1."DON'T DESPAIR" lyrics and music by Diggy-Kat     written 19 January 2003
Diggy-Kat:
vocals,guitar,drums
INFO:
this song was written and recorded very quickly. i was playing my guitar and stumbled upon the main riff and i thought this would make such a great opening for the CD,so i wrote and recorded the song all in one day
LYRICS: verse: when the night is black and you can surely see/i'll be back for your majority/is that all you select to be/you can always find a friend in me/ chorus: love is lost/i don't know,what's the cost?/love is strange/my brain is so deranged/all these thoughts round me like zig zag dots/have a care,i am there,don't despair/ verse: all along you can see the sun will shine/in my eyes,i have lived a thousand lives/when i was young you took a piece of me/i broke myself into obscurity/ chorus: / verse: in the end i will come back/look inside yourself for what you lack/is it me you need to set you free?/or just the thought of life-long agony?/ chorus:

2."SPIDER" lyrics and music by Diggy-Kat     written 2 July 1999
Diggy-Kat:
vocals,guitar,bass,drums
INFO:
this song was written about a neighbour of mine up the street,one of the many nicknames i had for him was "Spider",his dad and i were good friends.
LYRICS:
spider,spider,spider,spider/well look who it is,it's the kid that changes caps/first red then blue now brown/bleached the top of his head,now he looks like a clown/he's an aquarius/does he thinks he's nefarious?/
like one,two,three/ya fee sab/skateboarder/dirt bike rider/anything that might seem perilous/i don't know about you,but they think i'm insane/for when they ask for his name,i say his name is dean/they say what do you mean? i thought his name was snug/or what was he going by last autumn?  oh you mean ratamahatta/abrigado y comodo/gancho e.r. with a tool/although the names are cool he's just a spider,spider,spider,spider/now his dad is a man named dan/a.k.a. carpenter dan/he's a friend of mine like spider's sister's boyfriend who rides his bike backwards down the street/maybe his compass is cursed or the map he's looking at is reversed or worse yet maybe his equillibrium has burst/but he's friends with spider's brother who's in a band and although they're new they deserve a warm hand/but we all know a dirt bike rider named spider,spider,spider,spider.

3."KNIGHT OWL" lyrics and music by Diggy-Kat     written 18 May/23 October/17 December 2002
Diggy-Kat: vocals,guitar,bass,drums,keyboards
INFO: i wanted an echo for the first part of the song for the vocals,so i ended up singing through a tube with the recorder on "echo" while the microphone was placed on the floor drum.
LYRICS: first verse:
tremble under the milky way/stars and stripes appear and gleam on unsuspecting mellow streams/of days we've lost into the night/a weary time for troubled minds/the graveyard sings a symphony/they rattle bones in harmony/the knight owl screeches into the night/warning all it's almost time/ second verse: it's bright and it's raining the old man was saying as he walked into the breeze/chaos brings glory,the old maids were yearning from underneith the trees/wisdom does power the glorious hour,death descends from these/and here i stand looking,the farmers were cooking a breakfastjust for me/ third verses: what are they doing? the old woman said/it looks as if no work has been done yet/i see no progress,i see no full beds/they must be someplace else instead/the light it does shine,brings forth the day/workers are lazy and not on their way/there is so much that needs to be done/but the workers here have yet to begun/ final verse: now that the storm has passed away,i see what looks like another clear day/trees are surrounding the earth that is bounding across the foreign clay/if you are wiser,ignore compromiser,then you'll be okay/but chaos does bring destruction and things that are sure to stay.

4."ON THE ROCKS AGAIN" lyrics and music by Diggy-Kat     written 22/25 December 2002
Diggy-Kat: vocals,guitar,drums
Archy Kurt-Davis: bass
INFO:
i have to say Archy probably played his best bass part ever in this song
LYRICS: verse:
i woke up today/half passed nine/i didn't know where i was/i didn't know which was mine/i didn't know which was her's/nothing looked the same/was it all in my brain?/i woke up today/half passed nine/i didn't know who i was/the room was spinning,delusion's winning/i was down but yet above/i turned the radio on and the man came on and said to me/ chorus: it's another bad day when you don't realize who you are/it's another bad day when all you so is fall on the rocks again/ verse: i got up today/i looked around/recognized not a thing/was it me that was here or just visiting?/i look in the mirror and the reflection said to me/ chorus:

5."DON'T WANT" lyrics and music by Diggy-Kat     written April 2002
Diggy-Kat:
vocals,guitar,bass,drums
INFO:
here is a song i forgot about until i ran across a demo of it on the computer. i had recorded the song for this album using electric guitar,but later on i re-recorded this song and re-recorded Mouse Trap Blues on the same day,using acoustic guitar for both songs.
LYRICS: verse:
i don't want anything that you could give me/i don't want anything,nothing at all/ chorus: oh,i don't want it/ verse: i don't want anything that you could supply for me/i don't want anything that you could supply/i don't want anything,nothing i deny/ chorus:

6."SAVANNAH BY MY CAR" lyrics and music by Diggy-Kat     written 13 April 2003
Diggy-Kat:
vocals,guitar,bass,drums
INFO:
this song took me about 2 minutes to write,written and recorded same day as "What A Lovely Day". this song was inspired by a picture with the same title,but i wrote a whole different story behind it.
LYRICS: chorus:
it was a dark night/like any other night,it was a light night/the moon shone bright in the starlight/savannah by my car/ verse: we hit the field/those tires squeeled in the back of the car/i went far down on the ride/savannah by my side/i turned the wheel/panic stricken,then we couldn't feel/all along this dusty reel/savannah numb inside/ chorus:/ verse: a cloud dust rose up from behind/the sides were smashed,caved inside and the trunk flew up,savannah couldn't cry/shaken and torn/we rose forlorn/out of the wreck,memory serves a speck/a severed neck/as savannah lies/ chorus:

7."REFUSALS 101" lyrics and music by Diggy-Kat     written 24 March 2003
Diggy-Kat:
vocals,guitar,bass,drums
INFO:
i woke up in one of my country moods and whenever i listen to country music i get inspiration from nowhere for songs,this being one of them. i could never think of a good title for this track,so the working title because the permanent title.
LYRICS: verse:
you called me up today asking me to stay for awhile in the afternoon/although i try my best,i can't seem to say i'm sorry i can't make it today/ chorus: i'm sorry i just can't make it today/i must go now and be on my way/i know you won't take it so bad/you're the best little girl i ever have had but i must refuse you today/ verse: my friends came by later on/asked me to go with them down to the pond/i told them i can't stay long but what i wanted to say was right on my tongue/ chorus: i'm sorry i just can't make it today/i must go now and be on my way/i know you won't take it so bad/you're the best friends i could ever have but i must refuse you today/ verse: my folks came by later that night/wanted to drop by to see i'm alright/i didn't want to let them in/i knew what to say but not how to begin/ chorus: i'm sorry but i'm about to go to sleep/i must go now and drift off away/i know you won't take it so bad/you're the best folks a boy could ever have/but i must ask you to come back another day

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