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Live At Empty Sea

by The Blackberry Bushes Stringband

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Hoot 03:31
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
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
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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Salt Creek 04:12
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
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
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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Mermaid 03:05
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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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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Recorded Live at Empty Sea Studios on April 27, 2013.

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released June 1, 2013

Jes Raymond - Guitar and Vocals
Jakob Breitbach - fiddle and vocals
Taylor Kent - upright bass
Michael Connolly

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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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