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Get Going

by White Blood Cells

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1.
No Distance 03:06
No Distance Everything’s so overwhelming, When you’re sitting there starin’ at the mountain, Better get up off your ass and start walkin’. What is it you really need – A friend to call when your heart bleeds, Or a lover to hold you when the darkness falls? I should have scrawled it on the wall, But I didn’t even write it down at all, So certain that I’d remember it later, What was that thing that you told me? And I’m sorry, but can you tell me again? Talking with you on the telephone, Makes me miss my own home, And a future with no long-distance to call me. When you can shout my name from across the yard, Steal a kiss and I’ll squeeze you hard, Girl your honey-lips are making me feel sticky. I should have scrawled it on the wall, But I didn’t even write it down at all, So certain that I’d remember it later, What was that thing that you told me? And I’m sorry, but can you tell me one more time? Stop waiting, Get going, Don’t get stunned when the challenges are growing. Stop dreaming, Just keep breathing, If you want something you’ve got to make it happen! Stop waiting, Get going, Don’t get stunned when the challenges are growing. Stop dreaming, Just keep breathing, If you want something you’ve got to make it happen! I should have scrawled it on the wall, But I didn’t write it down at all… I should have scrawled it on the wall, But I didn’t write it down at all…
2.
Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Gone is the holding of hands, Lips can’t kiss if they won’t meet again, There’s an emptiness here in my bed, It’s the same shape as you with your head on my chest. Why did I have to fly away? And to think, God, but what if I’d stayed? There’s a lesson to be learned in this: You can love but you’d better not wish for the best. Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! // Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! // Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! You’ve got to know, When you got it, and when you don’t. You’ve got to feel, And if you lose it, you’ve just got to be real. You’ve got to love, If you give it all, then it just don’t stop. Just let go, Come on, Mama, let me sooth your soul! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! // Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! // Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Yes, I know we’ll meet again, And God-willing it won’t be as friends. There’s no reason for us to pretend, That this feeling is all in our heads, not our chests. You’ve got to know, When you got it, and when you don’t. You’ve got to feel, And if you lose it, you’ve just got to be real. You’ve got to love, If you give it all, then it just don’t stop. Just let go, Come on, Mama, let me sooth your soul! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! // Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! // Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai! Ai!
3.
Josephine 04:48
Josephine You are a girl and your dreams in the world are living, I am thirty-two cannonballs fired in all directions. I’m sorry if I frighten you with the way that I’m feeling, It’s only that I never loved no one like you, please believe me. Believe me. Oh, Believe me, Josephine. You are a tiny box of springs and like a dynamo you’re spinning, I am the eagle soaring high, can you hear my cry ringing, ringing? You say you want someone who loves you the same way you love them, When someone comes along, you go and treat them like a friend. Just a friend. Oh, Believe me, Josephine. Believe me, Josephine. It’s easy to fall, when you float like a cannonball. But my aim is true, and I will hit my mark with you. It’s easy to fall, when you float, float like a cannonball. But my aim is true, and I will hit my mark with you. Believe me, Josephine.
4.
Honeymoon 02:24
Honeymoon Well I guess I’m a fool, And it was too soon, But I was planning our honeymoon. Yeah, I knew where we’d go, And just where we’d stay, And where we’d go next, but I couldn’t say. Cause I didn’t want to spoil the surprise for you. But just throw you on a plane and travel miles away with you! And I don’t want to make you my lawful wedded wife, I just want you to know I was yours for life, All my life. And you needed someone, Do you need me today, Now that love is gone, just the song remains.
5.
Whiskey Girl 04:22
Whiskey Girl Break lights on a beautiful day, Why’s my home so far away? Watch the crows fly to their homes, Catch the wind with it they go Hallow’s Eve, see the leaves blow, Flags surrender to the flow, You tell me that you love me, But are you really dreaming of me? Whiskey Girl, Where are you tonight? And are you wishing I was by your side? Oh, Whiskey Girl. Photographs and phone calls, Keep my memories in a jar, The line is fuzzy and I can’t be sure, Did you say, “No”, or was it, “More”? Light another cigarette and see, I still wish you were next to me, Watch the moon rise in the sky, Slowly moving, getting high. Oh, Whiskey Girl, Where are you tonight? And are you wishing I was by your side? Oh, Whiskey Girl. Oh, Whiskey Girl, Where are you tonight? And are you wishing I was by your side? Oh, Whiskey Girl. Oh, My Whiskey Girl.
6.
How Are You? 03:12
How are you? Turn around and talk to me, Tell me your story, come on, Say what’s on your mind. You never really talk to me, Well, I never listen, I just try to get to you. Now you’ve turned the lock on every doorway, You ever opened up for me. And it seems just like I never knew you, Who ever thought you’d be so free, so free? And, How are you? Turn around and talk to me, Come on, come tell me, Everything. We never even laugh when we’re, Together, no I just, Try to get through. And it seems just like I never knew you, Who ever thought you’d be so free? Now you’ve turned the lock on every doorway, You ever opened for me, me, for me. But, How are you? Your life is like a vine, and it grows on me. Your life is like a vine, and it grows on me. Your life is like a vine, and it grows on me. And you’re strangling my will to breath.
7.
Bad Dreams 02:40
Bad Dreams Feels like I woke from a bad dream, I don’t know what’s going on, My stomach aches and my head spins, And I feel my friends have done me wrong. What was it we did last night? Can someone tell me why I feel this way? I’ll try anything one time, But what’s the point if I can’t remember a thing? Oh, no! Kyah!! Oh, no! No! You don’t know just what you’re doing, You’ve got my heart in a knot, can’t you see? Why don’t you love me right girl? It’s sadistic what you do to me! Why don’t you tell me it’s over? At least then I would be free, From the constant wondering, If you’re going to wait for me! Oh, no! Oh no!! Oh, no! No! Feels like I woke from a bad dream, Running from the demons inside me, Can’t escape above or below ground, Digging tunnels, afraid of the deep. Tiny tunnels and giant footsteps, Walls tumbling over me, I stare at the linoleum floor, And I try to control the things that I see! Oh, No! Kyah! Oh, no! Oh no!!
8.
Hold On To Your Lies Hold on to your lies, Hold on to all your lies. Use all your alibis, and Don’t ever compromise. You hold on to your lies, They will paralyze your heart for all your life. Whether it is right or not, Doesn’t matter if it’s right or not. You can get away with a lot, It’s not a crime if you don’t get caught! Whether it is right or not, You should take what you can get, and keep what you’ve got! Baby there’ll be hell to pay when they finally bring you down! Baby there’ll be hell to pay when they finally bring you in for all you’ve done! Hold on to your lies, Hold on to all your lies. Use all your alibis, and Look right into their eyes. You hold on to your lies, They will paralyze your heart for all your life.
9.
Together 05:26
Together Are you afraid of the future? Well, it scares me too. But do you ever wonder if your search is through? It’s hard to believe, That we’re the lucky ones. In a world like this, who can guarantee their love? But if you ever wonder why I love you so, There’s only one thing you need to know: You and I were made to be together, Our love can last through any weather. Oh! I’ve got a roof over my head, That I call my home. But with friends all around me I can still feel alone. In a world Like this I guess I’ll keep holding on. And if you ever wonder why I love you so, There’s only one thing you need to know: You and I were made to be together, Our love can last through any weather. And in the autumn we could be together, I want to stand with you and face the weather, With you together, HEY! Oh! Oh lo! oh lo oh oh oh! Oh! Oh lo! oh lo oh oh oh! Oh! Oh lo! oh lo oh oh oh! Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh! Oh! You and me were made to be together, It’s true, you see, despite the winter weather. Oh you and me were made to be so free, And you were made for me to love, And I was made for you to hold on to! Ba da ba da! Oh! Oh lo! oh lo oh oh oh! Oh! Oh lo! oh lo oh oh oh! Oh! Oh lo! oh lo oh oh oh! Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh! Oh! You and me were made to be so free, And I was made for you to love, And you were made for me to hold on to! And if you ever wonder why I love you so, There’s only one thing you need to know, Oh, I really need you so… Ai! Ai! Ai! Oh! Oh lo! oh lo oh oh oh! Oh! Oh lo! oh lo oh oh oh! Oh! Oh lo! oh lo oh oh oh! Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh! (Repeat and fade)

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released October 2, 2012

Shane McMillan - Vocals, guitar, charango, percussion
Gina Loes - Additional vocals
Daniel Ruiz - Drums, bongos
Jonny Healy - Bass
Brian Healy - Keyboards
Aaron Pettigrew - Trumpet
Shawn Penner - Additional guitars, percussion
Charley Wu - Piano on Track 5
Tina Tew - Accordion on Track 2
Layla Gaît - Musical Saw on Track 4

White Blood Cells – Get Going © 2012 White Blood Cells
Recorded and Mixed by Shawn Penner at District 4 Studios, Vancouver, BC.
Mastered by Rick Fisher at RFI Mastering, Seattle WA.
All songs written by Shane McMillan.

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White Blood Cells Vancouver, British Columbia

Since their inception in July 2012, White Blood Cells have been playing their hearts out at every show, because they only know how to pump positivity and good vibrations all the time. This talented gang of misfits, all veterans of various Vancouver bands, wows audiences with catchy melodies that stick in your head and heartfelt songs that make you swoon. ... more

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