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Velvet Regrets, Vol​.​1&2

by Ben Cottrill

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    A hot new CD for your Camry to munch on while you sit in traffic. Treat yourself to both volumes of Velvet Regrets in one big ol sweet package! Signed too, might be worth somethin some day

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    And I'll value our friendship til the day I die also
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    A limited 33RPM signed pressing of "Velvet Regrets Vol.1&2" - on a unique vinyl colour, in a poly bag. Includes exclusive signed BC poster/lyric sheet, for this pressing only.
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    Vinyl are Canadian made in Burnaby, British Columbia at Clampdown Records - "one of the greenest record pressing plants in the world". Made with recycled water & hydro power ( no gas, nuclear or coal).

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1.
Fallin’ fast down a country road, in the middle of the night, and you’re way too stoned to be doing this, but I won’t be with you You and your pack of bitchin’ wolves, stare snarling at me, as they back into a hundred-foot hole, but they don’t scare me Oh no, I won’t Oh no, I won’t Oh no, I won’t be with you babe Are you scared of waking up? Maybe terrified by this thing that you’ve become? I wish that I was sorry But it’s hard to be; to watch your star burn out and fall so bitterly But I won’t be with you, no Oh no, I won’t Oh no, I won’t Oh no, I won’t be with you babe I had such high hopes for you, but you must have misheard me You went and lost your mind from all the things you do, you don’t know how much that hurt me Oh no, I won’t Oh no, I won’t Oh no, I won’t be with you babe
2.
Little Town 04:25
Every winters getting worse This one’s no better than our first I don’t remember how your voice sounds You said that you were gonna leave this place And I believe that you will someday Lights are growing dark, on this little town Oh, this little town Oh, this little town Oh, never made it out Oh, of this little town Drops of sadness fall from your eyes Roll down the window as I’m driving by I could look in the mirror, but there’s nothing behind Oh, this little town Oh, this little town Oh, never made it out Oh, of this little town You never knew me, you never did We walked these streets when we were kids You never knew me, you never did We knew these streets when we were kids (I felt that thunder on your lips) Oh, this little town Oh, this little town Oh, never made it out Oh, of this little town
3.
Dutchie 03:31
Dutchie forever, what have you seen? Lovely forever, have you seen me? Seen me in your dreams, in your head when we’re apart Lovely Dutchie lady, maybe now we can start? Diva darling, I hope that you know I’ve been thinking bout us lately, for a year or so Since fate turn round and smiled, Côte d'Azur for a couple miles In that church on Easter day, babe by then I was praying Dutchie forever, your feathers of gold Lovely forever, forever I’d hold Hold you and your spirit close, what I’ve always needed most Was just Dutchie forever, forever you know In these moments of memory, some I try to preserve Like the moment you met me, which I’ve never deserved But I’ve learned to love the lows, every night I’ve done alone Every thought I’d soon replace, with that smile on your face Dutchie forever, your feathers of gold Lovely forever, forever I’d hold Hold you and your spirit close, what I’ve always needed most Was just Dutchie forever, forever you know
4.
Fool's Game 04:00
Dreaming in a place that doesn’t sleep I only wish your company to keep But am i wrong to think of you? Though I cover up my mind, I know I’m on yours too I cut my age in half and there we stood Like nothing else could ever be so good Everything you see is yours to take So do this for yourself and learn to love mistakes Lay your flowers bare on my skin Just let me in, and I’ll let you in Look at me and then it begins Every time you turn away from me I know its your defensibility So why are we still standing in the storm? Would you tell me if I’m worth the fighting for Winter mornings walking in the dark A lonely search to find some missing part And with each and every drop of blood I drew From each and every heart, I stained my dress for you So lay your flowers bare on my skin, Just let me in, and I’ll let you in Look at me and then it begins So now the only way I go is through Just like fighting lovers seem to do The wild in our hearts cannot be tamed Love likes to be its own and not a fool’s game Love likes to be its own and not a fool’s game Love likes to be its own and not a fool’s game
5.
Amaj7 - Dmaj7 x6 // C#min7 - Bmin7 Bright and early rising, with your peach face in the sun Sweet talk by the free coffees, get me a text when the service is done Amaj7 - Dmaj7 x6 // C#min7 - Bmin7 Social supremacist, defending the president If you’ve been so enlightened, help me understand How a little girl like you, needs a man A - Em - Dm x4 Gotta find someone to hide behind, to cover up your eyes No need for your own thoughts now anyway Maybe this engagement will last long enough A couple years to settle in the grave Amaj7 - Dmaj7 x6 // C#min7 - Bmin7 Decades down the line, and you’re still waiting For your lawfully wedded bae to start their change Too young for love, what you said you needed But you know you’ll burn in hell, if you try to leave it Gotta find someone to hide behind, to cover up your eyes No need for your own thoughts now anyway Maybe this engagement will last long enough A couple years to settle in the grave Bmin7 - E x3 // F#m - A7 - D - D/E - A Just a child, in a wooden pew Getting poison explanations, that will come back for you Bmin7 - E x3 // F#m - A7 - D - D/E - A Now you’re dying, to find somebody too With your royal expectations, you’ll make quite a lovely noose Bmin7 - E x2 // Bmin7 - D - D/E Ooooh Gotta find someone to hide behind, to cover up your eyes No need for your own thoughts now anyway Maybe this engagement will last long enough A couple years to settle in the grave
6.
Mayflower 04:48
A - E - F#sus2 - F# Just a mayflower, born in the fourth hour Third in the family, lived off of church street Raised with the good word, and a quiet heart that don’t hurt Summer was lazy, lovers say that “love will chase me” Oh my Lord, how it was before, I wish it were now Oh my Lord, when it rains it pours, on the Mayflower Under hellfire, it sure is hard to keep these eyes dry As vernal memories all seem to fall apart beneath me So hide this heavy, rotting chain, around my neck I just can’t shake I guess if I’m lucky, I’ll survive Oh my Lord, how it was before, I wish it were now Oh my Lord, when it rains it pours, on the Mayflower Back on First Street, but headed south to feel the city Just a Mayflower, love for him, and love for her
7.
Out on the walk, just a half-way home when youre born not to belong, it aint hard to know just a sleight of hand and the lock falls to the floor so no heavy chains will hold you anymore it was sometime in the autumn of our lord I was blurry eyed, just a kid looking to score as the crime rate in the town began to soar we were laughing with each petty theft, we left with from the store as my baby lungs were painted brown and black you had skin that looked a little bit like that we were opposites that found some common ground on the sidewalk by the corner store downtown Out on the walk, just a half-way home when youre born not to belong, it aint hard to know just a sleight of hand and the lock falls to the floor so no heavy chains will hold you anymore now i think about it, man it must have killed, to be the colour on a canvas left unfilled imported so that you might find good in life not to say that Ontario would be the place that you'd die and I'm guilty as a thief, a thief with his gun, put to death for the killin' that he's done Yes i watched you draw closer to the edge, and which each year I did nothing, oh I did nothing I was saying go ahead what would Jesus think of that? My friend, my quiet friend i hear you now inside my breath after the sun goes down we'll be okay wherever we may go I'll send a message when I'm halfway home Out on the walk, just a half-way home when youre born not to belong, it aint hard to know just a sleight of hand and the lock falls to the floor so no heavy chains will hold you anymore
8.
Evangeline 03:53
E - G#m7 - Dmaj7 - C#maj7 C - E x3 E G#m7 - Dmaj7 - C#m7 //E - G#m7 - Dmaj7 - A6 - B7 Just like a sister, a soft masterpiece The words of her mystery are too hard to reach The day is her prowess, the time that we hold In our world made a mess, she’ll never unfold F#m7 - E x3 G#m7 - C#m7 Evangeline, ooh, Evangeline C - E Scarflet of red, blue in your eyes Keeping this long embrace as somewhere to hide Driving away, fade in the dark I’m still a stranger here, falling apart F#m7 - E x3 G#m - C#m Evangeline, ooh, Evangeline C - E x3 E - G#m7 - Dmaj7 - C#m7 A/E - F#m7 - C#m7 - E7 Amaj7 - D7 - A - C#m/G# - Gmaj7 - F#m - E - F#m - E When will it end? Every hour without you I’ve spent Even tonight, wish I didn’t have to pretend F#m7 - E x3 Evangeline, ooh, Evangeline
9.
Silence 04:08
Bbmaj7 - C#maj7 - F#maj7 - Fm7 Silence don’t bother me, it never has But it does it’s following Though it passes through my days And while I’m sleeping I can feel it come again Silence, my friend Bbmaj7 - C#maj7 - F#maj7 - Fm7 A desolate love just, going nowhere Bbmaj7 - C#maj7 - F#maj7 - Bbmin7 And the minute it’s done, You know you’ve done your share Db/Eb - Bbmaj7 x3 Oh, Silence isn’t loud enough, to hide your crying And I just can’t, I just face the sound, oh I know we’ve had enough, of this relying F#maj7 - Fm7 And we could use some silence now Bbmaj7 - C#maj7 - F#maj7 - Fm7 Takes a lot to satisfy, the desire that you’ve known Might grab the last flight, to a place that I call home Db/Eb - Bbmaj7 x3 Oh, Silence isn’t loud enough, to hide your crying And I just can’t, I just face the sound, oh I know we’ve had enough, of this relying F#maj7 - Fm7 And we could use some silence now
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Intro A - D - D6 - Bm7 - D - A - D/A V1 A - Asus2/C# - D - Bm7 - D - A - D/A It's a glory day and I've been found My hat right around, covering my eyes as the storm was rollin in A - Asus2/C# - D - Bm7 - E - D/E - A - D/A Eat my soup and get the car, on the way to somewhere far Used to be so hard to claim a single win V2 She is righteous every morning, so lovely in the dark But my demon-driven-feet are still on fire They take me dancing, take me fast, take my belt and take my cash And send me home before the dawn catches my eye Chorus A - C#min7/G# - F#min7 - A7/E - D - D/E - A If i can't save us, then i guess i'll be Just another victim of honesty A - C#min7/G# - F#min7 - A7/E - D - D/E - A When the line gets broader and the field turns green I'll walk much further than i'll ever need V3 So we follow what we feel is gonna take us to the field Everybody's got a pasture in their dreams Some are wide, and some are bare And some never took the time to care Mine's a river cause no grass is good for me V4 Well we can cry while we are laughing, as the minutes do their passing You don't miss much when you're kissing all you need Well we can cry while we are laughing, as the minutes do their passing You don't miss much when you're kissing all you need C If I can't save us, then I guess I'll be Just another victim of honesty When the line gets broader and the field turns green I'll walk much further than I'll ever need

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"Velvet Regrets" Volumes One & Two; icing over with the chill of Canadian winter and the blazing heat of a northern sun. We are the things we create and the trials we endure and the hearts we inspire and the people we abandon; we are a composite product of broken bones and expired faith. Whatever cannot be reclaimed or explained can be renewed and rebound in a swathe of velvet regrets - time and time again.

Released on Hully Gully Records

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released September 4, 2020

All songs written and performed by Ben Cottrill
Recorded by Ryan McAllister

Drums - Dylan Weightman
Pedal Steel (on Track 7) - Kyler Pierce
Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Piano, Trumpet - Ben Cottrill

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Ben Cottrill Vancouver, British Columbia

Ben Cottrill is a spirited west-coast artist with a gritty Folk-Rock sound, shaped by a decade of performing on streets and stages across Canada.

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