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Could Have Done Anything

by Charlotte Cornfield

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destiny Char's writing here mines memory for the sweetness only reckoning and forgiveness can bring. Her strongest suite to date (I say this every time, tho) she sings with more confidence than ever on themes of certain fallibility and radical acceptance. She conveys courageously the beauty of not knowing what's next or what any of it ought to mean. With every song she sounds grateful for each breath and experience. Listeners will come out of this album with that same feeling :) Favorite track: In From The Rain.
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Scott Jacobson I was excited about this one based on the advance singles, and it didn't disappoint. Rich melody, sharp intelligence, kind of country and kind of not. Reminds me a little of Connie Converse that way (same initials, too, I guess!). Also Julie Doiron. I love Cornfield's previous albums but this is my favorite -- and one of my favorite albums of the year. Favorite track: Cut and Dry.
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1.
Economy’s wild, but the sunsets in Phoenix never go out of style I watch the colours get real, the pink and the teal I see a dust devil, I see an elevator I see a Flagstaff get-together Surprise me, when I get home For the first time I really don’t feel alone Or anything sad, or anything profound I just feel gentle like the drugs I do when you’re not around In the parking lot looking at the sky The heat is beating down but at least it’s dry I see a white van and a blue van parked side by side With the windows rolled down, and our friends arrive While the headlining band is getting high Take me out, when I get home For the first time I really don’t feel alone Or anything sad, or anything profound I just feel gentle like the drugs I do when you’re not around Gentle like the drugs I do when you’re not around Gentle like the drugs I do when you’re not around
2.
You and Me 03:14
I cannot believe it’s 2022 You’re sunkissed in your Subaru Picking me up at terminal 3 If anyone can make it, it’s you and me Silver bullet flying through the sun Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin I heard a woodpecker in the tiniest tree say, “If anyone can make it, it’s you and me.” Turn the pages on our rocky stages On our rocky mountain high We’ll take the road less traveled, all dust and gravel Where I’ve been burning my whole life And I’m working on it Fell apart in 2010 Did it once, won’t do it again I take a deep breath and count to three If anyone can make it, it’s you and me Two bikes on a pavement path Ice cream cones and epitaphs Through the clouds and uncertainty If anyone can make it it’s you and me Turn the pages on our rocky stages On our rocky mountain high We’ll take the road less traveled, all dust and gravel Where I’ve been burning my whole life And I’m working on it I cannot believe it’s 2022 You’re sunkissed in your Subaru Picking me up at terminal 3 If anyone can make it, it’s you and me
3.
The sun sets on your new farmhouse out of town I never saw this life for you But we don’t really talk much anymore I linger at the end of the line Waiting for you to say something But you don’t have much to say to me anymore You came into my life like a gripping novel And you brought me so much delight And you brought me pain You, you came in from the rain With that dripping dark hair Suddenly you were there I used to wonder where I stood with you You always had the upper hand But I don’t worry about that anymore You sang my song as if it was your own In the voice of a twisted angel But you don’t really sing much anymore You came into my life like a gripping novel And you brought me so much delight And you brought me pain You, you came in from the rain With that dripping dark hair Suddenly you were there Everything I said last time was true But that doesn’t change how I feel about you Nothing will change how I feel about you I don’t understand your point of view But that doesn’t change how I feel about you Nothing will change how I feel about you How I feel about you You still sign off every call with, “Love you.” You are a mess But I don’t question it anymore Whatever it is you’re chasing, I hope you find it You are just who you are And I’m not disappointed anymore You came into my life like a gripping novel And you brought me so much delight And you brought me pain You, you came in from the rain With that dripping dark hair Suddenly you were there Suddenly you were there Suddenly you were there
4.
We went to see the Magnetic Fields at Theatre Corona I maybe had one too many drinks But I was grateful to you for showing up Tickets were sold out but I scored us two And that gave me points with you That gave me points with you That I went on to use The theatre was dark and the band was sitting down You held my hand and got closer I was so glad you were around And they played with confidence and resolve And I wasn’t nervous, no I wasn’t nervous at all I wasn’t nervous at all Don’t want to paint you in a harsh light Don’t want to paint you on a dark night I thought if I said you were evil I would get over it easier But I didn’t get over it at all Not in the winter or the fall Or the summer or the spring Never got over anything After the show you brought me home in a taxi I was feeling a little sick And you just wanted to relax with me But I asked you to go Guess I wanted to wake up all alone Wake up all alone Don’t want to paint you in a harsh light Don’t want to paint you on a dark night I thought if I said you were evil I would get over it easier But I didn’t get over it at all Not in the winter or the fall Or the summer or the spring Never got over anything Never got over anything
5.
Cut and Dry 03:24
I gravitate to you like a moth to a flame And I’m sorry that I ever dragged your name through the mud Don’t know what possessed me to talk all that shit and run Sometimes we think that we know everything but Then get surprised when the whole world comes crashing down It’s hard to picture the city without you around Honestly, I tried to cut ties But now I know not everything is cut and dry And I know that I still need you in my life I think I’m scared of you but that’s all in my head Your messy hair, your day-old clothes, your unmade bed I see myself in you and that’s the source of my dread Even if sometimes I think that you’re overblown I appreciate that you always pick up the phone And you lift me up when I’m feeling alone Honestly, I tried to cut ties But now I know not everything is cut and dry And I know that I still need you in my life And I know that I still need you in my life And I know that I still need you in my life
6.
Nowhere 03:14
Should I get a piano, should I get a new phone? Should I try to get you alone for a minute or two Before the guests arrive? You make me feel more alive, less dead Like there’s energy in my head Like there’s somebody in my bed And it’s you, and the room is yours too Nowhere to go, nothing to do Except lie here with you Nowhere, Nothing Nowhere, Nothing Nowhere to go, nothing to do Except lie here with you Nowhere, nothing No one but you Should I move this chair into the middle of the room? Should I paint the walls white or Los Angeles blue? Should I leave the door ever so slightly askew For the light, for the breeze, for the cat to come through Nowhere to go, nothing to do Except lie here with you Nowhere, nothing Nowhere, nothing Nowhere to go, nothing to do Except lie here with you Nowhere, Nothing No one but you On top of the wardrobe there’s a basket of sheets And a sphere that’s a mirror that you found on the street And a perfume bottle and a couple of keys Should I turn on the lamp, should I cover it with a shirt Should I put on a record, maybe Big Star’s “Third,” Or some ESG? You just say the word I’m alright with whatever, just say the word
7.
I Dream Of 02:02
Didn’t think I would dream about you still After the power went out After your mail stopped coming to my house Still, I dream of you And I dream of the peeling kitchen walls too And the seams of the drawers that came unglued And all the things that we never had a chance to do I dream of And I dream of the hours I’ll never get back Trying to discern fiction from fact Trying to seduce you and wildly succeeding I dream of And I dream of the memory of you leaving And the web of lies you were weaving And the failure by design Of the image of you I had in my mind And the pedestal I put you on And all the things that I would have done To keep you
8.
You said, “Let’s go swimming,” On the far side of the island That night no one was around I locked my bike to the fence A couple glasses of wine in Threw my helmet on the ground Far from the bustle we stood shivering We could have done anything The corrugated edges of a cardboard box The flotsam and the jetsam strewn across the dock The marina band playing some distant rock The moonlight on your back when you took your shirt off The ferry running late, we had to watch the clock You reached out for my hand and said, “Come on in,” We could have done anything Every window you smashed Every car that you crashed Every friend who you stole from Every sign you defaced Every message you erased Every street, every slogan The rain falling gently, the glint of your rings We could have done anything We could have done anything We could have done anything We could have done anything
9.
Walking with Rachael, looking for a bathroom I heard there’s one in Macgregor Park that’s open Empty swingsets, colourful structures Playground in winter undisrupted Like our conversations, free flowing We could talk about anything that’s going on And I’m grateful Coffee with Nigel, he picked the terrace Below the apartment where we used to live Glasses clinking in the morning sunshine While the light hit his eyes like it always did In our conversations, free flowing We could talk about anything that’s going on And I’m grateful That I’m Calmer than I was Smarter than I was Stronger than I was Older than I was Less angry than I was Less anxious than I was More grounded than I was Happier than I was Happier than I was Happier than I was Happier than I was

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released May 12, 2023

All songs written by Charlotte Cornfield
Produced by Josh Kaufman
Recorded by D. James Goodwin at Dreamland and The Isokon
Assistant engineer: Gillian Pelkonen
Additional overdubs recorded by Josh Kaufman at The Garage
Mixed and mastered by D. James Goodwin at The Isokon
Photography by Claire Harvie
Design and Layout by Erik M. Grice
Released by Polyvinyl & Double Double Whammy (US) + Next Door Records (CAN)

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