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Greene County
05:13
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I came for the weed
Stayed for the weather
Darling I forgot we were together
Call up Ricki-Jean
She’ll raise these babies
You know Greene County’s no place for a lady
And while I hate to do this by phone
I’m never coming back home
I hate to do this by phone but I’m not coming home
Got a pile of debts to pay
This Northern sky’s always gray
While I’m out wandering you are in charge now
Spent a decade planting seeds
I got rows of uprooted trees
You leave the lights off when you’re at home now
And while I hate to do this by phone
I’m never coming back home
I hate to do this by phone but I’m not coming home
And while these words are hard to hear
It’s better than living in fear
I hate to leave you alone but I’m not coming home
You spend your lifetime planning for what you can’t see
I threw our last lucky penny into the sea
Sometimes a moment of wisdom falls from the sky
While you’re staring that hurricane right in the eye
I came for the weed
Stayed the weather
Darling I miss when we were together
And while I hate to do this by phone
I’m never coming back home
I hate to do this by phone but I’m not coming home
And while these words are hard to hear
It’s better than living in fear
I hate to leave you alone but I’m not coming home
I’m not coming home
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Headline from Kentucky
03:58
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Have you read the morning paper, dear?
The latest magazine?
The headline that’s on CNN
It’s about you and me
Are you sick of songs of Texas
Or Memphis, Tennessee?
I’m just a girl from Owensboro
In a grave in Kentucky
Have you felt the peace, my dear,
that comes with morning dew?
Lie with me in eternity,
I’m so in love with you
Have you heard the evening news
or heard our children cry
About the man from Owensboro
who had a roving eye?
We’ve never known a quarrel, dear
A cross word or a fight
I wish with all my heart, true love,
To take back that night
Speechless when you saw me, dear
Coming with the knife
I’m done with you, dear it’s my turn
Your lawful wedded wife
Have you felt the peace, my dear,
that comes with morning dew?
Lie with me in eternity,
I’m so in love with you
Have you heard the evening news
or heard our children cry
About the man from Owensboro
who had a roving eye?
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Under the Lights
03:40
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Can't keep from watching this wreck
Like a slow car crash we all rubberneck
Then they tell you that it's all on you
You know that’s what they always had to do
Oh this town just feels a little too small
Just a couple of bars and that strip mall
Did they always stare this hard?
Or had you never gotten quite this far?
It all starts, you're on a wire
And all the noise just takes you higher
Right now the last thing on your mind
This is a few nights under the lights,
then forty years on the grind
I'll bet you had dreamed but not prepared
What's the point when no one cared?
Daddy fought and mama ran
But you ain't the only one without a plan
There's no blueprint for small time fame
But no one ever told you all the same
Hold on dear or throw it out?
Even the best trip has no route
The thunder roars, the song is cryin'
But no one stops your heart from lyin'
Right now the last thing on your mind
This is a few nights under the lights,
then forty years on the grind
Now the need has gone away
Off with believers who couldn't stay
Somehow you've gotten good at this
It's the rest of life that will give you fits
Begin again, and now forever
You've made the choice to do it better
Right now the last thing on your mind
This was a few nights under the lights,
then forty years on the grind
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New album "Diamonds In The Zodiac" out now!
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There's a similarity in song writing between Richard Thompson and Hugh Cornwell which maybe isn't surprising as they went to the same school at the same time, although Thompson is older. Due to Thompson's association with John French of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band I searched for his work on the Bandcamp app. French, Thompson and Cornwell all have albums on the app which I'm very pleased about. Only Thompson has released contemporary albums, much to his credit.
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Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
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Winter McQuinn mixes soft rock and psychedelic folk for a sound reminiscent of classic pop purveyors like Cut Worms and the Lemon Twigs.
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