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Astronaut (2011)
| 1. | Giving In | |
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| 2. | City Man | |
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| 3. | Smile | |
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| 4. | Beautiful Nightmare | |
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| 5. | Older | |
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| 6. | One Of Those Days | |
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| 7. | Astronaut | |
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| 8. | Here With Me | |
City Man (Single) (2011)
| 1. | City Man (Single) | Play | City Man (Single)
I've the feeling I've become a city man
Can't sleep 'til the bars let out at night And I've grown used to starless midnight walks, the loneliness of business talk I've become an East Coast city man I've the feeling I've become a city man I won't spill my heart without a fight But that's not how I was raised, this country boy's seen better days I've become an East Coast city man Oh, I've become a concrete city man But I'm begging for some honest conversation I'm begging but I ain't down on my knees 'Cause here I've learned that men don't weep, with their heads up high and shoulders deep So I'm begging but I ain't down on my knees I'm begging, baby come and save me please I've the feeling I've become a city man I spend more time alone than in your arms Though I try to call you twice a day, my voice alone can't feed these flames And I'm scared to be a lonely city man I'm scared I'm just a lonely city man But I'm begging for some honest conversation I'm but begging but I ain't down on my knees 'Cause here I've learned that men don't weep, with their heads up high and shoulders deep So I'm begging but I ain't down on my knees I'm begging, baby come and save me please I'm begging but I ain't down on my knees |
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Saturday in June (Single) (2011)
| 1. | Saturday in June (Single) | Play | Saturday in June (Single)
I am on a high-rise today
Walking with both eyes closed so I can feel the rain upon my face Maybe this'll all work out Maybe this'll all work out Today, today Guess I'm just the dreaming type Got me a picture and I'm tracing round the ovals of your eyes Hoping you don't pass me by Hoping you don't pass me by Bye-bye, bye-bye Saturday in June Racing just to meet you Maybe just this time Baby, I am on my way Got me a ticket and I'm watching all the buildings through the rain Maybe this is all too late Maybe this is all too late Too late today Saturday in June Racing just to meet you Maybe just, oh maybe just this Time is on my side So I'll be waiting for July Saturday in June Racing just to meet you Saturday in June Maybe just, oh maybe just this time |
Saturday in June (Single)
Credits
Written and performed by Robert Gillies
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Dave Reilly in Boston, MA |
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Dating With A Checklist (Single) (2011)
| 1. | Dating With A Checklist (Single) | Play | Dating With A Checklist (Single)
Are your lips a subtle rouge?
Are your eyes a shade of blue? Do they sparkle like the embers of an evening fire in June? Have you Mona Lisa's smile? Have you Botticelli's style? Are you subtle in your movement like the flowing Nile? I'm dating with a checklist And girl you don't deserve this from me I'm dating with a checklist And I don't know your name Are your cheeks a powdered pink? Are your lashes scripted ink? Are they softened like the flowing of a mountain stream in spring? Are you sweet like Autumn leaves? Do you glitter in the breeze? Are you golden like the halo of a late October tree? I'm dating with a checklist And girl you don't deserve this from me I'm dating with a checklist And I don't know your name Though I'm meeting you eye to eye I'm secretly wishing That maybe it's you not I Who's doing the dreaming Do you revel in the details of every little thing? Do you overlook the covers 'cause you want what lies within? Are you looking for a puzzle to fit your single piece? Do you always end up finding the one that fits the least? I'm dating with a checklist And girl you don't deserve this from a guy like me 'Cause I'm dating with a checklist And I don't know your name |
Dating With A Checklist (Single)
Credits
Written by Robert Gillies
Acoustic Guitar/Vocals - Robert Gillies Drums - Tim Horsley Bass - Robby Emerson Piano - John Lancaster Electric Guitar - Scotty Huff Producer - Scotty Huff Assistant producer - Robert Gillies First engineer - Mike Esser Assistant engineer - Ryan Waniata Thank you to Tony Zotta from Songdoor. |
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The Milkhouse Sessions (EP) (2009)
| 1. | Wage A Little Peace | Play | Wage A Little Peace
There's no reason why we can't be friends
We're just long-lost brothers on a damn big planet It's okay, we'll find our way And bring it all together now I don't claim to have the answers It's a shame that we can't fathom All the reasons that We could be here for Fighting gets us nowhere So we should try To wage a little peace Give a little more There's no better place to start Than at your own front door And little by little we can change this Wage a little peace Give a little more There's no better place to start Than at your own front door And little by little we can change the world We're so caught up in our differences How many ways can we subdivide 'til we break It's all fake All these superficial lines we make I don't claim to have the answers It's a shame that we can't fathom All the reasons that We could be here for Fighting gets us nowhere So we should try To wage a little peace Give a little more There's no better place to start Than at your own front door And little by little we can change this Wage a little peace Give a little more There's no better place to start Than at your own front door And little by little we can change the world It would be easier If we took what we said and we acted on it Give me a reason, yeah To sit and watch the world go by Who cares if the season's right? Oh time has never waited for us We should never have to wait for the time It's gone by Yeah the time, it's gone by To wage a little peace, give a little more There's no better place than your own front door Wage a little peace, give a little more There's no better place than your own front door To wage a little peace Give a little more There's no better place to start Than at your own front door And little by little we can change this Wage a little peace Give a little more There's no better place to start Than at your own front door And little by little we can change the world |
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| 2. | The Proposal | Play | The Proposal
She took my hand and held it so tightly
I had her heart and it burned so bright, she whispered and said "I want you to marry me" "I want you to marry me" She had the eyes of autumn in colour Warm was her touch, she loved like no other We'd bask in the moonlight watching the stars go by Watching the stars go by Oh in my dreams I see things the way I think they ought to be Oh silly me Reality kicked in I can't describe the way that I felt that first time I saw her my senses were melted She spoke and my voice was taken away from me Was taken away from me Oh in my dreams I see things the way I think they ought to be Oh silly me Reality kicked in Everybody seems to think that I'm a little crazy For wanting to go so deep But there's just one thing that comes between me and this dream And I overlooked it in my rush to be redeemed The smallest of steps can be much bigger than it seems to be A finger to wear this ring She took my hand and held it so tightly I had her heart and it burned so bright, she whispered and said "I want you to marry me" "I want you to marry ..." |
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| 3. | November Highway | Play | November Highway
I need some room, perhaps a little space to breathe
My heads a mess and add to that my hearts a tease Oh well, they say at 98 degrees you should be fine, you should be fine I need some room, perhaps a little space to breathe My heads a mess and add to that my hearts a tease Oh well, they say at 98 degrees you should be fine, oh what a waste of expertise If I could drive along that bright November highway with the windows down The chill-air bites but I don't mind If I could drive along that bright November highway I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine And all in good time Oh what a view if you just take some time to see Open your eyes I think you'll find it's what you need Oh well, they say at sixteen hundred feet you'll feel just fine, I guess thats something they got right If I could drive along that bright November highway with the windows down The chill-air bites but I don't mind If I could drive along that bright November highway I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine And all in good time If I could drive along that bright November highway with the windows down The chill-air bites but I don't mind If I could drive along that bright November highway with the windows down Oh I, if I could drive along that bright November highway I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine, and all in good time |
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| 4. | It's All Easy | Play | It's All Easy
I think I finally found the room that I was looking for
With a neon view that's bright when they light up at night - it's red and white I found a piece that's just my size, at least for now it feels just right And if I'm ever feeling lonely I know my friends are only ever just a phone away It seems to say It's all easy if you try a little harder to make it right It's all easy I think I spent too long in finding just what's good for me In a world so big, so small it's all a mystery - and now I see I've ended up with time to spare, at least for now the feeling's there That if I'm ever feeling lonely I know my friends are only ever just a phone away It seems to say It's all easy if you try a little harder to make it right It's all easy Feel the future coming, here I go Give the voices nothing for the show I can feeling a surging in my soul It's in my soul I think it's time for me to finally step outside my door And leave behind me all the wonders of the great indoors But it's times like this you have to seize to make your dreams reality And if you're ever feeling lonely you know your friends are only ever just a phone away And you know that phone is only ever just a room away It seems to say It's all easy if you try a little harder to make it right It's all easy It's all easy if you try a little harder to make it right It's all easy |
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| 5. | Five Fingers | Play | |
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| 6. | The Ninja's Lament | Play | The Ninja's Lament
I am a ninja and I'm in disguise
I'm at a party and it's no surprise That she hasn't seen me at all It's hard as a ninja to make any friends The top of the food chain meets the loneliest end At least I have sweet skills with two katanas and my poison darts, yeah! They say that to kill is the best way to a person's heart, yeah! I'm fallin' behind the love line Spendin' my best days in diguise When I should be practicing my pickup lines Instead I'm hiding in the shadows with my throwing knives I am a ninja and I'm in disguise I'm at a party and it's no surprise |
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| 7. | Naima (Coltrane) | Play | |
On October 22nd, 2008, Robert Gillies and Samuel David Hale spent 10 straight hours in the now defunct Milkhouse Studios in Allston, MA. The tracks that came out of that session were a mix of old, new, funky and slow, and each one came out of that session with a new life and soul.
© Robert Gillies 2008
The Day the World Heard (EP) (2008)
$4.95
| 1. | Search | Play | Search
And it starts with that feeling inside of your heart
That something was wrong from the start No telling what it is And you cringe 'cos the things that your life used to hinge on Fade away and reveal that you've been gone For far too long, for far too long And you will find the time To find out otherwise And you will find the time To figure out this life In these moments that come so few and far between Its in these moments you'll find your clarity And you will find the time To figure out this life And you will find the time Connect your heart and mind Oh, oh, oh together, together, together Oh, oh, oh together, together, together |
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| 2. | Clayton | |
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| 3. | It's All Easy | |
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| 4. | Saint | Play | |
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| 5. | November Highway | |
Robert's second solo effort co-produced in the winter of 2007 by Duncan Thomas. 'The Day the World Heard' is a collection of songs written over the course of a year working as a volunteer at Maxwell International School with the exception of 'Clayton' which found its way from 'The Shape of Life' in a slightly altered incarnation. Each song has a life of its own but forms part of a whole which truly sums up a year of sacrifice, love and adventure. Robert is now gearing himself up for a full-length album.
© Robert Gillies 2007