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New Life (Album)

by Ian Hanchet

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1.
I'll Fly Away 03:25
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I used to not face anything Shrank away from everything Couldn’t take what life would bring I’d Run away I’d Run away I’d Run away I’d Run away The tough get going when times are tough But tough guys never say they’ve had enough Someone has to pack their stuff Send them away Send them away Send them away Send them away They clipped my wings when I was young Clipped my claws and clipped my tongue If there’s a way to make this undone I’ll find a way I’ll find a way I’ll find a way I’ll find a way One of these days I’ll find my wings Leave behind my precious things Let go of the April strings I’ll fly away I’ll fly away I’ll fly away I’ll fly away I bought the package and made the deal Learned to fake it and not to feel Made believe my dreams were real I’d dream away I’d dream away I’d dream away I’d dream away I don’t remember how I got this way The same old grind day after day I give my body but I make them pay I make them pay I make them pay I make them pay I make them pay I work my fingers to the bone Weights and warts never leave me alone No-one ever calls me on the phone Asks me to play, I want to play I want to play I want to play I’m Flying , flying away
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Awake Alone 03:32
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Awake Alone Ian Hanchet Awake alone. My head is clear. I'm in the zone. I have no fear. I grasp the air. But you're not there No skin to touch. No tangled hair If missing you so can make me feel this way There's things I know I have to do and say If missing you so makes me want to say and do, What can I say to make you feel this way too. Awake alone I'll be with you soon, I think my answer's  Somewhere in this tune.
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Caught In The Doldrums 02:27
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I need just a little breeze To fill my sail Just a little breath of wind to lift your veil just a little breeze to give me a nudge I need a little breeze Or I can’t budge Caught in the doldrums Caught in the doldrums Drifting aimlessly Caught in the doldrums Nothing on an endless sea Caught in the doldrums It’s all the same There’s nothing new I’ve been bobbing on the tide Such a useless endless ride I got nothing left to try And no tears left to cry Caught in the doldrums Caught in the doldrums I’ve been sitting, waiting for Something to occur, but Time is hesitating and Nothing wants to stir Caught in the doldrums Caught in the doldrums Caught in the doldrums Drifting aimlessly Caught in the doldrums Nothing on an endless sea Caught in the doldrums It’s all the same There’s nothing new Don’t know where I ought to be But I know it’s not at sea Don’t know what I ought to do Everything I see is blue Caught in the doldrums Caught in the doldrums (repeat A and B ) ©2008 IGH
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A.A. Ray 04:41
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Old man… with a great big heart Drinks up before the morning starts He was a rake, a ticket taker on the C.N.R. He’d always dreamed of being a star Everybody told him he’d never go far And sure enough, here we are! A. Ray, A. A. Ray You must forget you let them down! Old man… with a great big heart Drinks up before the morning starts The man was devastating on right wing And everybody loved to hear Ray sing He traded that life in for a diamond ring Who could have told him what life would bring A. A. Ray, A. A. Ray You must forget you let them down! Old man… with a great big heart Drinks up before the morning starts She calls him a loser, but she gave him seven children Took up all his youth and his pay Now they’re his loves he cannot regret them Even though they all got in the way A. A. Ray, A. A. Ray You must forget you let them down! Old man… with a great big heart Drinks up before the morning starts He crawled home drunk at night and they kicked him Cursed him out and called him names He curled up with his wounds and he licked them And through the blur forgiveness came A. Ray, A. A. Ray You must forget you let them down! c.1986.I.G.H.
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Better Just Gets Worse 03:48
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When you say you love me Do you really love me Or are you just moving your lips When you show me that you need me Do you really need me Or are you just moving those hips Actions speak louder than words Your motions have been heard Everything seems absurd When you say forever Does it really mean forever Or is it something that never can be When you say now or never Are you just being clever Trying to make a monkey out of me Everything’s reversed The promise is a curse The healer needs a nurse Better just gets worse Can’t you hear me calling Can’t you see me falling Why’d you turn your back on me now Everything got duller So I dreamed in Technicolor That you’d come back to me somehow Everything’s reversed The healer needs a nurse Freedom feels rehearsed Better just gets worse
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Grey Day 04:45
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Blue…makes me think of you…anew… grey… day…grey car took you far away Colours fade if you let them So wet them, so let them Feelings fade if you wet them, So wet them, and let them Rain… lets me feel the pain…again… Get… wet…grey day won’t let me forget Problems leave if you let them, Don’t fret them, forget them Friends return if you feed them, So feed them, you need them Hurt… grovel in the dirt…alert!… low… blow…know there is nowhere to go
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Tears In The Rain 02:48
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe People and places that never ever shoulda been seen I've seen ships on fire, ships on fire off the shoulder Ships on fire, ships on fire off the shoulder Of Orion I've felt things that shouldn't ever be felt I've got years of aching under my belt I watched sea beams glitter sea beams glitter In the dark Sea beams glitter, sea beams glitter In the dark, near the Terhausen gate I put my faith in friends but I shoulda known better Didn't want to let her go, but I let her Was it me? Was it you? Was it you? Was it me? What to do? How long baby, how long All my best ideas end up in songs All those moments, all those moments will be lost in time All those moments, all those moments will be lost in time Like tears in the rain
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No More Worries 03:49
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I used to worry all the time what will the future bring The future arrived anyway Worrying didn’t change a thing I was always in the future, I was always in the past I was never in the here and now And the present quickly passed No more worries No more worries Worrying changed my face. I always wore a frown When I ploughed another furrow It always pointed down The thing about a wrinkle is that you can always tell How someone lived their life And if they lived it well No more worries No more worries I worried ‘bout so many things my thinking was deranged ‘cause what’s the point in worrying ‘bout things you cannot change you might as well burn water, or wash your face with bark be breathing without oxygen be reading in the dark No more worries No more worries Nothing comes from worrying, I heard a stranger say It robs you of your energy To live your life today So give me all your worries, I’ll take your heavy load You can rise up singing And go dancing down the road No more worries No more worries
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After That Feeling 03:27
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One hour alone… with you, or maybe two,  You’d touch my heart  Not with your hands  But with your eyes, I’d melt and know That after feeling While I’m alone… with you  You make me do Not what I want, but what I must Much more than lust… That after feeling Love lies lingering  Like a rare perfume Falling from you Softly as dew That after feeling I sit alone… you left An hour ago You left your mark Not on the mat But in my heart You make me know That after feeling  I lie wondering What became of you You made me know That after glow That after feeling.
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Don't 05:50
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Don’t think, don’t talk, don’t look don’t do it we hurry too much we worry too much it get’s blurry too much it all gets in the way We delay too much Throw away too much Say “no way!” too much It all gets in the way Don’t think, don’t talk, don’t look don’t do it We ignore too much Want more too much Ask “what for?” too much It all gets in the way We bite too much We fight too much Think we’re right too much It all gets in the way Don’t think, don’t talk, don’t look don’t do it We call too much We fall too much Drop the ball too much It all gets in the way We ache too much Don’t take a break too much Lie awake too much It all gets in the way Don’t think, don’t talk, don’t look don’t do it We dilute too much Pollute too much Go kaput too much It all gets in the way We slave too much We crave too much Rant and rave too much It all gets in the way Don’t think, don’t talk, don’t look don’t do it We don’t love too much We don’t love too much We don’t love too much It all gets in the way
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If You Could See Me Now 03:09
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If you could see me now If you could see me now If you could see me now If you could see me now You'd see someone sitting Right on top of the world Who is head over heels in love  With a beautiful girl If you could see me now If you could see me now If you could see me now If you could see me now If you could see me now You'd see someone who is  Not afraid to change You'd see someone whose old life Now seems so strange If you could see me now If you could hear me now Then I could teach you how If you could hear me now Then I could teach you how How to live every day As if it were your last And forgive everyone that Crossed you in the past If you could hear me now If you could hear me now Then I could teach you how If you could hear me now Then I could teach you how How to love yourself Your body and your soul How to build yourself up Until you're feeling whole If you could hear me now
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It's Not My Circus, Not My Monkey 03:22
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When I was young I thought I was in control The world was my oyster I was on a roll Then I met the monkey I met the monkey, I met the monkey I thought he was my friend I loved the monkey , loved the monkey Thought I would love him 'Til the very end A little bit older I started to lose control Travellin' with my monkey Began to take it's toll I loved that monkey, I loved that monkey But my life was just pretend (2x) I fell apart Ended up in jail Nobody left anywhere To post my bail I had to lose the monkey Or he would be my end Had to lose the monkey He wasn't really my friend There was a price to pay And I did my stay, now I'm living A day at a time Keeps the monkey at bay and the howling away Keeps my soul from dying But the monkey's waiting Though I haven't seen him in years But he rears his ugly head In other people's fears Look out for the monkey The shadow of the monkey Look out for the monkey The shadow of the monkey It's not my circus, not my monkey It's not my circus, not my monkey It's not my circus, not my monkey It's not my circus, not my monkey now It's not my circus, not my monkey It's not my circus, i'm not a junkie now
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Laisse-Moi Tranquille 01:45
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Laisse-moi tranquille dans mon monde Un jardin de sérénité Laisse-moi tranquille dans mon monde La vérité à éviter Toujours l’été Ton monde n’importe rien pour moi Je n’ai pas de lien avec toi Chez moi je reste maître et Roi Rien de mauvais, de beaux portraits Dans mon palais De belles images Dans les nuages Douces berceuses Pensées hereuses La paix existe dans mon monde Mon jardin de sérénité Laisse-moi vivre dans mon monde Il est parfait De tout beauté Ma vérité Ma vérité.
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Hear, Here 04:05
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Hear…. Open your ears and you’ll hear…. Here…. Open your eyes and be here….. Forsaken, mistaken Heart breaking’  Taken away Stay…. stop all this running away…. feel….. open your heart and be real…. bitter tears, biting wind your fears are  not going to win Dream… things aren’t as bad as they seem…. Live….. You’ll get as much as you give treating completing nothing defeating your soul Ache… How much more time can it take throb…. how much more time can it rob there is a limit of  time with me in it and so….. Climb…. look upward all of the time… Taste….. gobbling time’s such a waste… Savour the flavour of  what are your favourite tastes Rest…. unburden what’s on your chest… grieve…. of course it hurts when they leave Don’t hurry, let it flow, don’t worry just let it go…...
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Letting Go 02:02
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This child, these hopes, these dreams, these aspirations How could she know? How could she know? My bursting heart is filled with Trepidation I'll let her go Although I know her heart will break And with each mistake I won't be there to catch her Or there to watch her She's so naive she still believes In happy endings And when she finds Life's lined with mines Her heart so torn Will bleed and need Some mending She will be fine The sun will shine Her story will turn out Without pretending She will be fine The sun will Keep on shining through All because she knew I would be there to catch her And there to watch her Evermore I will be there to catch her And there to watch her Evermore

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Recorded in the late summer and fall of 2015 at Boutique de Son in Pointe Claire, Quebec, it features fifteen songs with both the lyrics and music written by Ian Hanchet.

Much of the album (nine songs) feature the soulful alto saxophone of the fabulous Dave Turner (who is perhaps Montreal’s finest sax player) and a solid rhythm section of Adrian Vedady on Double Bass and
Sergio Barrenechea on Congas.
These musicians superbly support Ian’s vocals and guitar and frame the songs boldly letting the imagery of the songs shine through.

The other six songs which fill out the album are contemporary songs in altered guitar tunings and are played mostly solo (guitar, voice,harmonica)

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released January 28, 2021

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Ian Hanchet Montreal, Québec

Ian Hanchet is a graduate of the Jazz program at Concordia University and the Music education program at McGill University and is currently living in Montreal and teaching Music with the English Montreal School Board. He performs regularly in cafés and bars in and around Montreal. ... more

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