1. |
Passing Me By
03:10
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hallucinate the cold
and frozen fingers on the bar
hallucinate the time we left
and had to jump your car
this is not permanent
i’ll meet you in the morning
trading my possessions
fight the rising of the flood
thought i loved the sea
but i got mountains in my blood
and the desert that lies just beyond will meet me in the morning
that’s the way it goes
that’s the way it’s been
and i try to understand the world that i am living in
but its too late
its passing me by
and if i die under this tin roof that i raised with my two hands
they’ll write that he died well and gave it hell until the end
the dust of my old bones to feed the vultures in the morning
that’s the way it goes
that’s the way it’s been
and i try to understand the world that i am living in
but its too late
its passing me by
time does fine without me nipping like a dog at heel
let it roll over the hills and chase i never will
after all the moon is high
I’m howling for the morning
that’s the way it goes
that’s the way it’s been
and i try to understand the world that i am living in
but its too late
its passing me by
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2. |
Orin
02:15
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Tuscon
and the moving on
the heat map of the stone
Condo
the recycled air
the stillness of the pool
dry eyes and the summoning of something in between
thought now
thought too much
never think enough
don’t let me down
talk now
talk too much
(you say you only want to be left alone)
never say enough
don’t let me down
Racket
and the tennis serve
the serving to yourself
Marble
and the countertop
empty and unused
dry eyes and the summoning of something in between
thought now
thought too much
never think enough
don’t let me down
talk now
talk too much
(you say you only want to be left alone)
never say enough
don’t let me down
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3. |
The Oak
02:39
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digging up the dream
all we find are the same old seeds
unfettered underneath
polishing the same old things
you want it all
so stack them up and let them fall where they may lie
a tributary life
twisting by the same old shores
arbor in the mind
autumnal in the way it sways
silent where you stand
the snow collects around your knees
you stand to be
buried by it’s persistence and left behind
and maybe that’s alright
after all it’s a brand new thing
you never know
who will rest upon your bough and shake the ice
and get you thinking twice
see the forest for the trees
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4. |
Foxes
04:26
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faceless dash through the gypsy snow
all that is crystal and cold
and the light is only but a phantom here
nameless walk through the sycamores
time stands irrelevant here
slow as sap encased in the receding pine
Twist the tail
Don't follow me
Underneath the underneath
Flurry gives into the grey
Away delight away delight away
Forty crows in holy fire
Statuesque upon the wire
Who remains?
Maybe you
Maybe I
brake lights and the edge of the logging road
the end of familiar sound
turn around
turn around
Twist the tail
Don't follow me
Underneath the underneath
Flurry gives into the grey
Away delight away delight away
Forty crows in holy fire
Statuesque upon the wire
Who remains?
Maybe you
Maybe I
run away run away run away
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5. |
Falling Empty Skies
04:12
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Lakeside
The widower
Takes flight unheard
Vanish to vocalize
I know that we’ll meet and disguise
Falling empty skies
This is the math of it
Fulcrum and the balance
The tilt and the heavy slide
I know it takes two to divide
Falling empty skies
This is yours
Was never mine
How could it be?
Forty years and forty seasons
Live in me
Dig me down dig me down dig me down
All around
All of us
In the ground
Pinwheel through the sea
A moment
A memory
It’s all within reach
We can walk
But can we learn to dive?
Falling empty skies
This is yours
Was never mine
How could it be?
Forty years and forty seasons
Live in me
Dig me down dig me down dig me down
All around
All of us
In the ground
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6. |
Knoxville
02:08
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just another dead body in the creek
just another dead body for the week
i am on my back floating down a dirty river
looking up and thinking bout the things that i coulda gave her
i was stupid left her crying kneeling on the hillside
mama in the distance shook her head and then went inside
i am awful angry and unkind and i admit it
pour a better bottle back and see if i can quit it
Knoxville you seem so fine
When I turn my head a certain way
Pale moon in the keyway rise
I’ll be a better man on a different day
southern baptist sitting on the steps of the cathedral
southern baptist knocking on the door of the deceitful
i am on my back floating down a dirty river
looking up and thinking bout the things i don’t deliver
how every time i make a wrong i never make it right
how every time I’m moving on i end it with a fight
I’m a sore sight for sore eyes that cannot see
And they will sing a song about my life in Tennessee
Knoxville you seem so fine
When I turn my head a certain way
Pale moon in the keyway rise
I’ll be a better man on a different day
Knoxville you seem so fine
When I turn my head a certain way
Pale moon in the keyway rise
I’ll be a better man on a different day
Knoxville you seemed so fine
When I had a lot to give away
Empty pockets and a watch to wind
Made a bitter man out of me
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7. |
Groundwater
02:25
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i put on fronts masquerades and noble airs
i’ll throw out sequiturs to see if anyone cares cause i sure don’t
we live in ground that is without groundwater
we live in ground that is without groundwater
we need a focus to focus our obsession
i got nothing to feed my addiction
yesterday i tried to start my 73 in my iced over driveway but it wouldn’t turn over so i just ended up sitting in the driver’s seat for a long long time
we live in ground that is without groundwater
we live in ground that is without groundwater
we need a focus to focus our obsession
i got nothing to feed my addiction
i watch the sun poking through the trees
there’s a strange quality to the leaves and their sound
something’s coming around
something’s coming around
something’s coming around
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Tommy Hawk Austin, Texas
Acoustic and other errata
by
Seth Coburn.
Austin TX.
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