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The Adventures of Mister Cake

by Mister Cake

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1.
Wide Mouths 04:26
Just a short introduction Need your eyes to the front Don't make me shout Rarely felt so fragile Not on top of my game Please hear me out This may not seem important to you But someday you might just need this to get through Charting rivers with music Yes I know you don't care For the turbulent waters It's only wide mouths you hear I was ready to give up Have us copy from books When you tapped out that rhythm And you captured the mood This may not seem important to you right now Someday you'll remember and be proud It's not the marks that matter here It's the experiences you glean From every single time you win And every time you lose Every time you're up Every time you're down You're learning to stand up And be noticed This may not seem important to you right now Someday you'll remember and be proud It's not the marks that matter here It's the experiences you glean From every single time you win And every time you lose Every time you're up Every time you're down Every time you're up You're learning to stand up And be noticed
2.
Cumulonimbus 02:54
Watching your face in its transform Gathering colours up for the storm The strengthening winds signal the change A hammering head and biblical rains A-ah your scarlet singing sweet revenge That gold just for effect A-ah that violet is your variation on the blues Now I can look but I don't see You're still holding on to the mystery The deeper you go the harder it gets The cumulonimbus gives nothing less Than every shade of grey Your crimson burns away A-ah and that all ends the prelude Here's the black (Solo) A-ah your scarlet singing sweet revenge That gold just for effect That violet is your variation on the blues Violet is your variation on the blues Violet is your variation on the blues A-ah!
3.
Draw a Smile 03:30
You said you’re feeling sluggish My sentiments exactly, girl Now come let’s use our turn Roll the dice and pray for sixes We’ll skip along like teens in love ‘Cause we don’t do that much So kick up the bass … and find us some drums Ooh, a little coffee in the sun! Doesn’t that feel nice … a little respite? It brings the green back And draws a smile so wide, so bright, so high You thought we’re heading nowhere Well, I asked you where you want to go You said you didn’t know No more thoughts of treading water Let’s run around like kids in love Cause we don’t do that enough So tune out the fog … and find us a sunny, sunny day Let’s get out of here We’ll laugh and sing the whole damn way! Doesn’t that feel nice … a little respite? It brings the green back to your eyes And draws a smile so wide, so bright, so high I can barely describe how that all felt for me How that all felt for me How that all felt for … me (Solo) Roll the dice and pray for sixes We’ll run along like kids in love Cut the deck and steal the aces We’ll run along like teens in love Take me to your favourite places So I can dig your funky stuff! Roll the dice and shout for sixes We’ll run along like teens in love *** Featuring drums by Marc Cohen
4.
Winter 03:42
Oh, I need you. I complete you That’s what I like to think Oh, I love you. And I miss you There, it wasn’t that hard to say Winter drags her feet I don’t care… you’re here with me Oh, another snowstorm And we’re indoors for the night, it would seem Oh, small decisions lead to fissures When we can’t all agree Winter bares her teeth And she tears at all we’ve achieved She widens the cracks And she strips away at our reasoning Like it was madness, yeah I can’t find the muse Under ice, so deep I know only this I know only this That I still love you, yeah La la … la la Under ice, so deep I know only this I still love you. *** Featuring vocals by Gabriela Boldrini
5.
Last day in London – the city has dressed up for me I’m seeing beauty – in places I never did see Strange how we don’t understand places Until the day we leave And we turn and embrace them, oh Last day in London – the coquettish smiles are on me I’m missing your presence There’s still a few hours ‘fore I leave Strange how we don’t appreciate places Until the day we leave And we turn and embrace them, yeah, oh What do I know? What do I know? It won’t be too long ‘til I see you again You can’t take the city from me It won’t be that long ‘til I see you again You can’t take the city from me It won’t be too long ‘til I see you again You can’t take the city from me It won’t be that long ‘til I see you again You can’t take the city from me It won’t be too long ‘til I see you again You can’t take the city from me It won’t be that long ‘til I see you again You can’t take the city from me The dreamers on Carnaby Street lying low Blackfriars Bridge has that warm evening glow The traders at Camden are hawking their wares Barrels are rolled down a steep flight of stairs The dreamers on Carnaby Street lying low Blackfriars Bridge has that warm evening glow The traders at Camden are hawking their wares Barrels are rolled down a steep flight of stairs *** Featuring Gabriela Boldrini on lead vocals
6.
Cocoa 04:49
All these rising expectations Could saddle us with a war It’s our consumer disposition That keeps us wanting for more Always wanting for more Always hungry for more We’ve gotten so far removed from the front line I swear the trail’s gone cold The chocolate bars seem to fall from the sky For all the children are told That’s all the children are told More people than pieces Of this pie we’re all craving This land can only grow so much coffee So much cocoa When the soil’s exhausted Our eye will go roaming For somewhere else to grow so much coffee So much cocoa Beneath our rising expectations You’ll find the work of the poor Lest we forget our disposition Keeps them pinned to the floor And we’re still hungry for more More people than pieces Of this pie we’re all craving This land can only grow so much coffee So much cocoa When the soil’s exhausted Our eye will go roaming For somewhere else to grow so much coffee So much cocoa Farmers lie in the creases Far outside of our thinking But these folds can only grow so much coffee So much cocoa When the soil’s exhausted Our eye will go roaming onwards For somewhere else to grow so much coffee So much cocoa Oh, these folds can only grow so much coffee So much cocoa
7.
Ma' Dollar 03:11
Hey, Mother Dollar I love your crisp green shine Ooh, Mother Dollar You’re gonna be all mine, mine, mine Given time ‘Cause I’m living on a spreadsheet Where the numbers must add up And all roads go straight to Yonge Street To help ma’ dollar run, run, run, run Hey, another dollar On the taxi driver’s screen You know he once was a surgeon, yeah Proud of his four degrees Oh please! But he’s cornered on the spreadsheet Can’t afford the college fees And he’ll take you far down Yonge Street To earn some dollars please And the city smiles Her work is done Man drives on And ma’ dollar runs In spite of his life In spite of his dreams ‘Cause that don’t sway Ma’ Dollar’s mind
8.
Knock, Knock 03:29
Hey love, welcome back to the fifties African sun’s gonna burn today This is the place you know Hope you feel at home Here are your pills Trust you know how to take them Yes, there are more than there were yesterday But many things have changed Since you last passed this way No, you don’t know me at all I’m a new face from abroad Don’t try and remember what it is I said For tomorrow I’ll say it all again Hey love, I think it’s time for your coffee Not quite as strong as it used to be And is your breathing clear Yeah, better knock on wood Is your coffee cold? Well, that must be the weather These African rains, they chill you to the bone And have you had your pills? I really think you should No, you don’t know me at all I’m the new face from abroad Don’t try and remember what you think I said For tomorrow I’ll say it all again No, you don’t know me at all I’m the new face from abroad Don’t try and remember what you think I said For tomorrow I’ll say it all again All again
9.
It feels so inappropriate meeting you like this With your dreams of glass and steel Only hurts me when I speculate About a gentle kiss and a light brush of your cheek As we walk along the promenade Faded signs now stand Where fairground rides should be And it pains me when I think of what we used to be In this city by the sea Now there’s only me and my debris Nothing left But the sight of me with my debris Channel breeze is blowing quite a gale Wish I could set sail and take you out to sea But your ghost has long since fled this tale With your gentle kiss Leaving me with my debris Now there’s only me and my debris Nothing left but the sight of me with my debris And I don’t want you around to See your old world pulled down Around my feet Oh, it feels so inappropriate meeting you like this With your dreams of glass and steel Only hurts me when I speculate About a gentle kiss And a light brush of your cheek Now there’s only me and my debris Nothing left but the sight of me with my debris, oh… And I don’t want you around to See your old world pulled down Around my feet Please leave me with my debris Now leave me
10.
6 haiku 04:03
I fell off the map and landed on my back – Now your sea is my sky blue on blue on blue miles of this uncharted hue pull your contours tight I don’t want to push you away, but I need time . . . the wheels will turn fireflies flicker on the signal cuts through the noise – you hazard a smile terra firma, yeah! a foundation to build on – I’ll bring you the sun you held out your hands and you offered me a glass of water. I cried.

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A collection of 10 home recordings, crafted in London and Toronto between 2006 and 2010 with the help of a few good friends.

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released January 1, 2011

Written and performed by Mister Cake.

Featuring the vocals of Gabriela Boldrini and drums by Marc Cohen.

See the videos for Cumulonimbus and Winter on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/channel/UC6xk8Aqpl3vvXTlRy6RmJbA

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Mister Cake Toronto, Ontario

A Londoner adrift in Toronto, Canada, I play and sing stories of the cities I call home.

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