Yonder
May 5, 2009
Sparks Music

Produced by Dean Marino and Zachary Bennett
Recorded at Chemical Sound, Toronto, ON

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Tracklist
01 Juvenile Haul
02 Slack-Jaw .: lyrics
03 Jesus Freaks .: lyrics
04 Night We Touched the Stars .: lyrics
05 Wear a Frown .: lyrics
06 Let You Down .: lyrics | download
07 Chinese New Year/You Got It .: lyrics
08 Miss You .: lyrics
09 Plastic Jesus
10 Farmers’ Pants .: lyrics
11 The Night Wind .: lyrics
12 Autumn Eyes .: lyrics
13 If Only .: lyrics
14 You Have No Idea

All music by Tin Star Orphans and lyrics by Zachary Bennett, except “Plastic Jesus” by George Cromarty and Ed Rush (EMI U Catalog Inc.), and “You Got It” by Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty (EMI April Music Canada Ltd., Acuff-Rose Music Publishing Inc., Gone Gator Music)

String arrangements by Zachary Bennett and Alison Porter
Art Direction by Paul Riss
Design and illustration by Rachel Riordan

Engineered and mixed by Dean Marino
Assistant engineer: Jay Sadlowski
Mastered by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel, Toronto, ON

This album is dedicated to Vanessa Garrison, without whom none of this would have been possible.

SLACK-JAW

Sometimes I go where I ain’t supposed to
Lord only knows what I leave inside you
Still I float over rooftops
Laughing at the lonely
Fair-thee-well all of you slack-jaw mother fuckers

My glory bound journey just got started
One thing I’ve found
Loving ain’t for free, kid
How they’ll laugh and spit at you
And all that you have stood for
Stand your ground around those slack-jaw mother fuckers

JESUS FREAKS

I can’t get off alone so I’m needing you by my side
But you won’t pick up the phone and I think I’m losing my mind
Guess I’m on my own again

I can’t figure this out so I’m sending for all my kind
And I’ve got rage of the mouth and I’m singing of all your lies
Still I’m not afraid to die

Well, I’m still spewing the smoke of the reckless and rowdy ones
Thirty-three stitches in my head and yes, I’m still laughing
‘Cause I’m not afraid to die
I’m not afraid

Well, I’m a pageant of pain and I’m calling you way too late
And my blood’s leaving a stain on your precious new china plates
But I’m not afraid to die
I’m not afraid, I’m singing:

Jesus freaks on Rollerblades are speeding through the sunny days
Looking down at all the gays and all the fools who lost their faith
Tearing down the avenues
I’m okay but who are you
Looking for some Krazy Glue to get me high and cut me loose

Well, I’m down on my knees and I’m pleading to some old God
‘Cause life’s a fucking disease and it pierces my retinal rods
Still I’m not afraid to die
No, I’m not afraid,
I’m singing

NIGHT WE TOUCHED THE STARS

Candy floss
The sleeping dogs, they lie
Under the Ferris Wheel’s swing
Children’s painted faces smeared with sugar sweets
Still sweating from the night we all touched the stars

Plastic Horses circle ‘round the wooden faces
Smiling at the sun they’re shaded from
Screaming girls on tilt-a-whirls
Cling tightly to the prizes that the boys won for them

Circus midgets fidget under canopies of silky memories
(My Gawd!) They’d love to repeat
Wailing babies cling to breasts that won the best in 1965
When Gram was still alive

WEAR A FROWN

Make a sound, Darling
With your mouth around my (heart)
Hard to breathe with you so deep
Inside it’s cold without you
I should go before
I Start to sleep and dream
Of these eyes
Hold me close
And no one knows it

Penny for your thoughts
Dollar for the life we lost when you
Forgot to chew
The cost it takes to hold you
One more day
Lover please believe it’s you in me
Forever laughing
Not choking on these leaves

Everyone’s allowed to wear a frown

LET YOU DOWN

Somehow my golden life has named it’s price
My God is frozen under bags of ice
Still I’m working out
All of those curses that strung me from my doubt
Don’t let me let you down

Some say the lonely render in their sleep
Don’t think you’ll owe me if I keep the peace
‘Cause I’m too far gone
To turn the tides in favour of a trip too long
Don’t let me let you down

Please don’t give up on me
I’m still alive and kicking free

Don’t stop the flurries blowing in your mind
Still in a hurry to save my life

But it’s no use now
Caught in a cycle of my self-abuse
While preaching proud with my pants down
Don’t let me let you down

CHINESE NEW YEAR

How can we keep spinning ‘round this room
Just like we haven’t got a clue
Destiny is waiting in the car
Look out, she’s in one of her moods
So we’ll break the chain and run away
With secrets in our hearts
And we will flee into some yesterday
We never fell apart

Smiles that sever never make the passing grade
The masquerade of youth
Take three steps and spin around
Looks like you found
That old brass ring of truth
So let it fade away into some grave
Of history and fear
And I promise we will look you up
Some sad Chinese New Year

MISS YOU

Your crooked teeth make a velvet smile
Hollow Eyes, it’s clear you’ve run for miles
Yeah, I’m drunk. But it’s okay.
‘Cause it’s on this floor I’m gonna lay and wait
Singing
Hey, I miss you.

Count the freckles on your naked arm
Naming constellations at the bar
All’s forgiven, come back home
It sure beats living in this hole alone
Screaming
Hey, I miss you.

Yeah, I miss you.

FARMERS’ PANTS

I don’t know about you
But I think we’re both stuck on this coaster ride
So much I need to tell you
Like I fear someone’s out to take my life
Away

Guess it’s over, ‘round and through
And you

So let us run away until it’s clear
We’ve killed our fears and we’re feelin’ safe
I’ll find us a cave to call our home
And shelter us on winter days
And nights

‘Cause in my dreams I see it’s you and me
And some old rusted symphony
You’ll wear smiles for armour
And my farmers’ pants will end above the knee
You’ll see

THE NIGHT WIND

Oh my pretty baby
Went out dancin’ in the rain
They all said
Man, ain’t she crazy
Boys, she’s just a bit insane

Silly signals in your eyes
Make me feel like I’m at home
Honey Lips, you cannot lie
About the things we’ve always known

So I’m calling out to you, dear
And I’m begging you to please, please, please
Come and find me in the new year
Hold me close and whisper
Darling, my sweet darling
Never you fear

Fill your lungs with smoky air
Cast your notes into the creek
The night wind screams through your hair
And it echoes for a week

Slept together on your rug
Through some lonesome autumn’s night
Your love ran through me like a drug
Your eyes were soft
Your lips were tight

AUTUMN EYES

The pain’s gone underground
Where it can’t be found
‘Cause it’s over now
And forever
See you around

The days of candied lies
I pray for our demise
Scar tissue heals
What it cannot feel
Another day.

‘Cause it’s over now
And forever
See you around
I guess

IF ONLY

I want to drown beneath the sea
That separates our swollen feet
There’s no union left to speak of
I guess you’re now one of them
The type that drinks with foreign men
Is it so easy to forget

You are so lonely, my friend
If only I could break myself in two
So one’s with you
To cut the noose when you refuse
The simple task to lose the mask
You hide behind when things don’t last

I’d spend all eternity
With you pinned under my knees
If I only knew it would keep you
From stepping out of the line
That guarantees you home on time
Are you ever coming back?

You are so lonely, my friend
If only I could be the one to ease your broken knees
That you received for your belief
That no one needs to die for freedom
And a peace we’ll never see
So, just close your eyes and think of me
Close your eyes and there I’ll be

You are so lonely
If only I could bring you back to me