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little things from the tape machine in the garage, march 2014
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STONES//HANDS

my mother has hands that lie
like the stones in the bottom of the river.

my dog has grown
silver and old
as he waits by the door for me to come home.

and it tears me apart
to know he'll die just like rest of us.

last spring i wept
with my knees to my chest
alone in my childhood        kingdom come
 
come from the back
of my mind 
where i found you

come from the dark
of my mind where i left you

it tears me apart
to love you
just like the rest of 'em

now i wait
now i wake
to dream a daughter's mother.

now i glance
familiar hands
for i am the stone in the river. 


recorded march 2014
tascam 246 in the garage

stones// hands


I’m alone, in the new room.
i got the wood floors, i got the windows
to the desert

i got my freedom
you got the good lord’s touch
i got my freedom
i got devil’s clutch

together and apart again
together and apart again

i see long long road
about a thousand
miles
til where you are
til where you’ll find her
til where you are

you search high
you search low
‘cross the red red earth
you search high you oughta know
it’s a man hunt
…

and you search for me
and you call
and you think of me
in the night

and you call for me
you search you search so hard and high
and you think of me
when you lie
awake

but i’m alone
in the new room
got the wood floors and the windows to the desert too.
i got my freedoms
you good the good lord’s touch
i got my freedoms
cuz the devil doesn’t ask too much

in the man hunt
in the man hunt
in the man hunt
for me

manhunt

Keys and locks

Sink or Swim

You are my sunshine

October

November

Coyotes & Buffalo

NY (December)

a track from an unreleased album "Live at the Commodore"...
briskly recorded in the open windowsill of Room 204 of the haunted Commodore Hotel in Astoria, Oregon during a January rainstorm. 

born a fox, raised a wolf instead
out beyond rocks in desert sands
i found you carrion

coyotes howl at the waxing moon
grey moths wake from their cuccoons
that's how i will find you.

raven speaks of things to come
talk to us from the treetops

burning sun bleach your bones
lay it down

now ya see me
now ya dont

grey moths grey moths raven raven


The rest of Live at the Commodore be available soon for a tour fundraiser!

Grandma Kelsey

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