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Let's Not Talk About It

by Lonnie Rott

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1.
Capitalocene Blues 03:45
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Today it finally sunk in that the world is burning down And all the things I've known and loved won't be sticking around Drove down to the station, put two tallboys in my coat Fast as I could manage it, I poured 'em down my throat It didn't change a single thing But it dulled my pain, and for a moment, knocked me out I was sure I'd end up at your door or else flat on the floor With a bad taste in my mouth When I went up to meet you I could feel it in my bones You had put me on the clock, you didn't think I'd know Spoke for an hour before the thought passed through my head If this is the best you got, I'd rather end up dead You could tell I wasn't doing well But you were unable to sell me on the thought that things aren't set I could see you wanted me to speak So I had to retreat, before I said something I'd regret Like the meek shall inherit the earth Once its shorn of all its worth So I've no idea where you get off saying the last shall be first I resigned to a life of the mind Spend my time poking holes in all your plans No, it won't change a single goddamn thing But it keeps me paid and eating from the palm of your hand
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Thank God For This House 04:11
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I walked down to the station for a moon pie and a coke Fought off the temptation to buy a pack of smokes It's been a couple years since the bossman raised my wage Don't you know I was brought up never to complain Even if it's hard now, someone's got it worse So grab those bootstraps nice and tight and pull for all you're worth And thank God for this house Thank God for this home Long as I got this roof I'mma be okay If anything should happen I'll get my gums to flappin' Everyone will hear what I gotta say And it's 1-2-3, believe in me, when I say It's gonna be okay 4-5-6, those lottery picks don't come for free Play along with me They put up some new buildings at the edges of my street Built 'em all on credit til the project was complete Mr. Kane had promised it wouldn't raise my rent And anyone who says so, isn't heaven sent He's got the city council in the palm of his hands So no enemies of progress gonna stifle all his plans I thank God for this house Thank God for this home Long as I got this roof I'mma be okay Construction starts to happen I get my hands to clappin' You won't find me standin' in their way It's 1-2-3, believe in me, when I say It's gonna be okay 4-5-6, those fancy kicks don't come for free Just wait and see I thank God for this house I thank God for this home Long as I got this roof I'mma be okay It finally starts to happen I get my gums to flappin' Turns out, all my friends moved away It's 1-2-3, believe in me, when I say It's gonna be okay 4-5-6, maybe those stones and sticks could set us free Let's check and see
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My Teachers Were All Liars 02:58
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Turns out my teachers were all liars I hung on every word they spoke Thought when I got old I'd be wiser I can't even take a joke Turns out I got nothing to tell you Nothing you ain't already heard I'm here whistling in the darkness Eyeing clothes I can't afford Is this what happens when dreams come true? Do your drinking all alone I've been running up a tab all day One I can't pay on my own Turns out you got everything you wanted Looks like you figured out what to do It may be kicking and screaming But I'm sure to drag the truth out of you Is this what happens when dreams come true? Do your singing all alone Someone call me out a song to play One I can't play on my own One I can't play on my own
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Mark My Words 03:31
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Oh, mark my words They'll only make things worse Citing chapter and verse Mark my words As the old crow flies Through the open sky Run fast from their lies As the old crow flies To a distant land Where someone might take your hand And help you to understand You're of the land To the trees I sang Just a brief refrain From my loneliness and pain To the trees I sang I can't offer much I've made mistakes a bunch But I long to feel your touch I can't offer much Oh, mark my words Until the last are first They'll tell you to wait your turn Mark my words
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A Place to Rest My Feet 03:59
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I had no reason to doubt it It all worked out in my head I was sure, my logic pure, but inside I was dead I didn't think I could leave it Thought I was tied to the mast When the ship went down, I found I was free at last Are we ever gonna find our way back home? I don't know We might be stuck on a one way street Where were we headed before we lost our way? I can't say Just looking for a place to rest my feet You know, I'd almost forgotten The way you turned and ran Or how I knew what you would do before we began You told me I had to trust it Or at least that's what I thought you said In your defense, that might have been just a voice in my head Are we ever gonna find our way back home? I don't know We might be stuck on a one way street Where were we headed before we lost our way? I can't say Just looking for a place to rest my feet
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When I Think of You 01:53
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When I think of you And all your smiling through The deepest pain you've ever known It makes me feel so blue If you only knew How often I think of you Perhaps you'd feel a little less alone It might help pull you through
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Hungry 03:12
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I've been thinking about the seasons I'm in a season where I feel done I keep sinking into those seasons 'Til all those seasons bleed into one I've been dreaming that I am falling I just keep falling, don't hit the ground I've had the feeling that I am falling And ever falling since you came around It's just that lately I get so hungry I wanna eat all the beauty that I see And when I'm full up, I get so lonely Oh, it's plain to see I want you here with me See, I've been lying about my business And I'm in the business of selling hope So when I'm crying about some business Just know my business helps me cope It seems that lately I gets so hungry I wanna eat all the beauty I see And when I'm full up, I get so lonely Oh, it's plain to see I want you here with me I've been thinking about my reasons Must some reason for the things I've done I keep meaning to give my reasons But all those reasons come down to one
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Let's Not Talk About It 04:12
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Let's not talk about it I watch the coffee rising through the air Tell me, how's the weather? How're the kids? I wish I could be there Don't you ever doubt it The hope I hold in the palm of my hand It's lighter than a feather But there's no need to wonder where I stand And I'll see you up around the bend Where the shade tree grows We'll meet again At the river's edge Where the water's clear I'll speak your name I'll draw you near I'll draw you near But let's not talk about it The movements of the Spirit that we feel I swear I almost touched it Between the second and the third course of this meal We can't do nothing about it But rest assured that what will be will be It blows where it wants to And somehow between you and me And I'll see you up around the bend At the river's source We'll meet again The planet turns Round and round it goes Where it stops Nobody knows God only knows So let's not talk about it Or say more than really can be said Just sit here close beside me Trace the floral patterns on this bed Some folks try and scout it They don't know what might yet come to be No matter what will happen You'll always have my silent loyalty And maybe I'll see you up around the bend Just up ahead We'll meet again Where the tall grass grows And the sky is clear You'll take my hand You'll draw me near And I'll draw you near
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What You Haven't Yet Done 03:48
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When I look into the mountains When I stare into the hills of Virginia I feel tired I feel worn down I think about Papa And the people buried in the hillside The things that they've done Time moved on It's easy to forget some place you never have gone I walk down to the church house See a man hung up in the rafters With the water-stained wood He must have pissed 'em off good I think about my Mama And all the people come before me Ask me to stay To not turn away There's no reason to admit something you never did say When I look back at my life The times I turned and ran Searching for an exit Before we even began The guilt bears down on me Like this summer sun As I walk through the fields And see the work left undone Sitting in the graveyard Read the names carved on the tombstones Faded with time One day they'll add mine I think about the river I worry one day I'll forget the sound of its song And I'll move on There's no reason to regret something you haven't yet done
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Horizon 03:17
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I've been looking for a holy fire I've been wandering toward some promised land I don't think that we could get much higher I know some of y'all don't understand I can see there up on the horizon Someone looking like a repo man Come to claim everything that we've been given Come to take it from our bloodstained hands Sold my goods down on the open market Where I was told the price was never set For a while I thought that I could hack it That was years before we had met I can see there up on the horizon Someone looking like a business man Come to claim that our debts won't be forgiven Come to laugh at our best laid plans We ain't stoking no holy fires Sure ain't living in no promised land I've come to see the truth to be a liar I hope that some of y'all can understand I can see there up on the horizon Clouds forming and they're forming fast I suppose that we can try and weather it But these houses just weren't built to last Just ahead, moving toward the horizon I can see somebody light my way I don't know where it is they might be headed But I'll chase 'em 'til my dying day
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One Day 02:15
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When I feel the rage boil over About what is and what oughta be I hear them start to mutter About both sides and peace But I hear you say It'll be okay We'll burn it down someday Yes, I hear you say It'll be okay You'll feel home someday When I hear the wind start to blowin' It drowns out the sound of their voice The ones who know just where we're going So they can't stand the noise Of the raging crowd How sweet the sound Pull the bossman down Yeah, the lost will be found When it all comes around And the hates of hell come down

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This album is an extended reflection on climate catastrophe and the unique form of despair that comes from recognizing its enormity and seeming inevitability. However, this theme may not always be obvious, as the songs reflect upon the complex wave of emotions that come from seeing a disaster on the horizon, and the different places I find myself looking for solace and hope. They're songs about loneliness, longing, desire, leaving behind narratives that no longer work for you, and moving forward despite all the evidence--something like hope.

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released October 15, 2023

Lonnie Rott - guitars, piano, vocals, egg shaker, harmonica
Michael Grigoni - pedal steel
Addy B - bass, guitar

Produced by Addy B
Mixed by Addy B
Recorded at a top secret location in Saxapahaw, NC and at Jubilee Music Hall in Chapel Hill, NC

All songs written by Lonnie Rott

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