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Driftwood People

by Braden Lam

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1.
Halifax Girl 01:50
My mother she told me as I left for the coast Oh you better come back to Ontario She knew that I would find a nice Halifax girl With a saltwater heart She’s got eyes as blue as the tides of the ocean Cape Breton in her blood and a fiddle under her chin We bought that house on Harbour Lane Work all week to get away And I see it now on the marquee Its playing live “her and me” And suddenly I wake up from my dream…
2.
Funny how sometimes we take off To our own realties Cut all our ties and dream up Someplace nice where we want to be Maybe it’s not how you were taught When you ask someone how they’re doing Expect just fine when they answer with a lie If we all tried a lot more talking Then we can start to make amends put an end to the standby Maybe its not how you grew up So unfamiliar with the human touch Never the first and we wont be the last Makes you wonder what’s left to discover We’ve got a lot to learn from our past So leave no stone unturned Let’s get to know each other Maybe its not how you grew up Can’t we stop for a second and realize what we got We keep on drifting We keep on drifting through We’re driftwood people Never growing roots.
3.
Dawson City 03:12
I feel it in my veins The heat of the rush Oh the gold it runs Through my blood Through my blood We worked in the dark The wintery days Through silt and sand We dug our graves Just let me go Take me back to Dawson, take me back to the mountains Where the sun never sets I know I’ll be back to the city; I’ll be back where the river runs free Once you see, you never will leave The spell of the North Catching on like a cold For I found my fortune In the call of the wild we followed The call of the wild we followed Just let me go Take me back to Dawson, take me back to the mountains Where the sun never sets I know I’ll be back to the city; I’ll be back where the river runs free Once you see, you never will leave Somehow life’s not what I thought and, The gold’s not all we got There’s a land, have you seen it? Have you seen it? Just let me go, take me back to Dawson Take me back to the mountains
4.
Maya 03:16
I was waiting for the weekend oh she said oh my oh my Raise a glass to the past and do it all again oh my oh my I’m not trying to fit the mold I’m trying to break out I take one step forward you’re taking one back oh my oh my I’m not looking down from eyes like that oh my oh my I’ll just stay here against the wall So you wont need to catch me when I fall I just want to know you (Oh my oh Maya) I just want to know you (Oh my oh Maya) I’m not trying to throw you (Oh my oh my heart) Can we take it slow? Who are you besides the dancing queen oh my oh my You can tell it to me straight or just lie through your teeth Oh noo, Whatcha you gonna do I just want to know you (Oh my oh Maya) I just want to know you (Oh my oh Maya) I’m not trying to throw you (Oh my oh my heart) Can we take it slow? Oh my oh Maya Oh my oh Maya Oh my oh Maya Oh my oh Maya This empty cup, and these empty arms Wont you fill me up, don’t go sound the alarm We can talk wont you tell me again Where do you wanna go and where have you been I just want to know you (Oh my oh Maya) I just want to know you (Oh my oh Maya) I’m not trying to throw you (Oh my oh my heart) Can we take it slow? Oh my oh Maya Oh my oh Maya Oh my oh Maya Oh my oh Maya
5.
I don’t know If I can go without you my love I’ve been trying to make it, oh make it on my own My head is strong but the road is long, I’ve given it my best Well I’m done with living my way, I’m not going on like this Oh I need you to get through the day You’re my coffee in the morning You’re the songs that I sing Oh I need you you’re the end of the road Be waiting at the doorstep I’m on my way home Been on the run since I was young I didn’t give a shit Well this kind of town will let you down if you never get out of it When I left trying to forget the man I’d become were all I regret and I was my father’s son Oh I need you to get through the day You’re my coffee in the morning You’re the songs that I sing Oh I need you you’re the end of the road Be waiting at the doorstep I’m on my way home Oh life it takes my breath away one blink and you’re gone Time tends to age us, but you haven’t changed at all
6.
My heart wasn’t hurt, that lay in my mind All the words that you kept, was I that blind? From the shade you throw oh oh oh oh You meant what you said, and you called it time So why did you look back, as you left me behind? There she goes oh oh oh oh oh There she goes oh oh oh oh oh Come into the light, into the light and maybe then you’ll see what loves for Tell me what is wrong and what is right and baby then were free from the dark You keep running, running back, but that wont change what you regret The shade you throw I tried to get to know you, but you never let me in These walls that I broke down, you built them up again There she goes oh oh oh oh There she goes oh oh oh oh Come into the light, into the light and maybe then you’ll see what loves for Tell me what is wrong and what is right and baby then were free from the dark You keep running, running back, but that wont change what you regret The shade you throw

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Refreshing and upbeat folk-pop anthems worthy of long drives and high fives. The new album from Braden Lam featuring singles “Into the Light” and “Dawson City”.

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released September 14, 2018

Written and Performed by Braden Lamoureux
Engineered by Braden Lamoureux, Darren van Niekerk, Justin Meli,
Alex Sheppard, and Connor Wright
Produced by Jason Mingo and Braden Lamoureux
Programming, Mixing, and Mastering by Jason Mingo
Cello- Elena Damus
Fiddle- Caroline Damus
Bass- Johnathan Isaac, Justin Meli
Drums- Aaron Hillier, Mat MacDonald
Keys- Jonathan MacKenzie, Uytae Lee
Electric guitar- Matt Steele, Braden Lamoureux, Jason Mingo
Backup Vocals- Katie Robinson, Braden Lamoureux
Horns - Johnathan Isaac, Braden Lamoureux
Photos and Front Design by Connor Merrick (@adventureconwards)
Back and CD Design by Braden Lamoureux
Track #4 dedicated to Max Moloney and David-Dan Nguyen
Special thanks to Alison Zwaagstra, Rhyl Frith, Peter Fillman,
Dave and She Chester, Nick Pothier, Aaron Ewer,
Brett Chivari, Cory Adrian, Brittany Bhatnagar, Mom and the Bros

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Braden Lam Halifax, Nova Scotia

Blending authentic songwriting with modern indie flare, Braden Lam is forging the path to a new 21st century folk. The young ECMA-nominated artist from Halifax, NS sounds like if The Lumineers and Phoebe Bridgers met at a campfire in Canada.

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