March, by Quinn Henry Mulligan

March

by Quinn Henry Mulligan

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1.	I'll Go Easy 01:16	lyrics	buy track
I’ve been too easy living Too easy dreaming Too easy drinking up The nights that pass me by I’ve been hard to get to moving Hard to know my feelings Hard to know desire that Seems difficult to pin I’ve been wandering and aimless Hopeful, feeling heartless Hardness swelling up in me Where once a soft heart bled So, I’ll sing in the morning Sing in the evening Sing until my bloody lips Can save me I’ll sing until I’m short of breath And fall beneath your loving breast Satisfied and happy I’ll go easy
2.	I'm Set Free 03:07	lyrics	buy track
Come away with me Come away with me Come away, my pretty baby Tell me how to be Set my body free Set my body free Set my burning body down And tell me what you need Tell me that you want Tell me that you want Tell me that you want me badly Say I’m what you need I could talk all night I could talk all night Though I know we’re far apart I feel you tonight So, let me hear you say I’m all you need today Let me hear you tell me that It all will be okay I’m sure feeling crazy and my head is going numb All I’ve thought of lately is the place that you are from I wish I were rich so I could get away from here Yes, I’ll leave this ditch I’m in and make sure you are near So, tell me you are free To come away with me Tell me if I make it out You’ll come and live with me Say I’m not a fool For coming out to you Say I’m doing all the best things I could try and do Bury me below Seven feet of snow Only then could I pretend That you will ever know How I feel today What I have to say Still, I know you’re over there So, I’ll just sit and play All the songs I know Hoping they can show What I don’t think I could say And all the words will flow I’m sure feeling crazy and my head is going numb All I’ve thought of lately is the place that you are from I wish I were rich so I could get away from here Yes, I’ll leave this ditch I’m in and make sure you are near
3.	Placeholder 02:55	lyrics	buy track
I’ve been going down On my knees to please The system I was born to Holds me down, the sound Of screaming to be free From all the debt that holds me Firmly to the ground I need to breathe And there are moments where I feel at ease But they’re so few and far between And, god, I know I’ve got to do it on my own But it’s so hard to take a step without your legs I’ve been losing speed Just to feed myself And working all day long Never seeing the sun Burning up my days Getting paid for what? Some wine to fill my cup I need to breathe And I find I’ve got this girl in mind Who’s sending me postcards and notes But it’s hard to feel impressive when oppressive debts accrue And even you think that your life’s a joke What comes in the night? Just a dream I’ve seen Your soft and wavy hair Let it flow and though I can’t decide what’s right I guess I’ll never know The way you think of me I need to sleep And she’s asking what I’ve done so far But I haven’t found an answer I can give It’s this time I waste that keeps me locked in place And I’m trying just to find a better way
4.	Out Of Time 04:45	lyrics	buy track
I’ll go my own way You’ll go your own way I know, there’s nothing I can do To get away from you That’s just who I am I dream every now and then Of you and how you’d pretend To smile when you hated what I said I wished that I was dead I knew you didn’t want me then But it’s my fault I was hard to be around I was mean I had let you down For a fix I was so unkind Out of mind Out of time I lost more than you They’re gone to my dreams And scenes from so long ago I wish that I could know How they’ve all been So kill all I had And break all I am Ignore my message once again I never should have sent; I’m left waiting again But it’s my fault I was hard to be around I was mean I had let you down For a fix I was so unkind Out of mind Out of time Out of time Out of time Out of time Out of time Out of time Out of time
5.	Nova 02:50	lyrics	buy track
I’m sorry I hurt I’m sorry I even wanted to Start to talk to you It kills me to know that someday you’ll find another one What a lucky son he’ll be What a lucky son to me Will he ever hear of me I’m sorry you’re hurt I’m sorry you couldn’t see it through What am I to do? Like thunder, it came It shook me so unexpectedly Now I can’t believe it’s you That I’m talking to Like nothing is true When you came to me And we started learning all the things Making you and me I felt I’d been born I felt I had found another way To deal with everything I knew I owed that to you I owe that to you Now it’s gone like it came And I can’t but think it’s all a dream Soon reality Will come like a wave Blue water is crashing down on me And you’re holding on to me You’ll never let go of me You really took hold of me Your eyes right in front of me But still looking back at me You break from the scenery A star is in front of me The light is your family And only my destiny Can say if you’re loving me
6.	Frist the Skin, Then the Bones 02:52	lyrics	buy track
Poor boy, Poor boy, don’t you let her go Downtown, Downtown, with nowhere to go She’ll find another man, she’ll leave you where you stand And that will be the end of it all Poor boy, poor boy, soaked to the bone she has left you and now you walk alone Still, you’re not ashamed, you love her every day That’s all you can do anyway drink up, drink up, now you’re not alone Sorrow and mercy have come to warm your bones And there’s another girl sitting at the bar But you know it won’t go too far So go home, pass out in your empty bed Wake up tomorrow and think of what she said She doesn’t want you now, she said she never will So, poor boy, just move on again Poor boy, poor boy, have you any lead? Shoot down all those thoughts in your head They’re doing you no good, they hold you to the ground They keep you from getting around Fantastic oceans of deep salty green Capture the shoreline that I have never seen And there’s another way to find the words to say That you don’t care anyway So go find a poor girl who wants to come away Down to that ocean that aids in your decay And first the skin will go followed by the bones Then you’ll be heading home
7.	Moving On 04:01	lyrics	buy track
No matter how he tries to grasp Her attention, he’s a memory at best Still, a pleasant one to pit against her suitors But still, he’s always placing last And he hopes she might understand The image he’s drawn on her hand Still, she turns away afraid he might just love her And that’s a fate she couldn’t stand He sings Lay me down to sleep, you sweet memory The days that I spend wanting to lay beside you Now are lost to a dream And he doesn’t want to tie her down Or tell her how to walk around He doesn’t want to be the man that’s always jealous He wants to be a man she can trust So, he writes the words he wants to say But feels it wouldn’t matter anyway He doesn’t speak in case she might invite him Back to her place another day Sure enough, she calls him on the phone Asking him to come to her home He’s happy to be used, but still, he can’t forever and soon enough he’ll leave it alone He sings Lay me down to sleep, you sweet memory The days that I spend wanting to lay beside you Now are lost to a dream He wonders how she thinks of those nights Where they talked until the sun gave her light In streams of golden hues that promised loveless mornings And dreams of a life that could’ve been Now, it seems he’s moving on He doesn’t seem to mind when she’s gone I’m sure if she came back he’d start the whole thing over But for now he’s moving on He sings Lay me down to sleep, you sweet memory The days that I spend wanting to lay beside you Now are lost to a dream
8.	The Doctor 01:12	lyrics	buy track
Just because you don’t like a man You’d let a thousand die, your hands Are bloody, covered red, white and blue Boo-hoo, you lose a few dimes It happens to us every time we go To the doctor Because of it, I can go To the doctor Yes, I know that I need to go To the doctor Tell him that I’ll be there soon I hope he’s got a big enough room For all the folks just like me Who couldn’t afford to live so free But it’s still too bad I can’t afford school I’ll die in a job that was made for a fool
9.	MIdnight 04:42	lyrics	buy track
Next week you’ll be with me, Kiss me If you want to, I do want you Come now, see how I can move you All I know is I must find you I won’t tell you what to do, It’s all on you Do you want to know what I can give you? I will touch you softly, I can be Moving slowly over you, I’m dreaming Do you want to see what I do If I found you in my bedroom I would love you if you’d want to Then we could see all that could be So, there’s not much time left to live freely If you want me, what’s the problem? Take me I can’t see why you don’t want to have me I may never show you what I’m feeling Take a risk and kiss me slowly Hold me closely, help me see the Love that waits for me, I’m dreaming You will leave and I’ll be bleeding If you don’t come, I will wonder What I missed when you came over Since you got here, I have wanted you, dear I said I would not get so self-conscious But I let you slip right through my fingers Now this kiss I missed will surely linger
10.	I'll Go Easy (Reprise) 01:19	lyrics	buy track
I’ve been too easy living Too easy dreaming Too easy drinking up The nights that pass me by I’ve been hard to get to moving Hard to know my feelings Hard to know desire that Seems difficult to pin I’ve been wandering and aimless Hopeful, feeling heartless Hardness swelling up in me Where once a soft heart bled So, I’ll sing in the morning Sing in the evening Sing until my bloody lips Can save me I’ll sing until I’m short of breath And fall beneath your loving breast Satisfied and happy I’ll go easy

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More folk driven than January or February, MARCH takes time to explore love, infatuation, rejection and missed opportunities through songs as stripped down as the single voice in “I’ll Go Easy” to the full, energized arrangement of “Placeholder”. Three months in, March is a unique album unto itself and leaves us to wonder, “what the hell’s April gonna sound like?”.

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released March 31, 2018

All words and music by Quinn Henry Mulligan
Drums by Charley McGowan

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Quinn Henry Mulligan Portland, Oregon

QUINN HENRY MULLIGAN is a Portland-area solo artist with deep roots in contemporary folk, classic rock and roll and indie pop.

Quinn is currently embarking on an ambitious mission he’s calling "GET THEM OFF MY CHEST.” He will 12 albums in 12 months; the first of these albums, JANUARY is set to release January 1st and will kick off a year of discovery, passion, and inspiration. ... more