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Second Dawn Chorus

by Dawn Chorus

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1.
Rental History 07:08
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Every house in this town is haunted Every ghost will get just what it wanted when Every bathtub in this town is flooded and We are washed out to the sea His dearest love lives in the room above him He couldn't sleep for fear she did not love him Every night he lay awake Afraid his lonely heart would break Take this bottle fill it full of histories Tragic accounts of wandering and misery And when the boat takes you from me Our curse will float out to the sea Every house in this town is covered with Dust and paint and bottles broken over like Scars and marks of a restless tenant who was Never sure where to be A rental history written out in street signs Laundry lists and personal phone lines We gain a habit every day Our bodies demand to have their way Take this bottle fill it full of histories Tragic accounts of wandering and misery And when the boat takes you from me Our curse will float out to the sea Every house in this town is shuttered We packed and left the day that we discovered that Every couple in this town got wasted and They all misplaced their keys Every morning with a scarf of roses the Couples work their way through foolish poses They found they hadn't much to say By the light of brightest day Take this bottle fill it full of histories Tragic accounts of wandering and misery And when the boat takes you from me Our curse will float out to the sea
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A Million Burning Lights 03:50
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A million burning lights Keep this city bright The fumes have made you wired So drive until you're tired City after city The life seems so busy From one town to the next You're just like all the rest You're just like all the rest So unsure Some friends you haven't seen For days or even weeks Have a couch for you to crash How long will it last? A burden on everyone Time to get things done You have a job you think's the best But it's just like all the rest You're just like all the rest So unsure
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You Drive 04:21
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You drive And I’ll ride The sunset Is infinite I see the road laid out in front of me It’s covered in dry leaves A bus that’s dead for months on end A hole in my shoe, where do I begin? Your car Under stars No lights From city life Closer You whisper I love you and I’m happy, and I see the road laid out in front of me It’s covered in dry leaves A bus that’s dead for months on end A hole in my shoe, where do I begin? We could run away, and we could marry Leave both our parents behind Our nicest clothes we’ll be wearing Open fields the rest of our lives
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Anne Bolen 04:37
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Oh, so near Like a brand new coat to wear It spilled over the glass Like the whispering of the water under the snow It's only been a week since Christmas You know I will be walking home I can't remember how or where I left you But this world has gone I have seen the blast I have seen its lasting glow Will the weapons of our madness bring a chorus soft and low? We may be the last We may be the last who know We'll be warmed above by fire, and chilled from down below It's only been a week since Christmas You know I will be walking home I can't remember how or where I left you But this world has gone
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Robin's Egg 06:28
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To Jasmine, to celebrate the start A pillow, a peppermint, and a card In pieces, rubber-banded art And someone laid a robin's egg in my heart Six million, six hundred thousand words With definitions no one ever learned The sentence will slip and fall apart And someone laid a robin's egg in my heart A gunmetal, pressure-dented lock On a book of words so appropriate and soft The key fits in the middle of the lock And someone laid a robin's egg in my heart Someone laid a robin's egg in my heart Someone laid a robin's egg in my heart Someone laid a robin's egg in my heart Someone laid a robin's egg in my heart
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English Shores 02:40
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Floating in open space In pieces twinkling like a chandelier Our last chance for an even break Was blown like bank vaults from the airplane's rear Crashed down on English shores Here is something that I can't believe Crashed down on English shores I never knew that the devil could be so bored A year ago in south beach maze In girls like flowers, you grew like a weed I'd been confessing on my knees for days The phone kept ringing in my time of need Were I a prince in a graceful gown I could be floating like a magic thing To some place where you can't fall down Where sand and lime taste like a memory Crashed down on English shores Here is something that I can't believe Crashed down on English shores I never knew that the devil could be so bored I know it - you're gliding I'm sinking like a submarine There is no way to hide it This is the way that I have always been Crashed down on English shores Here is something that I can't believe Crashed down on English shores I never knew that the devil could be so bored
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Kept By The Storm 05:27
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I did wait, up late For you to call Hear your voice, see your face I can’t hear your car Come up the road Through the trees, in the dark In and out of sleep Are you standing there? At the foot of our bed Are you lost? Are you coming home? Are you kept by the storm? I was Waiting For you Saved a Place and The bed was So warm Waking up, alone Without you there So confused, so unsure Did you make it home safe? Maybe you're downstairs On the couch asleep I can’t imagine home And the world I know Washed of so much joy When I dress and come down stairs Will you be waiting for me? What will there be?
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The Fucking Contest 04:26
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We could fill these creeks with the sweat from our sheets But, when you kiss my cheeks, can you taste defeat? Every green thing grows toward the light But on this quiet night there ain't a star in sight Every ship has always been a lonely one For the sea holds men so close And far away from home In our letters were the codes to bring us back Oh, finally someone has cared enough to keep track Under sweating stars, in the whispered parts I'm flushing out the silence in this cold and aching heart Every ship has always been a lonely one For the sea holds men so close They're far away
9.
Feels Like Living 02:36
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This is nice, but where are we going The fields are green The leaves are turning, something’s wrong The wheels are spinning And soon we will be flying, out of our bodies This feels like living Wear something nice, cause this will be awesome I give it to you The burden of planning something new Like swimming or hiking Laughing or talking, just keep on smiling This feels like living And if there’s words that your hiding To keep me from crying I’ll close my eyes, and I’m listening To every word that you're whispering The sun is out, sky is clear, and there’s a cool breeze in the air Across the room, I caught you looking straight at me And now your walking over to speak We’re smart and witty, and soon we will be happy Our lives we’re sharing This feels like living
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I Should Be Sleeping Tonight 02:31
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n the long run, maybe I should avoid these things But, I was sick this morning In no control of what the fever brings You take off your shirt I put my face between your shoulder blades In the sweat and steam I think I've finally got it made I should be sleeping tonight I should be sleeping tonight But I had a dream about you Your silhouette, your coat Your turtleneck, your childish no's You're out of breath, you cough From all that Turkish Gold you smoke Your halo, my horns Your disbelief at when the laughing stops In a daydream, overcome by the heavy sleep I should be sleeping tonight I should be sleeping tonight But I had a dream about you
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Got Some Blood On My Shirt 10:23
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Born where the river runs out Down where there's nothing left Your name is what you sign on a check Your faith is what you keep to yourself I walked all over Ohio I got a hole in my shoe There wasn't nothing else That we could do I broke the bank in Chicago I hit a man in the third Is there a lesson there That I should have learned? I grabbed a gun in St. Louis And I got some blood on my shirt Now there ain't nobody else To hurt I lost my name in Lewiston Now everyone wonders who Is that man With nothing left to lose I found Jesus in Denver The father said He'd been waiting for me He said, "Even this far down a tunnel There's a light you never see." Was never famous in Arkansas My jacket spelled bad news The record played on both sides I never got to choose I met some girls in Miami They knew how to spend the time They were pretty And they never spoke out of line The celebration inside my heart With desperation and song I fought my way to the morning light Because the nights were so long

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This is our second album

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released October 1, 2004

Written by Dawn Chorus: Andrew K Dudek, Amy Kingsley, Will Ridenour and Zachary Mull with Eric Ussery.

additional guitar and piano by Clay Merritt. Trumpet by Chris Clodfelter

Recorded and mixed by Clay Merritt in Carrboro, NC, May-June 2004.

Mastered by T.J. Lipple at Silver Sonya in Arlington, VA.

Cover art by Andrew K Dudek

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Dawn Chorus was from Greensboro, NC. Usually it was Andrew, Amy, Will and Zachary, but sometimes there were others.

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