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Dream Country

by Jake McNeillie and Company

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    Jake McNeillie & Co.'s first LP "Dream Country" is a conceptual revolving art piece. The songs are broken up into seasons starting with summer. The first and last song are bookends referencing a season in each verse.

    4 panel digipak gloss cover of Aaron Forman's artwork in order by season. The front being summer image, the autumn image inside left, wintery moon image inside right (CD Cover), and back being the spring image. All CD's packaged in crystal clear resealable eco-bags.

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1.
Take Me Back (Dream Country I) 04:34
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See the mist rise above the morning meadow Like the ghost of dreams in this farm town Peer at the wispy clouds in the beaming blue sky And the horses grazing in the grass Through family houses and white stables To a time when I was young and able Hear birds chirping high above the trees And the dogs barking at dawn Take me back to picket fences and open fields Country livin' a simpler time Somethin' real Shimmering afternoon Fresh peaches in the orchard Her smiling face beckoning To a lake in the heat of the Sun Take me back to picket fences and open fields Country livin' a simpler time Somethin' real And in the twilight at last days glow Smell the flowers in the fragrant breeze Heavens layered orange and violet Above a shadowed plane Faint stars light a sapphire curtain The world rests quietly in it's slumber Enchanted mystery in the evening air A hint of fantasy as I drift to dreams Take me back to picket fences and open fields Country livin' a simpler time Somethin' real Take me back to picket fences and open fields I'm livin' a life that's no longer me, I gotta' get back To the country...
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Air I Breathe 05:52
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I'll never forget the first time I saw your face Your coy lit smile up there in desperate space The desolate wind blowing through your blonde hair Your wavering dress in porch light in the Summer breeze Memories of you all faded in photographs And how could I know that our love wouldn't last Travelin' alone on this empty, sandy road A shooting star bright in the Paris sky As I said goodbye, tears in your eyes... You're in the air I breathe You're in everything You're dark features haunt the starlit sky You're in all I see You're in everything The ghost of you will haunt me till I die Naked plywood, closing in on me The Texas desert as far as the eye can see The city dust all in my restless eyes The isolation I've created with my lies As I said goodbye, tears in your eyes... You're in the air I breathe You're in everything You're dark features haunt the starlit sky You're in all I see You're in everything The ghost of you will haunt me till I die And here I sit in this lonely hotel room These worn out jeans, the loom be comin' soon Another dream, lost echos in the muggy air Your pale white body is no longer there It's a pain to be Oh can't you see You're all things to me... You're in the air I breathe You're in everything You're dark features haunt the starlit sky You're in all I see You're in everything The ghost of you will haunt me till I die You're in the air I breathe You're in everything You're dark features haunt the starlit sky You're in all I see You're in everything The ghost of you will haunt me till I die
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If This is What Love is About 04:42
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By the look in your eye I can tell you want a piece of me But I got a cold heart as black as the barren sea And the love in me died in the Laramie Plain In a rusty truck parked in a country lane If this is what love is about then I don't wanta' play the game Cause my heart's been broken too many times And every time I come back to love, well, it's never ever the same I just pray some day I can ease my worried mind With you alone I thought we built a world Where we could both live under the prairie Sun But fear came along and the crops have all but died By the rolling snow of you defenseful pride If this is what love is about then I don't wanta' play the game Cause my heart's been broken too many times And every time I come back to love, well, it's never ever the same I just pray some day I can ease my worried mind See you standin' in the Nashville Sun in a parking lot Pickin' change off any man you can find... So raise your hand if you've had it with love 'Cause I'm feelin' it more from day to day Breakin' rocks all day just to get my due When all the while can't escape the ghost of you See you standin' in the Nashville Sun in a parking lot Pickin' change off any man you can find...
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Sweet Dreams Marie 05:48
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She entered my life The world was like A magic wonderland Soft fingers in my hand She's got the mind of a child Eyebrows so thick and wild The face of a Disney villain The body of a super girl vixen Thin raven hair of Bettie Page My queen of the stars in the Space Age Sweet dreams Marie I know you long to touch me A heart drenched in doubt 'Neath the lights of the city Sweet dreams Marie Won't you escape with me An innocent reborn Pink lights of the city Through film red tinted black and white Mickey Mouse sweater in soft light Thick make-up on her down caste eyes Stocking up her luscious thighs Sweet dreams Marie I know you long to touch me A heart drenched in doubt 'Neath the lights of the city Sweet dreams Marie Won't you escape with me An innocent reborn Pink lights of the city If I drop her she'll shatter like a porcelain doll She tfeels the world is large and she is so small Behind the cellophane wall in the neon lights Like Pinocchio I strive to bring her alive Make her heart sing Set her chest aflame Sweet dreams Marie I know you long to touch me A heart drenched in doubt 'Neath the lights of the city Sweet dreams Marie Won't you escape with me An innocent reborn Pink lights of the city I often drift in fantasy While my mind sits quietly Clouds hang low in the blue marble sky Beach waves in and out by our side Summer warmth braces our skin Through the throws of love we are born again Sweet dreams Marie I know you long to touch me A heart drenched in doubt 'Neath the lights of the city Sweet dreams Marie Won't you escape with me An innocent reborn Pink lights of the city
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Kentucky Moon 07:26
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The day that her pah died I seen the tears in her sea green eyes The mist of her breath 'Neath the winter stars I heald her close To heal her tender scars Made her way to Lexington From a clapboard farm Board a rusty bus I remember her under a Kentucky Moon Dancing on bright rainbows In the dark of night with pigtails in her hair I remember her laughing in the autumn leaves Rays of sunshine on her face Young shining grace with ribbons in 'er hair Years later cross the bluegrass hills Stone fenced roads to Louiesville Found her lyin' 'neath a pillar of stairs With the sunshine beaten' out of 'er freckled face I remember her under a Kentucky Moon Dancing on bright rainbows In the dark of night with pigtails in her hair I remember her laughing in the autumn leaves Rays of sunshine on her face Young shining grace with ribbons in 'er hair She turned ta' whorin' ta' feed lust after time After loosin' 'er job at the coal mine Yet she still dreams 'bout 'er better days Of ridin' horses and playin' in the hay I remember her under a traffic light Holding her oh so tight In the winter rain in the dark cold night I remember her as the light went out of her eyes She left with a harsh sweet smile Peered into my face one moment of grace
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Weatherworn Angel 03:49
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My heart goes soft In a trance as she walks on the stage Slanted lips And tights on her legs Weatherworn angel Voice cuts my heart like a knife Echoing in dark dreams tonight Weatherworn angel Ash blonde hair and olive skin Youthful exuberance fuels a fire within Weatherworn angel Downcast eyes and a graceful smile Can I stay in your world for a while? Defense against prying hands Everyman's eye on her in the room And at the end of the night Feeling alone to herself in the loom Weatherworn angel Cardigan sweater wool pea coat Worn out boots and flowered dress Weatherworn angel Amber stone hazel eyes Gaze into me with cold intellect Weatherworn angel Soft cheek against my chest Passionate movement of her heaving breast Weatherworn angel Caressing hips wrapped around my legs Hair smells like honey as I kiss her forehead It's true her love is deep Though her heart has been broken She builds her wall so high I'm holding the pain of being a woman Weatherworn angel Laughing playfully as you place Warm hands upon your face Weatherworn angel I hope you fly away Before they clip your wings...
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Funeral Dirge 05:39
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The world is a desert Each grain of sand a lost dream By the second we grow older By the hour less bold And the wolves that prey at your soul Devour pleasures as they're brought to life And I am slowly fading As time clocks govern my mind The world is molasses Green grass sage overtime And the seas out their rage Each beggar striving to make their way So won't you sing a funeral dirge for my soul I'm driftin' far from the child I once knew And each time I raise my hands to the sky Like a bird they clip my wings than I dive And outside a snowclad wasteland In emptyness darkness looms My screams are forgotten Cold aspirations in a tomb And rest assured they'll come a time A fruit of passion from the vine So won't you sing a funeral dirge for my soul I'm driftin' far from the child I once knew And each time I raise my hands to the sky Like a bird they clip my wings than I dive
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I'll Be Forgotten 05:55
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Well the moon up there in the cumulus clouds Speaks of sorrow on these ramblin' days I was born without a pa' got no kin to speak of My ma' disowned me Had to fight my life through Here lovers beat me since-less each and every day That's why I'm here to say I'll be forgotten One day I'll be beggan' on the street I'll be forgotten Breakin' every heart I can find I'll be forgotten Like a rock 'neath the dead calm sea I'll be forgotten One day they'll forget about me The first time I tasted vast ecstasy I rode obsidian waves on a crystal ship The howlin' in my head made the pain go away And all hidden paths to my checkered past I'll be forgotten One day I'll be beggan' on the street I'll be forgotten Breakin' every heart I can find I'll be forgotten Like a rock 'neath the dead calm sea I'll be forgotten One day they'll forget about me Once had a beautiful girl Sunlight walked beside 'er Pissed away her heavenly love The last time I took the needle Didn't help to hide or mask the pain The dirty streets, they fill with rain Where I rest with a Pancho tenant friend El Paso's the final place I'll run down the drain I'll be forgotten One day I'll be beggan' on the street I'll be forgotten Breakin' every heart I can find I'll be forgotten Like a rock 'neath the dead calm sea I'll be forgotten One day they'll forget about me
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Farewell 06:16
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I saw the most beautiful woman I ever saw Raising her fist toward a bright orange sky Running through the fog to meet him there She fell upon the steps to morn her loss Farewell dark haired maiden in the sky A technicolor daydream even though you hath died Dance halls filled with golden light She stands in front of a charming man a southern delight Emerald dress, face raised in hope Crying for something she cannot have in dreamlike colored sand Farewell dark haired maiden in the sky A technicolor daydream even though you hath died As the curtain raised to a rumbling crowd You held your madness within, behind a shroud As we fade to black and white Old Hollywood starlit stands in spotlight Violet marbles pear into the lens Mirrored balls cage the darkness within Farewell fair haired maiden in the sky A black and white legend even though you hath died As the curtain raised to an empty hall You held your madness within you fooled us all Alone to herself she passed on With a withered hand clutched to her chest Beloved lover by her lifeless side She left a hole in his heart, she'll suffer no more
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A Man Alone 04:27
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Jeweled eyes shined aquamarine Pearl black hair dark as the moonless night Skin tan as the desert sand My ice queen of the winter stars But I lost her so in a cavalcade of snow And forever I'll be a man alone Sapphire eyes deep as the Irish Sea Ruby hair burned like fire Milky skin all covered in freckles Clíodhna queen of the Emerald Isle But she drifted evermore off the shamrock shore And forever I'll be a man alone Sandy eyes, cinnamon ash brown hair Petite one cuddly as a teddy bear Hour glass figure, Cheshire Cat smile Candy queen, fingernails in style But off all the ones I've lost You're the girl I loved the most Flower blossomed on my heart And withered like a ghost And forever I'll be a man alone My heart beats for you Like a tree doesn't make a sound And forever I'll be a man alone
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Northwest Daydream (Dream Country II) 05:08
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You know I found her in the fog Douglas furs, neath winter clouds Flannel pea coat, skirt above her knees Giggling at me through the trees Black and white mod fantasy The kind you see in sixties movies The vibrant colors that you wear romantically A world created you and me There she cowers in yellow slick coat Arms folded round her knees Matching umbrella in the pourin' rain Cryin' inside, so much pain Young broken heart so long ago Now she's letting her tender wounds show Black and white mod fantasy The kind you see in sixties movies The vibrant colors that you wear romantically A world created you and me Cobblestone houses, wood paneled floors Green rolling hills, a daydream galore Blue-orange sky, warm setting sun Northwest Daydream has begun Black and white mod fantasy The kind you see in sixties movies The vibrant colors that you wear romantically A world created you and me At our wedding in the park There she stands in white posh dress Hair tied in a bow Skinny tie, suit tight to my chest Black and white mod fantasy The kind you see in sixties movies The vibrant colors that you wear romantically A world created you and me Black and white mod fantasy The kind you see in sixties movies The vibrant colors that you wear romantically A world created you and me A world created you and me A world created you and me...

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Jake McNeillie & Co.'s first LP "Dream Country" is a conceptual revolving art piece. The songs are broken up into seasons starting with summer. The first and last song are bookends referencing a season in each verse.

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released May 30, 2015

Songs written by Jake McNeillie
Produced by Jake McNeillie, Aaron Forman, and Thaddeus Moore
Recorded and mixed by Thaddeus Moore at Sprout City Studios Eugene, OR
Mastered by Chris Goosman at Baseline Audio Labs Ann Arbor, MI

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