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Campesina
03:38
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What did I do
I don’t know
My soul sister
Knew I shouldn’t have kissed ya
Eyes melt in the morning sun
Better rewrite all that I’ve done and
You said, ‘boy,
Write me a song.’
I wrote you one already
We ain’t been loving that long
What did I do to make you love me
I don’t know
I don’t know
Campesina
You make my grass grow greener
Born on horse back way out west
Help me to be my best
You said, ‘boy
Write me a song!’
I wrote you two already
I can’t be going that wrong.
What did you do?
I don’t know.
You said, boy,
Write me a song!
I wrote you three already
Something good going on.
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2. |
God Damn My Soul
03:26
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Been hunting you
For 98 days
Been getting me down
Down to the ground
And If I work more than I live
And If I take more than I give
And If I get my kicks for free
What's left of me, there ain't much left to see
God damn my soul
Lets stop and turn
No more slash and burn
Bitter and betrayed
Karma I never saved
Burn this mother fucker down
B urn this mother fucker down to the ground.
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I’ve been howling
When your sea’s been rough
You’ve been fumbling and tumbling
You’ve been struck down
By thunder and lightning
Your hands are tough from pulling on the ropes
That tie this ship together
Now it's hanging off of hope
I’m an old salt dog
Old salt dog
I’ve been howling
Howling for you
Patching up your sails
Heading into the breeze
To find a little island with calmer seas
Living off the fruit
Of a dedication tree
Sleeping under stars wrapped inside a green palm leaf
For you my love I’ve been howling all through night
For you my dear could have put up more of a fight
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4. |
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They tell me love’s a losing game
Well I would lose everyday just to gain one more with you
Well I know I ain’t ashamed
To feel the way I do, yes it’s true
Beecause I get high
So high on you
I get high
One day I’m going to break on through
So forget about what’s outside
Let your heart lead the way
When the rains don’t come and the field don’t show
Well I know what seed it is I’m gonna sow
Lay it down by your feet and watch that flower grow
I’m gonna climb to the top I’m gonna beat your drum I won't stop
Ohh I get high on you
Ahh I get high on you
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5. |
War Cry
03:49
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In the mud of your creation
In the tears of your nation
Hear your land’s primal roar
Let’s prepare for what’s in store
Hear our heartlands
Hear our calls
Here we stand here we fall
In the landslides
In the floods
Hear our prayers lord above
Here I heard your war cry
Why people hate
Why people die
High above the modern ways
Time stands still like olden days
Love is earned
Love is work
Tears and toil in the dirt
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6. |
Conflict
02:24
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My baby don’t care for me
Like she used to
My baby don’t care
Now that she’s gone
Fairytale gone wrong
This whole life of mine
Seems empty and bare
Conflict out and in
I just don’t know where to begin
So I hold my head up high.
To the sky.
On the long train home
This is how we’ve grown
Loneliness
The path we’re bound to roam
‘Cos I’m hardwired and caffeinated
My soul long dehydrated
And I’m dying to go home.
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7. |
This is an Emergency
04:29
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This is an emergency
Can’t you see
Maybe like no other
Swimming of the coast in the warm winter sea
A wave spoke to me
She said, “son take this problem more seriously!
You’ve been neglecting me.”
She said,
“You ain’t listening to us
You ain’t listening to me
Take this problem seriously.”
We gotta move away
We gotta move away from here.
Rip me out of my depth
Pull me into the deep
My heart skips a beat
Here I’ll die five thousand miles from home
Cold high and all alone
She said, “I’ll release my grip on you
Stop wasting time there’s work to do.”
She said, “You ain’t listening to us
You ain’t listening to me
Take this problem more seriously!”
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8. |
Golden Age
03:19
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You’re a money man
Pretending to be poor
Lying to your people
Who deserve more
Your towns are dust bowls
Broken and bust
All of their lives
Gathering rust
We thought that these days belonged to the past
Golden age would never last
Destroyer
Battle hard won
Just days to be undone
Destroyer
Jobs gone overseas
Banks gambled their homes
They lied and they cheated
Sold luckless loans
You blame the immigrant
And not the CEO
Now you must maintain
The status quo
Dark shroud on our shoulder
Keeps on creeping, making us colder...
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9. |
Rosalea
05:43
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People passing stories from the bay to the bar
As the coin flips over and the man with a scar for a heart
Reveals it all
Living in the gaps between society
He flies his flag so high for the eyes of one to see
Rosalea
She came on a morning at the bird song of dawn
Filled his heart full of love like he never felt before
Rosalea
Everyday they would spend in the arms of each other
Never sacrifice a moment spent with another
Rosalea has gone
She left without word undercover from the dark
Leaving nothing behind but the sweet scent of her perfume
Rosalea
In her heart though she tried never fully satisfied
To be settled on the land when she knew she could fly so high
Rosalea has gone
The broken home which she came affects her day-to-day
Healing wounds and her scars they dot together like stars
Rosalea
Now he wanders the streets just a shadow of a man with a bottle by his side
Keeping everything close at hand
Rosa Rosalea
Now people passing stories from the bay to the bar
Speak of one man's love and the loss of his little sweetheart
Rosalea
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10. |
Colours in Between
03:12
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Searched for so long
From town to town
Disco to dungeon
To solve my conundrum
Bottom of the bottle
Kerouac’s fools
Beat rules to follow
No magic pill to swallow
I don’t know what it all means
All the colours in between
Can’t say what isn’t so
Hope won’t grow where there’s snow
Buried the treasure out of sight
Marked with an X
Map the light
Flame that made me
Burnt me and bathed me
Shroud for my sorrow
Bought not borrowed
I don’t know what it all means
All the colours in between
Can’t say it isn’t so
Hope won’t grow where there’s snow
Hope
Hope to grow
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11. |
In Your Hands
04:37
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Fire burning up on the horizon
Will you let it go
Loved ones acting up under duress
Will you let it go
There’s no price to pay
So say what you’ve got to say
In your hands
To make a fist yeah you make your stand
Be strong
Be strong
And If you love her let her know
If she needs to she’ll let you go
Be strong
Leaders spin you a lie
Will you let it go
Fire burning up from within you
Will you let it show
There’s no price to pay
So say what you’ve got to say
In your hands
Make a fist yeah to make your stand
Be strong
Be strong
If she loves you she’ll let you know
If you need to you’ll let her go
Be strong
Be strong
In your hands
We are fire flies
We hold the power to ignite
In your hands
To be strong
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12. |
Heart of the Matter
01:47
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True Strays Bristol, UK
True Strays are lifelong friends, songwriters and country boys - Joseph James and James Cameron - from Bristol, England.
Their music is a cathartic celebration of alternative roots americana and blues rock.
The duo draw influences from Neil Young, Muddy Waters, Fleetwood Mac and modern acts like Alabama Shakes, Gary Clark Jr and the Black Keys.
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