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Melodic Snapshots

by Dan Vaillancourt

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1.
You... keep my photo by your bed You... show it off to all of your friends But I will not be your trampoline You just can’t jump on... whenever you damn well please You... say I don’t talk about things But I don’t have these qualms like you do You say you try to talk but I just try to be funny and I said, "Go ahead and tell me everything you hate about me." Chorus: I never meant to make you cry Sorry, I made you cry But you never showed me... anything I never let you see... anything You never told me... Anything at all I... I have this guitar And my melodies, maybe that’s all that I need I’m just a poet, sometimes I'm crazy and... I said you wouldn’t understand... if you tried I tried to be... I tried to be your everything But it’s so hard when I travel around this country and sing It’s no surprise I couldn't be there every time that you needed me But lately you don’t even care about the songs I sing... I lose a part of me BRIDGE: I’m like a train wreck waiting to crash I’m going down the wrong track Yeah, I’m like a train wreck waiting to crash I’m going down the wrong track Just a little too fast... maybe way too fast Just a little too fast... maybe way too fast And I can’t turn back... I’m going way too fast
2.
Don’t build your fortress up around me Because it won’t take long for anyone to see, I ain’t got no army Don’t build your castles up for me Because it won’t take long for the people to see that I’m not their king But every song, every day, melodic snapshots of me She says she falls in love like a 100 times a day But her heart gets broken each day a million times more Love is never logical, now don’t you know? But I follow my dreams, my naive innocence Go follow your dreams, naive innocence We all follow our dreams, naive innocence again In this world we think it’s wise to be wealthy But what about those that have a wealth of wisdom Success is more than some money-making scheme But I follow my dreams, my naive innocence Go follow your dreams, naive innocence We all follow our dreams, naive innocence again
3.
Green & Gray 04:33
She’s got her mothers laugh She’s got her father’s grin But she’s got her grandma’s sense of style She’s got her mother’s eyes Causes her to see in a fog Of indecision, she doesn’t like to be alone Chorus: She doesn’t even know who she is She is covered in shades of green and gray She doesn’t even recognize the subtlety in what she sees I’ve got to get out of this town, I’m afraid it might grow on me I don’t think I could call this place home for even one more day... So let’s run away She says she’s got to leave here I said, “yes, but when?” She said, “In my mind I’m already gone.” “One more thing I’ve got to do here.” One more thing always turns to two I don’t know if she’ll ever go I wish that I could see her fire I wish that I could fan her flame I wish I could burn the bridges to her past Adrift in the see of life Follow our dreams, the waves push us around Sometimes those waves aren’t big enough She’s in a boat with a thousand pound anchor Never drifts too far from home Small town girl, big city dreams.
4.
Dylan Breath 03:29
CHORUS: I’ve got me a picture of Bob Dylan, taken in his youth I pull it out, when I need a breath I look into his eyes; feel like I’m looking in a mirror It looks as if I need to take a breath People go way too slow, when I want to speed on by And way too fast when I want to go slow Seems like with her, it’s over before it start And she moves on to the next broken heart Everybody is looking to love somebody I’m just trying to love myself Everybody is trying to find somebody But tonight, I’m still trying to find myself I’ll admit that I am moody, but not that it’s fault “I’m just an artist,” I'll say Don’t ask me to lighten up your load Cause I’m just a burden to myself Everybody is looking to love somebody I’m just trying to love myself Everybody is trying to find somebody But tonight, I’m still trying to find myself BRIDGE: Sometimes in the middle of the night I just want to give it all back I just want to stand up and scream "Why aren’t you listening, have you forsaken me!" Why sometimes, do I look at the beginning but feel I’m looking at the end Read on, read on. It’s at the end of the Psalm.
5.
With You 03:45
Chorus: It's hard for me to write a lullaby Written to sing you to sleep Let me say, "Everything will Okay..." "Let us live us live our dreams while we're awake." I sleep in a one-person bed But tonight I'll make room for two Sometimes I surprise myself Don't know what I might do with you Sometimes, I like to be alone But right now.. I just want you Sometimes I like to keep my mouth shut But right now I just want to speak And I speak of big city streets But I'm just one in a million I say But you say... “I just want to live... I just want to live ...in my sweet complacency... with you.” But I see the late evening sun Drowning in the ocean's tide I fall asleep by the shoreline And when I awake I want to live my dreams With you It's hard for me to write a lullaby Written to sing you to sleep.
6.
Give Up 02:13
Maybe I should just give up? And tell the kids not to follow their dreams Dreams never really amount to much Maybe I should shine my shoes Put on a business suit Polish up my resume chorus: But I don’t want to be Someone who always seems to say the same things like... I wish I would’ve when I could've but I didn’t... Thought I shouldn’t, thought I couldn’t... So I didn’t... but I wish I would’ve... you know I could’ve But now I’m just grown old People give me advice Tell what I should do Like “when are you going to grad school?” "Get yourself a nicer car." "Buy yourself some fancy clothes." "Get yourself a fat bank account." I know life is tough I got all these bills and such I got holes in my favorite jeans But I have this old guitar I write these simple words All I can give you is a song
7.
She sits in a café corner, reading books and writing letters Seems like I see her most every day I see hope in those bright green eyes, they’re not fading fast Despite what others might say But every 25, maybe 30 minutes or more... she takes a sip of her coffee Long since cold She drinks her coffee black, like the rings around her eyes She stays up all night, writing journals and poetry For them to find when she dies (When she dies) Wonderfully perplexed I stare across the room, she writes another line I wonder what’s in her head So I sit and stare (So I sit and stare) She glances my way and I was sure to shift my eyes To the brushstrokes On the painting over her head (Hanging over our heads) The usually quiet girl, well she slides into a smile And by her pen... I’m immortalized As the "Wandering Blue Eyes" (Wandering Blue Eyes) She flips the page in her journal and she begins to write... I saw the blue-eyed boy today; he looked my way across the café Seems like I see him most every day (seems like I see her most everyday) The blue-eyed boy... he always sits to face the door He likes to see the people as they come inside... With his wandering blue eyes And every 25 maybe 30 minutes or more he takes a sip of his coffee.
8.
I heard you call last night and I’m sorry I didn’t make it to the phone I was just laying in bed, listening to my radio They were playing, they were playing all our favorite songs Thinking of days when nothing, nothing was wrong Who took my blue skies and turn them in to stormy days? chorus: You'd think that I would be the last one to admit it but everything’s alright You know I drive a lot, it is hard for me just to sit at home But I just past the time by listening to the radio Found a whole box of mixtapes from my friends with my favorite songs Thinking of days just sitting out on my front lawn Who stole, who stole our days of innocence? All my days of youth My days of innocence have passed Oh how naive foundations seem to change so fast I write a lot of songs about my dreams and broken love Everyone needs love and should have a dream at least while they’re young I don’t make a lot of money doing what I do But still I’m here playing all these simple songs for you And I will do it just as long as y'all got ears to hear
9.
Could I 03:51
I don’t know if I should go Would it matter much if I stayed? If I were to go away for awhile, Would anyone remember my face? Could I be a hero? Could I save a life? Will I be a good lover? Love you my whole life. Could I be an astronaut? Could I fly through space? Could I be a rock star? Bright lights burning down on me But I don’t know if I’m hero material Am I Brave enough to save a life? I still hope I’ll be a lover Love my girl, make her my wife I don’t think I’ll ever be an astronaut Fly through space, only in my dreams I may never be a rock star I don’t need those bright lights anyway But could I ever be? I just want to be. A hero, a rockstar, an astronaut. I don't need those bright lights burning me. Everyone wants to be... Could I be anyone but me?

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released November 11, 2005

Mostly recorded in Midland, MI at the house by Dan Vaillancourt and at Big Bear Productions by Rick Armstrong

Additional recording at Living Studios in Covington, KY and Lighthouse Recording in Lansing, MI

Mixed by Rick Armstrong and Dan Vaillancourt at Big Bear Productions

Mastered by Randy Leroy at Final Stage Mastering in Nashville, TN

All songs written by Daniel L. Vaillancourt
ⒸⓅ 2005 Daniel L. Vaillancourt (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.

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Dan Vaillancourt Midland, Michigan

Michigan-based singer-songwriter Dan Vaillancourt has performed nearly a thousand concerts in 40 states, has been heard on the radio in all 50 states and many other things that sound impressive, but his friends will tell you that he is a dork.

"...Truly one of the eclectic original and iconic wordsmiths writing songs today." - Bob Gottlieb, Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange
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