Can You Fly is singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston

Freedy Johnston

Freedy Johnston is a New York City-based singer-songwriter originally from Kinsley, Kansas.Having scored several minor hits since the early 1990s, Johnston's songs are often about troubled loners, and cover topics like heartbreak, alienation and disappointment...

's 1992 album. Some critics consider it Johnston's best work. Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...

 even called it "a perfect album."

In order to finance the recording of the album, Johnston sold off some farmland that he inherited from his grandfather. This decision is referenced in the opening lines of the leadoff track, "Trying to Tell You I Don't Know."

The song "California Thing" appeared on the soundtrack of the film Heavy

Heavy (film)

Heavy is a 1995 independent American drama film written and directed by James Mangold, and starring Liv Tyler, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters, and Deborah Harry...

, starring Liv Tyler

Liv Tyler

Liv Rundgren Tyler is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of Aerosmith's lead singer, Steven Tyler, and Bebe Buell, model and singer. Tyler began a career in modeling at the age of 14, but after less than a year she decided to focus on acting. She made her film debut in the 1994...

 and Deborah Harry

Debbie Harry

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...

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"The Lucky One" was covered by Mary Lou Lord

Mary Lou Lord

Mary Lou Lord is an indie folk musician, busker and recording artist.-Biography:Mary Lou Lord first gained notice playing acoustic guitar and singing in and around Boston's subway stations Lord became friends with...

 on her 1998 album Got No Shadow

Got No Shadow

Got No Shadow is an album by Mary Lou Lord, released in early 1998."His Lamest Flame" is a reference to the Elvis Presley song " His Latest Flame"....

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Track listing

1. "Trying to Tell You I Don't Know"
2. "In the New Sunshine"
3. "Tearing Down This Place"
4. "Remember Me"
5. "Wheels"
6. "The Lucky One"
7. "Can You Fly"
8. "Responsible"
9. "The Mortician's Daughter"
10. "Sincere"
11. "Down in Love"
12. "California Thing"
13. "We Will Shine"