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Don't Kill The Blackbird

by Wicked Saints

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1.
Hello 03:41
Now I'm finally knowing Where my mind is going Cross a thousand miles And seeing you before me Look at you now, look at you now Hello Hello Look at you now, look at you now Hello Hello Seems it's been forever Since we've been together Now the sky is falling And I don't mind the weather Take you away with me Cause I can't wait to see How this is going to be Now the ground is falling And the sky is growing Hear our voices calling Where the hell we going?
2.
Something's darkening the sky All the fish are left to dry And I can hear my mama cry, mama cry Something's gone that used to fly And I'm afraid to find out why Don't kill the blackbird So many feathers falling down Making such a quiet sound Scattered angrily around, all around There was a song he used to sing And I still don't know what it means Don't kill the blackbird Please don't kill the blackbird Don't kill the blackbird Cause there's a song he used to sing And I still don't know what it means When do the baby birds awake? When do we pay for our mistake? Cause mama lived for mama's sake for so long But she longed to hear his song And could not bear to be so wrong I can still hear it in my mind But it's leaving me behind Silence echoing around, all around It was the song he used to sing And I still don't know what it means
3.
Well I've been walkin' down the road way too long Searchin' for somethin'. Somethin' gone wrong I'm lookin' to the left, lookin' to the right Where's my ticket to paradise? Now the river of fire still runs deep Deeper than the blue far as I can see Someone's gotta win. Some gotta lose Seems like lately I've been singin' the blues River of Fire River of Fire River of Fire Burned my soul Takes a hard-headed woman, a soft-hearted man The mind of a child to understand The innocence of guilt, that's who I am I got both worlds in the palm of my hand Soon you will realize who all you left behind Cause life passes on so quickly Just love until the end And we're all goin' to find out Where it all begins. In the... River of Fire River of Fire River of Fire Burned my soul Well I've been walkin' down the road way too long Searchin' for somethin'. Somethin' gone wrong. I'm lookin' to the left, lookin' to the right. You're my ticket to paradise
4.
Shut It Down 04:53
I once met a girl on craigslist Not a good idea I once met a girl on craigslist Wished that I could disappear A year and a half with a hole in my head Hole in my heart! She could pick a good fight! And not just when you think it would be She'd come right out in the middle of the night Ooooh, shut it down! Ooooh, shut it down! I once met a girl with a hole in her heart She hated her father like no one had ever seen before I once met a girl with a hole in her head A hole in her head, but somehow she survived Angels look and feel so serene But look deep in her eyes and she's just mean I once met a girl on craigslist I think I made a tasty meal Shoulda gone on match dot com... No no, I'm done with that ordeal! Faded beauty seems so surreal But I ain't yet so jaded I can't feel A year and a half with a hole in my head A hole in my life and I can't get it back!
5.
Oh Mary 03:55
1-2-3... Was I not glad to be so free? 4-5-6... There was nothin' left to fix 7-8 & 9... We're goin' to be just fine 10-20-30... I have never felt so dirty When I was a boy I could never find the joy Locked within a toy of aluminum alloy Where will you be when I count to three Count on me to lose you when you're so close to me Oh Mary. What's so scary about you, Mary Oh Mary. Is that you gave me sanctuary Oh Mary. Now I'm picking up the pieces and I'm picking up the phone Cause I never want to be the one who left you all alone A-B-C... Now I'm getting it for free D-E-F-G... But I'm down on bended knee H-I-J... I might would rather pay K... Now I've said way much more than I should say See Jack Run? See him run so fast away? Shot like from a gun because she begged for him to stay Why oh why do we set our sites so high? When I look down I am so petrified Oh Mary. What's so scary about you, Mary Oh Mary. Is that you gave me sanctuary Oh Mary. Now I'm picking up the pieces and I'm picking up the phone Cause I never want to be the one who left you all alone I know you're the one who's cryin' But inside it's me who's dyin' I put us where we are today And there's nothin' more to say But there's so much more to say
6.
My sweet is getting bitter She saw me out with the babysitter And I'm never going to live it down No I'm never going to live it down My flame is going to burn me She's had enough. She's going to learn me One day when no one's around I'm afraid she's going to hunt me down Follow me with a basset hound Dig a six-foot hole in the ground No I'm never going to live it down You've got to roll with the changes Roll with the changes Roll with the changes You've got to roll with the changes Roll with the changes Roll with the changes You've got to roll with the changes Roll with the changes. Roll My heart is bound to beat me She'll give me hope and then defeat me No one's ever gonna bring it back to me I'm the only one can get it back, you see? She was never going to come around Dig me outta this hole in the ground No I'm never going to live it down
7.
Try and be happy Just try and sing Cause anything could happen Anything I've heard it said We're all puppets in a dream Strings above our heads Nothing's as it seems But try and be happy Just try and sing Cause anything could happen Anything Well maybe I'm a dreamer Like everything's for sale Happy endings Fairy tales I've heard it said We're all puppets in a dream Strings above our heads Nothing's as it seems But try and be happy Just try and sing Cause anything could happen Anything
8.
Unraveled 04:24
Sit back and laugh at yourself Put your heart on the shelf once again You remember me then So how can you open yourself To the man who gave you such pain Left you out in the rain again and again Hey, you remember me now I'm the one with the mind that wandered Spoiled and squandered away Well I know that you had the right You should fight the good fight and forget Chase me outta your mind Only peace you could find But now it's me wishing that you could see Through the fog of the years that passed us But never could last us till now Still here we are. Never mattered how far Cause for all of the miles we traveled Our lives came unraveled somehow Stop for a while and listen to me You know that I'd hurt you somehow Don't know what's meant to be Be careful how tender your heart Don't you leave it so open. Be smart Just hide it from men like me Who think they can see in the dark So now you can put it all back Get your life back on track and just be You've seen all you should see Don't you worry 'bout me Hey, you remember me now I'm the one with the mind that wandered Spoiled and squandered away Still here we are. Never mattered how far Cause for all of the miles we traveled Our lives came unraveled somehow
9.
Just Like Me 04:39
I wish I knew you when you were younger Seems that those were better days Now you spend the hours lookin' over your shoulder Are you lost or just afraid? Why are you runnin' away? You are livin' in a cloud of confusion You are just livin' in the past Look to the future and hold on tight Cause for all the days you've pained You've nothin' lost and nothin gained It's been a while drivin' miles And crackin' smiles until it hurts me Butt-crack o' dawn I'm lookin' long Into the sky that lies before me You see? Well, I've been a child. Been a man I've been hungry, even thirsty Now can you see? Can you see? You pretend to be free Just like me Well, you and I have been up and down this mountain We both could blindly lead the way Down the wrong path where no one follows You should find another way Cause I've got nothin' left to say
10.
Set You Free 05:23
There's an open gate where we all must pass You go first and I'll go last To the other side. I know not where Then one day I'll meet you there As you fell I shared your crash Your body shattered and my heart lost Took one more breath then turned to ash On to the other side you've crossed So I set you free You graced your days with none to spare Your life a stroke on a canvas bare Why you'd go I'll never know Just close my eyes and I let you go I set you free. I set you free It's so hard to say goodbye Still I let your spirit fly With you was born a piece of me It still grows as I set you free I set you free. I set you free I set you free. I set you free
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If I'd been born with just an ounce of smarts I'd a turned around and run for parts Unknown but to the darkest hearts We'd never seen before I wish I'd thought one minute more I wish that I had known before I walked down that road along with you But time won't turn back again It's through when it's through Every day I walk a mile I have to stop and think a while Of all the things I left behind Try to put it from my mind Far away and far along How could I have been so wrong To walk down that road along with you So hard to consider that it's true A woman I wish I'd never knew I wish I'd never I wish I'd never I wish I'd never seen a day We were together All the times that I look back It seems that there was just no lack Of things we said and never meant Places that we never went If I could leave it all behind I would never change my mind Cause I could never walk again with you Oh I could never say again I do Those years are never comin' back It's true What's it take to let go even sooner If I could just walk by like I never knew her Hard as it seems I know there'll come a day But til then I just can't stay No I can't stay Oh no I can't stay
13.
Pavan 03:59
I forget the names of my children Still I love them all because I carried them along Through all the chambers of my life And they carry on Long before the end of their father Came a greater lady who would carry me along With all the chains around her life Yet she carried on. She carries on. Just give me peace. Let me go on my way And then you'll know. One day you'll know. Cause I'll just fly. So say goodbye. Long may the wind be at your backs As the moon illuminates your every step back home As you find your own, you'll never be alone. How I long to just be on my feet again Carry you along just as you've held me through the years And kept your deepest fears inside Or so you tried. You never cried. You can hold onto me for so long Until I go, and then you'll know To say goodbye, cause I'll just fly Long may the wind be at your backs As the moon illuminates your every step back home As you find your own, you'll never be alone.

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Wicked Saints (a.k.a. The Oxymorons of Rock)

Raw organic music with NO artificial sweeteners. It's GOOD for you!

"Our slogan isn’t completely true,” says Wicked Saints lead singer Paul McCarty. "Some is slightly toxic.” Wicked Saints' music is a cool eclectic mix of styles – from folk-rock, americana, swampy Louisiana grooves to reggae styled pop/blues, a driving beat, or sweet and heartfelt.

Our second album, Don't Kill The Blackbird, is complete and out with 13 tracks. It was co-produced by Paul McCarty and Brad Swanson at Brad's studio, Swansound Recording in Woodland Hills, CA (which has neither woodlands nor hills but is otherwise quite nice.)

Paul McCarty on acoustic guitar, lead vocals and harmonica; John Gannon on backing vocals, drums and cajon; Chad on bass, mandolin and trombone, Bobby on accordion, piano and organ; Brent Michelle on vocals; David Vidal on slide.

The album also has guest appearances by guitarist Peter DiStefano (Porno for Pyros, Lance Herbstrong), Abby Posner (Fiddle & Pine) and Ken Leiboff on banjo, some percussion and drums by producer Brad Swanson, singers Michael Ann, Melody Guy, Jordi Faria, and Justine Willis among others.

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released September 16, 2013

Wicked Saints
Don't Kill The Blackbird

Produced by Paul McCarty and Brad Swanson
Recorded and mixed by Brad Swanson, Swansound Studio, Woodland Hills, CA
Mastered by David Williams, Melrose Mastering, Hollywood, CA

Hello
Don't Kill The Blackbird
River of Fire
Shut It Down
Oh Mary
Roll With The Changes
Anything Could Happen
Unraveled
Just Like Me
Set You Free
Baby Gray Bird
I Wish I'd Never
Pavan

Paul McCarty: Lead vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica
John Gannon: Drums, Cajon, Percussion, Harmony and Backing Vocals
Chad Watson: Bass, Mandolin, Trombone, Backing Vocals
Bobby Thomas: Accordion, Piano, Organ
Brent Michelle: Featured, Harmony and Backing Vocals
David Vidal: Slide Guitar and Cigar Box Guitar

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Peter DiStefano: Electric Guitar on Hello and Roll With The Changes, Nylon Acoustic Guitar on Baby Gray Bird
Brad Swanson: Drums on Set You Free, Percussion and Backing Vocals on Hello
Abby Posner: Banjo on Shut It Down and I Wish I'd Never
Ken Leiboff: Banjo on Don't Kill The Blackbird
Michael Ann Azoulai: Featured Vocals on Anything Could Happen
Jordi Faria: Featured Vocals on Set You Free
Justine Willis: Wrote and Performed Voice Mail on Shut It Down
Melody Guy: Backing Vocals on Anything
Owen Sholar: Bass Trombone on Roll With The Changes
Whistles on Hello: Justefanie Strachan, Guy Arad, Garry Corman, Paul McCarty
Group Vocals on Hello and Shut It Down: Jordi Faria, Chad Watson, Justefanie Strachan, Guy Arad, Garry Corman, Paul McCarty

Don't Kill The Blackbird, Shut It Down, Oh Mary, Roll With The Changes, Unraveled, Baby Gray Bird written by Paul McCarty (BMI)
Hello music by Paul McCarty, lyrics by Paul McCarty and Anne Dawes
River of Fire and Just Like Me written by Paul McCarty and Raspin Stuwart (BMI)
Anything Could Happen written by Chauncey Bowers (BMI)
Set You Free music by Paul McCarty, lyrics by Paul McCarty and Phil McCarty
I Wish I'd Never written by Paul McCarty and Carrie Wade (SESAC)
Pavan lyrics by Paul McCarty, music arranged by Paul McCarty based on Pavane pour une infante défunte by Maurice Ravel

Photography by Debra Delahunty. Cover Art by Samuel McCarty. Graphic Design by Paul McCarty.

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