GREATEST HITS

Always and Forever

I want the dreams you dream at night
I want you blinded by the light
your hello and your goodbye
I want the tears you never cry

I want the way you comb your hair
I want you standing on the stairs
all of the years no one was there
all the times you just don’t care

I want you always and forever

I want the records that you play
I want the prayer you pray each day
all of the things that people say
I want you when you walk away

I want the empty glass of wine
I want the nickel and the dime
I want you running out of time
I want you walking down the line

I want you knocking on the door
I want the letter in the drawer
the jacket that you always wore
I want it lying on the floor

I want you standing at the bar
I want you wishing on a star
I want you wondering where you are
I want the arrows in your heart

You’re So Pretty
(That I Don’t Know What To Do)

You’re so pretty
that I don’t know what to do
I love you, babe
I love you

I used to walk around
feeling so blue
now I just lie here
and dream about you

all of this time
I guess I never knew
how life could be
with someone like you

I Don’t Like Girls

I don’t like girls
who look like you
I don’t like Christmas
I don’t like June
I don’t like daydreams
that end too soon
I don’t like girls
who look like you

I don’t like places
that we used to go
I don’t like raindrops
I don’t like snow
I don’t like memories
that won’t let me go
I don’t like places
we used to go

and now you’re stuck inside
a Texas bride
you had a shot at greatness
and soon he’ll now you lied
you’d rather be with me

you said it’s time
to change the plan
you said you want him
to be your man
you said you’re dying
to hold my hand
you said you loved me
you don’t give a damn

Walk Around

I just want to walk
around your block
until this feeling stops
until all your broken clocks
get the nerve to call the cops

I just want to lie here in your yard
until things aren’t so hard
until all these shooting stars
finally tell us who we are

I just want to sit outside your door
the way I did before
when you knew what it was for
don’t you love me anymore?

Dirty Secrets

there’s nothing you could tell me
that could change my mind
none of your dirty secrets
no Mason-Dixon line

you don’t need a reason
you don’t need a rhyme
you can come and see me
anytime

there’s nothing you could show me
that I would call mine
the only things we get to keep
are what we leave behind

you’re the light across the street
you’re the tree that makes the shade
you’re everything I never see
until it goes away

it’s the light across the street
it’s the dreams that keep me up
it’s the way nothing I’ve said
ever seems like it’s enough

Never Thought

never thought I’d see the glory
never thought it’d last till morning
never thought I’d show up late
and you would still be waiting for me

never thought I’d see a clear sky
never thought I’d see a clear sky
never thought that I would know why
never thought my heart would be all
lit up like the fourth of July

didn’t think in my wildest dreams
I’d call you mine

never thought I’d hit the number
thought I’d always sit and wonder
thought that I would always
miss the lightning
and just hear the thunder

never thought the world would show me
anything but being lonely
never thought that I would be
the one you call your one and only

thought that nobody was listening
thought no one would ever miss me
never thought that I’d be dizzy
thinking of the way you kiss me

I went down to Mississippi
thinking nobody would miss me
never thought that I would be
the one you call your one and only

I’m Wondering Which Lie
(You’ve Chosen To Get By)

I’m wondering which lie
you’ve chosen to get by
your friends they come and go
you’re talking like Pinocchio
the angels all can see
the way your heart still beats
it echoes through the walls
and down the streets

don’t think that I forgot
don’t think that you ever will, darling

your father’s lights are out
when I drive by your house
your angel heaves a sigh
and hunkers down for one my try
I’m wondering which lie
you’ve chosen to get by
don’t think that I’ve forgotten you

Nobody Cares About Your Big Dreams

nobody cares about your worries
nobody cares about your heart
nobody cares about your big dreams
and the way they fall apart

and when you’re standing
on the corner late this evening
and all the girls walk by
the way they always do
and when you’re thinking of the ways
that you could leave them
remember you’re the only one
who knows what’s true

nobody cares about tomorrow
they only care about today
nobody cares about your sorrow
or anything you’ve got to say

nobody cares about your secrets
nobody cares what you can see
you’re only walking
down the dark streets
you’re only writing history

You Don’t Think It’s True

every time I see your face
every time you walk away
every time I see you smile at me
I could run a thousand miles
I could flap my wings and fly
I could drown under the deep blue sea

you keep saying
you don’t think it’s true
but I’m so in love with you

every time I see your face
and you look at me that way
I could drown under the deep blue sea
I could sail into the sky
I could lie right down and die
I could change the course of history

Pay Phones

pay phones
calling cross the time zones
telling you that I”ll be coming home

pay phones
calling cross the time zones
telling you that you won’t be alone

New Boyfriend

I’m gonna be your new boyfriend
dontcha worry baby
I’m gonna be your new boyfriend

you’ll tell me all the things you’re thinking
you’ll tell me all the dreams you’re dreaming
every lie and every secret
and we’ll go dancing every weekend

other boys
took you out
let you down,
broke your heart
but I’m the boy
you been dreaming about

so take your time
but don’t be late
I don’t mind
but I can’t wait
to be the boy
who sees you every day

you’ll tell me all the dreams you’re dreaming
you’ll tell me all the schemes you’re scheming
every lie and every secret
and we’ll go dancing every weekend

wait for it, wait for it
give it some time

Brighter Days

you seem like brighter days to me
like love up on the silver screen
like all the thing I wish I’d seen
you seem like brighter days to me

you seem like brighter days to me
you seem like a lucky streak
you seem like tinfoil on my beak
you seem like brighter days to me

it’s been so long
since my baby walked out
and the night got so dark
it’s been so long

since I felt like singing my song
you seem like brighter days to me
you seem like falling back to sleep
you seem like things you get to keep

you seem like brighter days to me
days when you can do anything
days when you don’t care what it means
you seem like brighter days to me
you seem brighter

There Will Never Be A Day

falling stars, crashing cars
all the rich boys at the bar
all the flowers in the yard
all the times you’ve gone too far

there will never be a day
when I don’t want to see your face

magazines, limousines
all tomorrow’s beauty queens
everything we’ve ever seen
but pretended was a dream

radio, picture show
something buried in the snow
everything we’ll never know
anywhere you ever go

Blessing

may your road be smooth
may it rise to meet you

may your sky be blue
the sun rise to greet you

may your love be true
and the brothers you choose

your sorrows be few
and your troubles teach you

when the waters rise
may they never reach you

the Lord go with you
may He guide and keep you

All songs: words by Wallace and music by Wallace, except I Don’t Like Girls, words & music by Wallace, Walk Around and Nobody Cares About Your Big Dreams, words & music by Wallace, and Blessing, words & melody by Wallace and music by Wallace. 

Musicians

Carey Wallace – vocals on all songs

Mark Wallace – all guitars, vocals on all songs, bass on 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, keyboards and/or Casiotone on 6, violins on 14, whistles on 11, drums programming on 8 and 11.

Brad Elliott – drums on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12

Billy Harrington – drums on 11, 13, 14

J. Scott McClintock – bass on 1, 5, 7, 10, 12

Recorded by Brandon J. Wiard at Pretty Suite Recordings (Ypsilanti, MI) August 8-9, 2014

Mixed by Andy Taub at Brooklyn Recording (Brooklyn, NY) Dec 9-14, 2016

Additional Mixing by Geoff Michaels at Big Sky Recordings (Ann Arbor, MI) 2017-2023

Drum, bass and vocal overdubs on 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14 recorded by Geoff Michaels at Big

Sky Recordings (Ann Arbor, MI) 2017-2023

Release date: February 14, 2023