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The Instamatiks

by The Instamatiks

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1.
Give me comfort, I'm a TV set I'm on another channel, that I can't forget Walking, running, and I turn around I'm on another channel, and I hear a sound a one, a two, a three After these we'll be back with the messages After these it's on with the show After these we'll be back with the messages Stay, tune in, turn on, let's go Something's burning, I'm a dancing spark I'm on another channel where the light is dark Sleeping, dreaming, in a tangle net I'm on another channel, I'm a TV Set I'm a lost cause bet no sweat I'm a lost cause bet don't forget Saint Jude After these we'll be back with the messages After these it's on with the show After these we'll be back with the messages Stay, tune in, turn on, let's go (Words & music by John Morris)
2.
Are you listening Are you listening to me? Private hurry up God Are you listening Are you listening to me? Private hurry up God Have I turned out a fraud? Am I doing the dog? That street's dead end and it's odd Private hurry up God Are you listening Are you listening to me? Private hurry up God Am I doing the dog? Is my brain full of fog? Am I starving for mog? Private hurry up God Are you listening Are you listening to me? Private hurry up God Am I doing the dog? Am I time to applaud? Am I still watching Maude? Private hurry up God God God up up hurry hurry private God God God God God God up up hurry hurry private God God God God (Words & music by John Morris)
3.
If I try and walk the path Must I try and not laugh? If I try and walk the path Must I try and not laugh? Or must I be as serious as you They'll give you half and they're stealing your soul They'll give you half and they'll leave you in the hole I'm a monk I'm a punk I'm a hole I'm a skunk I'm a drunk I'm a pole It's the game it's the win it's the lose Down the drain with the gambling blues (Words & music by John Morris)
4.
Alice 02:36
Alice in Kansas Alice inside Alice in all of us Trying to hide Trying to be Just what she dreams Hoping that one day She'll be in between Alice I hope you don't mind Alice they will treat you kind Alice of knowing Nonsense is real Alice of showing Them how to feel Waiting in time and space Waiting in trust Waiting in everything God will adjust Alice I hope you don't mind Alice they will treat you kind Alice in providence Alice of faith Proving us wrong By destroying all hate Alice of curious Alice of science Finding out matters By way of defiance Alice I hope you don't mind Alice they will treat you kind (Words & music by John Morris)
5.
I Contact 04:05
I contact the leader of a planet I contact a girl named Janet I contact I contact mega information I contact is it intimidation? I contact Icon I Contact Eye contact making me nervous Eye contact is it done on purpose? Eye contact Icon I Contact Eye contact making me mellow Eye contact got me turning to jello Eye contact Icon I Contact (words & music by John Morris)
6.
What good am I when I'm helpless What good are you if you're the same What good is life since it's hopeless Hopeless to argue the game What good are we who are something What good is just any old name What good is love since it's nothing Nothing but the rules of the game What good is earth without people What good is good without pain What good is bad, is it bluffing Bluffing the point of the game What good am I (Words & music by John Morris)
7.
I'm always at a loss How to make my way across Always looking for another kind of way Vested interest safe haven Entertained exhausted hands Talk into the future holding thoughts Overwhelmed they train us So of course they charge a payment Tracking mysteries your shadows in the bank Illusion of confusion is a phase Letting go or locked inside a gaze Letting up forgiving out of light Anecdotal evidence of life Nothing left except for what is right Debt is doubt is debt out in the light Walking on the B side of the disc Owned and operated games of risk Now as near as doing well these days Don't it cross into those other ways Escape is but the language left behind Raise 'em up like fossils of design (Words and music by John Morris)
8.
I always like the clothes you wear, pretty flowers in your hair, the day is done. Summer beaches, mountains high, winter came when snowbirds flew, when we were young. And I always had a thing to say, picnics every Saturday in the park. And these are the reasons why you'll always hold a place in my heart. Remember us when were young playing music in the sun, those far off days. Foreign movies in the night, things that filled me with delight and Shakespeare plays And all these things they all came true, it was all because of you, what a star. And these are the reasons why you'll always hold a place in my heart. (Words & music by Paul Cherwonick)
9.
You want someone to love You want someone to hold You want someone to love Because you're growing old But you're feeling young And you don't know how come You want someone to love Well I could be the one And you look in a book And in a magazine And you look in a book About a king and a queen But you don't need a crown As long as you have fun You want someone to love Well I could be the one There's a big old sign Going down the road You're gonna lose your mind You're gonna lose your load But if you're gonna crash Don't make it for none You want someone to love I could be the one You want someone to love You want someone to hold You want someone to love Because you're growing old But you're feeling young And you don't know how come You want someone to love I could be the one (Words & music by John Morris)
10.
Take My Hand 03:16
Take my hand, understand I wanna be your man Love me so, don't let me go, no no no Take my hand, understand I wanna be your man Love me so, don't let me go, no no no Take my hand 'cause I just wanna be your man. Love me so, don't let me go, no no no. Don't ever let me go! (Words & music by John Morris)
11.
Baby Please 02:33
Baby please don't go Baby please don't go Oh baby please don't go Oh baby please don't go I spent half my life in depression Half my life fearing rejection Baby please don't go Baby please don't go I'll give you all money I'll give you everything I've got You might think it's funny But baby please believe I think it's not. (Words & music by John Morris)
12.
Well Ran Dry 02:58
I was running around now it's time to stop We should follow the sound when the rain won't drop I been through every town like a part-time cop I was running around thought I'd never lie Thought I knew the truth Till the well ran dry Should have told her my name but the planet changed We should all grow up in the sun and rain And it still shows up and it's all the same They were looking around like they weren't surprised Thought they knew the truth Till the well ran dry (Words and music by John Morris)
13.
The world is just a ball of fun And we just want to play and run And I just want to see you smile So happy like a child Today is all that we can be To love is our reality And we, we never want to change No matter if it's strange I can't help myself I don't see life as up and down I just see people running round Trying to be free There are days and nights When I see everything all right And it's all good And this is our reality. (Words & music by John Morris)
14.
The Change 04:37
Even when I'm on the train Or standing in the rain Even when I'm in my car Or taking it too far Even when I'm feeling good I got to wonder if i should Will you still love me if I change? Will you still want me and always care? Will you still love me if I change? Will you always be there? Even when I'm on the road And I shine like glittered gold Even when I'm at the bar And I feel like a star And even when I'm feeling good I got to wonder if I should And even when I'm on the street And I say I can't be beat And even when I'm feeling high And I still touching the sky And even when I'm feeling good I got to wonder if I should Will you still love me if I change? Will you still want me and always care? Will you still love me if I change? Will you always be there? (Words & music by John Morris)

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Debut album

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released February 29, 2016

All songs written by John
except 'Place In My Heart' written by Paul

Produced and mixed by Chris

PHOTO: (L-R) John, Paul, Arek, Ross, Chris
Recorded in Thunder Bay, Canada
at Uncle Albert's Jamshack and The Garage Studio
Aug 2015 - February 2016

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The Instamatiks Thunder Bay, Ontario

And so it was that Arek, John & Paul hosteth an open-mic show. Young Ross said unto them, "May I sit in?" "You may," they replied. And behold: it soundeth very sweet. Then they sought a drummer and Chris appeared bearing brushes. "I like brushes," saith the ukulele-man, "for they are quiet & pleasant to the ear." And so the Instamatiks were born and this here album cometh to pass. Enjoy! ... more

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