We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

In Through The Cove

by Mike Delorey

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $12 CAD  or more

     

1.
IN THE HORIZON I SAT BACK DOWN ON MY SEAT ON THE TRAIN LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND OUT PAST THE PLAINS IN THE HORIZON PAST THE SUNSHINE I SAW AN EAGLE THAT STARTED TO FLY I ONCE KNEW A SINNER WHO NEVER KNEW GOD THREW OUT HIS DINNER TO SAY HE DIDN’T FEEL STRONG SLOWLY I CONVINCED HIM TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR ONLY TO SEE MYSELF STANDING THERE NOW THAT THE TRAIN HAS RAN OUT OF TRACK ONLY TO TURN AROUND AND TRAVEL RIGHT BACK I STILL LOOK PAST THE SUNSHINE TOUCHING THE PLAINS TO SEE THAT EAGLE FLY THROUGH THE DAYS
2.
A MOMENT IN HISTORY I GOT THESE PHOTOGRAPHS NONE OF THEM ARE TAKEN OF ME I’LL ONLY SMILE IF I’M HUNGRY AND I CAN NOT SEE SO WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE ME JUST A MOMENT IN HISTORY ARMED FOR SURVIVAL SUMERGED LIKE A SUBMARINE GIANT EYES ARE LOOKING DOWN I CAN’T SEE THEM I KNOW THEY’RE AROUND ME___YOU___TOO___ I’LL HIDE IN THE TALL GREEN GRASS AND LET THE WIND HELP COVER ME I WON’T SURRENDER LIKE A JESTER IN A TRADGEDY SO WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE ME JUST A MOMENT IN HISTORY ARMED FOR SURVIVAL SUMERGED LIKE A SUBMARINE GIANT EYES ARE LOOKING DOWN I CAN’T SEE THEM I KNOW THEY’RE AROUND ME___YOU___TOO___
3.
IN THROUGH THE COVE WITH THE CANDLE BLOWN OUT ITS HARD TO MARK THE SPOT WHERE WE FIRST DANCED IN THAT COUNTRY HALL SO HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS A STORY ABOUT THE BLUES THE FIRST THE LAST TIME THAT I SAW YOU AND IT ALL WENT DARK AND THE BLOOD RAN COLD OVER GODS LAND IN THROUGH THE COVE OH___THE SUN CAME UP SHINNED DOWN ACROSS THIS TOWN SWEET DARLING OH___FORGIVE ME GOD I KNOW WHAT I HAVE DONE TO SWEET DARLING OH___ NOW THE TOWN IS TALKING AS I’M LED AWAY AND THAT’S WHERE I WILL WAIT TO VISIT YOU’RE GRAVE SO HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS A STORY ABOUT THE BLUES THE FIRST THE LAST TIME THAT I SAW YOU WHEN I WAKE UP FROM THIS SLEEP I HOPE THAT I’M TOLD IT WAS ALL JUST A DREAM OH___THE SUN CAME UP SHINNED DOWN ACROSS THIS TOWN SWEET DARLING OH___FORGIVE ME GOD I KNOW WHAT I HAVE DONE TO SWEET DARLING OH___
4.
FOLLOWING MY TRACKS DOWN THE ROAD I CAN BREATH EASY NOTHING BIG TO COME THE STORIES GETTING BIGGER SO I WALK A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE SHORE TO MAKE IT BACK TO WHERE I CAME FROM BEFORE NO TIME TO RELAX I’M FOLLOWING MY TRACKS KEEPING TIRED FROM STAYING UP TOO LATE MY BONES ARE GETTING COLD FROM TAKING IN THE WHARF TODAY SO I WALK A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE SHORE TO MAKE IT BACK TO WHERE I CAME FROM BEFORE NO TIME TO RELAX I’M FOLLOWING MY TRACKS FINDING MY WAY NOTHING GOING TO TIE ME DOWN OR PUSH ME AROUND SO I GOT A LITTLE OLDER YESTERDAY MIGHT EVEN SAY THAT I FOUND MY WAY NO TIME TO RELAX I’M FOLLOWING MY TRACKS FINDING MY WAY NOTHING GOING TO TIE ME DOWN WITH MY FEET BACK ON THE GROUND TIME KEEPS PUSHING ME AROUND WITH MY FEET BACK ON THE GROUND THE STORIES GETTING BIGGER SO I WALK A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE SHORE TO MAKE IT BACK TO WHERE I CAME FROM BEFORE NO TIME TO RELAX I’M FOLLOWING MY TRACKS KEEPING TIRED FROM STAYING UP TOO LATE MY BONES ARE GETTING COLD FROM TAKING IN THE WHARF TODAY SO I WALK A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE SHORE
5.
Mackerel Sky 03:32
MACKEREL SKY TALK ABOUT THE MACKEREL SKY NOTHING MUCH REALLY TO DO BUT SIT AND WONDER WHY I’LL DO THAT WHEN I DIE EVERY TIME I LOOK AT YOU I FEEL LIKE THERES NOTHING TO DO BUT SIT AND WONDER WHY I’LL DO THAT WHEN I DIE DON’T BRING ME DOWN DON’T BRING ME DOWN DANCING IN THE SOFT LIGHT OF NOVEMBER I REMEMBER THAT COLD DECEMBER STAYING INSIDE TO HIDE FROM THE WEATHER YOU’RE HORSES RUN WILD THROUGH THE VALLEY BY THEIR SIDE I WILL RIDE THROUGH THE VALLEYS TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS DANCING IN THE SOFT LIGHT OF NOVEMEBER RUNNING PAST THE COLD DAYS OF DECEMBER DON’T BRING ME DOWN DON’T BRING ME DOWN DANCING IN THE SOFT LIGHT OF NOVEMBER I REMEMBER THAT COLD DECEMBER STAYING INSIDE TO HIDE FROM THE WEATHER YOU’RE HORSES RUN WILD THROUGH THE VALLEY BY THEIR SIDE I WILL RIDE THROUGH THE VALLEYS TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS DANCING IN THE SOFT LIGHT OF NOVEMEBER RUNNING PAST THE COLD DAYS OF DECEMBER DANCING IN THE SOFT LIGHT OF NOVEMEBER RUNNING PAST THE COLD DAYS OF DECEMBER
6.
The Walking Song -Instrumental-
7.
LOOSE THE NOOSE LOOSE THE NOOSE AND GIVE ME BACK THE DAYS THE DAYS I HAVE MISSED WITH YOU TO MY GOD FORGIVE ME FOR MY SINS I THOUGH THERE WAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO WON’T SPEND A DIME TO HELP YOU WITH THIS DECESION INSTEAD A PIECE OF MIND IF YOU PROMISE TO MUCH TOMORROW YOUR PROMISES KEEP TAKING ALL MY TIME I BELIEVE WHEN THERES NOTHING TO DO YOUR MIND IS MADE UP YOU THOUGHT IT THROUGH YOU WON’T UNDERSTAND SURPRISE WHEN YOU’RE FALLING FOR THE DEVIL’S LIES WON’T SPEND A DIME TO HELP YOU WITH THIS DECESION INSTEAD A PIECE OF MIND IF YOU PROMISE TO MUCH TOMORROW YOUR PROMISES KEEP TAKING ALL MY TIME I BELIEVE WHEN THERES NOTHING TO DO YOUR MIND IS MADE UP YOU THOUGHT IT THROUGH YOU WON’T UNDERSTAND SURPRISE WHEN YOU’RE FALLING FOR THE DEVIL’S LIES
8.
The New Man 03:13
THE NEW MAN SALVADOR DALI WAS A MAN INDEED POWER OF THE MIND, UNCONSUMED BY GREED GOT UP OUT OF BED AND DROPPED TO HIS KNEES PAINTED THE WORLD THROUGH HIS EYES WITH EASE SO___THINKING ABOUT FOUNTAIN DOG WONDERING WILL HISTORY LOG HOLES IN THE CLOUDS OLD MAN IN THE TREES DINNER IN THE DESERT AND SNAKES IN THE SEAS THOUGHT SPRAWLED OUT OF HIS HEAD SO SHARP THE ACT OF MILKING A CRANIAL HARP IMPRESSIONS OF AFRICA, THE NEW MAN THE LAST SUPPER, DALI’S HAND SO___THINKING ABOUT FOUNTAIN DOG WONDERING WILL HISTORY LOG HOLES IN THE CLOUDS OLD MAN IN THE TREES DINNER IN THE DESERT AND SNAKES IN THE SEAS
9.
MANY SUNSETS AGO MANY SUNSETS AGO THE GRASS STAINED MY SOUL DIDN’T HIDE NO SHAME IF I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO GO THE FOX IS BEING HUNTED BY THE HOUNDS TONIGHT RUNNING, LEAPING, TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE MOONLIGHT GENTLY PASS THE SOFT LOOSE SNOW IN THROUGH THE STREAMS AND UP PAST THE TREES THE WIND WILL BLOW THE HARDEST BREEZE ON THE RIVER BANK THE SUN DON’T SHINE NO MORE MANY MOONS AGO DOWN ROCKY ROADS I’D STROLL WHEN THE WORLD BROKE APART WE HAD ONE WAY TO GO THE STARS LIGHT THE WAY TONIGHT RUNNING, TRYING, MOVING TO GET OUT OF THE MOONLIGHT GENTELY PASS THE SOFT LOOSE SNOW IN THROUGH THE STREAMS AND UP PAST THE TREES THE WIND WILL BLOW THE HARDEST BREEZE ON THE RIVER BANK THE SUN DON’T SHINE NO MORE IN THE VALLEY OF THE DAYS GONE BY TELLS A STORY OF ANOTHER TIME ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AS YOU DRIVE BY TO TAKE A PHOTO FOR SOME PIECE OF MIND
10.
PUSHING THE GROUND IF I LOST YOU IN THE DARKNESS AS THE SNOW CAME DOWN THAT NIGHT IT TURNED TO RAIN THAT MORNING CUT RIGHT THROUGH THE RAYS OF SUNLIGHT YOU AWOKE TO SEE THE CLOUDS MOVE BY THE TREES THE AUTUMM LEAVES WERE BLOWING AROUND AND AS THE RAIN STARTED TO STORM THE GROUND I AWOKE TO HEAR YOU CALLING ALOUD IF I LOST YOU IN THE DARKNESS AS THE SNOW CAME DOWN THAT NIGHT IT TURNED TO RAIN THAT MORNING CUT RIGHT THROUGH THE RAYS OF SUNLIGHT AND AS WE DRINK FROM THE RIVER THAT HAS GOTTEN HERE FOR US PUSHING THE GROUND THE STORIES OF THE TRACKS THAT ARE CIRCLING OUR PATH ALWAYS HAS US LOOKING AROUND IF I LOST YOU IN THE DARKNESS AS THE SNOW CAME DOWN THAT NIGHT IT TURNED TO RAIN THAT MORNING CUT RIGHT THROUGH THE RAYS OF SUNLIGHT OH MY MY TROBLE ON THE RISE OH MY MY LOST IN TIME X2 OH MY MY TROUBLE IN THE NIGHT OH MY MY AS TIME FLYS BY OH MY MY OH MY MY OH MY MY OH MY MY MY OH MY OH MY MY OH MY MY OH MY MY
11.
Stormy Day 03:20
STORMY DAY YOU LOOK SO TIRED IN THE AFTERNOON TRYING SOMETHING FOR EVERYTHING COULD I FIND JUST A CLUE DON’T THINK ABOUT TIME THERE’S AN ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY HAD TO MAKE THESE PROMISES TO GET PAIDED TODAY IT’S MY FAULT, MY FAULT NOT YOU’RE FAULT THIS TIME ALL MINE GOT HERE ON MY OWN IT’S MY FAULT, MY FAULT NOT YOU’RE FAULT THIS TIME THE SUN SETS FOR AN OCEANRISE OUR HOUSE LIT UP FROM A MILE AWAY DON’T THINK ABOUT TIME WE HAVE NO WATER AS THE FIRE BURNS WAITING FOR THE RAIN TO FALL ANOTHER STORMY DAY IT’S MY FAULT, MY FAULT NOT YOU’RE FAULT THIS TIME ALL MINE GOT HERE ON MY OWN IT’S MY FAULT, MY FAULT NOT YOU’RE FAULT THIS TIME
12.
WORLD ON MY WALL THE WORLD ON MY WALL SEEMS SO SMALL WHERE WILL I GO TOWARDS THE PEOPLE I KNOW WHO___WILL STAY THE SAME THE PALCES I GO THE PEOPLE I KNOW THE BEACH TRIES TO FIGHT THE WAVES ASTHE BEACH BIRDS DIVE TO SHOW US WHERE TO FISH TODAY WHO___WILL STAY THE SAME THE PALCES I GO THE PEOPLE I KNOW AH____ AH____AH X2 (INSTRUMENTAL) AH____ AH____AH X4

about

After a few years of playing shows and parties across Canada I found that I was always being asked the same question ~ "Where can I hear your music?"

I decided to record an intimate sounding album that let me play as if I was in a room with everyone there.

I recorded this album at ‘Moonbeam Studio’ between 2011 and 2012 on Canada's East Coast just outside beautiful Lawrencetown, NS - surf capitol of the Maritimes. I partnered with the talented Owner & Engineer Paul Vidito and we crafted an album I feel is truly unique and full of imagination.

It has been a great year of recording with my friends. I am incredibly happy with this album, and I am looking forward to writing material for my next album during my travels and tour time in the United Kingdom.

Cheers all, hope you enjoy.
Mike

email: mikedelorey@hotmail.com

credits

released November 21, 2012

Musicians:

Mike Delorey ~ Guitars, Vocals, Harmonies, Mandolin, Piano,
Hand drums/Percussion, & Harmonica

Paul Vidito ~ Harmonies on Pushing The Ground & World On My Wall
~ Lead Guitar on Following My Tracks

Kevin Parnell ~ Bass on A Moment In History, Following My Tracks,
The Walking Song, Loose The Noose, The New Man,
Pushing The Ground & Stormy Day

Gerry Cleary ~ Drum Kit on-Following My Tracks,
Pushing The Ground & Stormy Day

Phyl La Ferriere ~ Harmonies & Vocals on The New Man

Produced by Mike Delorey & Paul Vidito
Engineered & Mixed at Moonbeam Studios by Paul Vidito
Album Art Thanks to Gerry Cleary
All Songs Written / 2012 © Mike Delorey
(With exception of the Outro lyrics on-Pushing The Ground/ Co-Written by Paul Vidito)

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Mike Delorey Halifax, Nova Scotia

contact / help

Contact Mike Delorey

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Mike Delorey, you may also like: