We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Down The Road

by Jumbotown

supported by
Clint Iguana
Clint Iguana thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $10 AUD  or more

     

1.
Down The Road 03:27
lyrics
buy track
Down the road, hubnation Superstores and filling station Down the road, traffic spouts From the vortex of a roundabout Don't judge me, not out of mind Dirty drift bird you'll not find Don't judge me, I'm still here Just waiting to proceed Through the human junk and the roadside weed Down the road progress screams Cheap and nasty through the evergreens Down the road, alluring sign Cardiff Central East Valley Line Don't judge me, not out of mind Dirty drift bird you'll not find Don't judge me, I'm still here Just waiting to proceed Through the human junk and the roadside weed Don't judge me, not out of mind Dirty drift bird you'll not find Don't judge me, I'm still here Just waiting to proceed Through the human junk and the roadside weed Symphonies of beaten traffic signs Feels like a million people live round here Orchestras, a working week unwinds But still there's a message in the clear Down the road, salvation From static bind, emancipation Working loose just to roll Down the hubcap side of the road Don't judge me, not out of mind Dirty drift bird you'll not find Don't judge me, I'm still here Just waiting to proceed Through the human junk and the roadside weed
2.
Sails Of White 04:05
lyrics
buy track
I'm leaving like driftwood from the shore Iridescent isle There's a keen sou'wester leaning starboard Leaning starboard side Years flit by in dreams Never could they all have been I'm looking to the north star again In darkness it is locked All my life I've felt a blind wave Crashing into rocks Toward the harbour light I'm homeward with sails of white Toward the harbour light I'm homeward with sails of white I'm watching as the waves embrace you I'm watching them accept you as their own As their own I'm watching as the waves embrace you I'm watching them accept you as their own As their own I'm ushered home by dolphins Dolphins dancing in my wake Floating over anything I find Anything my imagination makes Illuminate the night I'm homeward on sails of white Toward the harbour light I'm homeward with sails of white
3.
Cathedral Of Trees 04:08
lyrics
buy track
This is my holistic moment A cathedral of trees Shafts of sunlight splaying Down through canopy of leaves Dry dusty earth Paths that lead off everywhere Some days I walk with purpose Most days I just don't care And all my lies for freedom Don't have to say it's wrong I hear the trilling sounds Through twilight's duration There're quiet songs of ease And songs that cry in desperation A unison of feathers Seeking shelter for the night Chevron shapes up high Geese in from long haul flights And all the guilt I work with Making up for what has gone And all the guilt I work with Making up for what has gone This is my holistic moment Below the grey stone rise Wish I could roll like mist Up the mountain side Keep giving myself these challenges And times of steep inclines Some days they work out easy Most days I fail the climb And all my lies for freedom Don't have to say it's wrong This is my holistic moment This is my holistic moment This is my holistic moment This is my holistic moment
4.
Old Timbuktu 03:59
lyrics
buy track
Coldness while you're not here A harbour of fear I'm crawling the walls I'm convicted, show classic signs Losing my mind You're a cure to it all Old Timbuktu The town you send me to But you could make this one fine Lock up, little light flows From someone we know May change your mind A prisoner, I scratch away days Bars in my way I'm not hard to find Old Timbuktu The town you send me to But you could make this one fine Old Timbuktu The town you send me to But you could make this one fine Old Timbuktu The town you send me to But you could make this one fine Why, oh why, oh why do I linger? Why, oh why, oh why do I wait? Why, oh why, oh why When I know freedom is she My heart's a lock up cell I've thrown away the key Too long you've kept me here You never appear So sad are my dreams Too long awaiting release Can't find no peace Endless this seems Old Timbuktu The town you send me to But you could make this one fine But you could make this one fine Old Timbuktu The town you send me to But you could make this one fine
5.
Small Lost Towns 04:07
lyrics
buy track
They started loosening the structure Long time ago Prefabricated construction Replaced old stone Nobody, nobody goes Small lost towns Have shut the show Things done here, I'm moving Don't want to wait around To hear the ashened strains That once were solid sounds Cold wind, cold wind blows Small lost towns Have shut the show Another small lost town Another small lost town Getting off, real feelings Now out there kinda lost Shakedowns and changes Left to pay the cost Nobody, nobody goes Small lost towns Have shut the show Nobody, nobody goes Small lost towns Have shut the show Another small lost town Another small lost town Another small lost town Another small lost town
6.
Western Soul 03:15
lyrics
buy track
I'm a beat-up wreck, a rolling leaf Mossy wall like broken teeth All that lies underneath Is trouble We'll end up back on the street Clicking fingers, tapping feet Dancing and clapping the beat In puddles Oh, western soul everywhere Oh, western soul The wind it knows all the songs Helps us as we jog along Don't bring the blues down upon Us much Birds dragging looming mass Neil Young sky drums going crash Guitar lightening turns all to ash As it must Oh, western soul everywhere Oh, western soul Don't bother knocking the door is busted Frame is loose, hinges are rusted out We're in here wasting Nothing now can ever phase us Providence amongst the chaos We are tasting I'm a beat-up wreck, a rolling leaf Mossy wall like broken teeth All that lies underneath Is trouble All that lies underneath Is trouble All that lies underneath Is trouble Oh, western soul everywhere Oh, western soul everywhere
7.
Take It Home 03:26
lyrics
buy track
I'm going way down in the music So many ways I can use it now Getting it somehow It feels good to be out there Spaces and places I do care about Calling me out Down home, take it home Time to progress From the edge of a hollow zone Walk it out of this mess Take it home, try your best I embrace it all, however weird That soulful cry as it appears now Get it somehow Does it always have to make sense When you fly in the face of indifference and soar? Open the door Down home, take it home Time to progress From the edge of a hollow zone Walk it out of this mess Take it home, try your best I'm going way down in the music Way down in the music I'm going way down in the music Way down in the music Down home, take it home Time to progress From the edge of a hollow zone Walk it out of this mess Take it home, try your best Take it home, try your best Take it home, try your best
8.
One Night 03:06
lyrics
buy track
I'm stuck here. Curse my luck! All my troubles piling up Man, I'm going nowhere Country girl did me wrong Talked me down then upped and gone One night I do not know where Too fancy, that's my view Changed the mood to a turbulent brew Just plain crazy Stumblebum in a woolly hat Not a pretty sight, I'll grant you that Outlook's a little hazy Think I had the right ingredients Dynamics of the front line Tried to stay top of the beat Out of time Rhythm and rhyme Think I had the right ingredients Dynamics of the front line Tried to stay top of the beat Out of time Rhythm and rhyme I'm stuck here. Curse my luck! All my troubles piling up Man, I'm going nowhere Country girl did me wrong Talked me down then upped and gone One night I do not know where One night I do not know where One night I do not know where
9.
Black River 04:08
lyrics
buy track
Rollin' down Black RIver Rollin' down Black Riverside I'm rollin' down Looking, I'm looking I'm looking near I know where my sweet love will appear Sweet as hawthorn bloom Sweet as hawthorn bloom in spring Sweet and wild Waving, I'm waving The joy she brings Waving like a mountain fern in the wind Waving like a mountain fern in the wind She's got shiny eyes She's got shiny eyes Unrelenting They lift me up They lay lay down Again and again and again and again Upon a blue rag pony Upon a blue rag pony coming down Through silver trees She's racing and racing Like blood through my veins Heaven when my sweet girl calls my name Upon a blue rag pony Rollin' down Black River Looking, I'm looking I'm looking near I know where my sweet love will appear I know where my sweet love will appear I know where my sweet love will appear
10.
After The Thaw 04:05
lyrics
buy track
There is something sacred in the lay of the land After the thaw Keep my sense of wonder and try to understand After the thaw Looking through modern eyes, hard to see their worth After the thaw But this is coming from an age now called snowball earth After the thaw Cannot connect With the minds of the ancient Feels all a guess to me Patterns all around Nothing written down Projecting our own fantasies Like to roam freely, wander all alone After the thaw Through old stones sticking out like they're dino bones After the thaw Places of time and space? Temples to the stars? All just a guess at best Now they're meeting places For all those new age faces And mystic folk in fancy dress All reverence and mystery All custom and folklore Used to believe our history Now I don't feel that way I don't feel it anymore There is something sacred in the lay of the land After the thaw Keep my sense of wonder and try to understand After the thaw
11.
Long Time Brother 03:35
lyrics
buy track
Long time brother it's not our fault We just got old Long time brother, against the laws Of rock and roll It's on a different level But it's the same old show Parallel track singing back At the radio Long time brother, rockin' chairs Can take their leave Long time brother always willing Willing to believe On a good old journey Pair of ramblin' men Seeing you now, seeing you how You were back then Long time brother On a good old journey Pair of ramblin' men Seeing you now, seeing you how You were back then We'll meet again on the flipside When our gypsy roads collide We'll meet again on the flipside It's been a strange old road and ride Long time brother it's not our fault We just got old Long time brother, against the laws Of rock and roll It's on a different level But it's the same old show It's on a different level But it's the same old show It's on a different level But it's the same old show Parallel track singing back At the radio Long time brother Long time brother Long time brother We just got old
12.
Gone Too Far 04:03
lyrics
buy track
It's gone too far Way of the world Find, find a line and walk it down The biggest lie We're being sold Wrong, all of those wrong, pictures of a better life

about

Pictured on the cover is our good friend Tommy Davies who passed away in 2022. Not an album about Tommy but an album for Tommy. A free spirit if ever there was one, who made an impression, one way or another, on everyone that he met.

credits

released November 3, 2023

All words and music Michael Davies and Paul Ivor Jones

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jumbotown image

Jumbotown Sydney, Australia

Jumbotown is the acoustic singer songwriting duo of Mike Davies and Paul Ivor Jones

contact / help

Contact Jumbotown

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Jumbotown, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now