Joel Plaskett’s “Through & Through & Through”

I’ve always been a fan of The Joel Plaskett Emergency, especially the songs “Fashionable People,” “Snowed In,” “True Patriot Love,” and most of all, “Penny for Your Thoughts.” So, naturally, I was excited when I heard that Joel Plaskett had released a new three-disc set titled, appropriately, Three. Radio 3 added the first single, “Through & Through & Through,” to their rotation, and I instantly fell in love.

You can listen to “Through & Through & Through” for free at CBC Radio 3’s New Music Canada, and you can find more music by Joel Plaskett on iTunes (where the entire 27-song set is available for only $9.99), at CBC Radio 3, or at MySpace Music.

I’m the Berlin Wall, I’m a Communist
You’re a wrecking ball in a summer dress
You’re the horizon line, I’m the last sunset
I might be going down, but I’m not set yet
I’m as a white as a ghost, digging foolish gold
I will man my post but I won’t do what I’m told
Got a Purple Heart from a bloody war
Can’t take it anymore, more, more

They say good things come to those who wait
If you snooze then you lose, so don’t h-h-h-hesitate 

Out of sight, out of mind, out of luck, out of wine
Don’t you say that I’m out of my fucking mind
I’ve been talking trash but it ain’t my fault
Every time I move, somebody’s in my spot

They say good things come to those who wait
If you snooze then you lose, so don’t h-h-h-hesitate 

You’ve got nowhere to go (I know, I know, I know)
It’s only you and me (but good things come in threes)

You be April Stevens, I’ll be April Wine
You be Israel, I will be Palestine
Come on, “Teach Me Tiger,” come on, show me tricks
Let me take my time and take a couple lazy licks

Are you feeling blue? (Through and through and through)
Where do we find you now? (Around, around, around)

All the dirty blondes playing blue-eyed soul
You won’t hear our songs on your radio
Every note we sing can’t be solid gold
Every boy can’t be Romeo

They say that good things come to those who wait
Good things come if you take the bait
In a rummage sale (at the Sally Ann) everything is cheap
Love should last a life (or at least a year) but it lasts a week

I’m the Berlin Wall (and that ain’t all), I’m a total mess
You’re a wrecking ball (I’m a wrecking ball) in a summer dress

All the dirty blondes playing blue-eyed soul on the radio
I can’t take it anymore, more, more