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I woke alone / blackwater wood
I woke alone / blackwater wood
cattail and mud / blood on the sand
black feather lay / where white dove did land
my lord below / made me understand
my lord above holds / no helping hand
my shadow moans/ blackwater wood
my shadow moans/ blackwater wood
calling my name / well understood
skull in the flame / black sap on the wood
my lord below / bid me stay for good
my lord above / it's well understood
hear me hear me / in the evening rain
I want you, want you / do you feel the same?
It’s easy, easy / if you say it’s so
It’s hard it’s so hard / when you tell me no
when you tell me no
I do go down / blackwater wood
I do go down to / blackwater wood
I lay me down / blackwater wood
I lay me down / blackwater wood
deep in the dirt / sapling tree grows
up through the earth / and out through my bones
my lord below / you're no lord to me
my lord above / you’re lower than he
see me, see me / lonesome but alive
I drank the rain up / just to keep you dry
I made my home / where the sun don’t ever shine
I want to go / any place is fine
any place is fine
I made my home / blackwater wood
I woke alone in / blackwater wood
my shadow moans / in blackwater wood
I lay me down / in black water wood
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2. |
Like Solomon's Bride
04:44
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I denied the day / it never came my way
I never saw the light / milk and honey right
under her tongue / like Solomon’s bride
learn the blues from motel rooms / inside New York nights
my America is all but it my sights / my sights
have you heard the news / Katie had a child
it’s going on two / blinking eyes of blue / send her a song / call it I love you
and your mother went / beneath the knife
her heart don’t beat right / send her roses in the morning
for the rest of your life / your life
now I’m not here / the rocking chair / sits a shadow from the day
dreaming fast / for fields of grass / and one willow for shade
to lay me down / oh, to lay me down
meet me in Tucson / walk me in the sun
will you be the light? / it’s been dark all night
I’ll do nothing wrong / I’ll do nothing right
love a fool / and he’ll be true to you
for a while but when / the sun is done
the circus lights / run so wild / so wild
now I’m not here / the room is bare
everybody knows / a day is just
a fist of thorns / wishing for a rose
when I’m asleep / my shadow meets / the moon in the room I lay
Victoria is in the bath / if that is her name
I’m not here / that much is clear / I have gone away
dreaming fast for fields of grass / and one willow for shade
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3. |
Ghost Life is Okay
02:19
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I can’t see my friend
I won’t see her again
she sleeps down the street
but we both know how to pretend
I can’t see her face
I don’t know her name
when she walks on by
well, I will walk by just the same
well, we used to say
the first one to the grave
must come back from hell
to tell the ghost life is okay
I know that it hurts
looks like I’ll be first
I’ll be back to shake your shutters
and make each light-bulb burst
that is when I’ll say
the ghost life is okay
that is when I’ll say that I
have never gone a day where I
don’t wonder what goes through your mind
and if you too might say
it’s okay
it’s okay
the ghost life is okay
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4. |
Mulberry
05:08
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see the mulberry tree / growing up out of the dam
come summertime / we will make mulberry jam
stain our hands red / then braid a daisy
‘till we have a crown for a queen
black laughing eyes full on moon / and a look for me
mulberry jam / come summertime
hickory creek / running so slow and so sweet
like white honey wine / she’ll tell you take a drink
beware if you do / for nothing is true
when the words of a false gypsy speaks
goodbye nightmare / I have dreamt you for weeks
hickory creek / running so slow
I was a child / I stayed that way for awhile
I prayed by my bed / that my family would always be fed
I spoke to the night / I listened for light
and caught fire-flies in a glass
barefoot and filthy / tell me, could it still be like that
I was a child / for a while
so tell me the truth / how do you say I don’t give a damn
I stayed up all night / making you mulberry jam
you know I’m afraid / for every new day
and I don’t sleep that well anyway
don’t break and don’t cry / and please don’t go away
tell me the truth / how do you say goodbye
see the mulberry tree / growing up out of the damn
come summertime / we will make mulberry jam
stain our hands red / then braid a thorn bush
‘till we have a crown for a king
black crying eyes full ff moon / and a tear for me
mulberry jam / come summertime
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Town
05:02
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I have seen the sun go / up and down and I know
every street that old star / will show me
see the sidewalk / see Marie’s Saloon
see the jukebox filled / with your father’s tunes
holding on is hard enough / without a hurricane above
in between the land and sea / the darkest storm
you’ll find me
In a broken town / I’m broke down
cry too soft / laugh too loud
tell that joke / tell it twice
first time laugh / then you cry
then you cry
Oh, I get by / I kill the clock by wishing
for nothing / nothing
behind painted windows / busted lights but shadow
share the night / where I’m a shadow, too
walked upon the worn / road where you were born
Katie sailed to sea / left a locust storm
the sea is still / the sea is red
the sea is far above my head
what’s the harm in giving in / I’m going down
before my death
in a broken town / I’m broke down
spin that rusted wheel around
upon the spokes / hold a stick
you can hear the minutes tick / minutes tick
oh, I admit / I kill the clock
by wishing for nothing / nothing
every sorrow sold / was not worth weight in gold
you borrowed and you stole / what was for free
give it back to me / on the count of three
watch the world burn / call it comedy
look, another broken bird / falling from the sky to earth
here, the lightening lasts all day / we fly our kites
the people say
in a broken town / I’m broke down
every queen tires of her clown
spend your time stacking sticks / throwing stones and laying bricks
smoke too many cigarettes / watch the sun up in the west
dig a hole and crawl on in / tell the lord too tired to sin
playing them losing cards again / roll them bones one time then
one time then
oh, once again / I kill the clock
by wishing for nothing
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6. |
Sweet Molasses
04:54
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I know the hue your lips have shown
red to blue / white as snow
come a little high / come a little low
come by anytime with your tall shadow
creaking of the floorboards know
to wake me right / before you go
come a little high / leave a little low
to where the weather / suits your clothes
it’s alright, you say / it’s alright, okay
it’s alright that way / down you go
up in smoke and flame
I did not heed the words you told me
I will not be in love and lonely
I’ve been down, now I’m only
waiting to be treated kindly
owl in the tree calling hoo hoo
only me and a top hat, too
twirling a cane, laughing at the moon
the night don't frighten like you do
don't come around here / shoo fly, shoo
I'm all patched up / like brand-new
a knock at the door can't be a blue
bird come back / home to roost
it’s alright, you say / it’s alright, okay
it’s alright that way / call it a life
call it another day
in the past / I saw you solely
the light you cast / bright and holy
I've been down / lower than the
grass to the ground
come treat me friendly
say what you may / but don't come again
and do what you do / what you do is a sin
so say what you may / but you must understand
when you do what you / the light don't get in
come another morning / moon and sun
both lock eyes and / hold on
burn for the night / burn for the dawn
burn let it be the brighter one
I hope I'm right / I need a win
let that light come shinin' in
stay for the day, sun / say you will
the night don't frighten / it just kills
it’s alright, you say / it’s alright, okay
it’s alright that someday / upon the water
one will walk my way
and I will go down to Manassas
I'll find my friend / fill our glasses
forget the cold / slow way time passes
eat some corn and sweet molasses
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7. |
Silver-tongue Broke
04:43
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fine, go take the road / back to California
start at the center / circle out westward
and tonight my mind / is drained of dreams
It's Halloween / Halloween
and I feel something strange
the wind and the rain
rattling the bones that you broke
deed was done
when your silver tongue spoke
and when you wake / you will be the lonely liar
city grown cold / California on fire
empty out the night / to fill with song
'cause I'm alright / I'm alright when nothings wrong
with the way / your wearing your face
carrying the cards / cut to the wicked one
darkening the sun / queen of spades
oh no, scream like a kettle whistle
don't speak sweetly to me / green eyed ghost
grab your gun / aim it at the sun
slay in the morn' / so long, so long
grab your gun / aim it at the sun
slay it the morn' say/ so long, so long
come tomorrow / I'll be dreaming of a nightmare
a willow in the wind / shadowy lady, i'm scared
clutch a fist of sand / it's my body
much less than a man
take yourself to California / I'll never understand
why we spoke / out of turn
light a smoke / let it burn
twist your mouth / say the word
my song / sung
your silver tongue / broken
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Hip Hip Hooray
05:10
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winter chilled upon your skin / tried to warm you but i went
I lost my hold and so / you froze within
take my fault and take my fear / make one day one hundred years
no matter where you go / I stay here
here, where minuets strike / heavy on a young man's life
it's hello / hello / goodbye
it's been too long / it's been too long
in the hollow where you lay / like a wounded bird of prey
waiting for the weak / to fall your way
here I am / take what you may
the golden ring you gave / the copper locket
stained green in the rain
oh lord, lows get low / trinkets turn to solid stone
they're too heavy / for this so and so
it's been too long / it's been too long
I can't go on / I can't go on
I can't go on with you the same way
today / somethin' in the way
how come you said the worst parts over
how come you said the wort parts over
now you tremble when you sleep / safely in your mother's keep
the lion killed the lamb / without knowing
in the morning when you wake / you will often feel afraid
for the light of day / showing what you lost / is what you've gained
I'm tired of this boneyard / full moon shining on the shards
and I'm tired of nursing broken hearts
it's been too long / it's been too long
been too long
I can't go on / I can't go on
I can't go on with you the same way
today / somethin' in the way
but for you, the worst parts over
I'm glad for you, the worst parts over
hip hip hooray, the worst parts over
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9. |
Manitoba
03:40
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flowers for the king and queen / were not grown for the giving
all left to hold and slow wilting / let them go let everything
go the way the wind will blow / winter rains and April snows
19 holes upon your clothes / drop the coin and let it roll on home
mowing on over / hill grown in with four-leaf clover
coming undone / cloud roll over
fill my mind up / rain and thunder
and if you come to stay a spell / drop my name down wishing well
and hold against your ear a shell / hear the sea clear as a bell
and if you ask for cigarettes / I'll only have the one I lit
press it soft against your lips / it will be a broken kiss to go
mowing on over / hill grown in with four-leaf clover
coming undone / cloud roll over
fill my mind up / rain and thunder
asked me what was wrong / and I played for you this song
coming undone again / coming undone
tell me I'm wrong / tell me I don't belong here
mowing on over / hill grown in with four-leaf clover
coming undone / cloud roll over
fill my mind up / rain and thunder
no, this ain't over / haunt the hills in Manitoba
you gotta gun / it ain't loaded
fired your tongue / my mind exploded
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10. |
I Will Die Tonight
05:01
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I see yellow daisies / white gardenia, too
they sway to either side / as you and I walk through
it may be the breezes / the moonlight, silver-blue
I would die tonight / if I could live this lie with you
I would live a lie / to tell the honest truth
to wake up by your side / see sunlight peeking through
it would fall upon your skin / it would shine on my skin, too
I would die tonight / if I could live that lie with you
'cause it's and empty little ritual / to tie the minuets through
everybody does / what nobody wants to do
wait with deepest wishes / for saint and angels
who know better than to come and try / to live a lie with you
but I don't want to go down / that dark avenue
too many souls go down the hole / to seek a sky of blue
I just want the eternal / for a minute or two
I would die tonight / if I could live that lie with you
so paint the petal purple / if that's what you want to do
don't be shy, don't hide your eyes / there's nothing you must prove
I don't want love forever / just the once would do
I would die tonight
I could die tonight
I will die tonight / if I can live this lie with you
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