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All songs written, arranged, and performed by Edward Glen and Isaiah Johnson
All songs recorded at Shedwise Music with Jesse Trepiak and Will Goldsmith
All songs engineered, mixed, and mastered by Jesse Trepiak

Ian Downie: Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass
Isaiah Johnson: Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Drums, Synthesizer, Piano
Kyle “The Funky Reverend” Johnson: Electric Guitar

1: Taps
2: Fly
3: Cloudchaser
4: Midnight
5: After Midnight
6: Makeshift Spaceship
7: Reveille


Track 1: Taps
Written by: Edward Glen and Isaiah Johnson
Ian Downie: Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals
Isaiah Johnson: Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Backing Vocals
Lyrics by Ian Downie
Vocals Arranged by Isaiah Johnson

Day is done, gone the sun
From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky
I once asked God out loud why he sent you to me
But you overheard me and asked me, “why ask why?”

Day is done, gone the sun
But the stars provide me with just enough light to see
See the lake, see the hill
The sky’s amazing, don’t you wanna come stargazing with me?

I don’t know what the band is playing
But it can’t be as beautiful as you singing to me
I don’t know what the band is playing
So let me come over and sing you to sleep

All is well, safely rest
‘Cause I’m running as fast as I can to get home to you
God is nigh behind my eyes
And he’s filling the path to you with heavenly light

All is well, safely rest
Can’t you hear me humming a lullaby for you under my breath?
So lay your head on my chest
For the sun has set in the west

I don’t know what the band is playing
But it can’t be as beautiful as you singing to me
I don’t know what the band is playing
So let me come over and sing you to sleep

I don’t know what the band is playing
But it can’t be as beautiful as you singing to me
I don’t know what the band is playing
So just let me come over and sing you to sleep






Track 2: Fly
Written by Edward Glen and Isaiah Johnson
Ian Downie: Electric Guitar, Bass, Lead Vocal
Isaiah Johnson: Lead Vocal, Drums
Lyrics by Ian Downie
Vocals Arranged by Isaiah Johnson

Don’t put nothin’ in my mailbox
Don’t go knock upon my door
Don’t even deliver the paper
‘Cause I ain’t gonna be around anymore

Don’t expect me ‘round the city
Don’t invite me to no baseball games
‘Cause I’m going up over the mountain
Baby, I’m gonna fly away

I’m going up over the mountain
I’m gonna cross the river too
And I’m gonna send a postcard
Every time I think of you

So don’t put nothing in my mailbox
Don’t go hittin’ up my phone
‘Cause that number is somebody else’s now
I went off and I sold my home

‘Cause I’m going up over the mountain
Gonna find some peace of mind
And I’m gonna send a postcard
To all you friends of mine

I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below
I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below
I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below
I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below
I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below
I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below
I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below
I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below

So don’t think you’re gonna see me out drinking
‘Cause I don’t need to get drunk today
‘Cause I’m going up over the mountain, yes I am
Baby, I’m gonna fly away

I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where nobody’s been before
I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where nobody’s been before
I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where nobody’s been before
I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where nobody’s been before




Track 3: Cloud Chaser
Written by Edward Glen and Isaiah Johnson
Lyrics by Ian Downie
Vocals arranged by Isaiah Johnson
Ian Downie: Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass
Isaiah Johnson: Drums, Backing Vocals
Kyle Johnson: Lead Guitar

I left Charlottetown in a terrible haste
Following a cloud that looked just like your face
And it made a clean getaway with the likeness it stole
So I followed it westward and didn’t sleep for eight days in a row

And you asked why I’d come all this way to see you again
And I dodged the question

I got to Santa Barbara with a smile on my face
And left for Nebraska running after the rain
And there I met a tornado who picked me off of the ground
And dropped me at your doorstep, and that’s where you found me

And you asked why I’d come all this way to see you again
And I told a bald-faced lie and I said “It’s ‘cause we’re friends”
And that’s nothing like the truth

I was chasing the clouds
But they always bring me back to you somehow


Track 4: Midnight
Written by Edward Glen and Isaiah Johnson
Lyrics by Ian Downie
Vocals arranged by Isaiah Johnson
Ian Downie: Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar, Bass
Isaiah Johnson: Keyboard, Drums, Backing Vocals

The flowers on the side of highway 95 shout to me as I go by but I don’t listen
‘Cause I know what they’re saying it’s the name in all my prayers it’s the sound of the combustion in my engine
And I used to ride the T and you’d sit across from me and I’d try to touch your hand but you were gone
And I’d wish that the T would go under the sea but we’d always go downtown and I’d get off

If only I could be a runway light
So I could guide you home on redeye flights
If only I could live inside a song
And be with you wherever it goes on
Wherever it goes on

I went to Las Vegas and I found a poker table and I tried to gamble you away
You were my only card, oh, my lucky queen of hearts and I lost you cheatin’ cards oh I gave you away
And the odometer dial read a hundred thousand miles and now I’m ready for another hundred K
I know what I saw it was a streetlight in the fog it was God sitting in Southwest Harbor, Maine

If only I could be a runway light
So I could guide you home on redeye flights
If only I could live inside a song
And be with you wherever it goes on
Wherever it goes on

You don’t have to believe me, ‘cause I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw
You don’t have to believe me, ‘cause I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw
You don’t have to believe me, ‘cause I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw
You don’t have to believe me, ‘cause I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw

If only I could be a runway light
So I could guide you home on redeye flights
If only I could live inside a song
And be with you wherever it goes on

Track 5: After Midnight
Written by Edward Glen and Isaiah Johnson
Lyrics by Isaiah Johnson
Vocals arranged by Isaiah Johnson
Ian Downie: Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals
Isaiah Johnson: Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar, Drums, Backing Vocals

The city’s all around and my mouth tastes like chamomile and honey
And I wanna go downtown but my Charlie Card ain’t got no money
I’m a tightrope away from the coldness of space feeling small
And I’m empty inside ‘cause I know I could stumble and fall

Should I call your telephone line?
Or get drunk on champagne with cheap whiskey and wine?
‘Cause it’s after midnight and I am afraid
Just one false step and the tightrope will break

The city’s all around and my mouth tastes like Tennessee Honey
And I’d fly home to you but I ain’t got the time or the money
‘Cause I’d rather be out drinking than at home on the porch
With a paper and pen and my voice gone hoarse
Writin’ songs about missing you
When I oughta just be calling your phone

But the slur in my voice says that now’s not the time
When I’ve drank the last drops of my ten dollar wine
‘Cause it’s after midnight and I don’t love you anymore
The chamomile and honey tastes like bitter truth

So why don’t we leave together tonight
I’ll fly you home cheap on a redeye flight
And we could go east to the morning sun
Leave it all behind when the night is done


Track 6: Makeshift Spaceship
Written by Edward Glen and Isaiah Johnson
Lyrics by Ian Downie
Vocals arranged by Isaiah Johnson
Ian Downie: Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals
Isaiah Johnson: Lead Vocals, Drums, Backing Vocals
Kyle Johnson: Lead Guitar

Baby, don’t pull up the anchor
I ain’t had time to look
‘Cause there’s words in the lights of the city
But they don’t stay put like a book

Baby, just wait for a moment
I’m trying to hear what they say
‘Cause somewhere far, far below us
Someone’s talking ‘bout leaving L.A.

In a moment, I’ll be up over the hill
But right now, when the air is so still
Oh, I gotta hold on
We’re flying to close to the moon

‘Cause I got a makeshift spaceship that I made in my basement
And I want you to come along
And we’ll escape this place and go meteor chasin’
And I won’t ever do you wrong, I won’t ever, ever do you wrong

Baby, just give me a second
I know there’s a word for this smell
If all that’s below us is burning,
Then surely this place could be Hell

Baby, I know you’ve been patient,
But a feeling has crept in my chest
Maybe we’re all little swallows
Maybe this place is our nest

In a moment we’ll soar away
But come here and look at this place
I gotta hold on
Hold on
We’re flying too close to the moon

‘Cause I got a makeshift spaceship that I made in my basement
And I want you to come along
And we’ll escape this place and we’ll make love weightless
And I won’t ever do you wrong
No, I won’t ever, ever do you wrong
‘Cause I got a makeshift spaceship that I made in my basement
And I want you to come along
I’ll give you Saturn’s ring and you won’t worry ‘bout a thing and
I won’t ever do you wrong
No, I won’t ever, ever do you wrong

We’re flying too close to the moon
‘Cause I got a makeshift spaceship that I made in my basement
And I want you to come along
We’ll go to Jupiter’s storm and your arms will keep me warm and
I won’t ever do you wrong
No, I won’t ever, ever do you wrong
‘Cause I got a makeshift spaceship that I made in my basement
And I want you to come along
Our shouts of joy the only sounds in the void and
I won’t ever do you wrong
No, I won’t ever, ever do you wrong
‘Cause I got a makeshift spaceship that I made in my basement
And I want you to come along
We’re gonna get married like Pluto and Charon
And I won’t ever do you wrong
No, I won’t ever, ever do you wrong

And I can’t find our house
And I don’t know why
But when I look at you I know
It’s ‘cause I’m at home in the sky




Track 7: Reveille
Written by Edward Glen and Isaiah Johnson
Lyrics by Ian Downie
Vocals arranged by Isaiah Johnson
Ian Downie: Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar, Bass
Isaiah Johnson: Lead Vocals, Piano, Drums, Backing Vocal

Midday rays are filling the room
And I’d like to stay the afternoon soon
And I don’t want anymore than you
To stand up and walk out of the room
‘Cause as much as it might not seem like it right now, sugar
We’ve got lives to be getting to

So darling, wake up, it’s noon
So darling, wake up, it’s noon

And I’ve seen you every day the past few weeks
When eyelids close they steal away something that I’d like to keep
And even though we stayed up late talking, ‘till the birds started to sing
I have to get up from this dream, I can’t keep dreaming about everything
Oh, no, no, no, I can’t keep dreaming, I can’t keep dreaming,
I can’t keep dreaming about everything

Oh,

So darling, wake up, it’s noon
So darling, wake up, it’s noon
So darling, wake up, it’s noon
So darling, wake up, it’s noon

So darling, wake up, it’s noon
So darling, wake up, it’s noon
So darling, wake up, it’s noon
So darling, wake up, it’s noon




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