
 	Sometimes in the dark it's you
And still I ask you for more
 	'Til I leave you feeling empty
 
 	THE SPARK IS GONE BUT THE LOVE LIVES ON 
 	THE SPARK IS GONE BUT THE LOVE LIVES ON
 	THE SPARK IS GONE BUT THE LOVE LIVES ON
 
Two continents and a rainy day
Couldn't wash the truth away
Your wake-up call, my dead of night
I knew in my heart that this wasn't right
Two continents and a rainy day
Couldn't wash the truth away
 
I knew life had to change 
 	So I held your hand more tightly
And when I asked you to leave
 	You smiled at me politely
Please forgive my greed
 	I look like I have plenty
And still I ask you for more
 	'Till I leave you feeling empty
 
 	THE SPARK IS GONE BUT THE LOVE LIVES ON
 	THE SPARK IS GONE BUT THE LOVE LIVES ON
 	THE SPARK IS GONE BUT THE LOVE LIVES ON

Written by McCluskey/Shark
© St Bernadette Music/Sharkadelic Music/
Administered by BMG/Firefly Music (ASCAP)
Mixed & Produced by Brandon McCulloch
Mastered by Scott Sedillo at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Guitar, lead vocals - Julie Neumark
Bass, background vocals - Holly Lucille
Cello - Michelle Elliot Rearick
Percussion - Kristen Gleeson-Prata

Righteous Indignation

Spark

Inspired by a the death of George Floyd and a video posted shortly thereafter by Trevor Noah, this original song tells the humbling story of Whiskey Flower's awakening to systemic racism and all there is for us to continue to learn about our own white privilege. The path to real change begins with conversation.

LYRICS:

Verse
Society dictates
How we’re all supposed to think, but
My contract is privileged
And yours is not the same

Nobody was listening
Injustice is alive and kicking
The dominos tremble
Before they tumble down

Chorus
Time to wake up
And open my eyes 
To the millions of live not like mine
When I grew up
Thought I was color bind
But I was just blinded by my birth right

Verse
Fighting feels inconvenient
When you’ve never experienced
A hatred that’s based on
The color of your skin

Take a look at our country
Status quo breeds our apathy and
No need to speak up
Until it hits your own backyard

Chorus
Time to wake up
And open my eyes 
To the millions of live not like mine
When I grew up
Thought I was color bind
But I was just blinded by my birth right

Harmonica solo

Breakdown Chorus
Time to wake up
And open my eyes 
To the millions of live not like mine
When I grew up
Thought I was color bind
But I was just blinded by my birth right

Written by Julie Neumark
Mixed & Produced by Brandon McCulloch
Mastered by Scott Sedillo at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Guitar, harmonica, lead vocals - Julie Neumark
Bass, background vocals - Holly Lucille
Percussion - Kristen Gleeson-Prata

Birth Rite

This song is about the aftermath of a big loss. That haze of a time where part of you wants to hang onto what you can't even fully accept is gone, while another part of you desperately wants to move forward into the "possibilities of new." Your current version of truth is to pretend "you're ok", but the thought is that maybe if you keep saying it, someday you really will be ok.

LYRICS:

Verse	
EVERYTHING ENDED BUT NOTHING’S BEGUN
AND MY EMOTIONS ARE STILL CATCHING UP 
HIDING THE MOMENTS I’M COMING UNDONE. UNDONE.

I THOUGHT THAT BY NOW – I WOULD HAVE MOVED ON
BUT THERE’S A COMFORT TO STILL HANGING ON
TO THE INTANGIBLE THING THAT IS GONE – GONE, GONE
 
Pre-chorus
EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF ME JUST SHINES WITH POSSIBILITY OF NEW, 
BRAND NEW
THE SMILE UPON MY FACE THAT I DISPLAY IS FEELING FAKE AND SO 
UNTRUE
 
Chorus
SO TELL ME, YOU’RE OK AND I’LL 
TELL YOU, I’M OK
THAT’S THE VERSION OF OUR TRUTH FOR TODAY
MAYBE IF WE KEEP SAYIN IT, 
SOMEDAY THINGS WILL CHANGE
AND THAT VERSION WILL BECOME THE ONLY ONE

Break (Cello solo)

Pre-chorus
EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF ME JUST SHINES WITH POSSIBILITY OF NEW, 
BRAND NEW
THE SMILE UPON MY FACE THAT I DISPLAY IS FEELING FAKE AND SO 


UNTRUE
 
Breakdown
SO TELL ME, YOU’RE OK AND I’LL 
TELL YOU, I’M OK
THAT’S THE VERSION OF OUR TRUTH FOR TODAY—TODAY!
BUT MAYBE IF WE KEEP SAYIN IT, 
SOMEDAY THINGS WILL CHANGE
AND THAT VERSION WILL BECOME THE ONLY ONE - ONLY ONE

Outro
TELL ME YOU’RE OK, I’LL TELL YOU I’M OK
THAT’S THE WAY, THAT’S THE WAY, THAT’S THE WAY 
WE’LL SEE IT
						
TELL ME YOU’RE OK, I’LL TELL YOU I’M OK
THAT’S THE WAY, THAT’S THE WAY, THAT’S THE WAY 
WE WILL SEE IT AND BELIEVE IT SOME DAY

Written by Julie Neumark
Mixed & Produced by Brandon McCulloch
Mastered by Scott Sedillo at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Guitar, lead vocals - Julie Neumark
Bass, background vocals - Holly Lucille
Cello - Michelle Elliot Rearick
Percussion - Kristen Gleeson-Prata

Version of Truth

Version Of Truth

This song is about trying to outrun your fears by making excuses about why you don't have time to face them, as if facing your fears is simply an inconvenience that you will "get to" someday. Someday, when you're rich and famous and thin enough; someday, when your family's baggage isn't weighing you down; someday, when you're less addicted; someday, when you're perfect in your life. In other words...never.

LYRICS:

Verse
Yellow bellied fear was calling on my cell phone
I pretended not to hear but it won’t go away
“I’m sorry I can’t take your call today,”
“But if you leave your name and number I’ll get back to you someday”

Chorus
Someday when I’m rich and famous
Someday when I am thin enough
Someday when my family’s baggage
Isn’t weighing me down
Someday when I’m less addicted
Someday when I’m perfect in this life
I’ll call you back

Verse
Yellow bellied fear was waiting on my doorstep
When I came home late that February night
She said, “Won’t you have a cup of coffee with me please”
I said, “Not tonight, it’s late—and I need my sleep!”

Chorus
Someday when I’m rich and famous
Someday when I am thin enough
Someday when my family’s baggage
Isn’t weighing me down
Someday when I’m less addicted
Someday when I’m perfect in this life
I’ll call you back

BRIDGE 
If I keep on running
Keep on hiding
Can’t escape the things inside me
Can’t go back and can’t go forward
Paint myself into a corner

Chorus
Someday when I’m rich and famous
Someday when I am thin enough
Someday when my family’s baggage
Isn’t weighing me down
Someday when I’m less addicted
Someday when I’m perfect in this life
I’ll call you back

OUTRO 
Call you back, I’ll call you back, I’ll call you back, 
I’ll call you back, I’ll call you back, I’ll call you back x4

(After 2x) I’ll call you back, I’ll call you back, I’ll call you back
Someday - ooo hoo x2

Written by Julie Neumark
Mixed & Produced by Brandon McCulloch
Mastered by Scott Sedillo at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Guitar, harmonica, lead vocals - Julie Neumark
Bass, background vocals - Holly Lucille
Percussion - Kristen Gleeson-Prata

Yellow Bellied Fear

The title track of Whiskey Flower's EP is a commentary on the political tribalism and division that began to surface during Trump's presidency and has continued to proliferate. The song takes the POV of someone shifting to neutral and feeling stuck in the middle after impartially viewing both sides rooted in their own righteous indignation.

LYRICS:

The air outside is starting to feel like it 
might collide with everything I know as true
But that’s yesterdays news

I used to think I knew my surroundings and
the road was flat but the earth was round -
The sky was blue
I trusted you

And then the level tipped to the RIGHT
I was LEFT all alone in the fight

Stuck in the MIDDLE
Stuck in the MIDDLE
Stuck in the MIDDLE of a sea of righteousness indignation

The water rises each and every day
Washing all our critical thoughts away
Alas, we’re one big mass

Hope, what’s that? Is it something that I ate?
Oh ya, that thing from 2008
I miss it so

And then the level tipped to the RIGHT
I was LEFT all alone in the fight

Stuck in the MIDDLE
Stuck in the MIDDLE
Stuck in the MIDDLE of a sea of righteousness indignation

Stuck in the MIDDLE
Stuck in the MIDDLE
Stuck in the MIDDLE of a sea of righteousness indignation

No one is right, no one is wrong
No one is right, no one is wrong
No one is right, no one is wrong

No one is right, no one is wrong
No one is right, no one is wrong
No one is right, no one is wrong

No one is right, no one is wrong
No one is right, no one is wrong
No one is right, no one is wrong

Stuck in the MIDDLE
Stuck in the MIDDLE
Stuck in the MIDDLE of a sea of righteousness indignation

Stuck in the MIDDLE
Stuck in the MIDDLE
Stuck in the MIDDLE of a sea of righteousness indignation

Written by Julie Neumark
Mixed & Produced by Brandon McCulloch
Mastered by Scott Sedillo at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Guitar, lead vocals - Julie Neumark
Bass, background vocals - Holly Lucille
Percussion - Kristen Gleeson-Prata