Just tell me where you wanna go...

.. And A Whole Lotta You!

Yes indeed, the Hi-Fives! Quite! As perhaps one of the first people to notice and comment upon the various talents of these four feckled Fives, they have put me to the task, as it were, in the creation of a potentially libelous, literary litany in their regards, er, well regarding them, they being those whom are a group known as: The Hi-Fives. "Group?" you might ask, "what kind of group are you talking about?" Well, firstly, look at what you are holding; that's a clue, if you can get one. This sleeve you are reading is wrapped around an item that is a particular format for a certain kind of information commonly made by things known as "groups". If you are unable or unwilling to make the calculation, and must therefore leave it to me to, "do the math" as it were, then I'll tell you what kind of group The Hi-Fives are: They are a musical group! Ahhh now you see! It is becoming clear now. They are the union of more or less "musical" individuals into a loose knit team bent on delivering their songs to whomever will listen. Here then before you lies the very fruit, perhaps fermented to delusional potency, of the union of this group. And such fruit! The questionable talent and bountiful simplicity borne out byt their songs might make one only wonder at the lack of distance these four fives have traveld from the "tabla rasa", as it were, mysteriously gorgin a swatch of dedicated intelligencia along the way. Be that as it may, the question remains: How? The answer: Irrelevant. The conclusion: This recording. Could it be that simple Probably. But it's never enough, is it? Indeed, as I write, it dawns upon me that these notes are not at all for them, but for you, the Gentile Reader, the Smart Shopper, the Audiophile, the Lover of Pleasure, namely the Record Store Cut Out Bin Browser. It is with the best intentions, and thoughts of you then, that I must dig even deeper, moving to the next logical and necessary question, that is, to ask exactly what kind of musical group they are. To this I would have to definitely, probably say "BEATPUNK". I'm not sure who first coined the term "BEATPUNK" for these boys, (I think it might have been Percy T. Keegan in his May 1994 article "It Really Makes Music, But You Never Touch It!"-Saskatoon Herald) but one would have to admit that it's quite an apt description really. The "BEAT" influences can be seen from all of the 1960's co called "beat" groups such as the Beatles, Gerry And The Pacemakers, the Searchers, the Kinks ect. (the boys even wear three button suits!)... and on to the modern beat incarnations, most notable of which would be Chetam, Kent's The(e) Milkshakes whom we know the Hi-Fives to often play the songs of. Additionally, the influence of "PUNK" can be heard in The Hi-Fives apparent knowledge of the Ramones, the Buzzcocks, and even the Sonics. At any rate, whatever on wishes to call the soun of this music, this very disc you are holding is FULL OF IT. Full of that exciting "BEATPUNK" sound surrounding songs that are tales of woe, glee, merriment, and always, always, about You. - Comfy Jones Oct 15, 1996

LYRICS!!

"It's Up To You"
Well I'm stuck in a rut and I can't get up baby kicked my jack and now I'm looking up mymymy heart starts to slow my mind says no now everything it's up to you. I watch you disappear as the angels come near I'm on my last breath wondering why you left why why why I know you know it's true now everything it's up to you. I'm left here to die lying on my back I'm wondering why baby kicked my jack.

"It Begins With You"
With every breath I take it seems like such a waste using all that time and effort while you're so far away. I'd like to save them up and use'm for days to come like when we're hanging out and our lives have just begun. And I'll wait for you, I'll wait for the ice to dry and the sea to rise for you, I'll wait for every star in the sky fall for you and I won't stop waiting till there's nothing else to wait for. I'm seeing things that I ain't never seen before, you're taking me to places you can't get there through doors, been put on hold until I'm told just what to do until you do, well I'm never ever gonna lose I'll wait for you.

"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)"
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you. If you ever say goodbye, if you ever even cry, I'm gonna sit right down and cry over. Well I love you more and more every day. And I love you more and more every way. But if you ever say goodbye, if you ever even try, I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you. Gonna tell your mom and your poppa too, so they now exactly what I'm gonna do.

"Time Is Now"
I'm not sure just where I'm going or if I'll have to pay a cost but as long as you leave a well worn trail then I know I won't get lost cus all I know is where you go is the kinda place I wanna be the closest the time is now and I wanna be with you. I don't know just where I'll be in between now and then I'll walk with you in summer and hold you in the winter and ask you again, come on honey come on sugar there's a blizzard that's givving me the shiver's the time is now and I wanna be with you.

"No-No"
I'm gonna do, what I think I should. Not telling you what you should do. Cuz I don't own you, that's not what I wanna do, no-no, no-no. You should do, what'cha think you should. Don't tell me to, do what you do. You don't own me, that's not what'cha wanna do. no-no, no-no. (Golly golly gee now, you're so sweet now. Golly golly gee now, you're so sweet oh-no, no-no, oh-no.)

"All I Wanna Know"
All I wanna know starts with your head to your toes to the pleats in your clothes, and I know that it ain't much, but I'm counting my luck cus it's more than enouhgh, and I know there's things that I'll miss but ll I really wanna know it this. The places I used to go are no longer the decrepit holes that I used to know, now they're relics of their own like that there street it's my belief it should be layered in gold cus it's not just any Fifth and Vine, that gets to guess your weight so many times. Whether it's your wide eyed smile that makes a mile seem like just a block or maybe it's the way you walk you talk that makes the time go by there's just no stopping the clock and the same old dive just turned divine where we'd eat pies, burgers and fries and I'm not sure just what you've done but even my alarm clock is alot more fun. Nothing will be the same from here on out it's something else with the same old name with a few alterations what you've done is did and it's an observation that you took this town and put it upside down and now I'm hoping that you'll stick around and that's all I wanna know.

"Words Of Love"
Words of love she says to you, and she's a dear, she'll want you near. And though I know she sounds sincere, you'll play the fool, cause she'll say to you: Words of love, words of love, words of love she'll say to you. I fell as you have and I have advice, isn't she nice, but watch out for rice. And when she calls you but won't let you near, you'll get the Frear, and then you'll hear: Words of love. Words of love she'll say to you, words of love but they're not true.

"Bad Connection"(Clarke)
Morning, this morning, the curtains are shut. I ring you in the morning, but the phone's been cut. Can you hear me? I've been calling all day. Can you hear me? The radio reporter said the lines are dead. He told me that I oughta write a letter instead. Well I wish they'd fiv the wires cause my baby don't know that I'm leaving in the morning and I'm ready to go. Can you hear me? Can you hear me at all? Got to get the operator, make a telephone call! [insert phone dialouge here] And if I write a letter, it won't get there on time. I'll only reach you baby on the telephone line. My car's all ready, and my bags are packed, I'm late already and I won't be back.

"I'll Take You There"
Just tell me where you wanna go I'll take you there cause it's all the same to me. Just to be by your side makes the miles go by so come on and fly with me.. Let's pack our bags baby let's split don't take a map honey let's take a trip I really don't care what we do just as long as I know I'll be there with you. We can go out come back in druve up the coast maybe go for a swim it should be getting clear that I'd leave this stratosphere if you pointed north and sounded sincere. We could go for a stroll and call it a walk have a talk and call it a chat I really wouldn't care nothing at all just as long as I'm where you're at so just tell when you close your eyes and just tell me what we're passing by and just tell me if you've seen it before and I'll put this car in another gear. I wanna know I gotta know how can I know I wanna know wanna know let's go now. We could go to the grange go to a movie drive to Maine and eat shripm louie maybe we could go to some far off distant land that you can't read about at some kind of news stand we could go someplace far far away with any luck maybe we could loose our way and spend the rest of our lives on this quest of blinking lights and turning left. I wanna know I gotta know how can I know I wanna know wanna know let's go now.

"Say What'cha Want"
You can say what'cha want. You can say what'cha need. If you know what'cha want, well say it and I'll heed. The girl knows what she wants. The girl knows what she needs. The girl didn't get where she was, by begging down on her knees. 'Cause after all is said and done, what we say we should really do. And in the end, why prettend, what we did was the only truth. We're right and they're wrong. Think otherwise and you're gone. The words might seem strong. But I'm not selling this for a song. Play samrt and you're dumb. Believe me man it's been done. Try not to succumb- Smart and Dumb have been known to do lunch.

"You Can"
No one can make me believe your lies but you can no one can make me believe your smile but you can and when I'm feeling down I want nobody around but you can no one can make me understand what you can but you can't believe a word that I say and it doesn't matter anyway. I rigged an ingenious device to my heart for you girl I crossed the desert land in my frost bitten hands for you girl. For you girl I did all these things because you asked me to for you girl I'd do anything multiplied by two. For you girl I would do all these things for you girl I would any, it doesn't matter anyways what I do or what I might say because if it mattered anyways you wouldn't be so far away. Our eyes have met but our lives not yet it's girl. Sooner or later I'll get you yet it's true girl sooner the better but later than never for you girl I'd do anything just to satisfy you for you girl. For you girl I would do all these things for you girl I'd do anything.

"Black and Blue"
I'm turning black and blue. I don't know what I should do. I need a talking to on account of you. Well if it's not gonna fly, should one give it a try, dumb enough to defy what accountants do? So we're going down and it's a darn good thing to do, and we're new in town, the things we do will still seem new till the snow turns brown or the sand gets in our shoes yeah we're going down. I;ve failed history, yet I'm doomed to repeat. Sense makes a retreat all because of you. There's no lesson plan, no book but just man, this man with his hand would plough the earth for you. Was better, regret her, wish I hadn't met her at all. Whoa! Now we're numb and bored where lions roared before I can see what's in storem and so can you. Well you like me alot, but 'cha say we don't talk well I'd better start or you'll walk out on me.

"A Whole Lot Of You"
Well I finally found some lips and it's a perfect fit and now I'm hoping hoping they'll prey open so I seal them shut with a simple little kiss and make something something out of nothing cus your heart's bigger than a Canadian prarie and your lips are sweeter than an upscale sherry whatever you do please include it too don't leave out a single clue. Well every time I see you walking down the street I get a feeling feeling I hit the ceiling and by the time I get back down to the ground I see you turning turning and I'm yearning to learn everything there is about you solve all your troubles and the things that doubt you whatever you do please include it too don't keave out a single clue cause it's a whole lot of you it's a whole lot of you it's a whole lot of you I could live this life happy just knowing you exist but give something more than that and I'm telling you I could live in eternall bliss. Oh well I finally.... you're just not any other you're better that a Chet Atkins album cover cause it's whole lot of you yeah it's a whole lot of you I wanna know.

"Peaquod"
I'm feelin so bound, to yourself, madamoislle, the ship has run aground. Don't fail to come about, cause I can't help, fare-thee-well, grab a rail and bail out. Underneath, the current sea, an urgently, You're needed. This knot is taught, and it's a square, if ya care, so if I seem a bit distraught: It's not tied oft, but it holds me there, in a snare, upside down and aloft. Underneath, the current sea, and urgently, I needed you to tell the truth, tighten the noose, or just cut me loose. It's all white meat, there's no Greenpeace, so neat to eat, basted in blue. Lashed onto you, lost ship and crew, never see the slew.

"Shhh!"
Shhh! Shhh! Shhh! Shhh!

"Tainted Love"
Sometimes I feel I've got to: run away, I've got to: get away, from the pain you drive into the heart of me. The love we share, seems to go nowhere, and I've lost my light, for I toss and turn I can't sleep at night. Once I ran to you. Now I run from you. This tainted love you've given, I give you all a boy could give you. Take my tears and that's not really all! Tainted love. Whoa! Tainted love. Now I know I've got to: run away, I've got to: get away, do you really want any more from me? To make things right you need some one to hold you tight, and you think love is to pray, but I'm sorry I don't pray that way. Don't touch me please I cannot stand the way you tease! Oh I love you though you hurt me so. Now I'll pack my bags and go! Tainted love. Whoa! Tainted love. Whoa! Tainted love. Whoa!

All songs Denery/Imlay except "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry(Over You)", "Bad Connection", and "Tainted Love"