Old Country

by Swords and Horns

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released 06 January 2011
All songs written, recorded, and performed by Will Kyle and Nick Watt
Produced by Nick Watt
Album artwork done by Peggy Dietz (www.peggydietz.com)
All songs mastered by 48hourmasters.com
Sound clips and poetry excerpts taken from the public domain at www.freesound.org

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tags: alternative blues folk folk-rock indie indie folk rock st. louis Saint Louis

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Track Name: Reach With Me
People were like pebbles on the beach
Maggie, she cheered from the front seat
They watched her zoom over the waves
Her daddy worried about the speed
But she never cared

Will you reach with me?
Will you reach with me?

Everything I do just fades away

Maggie's boat, it flipped and hit the fence
Everybody screamed and cried
Maggie tumbled through the sky
Her daddy held her on the shore
But her lungs would pull no more, more

Will you reach with me?
Will you reach with me?

Everything I do just fades away

Oh Maggie, what have we done?
Will there be darkness or sun?
Had you managed to walk away
Where would you be?
And where would I be?

So will you reach with me?
Will you reach with me?

When I sat right there and opened up the newspaper
Oh, lordy lord what did I see?
I saw you there
I saw you there right on page three
Oh Maggie, oh lordy lord
Track Name: Mirror Zone
I'm afraid
You're afraid
Everyone's out there burning in their graves

Let us go
Let's go out
I'll find you out
Everyone we've told

I don't care
What we do
We will just slide away

And then we'll all be in the mirror zone

Oh, oh, the mirror zone

You will run
I will chase
I will burn
You will find every little piece of you ...

Down inside
In your heart
You will pull it up
And then we'll start
From the beginning of your ...

Life is hard
You don't care
But you will find your way
When you're older
I promise you

Oh, oh, the mirror zone
Track Name: Meatgrinder
Welcome to the meatgrinder
You're in for the long haul
Hop up up on the conveyor belt
And wag that tail

I am burning like a fossil whale
I surely care
When this time comes I want blood
And I need it now

I tan your hide
And tie your pieces to the sky
Let the meat drip down
And kiss everyone upon the cheek

Welcome to the meatgrinder
I found my next meal
I found you lying on the road
So I took you home

Headaches and heart attacks
They burn like fireflies
But I will just make it on
'Til next July

Full will be my freezer
Full will be my frying pan
You'll be my lovely little
Lovely little lamb

Welcome to the meatgrinder
You're in for the long haul
Hop up up on the conveyor belt
And wag that tail
Track Name: Solitary
Well I got my pennies in an old suitcase
And I got a hand on my hat
I'm gonna keep on movin' before my heart sinks
And before I fall right back

Don't you keep on movin'
You gotta stay right where you are
Cause this moon don't hang for everyone
When you die

Just wait for me to go solitary
Just wait for me to come back home

I got one hand on the trigger
I got another hand in the flame
I'm gonna keep on walkin' till the tempo stops
And the heart bursts open with rain

I got no more dealins with you
You got no more dealins with me
I'm gonna walk back home
I'm gonna disappear
I'm gonna put my head in my hands

Just wait for me to go solitary
Just wait for me to come back home

I got one hand on the trigger
I got another hand in the flame
I'm gonna move right back
I'm gonna walk back home
You'll never hear from me again

Cause I'm so so so solitary
This old world just keeps on beatin' me down
Down down, oooh so so so solitary
Cause if you don't need me
Then I don't need you
And the path is calling me

Cause I'm so so far gone
Cause I'm so so far gone

I got one hand on the trigger
I got another one in the flame
Babe you don't need me
And I don't need you
So I'm walking away
Track Name: Heart String
Let's go out to the country
Let's go out and see some friends
We can dance with the fireflies
We can stay up all night

And you walked away
So I dug a grave
For to lay me down to rest
To hang our hearts on a tree
For to keep my love strong
My love strong

You said my bit rate is too low
And my song's not gettin' through
So I'll just sing loud
Cause I know
You'll come around

But you walked away
So I dug a grave
For to lay me down to rest
To hang our hearts on a tree
For to keep my love strong
My love strong

And maybe you're not the one
Who I've been waitin' for
You never could pick me up
You never could cut to my core

And I'm not a character
From a book you may have read
No I am flesh and blood and soul
So you can't give me what I need

Now I walk away
I've climbed right out of my grave
For to live my life
I had to leave your heart behind
For to keep my love strong
My love strong
Track Name: Raindrop
They say your plane's wheels have touched down
And I will see you stride coming soon
But the things I see shall all turn to dust
When I look at you I feel the dark

Cause it will all be gone soon
Like a raindrop in the afternoon sun

Revel hard in this deep nothing
Hold your chest before you when you fly
Slink with me down all the dark alleys
To places where the brink won't know our names

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I just took your hand I walked away
I never steered to that old street again
There won't be no rainbow today
If there ain't no rain

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Track Name: 45
Yesterday I was back at home
Never knew what you were gonna do
You gripped that gun in your hand
That sparkle in your eye
I saw you there
Pointing at the sky
How 'bout we just go
You think you can fly?
Let's all drive off
The 45

Got no time
No time to burn on last regrets

Yesterday you were still too fast
Never knew that curb was coming soon
You gripped that wheel in your hand
That glimmer in your eye
I saw you there
Swervin' soon to cry
How bout we just go
You too will fly
Why don't you just load
Up your 45

Chorus

Solo

Chorus
Track Name: No Return
You will take your armor
I will take my hat
We'll slip into the country
Never turn our backs
And the willow tree will shade
Though we don't really need
And the rain will fall down
And roll into town

The point of no return is where I want to be
Track Name: Hard Road
How about we take a trip away
How about we get up into space
How about we dress our love in rags
How about we count the stars
It's an old idea but I would like to try

Cause it's a hard, hard road
And then you die
Cause it's a hard, hard road
And then you, then you die

I made a pillow out of gossamer
I tied it up to the tree
I tried to pray to god
But he never heard my words
No, he never heard my words

And it's a hard, hard road
And then you die
Cause it's a hard, hard road
And then you, then you die
And then you, then you're gone
Track Name: Air You Breathe
Cause life ain't like that sometimes
You cannot give your grief onto another man
And you live and you love by the ones you need
And you keep them near you like the air you breathe

Cause life ain't like that sometimes
You cannot pile all your stones to the sky
But you live and you love by the ones you need
And you keep them near you like the air you breathe

Because my heart won't beat
My heart won't beat
My heart won't for you
No, my heart won't beat
My heart won't beat
My heart won't without you
Because we're all in this together

Cause life ain't like that sometimes
You cannot give your grief onto another man
And that old country rises from the west and greets the east
And your dark days precede you like you leave em
And life and like that sometimes
You cannot give your grief onto another
But you try, you try, but you fall down
And you love like the air you breathe

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Track Name: Mirror's Own
I'm afraid
You're afraid
Everyone's out there burning in their graves

Let us go
Let's go out
I'll find you out
Everyone we've told

I don't care
What we do
We will just slide away

And then we'll all be in the mirror zone

Oh, oh, the mirror's own

You will run
I will chase
I will burn
You will find every little piece of you ...

Down inside
In your heart
You will pull it up
And then we'll start
From the beginning of your ...

Life is hard
You don't care
But you will find your way
When you're older
I promise you

Oh, oh, the mirror's own