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one room school​/​session

by winter/sessions

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1.
Side pocket thought, back burner love I killed a man one time in Omaha His back was turned he never saw But damned if I knew he bled the same blood - as me I forget how stories end A river flows a river bends Silent morning, ashamed again I wish I was running', I wish I was running' Back across the Washtenaw County line Coffee mug filled with bluegrass and wine My engine screaming a high, lonesome cry Or is it me? I hope to God it ain't me … I forget a woman's touch Make me a'shiver, make me blush Oh love, the shape of your cup But now you fill it with the cheaper stuff So give me wheel, give me road Passenger seat is just for show The signs to speed, the signs to slow All lead to love through my radio
2.
I hitched a ride over to Memphis town Got as far as Nashville when she quit us, and broke down "God Damn," I thought, "Ain't it just right?" Aiming for Graceland but I'm still lost in this night - Mercy There's still nothing worse than watching her go The last of the wood fire before the cold I wander and I wander and you best believe I'll wander till some god remembers me I tried my luck on the Ole Row Stood on the corner playin' old songs I used to know, oh man … Earned what i could for the bus fare Nickels and dimes and the rest reminded me I don't belong here I've spent too long living this way Wonderin' if the devil is bound to stay Baskin' in the moonlight howling' for the day Runnin' with the wolves there'll be hell to pay Waitin' on the Shepard, for the lamb I pray Waitin' on the Shepard, on the lamb I prey Only nine more stops to Beale Street Ain't been this far south since my hasty retreat, oh man … Figured I'd go where the Kings die Order a bourbon or whiskey, I don't give a damn which is right
3.
Emma, that sweet refrain You sang about Jesus, you sang about shame I hung your letters in my window frame Watched them curl brown, harden and fade Emma, that sweet refrain The creak of a porch swing, the sound of the rain Your wide green eyes, mine turning gray Youthful beating, like it was yesterday Pistol shot, and a bleeding heart, rusted lock and a wasted spark Your side of Heaven, my side of Hell, thirsty bucket in an empty well Your morning, my midnight, your sun to my moon But I’ll stay awake for you Emma, that sweet refrain I heard you got married, changed your name I built you a chapel on Chicago Lane We stood there for ages, shadow in shade
4.
The gaited steps she takes A slow march as a kingdom awaits Avery kingly grace would kneel in place But each red foot flies Backyards buzz bright with noise Street lamps flicker with wavered choice Ten years ago them girls and boys With chin rested sighs But gone now is an empty throne The haunted world that came before is sinking down with them stones Old barns and weathered shores The aged wine we drink tonight is sitting well with these bones A drink and a Memphis smoke A friend walks the line while her eyes broke As hearts and knees they take to the floor But he's seen home Minstrel plays a question lies Surprises always seem to align "You Are the Best Thing" the radio sighs And she's coming home
5.
I may be the last man alive Who failed to be on his own good side Flooded by his rising tide While basking in the pale moon shine Running wild in bush and tree Bird in hand and still hunting The two that hide, oh how they sing The one in hand, oh how it stings I fought for you a one man civil war Oh keep me now, my Mason-Dixie girl I'm swift river set to make my turn round the bend I don't have to lose my head to fly off of the deep end That's how I fall for you Show me pauper show me king Man is man and man is nothing But a lover waiting to believe A man has to believe in something Without God there's only Hell Prophets write and readers dwell So I built a house and I dug a well That's one hell of a story to tell I'm dying now but not counting down I'm living on the wrong side of town I'm a waiting lover, flesh by the pound I'm waking wide and I'm villain proud
6.
Animal 02:40
I'm singing out a song I'm singing it for you Don't give a damn If I'm singing out of tune Just dance with me and I'll let you lead I'm pounding this ground till my feet decide to bleed So dance like this ... Part me from this devil And whisper in my ear Pass me the whiskey Let's stumble out of here Put your head out the window and hold onto the door I'll close my eyes and put this pedal on the floor Won't you dance like this ... You tell me that it's simple Just grab a hold and ride But I learned young Life starts with a lie If what you say is true then I'm ready to shake I've gone too many days without making a mistake So dance like this ... Corner me wild And corner me true The animal in me Is done passing through Fuck the cards breathing and damn this whole game I'm sick of holding aces and trying the slow play Chivalry is dead and love just a parade Moving too slowly and nothing worth the wait So dance with me and I'll let you lead I'm pounding this ground till my feet decide to bleed So dance with me ...
7.
All of Them 04:57
Lies are for sale, you drink them down I prefer whiskey, it's cheaper by the ounce Point your finger from north to south Curse the whole world, would you kiss your mother with that mouth? I wish you wouldn't leave me now Hope the door hits you on your way out Your tyger eyes, I've watched them wake Who holds you now? It ain't no mistake He's a better man, better than me But I've kissed those lips, the softness stings Can't buy luck, can't make your breaks I'm travel worn and my compass shakes O! Horizon! You sure look nice! On the lakeshore waiting for the rise Past the mountains, you take your bow Dark truth hits, and it's cold as hell Remember dancing, the devil cuts in You sold yourself, pass the bourbon And I watch as he steals the rest My heart useles inside my chest
8.
Wax sealed in blood red and brought to my doorstep Her hand draped on my chest, descended, I read it “$3000 in payment, report to your regiment, or you’ll be hunted on your own homestead" Fight against your brother, abandon your mother shame my father or hide with my lover? Off-track, valley road, the crow calls through the orchard Black night, soldier’s coat, on my side her ‘say-so’ Look out through the tree line, sun on a slow rise, smoke screen passer-by, murder for a horse ride Lost in a mangrove, map on the river, country breathing rumbles, Dixie-Line for Northern Shadows Carriage to a stop, cat calls, my heart drops They close in on her spot, drunken, a gun shot Out from my hiding, a damned scene unfolding, my love down on her knees, hell fire raging Blinded by my deeds, deafened by the screaming, numbed by the aching, hardened by the reaping So now I only know the darkness and the smoke and the love of a half empty glass I’ll wait in line and lose track of time and pray for the night hours to pass I had nothing but love to give but I never let you take me up on it …
9.
Sunny Side 03:22
10.
Haunted by beauty Four queens Held them to my chest now I let them breathe Drown my thoughts in warm whiskey Four pulls Damn my soul, I can't pay the fee The hair I grow is nothing more than the face I hide The air I breathe is a poison fog to ease my mind These limbs I run are sullen slipped at the worst damn time A spark and a smoke ignite Three shots Right on point now it's time for flight Hounds at the heels and firefights Three days On the lam but oh the nights A solitude of blackened stripes Green eyes Hide to spring now I bide my time
11.
Age of Barns 04:40
12.
Tree shadows drape across the northern road With enough miles in to make it all anew And past the shipyards and black-hearted stones I stood on a riverside and I saw you Now, my heart is worn down to thread-bare And my words are just about the same But some simple smiling eyes surrounded by the stars And I'll mock the Pleiades by singing your name Carly-Jo, my sweet Carly Jo Don't you know that you've got a hold on me In a world that can drive me mad I'd rather dance with you than finish this bottle of warm whiskey Dancing feet to wagon wheel melodies As the day scares alone among the silhouetted tress So we strike up another tune to sing But no one's listening to anything but your bells tolling I'll come back, come back sometime When the world has torn itself from me Cause I know, a woman's back Is the greatest landscape that a man can see So rip me up into a thousand pieces And scatter me to all the corners of this place There'll be some part left to find love That isn't haunted by the look of your face Cause I could listen to you try and sing And I know there's no lovelier thing than Carly-Jo
13.
O! To be an artisan! A hand-made part of the world That knows the burn and aching as a remnant of your work Instead of wearing out of ghosts, chasing long departed smoke That's buried my scares somewhere deep and far below What's more elusive than love? And can you snatch it up? Knowing full well in time there will be blood? Cause I'm all searching and emptiness A hand-me-down version of happenstance But I ain't coming home no more Facing the failures the youth in me has ignored I ain't coming home nor more It's a cold-hearted mirror that stings when I stare Eyes moving to the floor O! To be a settler! A land grab of what you can find Take the good and bad as fast as your horse can ride Or do you broaden the stride? Seek a green, lush creekside? Though the stake your waving might be holding up a surrender white O! To be a sailor! Work it out on the sea Breathe that salt and sun, see the best and worst of what a god can be But from port to port, each strange and tempting shore Has the madness rise, anchor dropped, rusted to sail no more
14.
Now I'm sharp and cold as a butcher's knife Perhaps I'm ready now to take on a wife I'll let you stab me still and stab me right Another moment with you and I'll die and die But I'll be buried well smiling at the sky My handkerchief rags and my boots are worn It's a helluva ride from mountain air to lake shore I'll remember you best under the city's elm trees As I jumped a train eastbound to Milwaukee When I left you I no longer knew me Goddamn these Denver doldrums The stifling stillness has run me gone But I lost the map that helped me make my mark But your face lit me up right from the start Yeah you were my moon when I couldn't trust the dark But one day I will come back for you You're no woman who'd ever run me through And abandon my heart Or take me down, won't you take me down? One day I'll make you scream my name The miles I put in will coil in shame It'll be all I need So take me down, won't you take me down?

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released February 16, 2013

Matt Sucaet, Russell Brakefield, James Dake

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by James Dake

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