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Alabaster
03:01
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Joker's at my bedside
Breath upon my face
Gotta feed the beast now
To keep the beast at bay
Scratching at the door now
Will I let it in?
Jumping through the window
Knows that it'll win
(Chorus)
Dancing 'round my feet
Gonna make me fall
Dancing 'round my feet
Wants it wants it all
Takes off down the highway
Plays its little game
Tearing through the hedges
Every time the same
Darkness on my bed now
I smell the stench of death
Growling low and long now
And I've got no fight left
(Chorus)
Dancing 'round my feet
Gonna make me fall
Dancing 'round my feet
Wants it wants it all
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2. |
Blood in the Appalachia
03:36
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Two flashlights in the shadows
Something dark is going down
Blood in the Appalachia
Three bodies on the ground
She was just a stranger
Who saw enough to die
The other two were lovers
In the town where secrets lie
Many men from 'round the county
Well, they knew the lovers well
The lovers knew too much
That these men would never tell
A thug came cheap enough, yeah
Money, women, wine
Two foot of rusted rebar
Left there laying by their side
A cruciform of crutches
Laid upon their open grave
An empty whiskey bottle
And nothing left to say
No charges came to pass
For the three who had to die
Too many knew too much
In the town where secrets lie
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3. |
Sister's Lament
03:17
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Rivers run and rivers ramble
Out so far away to sea
If I'd known I'd never let you
Stray so far away from me
I was young but you were younger
Sun hung in the summer sky
Mother let us freely wander
Now I ask, Oh Mother, why?
(Chorus)
Now I see you only when I dream
Haunting me with who you might have been
Brother, how I long to see your face
I'll meet you in your final resting place
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4. |
Moment With You
04:00
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Minutes dissolve as the clock on the wall
Reminds me I'm gonna be late
Hours with you like a second or two
Baby, I just wanna stay
So let's break the clock
And we'll pretend
We don't ever have to leave this bed
(Chorus)
I'll spend forever in your arms
Lose track of time in your eyes
Give you the chance to break my heart
I'd stop the sun if I could
If it would do any good
To give me a moment
With you
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5. |
Sweet Island Mama
04:52
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Oh, sweet island mama, sweet island mama let your sun go down
Oh, sweet island mama, sweet island mama let your sun go down
Let your cool night breeze blow this warm air right out of town.
I can swim in the water, swim in the water, and the weather's fine
I can swim in the water, and the weather's fine
But at the end of the day, you're the only thing that's on my mind
Oh sweet island mama let your sun go down
Sweet island mama let your sun go down
Sweet island mama let your sun go down
And let your cool night breeze blow this warm wind right out of town.
Oh, sweet love of mine, sweet love of mine, I miss you so
Sweet love of mine, sweet love of mine, I miss you so
When I get back to you, you know I'm never going to let you go
We can go to the islands and we can swim in the sea just the same
We can go to the islands and we can swim in the sea just the same
I will kiss you in the sunset and hold you close when it starts to rain.
Oh sweet island mama let your sun go down
Sweet island mama let your sun go down
Sweet island mama let your sun go down
And let your cool night breeze blow this warm wind right out of town
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6. |
Lover's Leap
04:24
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She don't look like she used to
Smile like she used to
Dance like she used to with me
She don't laugh like she used to
Cry like she used to
Fight like she used to with me
I can see it in her eyes
Time for last goodbyes
(Chorus)
She says
"Take me up to Lovers' Leap
Leave me if you must
I understand if you don’t wanna see
But its time for dust to dust
Ash to ash and dust to dust.
I watch her light fading
Think of the things
I would have changed if I'd known
It may not have mattered
See, I'm looking right at her
And I know that she's dying alone
I can see it in her eyes
But I’m not ready for goodbye
(Chorus)
(Verse 1)
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7. |
The Taking of Leaves
03:32
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There are trees whose leaves refuse to fall
Fighting on, staying strong
Into the heart of winter
Neither alive nor dead
They cling to their branches, and hang there suspended
High up above, their future impending
And the earth is woven with
Their brothers who fell so long ago
(Chorus)
They refuse to give, and refuse to break
Until some frozen and forgotten day
With nothing left to lose and nothing left to say
And nothing left for winter to take
Yeah, nothing left for winter to take
And like those leaves we learn to stand
Bend not break in the harshest of winds
Through the deepest of snows
The coldest ice and rain
We learn that each of us has our own legend
Our own single story and the time with which to tell it
And to let it go unheard
That would be the saddest thing of all
(Chorus)
It’s true, we’ll lose each life we’ve known
Winter never failed to take them all
But it can never take
The stories we tell as we fall
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8. |
Red Moon in Brooklyn
02:34
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Red moon in Brooklyn
Stars in your eyes
I'm hypnotized
Red moon in Brooklyn
To good to be true
I thought it was you
People taking photos
Trying to get too close
To things that are larger than life
Funny how they miss this
Dazzled by the madness
Of a city that stays up all night
Drizzling in Dumbo
Raining in SoHo
The Bridge lights look lovely, it's true
Fog over Broadway
You're going your way
And I'm going mine without you
Red moon in Brooklyn
Stars in your eyes
I'm hypnotized
Red moon in Brooklyn
To good to be true
I thought it was you
Why wasn't it you?
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9. |
Shoestring Budget
03:14
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You're on a shoestring budget
I told you not to be
If you can't spend that money
Then you can't hang with me
There's no point in holding back
No use in trying to save
Cause what you do not spend
Someone else will take away
You're on a shoestring budget
And I was once like you
I kept my hand in my pocket
And my wallet in my boot
Worried over every dollar
Kept track of every dime
Then trouble came along
And that money wasn't mine
You're on a shoestring budget
And I guess what I'm trying to say
Is that the money wasn't yours
Even before it went away
Don't you worry 'bout the tab
When it's someone else's dime
The only thing you watch
Is how you spend your time
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10. |
Same New Woman
02:49
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You're not the same woman I met
All of those years ago
In five years' time you'll be another yet
With ten or twenty more to go
(Chorus)
We're always rolling like the rivers blue
I keep changing along with you
Fall in love for the thousandth time
Same new woman by my side
The snowflakes were falling but the coffee was warm
I was just as lost as you
Strangers became friends in the storm
And that was the first love I knew
(Chorus)
When I was hurting, sick and afraid
You told me you loved me and I believed
Met you again on our wedding day
I'll love each of you I've yet to meet
(Chorus)
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11. |
Dorothy Gale
06:23
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I wonder what's behind the rainbow
Do bluebirds really fly that high?
Is the rainbow just a lie?
Met a man whose head was filled
With nonsense, fluff, and hay
Whiling life away
(Chorus)
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
Just let me go home
Found a heartless metal fellow
And I helped to set him free
But what did that get me?
Then a king of beasts so frightened
By every little sound
I let him drag me down
(Chorus)
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12. |
Sunshine in the Rain
03:30
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When I've got my baby here
There's sunshine in the rain
Warmth on every winter's day
The fields all full of grain
There's shade from every summer's heat
The creeks run when it's dry
See, I ain't got no worries
When my baby's, when my baby’s by my side
There's no storms upon the mountaintop
No fires upon the plain
When I've got my baby here
There's sunshine in the rain
When I've got my baby here
Springtime’s in the air
The snow just might be falling
But the flowers never care
Her love's with every sun that sets
Her smile's with every rise
And every day is harvest
With my baby, with my baby by my side
There's no storms upon the mountaintop
No fires upon the plain
When I've got my baby here
There's sunshine in the rain
No cup is ever empty
No plate is ever bare
When I've got my baby here
Springtime’s in the air
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13. |
Best That You Can
03:13
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(Chorus)
We've been up, down, spin around
Don't know which way to land
Inside out but I
Know you've still got my hand
Life is just doing the best that you can
Sometimes life is just doing the best that you can
Sometimes the lights don't work
And you wish things were easier
Sometimes your fingers hurt
And you're not so sure it gets better
Does it get better?
Still you keep on trying
(Chorus)
Sometimes things are good
And you wish they would stay that way
But we need joy and pain
We need the sun and rain
Night and day
It's what keeps us growing
(Chorus)
I've got you and you've got me to carry you through
There is nothing in this world that I would rather do
Than live life with you
(Chorus)
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14. |
Sea Wall
03:23
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I'm standing tall because I see a storm on the wind
I'm the sea wall and the waves, they are closing in
I've stood my ground through winds that have raged and blown
But I fear I'll fall if I face this tempest alone
It takes years to build me and seconds to wash me away
But I can last a lifetime if I remain strong and brave
The skies are dark now, and the waves just crash and foam
And I fear I'll fall if I face this tempest alone
The storm is on me and I'm bearing all that I can take
I'm losing ground and I pray that the wave to break
From every seam, the cracks are starting to show
And I fear I'll fall if I face this tempest alone
I'm standing tall because I see a storm on the wind
I'm the sea wall and the waves, they are closing in
I've stood my ground through winds that have raged and blown
But I fear I'll fall if I face this tempest alone
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15. |
Waves
03:52
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Follow myself down to the ocean
Watch me step into the waves
I’m calling out
Can’t hear a sound
Trying to throw myself a lifeline
Some sort of rope to keep me safe
Tide rolls in
I feel the end surround me
Chorus:
How can I learn to breathe
With all this water in my lungs
How can I learn to swim
When I’m caught in a riptide
I'll never make my way
To the safety of the shore
Maybe I'll be safe
If I just let these waves
Carry me away
Try to be strong and just swim on
I’d forgotten just how long
I’ve been on my own
Against these storms
These are the same old tides that I’ve been
Buried under my whole life and I’m
Just too tired
To keep up this fight and flight
Chorus
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16. |
One Hundred Miles Gone
04:50
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Today on the road
The window rolled down
In blew a memory
And turned me around
Eyes to the past and heart to the sky
And I'm lost to the years as another mile dies
(Chorus)
I think of you, friend
When the highway grows long
My mind starts to fill
With old stories and songs
I hold tight to each one
Now that you're gone
May the years bring me wisdom
May the miles, may the miles
Bring me home
Today on the road
A hundred miles gone
In comes a memory
And travels along
He stays for a while never making a sound
And I thank him sincerely for hanging around
(Chorus)
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If Jerry Garcia and Tom Waits made an Appalachian music duo, it might sound a little like the Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs. Zack and Kendra Harding blend the traditional with the trippy to create original music they like to call folk(ish). The two have played extensively throughout the US, including spots at Front Porch Fest 13 (2022), CenterFest Durham, Awendaw Green, and Rockwood Music Hall. ... more
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