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Golden Calf
04:02
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Don't you wanna go, see our Lord's grave, see the place where they rolled the stone away.
repeat
My friend Joe, when you were a child, your momma let you run too goddamn wild.
My friend Joe, playin the fool, never had no time for school.
My friend Joe, runnin with the wind, nobody told you that that kind of freedom is a sin.
My boy Joe, grown so tall, now he don't think that he has to come home at all.
Momma use to come around cryin, cryin, singin where's my boy Joe
repeat
Old man Joe, jump outta bed, drink some whiskey clear your head
Old man Joe, up with the sun, grab your damn hat, you born to run, born to run
Old man Joe, digging in the clay, shovel's how you get your pay, get your pay
Old man Joe, when it's quittin time, quench your thirst, take your rest, in a bottle of wine, bottle of wine...
Old man Joe, runnin in the night, looking for a woman but you know he's really looking for a fight
Old man Joe, sleepin in a hole, let us say a prayer for his goddamn soul, his goddamn soul
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2. |
Kite Lines
02:32
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How did you keep your head when you found out about it?
Who did you lean on where did you turn?
How did you keep your head when you found out about it?
What did you learn? repeat
How did you keep your head when you found out about it?
Who did you speak with and where did you stand?
How did you keep your head when you found out about it?
Where will we land? repeat
Well if you stick with me I'll lead you through every season,
through all the storm and the wars and the changing of the tides.
Weil if you think that the wind is empty, well you're not listening to the singing of the kite lines.
How did you keep your head when you found out about it?
The emperor's clothes they're layin on the throne.
How did you keep your head when you found out about it?
You know you're not alone, not alone.
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3. |
Sometimes Mary Electric
03:58
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(The Wound)
Oh children, in the light of the dawn, I saw your mother, she come and gone. repeat
She'd taken the form of a big black crow, and I watched her shadow skim the snow.
Now I sit and wait, with the cold cold moon, on a mountain high.
Still waiting and watching for her to cross the sky.
(Mary)
All through the day, she waits, and listens to the street sounds through her window.
She paints her toes and waits for the sun, to fall into the sea, into the sea.
Oh she's a Sometimes Mary, Oh she's a sometimes girl, Oh she's a sometimes Mary
There was a time when she was only 17, and the city seemed to hold her in the palm of its hand.
The flagpoles of the four seasons hotel, seemed adorned with the robes of angels, robes of angels.
She saw them flapping and beating up there, till they are torn apart.
She saw them flapping and beating up there, like the beating of her own heart.
repeat.
Oh she's a Sometimes Mary, Oh she's a sometimes girl, Oh she's a sometimes Mary
Just a simple child living in a mixed up world.
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4. |
Rising Cloud of Gray
02:35
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Childhood burns, like a fire, such a hot and golden flame, every spark of your desire joins a rising cloud of gray. repeat
I can go with you Johnny, I'd love to go with you Paul, but I wonder if you'll know me if you see me in the hall? repeat
Here I am dear mother, father see me to the door, I'd really love to stay here but I can't please you any more. repeat
Can't please you any more. repeat
When my flesh has all withered and my future's velvet black, I'm goin down to the River and I'm never comin back. repeat
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5. |
We Might as Well
02:51
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Come'on girl let's get married, let's pretend you like me that way.
Come'on girl let's get married, pack you things 'cause we're leavin today
Pack you things, repeat 'cause we're leaving today.
Well we'll throw all our things in the back of my wagon, a cooler of food and a case of cheap beer, don't forget my dad's old army tent and sleeping bags, all the things, that we hold dear, all the things that we hold dear, repeat, all the things, all the things, all the things that we hold dear.
Please keep your belts fastened tight, till the end of the ride.
All arms and legs are to be, kept safely inside.
Aaaaaaah
So we might as well, get married, we might as well, 'cause I think you like me that way. We might as well, get married, pack your things 'cause we're leavin today, repeat, pack your things, pack your things, pack your things 'cause we're leavin today.
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Eigengrau
03:24
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I am a motherfucking sorcerer.
So I could give you back the moon.
Through your window down into your room.
Shadows play upon the wall.
Darkness and the light you've got it all.
I am a motherfucking sorcerer
repeat
How many times am I going to tell you,
that I love you more and more each day.
How many times am I gonna repeat myself,
before you make me feel, like a liar.
How many times am I gonna whisper in your ear,
that you're beautiful in every way that a woman can be,
and have you hear it, like I mean it. Like I mean it.
I am a motherfucking sorcerer. Here I am. Here I am. Here I am. Here I am. Here I am. Here I am.
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Redwing Blackbirds Seattle, Washington
Redwing Blackbirds were an eclectic tube driven power trio from the rural Snoqualmie Valley in the Seattle area.
Active 2014-2016 now defunct.
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