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Mountain Sons

by Mountain Sons

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1.
Wake me when the winter's over- wake me when the summer thaw begins.. the trees are bare the lake is frozen let's pretend we're rabbits in the den We'll gather round the fire, and watch the snow conspire sneakin' in. if you have to go out, better put those snow-shoes on your feet now the snow is fallin' the apple mead is finally kicking in we watch the world get older, but we remain the same age 'til the end We'll gather round the fire, and watch the snow conspire sneakin' in. if you have to go out, better put those snow-shoes on your feet another storm predicted another seven inches to begin.
2.
Weather Man 03:28
Hardened hearts don't change the weather why don't we find some where better? perhaps a place outside the city perhaps a place where no one knows me... somewhere you never think of rain somewhere clouds seem out of place somewhere i can see your face somewhere we belong. home... sunday morning grab the paper take my coffee from the table sit outside beneath the oak trees think about how things were supposed to be somewhere you never think of rain somewhere clouds seem out of place somewhere i can see your face somewhere we belong... home. it all changes for a reason but that reason is beyond me well i don't know where i'm goin' but i sure know where i've been. somewhere you never think of rain somewhere clouds seem out of place somewhere I can see your face somewhere we belong.
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The sadness in my soul, it lessens over time. the rhythm of my heart a poem without a rhyme believe me when i say that it's time to go you're no longer crushin' my little soul the tyrant's heavy hand the weight of all the world so lift up your crooked head show me what your worth believe me when i say that it's time to go you're no longer welcome in my home the peacock's feathered fan buried beneath the sand show me where you've been we're going to the promised land. believe me when i say that it's time to go you're no longer welcome in my home.
4.
World 02:34
military trucks and helicopters lookin for the people stuck in the flood on their rooftops. wildfires burn and the police turn their backs to the helpless thousands in the smoke it ain't a joke just the world that we live in. not the world that i wanted. looking at the front page you gotta be insane to think that we all live in harmony you can't see you need to turn of that t.v. cause hurricanes and tidalwaves are all on the way if we don't start to change our wicked ways see the change you start to sway its not a joke. just the world that we live in. not the world that i wanted. pavin' up the forests so you can make a profit killin' all the whales so you can have some makeup but you can't keep it up. mother earth is angry, she's a little crazy, she'll be back to show us who's the boss not the one that you thought it was not the world that i wanted. with a war on terror and a war on drugs fear runs rampant, extinguishing the love but the real war to be sure is fought for your freedom throw you in a cage and tell you that you need it. to give up everything. not the world that i wanted, or needed. you have to see.
5.
Build this house from the ground made of stone from your heart make it strong for when the storm arrives we're safe inside, filled with light build this boat for the sea watertight so we don't sink make it strong, make it one so we don't sink into oblivion let the roots of this tree grow towards love permanently. let these vines intertwine let them bleed for the God of Wine watered for centuries. let them be.
6.
Moses 04:02
I climbed a mountain then i turned around. what I thought was a path just leaves and grass were beaten down at least they know their place in the world grow until they're pushed to the dirt. the golden calf was born in the middle of the night. all the people started praying to its brilliant light. i threw my tablets to the ground as a million flying locusts started going round and around at least they know their place in the world fly until they're pushed to the dirt. i climbed a mountain then I turned around when i got to the top just sticks and stones was what I found at least they know their place in the world lie there without saying a word. hitch-hiking back to the promised land. when we finally get home, there won't be no one left all i really ever wanted was a second chance all i really ever needed was a second chance.
7.
dark heart stream take me down to the bottom of the town where i grew up sun it seems to be lost in the shadow of the trees it's swallowed up i am a firstborn mountain son drink from the fountain i have found. songbirds sing from leaf to leaf and i am taken by the song they have always sung watch the water as it moves past the boulders sitting swirling, then undone i am a firstborn mountain son drink from the fountain i have found nature sleeps beneath the veil within the roots of every single living being one you stop and look around its plain to see that we are part of everything. i am a firstborn mountain son. drink from the fountain i have found.
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Festivus! 03:37
hey my friends it seems the hour is finally coming near when we choose endless love above fear take a drink and we will talk about the things we missed the good times and the bad times getting pissed wouldn't take it back for anything couldn't take it back for anything shouldn't couldn't wouldn't take it back for anything! take a drink until the bottom half is finally found it's half full if an optimist's around shot of whiskey shot of rum the fridge is stocked lets have some fun take a taxi and get drunk. wouldn't take it back for anything couldn't take it back for anything shouldn't couldn't wouldn't take it back for anything! hey my friends it feels so good to be back home with you tonight cause home is hanging out with who you love wake up early time to go new york city and the road no one will ever know no one will ever...
9.
Shoes 02:41

about

This album was brewed in the foothills of the Adirondacks. Namely, the lake which is on the cover of the album. We hiked six miles into the woods, with a children's guitar and a whole lot of red, red wine. The album then fermented in Brooklyn, New York, where I recorded it on an Ipad 2 over the last two months. Kevin Prockup then spiced the brew with some amazing arrangements in New Orleans, he sent them back up the ridge of the Appalachian Mountains (via email). I sent the raw tracks over many more miles and mountains to Seth Bove in California, where he poured his majick into the kettle and brought it to a boil.
Now, on the precipice of the Holiday season, I bring the cup to you, fine folks, to drink and be merry!

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released December 12, 2011

Written/Recorded by Johnny Sanford
Additional sleigh bell and glockenspiel arrangements on "Festivus" by Kevin Prockup.
Additional string arrangements on "Moses" and "Mountain Sons" by Seth Bove.
Mixed and mastered by Seth Bove.

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