Diamonds In The Litter Box

by Denes McIntosh

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Released in 2008.
All songs written and arranged by Denes McIntosh.
Produced by Denes McIntosh.
Recorded at Spectrum, engineered by Paul Weaver;
and at Coyote Studios, engineered by Denes McIntosh.
Mixed and Mastered by Dylan McIntosh.

After hearing the initial home recording of this album, my brother (Mike McIntosh) gave it the title, "Diamonds In The Litter Box". He died shortly thereafter of inoperable brain cancer. This album is dedicated to him.

credits

released 03 March 2008
Denes McIntosh - Lead vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, percussion, keyboards (Strings on 'Atheist's Dilemma').

Josh McIntosh - Acoustic and electric lead guitars, slide guitar, mandolin. Harmonica on 'Sing It Low'.

Dylan McIntosh - Drums.

John Sergeant - Piano, organ.
Ed Criss - Bass.
Linda Ferro - Synth.

CD package graphics - Amy Kliever
Photos - Pat McIntosh, Ami McIntosh

All songs Copyright Denes McIntosh,
Adriel Publishing BMI

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tags: acoustic rock folk original acoustic rock singer-songwriter acoustic blues folk original acoustic original rock singer-songwriter

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Track Name: Angela's Garden
Angela’s Garden
Denes McIntosh

The sun rises, the grasses dry
The glimmering dawn greets my tired eyes
The cold has left me, the dark is gone
There'll be time for sleep again when midnight comes.

Daylight lingers as the evening fades
A last impression of another day
We leave no footprint on this sacred ground
We leave no shadow, we leave no sound.

That's how it's always been
you make and lose friends
you take the bad with the good
beginning till the very end.
That's how it always goes
yeah, that's how it's always been
while Angela's garden grows
you do the best you can.

We walk a common road, we sing the same song
Life is so short for some, for some it's long
It's not the years we have, it's not the days
It's not how long we live, it's the way.

That's how it's always been
you make and lose friends
you take the bad with the good
beginning till the very end
That's how it always goes
yeah, that's how it's always been
while Angela's garden grows
you do the best you can.
Track Name: Dorothy's Comin' Back
Dorothy's Comin' Back
Denes McIntosh

Night owls and street freaks
rush hour cowboys on the bus
All the downtown ladies, they line the roadways
stretching miles like locusts in the sun
takin' the breath from my lungs
love comes like a bandit in the night.

Doubt, like dust, covers my soul
guard dogs keep the curious away
they come to feast on fools, wearing silk with satin shoes
there's just too many minutes in the day
love holds you like a promise
then pushes you away again like fire.

Chorus:
Standing naked on one leg
doin' my best to dance
Dorothy's comin' back to Kansas

The winter of my discontent
darkness falls just like a silhouette
love plays you like a trumpet then beats you like a drum
it could be such an ordinary death.
All the solitary fires
are burning low and dying out alone.

Chorus:
Standing naked on one leg
doin' my best to dance
Dorothy's comin' back to Kansas

You did not kill me
you didn't have the strength
you did not kill me
my life just wasn't yours to take
you'll be the last one left in line
before the window closes for the night.

Chorus:
Standing naked on one leg
doin' my best to dance
Dorothy's comin' back to Kansas.
Track Name: My Eyes Dance
My Eyes Dance
Denes McIntosh

I've heard the sound of one hand clapping
I beheld the Northern Lights
I found clear water in the desert
I felt the spirit late at night

I've seen the risen Savior
as He walked upon the clouds
I've rubbed the belly of the Buddha
touched the blessed holy shroud.

Chorus:
But my eyes dance at the sight of you,
my knees get weak at your touch.
I hear music at the sound of your voice,
your laughter fills me up.
I get excited at the mention of your name,
you got me risin' at dawn.
I get restless every time your away
I just can't sleep when you're gone.

I've been down to Morocco
rode the Marrakech Express
I got high in Casablanca,
with the sacred and possessed.

I've been seduced in Istanbul
by both the beauty and the beast
spilled my seed inside the temple
following the feast.

Chorus:
But my eyes dance at the sight of you,
my knees get weak at your touch.
I hear music at the sound of your voice,
your laughter fills me up.
I get excited at the mention of your name,
you got me risin' at dawn.
I get restless every time your away
I just can't sleep when you're gone.

Bridge:
One hand is clapping
for the Northern Lights.
Water runs clear in the night.
I see the Savior
walkin' across the clouds,
Buddha he’s wearin’ a sacred shroud.
Track Name: Hole In The Sun
Hole in the Sun
Denes McIntosh

You could burn a hole in the sun with your smile
melt the icecaps of the earth with your style
take the finger from the trigger of a man who wants to die
you could make a lame man walk a hundred miles.

You could take the ugly from the world with your face
make the kitchen sweep itself with your grace
make a phone line never busy, a cheap wine have good taste
make a man who's in a hurry want to wait.

You could tame a raging storm with your charm
make an angry man melt in your arms
give a poor man promise, make a rich man buy the farm
make him want to buy the horses and the barn.

Chorus:
You’re the sun to warm my soul, you’re the moon at night.
You’re the one to warn me when I fall too far from the light
You’re my wide open space babe, you set the fence on fire.
You put the beat back in my heart and the heat in my desire.

You could make a blind man see with your eyes
make a strong man weak with desire
take the dark out of the night, make every wrong seem right
you could make a cold man warm with your fire.

You could make a boy out of a man by your choice
make a sad man sing and rejoice
make a steady man stumble, give a clumsy man poise
you could sway the vote with your voice.

Chorus:
Track Name: Atheist's Dilemma
Atheist's Dilemma
Denes McIntosh

Fog settles in the valley
far beneath a crown of glory
mountains that can make a man sorry for his past.
Every timber tells a story
of the years gone before me
bringing hope that the morning will not come to be my last.

The peaks could reach no higher
carved by heavens best designer
I know of nothing finer than to lay beneath her breast.
Clothed as no other
in a coat of many colors
how one could fail to love her, a man could only guess.

Chorus:
It's an Atheist's dilemma
just let em try and tell ya
this beauty came to be
by some explosion beyond the moon.
Well, I suppose the Mona Lisa
was created by some freak
who had a bit too much to drink
while flinging paint around the room.

The pyramids of Egypt
just appeared as in a dream
and no one really had to cut the stones to make em.
Dylan didn't really write
"Blowin' in the Wind" one night
the song just wrote itself
while he stood naked.

The wind whispers softly
breathing life into my body
the pleasure it has brought me
can never be denied.
The sun warms my soul
like an old friend comin' home
chasin' the cold from inside me.

Chorus:

Spoken:
Sittin’ alone on the top of the mountain.
Thinkin’ about all the good things that we have.
The friends we’ve found, I’m wonderin’ why we get down,
why we lie, why we complain about our lives.
Why we can’t let trouble lie. . . . . .like stone on the mountain. . . ..
Like stone on a mountain.
Track Name: Chicken Gravy Blues
Chicken Gravy Blues
Denes McIntosh

My baby she comes home now
lookin' to cook me up somethin' fine
my baby she comes home now
to cook me up somethin' fine
she makes the best damn chicken gravy
this side of the Mason Dixon line.

She makes some right nice sweet potatoes
a mean old pot of black eyed peas
makes some right nice sweet potatoes
a mean old pot of black eyed peas
makes the best damn chicken gravy
this poor boy has ever seen.

Chorus:
Well I've tasted other cookin'
but nothin's quite the same
that pretty little woman
she's drivin' me insane
I don't know
what in the world I'm gonna do
I got them "ain't bad, I'm glad I have
Chicken Gravy Blues".

Repeat: Verse 1
Repeat: Chorus
Track Name: If I Could Have My Way
If I Could Have My Way
Denes McIntosh

If I could have my way
the sun would linger through the night.
Your load would always be much lighter than mine
and every wrong would be right.

If I could have my way
there'd be no worry or strife.
Every word would be spoken with kindness
with little reason to fight.

Chorus:
I will love you all day long
and hope to melt the ancient ice
I will sing you're favorite song
And I will love you every day of my life.

If I could have my way
I'd put a smile on your face.
Wake each morning with a glass of champagne
spend another day in your grace.

If I could have my way
we'd work the garden in the shade.
Let the world fix itself for a change
take a nap in the heat of the day.

Chorus:
I will love you all day long
and hope to melt the ancient ice
I will sing you're favorite song
And I will love you every day of my life.

Bridge:
The storms would die and the dead would live.
The forlorn would wipe their eyes again.
The rain would wash our lingering sin
and you would always be my friend.

Chorus:
I will love you all day long
and hope to melt the ancient ice
I will sing you're favorite song
And I will love you every day of my life.
Track Name: Tough Guy
Tough Guy
Denes McIntosh

Tough guy,
hard as nails.
Kiss the sky with your rage,
shake the earth with your anger,
make the innocent pay.

Tough guy,
heart of stone,
chiseled head of hardened steel.
Choke the meek with your hands,
crush the weak with your heel.

Chorus:
Who the hell do you think you are
to steal the dreams of a young man.
To cut him down in his own front yard
just because you can?

Tough guy,
gun in your hand,
driven by your own self hate.
Tear the son from a mothers arms
at the closing of the day.

Chorus:
Who the hell do you think you are
to steal the dreams of a young man.
To cut him down in his own front yard
just because you can?

Chorus:

Rant 1:
Don’t give me that repression rap
for your obsession with the aggression of the street man.
The ammunition of the weak can
make you think you’re bad,
but you just mad. It’s sad.
You been had by the big man.
You just posse, he da boss see,
and they just look to take your green,
hook your blink like they took your ‘think’
And that impression is an accurate assessment
of the scene.
You be protectin’ their investment,
respectin’ their testament,
stressin’ on acceptance from the set
like an adolescent, you fear rejection
cause maybe mama wish you don’t be messin’
with that thing.
So waste somebody now to make yoself
feel gratified, satisfied,
It’s insaneaside, you set your brain aside.
Just let it fly by
while you do the drive by,
livin’ lies like they be truth.

Tough guy
blame it on a system
that put it’s foot to your neck.
But hey, anger ain’t no license
for your deadly disrespect.

Chorus:

Rant 2:
You be takin’ an eye for an eye
Hopin’ that the other guy
wind up blind like you be.
But he never took your look,
you just took one a his. . .
and his life along wit it.
You never could see,
never learned to turn the other cheek freak.
Never learned to be a man,
just a puppet pimpin’ on the street
bustin’ caps and poppin’ virgin ass
like you be seein’ the big daddy’s doin’
on your MTV.
You want your chicks for free.
You expect respect from me
but you won’t earn it, you don’t learn it.
You ain’t give nothin’ but a lotta grief.
Ain’t that heavy homey?
Ain’t that just deep?
Track Name: Sing It Low
Sing it Low
Denes McIntosh

Got to get back to the water
I been stranded much too long
on the barren plains of Idaho
where a man must sing a solitary song.

Got to get back to the bounty
where the river meets the sea
with fruit trees growin’ down to the banks
where the wind is quietly calling me.

Got to get back to the music
I learned when I was a child
three chords and a simple tune
with a harmony to make a poor man smile.

Chorus:
Sing it, sing it low my friend
sing it, sing it sweet
move your heart towards the sky
move your body to the beat.

Sing it, sing it low my friend
sing it, sing it please
lift your voice along with mine
sing it once with me.

Got to get back down to the beaten path
where my family walked before
when a child knew daddy was comin' home
in the evening when he got off work.

Got to get back to the alter
of my innocence long ago
when a man's word was a lasting bond
and his worth wasn't measured in gold.

Chorus:
Sing it, sing it low my friend
sing it, sing it sweet
move your heart towards the sky
move your body to the beat.

Sing it, sing it low my friend
sing it, sing it please
lift your voice along with mine
sing it once with me.


Bridge:
"Swing low sweet chariot
comin' for to carry me home
Swing low sweet chariot
comin' for to carry me home."
Well I looked over Jordan and what did I see
comin’ for to carry me home
I saw a band of angels comin’ after me
comin’ for to carry me home.

"Swing low sweet chariot
comin' for to carry me home
Swing low sweet chariot
comin' for to carry me home."
Track Name: 40 Days Without Water
40 Days Without Water
Denes McIntosh

Road song
like the wind through my soul
I'm at the mercy of the Muse.

How long
can I continue to go on
without water, without you?

40 days can be a lifetime
40 nights without sleep
like Jesus in the desert
Like Ghandi in the street.
Dylan Thomas at the bar
Like Mohammed in the ring
Like Geronimo on a mission
Like Martin Luther King.
40 days without water
40 nights without sleep
I'd give 40 pounds of flesh
just to hear your heart beat.

Chorus:
40 days without water
40 days without water
40 days without water
40 nights without sleep.

40 days without water
40 nights without sleep
I'd give 40 pounds of flesh
just to hear your heart beat.

Road song
like the wind through my soul
I'm at the mercy of the Muse.

How long
can I continue to go on
without water, without you?
Track Name: I'll Be Safe
I'll be Safe
Denes McIntosh

Let it rain on me
let the north wind howl
let the lightning scream
let the thunder growl

Let the river rage
let the devil call
let the valley quake
let the mountain fall.

Chorus:
I’ll be OK. I’ll be safe
There’s a place where it cannot touch me.
I’ll be OK babe, I’ll be safe
Just in knowing you have loved me.

Let the rumors fly
let the anger burn
let the subtle lies
take a vicious turn

Let the darkness come
let the music fade
let the heartless ones
lead the death parade.

Chorus:
I'll be O.K. I'll be safe
There's a place where it cannot touch me
I'll be O.K. babe, I'll be safe
There’s a guiding light above me.
Track Name: God Forsaken Land
God Forsaken Land
Denes McIntosh

Run baby run
dogs are nipping at your feet
the thunders rolling like a train
it'll knock you to your knees.

Run baby run
the devils on the loose
he's come to take you down tonight
you got to pay your dues.

Run baby run
the beast is in the field
he's tearin' up the heartland
gonna take what he can steal.

Chorus:
No warning sign’s been posted
just an old and weathered fence
along a solitary road
running off into the past.
There are many who have traveled
this god forsaken land
leaving dreams to die along the way
they couldn't carry all of them.

This is no mans land
the abandoned highway
you can find it on the map
but it don't run my way.
This is no mans land
the place of my birth
got to carry your own water
or you'll die out here of thirst.

Run baby run
don't be stopping here alone
the air is hotter than a pistol
and it's dryer than a bone.

Run baby run
don't come back this way again
put your eyes on the horizon
put your mind on what's ahead.

Chorus:
Track Name: The River
The River
Denes McIntosh

Log jam, the river can
find it's way around the bend
Jump the banks, run the length
of any border land.

When the rain begins to fall
and it don't begin to stop
the river leaves an ocean
where there used to be a pond.

We'll be gathering our friends
our pictures and our pets
in a frantic afternoon
cause that's all the time we get.

We'll be standing in a line
huddled close against the storm
for another cup of coffee
and a blanket to keep warm.

Chorus:
Build your house up on the mountain
set your feet upon the rock
when the water gets to rising
the town begins to talk.

We shoulda followed Jesus
shoulda took him to the dance
if the water should recede
I hope we get another chance.