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Get Free

by Sam Weber

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1.
Truth Or Lie 03:42
My girl got engaged to some guy before she even knew my name I’ve been trying to live my life out anyway So I’m gonna spend the rest of my years shacking up with my regrets ‘Cause I didn’t come out swinging like a real dead ringer on the chapel steps But it all comes to light, how we feel I can’t keep a secret babe but I’ll make you a deal When it all comes to light, over time Truth or lie Your ex wife’s way more into sex now that you’re not married to her People change and love is strange I’ve learned It’s real hard trying to tell the truth when you know you gotta hurt some one Feels like staring down the long, cold barrel of a loaded gun, and then It all comes to light, how you feel I can’t keep a secret babe but I’ll make you a deal When it all comes to light, over time Truth or lie Wading through the bullshit every day really is the hardest thing Damn it if it hasn’t given me some real swell lines to sing The old cats tell me that a day will come it’ll all make sense: And living my life like I’ve always done When it all comes to light, how I feel I can’t keep a secret babe but I’ll make you a deal When it all comes to light, over time Truth or lie
2.
Already Know 03:15
Rolled up my blue jeans into a bag Rings around my eyelids beginning to sag Lean out the window when you take a drag I’ve enjoyed staying now I must grow Drum up a lifestyle bet on a hunch I was the quiet one of my bunch When I go rambling hold onto your lunch Look at me now, look at me grow Up like a baby, down through the night Pay me attention, I’ll be alright My day to day living has levelled a blow You say I’ll be fine but I already know Put on Paul Simon, he’s always been hip Tell me the tracks you want me to skip Heard this one’s lifted, man that’s a rip He stuck it on Graceland like no one would know Drove like a baby, rocked like a ship Thank you Hidalgo, thanks for the tip These new allegations have levelled a blow You said I’ll be fine, but I already know You said I’ll be fine but I already know You said I’ll be fine but I already know
3.
Meet me on the desert sand, get out of this camper van I want to get back to the land, back behind the wheel Too much sleep is a disgrace, stop for food and lift the pace If you’re the queen and I’m the ace, how’re we gonna deal ? Told you once I told you then You know you’re my true best friend If we fall in love again let’s give our girl your name God help us if it happens soon So much time we’ve yet to lose To meet with our demise or get out of the game Dip below the greater lakes Windy city cold will shake you Get that weather off my face I wanna smile bright and true Duck on down to Yellowstone Wild sage the bison roam in Rolling fog the valleys grown a wild yellow hue I told you once I told you then You know you’re my true best friend If we fall in love again, let’s give our girl your name God help us if it happens soon So much time we’ve yet to lose To meet with our demise or get out of the game Get out of the game Somewhere down the line we made a promise that no pain Or money would change anything Emerald city shine again Portland must of come and went I was listening to you vent We’ve been cooped up for awhile Techies on the Bay agree No road to the island’s free Oh, paradise you’re killing me, charging by the mile I told you here I told you there You and I make quite a pair If she gets your golden hair let’s give our girl your name God help us if it happens soon So much time we’ve yet to lose to meet with our demise Or get out of the game I’m sorry I just can’t stay Where do rent cheques come from these days Here’s to you you’re good to pay you always spot me cash Best that I be getting on Tank is full the brights are on If you’re a big fish I’m a prawn you’re kind to let me splash I told you once I told you then You know you’re my true best friend If we fall in love again let’s give our girl your name God help us if it happens soon So much time we’ve yet to lose To meet with our demise and get out of the game Somewhere down the line we made a promise that no pain Or money would change anything Get out of the game Somewhere down the line we made a promise that no pain Or money would change anything Get out of the game Somewhere down the line we made a promise that no pain Or money would change anything Get out of the game Somewhere down the line we made a promise that no pain Or glory would change anything
4.
Walking down the road all alone Doesn’t seem to matter anyway way I go Each time I'm out on my own, looking for a thrill People wanna treat me kind Keep em working for you or they rob you blind Give a little rope and if you slack the line they come in for the kill Don't cry for me I'm halfway gone, trying to break through, trying to make sense to you To you Working til my debts are paid Get a little older and your bed gets made Bags get packed and plans get laid like puzzles upside down A crown without a proper king A funeral dove that never knew that it could sing Or a classic love without a ring slow dancing in long lace gown Don't cry for her she's halfway gone, wasted her youth, trying to make sense to you To you The evening never seems to end Sleep away the morning when you're on the mend Call you on the phone like an old best friend when business is slow To dangle hope like show and tell Anyone who's ever broken through your shell Knows fondness ain't a simple spell that anyone can throw Don't cry for them they're halfway gone, what's the point trying to make sense to you To you Sleeping in a back ­house; East LA Little jasmine trellis on the garden gate Those who do believe in fate will never tell you why Speed freak crashed the neighbours shed Found him in the morning he was halfway dead Eyes rolled up inside his head he fell into the sky Don't cry for him; he's halfway gone, moving his lips, trying to make sense to you To you One day we run out of time Nothing good about it but it’s not unkind World spins out upon a dime while the second line is playing I’ll be glad when my time comes Glad I made it out of these pretentious slums Don’t cry for me if the deed is done there’s nothing more worth saying Don’t cry for me I’m halfway gone I’ll never get free trying to make sense to you To you
5.
Survival 03:55
Evening’s on my eyelids, smog’s on the horizon Making all the colours burn orange and red Grateful to the sunrise, thank you for the moonshine Back home around this time I’d be wallowing Hiding from a world both solemn and mean Scrubbing at my nails until the water runs clean I’m the lone defender of an innocent dream I call survival
 I’m out for a bimble, boys, pass me a thimble This second-hand dodge caravan is blowing out seams I pull off in North county, two coyotes howling stir 
impressions of a lover who got through to me
 Begged for my redemption from a highway queen Took blood and sweat and skin off both of my knees She was my protector before the love got lean I called her survival We’d like to make it look so easy It’s hard to make it look so easy and feel alive I’m giving you a look at how I feel inside No place to run no place to hide Not looking for some 70s revival Just for survival I swing out of my weight class, yes, I can be a smart ass Ripping on the green grass when the field’s serene Puff those clouds awhile, least until I’m smiling Baby let’s forget all of the miles we’ve seen
 Been me against the world since I was sixteen And trying to grow apart if you know what I mean Don’t call me a pawn in the elaborate scheme Call me survival
6.
French doors are open, spirits run In and out of the house I was born in Sunlight comes washing through the hearth of the home where I live Don’t try and wash me clean, don’t try and make me eat Baby I’m nowhere bound When nowhere I go am I free to unload of these sorrows slung low down You know I’m nowhere bound Wild summer flower on my piano - let me sing you a song about dying Ashes to ashes, truth can be sour baby don’t come to me when you’re crying Trying to wash yourself clean, trying to make me eat Baby I’m nowhere bound You’ve nowhere to go to be free to unload of your sorrow slung low down You know you’re nowhere bound The ages have spoken, I blew my last token to fall like a man from the gallows Down in Hoboken now, battered and broken how am I to crawl from the shadows Don’t try and wash me clean, don’t try and make me eat Baby I’m nowhere bound I’ve nowhere to go and be free to unload of these sorrows slung low down You know I’m nowhere bound
7.
Catch me on the Golden Coast, I’m long due headed down Left my family waving slow back when the time ran out Took dad’s Camry, drove it dry and let those tears run clean All the sadness from my eyes from everything I’d seen All this sadness, all life’s lessons, These confessional songs we sing Lead me higher to salvation Cheers to all the future brings Woe and trouble take the highways, byways shake my blues Well my heart up with affection each time I get loose From all my sadness, all life’s lessons These confessional songs we sing Lead me higher to salvation Here’s to all the future brings These past years have been cloaked in silence Sprung from deeper wells of sorrow Here I’m standing feeling gracious Pain today is gone tomorrow Homesick vagrant, damp and cold, no love could set me free Fragrant as an LA rose she drew something out of me All my sadness, all life’s lessons, These confessional songs I sing Lead me higher to salvation Cheers to all the future brings
8.
Money 03:23
All of my friends gotta turn the page Give up the the dream and learn to act their age Live their lives to see their wives and kids So strange old ghosts like me don’t get a glimpse Since they left my whole lens went fuzzy Use to make time now we just make money Used to write songs, now we just write cheques Used to look inside, to figure out what’s next Used to feel strong now I just feel slow Used to belong to someone long ago But now she’s gone my whole lens is fuzzy Used to make love now we just make money When all of your ideals grow too distant Old confidants will feel inconsistent The answer is a lesson you forgot Love is not a thing that can be bought What’s right is wrong, the whole world’s gone funny Since she’s gone my whole lens is fuzzy Now you’re gone my whole lens is fuzzy Used to make time now we just make money
9.
Everyone 03:33
Everyone is waiting for a train Heading back the way from which they came Everyone who’s walking in the light Most of them will make it out alright Just when they begin to understand Someone has to go and change the plan Everyone knows someone working hard Half-way finished paying off the car Some of them can see the other side Some get turned away when they arrive Everyone who’s walking in the light Some of them won’t make it out alright Just when they begin to understand someone has to go and change the plan Everyone is cleaning up a mess Making peace with some kind of regret Anyone can learn to be alone That’s the way we come, the way we go Everyone who’s walking in the light Most of them will make it out alright Just when they begin to understand someone has to go Just when I begin to understand someone has to go and change the plan
10.
Lose someone the first time Doesn’t come easy babe Wednesday they were on your mind Thursday they were gone Lately I’ve been shaking hands With visions of my old man Sending old lovers away Walking the streets of LA Found love for the first time It hasn’t been easy baby When you crossed my mind back then Everything was dry I knew you all long I never knew a love this strong My heart was ripped and flayed Walking the streets of LA Lose the fight to growing up Lose the right to choose All the hype that comes it comes To feel like abuse Now the years are slipping Like shuffling shoes All across my avenue today Walking the streets of LA Turning old lovers away

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“A uniqueness that no one else offers… fresh, bright talent… What sets Weber apart from his contemporaries are the jazz-influenced patterns in both his vocals and free-floating music” - No Depression

“Weber’s subtle twists on the ’70s-styled troubadour aesthetic sacrifice nothing for emotional expansiveness or lyrical acumen” - buzzbands.la

“Sam Weber's Get Free traces the artist's journey from his home country of Canada to his new universe of Los Angeles, a collection of travelling songs that tell stories of rediscovery and rebirth. It's a road trip album if there ever was one” - Exclaim!

“The guy’s a hell of a songwriter, great musician, great guitarist… he’s going to do big things” - Afie Jurvanen, Bahamas

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released February 4, 2022

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Written by Sam Weber
Produced by Mallory Hauser and Sam Weber
Mixed by Robbie Lackritz

Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova

Special appreciation and thank you to Charleen De Long, Graham Weber, Briana Hill, Afie Jurvanen, Robbie Lackritz, Tyler Chester, Christine Chester, Jon Hauser, Theo Fleming, Sarah Tudor, Tim Potocic, Mark Milne, J.J. Collins, Homer Holmes and Beef, David Young, Lisa La Rocca, Kristin Archer, Terra Lightfoot, Nathan Mark, and Matthew Bean


This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada. Supported by Creative BC and the province of British Columbia. Made possible with the support of Ontario Creates.

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Sam Weber has spent the last decade variously honing his craft as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, a road that crests a scenic new mountain with the arrival of his stunning new album, Everything Comes True. Expanding on the ambitious canvas of his recent New Agile Freedom EP, Weber has delivered his most compelling release to date, one stacked with remarkable songs. ... more

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