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Sake of the Sound

by Front Country

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1.
Gospel Train 03:54
I woke up with heaven on my mind I woke up with heaven on my mind Lord, I dreamed of a train, of a glory bound train I wonder, will my children be on that train? I wonder will my mama/daddy be on that train Will my mama/daddy be on that train Oh, this train's a gospel train and it's running through this land I wonder will my mama/daddy be on that train
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My head is cold, like my hands and feet I'm looking around for something to eat I've got time, got nowhere to go Broke down here, close to the bone ...and I don't want everything I see I just want the little bit that you promised me Silver spoon, gold diamond ring New leather shoes and finery I don't want what you gave to me Promisory notes and worthless things ...what I got, I can't use and I get lonely over you Oh I don't want everything I see I just want the little bit that you promised me I don't want for what I need A heart that beats and lungs to breathe Ear to the ground all the time One kind word is mine all mine ... one kind word, I've waited for Just your love and nothing more And I don't want everything I see I just want the little bit that you promised me
3.
By the banks of the river Where the willows hang down And the wild birds all warble With a low, moaning sound Down in some holler Where the waters run cold It was there I first listened To the lies that you told Now I lie in my bed And I see your sweet face The past I remember Time cannot erase The letter you wrote me Was written in shame And I know that your conscience Still echoes my name Oh the nights are so long Lord, sorrow runs deep And nothing is worse Than a night without sleep I walk out alone I look at the sky Too empty to sing Too lonesome to cry If ladies were blackbirds And ladies were thrushes I'd lie there for hours In the chilly, cold marshes If ladies were squirrels With high, bushy tails I'd fill up my shotgun With rock salt and nails
4.
You feel the beat and thunder rolling underground Under your feet and things are moving all around You try to reach for something just to hold your body to your brain But when it hits you, you're gonna feel no pain FEEL THE ROOM SHAKE HEAR MY HEART BREAK I'M IN LOVE WITH THE SOUND I'M IN LOVE WITH THE SOUND THE LOVE THAT WE MAKE WE MAKE FOR OUR SAKE FOR THE SAKE OF THE SOUND FOR THE SAKE OF THE SOUND Ooooo I feel the heat and fire burning all around Out on the street I hear the pavement break and pound I wanna be the one who makes your swan sing 'take my soul away' Oh Hallelujah, I wanna hear you say FEEL THE ROOM SHAKE HEAR MY HEART BREAK I'M IN LOVE WITH THE SOUND I'M IN LOVE WITH THE SOUND THE LOVE THAT WE MAKE WE MAKE FOR OUR SAKE FOR THE SAKE OF THE SOUND FOR THE SAKE OF THE SOUND Ooooo
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Daysleeper 01:59
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Undertaker 03:42
There is no law, in this unlikely promised land There is no love, except the wringing of our hands As we stand by, and watch your television ad I don't know why, but I'm feeling like I have no other choice I can only hear your voice I got no food, but I've got everything to eat It makes no sense, that we can still be so hungry I just want more, and though I haven't any need You give me more, just to satiate your greedy appetite And there ain't no end in sight UNDERTAKER, rush me to my maker You've been scheming on my life since I was born Take me under, where dreams are torn asunder Line your pretty little pockets with my soul You bleed me dry, with all the things that I demand I dry my eyes, with dollar bills and desert sand I drill away, to find the body of a man Who didn't know, that he would never understand his own desire And it consumes him like a fire UNDERTAKER.... I hear your voice, just like an echo in my brain I hear the sound, of an unstoppable train I'm either on it, or I'm tied there to the track But I've made my choice, and it's there that I'll remain until I die Won't be long now, by and by UNDERTAKER...
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Glacier Song 03:34
Clinging to a mountainside Hanging from my toes When I was just a frozen puddle Packing in the snow Above the rocks, out in the sun My brother and my sis Together we would drift apart And carve the mountain cliffs NOW, I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHERE I GO... When I had my first child She ran away from me Down the gullies and the mountainsides Running to the sea But I took comfort in the wind And storms that freeze the rain Put the lightening in my back And let me try again I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GO... For 50,000 years I've lived On this mountain cliff But time is on the sun's side And now I'm growing thin You can blame the people, blame the sun Blame the changing snow Cast your eyes and point your fingers But that's the way it goes I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GO...
8.
Like A River 03:59
Well, it's high on a mountain And the warm winds are blowing And where in the winds are blowing to Well, there ain't no way of knowing Mountain grass is short It's dry and close to burning Calling out for water As the season's turning SWEET SMELL OF THE PINES TALL WESTERN CEDAR DRIFTING ON THE WIND THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS LIKE A RIVER I've been too long away From these wild open skies On the concrete trails that wind Through the canyons dark and wide Sounds of people talkin' In words of blue and grey Smells of doors and windows Closed against the day SWEET SMELL OF THE PINES... Now that dust sets thick and heavy Where my feet are falling There's nothing but the sound Of the jaybird calling My mind grows dry and thirsty As the memories linger Drifting on the wind Through the mountains like a river SWEET SMELL OF THE PINES...
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Old Country 03:09
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Colorado 04:48
Fare thee well, my Sierra I am leaving today Got my heart set on a mountain Far away You didn't give me any reason But now I'm leaving just the same Another time, another season And I might have stayed And if the road is like a river And my soul is like a sail Let your love be the west wind At my tail ...and take me to COLORADO But I'll miss you when I'm gone... Oh, it's not that you can't give me What I need or what I crave It is only that my dreaming Carries me away To where the grass is always greener And the sky is blind with blue Three hundred days of mountain sunshine All without you And if my heart can hardly stand it And my bones can't bear the load Then I'll return and hope to find you Still my home [Inst] And if the road.... And if my heart... COLORADO!
11.
To preach of peace and brotherhood Oh, what might be the cost? A man, he did it long ago And they hung him on a cross LONG AGO, FAR AWAY THINGS LIKE THAT DON'T HAPPEN NO MORE, NOWADAYS The chains of slaves, they dragged the ground With heads and hearts hung low But that was during Lincoln's time And it was long ago LONG AGO... The war guns, they went off wild The whole world bled its blood Men's bodies floated on the edge Of oceans made of mud LONG AGO... The gladiators killed themselves During the Roman times People cheered with bloodshot grins As eyes and minds went blind LONG AGO... To preach of peace and brotherhood....
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LOVIN'S FOR FOOLS by Sarah Siskind

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released September 16, 2014

Front Country is...

Adam Roszkiewicz
MANDOLIN

Jacob Groopman
GUITAR, VOCALS

Melody Walker
VOCALS, GUITAR

Jordan Klein
BANJO, VOCALS

Leif Karlstrom
VIOLIN

Zach Sharpe
BASS

Produced by Kai Welch

Engineered by Scott Bergstrom
at 25th Street Recording - Oakland, CA

Mixed by Erick Jaskowiak
at J Studio - Nashville, TN

Mastered by Eric Conn
at Independent Mastering - Nashville, TN

All songs arranged by Front Country

Photography by Robert Perry

Album Art by Danielle Diessner

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