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Hard Time

by Jeremie Albino

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1.
Last Night 02:37
Last night, you walked through the door Like a dream I never seen before And the way you light up the room I just want to be right next to you And when I saw that sweet look on your face You said are you, gonna be my man? Last night Last night, Last night, last night... was a time Last night, last night you were mine You had me dreaming like a fool Darlin I'ma spend my life with you The way you're movin, on the floor Don't you know you got me wanting more Then I said with a scared look on my face Now, are you gonna be my girl? Last night Last night, Last night, last night... was a time Last night, you were mine Always thought i'd be runnin' scared No one there besides me Always thought I'd be a lonely man Till ya said you'd have a dance with me
2.
Trouble 04:08
3.
Amelia 04:58
I was meant to walk this earth You were meant to fly I could tell by the way you look up there (I can) See it in your eyes Oh amelia You flew too close to the sun Oh, if I knew you Would of told you to run You got your head up in the clouds Always stuck in the sky And on the day you left this earth You never said goodbye Cause once your feet got off of the ground Nothing could keep you down Oh amelia You flew too close to the sun Oh, if I knew ya Would of told you to run Oh amelia You flew too close to the sun Oh, if I knew ya You could have been the one For a girl whos long been dead and gone I sure have got it bad Still, i am weak man for your love For love I'll never have Cause once your feet got off of the ground Nothing could keep you down Oh amelia You flew too close to the sun Oh, if I knew ya Would of told you to run Oh amelia You flew too close to the sun Oh, if I knew ya You could ha
4.
Lilac Way 03:50
Do you want to take a stroll, down lilac way. Won't you come and hold my hand, we gonna take the whole damn day Smell so sweet, smell so sweet Don't you know right here is where we'll meet. Down the lilac way, down the lilac way Well wouldn't it be nice To stay here all our lives It would be so good How I wish we could Colour so bright, colour so bright I swear you never seen such a beautiful sight Colours bright, colours bright. Well wouldn't it be nice To stay here all our lives It would be so good How I wish we could When the lilacs bloom x2 Don't you know that's when they sing their little tune. That lilac tune underneath the moon So you want to take a stroll, down lilac way. Won't you come and hold my hand, we gonna take the whole damn day Down the lilac way, lilac way Well wouldn't it be nice To stay here all our lives It would be so good How I wish we could
5.
Hard Time 03:21
Would you pick me up? If I ever make it out of here Or would you break me out If they never let me go my dear Still I ain't changed, after all All this time No I ain't changed, But I ain't got nothin but time Time, time, hard time Now that I crossed that line Line, line, hard line With you When I make it out? Would I find you grinnin' ear to ear Leaning on your car Like you've been waiting there for years? Or would you cut me down? ​ Like the years i've spent locked up in here Would you cut me down? ​ The only thing that I could fear But I got nothin but time Time, time, hard time Now that I crossed that line Line, line, hard line With you
6.
Storm 02:39
7.
The Cabin 04:20
Meet me at the cabin in the woods The one you're always telling me about You said you'd build it with your own hands and we'll, live off the land Meet me at the cabin in the woods Meet me at the cabin on the mountain The one you're always dreaming of Say you'll build it on the edge of a mile long drop We could be the first to see the sun come up Meet me at the cabin on the mountain-top Well it doesn't matter where we go, We'll always find a way On a city street or a country road Anywhere with you i'll go X2 Meet me at the cabin by the ocean The one you always write me about We could hear the birds sing and the water cry Go walking through the mist as it hits low tide Meet me at the cabin by the ocean side Meet me at the cabin on the open plain The one you're always speaking of We could watch the storm come in, like a rollin wave Sit out on the porch and listen to the summer rains Meet me at the cabin on the open plain Well it doesn't matter where we go, We'll always find a way On a city street or a country road Anywhere with you i'll go X3 Doesn't matter where we go Anywhere with you I'll go
8.
Stained glass window Lighting up the chapel Oh that chapel where we were wed I remember those moonbeams How they shone so brightly All the colours, on your summer dress Midnight wedding Midnight wedding The room was empty Apart from us Was always worried About that time we'd lost But after midnight It's just the 2 of us I rode down, down to your house Threw a rock up hit your window and I wait till you come out Sneaking out Like we done before But this time, It meant so much more Midnight wedding Midnight wedding The room was empty Apart from us Was always worried About that time we'd lost But after midnight It's just the 2 of us Then once night fell And the whole town was sleeping We ran up, up to chapel hill Picked that locked door With your hair pin And darling, we just walked right in Midnight wedding Midnight wedding The room was empty Apart from us Midnight wedding Midnight wedding Midnight wedding Midnight wedding The room was empty Apart from us Was always worried About that time we'd lost But after midnight It's just the 2 of us
9.
Wildfire 03:40
It was bone dry, the land was bone dry Everybody's got their eye upon the sky Ain't a cloud, lord there ain't no clouds Ain't a drop of rain gon' quench this thirsty ground There's a wildfire, knocking at the doors Saying it ain't safe to stay here no more There's a wildfire, everybody's leaving town Mad Tom and his old hound dog, sticking around Oh the days are dark as night, Days are dark as night, The heavy smokes gone and blocked out all the light And the embers shines like stars, The embers shines like stars You never seen stars that shine like this before There's a wildfire, coming up the hill, mad tom said he gone stop it with his sheer force and will There's a wildfire, they're knocking at your door saying it aint safe to stay here no more I won't leave, no I won't leave Won't let you steal my home like a thief Yeah I won't leave, no I won't leave Can't let your steal my home like a thief Now his hound dog starts to cry His hound dog starts to cry Till the rain clouds start to form up in the sky Then the rain came pouring down Rain came pouring down Mad tom and and his hound dog gonna save this town I won't leave, no I won't leave Won't let you steal my home like a thief No I won't leave, I won't leave Can't let your steal my home like a thief Now he looks it in the eye He looks it in the eye Soon that wildfire Soon that wildfire, is gonna die There's a wildfire, they're knocking at your door Saying it aint safe to stay here no more There's a wildfire, everybody's leaving town Mad Tom and his old hound dog, sticking around
10.
Shipwreck 03:00
I'm a wreck, I'm an old shipwreck Sailing down the coast trying to make the most. That's when I had to hit the deck, when I had to hit the deck. I'm a wreck, i'm a lonesome wreck Lonely is all you can be, A thousand leagues under the sea You're never gonna find me It's not the gold in my belly, that's holding me down. The water that i'm under weighs a million pounds. I'm a wreck, I'm a hopeless wreck Hoping ain't work for me, since 1883 You're never gonna find me It's not the gold in my belly that's holding me down. The water that i'm under weighs a million pounds. I'm a wreck, i'm a lonesome wreck Lonely is all you can be, A thousand leagues under the sea You're never gonna find me I'm a wreck, I'm an old shipwreck Sailing down the coast trying to make the most. That's when I had to hit the deck, when I had to hit the deck.

about

There’s no counting the worlds Jeremie Albino has travelled to get to where he is today, and no telling which ones he might head to next.

Born and raised in the bright and booming metropolis of Toronto, his heart led him out of the city and into Prince Edward County, where country living and a decade of working on farms gave him the time and space to hone his songwriting skills. His music nods to all manner of troubadours who rambled down similar paths throughout history—he nods slyly to the legendary blues singers who inspired him, offers a soft and insightful touch with his folk songs, and stomps and swaggers through soulful rock ‘n’ roll. But Jeremie Albino is a natural and an original, created by an alchemy that favours, above all else, that most mysterious and coveted of qualities: heart. And his wildly impressive debut, Hard Time, overflows with it.

Albino grew up immersing himself in early field recordings and the music of legends like Lightning Hopkins and Skip James, first learning to play the harmonica and then moving on to guitar. On Hard Time, he pulls just as much as he needs from his influences, reverent to the musical forms that made him but actively sculpting his own voice. The easy groove of “Amelia” sets toes tapping to its fantastical love story as Albino tries to bridge time and space to connect with the ill-fated aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart over warm organ swells. “Lilac Way”—inspired by his mother’s love for the pale violet flower—envisions breezy country roads with blooming strings and nods to Jeff Buckley’s sparse, early New York café recordings. With “Hard Time,” he shifts gears into bristling dive bar rock ‘n’ roll, as a narrator behind bars wonders whether his partner-in-crime will be there smiling, leaning on the hood of a car, to pick him up at the end of his sentence. The dusty, understated “Shipwreck,” complete with the sound of creaking wooden floorboards, takes listeners a thousand leagues under the sea and back to 1883, witnesses to a lonesome grave. His storytelling reaches its peak on the doomy “Wildfire,” offering up a tale where Mad Tom and his old hound dog stand defiant in the face of flames creeping up the hill, determined to stop the destruction with his sheer force of will.

The sagas of these out-sized characters and the vivid imagery they pass through are given proper treatment by the peaks and valleys of Albino’s music, dynamic enough to conjure something light as the sway of flowers in the wind, or the grandeur of an apocalyptic storm. “They’re stories I wrote that came from daydreams,” Jeremie explains, “about life, love, people, and another time.”

Not only is Hard Time Jeremie’s debut album, but it also represents a slew of firsts for the young songwriter. Before embarking on the recording, he’d never been in a studio, played with a band, or worked with a producer. Jeremie’s earthy Americana has never been laid to tape until now. And Hard Time sounds just as untouched by pretension as you’d expect from a musician who got to this point simply by letting his heart lead the way. The first recordings were laid down at the Bombshelter in Nashville with producer Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Langhorne Slim), and the rest was finished off at Union Sound in Toronto with the guidance of Albino’s manager and producer Crispin Day.

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released August 9, 2019

written by Jeremie Albino
produced by Andrija Tokic and Crispin Day

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There’s no counting the worlds Jeremie Albino has travelled to get to where he is today, and no telling which ones he might head to next. Born and raised in the bright and booming metropolis of Toronto, his heart led him out of the city and into Prince Edward County, where country living and a decade of working on farms gave him the time and space to hone his songwriting skills. ... more

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