The Life Sublime


I sailed to the edge of the world
And I fell into the abyss
There I met a girl
Wandrin' in the mist

Oh, how there is no time, when you live the life sublime
 
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The Lonesome American

I got an old black dog - turns out he's my best friend
His muzzle is gray - he always looks a little thin
He was on his own for a long time - it isn't easy for him
But…

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Been Walkin'

I want to sit with you
Down by the river
Everybody wants to get next to you
‘Cause you’re a giver

But I want to see
Can you put it into my eyes
How you can believe when it's dark…

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Flight Risk

"The birds, they all head south 
as soon as it gets cold,
And me, I better watch my mouth
or so I've been told.
Another day has come around,
and I can't take my eyes off the edge of town."

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Misery, Be Warned

The streets are filled with rubble from some forgotten war
They'd like to fight it all again but we can't take it anymore
Oh, misery be warned - there's only so much can be borne

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Chimney Swifts

 

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The Lonesome American

A man drove across the plains with a wife with dead eyes
A car he had to push to start and a suitcase full of lies
But every place just looked the same - Nowhere to start again
With a…

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Lost in a House

"It’s a rich and beautiful world 
So much to see when you travel about 
But when you’re a lonely girl 
You can get lost in a house"

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Christopher Cook, guitar and vocals
Emmy Rose, vocals…

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The Firefly and the Cigarette

On the porch, the fireflies gather 'round the glow of your cigarette
Sittin' out in the evenin' time ‘cause the house ain’t cooled off yet…

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Christopher Cook, guitar and vocals
Emmy Rose, harmonium
Gracin Dorsey, cello…

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Wild Cathedral Bells

In the courtyard, 
the tables are turned on their sides 
for the winter …

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Christopher Cook - guitar and vocals
Emmy Rose - harmonium and vocals
Olin Chavez - violin, Marjorie Gonzales Chavez - guitarron

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