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1.
Chains 03:33
CHAINS (D. Christie) Take these chains From around my heart Let’s run out into the rain Maybe we can start again Step on out Shed this skin Shake these tethers This is where we begin This is where we begin This is where we begin No matter who you are Or where you’ve been This is where we begin Time has come To set things right Kick at the darkness And let the light pour in Gonna lose these blues Shake this sin The monkey on your back This is where we begin This is where we begin This is where we begin No matter who you are Or where you’ve been This is where we begin When it feels you’re on your own And your soul is shattered glass Life’s in the hole And you feel like you’ve lost your way You keep on drowning in the past This is where we begin This is where we begin No matter who you are Or where you’ve been This is where we begin This is where we begin This is where we begin No matter who you are Or where you’ve been This is where we begin (D.Christie © SAC, ® SOCAN 2022)
2.
THE MESSENGER IS DEAD (D. Christie) The big door slams And it kicks out the lights A thunder crash rips a hole in the soul Of thIs thick slow summer night Here inside There’s a dead man walking We’re a long way from home There’s only silence on the phone You can call all you want But no one’s gonna answer The Messenger is dead The Messenger is dead Nothing in his hands Nothing in his head The Messenger is dead Ceilings fold And the smoke starts to billow Flames begin to dance The nation’s in a trance No one’s getting carded You won’t hear a sound The whistle blower’s silenced Got shoved into a slot A disconnected box The shredding party’s started We’re a long way from home There’s only silence on the phone You can call all you want But no one’s gonna answer The Messenger is dead The Messenger is dead Nothing in his hands Nothing in his head The Messenger is dead The Messenger is dead The Messenger is dead Nothing in his hands Nothing in his head The Messenger is dead Even with our eyes wide open It’s darker than its ever been What they steal You can’t see You just feel it on your skin They’ve ruled from the shadows Since long before Kennedy or King They’ve emptied out the box Changed all the locks Now a new kind of fog is rolling in We’re a long way from home There’s only silence on the phone You can call all you want But no one’s gonna answer The Messenger is dead The Messenger is dead Nothing in his hands Nothing in his head The Messenger is dead The Messenger is dead The Messenger is dead Nothing in his hands Nothing in his head The Messenger is dead (D.Christie © SAC, ® SOCAN 2022)
3.
Wherever It Takes You (D. Christie) You’ve been up You’ve been down You’ve been every place in town Whoever would take you Unchained and unbound Waiting for it all to come around Wherever it takes you Wherever it takes you Wherever it takes you Gonna let it take you Wherever it takes you It takes you It takes you Wherever it takes you Forever it takes you Wherever it takes you It takes you You went out You went back in And you kept up all the spin But never no fake you You wore rags You wore a crown You were making a big sound Crawling like a snake… you Wherever it takes you Wherever it takes you Gonna let it take you Wherever it takes you It takes you It takes you Wherever it takes you Forever it takes you Wherever it takes you It takes you You’ve been lost You’ve been found Lying face down on the ground But no one could break you Kept it all moving ‘round Make a penny, make a pound Wherever it takes you Wherever it takes you Wherever it takes you Gonna let it take you Wherever it takes you It takes you It takes you Wherever it takes you Forever it takes you Wherever it takes you It takes you (D.Christie © SAC, ® SOCAN 2022)
4.
The Stars 05:32
The Stars (D. Christie) Pray there’s something in our hearts That pulls us from the flames None too soon Something deep inside our hearts Something that can save us… me and you Centuries of greed And all the complications Mother Nature’s gonna need A better explanation We’re picking up speed There’s a new vibration I’m thinking maybe we got us A situation Hmmm mmm We sent something out to The Stars And it made some kind of tear in things There is something out there in the stars It left a stain on there shine Now its faded over time Will there be nothing to show us the way? There is something out there in The Stars Can you feel it? Can’t you feel it changing you? Centuries of greed And all the complications Mother Nature’s gonna need A better explanation We’re picking up speed There’s a new vibration I’m thinking maybe we got us A situation Hmmm mmm (D.Christie © SAC, ® SOCAN 2022)
5.
THIS IS YOUR TIME (D. Christie) Can you hear that sound? A far away drum It shakes the ground On which you run It beats a code It shows the way It is the rhythm of a brand new day Come on shine the light Children of the world This is your time Come on shine the light Children of the world This is your time A broken home Town’s up in flames Cold civil war And all we do is blame We stand alone Duped and divided We let things burn And left you unguided Come on shine the light Children of the world This is your time Come on shine the light Children of the world This is your time Na nana na na na na na na Na nana na na na Na nana na na na na na na Na nana na na na Last call It’s graduation day Wide open road And nothing in your way We made you a promise And all we did was break it Eyes on the prize Now it’s time to take it Come on shine the light Children of the world This is your time Come on shine the light Children of the world This is your time (D. Christie © SAC, ® SOCAN 2022)
6.
THESE ARE YOUR BEST YEARS (D. Christie) You don’t speak Looks like you’ve seen a bit of weather Drifted out of time I’m a witness to the signs Just an empty space now These are your best years These are your best years Light another candle Put away those fears For these are your best years Take all you remember Of what you regret ever having said Write it all down Then throw it on the fire Let it burn ‘til the ghost is dead Did it disappear in stages… When you lost all your old nerve? ‘Cause there’s a rumour going ‘round That maybe you stepped down And you can’t get it back… now These are your best years These are your best years Light another candle Put away those fears For these are you best years These are your best years These are your best years Usher in a new day Feel it drawing near For these are you best years [Derek Christie © SAC 2020, ® SOCAN 2012]
7.
Evangeline 05:28
Evangeline (Words: D. Christie; Music: D. Christie, R. Cooper, J. James) Evangeline This time I’m coming clean The streets are cold As the night unfolds My world is full of darkness Evangeline Evangeline I’m seeing only shadows In my dreams Evangeline Evangeline This time, I’m coming clean Evangeline The sun sets slow As the night unfolds This town can make you feel so lost sometimes Like a lightning flash It’s all only just a moment This thunder rages in my soul Forbidden fruit I will not hold Evangeline Evangeline I’m seeing only shadows In my dreams Evangeline Evangeline This time, I’m coming clean Evangeline Evangeline I see you only from a distance Never to be in your room Your silk caress The summer breeze dancing though your dress A book of dream Of things untold Forbidden fruit I will not hold Evangeline Evangeline I’m seeing only shadows In my dreams Evangeline Evangeline This time, I’m coming clean Evangeline (D.Christie, R. Cooper, J. James) © SAC 2022, ® SOCAN 2012)
8.
NOTHING LEFT TO BURN (D. Christie) Curtain falls You’re on your own Only empty space Between your fingers Don’t look back There’s a house on fire You’ve tasted hell and now it lingers Everything lost and won Nothing can be undone You walk alone now You walk alone You won’t know which way to turn When there’s nothing left to burn Maybe this is where we learn When there’s nothing left to burn Voices call They chill your bones Your reborn friends Well, they’ve all gone home The night is dark The road is long Your heart is hard And your soul’s gone cold You can’t stop choking On your history Everything lost and won Nothing can be undone You walk alone now You walk alone You won’t know which way to turn When there’s nothing left to burn Maybe this is where we learn When there’s nothing left to burn (D.Christie © SAC 2022, ® SOCAN 2013)
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Going Home 05:47

about

Produced by mutli-instrumentalist, songwriter, band mate and long time friend, brilliantfish (Hush & Rust, Frank Patrick, Baby Is A Bombshell) with DC, the songs are the result of a deep dive back into the early stages of Christie’s many musical influences. “I wanted to reflect a diverse taste in my love for music by including different styles. Each song is unique, but there is a common thread throughout”. A way to get him to conjure up the energy of his early days was for brilliantfish to get Christie’s Fender Telecaster back in his hands, which meant he ended up playing the vast majority of electric guitar on the album.

Recorded intermittently over a three year period (2019-2021), with a global pandemic, the death of a family member, social upheaval and a first hand Covid related brush with death himself all going on, the songs tackle mature themes, both personal and political, from oppression and empowerment, the rock bottom moment to sobriety, heartbreak to healing… the end message is that of redemption, survival and resurrection. The overall approach was to produce a recording that sounds - and should be listened to - like a vinyl album.

credits

released April 14, 2022

All songs written by Derek Christie (© SAC 2022, ® SOCAN 2022), except…
‘Evangeline’ by D. Christie/R. Cooper/J. James (© SAC 2022, ® SOCAN 2012)
‘Long Way To Go’ by John Bottomley (© Universal Music Publishing Group ® SOCAN 1995)
‘Going Home’ by Shawna Dunbar (© 2022, ® SOCAN 2022)



Produced by brilliantfish w/DC. Recorded and mixed @Session House (2109-2021). Mastered by Taras Petryk for SerpentOne. Design by brilliantfish w/DC
Good Montreal Boy Productions.

DC: vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass
brilliantfish: drums, percussion, keyboards, bass keyboard, backing vocals, horn arrangements, additional guitars
Laurelle Augustyn: backing vocals
Bryden Baird: trumpet, flugelhorn (‘The Stars’)
Chris Bottomley: bass (‘Long Way To Go’)
Kieran Christie: backing vocals (‘This Is Your Time’)
Jay Dee: backing vocals (‘Evangeline’)
Steve Frise: electric guitar (‘Nothing Left To Burn’)
Jon James: bass guitar (‘Evangeline’, ‘Nothing Left To Burn’, ‘These Are Your Best Years’), additional guitar (‘Evangeline’)
Shane Joseph: backing vocals (‘Evangeline’)
Cam MacInnes: guitar (‘Going Home’)
Sweet T: backing vocals (‘This Is Your Time’, ‘Evangeline’, ‘These Are Your Best Years’)
Michelle White: saxophone, backing vocals (‘Wherever It Takes You’, ‘Chains’, ‘Long Way To Go’, ‘Going Home’)


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Derek Christie Toronto, Ontario

Over decades, Derek Christie‘s music has traveled the roads from garage to gospel, folk/roots to rock, ska/reggae to soul. If a hybrid reference is required, Leonard Cohen meets Patti Smith.

Born and raised in Montreal, his musical core was forged as a teen in 1970’s. Late nights spent listening to FM rock album radio celebrating a diverse world outside pop mainstream. derekchristie.com
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