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It's Safe I'm Not Here

by The Wisers

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1.
Get Low 04:35
I've been looking you up You’re on the short side You've been looking me down, But I'm the better man You've been kicking around, like the tough guy But if i’m asleep at the switch you’ll be a nobody Oh you gotta get low (Some people…) Oh you gotta get low (…Never get it) Oh you gotta get low (Some people…) Oh you gotta get low (…Never feel it) I've been playing the game But I'm the wrong man I've been dealing my best years away Even my brother said i’m a fat cat I could keep up the lie or tell it straight Everybody take a turn on the line Raise a hand for the working man He’s got the right sense of what he should do He’ll be steady for years to come
2.
Outsider 04:13
Don’t know a lot about you Don’t care to learn Don’t know which way is out but I’d rather be there Leave me out on my own Don’t like the inside Live it up on your own I’m on the outside Going north with my soul I don’t belong here I’ll be fine in the cold Cause i was made there Don’t know where you might come from Don’t care to learn Might be from California I’d rather be here Came in under northern lights Where the cold winds blow, but you’re warm inside Look in my eyes, maybe see what i see Just a fortunate man, in a sandstone city
3.
Do it all right Long days in the city Just a standup kid Keeping it steady Turn up the heat Put your money where you mouth is It’s a dance and a fight And the weighin’s coming The devil’s in the suburbs He’s troubling the ramblers Young man You’re not winning But not ready to bow He throws lefts You keep coming That kids going down Move out Into the middle He’s getting ready to fall He Couldn’t a known Just what was coming Took 10 counts down Get in the corner Bright lights and the people When the hands go up You’d better not be sleeping The devil’s in the suburbs He’s troubling the ramblers
4.
Sweat Dance 03:42
He's been roaming around Some menial town No guarantees Just a ticket away He'll be on to the next Living hand to mouth Maybe head to the south Never been so clear She’s starting to fade You’re gonna get it, Alright You’re never gonna see me again, Sweat dance and a bottle of rye You sir have got a serious problem You're going home alone tonight The kid’s taking it deep You're all feelin’ his heat Into the night He’s got a solid beat And smooth shuffling feet Said he’s starting to loose The best part of his groove I said kid get back Back up on your cool You’re gonna get it, Alright
5.
Ms Youth 04:50
Call me son Oh, I don’t want to be done With the feeling i get When the road is open wide Get me out Oh i never hoped for this one If I make a move now I might not fade away Last night, She said It’s not time for you to grow old yet And then, She danced Swayed her hips in a specious trance, said Do you recall what it feels like To see the future in bright lights Meet me there In that house on the hill I’m gonna give her tonight A return ticket to her youth Call my name Let the walls be witness That today, we’re live Tomorrow can hang on I'm on the level Hanging on to a feeling, me, you, follow my lead Short of pretending there’s no difference, With youth, it’s always, just a feeling I said with youth, it’s always just a feeling So just remember to dance...
6.
Miles 06:18
I have been to the other side I have been where they sleep I have seen what will become of us Babe I'll tell you what will be Don't you go before me now Listen ann, no oh oh Curtain closes say good night The lights are waiting for  Our entrance over to the other side The myths don't hold The streets are gold I know we’re going together Cause we've got many miles to go I do wonder where the days will go Does it keep on movin up Does it bond a tighter hold between Or will time shake loose the glue I do dream about tomorrow some I do love most every day It’s just that there’s so much good life to come Babe I hope it never ends
7.
White Woman 03:16
She's a demon That skinny white gal I read the warnings, even scared myself So I promised just one night But she stayed till the morning light Bed-in well into next week Not pretty and she's starting to wreak You kick her out but she pulls a fat fit I vow to do it when winter hits White woman Skinny white demon Why don't you go White lion don't deserve my loving Just Leave me alone Until death she’ll be giving me hell She points the finger at everyone else Somebody i don’t wanna be So goodnight skinny white bitch i’m free They may call me a weaker man, But you just wouldn’t let go of my hand And you were slipping me cyanide You might even try to steal my eyes.
8.
Comeback 03:39
How many ways can a man be sold Break him down day by day Leave it all up to the little man He's got to be loud and proud to survive So come on in, you got away That’s not your scene You have got to sooner get your day Come on in, you gotta stay We were the best then But we never (3x) Just never got paid How many ways can a man be lost Buried deep, paying dues Figure it out there's a way to do What you must, what you should Come back inside You’ve been gone too long it’s a cold night Leave when you’re an old man Make them pay in the meantime You don't know me You don't know my name You think you know my kind But you missed When I go What will I regret What will they remember Will it get me, Will it get you I see it coming i’m on the way back I’m on fire, got to keep on moving If I go on, they say i’m wrong If I stay i’ll be killing my song Call me, tell me, Remind me who i’m supposed to be Brother, sister, i’ll be counting on you
9.
It's only 5 weeks She takes a day at a time She's got a welcome disease I've got to be her man She lives by the ocean She's looking out She'll never be trapped But she's my girl She'll carry it through Likes she's done it before She's in a foreign land Where I don't ever tread I pray she finds the way Cause I am just a man Hear me baby Here's what I'm prepared to do I'll lay me down if it means I stand up for you I don't even know what it means to love you yet But every single day it's getting stronger
10.
Lost 05:00
Early on, I met a man Such a definite plan He’d been following some girl’s wallowing Swore by this, as the way to the end Go about this far, don’t ever bend You're guaranteed, to get to the other side Chorus She told me i was lost I told her she’s got some nerve She told me i was wrong I said, you better watch yourself now I told her what I know She said I don’t believe you I’m making my move Nobody’s gonna tell you the truth I'm someways down a road How far to go I don't know The map is never clear, and really, nobody knows The night is longer than any you remember But the days can be better than a hot September The light isn't always in the cleanest corner  It may be dark in the brightest pane Fall in, or go where you know you should Love and faith are blind If you should get lost along the way You will surely find
11.
Slow Groove 05:18
Say you’ll be happy when the money’s gone I am the loser and maybe its OK I’m setting sail for the promised land She has been calling me for several years now I’m on fire Oh, I’m on loan I gave her my words She took them and ran I trusted my youth to her hands And she’s back and you’ll have to get used to it Oh, She does it to me She mixes well with either Rye or wine Sometimes i play her, oh, or i just listen She’ll pay the bills honey, I promise you Sometimes she plays me oh and i just listen Oh, She wants to come Into our bed Oh, she does it to me Well she’s made me and shaped me and sucked me dry Oh she gives me comfort at the strangest times

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The Wisers’ debut, It’s Safe I’m Not Here, recorded at the iconic Canadian Bathouse, is a “shambolic, alcoholic, Canrock record that recalls such other of this nation’s better, back-to-basics, blue-
collar, red-meat guitar bands such as The Sam Roberts Band, Sloan, The Trews, The Sheepdogs and, yeah, even some Hip shaken in for good measure.” (-Mike Bell, Calgary Herald)

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released March 22, 2014

The Wisers are:
Chad Thomas, Guitars, Vocals
Darryl Swart, Drums
Greg Peace, Bass, BGVs
JJ Shiplett, Guitars, BGVs

Made possible by Rawlco Radio's 10k20 Grant
All songs written by Chad Thomas
Recorded at The Bathouse, Bath, Ontario
Produced by The Wisers
Engineered by Nyles Spencer
Mixed by Nyles Spencer at The Bathouse
Mastered by Harris Newman at Greymarket Mastering, Montreal
Additional recording by Darryl Swart at Red Tree Studios in Calgary, AB
BGVs on "Slow Groove": Jordan Ostrom

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