Old Coyote

by Denes McIntosh

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2010 - Produced and Engineered by Denes McIntosh.
All songs written and arranged by Denes McIntosh,
except 'Window', which was written by Josh McIntosh.

credits

released 05 May 2008
Denes McIntosh - Lead and harmony vocals (and yips & howls), lead, rhythm, finger-pick, and slide guitars; bass, piano, keyboards (organ, strings); Hohner accordian, harmonica, bass, percussion.

Josh McIntosh - Lead guitar on 'Window'.

Dylan McIntosh - Drums. Tambourine on 'Window'.
Album mixed and Mastered by Dylan McIntosh.

CD package graphics - Amy Kliever.
Photos - Pat McIntosh

All Songs Copyright Denes McIntosh,
Adriel Publishing BMI
(except "Window", copyright Josh McIntosh).

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Track Name: Like The Wind
Like The Wind
Denes McIntosh

You are like the wind
sometimes a welcome friend
coolin' my brow when it's burnin'
or when I'm cold and all alone
you're a Southern Wind.

And then sometimes babe
you're like a hurricane
driving me so close to insane
I can't think clearly
I can barely breathe your name
and I can find no shelter from the rain.

You are like a flame
chasin' my darkness away
you light the path where I'm walkin'
when I'm lost you lead me back the way I came.

But sometimes you're a blazin' fire'
you burn white hot like a funeral pyre
I can't get near you, and when I can't get no higher
I'm left standing naked by the fire.

Bridge:
And can't you see it's only me babe
I'm here even while you're coolin' down
I'll be right here blowin' softly on your coals
while all those disappointments
disappear on down the road.

Cause you are like the wind
sometimes a welcome friend
cooling my brow when it's burnin'
and when I'm cold and all alone you're a southern wind.
Track Name: Brilliant Shadows
Brilliant Shadows
Denes McIntosh

Brilliant shadows
leaving your impression
as they fade.
In the latest afternoon
in the disappearing shade.

Brilliant shadows
casting your reflection
on the gate.
Waiting still beneath the moon
at the closing of the day.

Chorus:
The day is done
like a passing ship
on a vast horizon
it's been fading quick.

The sun is gone
the night is here
but the dark is light
and the sky is clear.

Brilliant shadows
lingering about me
in the yard.
With a vague familiar presence
like roses in the garden.

Chorus:
Track Name: No Regrets
No Regrets
Denes McIntosh

Come down from the mountain, air’s too thin up there
I can’t live any longer on a wing and a prayer.
Come down from your mountain, I can’t breathe up there
meet me down in the valley by the river somewhere.

Chorus:
I’ll come to you babe
in the early morn
like a man seekin’ shelter
from a raging storm.
I’ll come to you girl
with my arms outstretched
with a heart on fire
bringing no regrets.

Come down from your mountain, it’s too cold on high
The snows too wet, and the winds too dry.
Come down to the valley, get your feet on the ground
gonna fall off that mountain while you’re lookin’ back down.

Chorus:

It’s too early in the day to be feelin’ all that
Too far along in the game to be afraid of the past.
It’s too late in the journey to be lookin’ back
we’re too far down the road with a one way map.

Chorus:

Repeat verse 1:
Come down from your mountain, air’s too thin up there
I can’t live any longer on a wing and a prayer.
Come down from your mountain, I can’t breathe up there
meet me down in the valley by the river somewhere.
Track Name: Get Outta Dodge
Get Outta Dodge
Denes McIntosh

Born down in the valley, and I watched it grow
from a one horse town north of Mexico.
With my head held high, and my gun hangin’ low
the girls were fast, but the livin’ was slow.

Used to ride my pony down to the creek
I’d water him there, and get myself a drink
Pa used to tell me “boy, say what you think,
got to write your own story with indelible ink.”

Chorus:
But I got to get outta Dodge
cause Dodge just ain’t what it used to be.
Gotta get the hell outta Dodge
before Dodge knocks the hell outta me.

I would do my business with neighbors and friends
a mans word was good with just a shake of the hand.
Helpin’ each other was the law of the land
and work made a boy a responsible man.

We’d sit on the porch at the end of the day
and tell stories that changed like the weather in May.
Puttin’ a bottle of whisky away
till nobody had nothin’ further to say.

Chorus:
But I got to get outta Dodge
cause Dodge just ain’t what it used to be.
Gotta get the hell outta Dodge
before Dodge knocks the hell outta me.

The town kept growin’ like a summertime weed
people driving crazy like a wild stampede.
The handshake turned into a legal decree
and more often than not folks would disagree.

I’m gonna move my family on out of this place
Get away from the hustle of the rat race
Gonna build my ranch in some wide open space
where a man can breathe and his cattle can graze.

Chorus:
But I got to get outta Dodge
cause Dodge just ain’t what it used to be.
Gotta get the hell outta Dodge
before Dodge knocks the hell outta me
Track Name: Jessica
Jessica
Denes McIntosh

He calls you angel for your silken hair
your velvet skin, the smile you wear
He calls you angel, looks you up and down
convinced your feet never touch the ground.

He calls you angel for your clear blue eyes
the liquid way they hypnotize
He calls you angel, says you make him proud
but he's never heard you laugh aloud.

Chorus:
Your name is Jessica
I've seen your suffering
You call me on the phone
you tell me everything
The writings on the wall
it's written badly
He calls you "baby doll"
but you call me "daddy".

He says you're beautiful
he says you're like a dream
He'd give his life for you
he'd buy you anything
He's quick to worship you
he would possess you
He holds you out for all the others
to inspect you.

Chorus:
Your name is Jessica
I've seen your suffering
You call me on the phone
you tell me everything
The writings on the wall
it's written badly
He calls you "baby doll"
you call me "daddy".

Love ain't yours to pretend at.
It'll kill you in the end
if that's your way.
Track Name: Fallen Angel
Fallen Angel
Denes McIntosh

Street lights are on, but the ladies door is dark
It should come to you now as no surprise.
The final moment of your life, throw your faith to the sharks
Check your messages again before you die.

She’s protected from the weather by her long blond hair
Love can be a very dangerous game.
It comes on quickly, and leaves without a care,
You make the rules up along the way.

Chorus:
There’s no one left to blame but the blameless.
Everybody’s got to take their turn.
You can buy salvation from a fallen angel
But you’ll have to learn to live with the burn.

She was really nothing more than a bad acquaintance
You never should have asked her for a dance.
No one really changes, they just tend to get undressed
And let the darkness penetrate the cracks

You were born in the palace, but you can’t live with the queen.
Paying homage has been such a waste of time
Walk on the water now, or sink into the sea,
But don’t bleed to death again before you die

.Chorus:
There’s no one left to blame but the blameless.
Everybody’s got to take their turn.
You can buy salvation from a fallen angel
But you’ll have to learn to live with the burn.

What you think of me is none of my business
What I think of you is really none of yours.
Look at the circle surrounding the moon
I’m running free again with all the wild horses.
Track Name: Coyotes Lament
Coyotes Lament
Denes McIntosh

Feels like it’s gonna rain.
I wonder if it’s gonna rain.
Track Name: Stronger Than Me
Stronger Than Me
Denes McIntosh

The River runs by me
like a pony out of the gate.
Like another day behind me
like the fickle hand of fate.

Every man has shaken hands
with that fickle hand of fate.

The River shouts a warning
like a runaway train
Racing down those rusted tracks
in the pouring rain.

I can hear that dire warning
thru the pouring rain.

The River moves swiftly
like a mountain on fire
Like the morning you left me
like a message down the wire.

Like a Sunday choir
I can hear that voice along the wire.

The River keeps carving
its way to the sea
Through cold earth and hard rock
that’s much stronger than me.

Any blind man can see
it’s much stronger than me.
Track Name: My Fathers Son
My Fathers Son
Denes McIntosh

Looking back through the foggy past
watching things unravel fast
time passes through an hour glass
and I can't bring it back
Time passes through an hour glass
and I can't get it back.

A moment here is all I've got
a thought strikes quick and then it's gone
I bought a silver plated gun
to shoot my fathers son
I bought a silver plated gun
to shoot my fathers son.

Chorus:
There's a river flowing clean
and crystal clear
I been dreaming of this time
it's gettin' near
The breeze is blowin' I can hear it
breathin' like a lover.
The sky burns crimson
I burn warm
My eyes are damp
my skin is torn
from crawlin' out from underneath the covers.

Someone called from Idaho
a quiet stranger, name of Joe
He said “There's something I should know,
It just ain't time to go boy"
He said “There's something I should know,
It just ain't time to go"

Chorus:
Track Name: Canvass Different Colors
Canvass Different Colors
Denes McIntosh

Sunlight dancin' in your eyes
like the moon on the water
like the sparkle of the sidewalk
in the morning rain.
Come take your place beside me
bring the pain you've had to hide
lay it fully at my feet
where it will remain.

Chorus:
We'll paint your canvass different colors
that once were black
no need for lookin' back again
no need for doin' that.
We'll paint your canvass different colors
life has made you sad
no need for goin' there again
no need for goin' back.

And you won't have to hide anymore
or spend the night alone
waiting at your window for the dawn to break.
And you won't be ashamed anymore
or fear the telephone
or live with half a lifetime worth of heartache.

Chorus:
We'll paint your canvass different colors
canvass different colors
We'll paint your canvass different colors
that once were black.

Sunlight dancin' in your eyes again
like the moon on the water
Like the sparkle of the sidewalk
in the morning rain.
Track Name: Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain
Denes McIntosh

Clean air at 7,000 feet
The kind a man was meant to breathe.
Pine trees reaching tall for the sky
to soak the Autumn light.

Silver Lake, the blue of your eyes
smiling deep beneath the granite face
of Thunder Mountain.

Sierra path at our own pace,
trail to a very secret place.
Where snakes dance fluid on the water,
Mother Earth and Virgin Daughter.

Silver Lake, the blue of your eyes
smiling deep beneath the granite face
of Thunder Mountain.

Chorus:
Let me lay down in the comfort of your arms.
Let me be healed in you, let me be warm.
Let the river teach me how to bend,
let the mountain give me strength again.

Evening falls with fading light
throwing pink across a painted sky.
Breathless quiet, before the dark
I can hear the sound of my own heart.

Silver Lake, the blue of your eyes
smiling deep beneath the granite face
of Thunder Mountain.

Chorus:
Let me lay down in the comfort of your arms.
Let me be healed in you, let me be warm.
Let the river teach me how to bend,
let the mountain give me strength again.
Let the mountain give me strength again.
Track Name: Beyond Our Reach
Beyond Our Reach
Denes McIntosh

Rugged like the banks of Coyote Creek.
Where gold lies hidden beyond our reach.
Where snakes lay coiled quick to strike
as we're blindly passing by.

Barren like the white desert sand
Where the sun beats hot across the land.
Cooling shade cannot be found
Water runs too deep underground.

Chorus:
Sometimes faith is beyond our reach,
and life gets hard to handle.
There is no guide to point the way,
there is no light, there is no candle.

Hungry like a ravaged deer
when hope has all but disappeared.
The cougar stalks the weakened doe
and takes her down by the throat.

Chorus:
Sometimes faith is beyond our reach,
and life gets hard to handle.
There is no guide to point the way,
there is no light, there is no candle.

Sometimes faith is beyond our reach,
and life gets hard to handle.
But we will somehow find our way
You’ll be my light, I’ll be your candle.

We will somehow find our way
You’ll be my light, I’ll be your candle.
Track Name: Window
Window
by Josh McIntosh

And my window is open
and my candle is lit
and i been waiting all night
for you to come by
and slip inside this dimly lit room where i live
tonight when business closes
you will find the roses i left on your bed
to give
and my heart is an ocean for you to swim
and my eyes are wide open
let's begin
to the end, again begin again. again begin again.
and my window is open...
Track Name: The Pure Of Heart
The Pure of Heart
Denes McIntosh

There's a sadness come over the land
everybody's out to get what they can
something I been tryin' hard to understand
I don't want to become that kind of man

Simon gave me his bed with no return
slept on the cold floor without a word
he got deathly ill, it should not have occurred
but his own discomfort over mine is what he preferred.

Blessed are the pure of heart.

There's a business man tryin' to reach the top
he sold his soul for what he's got
left a path behind him of people he has walked upon
now all the value that he ever had is gone.

Blessed are the pure of heart.

There's a man who spends his life in poverty
but what he has he acquired honestly
he will die someday, but with dignity
and his friends will say "such a loss it will be".

Blessed are the pure of heart.

There are those who wait to prey
on every lost and lonely runaway
seduce the naive, leave them betrayed
con the unsuspecting one along the way.

Blessed are the pure of heart.

David opened up the doors of his home
for those who had nowhere else to go
the misplaced ones, he fed and clothed
he loved them as he would his own.

Blessed are the pure of heart.