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Struggle And Sunshine

by Nicky Bee

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1.
Beckons You 03:18
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The storm comes creeping crashing It makes you cringe Building vigor as it rolls across midwestern plains It encircles you it can see inside And it’s trying to get it (repeat) It beckons you, it threatens you It’s trying to get it It’s trying to get it It’s like the ocean tumbling foaming at the mouth Wide across unknowable deep and full f life Calling you a lilting constant purr Love and strife It beckons you, it threatens you, love and strife Wide open blue of sky of summer turns to fall Downpressors hand can make you oh so small I won’t be crushed I won’t be swallowed up I’ll be the lion’s raised paw I'll beckons you and I'll threatens you, the lion's raised paw A call to arms A call to your arms Lay down your arms The beauty of a half star studded night The city burns everything is gonna be alright The comfort of my happy home it doesn’t sit quite right It doesn’t sit quite right But it beckons you, it threatens you It doesn’t sit quite right A call to arms a call to your arms Lay down your arms
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Clara 04:10
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Boxing Gloves and two bare feet Chasing those boy on down the street My Head’s in a twitter and I’m singing that song Asking where the sun comes from and where it’s gone CHORUS: OH my my my Oh my my my Oh my my my Oh my brother don’t you cry Up on the hill in the big old house Mama’s gone stepping out The woman’s gone to the garbage can Mind away in some far off land CHORUS All wrapped up in the morning news Baby’s in the oven what a thing to lose Mama can’t be trusted no more Let’s the babies run wild and milk it spoils CHORUS I was raised up right but mama was wrong She never should have kept me home so long Casue my dress is a fire and my skin it burns Ad look at how slowly th clock it turns CHORUS
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Fourth of July 04:15
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I left this valley and it stream Running down in between Mother and my broken father Up on the hill where the coal was dug Life was lived and love was loved Great machine fodder CHORUS Every burning light is like The boys and girls that went to fight Over land and water And some will settle down too soon Paste their dreams upon the moon And stare in nightly wonder Or off they’ll go when they’re 18 Buy a car or join the marines Whatever gets them out faster Chorus Fireworks on the 4th of July We’ll light up that darkened sky Watch the chaos growing Bursts of Bombs in the neighborhood Where we grew up just like we should But it’s not blood just our colors showing Chorus And they can rise up so high And they sink down so low They’ll be grinning, laughing, dancing like a clown And crying on your shoulder Chorus And in the backyard It’s all smoke and ashes when they’re used up Smoke and ashes when they’re used up
4.
Grumbles 04:04
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The old grumbles of those churning wheels Grinding down the fingers building a calloused hand and a tired soul The intimations of wild giants wide streets for their giant steps night's crawling with the hip patrol CHORUS Will our factories sing again Hoist the bell and ring ring ring Will our factories sing again will our bellies grow thin thin thin Don't le them tear down Domino a monster of great proportion a Goliath of old but David is not Welcome we'll keep this stone as testament what can we do in such a shadow crawl creep bicycle CHORUS The bloodline to the city passes it all by house to city you concentrate drive by wild unseeing the graveyard of our industry we've lost most our callouses the rough skin shed for a bleak sleak coat oh hopelessness and doom CHORUS
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Searching 03:37
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Down in the holler where the willows writhe Under the soil where their roots they thrive I watched this girl wither and die Cold from the bitter tears she cried CHORUS: And I went down, down, down to the ground And I went down, down, searching, but never found Out in the West where the sun falls down Under the water scaly fishes all around I dove into the water deep Knowing no loving promise I could keep CHORUS All in the middle of a great big field Struck by the endless horizons I feel I got lost I that great void That girl was gone and I had debts to pay CHORUS Up here in heaven I stretch my wings No worries about these earthly things Love sorrow Girls and Rings Laid dead in my tracks by the songs she sings CHORUS
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So Tall 03:55
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Driving out of the Mountains so tall Tryin’ to find a telephone so I could tell you all About my heart and I hoped you’d open yours Hands clasped we could burn up all those stars Chorus: I’ve got a million thoughts and they’re all about you Some the color of the sun and the others burn blue Sometimes I’m scared of all the opening UP and you and all the things you’re felt and seen Scared that I might not be strong enough I’m little but with you I think I’m tall enough Chorus I just want you I just want to see you I just want you to see me too Lying still in the grass somewhere Purring in the sun’s warm glare I was fine before you came along Before I heard your pretty song Now I can’t walk without my feet Falling flying to your sweet Song I hear you mumbling And when you stare I know the trouble I’m in Chorus
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Struggle and Sunshine 03:35
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Crying alone in my room at the hotel Living alone it’s a hard sell I’m far across this wide country But the smell of burning coals it always gets me Chorus: But if I could see your face If I could hear your voice once more If I had a choice You’d be coming home Your mind was running fast with your wild dreams Naked women guns and scuba diving through a cactus tree So many years of struggle and sunshine I can’t believe how quickly you’re gone Chorus Up on the mountain our fires go on burning We get older but I guess we’re never done learning
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US Steel 03:05
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US steel 40 years I work my back bone to the ground Dust and heat and those whirling machines all by y side Wish I could lay my hands down I’ve grown tired of all this rushing around US steel 40 years I am proud to say Metal burns breathes fire in my eyes and lights my way Never been one to fuss and moan Keep my body strong my wife and family in my home US steel 40 years I have been dissatisfied Raise my voice with my brothers when we have things to say Who’s that who’s there who are you killing today Who’s that who’s there Who’s dying for his pay Repeat last two lines US steel 40 years lived strong God’s way Sunrise wake and throw my back out everyday Now I must lay my hand down They’ve grown tired battered and worn US steel 40 years send for the doctor I’m dying now Just like my brothers my body’s being torn Stem from stern and limb from limb Stem from stern and limb from limb It’s all from within US steel US steel US steel How much of my body did you steal?

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released January 23, 2011

Guitar, Vocals, Fiddle, Percussion-Nicky Baltrushes
Vocals- Betty Sousa
Saw- Eleanor Warner
Drums- Ian Gilberg
Percussion- Erik Gilberg

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