"hey darling, brokenhearted...." awesome feeling man

Ive learned alot! So inspiring. :)  ~~good~~viBeS~~~

learned alot!!  Thats for sure! Amos is is so awesome great lyrics & voice 

OMG I love this version with the minor vocals changes.

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Recorded in Arizona with Calexico's Joey Burns producing, Amos Lee's fourth studio album, 2011's Mission Bell, finds the singer/songwriter in a thoughtful mood and once again wrapping his soulful folk numbers in country, blues, and soft rock. A ruminative, lazy summer day of an album, Mission Bell is not dissimilar to Lee's last effort, 2008's Last Days at the Lodge, but lacks the more contemporary R&B tracks that made Last Days a bit of a departure from Lee's more granola leanings. Here listeners get the introspective leadoff track "El Camino" and the airy Steve Winwood-sounding ballad "Violin." Similarly engaging is the jaunty mid-album anthem "Flower," which is equal parts the Commodores' "Easy" and Hall & Oates' "She's Gone." It's a brilliant, joyously melodic number with the only downside being that it only works to remind you how melodically dire the rest of the album is. Which isn't to say Mission Bell is bad. On the contrary, there is a lot to admire here and maybe that's the main problem. Lee is a talented songwriter with a distinctive pop voice who is becoming recognized as an heir to the American singer/songwriter throne -- a notion given weight by the addition of several well-known guest artists here, including roots rocker Lucinda Williams and country legend Willie Nelson. That said, he often favors rambling, low-key country numbers that get you to quietly consider the bittersweet nature of our existence rather than lose yourself in the song. You come off a track like "Flower" and keep waiting for another one to grab you in the same "instant classic" kind of way. If Mission Bell rings true, it's in the lyrics with Lee's knack for stories and personal revelations keeping you listening, and not always the melodic content.

Mission Bell

Learned A Lot

A song to accompany a short story that started life as a simple children's picture book. A tale of wonder and whimsy, this story follows Elliot, a boy who sets out one restless night in search of the moon. Guided by ribbons of mischievous moonlight, he stumbles into a hidden world alive with glowing creatures, absent-minded gnomes, and extraordinary ways of travel—from pirate ships that sail on mist, to a runaway steam train powered by imagination, to a balloon “borrowed” from the skies themselves. Each adventure takes him closer, yet never quite there, until a silver rocket finally carries him to the moon’s quiet surface, where Earth’s blue glow reminds him of something far greater: home. Both a fantastical journey and a heartfelt reflection, it’s a story about curiosity, family, and the realization that even the grandest adventures are best when shared.

Learned A Lot

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