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The Disappearing Dawn Chorus

by Dawn Chorus

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1.
Music Box 03:37
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2.
Sea At Rest 05:53
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As we sat to watch the stars On Anderson's dock I felt at peace and I Felt relaxed Counted shooting stars for hours past And the moon was full and bright Casting shadows with its light I felt a breeze blow from the West You turned to me and you had said Can you feel the time slip past? Do you hear the sea at rest? The whole world is spinning fast Too quick to catch your breath The sea at rest Every day and every night We would sit and waste our time Feel the warmth from the setting sun And the chill from the morning to come See it's here where dreams are from On the sea's horizon To me you said these words and I grew sad I turned to you and I had said Can you feel the time slip past? Do you hear the sea at rest? The whole world is spinning fast Too quick to catch your breath The sea at rest
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Relax 04:03
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Relax, relax Take some time to find that place In your mind, in your heart I know that you are not this way Confused, abandoned In this town that has no face Relax, relax Someday, someday Someday, we'll run away. Relax, relax Take some time to find that place In your mind, in your heart I know that you are not this way Confused, abandoned In this town that has no face Relax, relax Someday, someday Someday, we'll run away.
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The Ocean Is Wide 04:30
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On the great white sea Out of sight of the land A spirit came to me And held out its hand Not a port of call At home among the tropics Out of pocket they fall And I am helpless to stop it The ocean is wide and the land does divide it The ocean is wide and the land does divide it How you shiver Louise Is there a chill on the water? I'm at that bar in D.C. I'm still fighting for your honor The ocean is wide and the land does divide it The ocean is wide and the land does divide it The spirit came down And reached into my jacket And plucked without a sound My most detestable habit How you shiver Louise At the bottom of the current Will you be waiting for me Wondering where the hell I went? The ocean is wide and the land does divide it The ocean is wide and the land does divide it
5.
Blue 03:26
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The last time I saw you alive I mean really enjoying life You were proud of your accomplishments We were happy about our friendship It's not mine, it's not your fault Communications have fallen apart Three thousand miles between us now The bond is hard to keep up somehow To live again And to see my friends To go ten years back, and relive our past To see my friend We made promises to ourselves We wouldn't separate for someone else We'd be together for fifty years And revel in the time we've spent here So, please now, hear my cry Come together, stop wasting time You're my friend and I need you here I hope you know that I miss you dear To live again And to see my friends To go ten years back, and relive our past To see my friend
6.
City Lines 02:25
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You should wrap up in your coat tonight The stores are closing and the world is freezing Follow the traffic and the Christmas lights Too late to hurry, ‘cause the world is creeping Amanda, your heart You’re nineteen and it’s breaking apart Beneath the cracks the serpent city sighs With the heat of its dark breathing Pacing mailmen on the city lines Too late to hurry, ‘cause the world is slinking Amanda, your heart You’re nineteen and it’s breaking apart You should wrap up in your coat tonight Under the streetlights and the fat thoughtful stars It ain’t no hurry, it ain’t no surprise The world is hungry and its heart keeps beating Amanda, your heart You’re nineteen and it’s breaking apart
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If We Were Rich 02:41
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I could have waited forever I nearly missed you by the for sale sign In magazines and in letters So overwhelmed by the sureness of your line If we were rich we’d be married If we were rich we’d be cut out of the plane If we were rich we’d be chased into the street And people would know our names Send our reports to our leaders There’s something happening, now, deep down inside Smile for the press and the camera Preach to the honey-comb sweet design If we were rich we’d dump millions If we were rich we would live like castaways If we were rich we’d have hearts of gold And people would know our names
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Things Will Change 05:01
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Who do you see when you close your eyes? Am I still the light that shines? Why must you go when we were so close? Don't give up on me now? Where will you find a heart bigger than mine? Out there it's a cold, cold world What do you hope you will find in time That's not right here inside? Just don't leave me here all alone Without you Things will change, I swear Things will change Will you please believe in me and you Things will change, I swear Things will change What can I do, what can I say To make you change your mind and stay? I can't believe all the things you told me How can this not be a dream? Just don't leave me here all alone without you Things will change, I swear Things will change Will you please believe in me and you Things will change, I swear Things will change
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Sleep 03:38
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All over the world, there was an act of god The spreading of a cloud, choking out the life below Wasting a day, asleep on a balcony The dark-colored rain soaking into my sleep And I have always traveled light I have always travelled light But, I needed you on that night The look on your face was a luxury And the dust will erase all that it meant to me Choking on the taste of unchecked industry Peel off my cover and settle into sleep And I have always traveled light I have always travelled light But, I needed you on that night
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Twink 08:25
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Hey, your honor There is no crime in loving a girl One little madonna Not long for the world Please, I don’t smoke cigerettes I’m happy to pay my own fines My mother has come in the rental car But, she lost track of the time There are beasts lurking In cover of night with lust in their eyes Maybe tortured as little brothers Maybe just regular guys I have seen the path before her house I have seen them pitch and weave One giggling graduate Gripped by a sailor on leave Hey, your honor There is no crime in protecting a friend I live less than a mile away And I saw that bastard going in As a boy I collected Christmas lights I saw them wherever I went Every star in the galaxy And my walls held them in She was a light, she was a light She wasn’t fooling the night There is no easy way To amend when a life is at an end A birthright crouched in a shadow Sometimes you can never win Could you give a note to my mother Just put it on her windshield Tell her I have taken a lover And we’re running away

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This is our first album.

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released October 1, 2004

Written by Dawn Chorus: Andrew K Dudek, Amy Kingsley, Will Ridenour and Zachary Mull (and sometimes Joel Darden)

except "If We Were Rich" written by The Dirty Version: Krystal Black, Zachary Mull, Nathan Tarr and WBS.

Recorded and Mixed by Clay Merritt in Carrboro, NC, May-June 2003,

except "Music Box" recorded live by Will Singletary at Gate City Noise, Greensboro, NC, December 2002.

Mastered by Chad Clark 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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