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Riding High
04:44
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Once we got lost
in the oak covered hills
we thought the same thoughts
and the voices were real
friend I tried to warn you
to open your eyes to the shadows at your heels
something ain't right
who you talking to?
You gave up the fight
and you drink like a fool
who am I to blame you
if the flowing win delivers you from your cell
and they can't understand you're not to blame
for riding high upon the wake of nature's golden prize
the only crime is when you break from the budding tree of life
and the patterns we wove untie
boy where you been?
you're out running with wolves
your bright world caved in
and you laugh like a loon
he wandered out of the garden
the earth burned brown as the cruel sun parched his way
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Sweet Louise
03:38
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Sweet Louise tried to kill me
with the wave of her hair
pulled me upstairs and fell upon me
oh the perfume she wears!
got to asking too many questions
all the clouds turned to grey
left me standing on 42nd
then it started to rain
oh Louise, baby where you going I'm on your side
talk to me, you can have it your way one more time
she's fading fast, there's no one to cry to
sometimes she dreams of a life in the country
on her way back home from her connection
all her troubles grow like cracks in the pavement
sweet Louise works the corner
hides the pearls in her sleeve
across the east side of the Bowery
little woman don't weep
oh Louise try to see it my way it's not so bad
come with me, you don't need the money, forget the past
late at night, she tramps through the alley
looking so sad as she's pressed against the wall
on the way back down from her reflection
all her tears run out, she's heading my direction
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Marigolds
02:45
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Marigolds and clouds of pillow
bumblebees buzzing in the breeze
rays of sunlight pierce the hollow
comes to me, comes rippling in waves
ocean grass and snowy plover
comforts me, I don't want to leave
daffodils on velvet hillside
what a scene, such a mystery to be!
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Dear Mr. Moonlight
03:16
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Please Mr. Moonlight
I want you to tell me everything's fine
I'm caught in your moonbeam
I feel you all through me I'm high
you hang in the distance, glimmering all through the night
Dear Mr. Moonlight
show me your dark side open my mind
I'm stuck in a bad dream
I need you to help me get by
I won't forget you, your beautiful face always shines
you return to me, I'll make it right
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Payroll
05:36
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waves roll by and the clear depths pull you under
you're gonna need a lifeboat
you let things slide in the bedroom without her mother
you're walking on a tightrope
you're crawling through the barrel
spaceships fly through the palace of wonder
they put me on the payroll
cousin why did you burn through all your nine lives
now you're on the table
he called me on the payphone
blackbirds swarm around me
I'm trying hard to wake up
the airplane it's going down
now we're on the scaffold
there's no time to lay hold
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Un
03:48
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Now you're gone
seven horses
on the bright cliffs of Un
seven houses we explored
we crossed the ocean
together we were strong
will you be back tomorrow
cannot tell
high up on the mountain
sprang a well
do you remember the birdmen
racing through time in astral cars?
abandoned their warm nests
their sunward flight lit the sky
please don't be bitter
when carbon lights start to fall
you don't belong here
you're just a spider on the wall
they came through the window
gave the sign and you welcomed them
engendered their young bride
our love was a molten fire
you won't forget her
she holds the black key of Un
you won't forget her
feathered daughter of Un
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Horse & Carriage
03:52
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Spin your magic in front of me
a drunken boat, and a cloud of crows
circling round the trees
drive me mad with your melody
a croaking horn, the zither mourns
ominous sound of bees
holding out for the wort to leave
holding out for the wort to bleed
you've been hanging round to long
get out of my heart
horse and carriage take me home
bring me back to where I started from
tiny sparrow take my woe
lead me back to where the waters foam
all the way to where the heart winds blow
I can feel you blowing round my door
I can hear you echoes from the shore
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The Gifts You Hide
04:30
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We arrived at sunset, the clouds blew my mind
the desert wind howled again as I reached for the hive
we wandered through the valley, vultures overhead
her wildcat eyes gave a cry and I woke up in bed
oh, don't have to tell you
the strangest thing...
I wanted to show you the bird in my jar
impresses my heart with delight
I love the gifts that you hide
he rode off on a pony, left the life he'd lived
without a home he did roam where no one could find him
brother can you tell me where the borders lie
between love and hate, wrong ad right, where the darkness meets the light
oh, don't have to tell you
the strangest thing...
I wanted to tell you
you've been on my mind
you hang like swollen grapes on the vine
I love the gifts that you hide
for the rest of lives
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Mighty River
04:29
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Listen to the river
jumping in, let the current have it's way
sinking low, feel the pressure
undertow, I've been waiting for this change
mighty river flowing through swollen fissures
underground, let me drown under your waters
and be born a cave fish in your womb
something's happening to me
shine forth like the blinding sun
I'm beginning to see
all paths lead through the burning light of dawn
mighty river bring me across your desert
to the Southern Realm
overwhelm me with your power
let it go
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Desert Rose
03:17
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Desert Rose where'd you go?
You left me hanging on to nothing
shot me down and left the kids
changed her name to Scarlet
Desert Rose your poison flows
from all the lies you've been living
it's a hard train to roll
when the night is long
you dreams are fading
the silver's gone
Desert Rose I see your ghost
late at night when I'm drinking
you cut it close
you keep it hid
your countless sins are on your children
it'll kill them
it's a hard train to roll
when the night is long
your wheels are turning
the red light's on
yes it's a hard train to roll
when the world's gone wrong
and the mighty whirlwind drags you on
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The Soft Hills Los Angeles, California
LA-based project The Soft Hills create a visceral take on soft-psych indie rock, calling to mind the hypnotic melancholy of
the Red House Painters as well as contemporaries like Grizzly Bear or Radiohead.
Songwriter Garrett Hobba started the project in Seattle in 2007. The band, which involves a rotating door of friends and musicians, has toured several times through the US and Europe.
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