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The Time It Takes

by Kayla Luky

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nienburger This is simply a gripping song. Kayla's vocals and masterful pedal steel. Favorite track: Two Long Years.
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1.
The cowboys are coming, They’re sitting on the edge Of their leather saddles, Smoking cheap cigarettes The cowboys are coming, You’re bound to see them yet Whiskey in their boots, Riding high on their horses They’re free as the summer, Those Indians left behind They’ve been sleeping in the meadows waiting for the perfect time to strike The cowboys are coming, They’re coming to your town Galloping the horizon and waiting for the kill The cowboys are coming, They’re shining up their best Taking names and numbers and laying down the law And all the King’s horses, and all of his men They’ve been trying and trying to catch those wild horses and their men Although I know it’s wrong, He’s a criminal at heart I lie awake in July’s heat and wait for his call He’s free as the summer, Those Indians left behind I’ve been sleeping in the meadows waiting for his heart to be mine And all the Kings horses, and all of his men They couldn’t try and stop me from finding that man Although I tried to warn you, Yes I tried my best Oh that Western Cowboy will always have my heart until the end
2.
It's been two long years since I've seen your face I've been thinking about leaving this place For better times and better company But it's all the same wherever you go And my friends will say I told you so Stop trying to live out someone else's dream It's harder than it seems sometimes oh the way things go you never can tell Just how I'll change my mind But tonight I'm coming back to you I might drive all night or take a day or two Cuz my reckless heart I know how it behaves It gets mixed up and it goes astray But babe it's sure of one thing It's coming back to you I've been working this old nine to five Been wondering what to do with this life Spending too many days under the blind fold And you once said it's a matter of time Well I've been waiting and I hope you're right Cuz you could say I'm not quite yet sold It's harder than it seems sometimes oh I hear your voice on the end of the line And I can tell you're tired cuz so am I But tonight I'm coming back to you I might drive all night or take a day or two Cuz my reckless heart I know how it behaves It gets mixed up and it goes astray But babe it's sure of one thing It's coming back to you Oh babe it's coming back to you Oh babe it's coming back to you Oh babe it's coming back to you
3.
My flowers are empty the roses are dead On the ledge that you fixed, I haven't heard from you since The day that you left this one horse town Guess it wasn't big enough for you to stick around And you left me in shambles, You left me in pain The summer dragged on and my heart didn't change Now you're gone like the wind, Gone like the leaves Winter's setting in and you won't be back to mess with this heart again There's a draft in the corner where you once slept The cold is coming in and I'm alone in my bed The silence surrounds me and it's a nice sound There's been nothing for no one since you've been around And you left me in shambles, You left me in pain The summer dragged on and my heart didn't change Now you're gone like the wind, Gone like the leaves Winter's setting in and you won't be back to mess with this heart again Now don't you come 'round here messin' again My white flag is up in the dead winter wind I've laid all my cards out and you rolled the dice Now it's time you go your way and I will go mine And I won't be in shambles, I won't be in pain The tables will turn and my heart will change I'll be gone like the wind, Gone like the leaves Now winter is here and I'm locking the doors, I ain't lettin' you in
4.
All the wolves tonight, They are creeping Around the edges of my mind All the crickets, They are singing All the words I couldn't find But it's too late, it's gone, you'll never mind me In all the spaces between All the words, and the lies, and all the time That you've wasted on me You won't find me Now the moon's low, On the horizon And the stars they spell your name And my fingers, Trace the patterns Of the shadows on my street But it's too late, it's gone, you'll never mind me In all the spaces between All the words, and the lies, and all the time That you've wasted on me You won't find me Oooh oh oh Ooooh oh oh Oooh oh ooh Oooh oh oh Ooooh oh oh Oooh oh ooh Now all is quiet, On the home front And the birds are swooping low They’ve been calling me, Playing hide and seek Waiting for the first one to crow But it's too late, it's gone, you'll never mind me In all the spaces between All the words, and the lies, and all the time That you've wasted on me It's too late, it's gone, you'll never mind me In all the spaces between All the words, and the lies, and all the time That you've wasted on me You won't find me
5.
Arizona 03:40
It’s been cold for days, You’ve been sitting around for weeks Waiting for the money to fall into your hands When it’s cold outside, Oh how these boys will ride Through this prairie town, It’s EI EI oh All the lovely ladies, They will be out drinking Out on the corner of main and railway And how they’ll try tonight, When the boys get off the ice You’ll know it’s Saturday, It’s EI EI oh There’s no use in complaining, The sun came up to give us a brand new day And no one is listening Coffee’s up a quarter, Times are tough but at least the weather is warmer If we go down to Arizona
6.
Your Hands 03:36
Suppose I said I could change my ways I could be the one to give you the things That you need the most to stay in love With someone like me, It’s all the small things You know that I’m swayed easily I’ll wake up for you, I’ll make the coffee We both know where it stands, If you take mine I won’t let go Of your hand Through all the miles and through all the months I could be there for you, Keep my phone turned on Even when my heart starts wearing thin I will find my way back to your arms You know that I’m swayed easily I’ll wake up for you, I’ll make the coffee We both know where it stands, If you take mine I won’t let go Of your hand When all our wandering years are gone We could meet up half way and work on the things That kept us here through the thick and the thin And we’ll stay in love with all the small things You know that I’m swayed easily I’ll wake up for you, I’ll make the coffee We both know where it stands, If you take mine I won’t let go Of your hand
7.
The moon is shining low in the Western sky, To my left and I Dream on by And the East holds promises that I’ll never see, I’ve been alone But at least I’ve still got me All the time, Time it takes to pass my past And just live and be glad for what I have Left in this life to make it oh To make it The road still winds through this prairie sunrise, I’ve got mountains to my left And wheat fields to my right And I will roam these dusty country roads, Been searching all this time And I think I’m almost home All the time, Time it takes to pass my past And just live and be glad for what I have Left in this life to make it oh To make it
8.
Western shores have been calling me I haven’t heard from you in weeks From time to time you come drifting through The shadows of my dreams Oh, oh how will I know? If this life was ever for me? Hard, hard, times a comin’ Whether I stay or whether I leave I brought out the scales, the books and the cards Been searching the sky for a sign of my heart I’ve been going through motions and minding my qs But I fear that we’ve lost the spark Oh, oh how will I know? If this life was ever for me? Hard, hard, times a comin’ Whether I stay or whether I leave Oh, oh how will I know? If this life was ever for me? Hard, hard, times a comin’ Whether I stay or whether I leave Western shores have been calling me And hard times are coming
9.
I’m drunker than a pirate on a lonely ship at sea My sails have been flailing and the current is carrying me away From this place I’m drunker than a gypsy in some travelling carousel The late nights and the liquor all these strangers have been putting me through hell Some things you’ll never tell How the seasons keep changing from June and back through spring Loosing time and bottles and it won’t bring anything to me Any kind of peace I’m drunker than a father on some winter holiday Spending all my money trying to forget all the mistakes I’ve made But some things you can’t erase How the seasons keep changing from June and back through spring Loosing time and bottles and it won’t bring anything to me Any kind of peace After all my drinking and my partying’s all done I will walk for miles and miles with all All that I’ve done wrong And in my darkest hour I’ll be calling out to you Saying sorry for all I did and what What I didn’t do But the seasons kept changing and slipping through my hands Lost so much time in all those bottles and now I understand That I won’t find any kind of peace in there at all Any kind of peace at all Any kind of peace Any kind of peace
10.
He’s a lonesome ranger and in his darkest hour is he sees no beauty left in the land From the blue skies to the crimson sunrise he feels the winds are changing And he don’t see, no he don’t see what’s coming for him and you and me And he don’t see, no he don’t see what’s coming for him and you and me He’s a lonesome sailor and in his darkest hour is feels no beauty left in the water From the salt seas to the waves on the beach he feels the tides are changing And he don’t see, no he don’t see what’s coming for him and you and me And he don’t see, no he don’t see what’s coming for him and you and me As the world sleeps grown men are on their knees needing something to hold onto As the world caves grown men are afraid everything they built is changing And they don’t see, no they don’t see what’s coming for them and you and me And they don’t see, no they don’t see what’s coming for them and you and me No they don’t see, no they don’t see what’s coming for them and you and me

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released April 4, 2011

All songs written by Kayla Luky

Recorded in December 2010 at Big Green House Productions, Grandview, Manitoba

Producer & Engineer: Zachary Lucky
Assistant Engineer: Sean Craib-Petkau
Mixed, mastered and additional production: Jonathan Anderson of Buena Vista Audio, Langley, British Columbia

Kayla Luky: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, banjo and boot stomps on “Lonesome Ranger”
Jonathan Anderson: background vocals, percussion, keyboards, mandolin
Zachary Lucky: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, background vocals on “Lonesome Ranger”
Lucas Goetz: drums, percussion, pedal steel, banjo on “The Time It Takes”
Carly Maicher: background vocals and boot stomps on “Lonesome Ranger”
Daniel Peloquin-Hopfner: acoustic bass

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Kayla Luky Grandview, Manitoba

Singer-songwriter Kayla Luky lives in Grandview, Manitoba, a small farming community nestled between the Riding and Duck Mountains. This unique setting gives her sound absolute authenticity.

Too country for country and too country for folk, her songs are soaked in alcohol, dirt and sorrow, honouring the roots of real country music.
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