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Closing Time

by Kyle Trimper

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1.
The Deluge 02:00
2.
Tara 04:26
The phone is ringing: it’s two AM Nobody knows about the shape I’m in Long day: need my rest, need to get away But the phone is ringing and she's calling me just to say... She's so sad: had a bad, bad day Her boyfriend's left her and she's got no place else to stay Knew I'd be sleeping, but she called here anyway She's sorry, she's sorry And everybody's got their cross to bear But now I find out that she wants to share I'm not gonna carry that cross She's gotta figure out that everything's not lost Oh, Tara, don't you dump your love on me We've been through this, but you still can't see me Don't need your problems, got enough of my own To you, I'm just another voice on the telephone Twelve AM: there's a knock on my door She takes a step in, throws her stuff on the floor I'm way too tired to care anymore The bed is taken: have to sleep on the floor And in the morning, a goodbye kiss And she turns and gives me a look that I just can't miss I'm a guardian angel, just biding my time 'Till she figures her life out and she wants to be mine And everybody's got their cross to bear But now I find out that she wants to share I'm not gonna carry that cross She's gotta figure out that everything's not lost Oh, Tara, you're tearing me apart We've been through this, but you still can't see me Don't need your problems, got enough of my own To you, I'm just another voice on the telephone And when you tell me you love me We both don't know how to feel But you know that you need me And that need is real... And everybody's got their cross to bear But now I find out that she wants to share I'm not gonna carry that cross She's gotta figure out that everything's not lost Oh, Tara, don't you dump your love on me We've been through this, but you still can't see me Don't need your problems, got enough of my own To you, I'm just another voice on the telephone Oh, Tara, you're tearing me apart We've been through this, but you still can't see me Don't need your problems, got enough of my own To you, I'm just another voice on the telephone...
3.
Looking out my window, I can see the red lights of the city  And a single traveler waits in the darkening night  A single destination, but he's held up from his mission  Waiting for the neon green in the traffic light  Imagine me in my car outside your heart, baby  Just waiting for the signal, for the light to change  My engine is idling, and everything is riding  On your heart: baby, don't be so strange  I'm just here waiting for the go ahead  But I can't wait forever: I'll just turn around instead  Baby, if you want my love  You gotta let me know, you gotta let me know  Baby, if you care at all  You gotta let me through, you gotta let me through  Baby, I've been hoping, and since I'm out here in the open  I'll run a red light to get through to you  I'd like to think that I can handle rejection  I've been through this more times than I can count  You gotta roll with the punches, you gotta play the hand you're dealt  You gotta roll the wheel of fortune when you're down and out  But baby, I ain't never been held back like this  Just getting through your green light is my only wish  Baby, if you want my love  You gotta let me know, you gotta let me know  Baby, if you care at all  You gotta let me through, you gotta let me through  Baby, I've been hoping, and since I'm out here in the open  I'll run a red light to get through to you  But baby, I ain't never been held back like this  Just getting through your green light is my only wish  Baby, if you want my love  You gotta let me know, you gotta let me know  Baby, if you care at all  You gotta let me through, you gotta let me through  Baby, I've been hoping, and since I'm out here in the open  I'll run a red light to get through to you...
4.
They shipped us out in the spring of '83  Sent off to fight with some unseen enemy  This land is not my home, but the pay is fine  "Come back in one piece", they said, and this land will be mine  So hold on, hold on, hold on to my heart  I'll be back for it someday  Hold on, hold on, hold on to my heart  I'll be back for it someday  Don't cry for me, 'cause your tears will be wasted  I wont kiss you goodbye so I won't remember how it tasted  I had a dream where I was awash in blood  From all of the hearts I'd pierced and the throats I'd cut  Bodies lined up along the coast as far as I could see  As I wandered closer, all the corpses looked like me  So hold on, hold on, hold on to my heart  I'll be back for it someday  Hold on, hold on, hold on to my heart  I'll be back for it someday  Don't cry for me, 'cause your tears will be wasted  I wont kiss you goodbye so I won't remember how it tasted  There's something sinister waiting in those trees  Something frightens me: I go weak at the knees  The sound of a musket shot and I hit the ground  All these years of fighting and this is how I go down?  So hold on, hold on, hold on to my heart  I'll be back for it someday  Hold on, hold on, hold on to my heart  I'll be back for it someday  Don't cry for me, 'cause your tears will be wasted  I wont kiss you goodbye so I won't remember how it tasted…
5.
It's snowing hard outside: I looked outside my window I guess I'm not quite sure what I expected to see The pines are laden down with their angelic burden The icy virgin snow reminds me of you Perhaps it is the frost and the promise that it holds It always looks so soft, but it always ends up cold Or the blindness that you get from the reflection that it gives And I wish I had you here to have and to hold Sometimes I touch the darkness in vain Sometimes I try to look beyond the pain I've found it helps to try and pass the blame But still I miss you just the same The fire's going out: it just can't fight the cold The flicker of the flame grows dimmer by the hour Although the fire's out, still the embers glow Somehow the ashes' light reminds me of you Perhaps it is the light they continue to leave Or the warmth that they give or the magic that they weave Or the time that it takes for the firelight to die A smoldering ember, just like you and I Sometimes I touch the darkness in vain Sometimes I try to look beyond the pain I've found it helps to try and pass the blame But still I miss you just the same The wind is growing strong: I can hear its ghostly howl As it bangs against the window, pleading to get in And the trees, though they struggle, bend to it's will And the season's sultry whisper reminds me of you Maybe it's the way it caresses the air And with its subtle methods reminds you that it's there Or maybe it's the way it makes changes to your day And as quickly as it came, it swiftly goes away Sometimes I touch the darkness in vain Sometimes I try to look beyond the pain I've found it helps to try and pass the blame But still I miss you just the same It's snowing hard outside: I looked outside my window I guess I'm not quite sure what I expected to see…
6.
In a lowdown bar on a Saturday night I was going through the motions and setting my sights I was nursing my scotch and my wounded pride She sat down beside me, adjusted her skirt She asked what I was drinking and I ordered one for her And naturally a conversation followed and I noticed her eyes And in the course of an evening, our hearts poured together like whiskey And in a moment that was noticeably thoughtful, suddenly she told me: "Where love leads, you go If you're gonna dance, you gotta do it real slow Nobody waits forever for more than a night You're a big man: you think you gotta be strong But tomorrow in the evening, when it's all gone wrong You can sleep in my arms: it'll be alright..." I took her up on her offer: what was I supposed to do? I figured that one cab was better than two And maybe we could heal each other, if just for an hour or two Much to my surprise, she was a miracle cure And now I know that any time I walk through that door I can leave my cares behind and live life anew And in case you think I’m using her for my emotional welfare She's been hurt, too, and the scars fade a bit when I'm there Where love leads, you go If you're gonna dance, you gotta do it real slow Nobody waits for tomorrow for more than a night She's a big girl: she thinks she's gotta be strong But tomorrow in the evening, when it's all gone wrong She can sleep in my arms: it'll be alright Where love leads, you go If you're gonna dance, you gotta do it real slow Nobody waits for tomorrow for more than a night You're a big girl: you think you gotta be strong But tomorrow in the evening, when it's all gone wrong You can sleep in my arms: it'll be alright Love leads, you go Love leads, you go If you're gonna dance, you gotta do it real slow If you're gonna dance, you gotta do it real slow...
7.
Go Away 04:37
When I look into your eyes, I see nothing but a blank disguise I can't talk to you: I see no need to try and hammer through When I search your face, all I seem to find is frank distaste If your love has gone, I find no reason to keep going on So if your heart has turned has turned to stone And you need to be alone There is nothing left for me to say: go away And if you really hate me that much And if you're that afraid of my touch There's no reason for you to stay: go away I turn to you, just like I always used to do But I find that the price is that I turn into a wall of ice Your fury is a fire that seems to build up a funeral pyre One for passion to lie on and for love to die on So if your heart has turned has turned to stone And you need to be alone There is nothing left for me to say: go away And if you really hate me that much And if you're that afraid of my touch There's no reason for you to stay: go away And if you really hate me that much And if you're that afraid of my touch There's no reason for you to stay: go away...
8.
I hope you can get a message Wherever you are today That I'm still here and I'm holding on And I'm still doing okay But the road is long and so hard to travel And I've many miles to go But I'm writing ahead where you'll be waiting there Sending postcards to Paradise: wish I was there I can't keep regrets for things that I didn't do Or things that I meant to say 'Cause like I told you before, if we ran out of time Now you know everything that I felt anyway But the road is long and it's so hard to travel And I've many miles to go But there is one thing that I still need to say Sending postcards from Paradise: wish I was there What is a child without his mother? How am I supposed to keep moving on? Everyone says that life goes by too fast But mine just seems to drag on to long When will I see you again? Will you be waiting and what will you say? Once we've conquered death, our tears dry away Eternity waits for the one will who just walk away... They'll never convince me that there is no soul Not after I watched yours depart And there is still one last thing that we both know You'll always be with me, here in my heart...
9.
I tried to be your friend and I tried to be your lover  And at least now I can say I never lost you to another  I lost you to myself, and that's a burden I must bear  But such is life, and who said that life was fair?  And though I'm down, it isn't like you even care  But you'll find out further on, somewhere  For all the talking that we do, there's so many things unspoken  Like touchy subjects we avoid and the promises we've broken  I won't apologize for the times I've broke your heart  But I'll say this: we should've known it from the start  You must own up to the things that were you part  You'll realize it further on, somewhere  Further on down the road, everything becomes clear  The lonely miles remind you you're alone  And burning bridges blinds you, and turning tables bruise  The gain reminds you of the things you lose  Like Bengal tigers in a cage, we strain to hurt each other  Like some pathetic stand-up act, I make jokes about your mother I guess I'm just a clown, but the circus isn't funny  I'm waiting for the rain, but it always comes out sunny  And all my standard lines always seem to come out crummy  I guess I'll learn further on, somewhere  Further on down the road, everything becomes clear  The lonely miles remind you you're alone  And burning bridges blind you, and turning tables bruise  The gain reminds you of the things you lose  Further on down the road, everything becomes clear  The lonely miles remind you you're alone  And burning bridges blinds you, and turning tables bruise  The gain reminds you of the things you lose …
10.
The snow was softly falling as we walked along the street To the centre of the city where the shopping districts meet And I reached out for your hand before I thought about the price Our fingers locked together as our hands began to numb And I knew that in that moment you were underneath my thumb But the fire in your eyes was not enough to melt the ice And deep beneath the frozen arctic of a thousand unshed tears Is a fire that hasn't burned bright for so many years And sometimes I think that maybe I could set that fire alight But the spring will not come early, so we lie here in the winter of our discontent Sometimes I think that I should just give up and walk away Then I see a light inside your eyes that makes me want to stay And I feel the weight of an ice age being lifted off of me And as the snow began to melt, our heart began to do the same And we stopped our pointing fingers and trying to pass the blame And we poured our hearts out as the waitress poured our coffee And deep beneath the frozen arctic of a thousand unshed tears Is a fire that hasn't burned bright for so many years And sometimes I think that maybe I could set that fire alight But the spring will not come early, so we lie here in the winter of our discontent And deep beneath the frozen arctic of a thousand unshed tears Is a fire that hasn't burned bright for so many years And sometimes I think that maybe I could set that fire alight But the spring will not come early, so we lie here in the winter of our discontent Under that ice, under that snow Lies the heart that once so well I used to know Under that ice, under the frost Lie the reminders of the things that we have lost What kind of ice age froze your soul? I swear that thawing it out is my goal Under a glacier, barely alive Love waits for the promise of spring to arrive…
11.
Closing Time 05:18
My heart is like some kind of boozy café  Were the patrons hide whiskey in jacket side pockets  It's worn out and used up, and at four in the morning  The owner should pack it up and call it a night  My heart is a refuge for junkies and bloody booze-hounds  When they're too drunk to stay in the bars  It's a second-rate tavern with speak-easy tendencies  Give the waiter a dollar and he'll slip you a gin  So if you want another shot of bourbon  If you want just one for the road  Better make it a double and then be on your way  It's closing time at the Lovesick Café  My heart is a place where the counter is stained  With a hundred or so black cigarette burns  The upholstery is lifting and the windows are greasy  But nobody ever complains  'Cause the sort of people that frequent this café  Are not looking out, nor looking ahead  They're watching the Yankees on the ten inch TV  A conversation piece to distract them from me  So if you want another shot of bourbon  If you want just one for the road  Better make it a double and then be on your way  It's closing time at the Lovesick Café  But the hour is late and the coffee is stale  And the regulars doze at the counter  He switches the sign and cleans off the tables  While the owner counts his take at the register  So if you want another shot of bourbon  If you want just one for the road  Better make it a double and then be on your way  It's closing time now at the Lovesick Café  It's closing time now at the Lovesick Café...

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released February 29, 2016

Produced by Kyle Trimper
Engineered by Kyle Trimper
Assistant Engineers: Thomas Rice,
Doug Scurfield, Maan Hani, Moonwalka
Words and Music by Kyle Trimper
All Selections SOCAN

Recorded at NSCC Studios, Winter 2015
Additional Overdubs Recorded at Mad Dog Studios, Late Spring 2015 
“Red Light/Green Light” Mastered by Don Chapman
Sleeve Design by Kyle Trimper
Photography by Moonwalka
Back Cover Photograph derived from an 1950's photograph of Gottingen St., Halifax, NS. Photographer unknown. 
©2015, Kyle Trimper Music. All Rights Reserved.

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Kyle Trimper Halifax, Nova Scotia

Born and raised in Bear River, Nova Scotia, Kyle Trimper has been performing and writing songs since age six.

Kyle’s influences are varied, ranging from Nova Scotia traditional folk, to pop, rock, jazz, classical, synthpop and avant-garde music.
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