Max Webster ‎– Max Webster (1976)

Max Webster is the debut album by the Canadian rock band Max Webster, released on May 3, 1976, on Taurus Records (TR 101).

A1. “Hangover”

4:36 |

Tomorrow don’t be here today
Take a cruise take a holiday
Cold morning and the drums
Blue eyes in the window sun

I don’t feel you but I know you’re around
I can feel you cause i feel the sound
Cold morning and the drums
Blue eyes in the window sun
Alka-Seltzer, Tang and a 50
It’s all over
Hangover

It’s getting warmer

A2. “Here Among the Cats”

3:07 |

I got rock and roll shoes
I got T.V. blues
And I don’t have any friends here among the cats heare among the cats
I got the cure for the flues and i really don’t mind the screws
I keep tellin’ everybody
I keep tellin’ everyone everyone
Should ‘ave been a doctor
Can’t get any soap stone
Carve away the war
Won’t join the army band
Sell in a general store
Cops won’t catch me
Walking in the grass
Or breaking the bank on Sunday to fake some extra cash
Or to keep a sleep upon the wall like a lion stalks in stone
Or to have the visions of a bad or nine plus lives just like a cat
Don’t i have any friends here among the cats here among the cats?

I got the cure for the flues and I really don’t mind the screws
And I keep tellin’ all the fools I should ‘ave been a ‘Lectric Cat
I keep tellin’ everybody
I keep tellin’ everyone everyone
I shoulda been a doctor

Ain’t there any visions I can contract
To have night eyes or fly like the crow flies
Oh but don’t I have any friends here among the cats?
Here among the cats

Can’t get any soap stone
Carve away the war
Won’t join the army band
Sell in a general store
Now ain’t there any systems to curb the hiccups and the scratch?

A3. “Blowing the Blues Away”

3:33 |

There’s a bottle of wine in the kitchen
If you feel like hanging around
We can watch the rain on the window
We can burn your blues to the ground

Blowing the blues away

If you got shot down by a bad man
Baby I can bring you around
I can lay on love like a mad man
I can burn your blues to the ground

Blowing the blues away

I liked you better in your rags, Cinderella
‘Cause that’s when you like to play
Drying up a rainy day
Blowing the blues away

Drying up a rainy day
Blowing the blues away
Mama would you like to play
Blowing the blues away

A4. “Summer Turning Blue”

3:05 |

When was it I last saw you
Was it spring upon the beach
And you questioned all my answers
With words i could not reach
With a love that had to search
In the summer turning blue

Tempt me and you break me
With words from out of mind
You answered all my questions
With words from out of time
With a love that was unkind
In the summer turning blue

A5. “Toronto Tontos”

3:40 |

Bonjour aux amis de malheur…
Nous sommes fous

Radio Moscow U.S. Audio…Bandits
Sweden Solo London Soho…Candids

Free publicity is not free when its public
Put down a little life from a morning cosmic

Bonjour aux amis de malheur
Nous sommes fous
C’etait plus fort que moi
Pas de chat pas de deux
Nous sommes fous
Put down a little life from a morning cosmic

Toronto Tontos Vegas Babies…Transit
Arctic Market Frantic Spanish…Onions

Free publicity is not free when its public
Put down a little life from a morning cosmic

Bonjour aux amis de malheur
Nous sommes fous
C’etait plus fort que moi
Pas de chat pas de deux
Pas de chat pas de deux
Nous sommes fous
Put down a little life from a morning cosmic

Bonjour aux amis de malheur
Nous sommes fous

I – I’ve got no fire on me
I – I got no fire on me
No cigarettes
No matches

I – I’ve got no fire on me

I – I’ve got no fire on me
I – I’ve got no fire on me
No cigarettes
No matches

B1. “Coming Off the Moon”

3:38 |

Coming off the moon
With my lady luck in haste
Gave me shots of sorrow
Shaved in photogenic lace

Tying off her arm
My lady luck did answer–
Turn up the sky father music
Everything below you is cancer

Talking as she walks
So nervous and so shy
She reads the look a second time
Because of people’s eyes…

[Chorus]
I love I love I love I love Khalidia
Eye love eye love eye love eye love Khalidia

Shooting up a thought
Higher than the sky
She turns around
And looks at all the people’s eyes

[Chorus]
I love I love I love I love Khalidia
Eye love eye love eye love eye love Khalidia

Licking off the spoon
My lady luck with cheers
Gave wedding bells to martyrs
Who burned her grace to tears

B2. “Only Your Nose Knows”

4:16 |

Only your nose knows
I’ve been fooling around
Tie me down, tie me down
Tie me down, Tie down my heart

Pull them down tiger clown
Pull them down tiger clown
Pull them down tiger clown
Pull them down, pull them down

Only your feet know
I’ve been all over town
Only your ears know
I’ve made plans for tonight

Follow me, follow me
Follow me, see me with her

Yes, I’ve been seeing her
Yes, I’ve been digging her
Yes, I’ve been kissing her
Yes, I’ve been, yes, I’ve been

Pull them down tiger clown
Pull them down tiger clown
Pull them down
Pull them down

Only your eyes show
Your temper’s on the fry
Only your nose knows
I’ve been fooling around

Pull them down tiger clown
Pull them down tiger clown
Pull them down
Pull them down

B3. “Summer’s Up”

2:45 |

Summer’s up
Pools for crazy games
Winter’s up
Magic’s on the way
Sun rays
Sun rays
Winter played you down like energy out of rain
Rust is laying down, grey old cat sleeps for play
Sister lets you stray, the snow was here to stay
Shadows on the mirror, gold gaslights fade away

B4. “Lily”

7:42 |

Lily come near me
Lily come sit near me

You can survive
And feel alive
Lily can become–anyone

Lily come near me
Lily come sit near me

You’ve gotten this far
See what you are
Lily please become–someone

No I may never make it with sanity
No I may never make it to be wealthy
So if you’re looking for success…
What is it man man man?
I just hang around
Try not to feel down
Sometimes feeling cold
Freezing down my soul
Lily don’t become…
Things will turn around
So you’d like to be
So you can see
You can survive
And feel alive

Tracklist:
A1. “Hangover” (4:36)
A2. “Here Among the Cats” (3:07)
A3. “Blowing the Blues Away” (3:33)
A4. “Summer Turning Blue” (3:05)
A5. “Toronto Tontos” (3:40)
B1. “Coming Off the Moon” (3:38)
B2. “Only Your Nose Knows” (4:16)
B3. “Summer’s Up” (2:45)
B4. “Lily” (7:42)

Credits:
Kim Mitchell – guitars and lead vocals
Paul Kersey – drums and percussion
Mike Tilka – bass and vocals
Terry Watkinson – keyboards and vocals

Produced by Max Webster and Terry Brown

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