1. |
Catch a Falling Knife
03:30
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the past
the weight
the rest
the fall
and the rise
and the rise
the heat
and the glow
the place
you always
hide
where you hide
you don’t want to spend your life
trying to catch a falling knife
but you don’t want to spend your nights alone
you arrange your favorite lies
trying to catch a falling knife
you can’t bear to realize your own
the peace
the still
the hope
you pushed aside
aside
your heart
it stirs
and looks
for a way
outside
outside
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2. |
The Charms of Adeline
03:38
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Last June
at a party in Charleston
we ran up the bar tab that night
until this girl charged it all to her black card
oh the charms of Adeline
the next weekend
we went down to Daddy’s house
a mansion covered in vines
and as we strolled
those hundred acres
I saw the charms of Adeline
I should’ve known by now
rich people have nice things
it’s what life’s about
one day that cash
could help me through a jam or two
it’s what smart people do
Her Daddy
He’s a judge at the courthouse
locking up poor folks all the time
and he said, “Son,
you could get on the payroll”
oh the charms of adeline
I should’ve known by now
rich people have nice things
it’s what life’s about
i swear I’m immune
but I can’t hold out for long
oh I know that it’s wrong
it’ll haunt me every night
each time I go close my eyes
won’t it?
while most folks are scraping by
I’ll have a couple sleepless nights
in a comfy bed
again and again
I should’ve known by now
rich people have nice things
it’s what life’s about
one day that cash
could help me through a jam or two
it’s what smart people do
Oh Daddy
he delivers a verdict
and hear the defendant sigh
but those courts fee
buy my plantation wedding
for me and Adeline
oh yeah
for me and Adeline
oh yeah
for me and Adeline
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3. |
Tumbleweed Pageant
05:56
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By the old marquee
the west side of town
the tumbleweed are all lined up for the next trip
down
to get some rest
from this bed of nails
from the siren squalls
and the county jails
sometimes you care
sometimes you don’t
oh if the ground, it opened up, swallowed this town
whole
who’d begrudge a man
a little peace
oh from a world
brought him to his knees
I wanna feel those tenderhooks
tearing into warm flesh
cause everywhere that I look
there’s hardly any here left
to save
from the sinkhole’s edge
here in the land of the not quite dead
So now I roll
like those tumbleweed
all through that dark & empty pageant of city streets
through all those towns
that time forgot
through all those hearts
worn coarse and rough
I wanna feel those tenderhooks
tearing into warm flesh
cause everywhere that I look
there’s hardly any here left
to save
from the sinkhole’s edge
here in the land of the not quite deadI wanna feel those tenderhooks
tearing into warm flesh
cause everywhere that I look
there’s hardly any here left
to save
from the sinkhole’s edge
here in the land of the not quite there
here in the land of the not quite dead
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Canadian Invasion Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Equal parts R.E.M., Fountains of Wayne, and the Buzzcocks, CANADIAN INVASION is a crack team of Philadelphia pop rock 'n' rollers. Magnet Magazine called them "Philly's best power pop band". The band has recently begun releasing a series of singles and EPs produced by Brian McTear (Big Thief, Sharon Van Etten), including the "Your Favorite Lies EP" due out March 2023. ... more
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Sparks in the Afterglow
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Former CI guitarist Brian Huber takes you on a kaleidoscopic journey through numerous genres on his latest release.
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