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Bon Voyage

by Daisy House

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Michael Hodges
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Michael Hodges This was recommended by a friend. I saw the folk-rock description and paused. Then I listened to the tracks. This is simply wonderful Pop Music! Favorite track: Stop Lookin' At Me.
penachristina
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penachristina love this album,its awesome Favorite track: A.I. Girls.
Fan4orr
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Fan4orr You did it again, gave me more faith in the future. I have to say, I'm a sucker for the "happy" songs. Yours is the music of the "clear eyed optimist" who sees the rocks in the road ahead but bravely plows onward. Today is no time to be depressed and paralyzed. Your songs puncture the enertia and light the afterburners. I'm inspired to get on with what I know I must get on with. Life is too short. Thanks again for another work of beautiful craftsmanship. Peace and Love be with you. :) Favorite track: Last Wave Home.
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Bon Voyage 02:46
Take your time, your photographic mind and find the key read the signs, until you find your own, family Go for me, made in my image Always free, with lovers in your entourage and tell them all i sent you, bon voyage Friend of mine, with a sailing mind to slip “la Cage” there she lies, a lonely desert isle, its no mirage Think of me, the road, the sky, the sea all uselessly free, as just a part of God's collage… and wherever you may roam to, bon voyage Take your time, the circle and the line read the signs, upon your hopeful pilgrimage... but mostly take my love and bon voyage
2.
You’re a man with special needs uh Always thinkin ‘bout sowing seeds Put your hands, where i can see ‘em… boy….before i put you in a maus-o-leum…yeah yeah yeah… Yeah, i know that restaurant… but I’m not the droid you want So nice of you to come and share now get your hands off my derriere Can’t you see..that two’s a crowd and you make three? Stop Lookin At Me stop lookin on me Are you so blind that you can’t see? stop lookin at me stop lookin at me All you ladies,  know what i mean anytime you try to make the scene Here he comes to break the spell… stranger danger …. with a line from hell Love is blind…and deaf and dumb and won’t stop tryin’ Stop lookin’ at me stop hittin on me don’t waste my time, I’m not TV Stop lookin at me Stop lookin at me! (jokes)
3.
Some boys lie and some boys try to be my man of steel… Some girls need and some girls bleed in my magnetic field Some boys like to tease and taunt Some girls like to squeal but you got everything i want you got something real 'staches, crashes, long eyelashes c’mon in let’s drink some tea.... faker faker baby maker gonna have, to wait and see You’re my house and I’m your haunt something you can feel You got everything i want you got something real Is there anyone like you? is there anyone like we? is there anyone who loves you boy like me….like me? LGBT PC cutie LMNO P what’s the use of wondrin’ why when you could be with me? If you got it, why not flaunt? babe let’s make a deal.... I got everything you want you got something Real What’s the use of wasting time crying in the onion field? you got everything i want you got something real you got something real you got something real
4.
A.I. Girls 02:28
Dreamed for a moment you were light leaning into the storm sure of an hour the soldier reads the letter from home…. “Announce the Night standing in a row A.I. Girls of tomorrow planting our seeds out there in the snow well it may be wrong, but it’s all we know” Seeds for the woman you will ride cast down thick like the stars. Dream for a moment and survive. Is it peaceful where you are? Announce the night 5 days in a row A.I. Girls of tomorrow planting our seeds out there in the snow well it may be wrong but it’s all we know well it may be wrong but it’s all I know
5.
Heavenly 02:48
I cry for you Amore’ I sing of your amazing…love my love for you is heavenly, heavenly babe I rock with you always don’t leave me baby tonight I’ll sleep with you in this big damned river full of rain Aaaah Angels singing all around babe for you and me surrounding our dreams with their love…if you listen in a perfect world we’re leaving, the ground you’re heavenly, to me Birds feel love’s power i long for you baby i willingly, believe you’re heavenly, bound for love …
6.
It was here at Doheny when the waves had all gone with the sun's golden rays fading out like a song as the wind, died away, I could see her alone take a ride in the twilight on the last wave home How we’ve changed, since that summer, still we don’t understand any more than we did when we made all our plans why the wave and the rider can’t remain in the foam when we’re riding together on the last wave home at the end of the road is a lonely place where we lose all our cares in a running race to the Water… Now the beaches are empty there’s no trace in the sand of the boy and the girl who would stroll hand in hand but I know in my heart when it breaks like a poem we’ll be riding together on the last wave home
7.
You can…. magnify the blue sky or sit inside, have a good cry you can’t find a real man… all the ghosts, are under the bed get out and take another chance instead while you still can Let’s do it again, Let’s do it again it keeps getting, better and better Sometimes it takes so long… to be where you wanna be, and belong so let’s do it again - c’mon do it again go and get him - go and get her…. you want Love my friend make it better baby let’s do it again ------- You can’t, break, the rules when you’re runnin’ the game but baby maybe I can there’s a guard at the border of my heart you can’t have Love without Law and Order, my friend” But you do it again - then you do it again it keeps getting better and better sometimes it takes so long… to be where you want to be and belong Let’s do it again - C’mon do it again Go and get him, go and get her…. you want love my friend make it better baby let’s do it again If I could turn back the hands of time…I’d rather go the other way…. and maybe start, the world all over again on the judgement day So let’s do it again c’mon do it again it keeps getting better and better sometimes it takes so long… Isn’t that how you got to be so strong? Let’s do it again - C’mon do it again Go and get him, go and get her…. you wanted love my friend make it better baby let’s do it
8.
the sky was tall, and i was free i just dropped in, to take you with me the day looks fine, you can skip the Pill yeah you and I are heading over the hill Well, all is fair, love, in love and war that’s why you and i don’t compete anymore we’re two on top yeah and we’re 4 on the floor, when yer over the hill then nobody keeps score Day is done… but we’re still lookin for the sun Chorus if i don’t feel the way you do think the same as you baby that aint nuthin new Yer true blue the only one who ever knew what I’m ‘bout to do Fading into blue Like gypsy’s dipped in hemp and honey and wax the war is over now it’s time to relax but we were there when the kids were al-right taking our chances on a Saturday night day by day… everybody’s hair is turning grey… But If i don’t feel the way they do think the same as you baby that aint nuthin new ( babe it aint) yer true blue the only one who ever knew what i’m about to do Fading into blue
9.
Well i can’t just say that time has done what they all said it would do and i cannot say my fear has gone or that I’m even getting over you... I don’t want to know the sun will shine and i will not be forgiven for i don’t deserve to have what’s mine isn’t life just for the living? Just return to me come and set me free i’m so alone with no one there i tried to love, you wouldn’t let me... just return to me come and let me breathe don’t leave me here  so near the end of the world And i cannot say you’ve gone away  when my heart still feels your shiver there’s a pain in me like a burning tree on the edge of heaven’s river  no i cannot say you’ve gone this way when my dreams are full of memory i don’t know about you, but i know what I’ll do, i will love you just as long as your last kiss to me… just return to me come and set me free  i can’t be here if you’re not there I’ll disappear if you forget me just return to me so that i can breathe don’t leave me here so near the end of the world
10.
Don't come to see me in the evening because I'm leaving And I don't know if I'm coming back again Don't ask me “What you think you're doing?”, I know I'm losin'... My lovin friend, but that's the risk I have to take For you know deep down I've gotta make a break And I know it's wrong but God it feels so right... I don't belong, God knows I've gotta leave tonight I hope one day you'll understand just why I had to go But I just couldn't do this no more, no I just can't do it no more I know this winter's gonna drag by, I see those dark skies Building up far to the west of this old town I gotta find a little sunshine, a place to call mine Before the bastards finally put me in the ground I'm just an old dog that refuses to be drowned And I know It's wrong but God it feels so right I don't belong, God knows I've gotta leave tonight I hope one day you'll understand just why I had to go But I just can't do this no more, no I just can't do it no more I know you'll miss me for a long time but we can't rewind Back to the days when our love seemed to conquer all There's more adventures waiting for us, just not between us I'm sorry one of us just had to make the call I'm sorry you're the one that had to take the fall
11.
Like a song from long ago like a love letter Like a swan the summer goes like a superman….. Life's a song that can't go wrong Do you remember when you'd go, wherever you'd want to go my friend…Superman? The life you know is on the go like no other Like a lovely summer ghost like a superman….. Life's a song that don't last long there's no time to pretend so go, wherever you want to go, my friend Superman Like a robin on the wing with no master plan just Go…wherever you want to go again….Superman, superman. Life’s a song that don't last long la la la laaa life’s a song that don't last long life’s a song that don't last long life’s a song that don't last long
12.
Persephone 04:16
I’m the lady of the house and I’m yours against my will i crossed the Fire river to your mansion on the hill i woke up violated with the smell of sulphur near and most days i can’t wait to get the hell right out of here It’s a fine life, as simple as can be you provide the doorway, and I’ll provide the key and I think I’m goin’ insane Persephone is my name You tricked me into staying with a gift i can’t resist a fruit as hard as nails and red as any lips i’ve kissed a line as rich as poetry a song as sweet as wine and now i’m stuck inside with you for seasons at a time It’s a fine life, as simple as can be one day you will close your eyes and one day I’ll be free & no I’m not to blame Persephone is my name (I had Tatiana watch the scene of Bonnie reading her "Bonnie and Clyde" poem to Clyde for this part: https://youtu.be/nC8XTvvER30) Once upon a time i might have gotten used to you not that you have the looks to make me fall in love it’s true it might have been your loneliness, it might have been your scowl but now i count the minutes as the storms of winter howl It’s a fine life, as simple as can be you keep me in luxury and I keep you in me & i so feel the strain Persephone is my name it’s always dark and dangerous, you’re always in a mood i bring you pretty things and set the table with your food but you stay on the lookout as my mind stays on the prowl singing you to sleep as you look up at me and growl It’s a fine life, as simple as can be you provide the doorway, and I’ll provide the key and no i’m not insane Persephone is my name and i’ll be keeping my eyes on you…i’ll be keeping my eyes on you.....yes, i’ll be keepin my eyes on you...
13.
Bow to the sunrise put your dizzy lips to my ears time now to ‘get wise’ till everything’s crystal clear Here and now all we have to fear is fear so we shout for anyone who has ears… Open your eyes! Open your eyes! took some time – to realize it’a time to open your eyes Time for a new dream Still waitin for the Big Idea Climb thru the jet-stream till all your trips disappear Any doubt… that all we really need is a mirror? Kick ‘em out… the Revolution starts right here Open your eyes Open your eyes Now’s the time to realize It’s time to open your eyes Here and now all we have to fear is fear so we shout…. get up and get your ass in gear! open your eyes open your eyes took some time to realize it’s time to open your eyes Open your eyes Open your eyes!!
14.
The clock of the future, 
the weathervane high is turning toward trouble 
and no one knows why Here's a song for tomorrow that comes from the past that we must keep on singing while the storms last chorus: and it’s all together now the spider and the fly the dove and the eagle the stranger’s reply.... You right your wrongs babe… and i will right mine cuz it’s all together or together we die Well we’ve hung this old world like a blue tetherball and smashed it around and around since The Fall till we don’t have much time or the time to explain why we’re pointing, away, with the finger of blame and it’s all together now the truth and the lie the wise and the wicked the bold and the shy the rock paper scissors the fire in the sky cuz it’s all together or together we die Well no one likes trouble and a friend’s hard to get and some like to gamble while some never bet... now you don’t have to love me or think like i do just give me my freedom as I give yours to you and it’s all together now the smile and the cry the winner, the loser the last lullabye the one and the many the reason the why cuz it’s all together or together we die
15.
Darling, you’re searching for an easy life to learn... You can have my share i don’t care if you take my turn. but don’t hide your faults away inside that "Sunday church" Now is the time for finding out if Love can work. Rolling that stone, rolling that stone rolling that stone a-way Rolling that stone, rolling that stone rolling that stone.... It could be you who makes the difference in my happiness; where each day and every kiss is our invention, yes… While thoughts’ distortions spread their wings of chaos over the earth God is in the little things that we keep giving birth... Rolling that stone, rolling that stone, rolling that stone a-way I wanna give you all i own without condition Rolling that stone, rolling that stone, rolling that stone a-way. Down the other side you never tried you’re gonna ride and make a wish to find 'the Keeper' Still, another hill, a little steeper than before will you be digging’ down deeper to roll that stone? Rolling that stone,Rolling that stone, Rolling that stone away… Rolling that stone, rolling that stone rolling that stone a-way (I wanna give you all i own without condition I wanna be there when you give yourself permission Lay your hands on me) Rolling that stone away, rolling that stone….

about

15 months later…
I started writing Bon Voyage right after Crossroads was completed instead of going into “promo-mode” because... I’m always fearful of “the song I didn’t get to write” should I get hit by a truck...and BECAUSE I’d rather be 'struck by lightning' than a truck, Bon Voyage has 14 songs on it...

One is a cover, ("Letter To No One") written by Roy P Bradley, a good ole’ boy from the North Country and there's a ‘repeat’ of the Dan Banic co-written, "Like A Superman" (now sped up to a proper Mama Cass-ian tempo)

The rest of the songs fold neatly into the catalog of our last 2 albums to represent a kind of modern amerikan Trilogy (Western Man, Crossroads, Bon Voyage)
You can put them on sequentially and the through-line of 60’s song-craft and Current Events/Timeless Laments stays fairly consistent, but I believe Bon Voyage has the best mix of them all: the Social Sunshine Pop of ‘Open Your Eyes’, the Bee Gees/Shangri-las cathedral balladry of "Till The End Of The World", the Kinksy Stygian stomp of "Persephone" which indirectly addresses the many "Deals-with-the Devil" predicaments afoot in amerika...

On "Bon Voyage", Daisy House does what we do best as we roam through the abandoned mansions of rock and roll ("Let's Do It Again") writing lullabies for baby-boomers (“Over The Hill”), for the kids who love them ("Something Real"), and for the grandkids who REJECT the New Normal they've been served up by the powers-that-be ("A.I. Girls").

It's a narrow holding pen that's been constructed for amerikan Pop in the 21st century; and for a Culture that seems simultaneously engorged/exhausted, yet strangely "triumphal", even as everything falls apart around it...
So when the man asks: "What's the Daisy House sound?", I tell him 'it's the sound of things (hopefully) falling back together.'

Which musical world does Daisy House belong to?
We've gone pretty far (but not all the way) past our folk roots.
Indie rock? They won't have us. We're not 'arch' enough and we don't do "meaningless".
Top 40? Maybe... It's what we're aiming at with greater intent because we ultimately see ourselves as "subversive" of the current cultural Order, (which is simply degenerate) and because I remember a time when top 40 WAS transcendentally subversive and would like to see it happen again: The return of the approachable Underground.
The station is up and running in our heads, and on these albums, and we are NOT alone...

Thanks, to and for, all of you who understand.
Bon Voyage,
Doug and Tatiana Hammond: the Easter of the April Fools 2018

If, by chance, you'd like to pay for this or just say "hello", send an email to bellinghammond@yahoo.com. No money comes to us through Paypal anymore (we cut ties once Paypal started hammering free speech platforms and you should too!)


We’d especially like to thank:

Jim Neill DJ
Mike Rogers DJ / PRODUCER
Jim Prell DJ
Rodney Bingenheimer DJ
Alan Haber DJ
Doc Henry DJ.......
Brett Bayless
Roy P Bradley - Songwriter (“Letter To No One”)
Brian Bordello - Songwriter (“Prince Of Discontent”)
Dan Banic - Songwriter (co-writer “Like A Superman”)
Billy "Blaze" - Percussion
Erin and Ben
Marc and John
Jamie and Jackson
and over and above it all, just so you know,
praise God from whom all blessings flow
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Bon Voyage is available to download in the original 24 bit .AIFF file format

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released April 1, 2018

Tatiana Hammond: Vocals/Jokes
Doug Hammond: Everything else•

(*excepting Billy Blaze - blazing Percussionisms on Bon Voyage/Over The Hill)

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Daisy House was formed in December of 2012. The duo consists of Doug Hammond on guitar, bass, vocals and keys, and Doug's daughter Tatiana Hammond on vocals.
"Bon Voyage" is their 5th album to date

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