THERE’S A STOP AHEAD. IT’S A BIG RED SIGN.
SO I EASE THE BRAKES TO THE THIN WHITE LINE.
YOU CAN DAM THE FLOW WHEN THE RIVER’S HIGH.
BUT WHEN IT RAINS AGAIN, IT’S GONNA SPLIT THE SIDES.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WHEN I THINK OF ME.
LIKE THERE’S SOMEPLACE ELSE I’M SUPPOSED TO BE.
FORWARD MOVING.
SOMETHING’S GONE, BUT ALWAYS NEAR.
SHORTIE 187 WAS HERE.
I COULD CARVE MY NAME BEFORE I DIE.
OUT OF CHISLED STONE, 10 MILES HIGH.
WOULDN’T MATTER TOO MUCH IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.
STILL GOT TO RELOCATE. GOT TO SPREAD MY WINGS.
SOMETHING’S GONE. SOMETHING’S GONE.
credits
from Terrible Pictures Of Harriet,
released May 15, 2005
TIM ELLIS - ACOUSTIC GUITAR / SOLO
TRACEY HARRIS - BG VX (LEAD VX ON BRIDGE)
ALBERT REDA - BASS
JIM WALKER - ACOUSTIC GUITAR, KEYS, PERCUSSION, SFX, LEAD VX, BG VX
The Oakland singer's latest album imagines the power struggle between man and nature as a slow, steady tempest of dark folk. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 20, 2019