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LIVE NOW

by Ryan McMahon

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1.
Get up go again I want a job Something encompassing more than a lot Back to the grind I want it all on my watch We’re gonna be busy as bees in the summer of love Hiding inside was lo-grade fun Compared the nights when I was out on the run Falling my way & following the sun I want to be happy I want to be Light me one more fire Sing a song of another time Tomorrow’s on my mind What’s ahead of me is better than what’s behind Some come down to earth but don’t get stuck I’ve had my fill & I know how it’s done The struggle is real & can get real long So let’s make a plan to abandon the bad, and Up to the place with the craziest view I want to remember what brought me to you One more fire talking only in truths I want to be happy I want to be
2.
Get Low 03:15
We can take the summer off Suss out everything we lost Come back as an astronaut That can’t get off the ground We can fly to paradise Buy up all the movie rights Talk about our high life Make our momma proud In from the rain To remember our names What did you say? You are tired from running slow Sometimes you’re gonna get low We can turn the car around Roll back into town Local bullies didn’t get us down Didn’t hear ‘em anyway We can procrastinate Let the years betray Give it all to the kids one day Wasn’t it all great? Come up for air from the ocean floor I like it better down there than I did before We don’t know which way we’re going to go Sometimes we’re just fine Sometimes you get low You can show the world you’re fine And everything you’ve bought online The most toys at the finish line Wins a mountain of debt So play me that song of mine From back in ’99 When I was always in 4/4 time From the top ’til the end So we’re raising a toast to the party & the pain Cause you’re gonna get ‘em both everyday We don’t know which way we’re going to go Sometimes we’re just fine Sometimes you get low
3.
One day I’m gonna get it right Remember to live before they turn out the light Swim out past the dock Drive until I’m lost One day I’m gonna read the news Everybody got along for an hour or two With just a little face to face This could be a better place For us all Somebody wise with the right set of eyes they told me Take your time & feed your mind with light Sometimes it’s an empty cup Cold as the pole up north & tough But the bottom doesn’t last When I’m going somewhere fast Colour outside the lines & step outside the old design There’s nothing out there that really terrifies me As I finally take my place I’m gonna take more than enough space One day I’m gonna get it right Remember to live before they turn out the light Do these things I write about Believe these words that come outta my mouth
4.
Driveway 03:31
Good night in Charlottetown good way to close my eyes I’m leaving you a message by telepathy tonight It’s the Atlantic-sized distance & the way we say goodbye It’s the last hotel on earth right here in PEI What are we doing 10 more days until you When the sun comes reaching out on Tuesday I’m in your driveway Looking up at you A stretch in prairie towns I’ve never heard the names November in the clouds a certainty of rain It’s the sky meeting the ground for an evening over grain It’s the way I’m counting down only to count it up again I don’t wanna live by phone I’ll do anything you know You should see Toronto glow Good morning from Kelowna good day to be a lake One more set of stories from a paradise on-stage It’s the business we’ve chosen it’s a rumble in my mind It’s a song that’s in my head every day that I’m alive
5.
Somewhere over the Pacific on the way to catch a break A couple of Canadian kids on the run in LA doing what you do in the Rainbow Room looking to lose our minds Riding on songs that we thought were strong enough to save our lives We were young we were lost sometimes It didn’t matter what we did where we’d go or what we’d find Maybe break even maybe say we’d leave it behind But a song can change your mind always. In the corner of a crowded room two steps from Jackson Browne Try to lean in closer to hear what he talked about Maybe I’ll call my grandma from the lobby of this place Even if I feel invisible I’ll tell her I’m doing great Cause when I’m gone & I’m lost sometimes It doesn’t matter what I do where I go or what I find Maybe when I’m bleeding the blues it’s by design But a song can change your mind A song can stop time Somewhere back behind me is a story I’ll tell someday When I’m too old to hit the road and before I fall away A dream that a kid like me once had writing in his room That his song might be played loud sometime in front of a crowd like you
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Rolling around this town This predictable old grid Listening to Lucinda in the middle of a fit temper, temper I gotta remember to keep that cooler head ‘cause sometimes life’s amazing or it’s a maze that I’m lost in Tried to do it right But I held the stick too tight You wouldn’t believe the things that I’ve seen so far Now all of the days & ways that I’ve changed seems to hit me once again That sometimes life’s amazing or it’s a maze that I’m lost in I don’t wanna complain but I might have a favour Could you help me once again I don’t wanna remain Just a part of the rain That’s falling on your head Rolling around this town still searching for the truth Taking the pain I’m gonna put it away for good It’s ok to maybe take the day & just skip right ’til the end ‘cause sometimes life’s amazing or it’s a maze that I’m lost in Sometimes life’s amazing
7.
Lost & Found 03:20
I know I gotta get out of my own way Sometimes I don’t know how You go, figure me out & then say Honey let me break it down It’s in the way that you do it all A little amnesia & alcohol I know the reason we break down Then I find you again in the lost & found Good take it’s an observation I get & maybe I see your point I am richer than I think Sometimes I forget in all the noise When I get insane for a day or two It ain’t gonna last cause I got you All this shit’s a phase that I’m going through & I’m almost out the other side I know I gotta get out of my own way & Maybe I’m learning how There’s time to make a change for better I think I’m ready now
8.
Good or Bad 03:47
You are what you settle for You spun a wheel & landed on me You’v got the right to re-examine your life & Honey I know ‘cause I’ve seen what you see Better than yesterday I could not find my way I lost the keys to everything As time moves on I find I’m looking, searching For what I don’t think I can truly explain So The trouble I feel will go when I remember everything that I know Good or bad it won’t last long I know the frame of mind ain’t gonna last all time For what it’s worth I’ve got a roster of flaws But it don’t matter none I’m an army of one I can take the hits all night long No I’m good just gotta get to the show And feel something that’s good for my soul Good or bad it won’t last long I know I make a mess of everything I get lost do it wrong in every way And somewhere along the line I forgot to have a good time
9.
Nonversation 03:01
Downtown I’ve got a couple of friends Real big on opinions They’re getting down with division They say ‘we’ll be alright but not tonight man’ The longer my life the harder it is to find the time to fake it If I don’t understand my fellow woman & man I might be hearing a nonversation What is living if it’s not on film? Who am I and is this real? Making noise in the big abyss Stubbing my toes on every crisis Rock & roll, country or folk? Better turn it up on all the stations And if you don’t understand your fellow woman & man you might be hearing a nonversation forget the lesson that you learned in the past You’ll get critical & cynical fast And if it ain’t nice don’t say it I’ve gotta talk from the heart now Lend a hand when my brother is down let go of wheel don’t need to win a fight that I can’t feel Lennon was right imagine the life when you’re not looking for a hill to die on & If you don’t understand your fellow woman & man you might be hearing a nonversation
10.
My heart is about to explode Caught by the weekend undertow elephant off my chest getting outside my head I don’t know why I did it I just did Sometimes I feel too much I don’t know why or where it comes from Give me the best of before Because I’m leaving the rest in a mess on the floor I don’t know why I tried it Now I want more I don’t wanna be on a losing streak Looking at a life I didn’t live completely Oh oh oh I got a little more left to go Oh oh oh I got a little more left A little more left to go Is there room at the bar for a man like me And the ego and reputation that precedes Sour is humble pie And the sun is in my eyes I don’t know for how long But today I’m fine What kind of world is this (not what they sold me) What is the meaning of it (I don’t know) Is there time to be weird Or to make a mistake To paint by the numbers & to be okay Under a spell I believe It’s coming up roses instead of the weeds One day at a time A little more left for me

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released November 10, 2023

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Ryan McMahon Ladysmith, British Columbia

Ryan McMahon has performed for over 20+ years as a Canadian songwriter and founding member of Lion Bear Fox.

Veteran Canadian broadcaster Terry David Mulligan may have said it best: the complete package. Singer Songwriter. Performer. Troublemaker. Passionate human being. For me… priceless!!”
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