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Disc 1 - Mother Road
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Born in this small town
I watched them chase their dreams
Heading west to California
From Chicago and Oklahoma in search of better things
They hoped to find it all here
Back when the dream was still alive
I joined a band and we travelled the Mother Road
Played every joint from here to Illinois
My father was a barber, owned this old shop
I helped him out when it got busy
You could do alright for tips
Out here on 66
Chorus
I grew up out here on the Mother Road
I’ve seen them come and I seen them go
I’ve never known any other road
Like the Mother Road
By the end of the 60’s the old town had changed
The interstate had carried folks away
Everything got faster leaving me behind
My father died and left this place to me
Don’t know why I chose to stay
People moved away and all the businesses closed down
You see we’re off the beaten track
The streets were empty just another ghost town
No longer on the map
A town nobody knows
A place nobody goes
Chorus
These days you’ll still find me in the barber shop
Stop by and say hello
I like it out here on the Mother Road
It’s all I really know
I guess I won’t ever go until I have to go
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In the circus of dark souls
And the palace of lust
To nowhere, to ruin
The stations of the cross
Bathed in the fountain of sand and blood
In the circus of dark souls
And the palace of lust
Chorus
Dolina 3x
Bathed in the fountain of sand and blood
Remember the night we looked for snakes and watched the desert burn
Waited for all hell to escape and the violence to return
Sacrificed it all with flowers of regret
Remember the night we looked for snakes and watched the desert burn
Chorus
Dolina 3x
Sacrificed it all with flowers of regret
Bathed in the fountain of sand and blood
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Disc 1 - Ashes & Dust
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Dark angels try to persuade me
In me the desert is vast
Those who loved and betrayed me
The blessed and the cursed
Ashes and dust
Sacrifice all my treasures
Death resumes its march
All my sins all my pleasures
The best and the worst
Are ashes and dust
Out of the fire into the dark
Go the souls of the lost
See the souls fly from the fire to the sky
We all carry our cross
See the souls fly, sparks into the night
The blessed and the cursed
Ashes and dust
In me the darkness is endless
Destroy all the ghosts
We all come to an end in the furnace
The best and the worst
Ashes and dust
The blessed and the cursed
Ashes and dust
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Disc 1 - Tombstone Rose
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Disc 1 - Riverline
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On the grounds we cherish
From the dead of night
Is a heart that's heavy
With another's light
Upon her wings
Where man does sing
In the land of the hummingbird 3x
She was a raven
Now just withered flowers
The bloom is gone
My soul is aching
For her song
Upon her wings
Rests everything
In the land of the hummingbird 3x
She was a raven
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Love will come again
Without any warning
Things won’t be the same
But life must go on
As sure as every spring
The daffodils will open
The clouds will bring the rain
The sun will bring the warmth
The birds will go on singing
Hear the beauty in their song
I’ll still be by your side
Even when I’m gone
In the raven on the wire
In the solitary hummingbird
In the faces in the fire
In the footprints in the snow
The sunrise in the desert
In the winter storm
I’ll still be by your side
Even when I’m gone
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Disc 1 - The End
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So now I lie here in the dust
My whole life I’ve been cursed
My old horse has finally given out
There’s nobody else about
The secrets I could tell
Before I go straight to hell
The violence that I’ve known
The darkness I’ve been shown
For just a glimpse of Mary’s face
A final moment in her grace
The mercy of her kiss
I guess it was always going to end like this
It was always going end like this
I guess I’ve really had it this time
One too many dirty jobs
But there’s just so many fools to rob
Just too much out there to steal
And cards to deal
But now the posse is in sight
They’ll be here before it’s night
I know where I am going
I can see the tree they’re gonna hang me from
Trapped under my dear old horse
He ran till his poor heart burst
If I could only reach my gun
I’d end it all before those bastards come
I guess I’ve really had it this time
For just a glimpse of Mary’s face
A final moment in her embrace
The mercy of her kiss
I guess it was always going to end like this
Guess it was always going end like this
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Disc 2 - El Tiradito
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Disc 2 The Final Ride
02:11
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Disc 2 - Weeping Skulls
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Dean Owens Edinburgh, UK
Award winning Scottish singer songwriter, one of UK’s finest troubadours, with fans including Trainspotting author Irvine
Welsh and BBC's "Whispering" Bob Harris.
His latest album, Sinner's Shrine, was recorded with musicians from Calexico.
8 official solo albums (+ 3 unofficial ones, 1 collaboration, 1 Best of.. and 3 with The Felsons)
IRVINE WELSH: Dean's music is the pulse of all our lives
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Dean Owens recommends:
One of my favourite albums, it's also a great starting point if you're new to the music of "desert noir" legends Calexico
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Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff
by Grant-Lee Phillips
New solo album by my friend Grant-Lee Phillips. Raw and intense, just great songwriting and that superb voice
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New solo acoustic album by my "Southern brother" Will Kimbrough. Recorded during the pandemic, Will plays every instrument on the album (of course!). Great songs like "Late Great John Prine Blues"
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supported by 10 fans who also own “El Tiradito (The Curse Of Sinner's Shrine) - Double Album”
Everything about this album is simply stunning. What a follow up and worth waiting for
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supported by 10 fans who also own “El Tiradito (The Curse Of Sinner's Shrine) - Double Album”
Up there with their best albums!
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featured on Bandcamp Radio Oct 6, 2020
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