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Dream Hotel

by Jo Meares

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1.
When was it I learnt that they will put coins on my eyes push me on the dark lake? was I playing with tin soldiers and little cars? when did I know that summers end? That I would disappear so many times…. faster than a first kiss. faster than a first kiss. the small, happy boy the lonely, awkward teenager the wild young man would all disappear faster than a first kiss. The driver with no face He can take you to the place across the water up the hill to where your Mother waits Your sister and your brothers all your long lost lovers the little witch on Halloween the beautiful vampire queen Will all disappear faster than a first kiss. That morning by the river the promise on the golden bridge the lovers and the sinners all the love you give All the lives you lead beginnings and the ends the books that you read and all the broken bread The Sun and the moon and the parties and the songs the magic and the loons all I held strong The treasure that I kept The air and all the blood and everyone I love will all disappear faster than a first kiss
2.
Let’s walk for awhile feel the wind, see the sky, hear the birds feel like we’re alive again… Here’s the place the place that you adore the little strawbale house you built when you had nothing left to live for You came so far just to leave it all behind you were broken could no longer touch you had lost so much I can hear the angels and they’re fighting yeah they’re flapping and beating their wings the lonely mermaids they’re weeping, they’re weeping, weeping hey can no longer swim The pretty dancer what is she dreaming of Is her lover so far away? Did he die in the fight? Would he return on his horse? With roses someday When you fall down Oh into an abyss maybe you got pushed you got tricked When you’ve fallen down so long all you can do is hold on Let’s walk for awhile over the bridge down by the river Over those green fields of yesterday flowers in your hair when we were lovers Let’s walk for awhile just be grateful with all we got Oh let’s walk for awhile won’t be long until we have to walk across Let’s walk for awhile feel the wind, see the sky, hear the birds feel like we’re alive again…
3.
Just Dreams 04:48
The streets are empty again love is long gone don’t be so sad don’t look so forlorn Its just love and rain Its just dreams Its just love and rain just dreams just dreams gone bad Hear the silence hear the gentle waves a rose and a halo a lonely saint craves Its just love and rain Its just dreams Its just love and rain Its just dreams dreams gone bad I asked some questions of the moon Where is the ship going? What happened to time? Why all the weeping She said its just love and rain Its just dreams She said its just love and rain just dreams Just dreams gone bad The streets are empty again love is long gone don’t be so sad don’t look so forlorn Its just love and rain Its just dreams Its just love and rain just dreams dreams gone bad
4.
Dream Hotel 05:28
I’m going down to the Dream Hotel I’m coming home to the Dream Hotel And sweet music will play I will hear the angels sing I will see Solveig Dommartin smiling on her swing And summers never end There are no broken hearts no one ever leaves the Dream Hotel I’ll hold my little brown cat he’ll be purring on my lap I will talk with my mother and kiss my beautiful old friend I will see your face I will hold your hand you won’t cry you won’t hurt because no one dies at the Dream Hotel no one ever leaves the Dream Hotel I will see my favourite lover she will softly kiss my lips whisper there was no other there was nothing like this Ah c’mon and saddle up your best horse Ah c’mon and fill your bags with gold Ah c’mon listen to the trumpets blow Never ever grow old The lights are on at the Dream Hotel I’m going down to the Dream Hotel Going down to the Dream Hotel Coming home to the Dream Hotel
5.
Dry Bones 04:57
Sometimes I’m up sometimes I’m down Sometimes I am almost in the ground Dry bones in the valley don’t live Dry bones won’t rise up they got nothing to give Here comes another storm another test Fire in the east and fire in the west Shadows of eagles and their wings in the valley of dry bones no angels sing An old man screams we’re going to hell the ghosts of lost children howling in the wishing well We’re all going to hell lay down in the valley of dry bones they got nothing Sometimes I’m up sometimes I’m down and sometimes I’m almost in the ground Dry bones in the valley don’t live Dry bones won’t rise up they got nothing to give
6.
Janet 05:30
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I took to the bottle much too young there was so much beauty to touch I was old before my time I really needed a crutch I lived beyond my means I just needed fire and wood I always wanted to be clean you know I never could I took to the bottle much too young You climbed the stairs Shouted my name I was never there You could never stake your claim I see the darkness moving Moving through the past I should have been a soldier Dressed right and done my part Not toiled in the abstract Played the dirty game of art Played the dirty game of art It’s the last days of dancing It’s the last days of dancing It’s the last days of dancing Before we say goodbye I left the church Where I went to pray I made sure to smash the altar Long before the wedding day You can never see the cracks I forgot your name in time I finally grew weak When I lost my winning streak I finally grew weak When I lost my winning streak I see the darkness moving Moving through the past Before I was even born Before I had a chance
8.
How long do you have to wait? how much wine does it take to bury all the heart attacks and to fix all the mistakes Maybe it is time to do a little yoga take a pilates class or two Something for my spirit maybe a new hairdo Have you done Vipassana? Lived thirteen days of pain When you are lost and 49 years old They make you believe you can begin again There’s nothing new, there’s nothing new when you’re getting old Maybe it is time for swinging Its never too late So you go with her to hipster bars Hang around like you’ve come to pick up your son So you go with her Looking like Kris Kristofferson How long do you have to wait? Here’s that girl you liked when you were twenty years old She’s still looking pretty good Here’s that girl you liked still hanging in the same hood She’s still looking pretty good still hanging in the same hood So you go with her to hipster bars Hang around like you’ve come to pick up your son So you go with her Looking like Kris Kristofferson And clearly not having any fun… You ain’t got no dreams to throw away They all disappeared long ago At least you got a wide screen tv And a brand new retro stereo When you turn fifty You can retire to Thailand that’s your goal Just drink beer all day in the hot sun At night watch young girls dance around poles
9.
Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On a Jupiter and Mars In other words, hold my hand In other words, baby, kiss me Fill my heart with song And let me sing for ever more You are all I long for All I worship and adore In other words, please be true In other words, I love you Fill my heart with song Let me sing for ever more You are all I long for All I worship and adore In other words, please be true in other words I love you. In other words, In other words, I love you

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released November 11, 2022

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Jo Meares will be releasing a LIVE album 19/08/2023.

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