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Backup Wells - Shades Below Superior
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This is the first of several songs in a collaboration with Laura Kepner-Adney. Laura has a beautiful voice and a gift for arranging music. It is an exciting project with more to come.
Featuring Ryan Anderson on harmonica.
Lyrics:
As a boy in desperate times I left my home
with empty pockets the desert I did roam
and in search of my master
I gazed up at its cloudless dome
I met a man at the inn who paid my stay
He said “my son what would you give up for a wage?”
and in his coal black eyes
I knew I’d signed myself away
But finally with a wage that I could send
for my starving family I would descend
in to those shades below
where I would one day meet my end
Now I know
I was born a station below
and greed has locked the door
and I will be here forever more
The days were long, the hours hard, and we were ill
We slept on damp and stony floors and by God’s will
The man slept in comfort
in his house up on the hill
After many years of sending home our pay
A friend was working when the ground ’neath him gave way
And without a second thought
I turned to free him from the clay
The rafters in the mine they creaked and ached
A beam came crashing down and severed our escape
and as we sucked that precious air
We cursed the man who sealed our fate
Now I know
I was born a station below
and greed has locked the door
and I will be here forever more
Far far below
The surface that I call home
Locked beneath the desert floor
I will be here forever more
This is SO hip, man; thanks for checking mi fledglings out. Best kss
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Cool Man! JRR
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GREAT STORY..very sad. I am confident in saying Johnny Cash would have been happy to sing this.
Brando...I LOVE IT! Wonderful harmonies! Can't wait for the future! w;-)
Wow - what a change of pace from previous Brando works... in lyrics as well as style! Yowza! Keep stretching out, sir - I'm loving it. Excellent. k
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what a beaut! JRR
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Whoa horse, I gotta hole up here for a spell. This is great. My kinda tune.
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Kinda like cabaret cowboy! Sweet!
Mr Sandbags
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After several listens I am better able to describe my reactions. I love the way you let the track build up in it's own time, unhurried. I love the sound, the rhythm, and the desolate, but stoic, feelings you evoke. Kudos to both of you!