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Never Going Back

by Stick and Poke

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gayforthesun
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gayforthesun "Smoke leaks from your mouth 'cause your heart is on fire" is one of my favorite lines like, ever. This one also fits two of my D&D characters pretty perfectly <3 Favorite track: Weary Traveller.
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wdboldstar Love folk music where the chorus sounds like a battlecry but is actually an extended metaphor for healing from hurt, living in balance with the environment, getting revenge on the feller what wronged you, the harvest, planting season and/or the turning of the seasons in general. Favorite track: Remember Me When You Sing.
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ribston just a great album to throw at a person in order to make clear that you're gay and into them Favorite track: Weary Traveller.
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1.
Oh, darling, if I take your hand Will we travel far out West, far across the land Cuz anywhere is home with you I'll keep on going til the air is new It's the land and trees I desire Smoke leaks from your mouth, cuz your heart is on fire But your travelling song is not like mine Our paths are different but we'll meet up in time Chorus Cuz I'm a weary traveller, you're an aimless wanderer I'm cautious and I'm wary, you're reckless and you're fairly Impulsive and unruly, we're bound to meet up surely in due time Our stories are forever entwined My babe's got green-brown eyes But who can keep track, cuz they're changing all the time My eyes are as blue as the sea We'll keep on running 'til we're as far as can be Chorus As you head down south I'll go east We'll follow our hearts cuz we're both at peace But I know it's not our fate To suffer through a good old fashioned heartbreak Chorus x2 --- Capo 3 Chords: Verses: C F Am G F G Choruses: C F Am F C F Am F C F Am F G F
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I hate that stupid deck of Magic cards, you never let me play Your obsession with wolves it's out of control and by the way You're still as self-absorbed as you've always been For a vegan, you sure got a lot of raccoon skin And darlin', I've said this 'bout a thousand times before, woah Chorus What's gonna happen when all your plans fall through Once you've hurt all your friends and there's no one to turn to Still gonna keep tryna find someone new Let's just say this is me giving up on you You're a cis hetero white male who thinks he's all that Well you can take your fucking privilege and shove it up your ass Your shitty folk band can't compare to mine <3 Drink your worries away with your homemade moonshine And darlin', I've said this 'bout a thousand times before, woah Chorus I think it's time for you and me to soon part ways And don't come crawling back to me when you need a place to stay... in Vancouver! Chorus --- Capo 3 Chords: Verses: Am F C G "Darlin'...": Am F D Choruses: C G Am F
3.
Summer 03:38
It's been a cold, dark winter Being awake's become so hard The only thing that's keeping me together Is the thought that spring is soon to start Chorus We're gonna walk these roads again Just like the way we did back then All I need is the sunlight, and your hand I hope the summer never ends Warm nights a sleeping with the trees With nothing but moonlight to guide our feet Beaten trails won't make us feel alone In a place like this, we can rest our weary bones Chorus I wanna start forgetting the people who brought me down before And stop regretting not having them in my life anymore So let's get to setting off on the road to somewhere new Just me and you Chorus x2 --- Capo 4 Chords: Verses: C F Choruses: C F C F C F C Am F G C Bridge: F C G
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Community 02:34
We grew up in Toronto and now we're far away Keeping cozy in the west, still waiting for the day That we don't have to write call-out posts about how we've been abused Why is it so hard to love someone and not be used There are pockets of community, but all in all it's shit It took a while to realize that we don't really fit Into this great big city, where we feel so alone So we set off for the ocean to find a place to call our own Chorus We'll find a little mountain and we'll climb right to the top We'll grow our own vegetables and there won't be any cops We'll build a little cabin and we'll live with all our friends We'll make our own community and our hearts soon will mend There isn't any snow, but instead it rains all day The winters aren't as cold, but the sky is often grey Reality is bittersweet and it tends to bring us down But it helps to know when times are tough, there's friendship to be found We'll sing about our dreams, in the hopes that they'll come true And even if they don't there will still be me and you So we'll take off to our mountaintop and leave this all behind Let the moonbeams clear our clouded thoughts and cleanse our weary minds Chorus And we're never going back No, we're never going back Cuz when we work together there is nothing we can't do No, we're never going back Chorus --- Capo 4 Chords: Verses: D A Bm G Choruses: Bm G D A "And we're never...": Bm A D Bm A D Bm A D G Bm A D
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I was pretty bad for you and you were really bad for me And sure it took some time for us to realize cold reality I'm gonna head outside cuz I just might pass out There's no room for me to think in the crowded little house, and I can't handle Chorus Oh, my God, not another awkward encounter Oh, my God, my anxieties are in the gutter Oh, my God, I think I need another cigarette I think I need another cigarette What you never understood was that my heart was somewhere far Away through the woods and over the plains, where my family members are But you'll never understand because that bridge was burnt up fast It's claustrophobic in this room and I don't wanna pass, by you Chorus Now I know I'll see you at shows, and I hate the goddamn fact It'll be so awkward that I'll wish I had stayed home and napped I feel a fever coming on, I'm more comfortable on my own And I wouldn't have come out if I had known Chorus --- Capo 2 Chords: Verses: C F Am G Choruses: C F G F C F G F C F Am G F Bridge: Am F C G
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Not This Day 03:09
Oh my sweet baby he is howling at the door He's howling at the door to let him out But I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna let him go I will never let him go, cause he's been such a bad, bad boy He sits there while his mama struggles with a fever She can't sweat out And all she wanted was for him to come see her And clear away all her doubts Oh my darling, I haven't seen you in so long Can't believe it's been so long since I've seen your face But I can't wait till I rise with the sun When I rise with the sun I'll be on my way We've spent the last six years living in different cities But not once have we strayed And I love that whenever we're together All the distance between us melts away Well I've got to go and I'm not looking back Cause I can't stand it round here anymore Well it's time to fly time to hit that cold wet road To a place where I can start over I'm going off now on my own and I know that I'll miss you But I told you I just cant stay And one day I'll be back and I'll make a point to visit But that day is not this day Oh that day is not this day That day is not this day I'll see you some day I'll try to see you again someday Chords: Capo 3 G Em G Em G Em/G Em G Em G D Em C G D Em
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"Remember me when you sing," the wolf did say But she keeps her distance in the mountains far away She's healing in the trees and keeping to herself Just another sob story book for the shelves And she tries to forget and put the past behind But these old crass memories keep on creeping into her mind He tells her she was wrong and should just keep quiet But it's only so long that she can stay silent Chorus Well the season, it grows warmer, and the ice has turned to mud And the earth is filled with green, but will soon by filled with blood She'll take back what was stolen from inside her little heart From her mind and from her body, she'll tear him apart She'll watch him burn, burn, burn, burn, burn to the ground Burn, burn, burn, to the ground x2 Free to speak her story to her family and friends There doesn't seem a way for the old wolf to make amends He'll be driven from the forest, oh so far away Just like a poison being drawn from a vein But she keeps these teeth around her neck to remind her of the past Of a spell that went so wrong, one that she wish she'd never cast She wished she had hexed the ground where he stood Cuz she'll never get back the time that he took Chorus She tried so hard and gave him everything she had How did it turn out so terribly bad It's time for him to retreat to the mist He changed her into the creature she is Chorus --- Capo 1 Chords: Verses: Em C G Choruses: Em C G D
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Running 03:27
Conversations, running wild through my mind Am I coming off unkind, or is it just in my head? Loneliness, rushing in just like the tide I need some time to unwind, but not enough to bring me back to where I was But I can see it still, I swear that I can see it still Chorus But you can't change the way the wind blows through the trees And how with it we scatter, through the world like autumn leaves But if you stay close to me I swear that I will always keep the engine running There was a time when we were all the best of friends We had no need to pretend, but it's not like that now Cutting ties, I never meant to see it end But it was too hard to spend so much time trying to fit into a lie But I can see it still, I swear sometimes I want it still Chorus I am looking back on the lives that we lived then How did we lose track of how it felt to still be friends Oh please take me back to the carefree days of summer Before we learned that distance signified the beginning of the end Chorus x2 --- Chords: Verses: G C G C G Em D "But I can...": Em D C Em D Choruses: C G D Em
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Counting 03:12
Do you remember when you were here, and I saw you almost every day It was so nice to meet someone who understands my awkward ways But you were gone much too soon, and I hope that you don't mind Cuz all I wanna do right now is see your deep brown eyes Chorus I wanna breathe you in, I wanna take your hand I wanna show you all the places that you've never been Cuz everywhere I go, the wind it whispers your name And I'm counting down the days 'til I can see you again I miss your cute little smile, and braiding your hair I miss the feeling of your body, when you sleep beside me in bed How did this happen so fast, in such little time I was just going on my way, and now you've occupied my mind Chorus I hated the day I had to leave you under a blue, cloudless sky And that little black dress you wore, it brought tears to my eyes But life is long and I know, this won't be the last time Because the weeks I've spent with you have been the best of my life Chorus --- Capo 2 Chords: Verses/Choruses: C G Am F Bridge: F C G
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Umbrella 03:15
12.
In Motion 04:07

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Never Going Back is a compilation of stories about true love, emotional loss, abuse with non-linear healing, and magical friendships with added elements of nature, fantasy and witchcraft. These songs were slowly written throughout the past two years, mostly in the cold winter months & recorded over the past six months with our dear friend Dock. Thank you all so much for your patience and support while we have grown and changed and explored together over the years; we're so excited to finally share this with y'all!

Stay cozy pals,

Lauren & Al

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released December 4, 2016

Stick and Poke is:
Al Soldink: Guitar, vocals
Lauren Boyko: Ukulele, vocals

Additional credits:
Violin on Summer, Counting, Weary Traveller, Remember Me When You Sing, Whiskey Tears & In Motion- Al Soldink
Banjo on Not This Day - Al Soldink

Cover art/design by Lauren Boyko
All songs written by Al Soldink and Lauren Boyko

Recorded by Docky Duncan
Mixed and mastered by Preston Lobzun

Weary Traveller recorded by Jesse LeBourdais

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Stick and Poke Vancouver, British Columbia

Stick and Poke is a witchy west coast folk duo based out of Vancouver, BC.

Currently Stick and Poke is on an indefinite hiatus due to living on opposite sides of the country.

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