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Two Stars
04:02
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Two stars blink in an open sky
They hum across that great divide
Is it just for us, that distant glow?
Just for now, let’s say it’s so
Two stars
Two stars blink in an open sky
They hum across that great divide
Across the void to this roof
On which we sit, downtown Duluth
Two stars
Two stars blink in an open sky
They hum across that great divide
Are there another two who sit and track
Our distant star, its distant path?
Two stars
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Tributary
03:05
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Blown into a barroom
Blown into the back room
Blown in the bathroom
And then blown out like a tire
Burned out like a tired old drunk
Then settled calm like a bald old monk
The silence of the mountains
The violence of the mind games no longer a pain
Just the winds and the rains
And the rocks and the birds
And no more words no more words no more words no more words
Except for this one and this one is me
But me is not me, me is you too
Within you and without you
We are porous, Delores
It’s not a solo, it’s a chorus
Into the sea
The sea of you and me
You and me
Into the Sea
Now p-o-o-r u-s would be the sad pun
But in my new wisdom I like p-o-u-r u-s
As in: pour us out of ourselves
Into this trickly little mountain stream
Here just for the moment from the spring rains
And then it’s gone
Pour us into this stream
And we follow this stream
To the slippery little river
Then to the bigger tributary
Then to the raging Hudson or whatever
Mississippi Nile Rhein Thames Amazon Ganges Yellow Styx whatever
Mississippi Nile Rhein Thames Amazon Ganges Yellow Styx whatever
Then to the sea
Into the sea
The sea of you and me
You and me
Into the Sea
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Mercy On My Anxious Soul
03:07
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Have mercy on my mother
She can’t remember her name
Have mercy on my brother
He’s blowing up his world with the cocaine
Have mercy on my father
Happy only in his drink
Gentle mercy please on my sweet sister
Trying to keep us from the brink
Mercy mercy hey
Mercy mercy ho
Mercy on my anxious soul
Every night when I lay me down
I pray to God even though
I’m not sure he exists in that way
But something hears me, I know
O ears of the universe
Manifest in those flowers by the road
O owl that hoots in the dark August night
O owl that answers below
Mercy mercy yeah
Mercy mercy no
Mercy on my anxious soul
The wild verbena
The Queen Anne’s Lace
Delicate flowers
Delicate grace
Mercy mercy burning forest
Mercy mercy plastic sea
Mercy mercy melting mountain
Mercy mercy poison breeze
Have mercy on my woman
Coated in fear but pushing towards the best
Mercy most on my precious child
Who inherits what?
This mess this mess this mess
Mercy mercy high
Mercy mercy low
Mercy on my anxious soul
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Bandits
02:57
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If I’ve ever done anything good
That’s the good thing that I’ve done
If I've ever done anything right in my life
That’s the thing I’ve done right
Everything else might turn to ash
Might burn up just like trash
Everything else goes by too fast
Then there’s you
If I’ve ever done anything of worth
That’s the thing I’d point to first
If I’ve ever done anything worthwhile in my life
That’s the thing that might give me some pride
Every road to a dark end
Bandits at every bend
They attack, I will defend
Because it’s you
I take up my sword and fight
Lay down my stupid life
Because if I ever done anything right
It was you
And if a wreck in the road should appear
I should be here with you
And if the dark from the hills should descend
Menacing men
Allow me to defend
Oh please
It’s all I’ve got to give
If I’ve ever done anything good
That’s the good thing that I’ve done
If I've ever done anything right in my life
That’s the thing I’ve done right
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Two Dark Birds Woodstock, New York
A band from the Catskill Mountains. Singer-songwriter Steve Koester is joined by Jason Mills, Don Piper, Jude Webre & other
fine musicians.
“Strange & beautiful, heard best with a beer in hand beneath a star-punched sky.“ Nylon
“Poised, structured, self-aware, ambitious.” DVeight
"There's a magic to it, a kind of backwoods witchery." Culture Collide
“Subdued and moving.“ The Big Takeover
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