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101
03:09
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high speed chase
down the 101
suitcases packed
you don a suit of black
and you show me how to hold a gun
barreling down south
with the western setting sun
dusky mountain skyline as we leave
san francisco in the dust
haven't caught your name yet
but it's in you
you say i should
put my trust
i conjure some idea of just
what line of work
you could possibly be in
oo you take me to your hideout
in the palisade winds
oo you say you just
don't know
where to begin
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2. |
Cary
02:22
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as the candles loose their edge
Cary lend me your chest
I was hired to put this thing
to rest
as the clock ticks out of time
Cary know that you're mine
i was hired to take away
this time
your smile as I
instigate our little
charade
I've never seen you
smile at a fellow con
that way
as the keys fall out of tune
Cary watch as I bloom
I was hired
to take you from this room
And I will wait at the wings
as you go on and
do your thing
I'm not as sure as you think
As the gold rush rusts to lead
Cary take me to your bed
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3. |
Fly
02:59
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Fly me out
I won't sleep the night before
and I'm guessing
not much has changed
or everything
all at once
you're out getting baked in
Central LA
I'm up freezing
dying a slow decay
by the way
I haven't an ounce of motivation
left now to create
Take me down
the freeway
we're invisible now
don't delay
10 more sets straight
I wouldn't let this out of my arms
couldn't put it on the page unless
I move out there to LA
we'll never know what is real
until we make it west of the great lakes
I'll move out there to LA
we'll never know what is real
until we make it west of the great planes
we won't know what it feels like
to relate
on a whole other wavelength
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4. |
Pastures of Heaven
04:11
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I always pictured myself living in the country
Pack of wolves as dogs at my door
You can lead a horse to water but you can't
make her yours
I had my pick of horses
Until that mare stared me down
Wild wind and mud on our courses
Never enough to slow us down
As we preside across the prairie
Holding out for rain
Then come the babies
you and I must raise
On our own
Holding out for rain
Walking with a horse in tow
Is like wandering
When you're turning out and
turning in for the night
You won't be alone with the moon
and mares by your side
We wake up one day and
wean the babies
And send them off on their own
I would chose you as my lady
Lady and I
On our way up into the sky
Higher and higher
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5. |
Lightless Thunder
03:26
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I haven’t been myself in years now
I hate to think that I have let me down
Sliding on tracks of my own tears now
If I could finish just one goddamn song
It wouldn’t take long before the whole thing derails
In delight sheltered from the hail
Ain’t it a life of foolish hunger
You twist your own arm just to feel the burn
And when he’s wrapped around you for the meantime
You drift into a thoughtless dream of fight
You know it by the sight of your efforts growing pale
On a night drenched in bitter ale
Was it a crack of lightless thunder that pulls you from a weightless imagery
When you find yourself you wonder
Do you wake him just to tell him what you’ve seen
You know it’s just a dream but what really does that mean
Just a dream oh, what can it mean
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6. |
Home
04:32
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Home is where I don't belong
ribbons wrapped around my eyes
so I can't see where I'm going
Is it on this line
Is it straight or does it wind
Home is where I don't belong
Shadows wrap the corners
of all that's wrong
Wring me out like a paper doll
Full of tears and alcohol
Home is where I don't belong
Shadows wrap the corners
of all that's wrong
Wrap me up like a little child
I've never felt so wild
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Hemma Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hemma comes from a family of singers, carving her own path for the last decade as a budding balladeer. Sometimes with a full band, many times a soloist, Hemma captivates the audience as she paints with a pastoral brush of old and embellishes with modern drum machine magic. She returns to the studio with Sean Carey this winter for a follow-up full length to her 2020 EP Tomorrow River. ... more
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