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No West for the Wicked

by Daniel Besuijen

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1.
Well, girl I wanna be your dog But I won't roll over no more Got me tail 'tween my legs And begging on the floor Maybe I shit the bed Don't mean I gotta sleep outdoors Girl I wanna be your dog But I won't roll over no more Girl I know I'm just a mutt And you took me in as a stray Gave all the love I had to give Still neutered me anyway I just wanna sit on your lap That's why I hump your leg all day Maybe if you showed some love I wouldn't run away 'Cos all this time I've been yearning For your love to start burning And my back has been breaking Tryna please you I swear to God this could be doggone good But you're a bitch and that's understood Girl I wanna be your dog But I won't roll over no more All the tricks I do for you Are becoming a mighty chore All your berating's getting grating I might sneak out the dog door Girl I wanna be your dog But I won't roll over no more Girl I wanna be your dog But I'm tired of all the pain Been waiting by the window For you to come home all day But when you do, you throw your shoe And I smell another guy's spray Girl I wanna be your dog But I'm seeing there's no way 'Cos all this time I've been yearning For your love to start burning And my back has been breaking Tryna please you I swear to God I'm better off alone So come on girl, throw this dog a bone
2.
Well it’s New Year’s Eve and I’ve been reflecting Exorcising and introspecting The demons that I’ve met in this past year The bottle’s getting close to empty I reckon it’s a reflection of me I wonder what happens when the bottom clears Been trying to keep my mind off it Tried to drown it and tried to drop it But it’s stagnant like a puddle in the road I tried to dried it and I tried to drink it Forget it and over think it Tried wading in it with just my toes But what do ya know... It left me stained And I can’t tell what remains Of the man that you know Well it’s New Year’s Day and nothing’s changed Couldn’t think of resolutions that I wanted to break Might as well keep on going like I been I’ve noticed that I’ve been getting reckless Like a splff or two for my breakfast And five or six for supper with my drink The bottle is way past empty I reckon it’s a reflection of the hollowness developed in my heart It’s hard to come back from the bottom Maybe this year I’ll be able to solve it But it’s already been ten years since I decided to start It sure is hard... When you’re left stained And I can’t find any good way To become the man I’m meant to be I guess I’ll wait till next New Year’s Eve
3.
Oh My 03:32
I’ve spent all the days Since you left In a haze But I can’t hear your voice no more I can’t remember your face You just won’t leave my heart, my love You make my mind crazed I don’t know what to do Even the horse misses you It seems such a wicked fate Oh my, I still love you Oh I don’t think I want to Oh but I do I’ve lost all my will To go on anymore My heart is so hard now My frowning brow is sore You’ve left me with a hole, my love My soul, it aches each day I’m crying in a corner My loneliness won’t go away Oh my, I still love you Oh I don’t think I want to Oh how I so miss you I just wanna kiss you Under the stars
4.
Odessa 02:56
Odessa Die spinne weib du da bist You can cry me a river somewhere else Don’t make a difference what you did There ain’t no west for the wicked Does the branding cause you pain? Does your skin burn in the rain? Can’t undo what you did There ain’t no west for the wicked O! the spider web Is blown away in the wind Odessa The goosestepping line of rats You better watch your back Round here you gotta draw fast Or dig your own grave round back They’ve strung the hanging tree The crowds have gathered to see They’ve come in their Sunday best To rid the wicked from their west O! the spider web Is blown away in the wind
5.
I Don't Know 04:11
Jesus Christ could’ve been right But I don’t know Or maybe God is in us all I don’t know I must say it would be nice To end up in paradise I might be wrong Is this hell? I don’t know There’s a beast at a fiery feast Or so I’m told He wants us to swim with him in a lake of brimstone Well a snake could give me proof To the knowledge of the truth Even then I have a feeling I still won’t know Well it seems unlikely that anybody Has the answers or knows quite rightly What the hell is going on with anything at all You say that and they say this The rest just pick and ass to kiss Or kick or kill or maybe nibble on a bit There could be Greys gonna make us slaves I don’t know There could be Thetans in my soul I don’t know There could be a card up the sleeve Of the Illuminati I don’t know And I probably won’t And so it goes The Men in Black could be at my back But I don’t know The governments could worship Satan I don’t know 9/11 could’ve been An inside incident I wouldn’t be surprised But I wasn’t there So I don’t know Well it seems unlikely that anybody Has the answers or knows quite rightly What the hell is going on with anything at all You say that and they say this The rest just pick and ass to kiss Or kick or kill or maybe nibble on a bit I met the girl of my dreams That much I know I love her more than any other And I want her to know She’s in my every waking thought But then I found out that I’m not Just goes to show you might be sure You just don’t know Maybe I could have changed her heart I don’t know If i had said something else Or let it go Maybe a long time from now We can meet our hearts somehow Until then I’ll just accept That I don’t know Well it seems unlikely that you or I Have the answers or know quiet rightly What the hell is going on in either of our hearts I say this and you say that But doll, I’ll always have your back Even when it’s turned to me, I love you And that’s all I know Sweetheart, I love you And that’s all I know
6.
Oh darling, I have kissed the sky I’ve dined with the man in the moon While the comets fly by I’ve been to Mars And sang your favorite Neptune I dance and twirled in Jupiter’s eye And skipped to Ras Alhague But nothing compares to Ur anus It calls to me in my dreams So luminous And gravity has nothing on me I’ll surf the rim of a black hole To get back to you, miss ‘Cos nothing compares to Uranus I’ve seen Mercury A nebula or three I’ve ridden the Horsehead all down the Way, Milky Babe, I’ve seen it all Universal and small I’ve passed through the spaces between the spaces In between But nothing compares to Uranus It calls to me in my dreams So luminous And gravity has nothing on me I’ll surf the rim of a black hole To get back to you, miss ‘Cos nothing compares to Uranus Well doll, I’ve flown from one end Of this galaxy to the other But I don’t know if there is anything better I’ve been there and I’ve done that But lover, I’d do that again ‘Cos nothing compares...
7.
I’m going away I’m going away Far from here I’m sick of this place The train is leaving It’s leaving with me An endless frontier I ‘m sure I’ll miss some things But mostly I fear that I won’t hear The poetry of your words On my dissonant soul Where does it go after this? No one round here would know So... Take me out of this bullshit town Feel so corralled, just going round Don’t worry I’m going away Far from you I’m sick of this face This place is fading It’s fading from view The final frontier I’ll miss some things, I’m sure But I know that i’ll miss you ‘Cos I already do I miss the melody of your voice With the music of my soul Where do I go after this? I guess nowhere Or somewhere in the middle So... Take me out of this bullshit town Feel so corralled, just going round Couldn’t pick a day, so how ’bout now? Been so corralled by these bullshit clowns
8.
“’Well I never served in the war Hell, I hardly step out of my door Gun in hand, whiskey in the other I put country first over my brother I got the TV on, the radio too Country on one, the other, Fox News And Alex Jones is rattlin’ his bones While Garth Brooks bends bout his low-placed friends Well I don’t know nothing ‘bout no astrology ‘Cos the star and stripes is all I need God bless the US at its best and worst And God bless the world, but our country first’” “’First of all, I think you meant astronomy Your ignorance pulls at my sympathy But your microagression has become my obsession And I’ll shout you down and try to run you out of town Well, it’s left or bust and other slogans of that ilk An orgy of fluidity, uncertainty and guilt Let’s see who can be louder than the other My whole life I’ve been a victim to my country and my brother Well I know a thing or two of the privilege of the white I’m a bonafide cracker and I oppress day and night God don’t exist or there’d be justice in this world If he did, he’d be a she And I’d be all “You go girl”’” Well my friends, I’ve a few things to say Both your sides are different but ultimately the same Anger on one, rage on the other It’s the age old tale of brother against brother And it’s alright that you are this way Everyone’s evolving every moment, every day But you’re gonna scream to death On the right, on the left Till we’re all deaf and it don’t matter anyway So quiet your voices and listen for a minute Sit down, smoke a J and let’s talk about music I love Motown and I think punk is the worst Classical and jazzical But country first I think we can all agree that it’s country first

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released October 23, 2020

All song written by Daniel Besuijen
Produced, engineered and mixed by D. Besuijen
Additional engineering by Paul Hutchinson
Mastered by Orion Paradis @ Soulsound Studios
Artwork by Corey Ruecker

D. Besuijen: vocals, acoustic guitars, slide guitars, bass, keys, percussion
Paul Hutchinson: drums
Matt Kaip: lead electric guitar

Thanks to Paul Hutchinson, Matt Kaip, Orion Paradis, Corey Ruecker, Devon Dozlaw, Dustin Wiebe, Chris Notenboom, Jozina Besuijen, Austin Merle, Tyler Gilbert & GVG Records, Robot Hive, Yama Hama, The Venus Extraction, Ratsnake’s Illustrious Party.

Dedicated to Greg “Jr Toast” Osmond, Rye Noble & Chris Besuijen.

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