1. |
Your Faint Heart
04:31
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Your Faint Heart
After I pulled the trigger
and watched the bullet leave your head
I knew I had made things final
the tie between us was dead
Picked up your hand, the cold had set in
and the darkness was coming down
I said a prayer and closed your eyes
and collapsed to the ground
A faint heart never knows love
so if all is fair in love and war
you struck first and I struck last, my dear
I walked back to the roadside
got my shovel and my beer
I paused in the moonlight
heard your laughter so clear
The first time I knew I loved you
you reached over and touched my arm
by the river and that same old moonlight
but that too is dead and gone
A faint heart never knows love
so if all is fair in love and war
you struck first and I struck last, my dear
I got back to your body
brushed the flies from your face
remembered you in that sundress
the past lives in its own space
When I finished your grave I laid
next to you on the ground
I saw our future wedding day
oh you in a bridal gown
Why’d you have to wrong me
Why’d I have to love you like I do
you struck first and I struck last, my dear
He drove towards the skyline
Eyes fixed on the road
He was off to end this killing
and the earth beneath him shuddered
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2. |
Turn Me Loose
02:34
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Turn Me Loose
I rode up this damn highway
With a man from Bunker Hill
The law says he’s my husband
But he just pays my bills
I’m too much for one man
And these north woods never stop
So goodbye to his loving
And hello to the top
Turn me loose on these boys
Who hammer in the mill
‘Cause lovin’s what I’m selling
They’re sure to get their fill
Set me free in the country
Where men are bored and strong
I’ll catch ‘em with my sundress
I’ll take ‘em for a song
I met him in the city
In the summer of my life
I trusted like a child
His eyes were two dice
But winter was cold
And the wind would never end
He started drinking whiskey
I started drinking gin
Turn me loose on these boys
Who hammer in the mill
‘Cause lovin’s what I’m selling
They’re sure to get their fill
Set me free in the country
Where men are bored and strong
I’ll catch ‘em with my sundress
I’ll take ‘em for a song
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3. |
Neon Nights
02:30
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Neon Nights
She’s got her hands
Wrapped around her man
It’s a neon night in July
The band on the stage
They echo and sway in time
He twirls her ‘round
Wipes sweat from his brow
Her sundress rises and falls
Her glistening skin
And calcine lips they call
This love we found is hungry
And something’s gotta give
‘Cause this living like we’re doing
It ain’t no way to live
The world outside
Might be closing its eyes
But this smoky bar is awake
This boy and this girl
Have the whole damn world to take
It’s quarter to one
The band is done
But the jukebox howls and moans
She moves her hips
He tilts his head and groans
He wants time in his hand
Then he’d make a stand
But it’s pushing them towards the door
The music it fades
Like it never was played before
This love we found is hungry
And something’s gotta give
‘Cause this living like we’re doing
It ain’t no way to live
He takes her home
After they roam
The July night in the heat
She’s somebody’s wife,
But he kisses her twice
In the street
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4. |
The Machines
04:07
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The Machines
They turned off the machines today
And this place doesn’t make a sound
My pocket’s filled with bills to pay
And I should leave this town
There’s work out in Vancouver
But that’s a lifetime away
This town it might recover
The machines went off today
The traffic lights change
The sun still shines
Can you hear the song
Of the grey power lines
The north winds roll
Out across these idle roads
Do you feel the weight
Of this final load
The parking lot is empty
The trucks have disappeared
Where I stand there’s nothing
The warehouse has been cleared
This town will be forsaken
Everyone will leave
The forest walls will close in
What’s to come of my machines
The traffic lights change
The sun still shines
Can you hear the song
Of the grey power lines
The north winds roll
Out across these idle roads
Do you feel the weight
Of this final load
He drove up towards the skyline
His eyes fixed on the road
He was off to end this killing
as the earth beneath him shuddered
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5. |
Making Meaning
03:23
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Making Meaning
Well this love’s forbidden
But your fruit is sweet
And that first taste I took it
Knocked me off my feet
You rode into town
On the arm of your man
Falling in love
Was not part of my plan
But the sundress you wore
It rode up your thighs
And when you spoke
You spoke with your eyes
Our paths they crossed
When all here was wrong
Then our lips met
We knew that was gone
This planet’s spinning
And time keeps moving
They say we’re all dying
So where’s the meaning
We may be sinning
But this town is drowning
And if it’s all ending
Let’s make some meaning
We drove through towns
In the cab of my truck
You pointed to families
Down on their luck
We talked of driving
That truck out west
Head for the plains
Put this love to the test
You said, “Why does fate
Need to be so cruel,
And turn a desperate man
Into a fool?”
“Let’s go to the woods,”
You said with a grin.
“I need you to wash me
Over with sin”
This planet’s spinning
And time keeps moving
They say we’re all dying
So where’s the meaning
We may be sinning
But this town is drowning
And if it’s all ending
Let’s make some meaning
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6. |
Darkness For This Deed
03:55
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Darkness For This Deed
Daddy always told me
I was destined
To rule this world
Like a loaded gun
Now I know
He wasn’t foolin’
‘I’ve done something
Can’t be undone
I was walking
Down these new streets
Towards the tracks
He was taking a ride
Wind from the train
Blew my hair
He made me laugh
And I stepped inside
It’s nothing new it’s the same old story
Written down for all to read
It don’t come with fame or glory
You get darkness for this deed
There’s only darkness for this deed
He taught me to laugh
With a wild freedom
On those evenings
In my time of need
I taught him to dance
In that smoky dancehall
He watched my hips
And followed my lead
We started out
Driving through the forest
Along the river
Towards the open fields
But later on
With the sun flooding down
Over our bodies
My fate was sealed
It’s nothing new it’s the same old story
Written down for all to read
It don’t come with fame or glory
You get darkness for this deed
There’s only darkness for this deed
By the end of the summer
I began to show
I went to my husband
and lied so he would never know
It’s nothing new it’s the same old story
Written down for all to read
It don’t come with fame or glory
You get darkness for this deed
There’s only darkness for this deed
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7. |
This Bed We Made
03:55
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This Bed We Made
You’re pulling on your summer dress
I’m feeling like a fucking mess
Everything that once made sense
It has all gone to shit
I watch you smoke a cigarette
Sitting on the window set
Your eyes search the dark skyline
I tell myself everything is fine
The radio it softly hums
The distant sound of a drum
You light another cigarette
From your chin you wipe the sweat
I’m afraid if I up and leave
For years to come I’ll only see
You smoking that cigarette
And on your brow a string of sweat
This bed is not our bed
And everything we said
It all fell apart in the end
Put on your wedding ring
Listen as fate sings
Listen as she cuts our wings
You leave the room walk down the hall
Your silhouette it looks small
The setting sun now has gone
To the dark where we’ve withdrawn
I dress inside this room alone
I hear you talk on the telephone
Your voice is a static wave
And I’m its lonely useless slave
This bed is not our bed
And everything we said
It all fell apart in the end
Put on your wedding ring
Listen as fate sings
Listen as she cuts our wings
I hear you walk into the room
As if it were a cold tomb
The country music song that plays
It understands these final days
You wet your lips as if to speak
You lift a hand to my cheek
Your green eyes fall to the floor
We say no words I’m out the door
This bed is not our bed
And everything we said
It all fell apart in the end
Put on your wedding ring
Listen as fate sings
Listen as she cuts our wings
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8. |
Nothing to Hide
03:53
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Nothing to Hide
I’m hoping when you read this letter
You’ll remember all our midnight rides
We thought times they could get no better
We thought we had nothing to hide
Oh the summer was our only child
The country roads our only guide
We shared heat we shared miles
We thought we had nothing to hide
If only July could last forever
When I felt young and I felt alive
In my life, I’d never known more pleasure
With you, I had nothing to hide
But the summer came to an end
We always knew I was someone’s bride
I have sinned, and I must make amends
You know we have so much to hide
In the morning I’ll leave this dying mess
I’ll force this fire inside me to die
Let it freeze and forget your sweet caress
For soon we’ll have nothing to hide
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9. |
10,000 Watts
03:54
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10,000 Watts
I could not go to bed
For to sleep tonight
The shadows in my head were strong
That dirty lady
Who held my heart
She was planning to do me wrong
I paced up and down
My kitchen floor
At my reflection I pointed my gun
I said to myself,
“What’s a man to do
When he’s been wounded by the sun?”
Oh me
Oh my
I’ve a head full of lies
Hope don’t know my name
Oh my
Oh me
Lord, let me be free
My heart is covered in flame
I grabbed my coat
Pulled on my boots
Headed out into the night
I looked up at the stars
Burning above
Shining down on me out of spite
So I aimed my gun
Up at the heavens
Unloaded six loud shots
But my bullets missed the man
At whom I was aiming
I was boilin’ at 10,000 watts
Oh me
Oh my
I’ve a head full of lies
Hope don’t know my name
Oh my
Oh me
Lord, let me be free
My heart is covered in flame
Truck tires squealed
Smoke filled my lungs
Moonlight lit my way
You in your sundress
Down by the river
How could you go astray
Well I could not go to bed
For to sleep tonight
The shadows in my head were strong
Oh that dirty lady
Who held my heart
She gone and done me wrong
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10. |
Undone
05:53
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Undone
He turned onto her road
One hand on the wheel
The other wrapped around his gun
He was going to end this journey
Going to see her man
Daddy, I hope you can forgive me
For what it is I’ve done
And what I plan on doing
With this here loaded gun
You see I’m in the nothing
I am completely undone
I know you have watched me
Since you went to the grave
For those three years I tried
My best to behave
But as you know
I could not be saved
We were planning on leaving
Getting out of this town
She was carrying my child
She was wearing my crown
Then she wrote me a letter
In the dark I shot her down
Daddy after this is over
And I walk behind the veil
And I’m free of this world
And they set the last coffin nail
I’m coming to find you
Tell you the end of my tale
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Peddle Steal Portland, Maine
Peddle Steal is a Portland based band that arose from the writing and recording of their concept album How We Hunger. The band is immersed in the country tradition of the vinyl era and seeks to make music that is at once acute and entertaining.
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