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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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2. |
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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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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4. |
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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5. |
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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6. |
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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7. |
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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8. |
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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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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10. |
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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11. |
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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