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Loved By Trouble, Troubled By Love.

by Boss Caine

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    We are launching the album with a very special show at The Crescent, off Blossom Street in York, on Saturday March 24th, with an expanded band line up playing the album in its entirety, special guests, and stellar support from Snakerattlers and The Swamp Stomp String Band.
    Tickets are on sale NOW from:
    thecrescentyork.com/events/boss-caine/
    as well as in person from the venue, Earworm Records on Goodramgate and FortyFive Vinyl Café on Micklegate.
    We hope you can join us for what promises to be a great night.


    *Anybody who pre ordered as part of the 'Last of the big time losers - Trilogy' bundle should receive theirs automatically. If you don't or you wish to query this, or register a change of email or postal address, please contact bosscaine@gmail.com with the header 'trilogy order' and include your name as it appeared on the initial order.
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1.
Champagne 04:32
Champagne I was soaked to the bone on arrival In a storm right out of the bible Riding waves that were practically tidal When I ran aground there There was nothing to do but the drinking So I guess either way I was sinking I don’t know what in the world I was thinking I nearly drowned yeah But after round three or four An angel walked in through the door She convinced me I should stay for more So I hung around Chorus She drank champagne, for no real reason, she just likes to drink champagne To celebrate all the good times that she has And even if it’s not the weekendm she’ll be out there come shine or rain I know Drinking bubbles, causing troubles, drinking champagne Life is just a game to her And nothing’s going to change her now I know I’ll never be the same somehow, time is running on I went out back for a smoke, thinking that it’s got to be some kind of joke I’m not used to beautiful women folk coming on to me So even though we’d only just met that day It was only through fate I passed through that way I saw no reason to delaying our destiny Chorus I got down on one knee and took her hand I said ‘girl I want to be your man I’ll love you just as much as I can if you’ll only marry me’ She said ‘I will’ and I got up to my feet I looked her in the eye, kissed her on the cheek This is the face that I want to wake up to until they bury me Suddenly I’m a believer And I know she doesn’t doubt it either Now it’s Dom Perignon and on until she has to carry me Chorus
2.
Evidence 04:48
Evidence They speak in discreet and whispered voices But I hear every word they say Convincing me that I’m all out of choices There’s nothing left for me to lose around here anyway It’s written all over their faces They’re just too damned scared to face the truth Justice is hard to find in these kind of places You can look to me as living proof Chorus On the strength of the evidence provided It’s already been decided What will happen to me Though the jury may well be divided About the things that I did I know how it’s going to be So I’ll keep stepping tight and staying free Apathetic attitudes will destroy you And they’re the only kind you’re going to find around this town Fuelled by past regrets and paranoia They’ll take whatever they want that you’ve got unless you nail it down Chorus From time to time your mind may work against you When that time comes you’ll know just what to do You do whatever you can, you do whatever you’re meant to You do whatever it takes just to get you through Chorus
3.
Star Crossed Lovers Cling to me now, dance me closer, look deep in my eyes Stay with me while we grow older, don’t tell me no lies Turn to the sky, swear you’ll never deny the dreams that we had long ago Spin me around, dance me closer, don’t let me go The first three days are the worst three days when you’re gone I just lie in a daze, count the ways you amaze me, and time it just keeps dragging on There is no end to the hours I could spend wondering where I would be without you And I swear from this day, come what may, I will always be true Chorus Star crossed lovers can only be parted by destiny I need no other, there’s no other love for me Run with me now and I swear that I’ll set your heart free The traffic noise while I try to sleep just makes me miss you Keeps me awake, keeps me aching with longing to kiss you Your body and mine all night long intertwined No nothing ever felt quite so right And when morning breaks we’ll awake and we’ll shake off the night Chorus You’ll come to find that the ties that do bind you to someone whose heart you hold dear May play with your mind, even treat you unkind, but I’m here now so girl have no fear I’ll turn to the sky, swear I’ll never deny, the dreams that we had long ago Spin you around, dance you closer, and I won’t let you go Chorus
4.
Loved By Trouble Loved by trouble and troubled by love Once I got a taste I could never get enough Your love is my drug now, and I can’t get enough Troubled by love and loved by trouble I’ve been floating along like a boy in a bubble But the bubble burst Ain’t that the worst Chorus Is there anything I can do to make you love me like you used to? I’d do anything, anything at all, to make you fall in love with me again~ Still intoxicated by your wayward charm But chained to the past through no fault of our own Maybe we’re the authors of our own misfortune But when a love burns hot it needs fuel for the fire And we burned each other up in the heat of our desire It’s killing me, but I’ve got to leave I tried so hard not to doubt you But now I’m doubting I can go on without you You know damn well that I don’t wanna walk out that door But I can’t cry anymore Loved by trouble and troubled by love Trouble triumphed once again when push come to shove I’m on the road again, it’s a man’s best friend Troubled by love and loved by trouble Seeking solace once again from the bottom of a bottle I can’t stand up for falling down Chorus
5.
Where good things go to die There was a time when it all seemed so easy, like you didn’t have to try But these days you can’t even get out the door unless you’re high You just stay home alone, unplug the phone, and sit around waiting to die When life catches up it don’t stop no, it passes you by Chorus Lately my heart has been torn, between here and the town I was born in Lately around here well it seems so damned hard to get by In the town where good things go to die Drunk, tired and lonesome in a bar full of people you came here especially to see~ I’m in the same boat, how about you float on with me We won’t make no big plans, no big promises we know we won’t keep Just find all the romance we need inside of a glance, you’ll see And anyway, they say ’talk is cheap’ Chorus Lately my heart has been yearning, for bridges that I left a burning Lately those fires burn so brightly, they light up the sky In the town where good things go to die When you’re defined by only your vices there’s always a crisis of identity And if I could define all of mine maybe then I’d be free If you do the same, and we gave them all names, and considered them our family We could keep each other company, and that sounds good to me Chorus (long) Lately my world has grown cold I’ve been longing for someone to hold on to And as I look over my shoulder I see you Reaching out for my hand with a smile and pulling me through Sometimes when good things die you get to start over new Yeah sometimes when good things die you get to start over new
6.
Lonesome old crow When, you’re living by the sword You get no time to waste you can afford Yet I take, and take, and take some more Until I can’t recall what it is I take it for From one little acorn this gnarled old oak did grow To become the home of this raggedy lonesome crow And when, the wild, wild winter wind would blow It stubbornly stood strong throughout the cold I wash my face in the rain again And wonder where the hell in the world I might have been this time And if I could just find my back to then If I’d repent for all my many mortal sins I know a million ways to get so high that all that’s left to do is fall And each time I survive I feel invincible I keep telling myself that that’s just not true But it never seems to be enough to stop me doing all the things I do You see I love rock and roll, and rock and roll loves me So won’t you put another dime in the jukebox now baby Because it’s taken my soul but forsaken the rest of me And now this raggedy lonesome crow is falling out that gnarled oak tree When, you’re living by the sword There’s no time to waste you can afford Yet I take, and take, and take some more Until I can’t recall what it is I take it for
7.
Better ways to get free When you’re drinking for a reason and not that it’s pleasing you, the whiskey don’t burn like it should And because it don’t hurt you, and helps you heal when things do, you come around to thinking that it’s good So you don’t have to tempt me, I’m running on empty, I just can’t recall how to say ‘no’ It’s elementary, the tale of the century, you’ve no idea how far a man might go To be free from the bad times, the long lonesome sad times, they only lead to bad rhymes, I should know To hold back the tears, and fend off the fears, he’ll paint on a brave face just for show When you are tasked with all that you’ve asked for turning tail and walking out that door You won’t let that mask slip until you’ve got over it though it may take a lifetime or more Chorus So don’t go a mourning If I don’t see the dawn in It was just another warning I was too high to heed When faced with the daybreak And all the new day’s heartache Don’t go and make the mistake Of ending up like me For that’s one thing I never want to see And there’s got to be better ways to get free When you’re afraid to fall, you sit on the shelf But fear of failure is failure itself So take all your chances to dance out romances You only live once after all Chorus
8.
Bright young star Where did you go my bright Young star Everything I knew has all been wrong I miss you like the hunger now you're gone Time after time I wander home I ain't looking out for no one new Everything I want is all in you Chorus I'd love to take you out again I'd sing the songs I wrote back then Oh oh oh are you lonely too I'd fall in love with you again I'd break your heart and try to mend it Oh oh oh are you lonely too Where did you go my priceless charm What I wouldn't give to hold your hand One more time across the Irish sands Night after night I wander home Dancing girls that let you touch their knees One look in their eyes would make you freeze Chorus Oh oh oh are you lonely like me Do you try ‘til you forget it when the memory sets you free Oh oh oh are you lonely like me You're my song in the morning time You're my song in the evening time Where did you go my bright young star Nothing's ever going to be the same I just want to hear you call my name Chorus
9.
Lady Macbeth 05:14
Lady Macbeth I simply can’t be, the company you want from me, tonight She caught my eye, and when she caught my eye she caught me Of all the bars in all of the world I had to pick the one with you in girl To grace with the presence of my sorry soul tonight Chorus Lady Macbeth got just a drop You must feel like you got the lot Like you got the lot Now there’s no use trying to wash it off There’s no use trying to wash it off I’ve got more time for strangers now than I have for my dearest friends What in the world can be done to make amends Chorus If that’s what love leads us to Lord have mercy on us all If that’s what love leads to Lord won’t you be there to catch me when I fall Be there to catch me when I fall I simply can’t be, the company you want from me, tonight She caught my eye, and when she caught my eye she caught me
10.
Smoking in my backyard I know a man younger than his dreams Thought he’d done right but he’s not sure what that means Each night I find him out watching the stars And smoking in my backyard Some folks they say his dreams won’t get him too far No house on a hill, no fancy car Just another night strumming a beat up guitar And smoking in my backyard Corus Smoking in my backyard, smoking in my backyard He’s only here because they locked up the bars Smoking in my backyard I know a man older than the hills Alive today thanks to the pills Each night I find him out watching the stars Smoking in my backyard Holes in his shoes and what’s left of his jeans He’d trade all those stars to remember his dreams He can’t remember anything now But smoking in my backyard Chorus If you find yourself wanting late night company Head around to my yard, that’s where I’ll be I’ll spin you a line and pour you a jar Who’d have thought we’d get this far I know a man, he lives inside of my head Refuses to leave until they pronounce me dead So I’m drinking my wine out in the old tool shed And smoking in my backyard Chorus

about

The long awaited new studio release from Boss Caine.

"Stunning talent!" - 'Whispering' Bob Harris, BBC Radio2

"A bruising, glorious carnival of an album!" - Matt Owens (Noah And The Whale/Little Mammoths)

"Pretty much flawless!" - Soundsphere Magazine


Also available on limited edition gatefold digipack CD with immediate download included in the price, and the CDs mailed out in April.

We are launching the album with a very special show at The Crescent, off Blossom Street in York, on Saturday March 24th, with an expanded band line up playing the album in its entirety, special guests, and stellar support from Snakerattlers and The Swamp Stomp String Band.
Tickets are on sale NOW from:
thecrescentyork.com/events/boss-caine/
as well as in person from the venue, Earworm Records on Goodramgate and FortyFive Vinyl Café on Micklegate.
We hope you can join us for what promises to be a great night.

*Anybody who pre ordered as part of the 'Last of the big time losers - trilogy' bundle should receive theirs automatically. If you don't, or you wish to query this, or register a change of email or postal address, please contact bosscaine@gmail.com with the header 'trilogy order' and include your name as it appeared on the initial order.
Thank you for your patience.

credits

released March 7, 2018

All songs written by Daniel Lucas, except 'Bright Young Star' which was written by Phil Campbell and published by Kobalt Music.

All songs recorded by Isaac McInnis at Crooked Room Studio,
except accordion on 'Evidence' recorded by Gary Pennick at the Ginnel,
and 'Good until it’s gone' recorded by Daniel Lucas at Caine Towers.

All songs produced by Isaac McInnis, Bradley Blackwell, and Daniel Lucas.

All songs mixed and mastered by Isaac McInnis at Crooked Room Studio.

Original cover image courtesy of www.funkeldink.com

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“Stunning UK talent!!!….Really something!!!” Bob Harris BBC Radio 2

“a wonderful story teller…a combination of vocal honey and masterful yet understated musicianship….pretty much flawless!” Soundsphere Magazine

"certainly amongst the best of the British takes on American roots music" - FlyinShoes.ning.com

"Great stuff" - Arlo Guthrie

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