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Songs for Strange

by Great Sun

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1.
"Zero" 04:36
bonneville johnny says he's going down can't stay in milwaukee if the word gets out jackie zero she was a well known girl says he's riding to chicago lay low for a while they call him bonneville cause he knows how to ride and he's the second fastest man this side of the state line he's tearing off tonight when the heat dies down don't cross johnny son he's laying it all out got a .38 special to cover him tonight knows a man who's got a job if he plays his cards just right get to I-94 and don't look back she's just another gomorrah in the fading light johnny better run if he's knows what's good for him
2.
Ada's Blues 02:50
well i've got messiah blues in my brain with a red sky woman tearing through my veins with her bareback smile and her love in chains if she still wants to ride then i'd do it again heave on the hammer i'm a chain gang man shelter our dreams under covers of chrome the six string whispers and the banjos moan with her smooth back beat that rock and roll kick on your cares turn over and go heave on the hammer i'm a chain gang man down in the delta where all the girls scream a thousand eyes on your television screen the father came down here and laid his hand on me said move like this boy and really sing heave on the hammer i'm a chain gang man
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(instrumental)
4.
when my light shines it shine only for you but it don't shine all the time sometimes i'm blue each note i sing's only out to please you and they hang themselves on everything you do you don't believe me, do you? two birds seen the earth crumbling down beneath their feet and they just flew away like they're meant to you know that i love you, don't you?
5.
Out of Time 04:40
in the morning i feel alright when baby's by my side that woman with her yellow hair combed down rouge on her pale cheeks, lips open and eyes closed she don't move when i sneak out of bed out to the tool shed in the chilly air black coffee and excelsior another day rears its head oh when my baby is by my side i feel like i could fly higher than the shot from a 00 sawn off aimed straight at the sky oh when my baby kisses me i think i might not ever come down stuck up in heaven with the fearsome angels who ain't afraid to die i can't imagine being away for a night her pale skin draws me in and i lose control it's a twenty-first century love song and i'm singing it out of time oh when my baby is by my side i feel like i could fly higher than the shot from a 00 sawn off aimed straight at the sky oh when my baby kisses me i think i might not ever come down stuck up in heaven with the fearsome angels who ain't afraid to die
6.
oh what's your name and how'd you wind up out at sea it doesn't matter to me much anyway with your blue blood and blue jeans take off those clothes before you say anything i can tell that you're an american girl by the way you're looking at me well it's easy to fall in love at sea but oh i don't know i've got to get out of california if only for a day it ain't easy being jesus christ when you're busy losing your faith what did you say your name was baby wanna jump overboard with me i can walk on the water at least that's what she told me she said that it's easy keep your eyes on me but oh i don't know the last time i saw ada she was riding up on white light heading to a game of spin the bottle in a motel off of highway 14 we're never going to get to providence baby if the ship sets out to sea the vineyard siren sings and my head just screams so much beauty in so many things, i'm of two minds and i'm out to sea so ada baby light a fire for me
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(instrumental)
8.
laying with her in the hot carolina summer trying to fight the wandering feeling that i'm going under we've got dust for bones i can't stand this dead country i'm heading out of here and there's nothing going to rebut me i've signed my name in the wind well i heard they got gold out west i'm gonna go and find it in that land all you need is courage and the strength to mine it so sit close tonight let's make it something to remember when the morning comes i'm gonna leave this town forever they'll talk about me when i'm gone i'm heading out to california way i'm heading out to california today heading out to california don't miss me cause i won't mourn you heading out to california way we got stuck in the mud in the swamps of louisiana nothing to eat and we nearly lost a man there the gators are biting i feel them right at my feet i can't seem to lose them even in my dreams i'm dying just to see that golden coast i'm heading out to california way i'm heading out to california today heading out to california don't miss me cause i won't mourn you heading out to california way i thought of you in the mountains of colorado as we rode far above the timber line the air is thin up here and it's so goddamn cold if i don't lose my body i'm sure to lose my soul i hope they send me back to you i'm heading out to california way i'm heading out to california today heading out to california don't miss me cause i might just mourn you heading out to california way we made it out here but goddamn if the gold ain't run up so i took all i own and poured it in a cup but this whisky warms the blood and they both still flow i think i'll saddle up and head down to mexico ojala que vaya con dios i'm heading out of california way i'm heading out of california today heading out of california do you miss me cause i know mourn you heading out of california way

credits

released October 21, 2015

Great Sun personnel include:

Xabier Kristof (vocals, guitars, banjo, piano, most noises)
Gabriel Peña (vocals, guitar)
Ronny Kerr (drums, bass)
John Gunnison (drums, percussion, bass)
Yosemite Valley (water)

All songs written and arranged by Xabier Kristof, excluding:
"California Way" (Kristof/Peña, arr. Kristof/Peña)
"Seasong (Ada II)" (arr. Kristof & Clayton Butler)

Mixed & mastered at SchoolMarm Records
Produced by Xabier Kristof

Special thanks to... you! Thank you for listening! We hope you enjoyed.

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