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by Bran Crown

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Evan McGowan
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Evan McGowan If you fail to enjoy Bran Crown, I will stomp on your cranium Favorite track: A Song Once Calling Now Retreats.
Steven Patterson
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Steven Patterson This album has been a long time coming. I've been listening to his stuff for years. And am still. The range of material in this album is stellar. Favorite track: How To Live In Now.
Sean Patrick
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Sean Patrick in the future, music will be dead.
all that will be left, will be bran crown. Favorite track: A Song Once Calling Now Retreats.
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1.
You say you're the better man, that I walk on all four limbs Two youngbloods went toe to toe, she stopped to see who'd win It looks like you're the stronger man, my face did find the ground Cries were felt from miles 'round, but she didn't make a sound Not a single sound Wait, wait, wait don't tell me, I think I already know I've passed to the unknown On a motorbike she screamed away in the carpool lane Fleeing from that scene of crime she'd been by that day Near a liquor shop, she stopped off, used the phone, tipped off the cop She told the tale of that ruthless man who just refused to stop He did not stop Stop, stop, hey wait a minute, where went all my time I think I lost my mind Now for my own peace of mind, we'll say he is still alive I know I'm not a ruthless man, I'll just never swallow my goddamn precious pride
2.
Barrier 02:38
Barriers in speech create holes in my head And seldom do we witness what's better off dead The crate and the piston keep pushin' on And always we intend to design from our speeches Courted and led on the edge of a whim Taken and spoken for the taste of the peaches I've been workin' all day, I've been sleepin' for weeks I've been dozin' off all goddamn year I've been scrapin' the soles of my shoes on the street (I've been bangin' the backs of my boots on the beach) And I've been yellin' forever, can't you hear?
3.
I once had me a true song bird, and she'd sing so well She sang for so long just for me But as with most things, sooner or later a hard rain fell Now you won't take my call, nothing at all Won't you ring my bell? Those lies were controlling, but now the truth is out You ain't got no hold on me This life as we know it, surely ends by burning out What did it cost me to be free?
4.
Toof Gib 01:08
If you listen carefully to that timbering tree in the boldest forest You will notice sound exists only where your mind persists If you watch attentively to the plaque of my teeth as it starts growing, glowing If you want it for that locket or to keep it in your pocket then here's to you I'll get busy with that brushing when I'm not so sad and blue I'll be leaving with somebody and it won't be with somebody new
5.
Station was empty Trains were all gone Reached in my pocket And waited for dawn The clock played drums And I hummed the sax And the wind whistled down The railroad tracks Three for a quarter One for a dime I'll bet it's tomorrow By Rocky Mountain time Walked in the restaurant For something to do Waitress yelled at me And so did the food And the water tastes funny When you're far from your home But it's only the thirsty That hunger to roam We'll build us a castle on Main Street And pretend that we're down on the farm Hell, we'll hold out as long as we have to Then we'll twist off each other's arm Christ I'm so mixed up and lonely I can't even make friends with my brain I'm too young to be where I'm going But I'm too old to go back again
6.
Hey there little widowed bird hangin' in the sky Do those feathers of yours weigh you down like gravity and time? You claim you've lost your one and only even your children left the "V" Now you're perched starin' up at the sky through the branches and the leaves, pondering Is this it? O' my, my, this must be it-- A life of shit that I don't wanna have to deal with Please old little widowed bird won't you sing one time for me That song that called her long ago, in all of it's beauty When you go You will know That all we are is all we know All we know is all we are And all we are is all alone
7.
How can it be? You've gone and got yerself free They said they'd keep you in there for life I still can't believe the only witness was me But here I am being chased by a knife The damage was done, I wasn't havin' any fun As I lay bleeding on that cold day He must've thought I was dead since I was drenched in red Lucky my tears didn't give me away It's been a while since I've known how to live in now It's easier done than said without them muscles workin' in your head See, I ain't one for one cryin' and if'n you're needin' a reason why I'll chalk it up to something in my eye I was fixin' up my dishes, just mindin' my own buisness When upon my door came a knock I opened it wide, let the stranger inside But all he wanted was to have a little talk So we sat there in the kitchen, discussin' what I'm missing How a certain man would help a lot But that gal of mine without him is livin' just fine So let's hope that she don't get caught It's been a while since we've known how to live in now It's easier done than said without them muscles workin' in your head See, we ain't scared of dyin' and if'n you're needin' a reason why We're leavin' it up to the nothin' in the sky
8.
Bootleggin' (free) 02:45
It's been a long time since I've walked that straight line Since everything's changed nobody's lookin' for me They found out too soon what it costs to be free O' sweet nuthin', please let it be me Don't they say home provides honest friendship? 'Cuz I ain't yet had no friend quite like you What was found is now lost and I can't find me, too So won't you let me bring it right on home to you? Lately, home ain't such a good place to find me Unless you're lookin' upon my bed The day bootlegs moonlight that sells from my head So we can sleep with the sun out instead I'm better off lonely than dead
9.
Maybe 2 or 3 02:20
Let's start out just for beginners Would you tell me if you were a sinner? 'Cuz if you are then you're just like me When I come home just for the winter Would you take me out for a fancy dinner? Better make damn sure it's nothin' short of a feast There's a problem with the world and it's that everyone thinks that they're a good driver, but I know I don't stink I've got sour news, 'cuz this seats two and you make us a few When we go on down that river When I push you in you're sure to shiver But I'll make it up to you with a cup of tea Maybe two or three
10.
Tithair 03:52
You tried to rise from bed until you noticed you was made of lead I took back everything I said You know it wasn't even close to what I meant You're positively positive that you're absolutely certain You're positively positive you're just a half a penny short You're absolutely certain you need a half a nickel more You were a minute late, your belongings fell to the interstate I gave back everything I took Except for a page of that little black book You tried to rise from bed until you noticed you was made of lead Wait, wait I think I found a cure We could give it a try, I'm just still not sure I tried to wake the dead before I realized I was one of them Dead
11.
I'll say it again I know I don't have to but just say when Mints could mask our mouths that reek of gin I know I shouldn't drive, but mama I don't mind a thing with you So buckle up and tie them shoes Bottoms up to me and you For not feelin' blue The first time that I thought about how could you look so nice was the second time I relearned what it was to have a vice The fourth time beat the third time in a race for better health Nothin' beats a fifth with you down from the highest shelf Late again I know I said 'round nine now it's half passed ten I should've waited on oblivion I know I couldn't drive, but mama I still tried to get to you I buckled up and I tied them shoes Let's just say the car is Far from new
12.
Fate? 02:54
Come help me in falling, I'll calling I don't want your fate, can't you tell? As far as I see it, I'd be bored as hell It's not so much as my place to dwell And whether faithless, I'll mean just as well So toss me your sins and your burdens My shoulders can handle more weight than this I'll make well of your whiskey, your wine or your gin They say you won't be needing that where you are going But it won't be long, no it can't be long before I'm something new It may sound wrong but I've come and gone More times than to know what to do At risk of sounding crude I'm going to say it to you What's new with you? Are you helping yourself, or just stalling? Your faith is not a crutch nor a spell As far as I see it, in death you'll live well But just who are you to say how you'll live When your only judge indian gives? But you won't be wrong, no you can't be wrong It's something you just don't do Just so you know, we'll come and go And there's not a damn thing you can do

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Available on cassette, for order inquiries email: brancrown@gmail.com

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released March 3, 2013

Recorded by Fera in his kitchen. All songs written by Don Parrish except for "Rocky Mountain Time" written by John Prine.

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