The Fish in the Trees

by Paul Mowbray

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This album features my guitar and vocal and was performed and recorded live from Oct 30 to Nov 4, 2011. Victoria soprano, Martina Haakenstad, sings on track 8 "After the Last Great War."

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released 05 December 2011
Thank you to Lonny Koch, Stephen Ogden, Richard Burns
Producer: Paul Mowbray
Cover Photo: Alexander Scott
All Songs written and copyright: Paul Mowbray (SOCAN) and Tracy Mills (SOCAN) @2011

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Paul Mowbray is a prolific songwriter who plays solo, with the Mowbray Mills Band, and coordinates the Victoria Regional Songwriters Group (S.A.C.)

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Track Name: Something Strange
Something Strange

There's something strange going on
Something beautiful, but strange going on
I left my apartment, sailed down to the grocery store
Something strange, going on

There's something new in the falling rain
Something fresh and new in the falling rain
I stuck out my tongue, it got hit by a great big drop
Something new in the falling rain

My neighbour keeps thumpin' around, he's building some kind of boat
He used up all his credit cards, I hope that thing will float
Everybody's leaving town, I think I will remain
I will remain

They said look for the jewel buried deep
So I ignored all the voices from my sleep
Then you said to me friendly
And you said to me plain

There's something beautiful, going on
Something beautiful, but strange going on
There's something strange going on


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Track Name: I'm So Poor
I'm So Poor

I'm so poor I got no time for you
I'm so poor it's got me feelin' blue
Five pounds of steak inside my freezer door
But I'm servin' you peas, cause I'm so poor

I'm so poor I save old nails
I keep them on the property in buckets and pails
My wife wants to know what are they for?
She doesn't understand, I'm so poor

I'm so poor, it's how I got rich
When I die, throw me in a ditch

I'm so poor I think I got it from my dad
He had the worse case of poor a man has ever had
They were so poor when he grew up
They used to line for the tap just to save the cup

My family all walked, to save the car
Maybe that's why we never went far
My analyst says, hmmm, tell me more
But I'm not deep, I'm just poor

I'm so poor, I'll vote for you
Just tell me, all the things you won't do

I'm so poor but I got a long term plan
It's easy to explain, because it's always the same

I'm so poor I think the same thoughts
Then I think them again until they tie me up in knots
I hang a thread on my apartment door
But nobody breaks in because I'm so poor

I'm so poor I got no time for you
I'm so poor it's got me feeling blue
Five pounds of steak in my freezer door
But I'm serving you peas because I'm so poor
I'm serving you peas because I'm so poor
I'm serving you peas... because I'm so poor


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Track Name: She Shines She Stars
She Shines She Stars

mmm, she shines she stars
kind of woman who makes me say
count me in this time
I want to play the game this time
this time you can put all of my cards on the table

mmm, she shines she stars
kind of woman makes me say
wow, wow,
I want to break my heart
I want to lose everything
I want to do everything I am able

and fire,
I want to learn, I want to learn how to stand
close to fire
I want to learn, I want to learn how to burn

I feel like I'm walking on gasoline now
and I can see that she holds the book of matches
looks like fire
I'm gonna learn, I'm gonna learn how to burn

mmm, she shines she stars
kind of woman makes me say
count me in this time
I wanna play the game this time
I wanna break my heart
I wanna lose everything
I wanna do everything, I am able


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Track Name: Run For It
Run For It

Is there a crime, that I must commit
Is there a shoe, that I'm supposed to fit
Is that a chair, well I don't think I want to sit
We're on the border now, let's run for it

Is that a dog, I hope he doesn't bite
Is that the law, well I try to do what's right
Is that a gun, let's hope noone gets hit
We're on the border now, let's run for it


From Selmo down to Lima in Peru
I'm known for all the things I didn't do
We only get one live to live but oh
Why does it hurt us so


Get in the truck, I'm gonna to learn to drive
With any luck, we're on the other side
I hate this job, you never get to quit
We're on the border now, let's run for it


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Track Name: As Bells Ring True
As Bells Ring True

I will not cry, I will not be heartbroken
I will not lead you, over glassy fields
I will not steal, for your affection
I will be as true, as a man in plasticene can be
Some time with you
As bells ring true

When the sun shines bright, on the hills of green
Walk with me awhile, we'll see what happens
I cannot predict the future, but this old world never lets me down
Some time with you
As bells ring true


As bells ring true, maybe the stars align
Maybe that's just a point of view
Maybe that's all we are,
A ringing of me, and a ringing of you


But let's not get serious, let's gather stones
Sit by the seashore, read some poetry
There was once a story, but now there are no words
Some time with you, some time with you
Some time with you, as bells ring true


copyright Mowbray and Mills SOCAN 2011
Track Name: Outside Inside
Outside Inside


I woke up this morning, I felt so good I nearly jumped off of my balcony
And riding in the elevator, I saw this woman vibrating with her laundry bags
In my office, in my car, I am receiving transmissions they are broadcasting
I'm gonna, gonna, gonna, gonna, live
Then I'm gonna, gonna, gonna die
Outside inside

Shortly after I took my suitcases out to those tropical islands
I lost track of where my hands ended and where the world began
Like a snake with it's tail in it's mouth the big waves come rolling in
You cannot, cannot, cannot lose
What you cannot, cannot, cannot find
Outside inside

And last night I had a dream that I was a lizard clinging to the outside of my apartment, building
And a thousand, no a million people were bombarding me with thoughts from their brains
But still I do not intend to make a major change of lifestyle
Come on, come on, come on in world
The temperature's just about right
Outside, inside
Outside, inside
Outside, inside


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Track Name: Hide In Your Heart
There's a mist on the window
A fish in the well
The stars disappeared with the dawn
Your future has announced
He'll be ringing a bell
To summon the guests to the lawn
I'm caught in your room
With a rose in my hair
I smell of perfume
There's a step on the stair

Give me one kiss to seal our bliss
And I'll hide in your heart till I'm gone


You went to a school
That was barren and cruel
And discouraged the sound of your voice
The only delight
Was a warm summer night
When you took the more dangerous choice
Then the sweet summer air
Blew fragrant and fair
Where you lay in the dark on the grass

You were making a place that has no disgrace
To hide in your heart till I'm gone


The firefly you caught
The ring that you've planned
Both are waiting so patient and dead
You can turn out the light
Decide what is right
And then practice it out of your head
There are thousands of stars
There's a flower on your bed
A fairytale fish, that can talk, so you said

Now give me one kiss...
And I'll hide in your heart till I'm gone


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Track Name: After The Last Great War
After The Last Great War

This train it don't sing no more
It don't stop no more, we have closed the door
This sweetness we are on the floor
Riding on the floor, what is it for

Oh lend me a smoke
Oh lend me a hand
I'll look out by the window
At this beautiful land

That man he will not let up
No he cannot stop, I think he used to be a cop
That man he is spinning out thoughts
I do not think, he will ever shut up

Oh give me a light
Oh give me your hand
I'll go to sleep in a moment
While you dream up a plan

That last town was harsh
I think we're better off, in the dark
Those people didn't speak sense at all
Everybody nodded, and everybody went along

But bright is the dawn
After the truth is dissolved
So it ain't no glory train
After all, after all

This train it don't sing no more
It don't stop no more, we have closed the door
This sweetness, we are on the floor
Riding on the floor, what is it for
What was it for? "What was it for?"

mmmm...


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Track Name: Monkey In A Well
Monkey In A Well

Monkey, in a well
Butterfly lands on the monkey's tail
Monkey looks at the butterfly's wings
The butterfly's wings,
Monkey, in a well

Monkey, starts to think, hmmm,
This isn't like the one that came last week
Cause that one had blue spots but this one's different
This one's different
Monkey, starts to think

Monkey makes a sound
Lepidoptera monarchus in glorium
The universe splits but remains the same
Remains the same
Monkey, makes a sound

Monkey, in a well
Lepidoptera lands on the monkey's tail
But monkey he's thinking about his problems at the office
His problems at the office
Monkey, in a well


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Track Name: Rags Or Riches
Rags or Riches

Rags or riches, riches or ruin
The thoughts that you think, and the things that you're doing
And the things you do, will open you, or close you

I thought you were wrong, but I didn't say it
I thought this was my ace, but when I played it
I turned around, to receive applause, I was all alone

And each day we receive one tear
Just to tell us that we were here
Until the ocean of our heart comes out to play

The night can be long, it's such a bummer
Your feet are tied up, and you're such a runner
It will take a miracle... a miracle happens

And each day we receive one tear
Just to tell us that we were here
Until the ocean of our heart comes out to play

Rags or riches, riches or ruin
The thoughts that you think, and the things that you're doing
And the things you do, will open you, or close you

Rags or riches, riches or ruin


copyright Mowbray and Mills SOCAN 2011