Produced, performed & arranged by The DFG:
DAN LICHT - vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, harmonica DENISE SMITH - vocals, percussion DARREN JONES - guitars, vocals, banjolin JOSH LICHT - drums, percussion BROOK QUINN - bass guitar Additional musicians: MATTHEW VEHL - hammond organ BRUCE SANDELL - saxophone, clarinet VINNI BURKE - trumpet Recorded at Fat Sound by Barry Stockley & Raw Spirit Studios by Richard Cooke. Mastered by Barry Stockley. Tom Smith - Symbol Denise & Dan - Layout & design Kathryn Salisbury, Prue Licht - Photos © 2005 |
The DFG - Long Gone The Day
LP released 2005 Tracks 1. Pre War Blues 2. Where You Gonna Go 3. Dreaming Tree 4. Lone Gone The Day 5. Shadows 6. Lantern 7. Are You Ready 8. Too Fast 9. To The Bone 10. Time And Tide 11. Easy Prey ...... LyricsPRE WAR BLUES (Daniel Licht/DFG)
There's a cruel wind blowin' down the corridors of power People turned their heads and grew weary by the hour Trouble on the oil fields static on the evening news And the boy fell for the girl who sang the pre war blues a la de da .... Dry lighting in the sky dirty water deep down in the wells With their dirty Judas minds the men behind the body bag cartels Remind us all the while we were never born to lose And the boy fell for the girl who said 'try and walk in my shoes' a la de da ..... Deep in the dirt lay the bud that would soon be a flower Poppies for young men betrayed in the darkest hour Trouble on the oil fields static on the evening news And the girl fell for the boy who sang the pre war blues a la de da ...... WHERE YOU GONNA GO (Daniel Licht/DFG) You're still looking for the man in Babylon waiting to show you the way girl He'll never know where it is that you're coming from you're gonna find out some day girl Where you gonna run when that scene ain't no fun it's left you with a broken heart girl when he's moved on and you're needing someone to keep you from falling apart girl Where you gonna go when the lights go down in your world .... You're still looking for the man with a silver tongue waiting to show you the way girl but he'll never know where it is that you're coming from and you're gonna find out some day girl Where you gonna be when you find out that he has left you far behind girl is it only then that you will see that you're been wasting your time girl Where you gonna go when the lights go down in your world .... And when the night comes strolling in again and you can't recall where you've been again .... Where you gonna go when the lights go down in your world .... DREAMING TREE (Daniel Licht/DFG) With the naked earth beneath us and the universe above where nothing can come between us far away from the push and shove Where the water comes to meet us we'll walk down by the sea where the sun comes out to greet us underneath the dreaming tree And we smoke a little jah (in the afternoon) Sleep beneath the stars (by the light of the moon) Take a little time (it couldn't come too soon) For me and you The sacred earth before us the sky is turning red we sail away at the end of the day the land on up ahead The turning world behind us we'll live down by the sea where no one else can find us underneath the dreaming tree And we smoke a little jah (in the afternoon) Sleep beneath the stars (by the light of the moon) Take a little time (it couldn't come too soon) For me and you LONE GONE THE DAY (Daniel Licht/DFG) I came to you you played me for a fool If that's the best you can do don't bother with me anymore You wasted my time I'm not angry anymore Ate my food, drank my wine then headed straight for the door Now you believe there's no love left in this town You say you've seen it all grown tired of being wired to the ground Should you love in vain I'll be sure to cut you down I won't go through that again Lone gone the day when you turned away I came running after to you once more Lone gone the day when you come home at night and find me asleep on the floor I know you lost your way needed someone around to help you reassure Lone gone the day don't come through my door SHADOWS (Darren Jones/Tom Beith/DFG) What's on your mind Is it dripping down your face You can't seem to place it Sorry and disgraced Could it be so unkind Floored by design Another day another crime Now you're searching for your mind As the days roll on sublime My shadow waits in vein where things aren't quite the same what's on your mind What's on your mind Lost in love and life I search for peace of mind And all you do it waste the time Now you're searching for your mind As the days roll on sublime My shadow waits in vein where things aren't quite the same what's on your mind What's on your mind LANTERN (Daniel Licht/DFG) You will know my home by the lantern by the door You don't have to try too hard anymore Take you as you are Right here right now You don't have to try too hard anyhow And you and I In time we'll tell for where we are bound And we will rise as surely as the world keeps turning round We won't let them bring us down You can call me on the phone anytime at all If you're all alone You can always call You will know my home by the lantern by the door You're welcome in my world Forevermore And you and I In time we'll tell for where we are bound And we will rise as surely as the world keeps turning round We won't let them bring us down ARE YOU READY (Daniel Licht/DFG) Don't leave me waiting high and dry Are you ready for love Like I'm ready for love Does your sorrow keep you waiting in line Are you ready to give Like I'm ready to give 'cause tomorrow ain't such a long time So let it be known That now is the time for movement of energy I've been happy alone but with you on my mind It's where I wanna be Don't leave me waiting high and dry Are you ready for love Like I'm ready for love Does your sorrow keep you waiting in line Are you ready to give Like I'm ready to give 'cause tomorrow ain't such a long time Now I'm here on my own Time on my hands You in my memory Are you happy alone Could you give love a chance Is it where you want to be Is it worth the waiting, I and I Are you ready for love Like I'm ready for love Does your sorrow keep you waiting in line Are you ready to give Like I'm ready to give 'cause tomorrow ain't such a long time TOO FAST (Daniel Licht/DFG) Sitting on the beach and we drink from the jar he gives her a smile for a while they forget where they are He moves with the greatest of ease He gets wood for the fire 'cause tonight they say it's gonna freeze Sitting at the bar and she says she's unsure Now the word's got around she don't wanna go home anymore He's miles away and he's too far gone He'll return for the time that it takes to pack his bags and move on And the time that it takes to move him away to a place where he feels no pain but he's moving too fast this time is the last she tells herself again and again Sitting at home and she's on the phone she says it's time to let go they both need some time on their own She moves with the greatest of ease She gets wood for the fire 'cause tonight they say it's gonna freeze And the time that it takes to move him away to a place where he feels no pain but he's moving too fast this time is the last she tells herself again and again TO THE BONE (Daniel Licht/DFG) I don't need the bright light You can burn on down the satellite All I need is for someone to tell me it's alright All I need is a little sensuality A little herb to deal with my reality And I just need someone by my side tonight So woman, please don't leave me here alone This loneliness, it is chilling me to the bone I moved on out of the fast lane While she's way up on high on a jet plane And wild is the wind that calls out her name So please don't tell me that you love me All the while you've been thinking of me When before too long you'll be gone, all the same So woman, please don't leave me here alone This loneliness, it is chilling me to the bone Gonna take a little time Move on in a straight line Not get hung up about it Gonna take a little time You're not messing with my mind You know I can live without it ... TIME AND TIDE (Daniel Licht/DFG) They say that life's for the living And you know that it's true While you've something left for the giving got to try and push on through Try to stay on the level Don't ever ask why You take the hand of the devil to try and get by And time and tide keep rolling on far and wide I have run could not hide now I'll find my way home Shine a light on my shoulder Shine a light on the ground Give me the strength as I grow older so I know where I'm bound As the night time grows colder I will lay my body down and I pray that I grow bolder with every good thing I've found And time and tide keep rolling on far and wide I have run could not hide now I'll find my way home EASY PREY (Daniel Licht/DFG) She'll convince you that you love her when there's no one else around and just when you think that you're with her it's then she can't be found So you sit by yourself by the river watch the sun go down As the sky up above grows darker on this long gone town And now I'm here on my own trying not to recall anything at all and why should I cry for her Why should I cry for her at all She'll convince you there's no other You'll believe every word she'll say To be her shelter, to be her cover beside her you will stay Like an open wound like a shifting sand she's known no other way she'll lies waiting for another man coming in for easy prey And now I'm here on my own trying not to recall anything at all and why should I cry for her Why should I cry for her at all |