On the first song from a selection of B-sides written as part of Joe Nolan's award winning 2018 release Cry Baby, the Edmonton-based roots-rocker revisits an unsettled period of his life. He's pieced together the broken dreams, broken bottles and broken loves in to an image of earnest strength and resilience in an unpredictable world.
lyrics
LOOKING FOR YOUR HEART
I ain't looking for a reason, I ain't looking for a cure
I ain't looking for an answer, standing at your door
I ain't looking for a saviour, to save us from the dark
I'm not looking for tomorrow, I'm just looking for your heart
I ain't looking for forgiveness, in all of the betrayal
I don't think I'd even call you to break me out of jail
I ain't looking for a miracle, some angel to disarm
I'm not looking for tomorrow, I'm just looking for your heart
I ain't looking for your body, I aint looking for your sex
I ain't looking to paint that silhouette
I ain't looking for your blankets, to wrap up all the scars
I'm not looking for tomorrow, tonight I'm just looking for your heart
I know I know I know I know I know
I know I know I know I know…
I ain't looking for a getaway, like some shooting star
Baby we've fallen that far
I ain't looking for you to blindfold me in to a stolen car
I ain't looking for tomorrow, tonight I'm just looking for your heart
I ain't looking for a reason, I ain't looking for a cure
I ain't looking for an answer, standing at your door
I ain't looking to be together right now, together or apart
I'm just looking for you, to be looking at my heart
I know I know I know I know I know
I know I know I know I know I know… it's over…
credits
from Cry Baby: B-Sides - EP,
track released August 14, 2020
Written by Joe Nolan, Fallen Tree Songs (SOCAN)
Joe Nolan - acoustic and electric guitar, piano, harmonica and vocals
Grant Siemens - electric guitar
Lyle Molzan - drums
Mike Lent - bass
Mike Little - all the keys
Russell Broom - electric guitar
Nataya Nolan - vocals
Produced by Scott Franchuk and Joe Nolan
Engineered and Mastered by Scott Franchuk at The Audio Department and Riverdale Recorders, Edmonton, AB
Additional engineering Ty Knight at Legion Lounge, Calgary, AB
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