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River Deep

by The Hicks Canyon Band

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1.
Burn Me Down (free) 02:27
burn me down now help me up well ain't this just my kinda luck carve this chest with that ice cold gold don't you dare pretend you've still got a soul sharpened eyes and a hazy mind if i could i doubt i'd buy more time because i'm running out and you twist your mouth and that train outside your window's way too loud give me god on second thought there's nothing there i can make myself want so give me blood give me love but not the kind you think i'm thinking of
2.
What's Remaining (free) 03:02
sweetheart you can hear me coming wheezing panting barely running i'm a hellhound scratching my ear in confessional who's too old to pray knives and fire in your new kitchen where was i when he got it in was i sleeping with some stranger in los angeles or just trying to sleep i'm an empty glass containing melting ice and what's remaining of your freedom and religion and your protest but aren't we all and you didn't seem to notice that i never bothered to call
3.
Tampa (free) 04:54
citrus stings the sores inside my mouth she tells me she's with child i need a minute desperate times they tempted me to run and i know it's been a while don't test my limits and i don't think i'll ever be as sorry as it would take to explain why i'm not sorry and if you came to tampa it would bore you and i know how you get when you're bored this is just a warning sin still clings to ghosts inside these walls and it's not that far to fall from grace to disgraceful take a sip i know you're trying to stall you're staring at the wall and that dress is distasteful and i don't think i'll ever be as sorry as it would take to explain why i'm not sorry and if you came to tampa they'd arrest you and i know you're stressed as it is kid just think about it shut your eyes like you're trying to hear the song but it hasn't been that long this was not a good idea
4.
Audienceless Victims (free) 02:36
i can't go to god at all but god could i use a bottle i'll paint you one more masterpiece rip it to shreds and leave it at your feet legs just like broken promises i swear there's nothing in this for me they say there's health and fire in youth but all i see is ash in you so give me strength to preach the truth in one more tune before they do audienceless victims again there's nothing in this kingdom for me skin it hangs off like a sheet say you've never been as happy as when they had the decency to give you what you finally needed years of poison and noise and indiscretions catch up
5.
Blood Veins (free) 03:02
see the redhead woman with her only daughter see the lonely son with his only father well they ride on down to the edge of town where the raindrops feel like holy water no electric bill and the kids ain't crying and you don't get sick and your friends ain't dying and the sunset sings with the colors it brings you don't feel like taking pictures but you're trying and jesus ain't the only friend you never had no padre saying everything you've done is bad when death does come and the night's so young you'll be safe at home not alone in a cold bath and your words ain't lost in the lion's mane in your nostrils ain't the remnants of your cocaine when you look at your woman and you kiss her she won't taste all the liquor that's been swimming in your blood veins see the redhead woman with her only daughter see the lonely son with his only father well they ride on down to the edge of town where the raindrops feel like holy water
6.
Mostly Me (free) 02:36
back east they still give a damn and i swear i gave everything i had in the bedroom but no place else if i'm god's image he's a ten time loser with a hole in the heart that he barely uses and he's balding but at least he's kinda tall lord i know my rights and now my ride's outside like she said she'd be you just wait and see it was mostly me you'll be free finally you just wait and see ghost of a lover some regret for the mother i was lying when i said I didn't care for the others i was also lying like lying down never felt older and i've never been nowhere that i like so little as the place we hold up in in the summer and then in fall lord i know my rights and now my ride's outside like she said she'd be you just wait and see it was mostly me you'll be free finally you just wait and see it was mostly me
7.
All The Glass (free) 01:59
while your mama's taking swigs your daddy digs his grave and i'm trying to find a way out of this place so i'll die sane it's a damn fine shame i let you get away while your mama's sleeping deep in the early afternoon your daddy's trying not to think of the things that he should do like sweep up all the glass or mow the goddamn grass while your mama's burning up we pass the bottle around because we can't afford to put her in the ground it's a damn fine shame we let her slip away
8.
Let's Be Fair (free) 02:12
you say the sad bastard act is getting old i say no one asked you to buy but it's getting sold and there ain't nothing you can do 'cause the shit i sell is true and all the money that i make goes up in smoke or down my throat just not to you well this world wants you alive when it gets its chance to teach you one or ten things about romance but all the blood i spilled was mine and you're welcome to take your time but surprise surprise i just ain't in the mood to dance or hold your hand or even stand and it's hard to fall from grace if you've never been there and it's tough money to make but babe i ain't scared let's be fair so we'll keep this fire lit till it goes out and you'll swallow every bit of that liquid down and i can taste in on your breath you say i only write of death but surprise surprise i write about your problems too just not for you lord knows for who and it's hard to recall your face since you haven't been here and it's tough to feel to safe but babe i ain't scared let's be fair
9.
40 (free) 04:00
your face is a roadmap of all the misery it's ever weathered and i'm the same way too i'm the same way too your eyes are like to beady pools of brine i could stare at them for hours but i just don't have the time and who would claim you as their own and who would take you to their home downtime gets bearable with wine just helps to take my mind off things i don't really think it's a crime my bones are crumbling from inside it isn't that i tried so hard my hopes were never that high and why did i say i'd pick you up i'll try but it's gonna take some luck your face is a combination of things i hate stuck together with masking tape and a mind to not leave things alone now i shall retire by the fireside sleep is thrust on my from the drugs i tried said i'd call you back well i guess i lied and now i can't see straight and i've never been happier
10.
River Deep (free) 02:33
god forgive god he's a rat running up my leg there's something in the wind i can't help but smell if my woman was a real thing she'd have left some years ago there's a lighter in my desk but nothing to smoke slaughtered my self loathing now i want that madness back i love that i'm alone so it ain't courage that i lack it's just the facts drowning in wisconsin the lonely ash in the river deep there's something in the wind as the brothers weep maybe if i stayed there i'd have gone the same damn way but still i wake a squint at another day butchered all i had here now i want my money back i love that i'm alone so it ain't regrets that i have it's just the facts
11.
Stands To Reason (free) 01:13
i think it stands to reason the word love should be in quotes and if i had to think of just one damn thing you should know it's that even though it was my call my life's just gotten worse i wouldn't change a single thing at all a bleeding heart a sheep a weep some warn shoes she calls me sweetheart i decide to order two i think it stands to reason the word love should be in quotes and if i had to think of just one damn thing you should know it's that even though it was my call my life's just gotten worse i wouldn't change a single thing at all

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released November 11, 2013

The Hicks Canyon Band:
Spencer Hannemann - Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Vocals
Alex Teubert - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Jonathan O'Brien - Bass, Keys, Guitar, Vocals
With:
Carole Anne Pecchia - Vocals
Nehemiah Chen - Violin

Engineered, Produced, and Mixed by Jonathan O'Brien
at The Music Box Studios in Tustin, California

Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper
at TurtleTone Studios in Manhattan, New York

Art and Design by Carole Anne Pecchia

All Songs Written by Spencer Hannemann
Copyright 2013

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