Get all 5 Dead Root Revival releases available on Bandcamp and save 30%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Controller's Exam, Trillions of Stars, Live Before Lockdown, DRR Live : Volume I, and Live at The Wooden Boat Shop.
1. |
Party Girls
06:42
|
|||
|
i never got drunk
i just got tired
i never calmed down
i was just too wired
staring through the screen
into an empty world
while the music rocked on
with the party girls
I got two left feet
and a poor world view
but i swear someday
i'll make it up to you
hunters and gatherers
sinners and saints
alone at the microphone
2 strikes at home plate
grinding the gears
churning the pulp
drink it down quickly
in one big gulp
I know you're sweet
but we're still through
i swear someday
i'll make it up to you
|
||||
2. |
In The Past
05:13
|
|||
3. |
Good Morning Love
05:53
|
|||
|
I want that good morning love x 3
Give it to me baby
All the trials we've been through
feel like this world is gonna drag us down
But when i see you smile i feel brand new
and your voice is the only sound
I want to hear when I open my eyes
I look at you and I realize
there's nothing to fear
when you are near
chorus
I wish you knew what i was thinking
I wish knew how to say it out loud
this heart of mine it gets to sinking
when I feel I'm not making you proud
I'm fighting each and every day of my life
to find a better way going forward
Baby hold on to me right now
It's gonna work out somehow
chorus x2
|
||||
4. |
Stix & Bonz
06:17
|
|||
5. |
Amarillo
07:53
|
|||
|
sacramento's got your number
talahassee has got your name
it kind of makes you wonder
how long you can play this game
blacken out the windows
the sun ain't gonna win this round
whistle blowin in the distance
you know it's an awful sound
pittsburgh doesn't want to see you
you know you don't want to see detroit
Albuquerque is no option
no opportunity to exploit
you need an understanding woman
who's gonna fill your heart up with hope
End up with some part time junkie
she's just handin' you the rope
birmingham alabama
isn't where you thought it all go down
thought you had it in you to go another 15 rounds
no call from the governor
just the whisper of the cool black steel
good ol' fashioned frontier justice
you were born looking at a raw deal
a cool west wind is blowin'
over your shallow grave
you never made it down to amarillo
your soul was never meant to be saved
|
||||
6. |
17 Years
06:59
|
|||
|
17 years
17 years
mired in the muck
taste the salt in my tears
gonna make a change because the end it nears
17 years
17 years
i'm begging your pardon
i'm begging right now
did everything i could to keep from breaking that vow
temptation was the ox and freedom was the plough
i'm begging your pardon
i'm begging right now
i got me the thirst of a dying man
hungry like a wolf and i feed on what i can
call out to the spirits and rub your talisman
i got me the thirst of a dying man
there's a hooded cloaked stranger waiting at the gates
try as we might we can't decide our fates
we fight but in the end everyone capitulates
to the hooded cloaked stranger who is waiting at the gates
|
||||
7. |
An Angel Rose
06:37
|
|||
|
The shades are drawn / The nights are dank
Your arms are wide /No one to thank
The beast in you /Has been unleashed
Give your convictions /An early release
You be fair / And I'll be square
Hold tight to the illusion / That I still care
These games we play / Go on too long
Think I'll pick up this guitar/And right some wrongs
1000 masters /Servant of none
I'm here for the liquor/ And some good clean fun
You bent the wire/ Until it snapped
You were hot as fire/ But I still felt trapped
In a house that burned/ In a haunted keep
The bed frame melted/ While we counted sheep
And from the dust/An angel rose
In a black leather suit/And a rock star pose
She hit the circuit/She slayed them all
She was born of dreams/ And answered the call
From Idaho /To Amsterdam
A new messiah/With an all star band
She crossed the ocean/She crossed the line
She did it all /in 4/4 time
She sunk her teeth into that meat/Embers still burning feeling that heat
|
||||
8. |
Over and Out
05:30
|
|||
|
you had a hit on the radio
seventeen - twenty years ago
you take that with you everywhere you go
every night is your last show
every girl - the one you need to know
can't seem to strike that decisive blow
you're a rock and roll refugee
a victim of your own reality
this road ain't for the faint of heart
don't bother looking for your fresh start
you were at the top of your game
you dreamt of flying in a private plane
An ego trip that no one could tame
--------
You had a wife you had a home
You left it all now you're all alone
It's time to reap what you have sown
Hindsight 2020 guess you might've known
But you were blinded by the biz
Hangin' out with those doped up kids
Take a sip, is what it is
You've been outgrown
angered by your decisions
put together by your divisions
left your soul somewhere along that stretch of highway
you've been wondering like a child
you've been burning like the bible
you've been wiggling like a worm
hell, there you go again
|
||||
Dead Root Revival Kingston, Ontario
Remember when music grabbed you by the ears, lifted you up, reached straight into your chest and stole your heart? Dead Root
Revival are on a quest to capture those unexplainable, otherworldly, soul-invigorating moments.
Heavy on the Blues. Heavy on the Rock.
... more
Dead Root Revival recommends:
Sure Can Play That Guitar!!
by Tom Savage
This is a precursor to what would eventually become DRR. Check out "An Angel Rose", "Train Blues", and the title track, you might recognize them from a DRR live concert!
go to album
21st Century Lo-Fi
by Tom Savage
This album was recorded during COVID lockdown, with tracks recorded remotely; Tom in his home studio, Bonz tracking drums in his attic, and Jason Mercer emailing in bass tracks from Wolfe Island.
go to albumIf you like Dead Root Revival, you may also like:
Gritty, grooving ’70s-style denim rock from Barcelona; deep, snarling grooves and commanding vocals.
go to album
Choice Tapes Vol. 5
by Taper's Choice
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 17, 2023
go to album
Rare Dreams: Solar Live 2.27.18
by Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band
A killer live experimental rock LP from Chris Forsyth with the rhythm section of Sunwatchers, full of blistering energy.
go to album
Goodnight My Children
by The Neptune Power Federation
featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 15, 2024
go to album
