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American Crow 3:490:00/3:49
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Me and Larry 3:520:00/3:52
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Stone's Throw 4:390:00/4:39
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Gypsies 3:150:00/3:15
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Red and White 4:420:00/4:42
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Crow in Oklahoma 3:010:00/3:01
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Rust 4:440:00/4:44
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Pittsburgh 3:040:00/3:04
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Black Crow Blue 4:000:00/4:00
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The Striker 2:430:00/2:43
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My Favorite Year 4:290:00/4:29
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She Only Loves Blue 4:060:00/4:06
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Wherein Crow 4:220:00/4:22
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We All Get Gone 3:330:00/3:33
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Track List
- American Crow
- Me and Larry
- Stone's Throw
- Gypsies
- Red and White
- Crow in Oklahoma
- Rust
American Crow
(after a story by Sebastian Mathews)
Words and Music by Nathan Bell copyright 2009
Same old story you’re gone again
Tattooed wings underneath your skin
So you can wear your every sin
Where they show
Best intentions end soon enough
Left untended, left to rust
It’s all you can do just to live with love
When the wind blows
Black Feathers Hollow Bones
Nowhere left For the light to go
Sitting on a fence post at the side of the road American Crow
Right side of the road is the fastest way
Wait for evening leave by day
Don’t say anything you meant to say
She already knows
(after a story by Sebastian Mathews)
Words and Music by Nathan Bell copyright 2009
Same old story you’re gone again
Tattooed wings underneath your skin
So you can wear your every sin
Where they show
Best intentions end soon enough
Left untended, left to rust
It’s all you can do just to live with love
When the wind blows
Black Feathers Hollow Bones
Nowhere left For the light to go
Sitting on a fence post at the side of the road American Crow
Right side of the road is the fastest way
Wait for evening leave by day
Don’t say anything you meant to say
She already knows
A Stone’s Throw
Words and Music Nathan S Bell copyright 2009
Can’t decide which bill to pay
Don’t think it matters much anyway
They’ll just come take all this stuff away
Someday
Who gives a damn about these bills
I’m just trying to keep these bellies filled
Been a long time since I was the king of the hill Anyway
The family next door they pulled out
Six or seven months ago and now
Wind blows right through that house
Every window is broken but two or three
They’re hanging on a lot like me
It doesn’t take much to see
I’m a stones throw away from going down
I’m a stones throw away from going down
I see people every day
Turn their heads and look away
Don’t know what or who to blame
But I look them in the eyes
Say man it’s me don’t you realize
We’re all we’ve got if we’re going to survive
There are those with more and those with less
The ones on top and all the rest
It’s their mistake but it’s our mess
Words and Music Nathan S Bell copyright 2009
Can’t decide which bill to pay
Don’t think it matters much anyway
They’ll just come take all this stuff away
Someday
Who gives a damn about these bills
I’m just trying to keep these bellies filled
Been a long time since I was the king of the hill Anyway
The family next door they pulled out
Six or seven months ago and now
Wind blows right through that house
Every window is broken but two or three
They’re hanging on a lot like me
It doesn’t take much to see
I’m a stones throw away from going down
I’m a stones throw away from going down
I see people every day
Turn their heads and look away
Don’t know what or who to blame
But I look them in the eyes
Say man it’s me don’t you realize
We’re all we’ve got if we’re going to survive
There are those with more and those with less
The ones on top and all the rest
It’s their mistake but it’s our mess
Red and White
(after “crossing the Rez” by William Pitt Root)
Words and Music Copyright 2009 Nathan S Bell
They came up from Butte Montana
Lit up like a prairie fire
They were coming off a six-day drunk
Burning with desire
The only thing you can do with men like that
Is dry them out at the station
Take their whiskey and their cigarettes
Send them back to the reservation
Red and white Black and blue
It ain’t right But we still do
The things we do
Red and white
Black and blue
You’ll cut off your feet
To spite your shoes
The hills round here are full of blue rock turquoise You can let it lay or dig it up that’s your choice Wear it on a silver chain shining in the sun
Tell yourself you aren’t just like everyone
I’m throwing nickels in a one-arm bandit
I’m not doing all that well
The law’s the law and I’m the law
So the odds can go to hell
If this machine would ever pay off
You all could just forget my face
And listen to the wind carrying my name
To any other place
(after “crossing the Rez” by William Pitt Root)
Words and Music Copyright 2009 Nathan S Bell
They came up from Butte Montana
Lit up like a prairie fire
They were coming off a six-day drunk
Burning with desire
The only thing you can do with men like that
Is dry them out at the station
Take their whiskey and their cigarettes
Send them back to the reservation
Red and white Black and blue
It ain’t right But we still do
The things we do
Red and white
Black and blue
You’ll cut off your feet
To spite your shoes
The hills round here are full of blue rock turquoise You can let it lay or dig it up that’s your choice Wear it on a silver chain shining in the sun
Tell yourself you aren’t just like everyone
I’m throwing nickels in a one-arm bandit
I’m not doing all that well
The law’s the law and I’m the law
So the odds can go to hell
If this machine would ever pay off
You all could just forget my face
And listen to the wind carrying my name
To any other place
Rust
(after a film by Sami Kahn 75 El Camino)
Words and Music Nathan Bell copyright 2009
You can always find me here you know
Reflected in the glass
And I won’t be the first to go
But I just might be the last
You can see the end in metal
Etched by wind and dust
So you take another drink and listen
As everything turns
To rust
You can build whatever you want to build
Time will make it bend
You can love someone with all your will
And still lose them in the end
When you’re young
You’re full of brave words
Chemicals and lust
Until one day you just stop talking
And you can hear everything turn
To rust
I’ve been trying to keep the water out
Trying to stay afloat
Trying like hell to save this house
It’s the only thing I know
I might climb up on the roof one day
Wave the white flag and give up
Close my eyes and listen
As everything turns
To rust
(after a film by Sami Kahn 75 El Camino)
Words and Music Nathan Bell copyright 2009
You can always find me here you know
Reflected in the glass
And I won’t be the first to go
But I just might be the last
You can see the end in metal
Etched by wind and dust
So you take another drink and listen
As everything turns
To rust
You can build whatever you want to build
Time will make it bend
You can love someone with all your will
And still lose them in the end
When you’re young
You’re full of brave words
Chemicals and lust
Until one day you just stop talking
And you can hear everything turn
To rust
I’ve been trying to keep the water out
Trying to stay afloat
Trying like hell to save this house
It’s the only thing I know
I might climb up on the roof one day
Wave the white flag and give up
Close my eyes and listen
As everything turns
To rust
Black Crow Blue
(after “the Book of Bunk” by Glen Hirshberg)
Words and Music Nathan S Bell copyright 2009
Have you ever seen a sky so wide
That you could fit the whole world inside
I have
Baby can you see me now
Have you ever heard a field of stone
Rattle just like dead man’s bones
I have
Baby can you hear me now
Have you ever seen the lines flash by
Like a picket fence before your eyes
I have
Baby can you roll with me now
Have you ever flown into the wind
Just to be carried back again
I have
Baby do you know me now
It doesn’t matter what we say
It only ever matters what we do
I won’t need much along the way
So the only thing that I will ask of you
Is someday
Baby
Would you carry me down
Have you ever been afraid to touch
Somebody that you love too much I have
Baby can you burn with me now
Have your eyes ever filled up with tears
One for every passing year
Mine have
Baby do you want me now
(after “the Book of Bunk” by Glen Hirshberg)
Words and Music Nathan S Bell copyright 2009
Have you ever seen a sky so wide
That you could fit the whole world inside
I have
Baby can you see me now
Have you ever heard a field of stone
Rattle just like dead man’s bones
I have
Baby can you hear me now
Have you ever seen the lines flash by
Like a picket fence before your eyes
I have
Baby can you roll with me now
Have you ever flown into the wind
Just to be carried back again
I have
Baby do you know me now
It doesn’t matter what we say
It only ever matters what we do
I won’t need much along the way
So the only thing that I will ask of you
Is someday
Baby
Would you carry me down
Have you ever been afraid to touch
Somebody that you love too much I have
Baby can you burn with me now
Have your eyes ever filled up with tears
One for every passing year
Mine have
Baby do you want me now