On, On & On, by David M Western

On, On & On

by David M Western

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1.	Pressed Flowers 04:19	lyrics	buy track
I sat in the park, till it got dark Thinking bout us together Your hair is blonde, showing brown She’s just like me, we share weather Feels like we’re two, put into film Perhaps we get lost on the way The timings right, like so many things These two can become the same Well she’s pressed flowers For her letters that are written well And I love pressed flowers These letters seem to write themselves Street light fires, graffiti puddles in the street I can’t remember, but believe you that twice we did meet And I’d love nothing more Than to be with you now Well she’s pressed flowers For her letters that are written well And I love pressed flowers These letters seem to write themselves
2.	Roll, Roll, Roll 03:24	lyrics	buy track
Roll, roll, roll, everybody in the hole Gotta pick it up and wait Today’s a good day to say, again, I love you Wait, wait, wait everybody at the gate my brothers coming undone Get him out in the sun again, to say, I love you Were you looking for glory and did you find some We tell ourselves these stories is that where all of this begun? Cos every little breath, every little smile Every little day takes a little while Brother can’t you see you’re pretty sweet to me Again, I say, I love you I swear I wasn’t on the shitter That one time that you called me And your mumma didn’t raise no quitter besides what are friends supposed to be? Even if you were living out of your car I know that cars gonna go real far Again, I say, I love you Climb climb climb one day at a time I can see it on your cheek Grins been gone for a week, now you’re blue, it’s true We miss you Spin that wheel, I know you’re never gonna heal Get that bandaid ripped Hear the words from our lips we say, again, we love you I think that come next winter we’ll dig a hole in the ground We’ll leave that hole for nothing until your head is safe and sound Cos every little breathe, every little smile Every little day, one day at a time Brother can’t you see you’re pretty sweet to me again, I say, I love you And again, I say, I love you
3.	Buddy 03:32	lyrics	buy track
Frightened by the moment TV on the wall It’s pain that they all show now Playing for one and all She seems a lot like you, I see You move so proud and you move so free That’s not all I think about You’re just a flower about to sprout Now you’re soul cries like sunshine Make a night for some free time A madmans got your heart, you don’t worry You’re lovely, buddy Rolling on the floor The noises in your head What do you do with a broken heart Should you love whoever you can? Well you’re honey to the bee Now we’re here and we wanna be free Buddy we’re so much more Than writing on the wall Now you’re soul cries like sunshine Make a night for some free time A madmans got your heart, you don’t worry You’re lovely, buddy Now you’re soul cries like sunshine Make a night for some free time A madmans got your heart, you don’t worry You’re lovely, buddy
4.	On, On & On 03:29	lyrics	buy track
I close my eyes and I’m back on the farm I touched the electric fence, thought I lost my arm Wouldn’t matter if I felt sadness or joy Those trees they grow it don’t matter the boy Lost two dogs a farmer shot the third That’s life out here boy, the way of the dirt The pub in town it ran out of beer That made headline news, that don’t happen here Drove your dads paddock bomb into the patio When he got home we said we didn’t know Set fire to your mummas sleeping bag Many years later no questions asked And that goes on and on and on On on and on On Towed on a tyre by a motorbike Swimming in algae on stolen land At that age everythings a toy Those trees they grow it don’t matter the boy Cut my head when we played rock throw We played with axes, played with horny bulls I didn’t mean to upset your ma When I filled her caravan up with bean bag balls Now I’m a country boy that much is true There are certain things that I will not do So if you’re looking for something to do Remember these trees grow no matter what you do And that went on and on and on Well it go so wet the sheep all drowned By the doorstep we shared a frown We built a raft to get around Frost spilling out your lips like balloons from a circus clown And it goes on and on and on On on and on
5.	I’ll Never Forgive You 04:02	lyrics	buy track
There was a time I thought I knew I was hungry, I was blind And you, you were there too Watching me wasting your time I’ll never forgive you, if you’re still crying over me I’m sorry if I hurt you, baby Remember when we first met I didn’t have no facial hair Well I’ll never forgive you If you’re still crying over me Well I got what I needed I could see it in your eyes You thought I had your fathers mind And maybe you saw truth, I was just a boy I’ll never forgive you, if you’re still crying over me I’m sorry if I hurt you, baby Remember when we first met I didn’t have no facial hair Well I’ll never forgive you If you’re still crying over me I know you speak to your girlfriends They’re also friends of mine, so please be kind Please tell them nobody’s perfect And that we were so happy we couldn’t keep from smiling I’ll never forgive you, if you’re still crying over me I’m sorry if I hurt you, baby Remember when we first met I didn’t have no facial hair Well I’ll never forgive you If you’re still crying over me
6.	You Remind Me Of A Friend 02:07	lyrics	buy track
I wasn’t this cold since I was hiking through the snow But my heart was saying things were electrical Didn’t care for friends when they needed me you know I was drunk on fools gold I was taken by the show Loving is a game Always a game Excuse me for staring You remind me of a friend Katey said we’re gonna win, win what Shit’s a mystery jack, I don’t wanna know Now the air don’t sting Got time for Kate and everything I roam around like a man come at the end of something Loving is a game Always a game Excuse me for staring You remind me of a friend Sweet night strikes like a bright street light Lying solo in my bed I’m fantastical Read books about love but nothing was enough I’m pretty bummed but still wish you well Loving is a game Always a game Excuse me for staring You remind me of a friend
7.	Wrong 03:56	lyrics	buy track
You’re normally right about so many things Have you been losing sleep Over something so strange You’re right about what clothes to wear, right about how to speak, Right about how to think Is there one thing you can’t stand? One thing to cut you down? You try to be right about everything This time rights gonna bring you down They’ve got themselves somebody new Tonight you know he’s at her place You know you’re right You wanna be wrong You’re right about most everything You know which cards to play How to spend money, save She thought that when you called she would deliver the news If there’s one thing that you can’t stand One thing to take the crown You try to be right about everything This time rights gonna bring you down They’ve got themselves somebody new Tonight you know he’s at her place You know you’re right You wanna be wrong I wish someone would help me out Tell me what I’ve gotta do Why try be right anyway Nothing hurts like the truth I try to be right about everything This time rights gonna bring me down You’ve got yourself somebody new Tonight I know he’s at your place I know I’m right I wanna be wrong I’m always right I’m never wrong
8.	I Will Go Anywhere 02:58	lyrics	buy track
Taken to my end In the pouring rain Lying in bed Every day the same Tucked in your sheets I played the game I will go anywhere Now I’m not with the pain I can hide and seek She might brush my cheek I kissed the girl at the cafe Try remember her name No one rules how much I drink I love hangovers again I will go anywhere Now I’m not with the pain Much to do now I’m free of her I got all this space I just drink beer and go to work I can never complain Got some things off my chest Got some stuff off my brain I will go anywhere Now I’m not with the pain
9.	Run 03:16	lyrics	buy track
I wanna be in an open field Where the paddocks seem to talk Instead of wasting time in a waiting line Where nobodies looking up I wanna say lets go all the way But I worry I sound dumb I wanna take every small mistake And show you I can run I wanna play in the summer haze Drink by the fire and the setting sun I want us to leave when we feel the need We can walk but I wanna run I wanna go where it’s never closed Leave this world for a wicked smile I’ll bend the knee for some company But where the hell is that now When that river flows then you’re gonna know I can take you, I can take you

about

David M Western's 2nd album On, On & On is out on October 20th 2023 through Cheersquad Records & Tapes.

David M Western’s second album titled ‘On, On & On’ combines many musical genres from indie-folk to alt-country, in it Western spins many styles together that while listening the album may feel like something familiar yet strangely twisted and different. Like a knife stuck in the guts of music you grew up on. Recorded almost entirely live with minimal overdubbing, ‘On, On & On’’ showcases and cements David M Western’s status as one of Australia’s most cutting and exciting young songwriters. Drawing on inspiration from John Prine, Big Thief, Gillian Welch and Daniel Romano, On, On & On’ dares to dream of a glorious future and reflect on a life already lived.

Co-Produced with Alex O’Gorman aka Gormie (Angie McMahon, Big Smoke) who perfectly captures the mood and meditative offering of emotional clarity that this album guides you through from start to finish. Like everything else in this age of change and reinvention, David M Western has emerged sounding a little bit different, drawing you back each time with the marriage of a stylistic head and vulnerable heart.

Written and recorded within just a few months, Western used this album to focus on love and friendship after the devastation and confusion of life. He writes about his friends on songs like ‘Buddy’ imploring towards friends “your soul shines like sunshine, take a night for some free time” and “I swear I wasn’t on the shitter that one time that you called me, your mumma didn’t raise no quitter besides what a friends supposed to be?” on ‘Roll, Roll, Roll’, to heartbreak and the falling apart of friendships on ‘I’ll Never Forgive You’ and ‘You Remind Me of A Friend’ with pining lyrcism “read books about love but nothing was enough”, while also casting a humorous spotlight dissecting his youth and regional upbringing in outback Australia on ‘On, On & On’ “the pub in town it ran out of beer, that made headline news cos that don’t happen here” and the heart-wrenching, titanic ‘Wrong’ “why try be right anyway? Nothing hurts like the truth.”

Broad in its use of sound the listener will be taken on a journey through explosive, drum-heavy, sing-a-ling choruses such as ‘Pressed Flowers’ and ‘Roll, Roll, Roll’ to the sentimental and wistful Buddy, Run and You Remind Me Of A Friend, to the comical and boyish title track ‘On, On & On’.

‘On, On & On’’ offers so many different takes on youth, love, friendship and adulthood the listener could mistake it as a cult phenomenon or a rite of passage for the young adult. A new age soundtrack for the coming of age.

credits

released October 20, 2023

Featuring:
David M Western - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Tom Fraser - bass
Lachlan O'Kane - drums, percussion
James Gilligan - pedal steele
Clio Renner - electric piano, organ

Also featuring:
Jim Lawrie - drums on 'Run'
Tim Baker - electric guitar on 'Run'

Produced by David M Williams and Alex O'Gorman.
Recorded and mixed by Alex O'Gorman at Gormie's.
Mastered by Isaac Barter.

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Cheersquad Records & Tapes Melbourne, Australia

Wally “Meanie” Kempton took the plunge in 2018 and launched his record label Cheersquad Records & Tapes. Since then he has released new material from acts such as The Meanies, The Hard-Ons, Chris Wilson, Phil Jamieson, Seasick Steve, Wanita, Minibikes, The Rinehearts, Immigrant Union and T. Wilds, along with limited edition vinyl of older material from Snout, Even and The Glory Box and more. ... more

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