Boom Boom

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I’m jumping over board cap
and swimming back to shore
cuz now I know
I know

you're bailing with a thimble 
for a bucket sized hole
and coveting treasure 
no one wants 
I don't want

Captain of a sunken ship
sunken in the shallow water
you're standing out on the bridge
still thinkin'
you're still sailing

gettin back my land legs
walkin with my clothes wet
i'll find more
I want more

i've watched you on the bow there burning out days
chasing a horizon that won't come
it won't come

Captain of a sunken ship
sunken in the shallow water
you're standing out on the bridge
still thinkin'
you're still sailing

And I want you to find your way
I won't be around to sway

Captain of a Sunken Ship
Sunken in the shallow water
you're standing out on the bridge
Still thinking 

Captain of a sunken ship
down in the shallow water
there you are on the bridge
still thinking / you're still sailing.

Sunken Ship

Don't Take Your Eyes Off Of Me

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Higher Education

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Stand Where I Can See You

Allston

Easy To Be Around

Christmas, Of Course

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Castle Of Pretending

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Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - Arcade Fire Cover

The first single from Will Dailey's album "Golden Walker".
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LYRICS:
remember us in jet streams, high in conversation, strangers in the sky
Who met on a delay, suddenly a redeye, flying through the night
so I told you about my love who’s ready like a harbor as soon as I arrive
yes it all gets real when the gear goes down
and it already would have not worked out by now

High over Minnesota you asked to borrow my shoulder- a smile to oblige
in a sudden drop in pressure I would’ve put your mask on before I put on mine
so why was I wishing, wishing that the tail wind was not on our side 
When I know, had we never touched the ground, 
that it already would have not worked out by now

still anytime i feel mistreated
i wonder what we’d be like if we stayed up in the sky, high, so high, oh why

Some thoughts fly standby 
waiting in an  alternate life 

where we take that walk
and we buy the house
and we get the job 
and the baby crowns
and the taxes breaks
and i drink too much
and bills pile up
as the years roll out 
and it already would have not worked out by now
yes it already would have not worked out by now
well it already would have not worked out by now
 
(all electronics off
put your seat belts on
raise your table trays
Put your seats upright
pick up all your trash
thanks for flying with us)

Golden Walker

It Already Would Have Not Worked Out By Now

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“utterly infectious.” Culture Collide
"rich in subtleties.” Steve Morse
“musical lava lamp.” Boston Globe
“sophisticated.” - “a moving artistic statement.” Twangville
“magically uplifts.” Jed Gottlieb

"How good is Will Dailey? He wrote a song called “When It Dies” that magically uplifts. A gem of a melody sits at the center of a wonderfully musical mess with huge vocals — the man crushes you with the repeated refrain of “All we ever really want is not to be forgotten!” All at once the tune recalls James Taylor’s simplicity, Ray LaMontagne’s intensity and Tom Waits’ weirdness. The rest of the new album, “Golden Walker,” possesses the same magic.” Jed Gotlieb - Boston Herald

“...infused with funky bass lines, pop hooks, and political undertones. His latest single, “Bad Behavior,” gets things off to a strong start. The cheeky jam showcases Dailey’s double-tracked harmonies, a sultry saxophone solo and an upbeat tempo. It’s utterly infectious — the kind of track you’ll want to keep in high rotation.” 
Tori Adams - Culture Collide

 "Hats off to Will Dailey. He still cares about the art of songwriting and making an emotional impression in his music. His new album, 'Golden Walker,' is rich in subtleties, lyrical insights and a sense of hope. He evokes a Paul Simon intricacy at times, a Jeff Buckley fragility at others, topping it with challenging folk-pop and a breezy, almost Motown soul flair in the first single, 'Bad Behavior.' The clincher for me is 'He Better Be Alive,' a driving, percussive track inspired by the nightly news. Dailey has a wonderfully elastic voice, a natural sense of poetry, and a restless mind that looks for answers and often takes us to them."
 Steve Morse, longtime Boston Globe staff pop critic who now teaches Rock History at Berklee College of Music 

"Think of Will Dailey as an up-and-coming Paul Simon... “It Already Would Have Not Worked Out By Now” is the bright star of this self-released CD, complete with catchy acoustic guitar and witty word play. Another standout is “Middle Child,” which makes guitar and viola eccentrically hum together.
Dailey is in-tune to an era (1970s) when singer-songwriters were the true stars of popular music — he then reshapes the structure of a song for the 21st Century.” 
Patrick Prince - Goldmine

“...blends folk, pop, and country into ruminations as lulling as a musical lava lamp... the closer one listens, the more “Golden Walker” reveals itself a hard-won product… "It Already Would Have Not Worked Out By Now” soars high on a metaphorical tale revealing the inevitable costs of long-term commitment.That extraordinary number is the best thing on the album’s strong “Side A,” boosted like every track by subtle production touches not even Pink Floyd could have managed in the 1970s.” 
Franklin Soults - Boston Globe

Will Dailey makes a bit leap on his latest full-length release…. challenging the listener to dig into the songs. Those who do will be amply rewarded... All are sophisticated yet refined and are delivered with passion.
Golden Walker is richly gratifying, a moving artistic statement from an artist on a tremendous musical journey.”
Mayer Danzig - Twangville

Bad Behavior

He Better Be Alive

A bonus track from the extending version of Golden Walker

Not Sorry (I Need You So Much)

Will Dailey & The Rivals do an inpromtu cover of The Doors "LA WOMAN". 


LA Woman (Live - Doors cover)

Will Dailey's sound has been described as a venn diagram of multiple genres with a rich vintage vibe channeled through his authentic, wry and energetic performances. All inspiring famed rock journalist Dan Aquilante to call him “the real deal”. Dailey's albums are met with stellar reviews, top 20 on the national Billboard Heat Seeker chart twice and he’s won 8 Boston Music Awards including Album of the Year, Artist of the year for his album National Throat that he released after leaving Universal Records to start his own label. "Make Another Me", the first single from is new album, comes out September 27th. 
He has shared the stage and studio with Eddie Vedder, Willie Nelson, Roger McGuinn, Kay Hanley, G Love, Steve Earle, and Tanya Donelly. In June of 2013 he was featured on a Stephen King/John Mellencamp project produced by T Bone Burnett called Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County and, in that same year, also released an original song he wrote inspired by Jack Kerouac's Tristessa.  Dailey has played at Farm Aid four times alongside Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews and John Mellencamp. His latest album, Golden Walker, was released summer of 2018 and hit #1 on Billboards Northeast Heat seekers. The Boston Herald called the album: “A new peak” and named it an album of 2018. In 2021 Dailey set out to play 100 shows across America, sharing stages with Brandi Carlile, Sharon Van Etten and Pearl Jam.
In summer of 2022 Dailey released his single “Easy to Be Around” with a 68 second surprise attached to it. The single slides into a second song that lists the full credits from the instrumentalists to the cover artist and all the audio engineers in between. In 2023 Dailey embarked on another project called The 10 Dollar Song: A concept where a new composition called "Cover of Clouds" was available exclusively on his merch table, never to be released physically or on digital platforms, during a 25 date spring tour.  People pay what they want to listen to it once on a disc-man and headphones. Then write their thoughts in a book that travels with the song. In an era of music history that’s ruled by algorithms, the double-single of sorts could be considered a risk, but Will Dailey disrupts industry norms - not the other way around.

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