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These Arms of Mine

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A friend of mine asserted that this song, by Soviet singer-songwriter and poet Vladimir #vysotsky is “a perfect song”. So, I couldn't resist the opportunity to explore, and manifest my old, mysterious Russian-speaking fantasy hehe... 

EPx3 flows from gipsy duende lofi world fusion to yeehaw psychedelic americana blues 🎤🪆

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Here’s a poetic #lyrics translation (by Vagalec):
The Mountain Echo (after Vladimir Vysotsky)
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In a mountain pass, where the rocks for the winds are no checkers (no checkers),
Where no one has ever set foot, so steep is the rise (so steep is the rise),
There once lived a jubilant, cheerful mountain echo,
It answered all calls, and replied to the cries, human cries.

When loneliness suddenly fills our heart with despair (with despair),
And when a low sound of pain down the cliff starts to land (starts to land),
The echo, adroitly, will pick up the call,And handling with care,
Will lift it, and louder, with tenderness take it in hand.

But some scoundrels, madmen and drunkards, got round (got round),
So that no one might hear the footfall and snort (footfall and snort),
Intending to silence and murder the gorge, living canyon
They bound up the echo, and stopped up its mouth ere they shot.

And so it went on, their bloody, ferocious, enraged merrymaking 
No sound could be heard as they trampled the echo, made fun of it, mocked...
They shot, in the morning, the quieted mountain echo (mountain echo)
And tears gushed out like stones from the wounds of the rock...

And tears gushed out like stones from the wounds of the rock...
And tears gushed out like stones from the wounds of the rock...

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[03] The Echo Song - Vladimir Vysotsky Cover - Russian BLOWsutra Classic Psychedelic Banjo BLUES

A thief in the night

He's been lying
I see a tiny little tear
You've been crying
It's time to face all of your fears

You used to smile everyday
Then one day that smile went away
He played a good game and won the prize
But never really cared and now you realize

He's been lying
I see a tiny little tear
You've been crying
It's time to face all of your fears

All the love you made
He never cherished
You close your eyes
and try to bare it
to hide the pain 

He's been lying
I see a tiny little tear
You've been crying
It's time to face all of your fears

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These Arms of Mine

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