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Hoot
03:31
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Every town has a water tower, This roving love of ours
we hurry down the highway, and pass them as we go
No time to stop and climb up, no time to look behind us.
One Red suitcase and my dancing board
We're Hoot owls in the night
I called out in the darkness and you found me with no light
It's the truth: that crystal ball
she said we'd skin our knees but stand up from the fall
We'll stand up, after all.
Put my dress on in the bathroom, Lipstick and Perfume
I'll sing the wind away if there's anyone there to hear.
You can make that rhythm yell, lock right in and ring that bell
one arrow hits the bullsey, and the rest come pretty near
We're Hoot owls in the night
I called out in the darkness and you found me with no light
It's the truth: that crystal ball
she said we'd skin our knees but stand up from the fall
We'll stand up, after all.
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Beecharmer
03:40
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I've been called a beecharmer, I've been called a honey fool.
I aim to be who I might have been,
if I'd known before there are no real rules
Oh I love Honeybees, The clover and the queen,
Oh honeybee oh honey bee, I reach right in
But you don't sting me
The very first time I saw that wild hive,
the one I loved had his hand on my knee
I was blushing like a berry when that honey bee flew by
and disappeared into the hollow of a tree
Now we all hear what we want to hear
I heard that hive like it was calling me home
And before I could say if it was right or wrong, that boy was off running and I held the honeycomb
What have you done to me, small soft honeybee?
Your honey is so sweet, but here I am so lonely
So lonely.
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I Am A Woman
04:19
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I am a woman made for more than love
I am a woman made for much more than love
yes, there's someone that I dream of, but I am a woman
made for more than love
I put a touch a perfume on the ruffle of my skirt
I put a touch a perfume on the ruffle of my skirt
I wouldn't lean harder on a man than on a bird,
I put a touch a perfume on the ruffle of my skirt
That summer was long, the sun freckled my face
That summer was long, the sun freckled my face
One hand undid the buttons of my lace
That summer was long, the sun freckled my face
Once upon a time, that's how the story goes
Once upon a time, that's how the story goes
I used my last match when I burned that boat
Once upon a time, that's how the story goes
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4. |
Road To Columbus
03:08
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5. |
Salt Creek
04:12
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I learned to jump barbed wire fences
with a little bit of push and a little bit of grace
I learned to dance with a dagger in my pocket,
playing on the corner with my open case
I dream at night I dream of mountains,
Climbing up and sliding down them
Oh I dream sweet dreams and the mountains, they dream of me
One of these days I'm gonna make it down to Salt Creek, baby to Salt Creek, baby
Sing Hallelujah for all of the ladies who couldn't sing it before
Call up the ghosts of the sirens in the river
murdered there out of jealousy
Dig up the bones of the broken hearted lovers
who buried themselves beneath the willow tree
Darling Corey, Yonder Little Maggie
last seen by the banks of the sea
I'm not waiting for a wandering boy to come back to me
I've got my own banjo on my knee
One of these days I'm gonna make it down to Salt Creek, baby to Salt Creek, baby
Sing Hallelujah for all of the ladies who couldn't sing it before
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Bridges
04:03
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I dreamed last night I was out on a boat
on both sides there were great blue whales
I was mesmerized, and I drifted to close
To the power of their tails
Stark white paper is here waiting for my pen
I'm crossing bridges, because I've finally come to them
I call one fear and the other wonder
they both rise through the waves and the foam
they dive back down where its darker and deeper
then I can see from my tiny boat
Stark white paper is here waiting for my pen
I'm crossing bridges, because I've finally come to them
It's all a dream, and dreams turn corners
they slip out of sight behind the bend
sometimes the doorway that you step through in the morning
come the evening, it can't be found again
There's an archer and a queen and a great big bear
we make our way by, we make our wishes on those stars
they just burn out there
Stark white paper is here waiting for my pen
I'm crossing bridges, because I've finally come to them
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Atlanta
03:19
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I got no love for that southern town
took my husband and took my crown
broke my windows, and broke my doors
Atlanta left my home in pieces on the floor
He was sneaking with a college girl
all baby fat face and chestnut curls
looking for somone to call nicknames
and that ring on his finger; just something to rearange
Atlanta, Atlanta
She had that baby in the summertime
after something like that there's no denying
I hung her baby's name on my family tree
then I hid it away where my own children couldn't see
Atlanta. Atlanta
Oh Atlanta, what am I supposed to say?
When California's not far enough to to keep Atlanta away
We had two daughters and we had two sons.
I never told them about that other one
secrets have a way of sneaking outside, and that one stung me twice, because I tried to hide
Atlanta. Atlanta
Oh Atlanta, what am I supposed to say?
When California's not far enough to to keep Atlanta away
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9. |
I'd Wait For You
05:25
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10. |
Mermaid
03:05
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I am a mermaid, you are a pirate
I sit on my rock and you sail right by me
I wrote this little song, a little song that I could sing
to make you look at me
Oh to make you look at me
I am a swimmer, you are a lover
no wave can scare me but there's something that does
Take a minute of your time, take your eyes off the stormy sea
and have a look at me
oh take a look at me
I'm making my way in my hand me downs
everything I'm wearing has been passed around
A trumpet vine is growing out of me,
every bloom is blowing a rhapsody
I am Pleiades, you are Orion,
you're such an archer and I'm really tryin'
to shine in my corner of the sky, be as bright as I can be
to make you look at me,
Oh to make you look at me
I'm making my way in my hand me downs
everything I'm wearing has been passed around
A trumpet vine is growing out of me,
every bloom is blowing a rhapsody
I am a church bell, you are a pigeon
we're both up high above this house of religion
I'm polished bright as brass so you tell me what you see
when you look at me
oh when you look at me
I'm making my way in my hand me downs
everything I'm wearing has been passed around
A trumpet vine is growing out of me,
every bloom is blowing a rhapsody
I broke my heart, I fell right in, I climbed back out,
the world was beautiful again, oh that's what you see,
when you look at me
oh when you look at me
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11. |
Mississippi Waltz
02:52
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12. |
Red, White and Blue
04:33
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I find God in the skyline, I've got the goddess by my side
I find them both in anything that grows,
I find it all in anything alive
Red White and Blue, Red White and Blue, Red White and Blue
This is our country too
Now I could give my love to the boys, or I could give my love to the girls
or I could love them both right and all in the same night,
this is a beautiful world
Red White and Blue, Red White and Blue, Red White and Blue
This is our country too
I will not turn away Louisiana, all your revelry, your big brass bands
had us dancing out your doors while they were drilling off your shores
their oil still drowns your birds and soaks your sand
Red White and Blue, Red White and Blue, Red White and Blue
This is our country too
I open up my front door and run, I 'll never be a silent one
I pledge my allegence to the people and the seasons
the water, the songbirds, the sun.
Red White and Blue, Red White and Blue, Red White and Blue
This is our country too
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13. |
Angeline The Baker
05:56
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Jes Raymond & The Blackberry Bushes Seattle, Washington
The Appalachian Mountains are the meeting place of the fiddle and the banjo, and musical culture permeates the entire length
of the Mississippi River. The Blackberry Bushes are rooted in the rainy bottom of the Puget Sound, but their work is infused with the essence of the homes they wandered West from.
They have a playful and resonant sound with both twang and sophistication.
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