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The Kings of Salem Road (2018)

by James Dean Cotton

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Woke up to a hazy, yellow sky Been three months a-runnin with the weather hot and dr Smoke is blowing in from the fires ‘cross the line Some will say we’re livin’ but it’s all on borrowed time And we’re, Diggin’ all the coal up from the ground Burning all the oil ever found This empty hope is blowin’ smoke, into the sky with ease And coming back down to the ground to blow a burning breeze Once upon a time the sky was blue Pines were smelling sweet and they were wet with /morning dew, but a hundred /years of indus/try and open-ended chemistry Has finally found a way back home to me And we’re, Diggin’ all the coal up from the ground Burning all the oil ever found This empty hope is blowin’ smoke, into the sky with ease And coming back down to the ground to blow a burning breeze Now it’s hotter than Mohave in July Sixty /million folks are seeking shelter from the lie Seas are risin’ faster than the levees are built back Hard to see the /dawn when the sky’s have all turned black And we’re, Diggin’ all the coal up from the ground Burning all the oil ever found This empty hope is blowin’ smoke, into the sky with ease And coming back down to the ground to blow a burning breeze Now we’re, Dryin’ up the earth into a dusty pile of ash... Hope someone can understand the math... because we're... Diggin’ all the coal up from the ground Burning all the oil ever found This empty hope is blowin’ smoke, into the sky with ease And coming back down to the ground to blow a burning breeze And coming back down to the ground to blow a burning breeze
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Just Cause 04:12
Just cause you're dark, it don't mean you're morose But they scrubbed my knuckles till the dirt was exposed Just cause... Didn’t fall far, and it didn’t seem fair, but They let me go, like I never was there, for Just cause... And just ‘cause the sun shines, don’t mean she’s aware looking on all that we do. And just ‘cause it’s written or out on the web Oh, don’t you believe that it’s true. Eventually everyone talks of beginnings, or Endings, but they’re all the same. A yellow moon’s rising, and I ain’t advising, and Just cause is all that remains. Just ‘cause you’re lonely, it don’t mean you’re alone And love’s overrated, once overthrown Just cause… Just ‘cause you’re grinning, and a battering ram It don’t mean you’re winning, and I don’t give a damn for Just cause… And just ‘cause the sun shines, don’t mean she’s aware looking on all that we do. And just ‘cause it’s written or out on the web Oh, don’t you believe that it’s true. Eventually everyone talks of beginnings, or Endings, but they’re all the same. A yellow moon’s rising, and I ain’t advising, and Just cause is all that remains. And just ‘cause the sun shines, don’t mean she’s aware looking on all that we do. And just ‘cause it’s written or out on the web Oh, don’t you believe that it’s true. Eventually everyone talks of beginnings, or Endings, but they’re all the same. A yellow moon’s rising, and I ain’t advising, and Just cause is all that remains. A yellow moon’s rising, and I ain’t advising, and Just cause is all that remains.
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Go, Go, Go 03:32
Here I am, up late again, wonder I got any thing left Except all this restlessness. That’s the main thing that you left—to me And I’m missing you again What I can’t forget, I can’t pretend, when you said... Go go go, to follow all my fears You said go go go, and never shed a tear, and Oh how I have grown, Now I’m on my own No matter where I am I am alone, you said Go go go, and go again Here I am, awake again, wondering if you are still alive Somewhere in the ecosphere, somewhere far beyond the empty sky And I’m missing you again, beginning and the end What I can’t forget and what I can’t pretend, when you said... Go go go, to follow all my fears You said go go go, and never shed a tear And oh how I have grown, Now I’m on my own No matter where I am I am alone, you said go go go, and go again How you would always miss me, a gypsy in a mystery, and the Only one who dared to give me life Like you were always saying , you were never good at staying, but Remember that you’re always on my side Go go go, to follow all my fears You said go go go, and never shed a tear And oh how I have grown, now I’m on my own No matter where I am I am alone, you said Go go go, to follow all my fears, you said Go go go, and never shed a tear, and Oh how I have grown, Now I’m on my own No matter where I’ll never be alone, you said Go go go, and go again!
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Little boy was sleeping low upon a little bed Dreaming of the stories told, still to lie ahead Don’t you wish that you could dream that way? Don’t you wish we all could dream that way? Now he is just a little one, sings a little song Love the light we’re living on, but oh, the wait was long... Don’t you wish that you could sing that way? Don’t you wish we all could sing that way? Chubby hands and tiny toes; eyes that see it all He’s blooming like a winter rose, powerful and small Don’t you wish you could be that way? Don’t you wish we all could be that way? A little boy was sleeping low upon a little bed Dreaming of the stories told, and still to lie ahead Don’t you wish that you could dream that way? Don’t you wish we all could dream that way? Don’t you wish you could dream that way? Don’t you wish we all could dream that way?
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I remember you when we were kids You decided everything we did You had just your mother and I wished I was your brother And no one ever questioned what we did Lived across the street from me and Dad Bleached out mobile homes and photographs You had all the toys and I never made a noise And no one ever asked where we were at We were the boy kings of Salem Road Holding court upon a porch of weathered two by fours We were the boy kings of Salem Road The kingdom fades to black, in a Prologue of boy who’s looking back Sixties SciFi on the TV screen The white noise filled the room in flickering Nights we stayed up talking while our innocence went walking And no one ever said what it would mean We were the boy kings of Salem Road Holding court upon a porch of weathered two by fours We were the boy kings of Salem Road The kingdom fades to black, in a Prologue of boy who’s looking back And we both graduated into fields that were ill-fated And your early discharge seemed to set a stage I went to the West Coast And you became my best ghost To slip away and disappear in flames We were the boy kings of Salem Road We were the boy kings of Salem Road We were the boy kings of Salem Road And a kingdom fades to black In a prologue of boy who’s looking back...
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Cookies and profiles, pretty online forms Endless encryption; become the new norm User agreements that just use your good name To take a turn in the identity game. Well, it’s a Scary old world when you can’t shake a man’s hand It may be convenient, but I think it should be banned We want your, information Information, please We want your, information Information, please Email and password. Privacy pact Give it for free, Or get your money back Your personal habits, All are up for sale This click addiction, it feeds without fail. Well, it’s a Scary old world when you can’t shake a man’s hand It may be convenient, but I think it should be banned We want your, information, Information, please We want your, information, Information, please Well, it’s a... Scary old world when you can’t shake a man’s hand It may be convenient, but I’m pretty sure we’re damned We want your, information, Information, please We want your, information, Information, please Well, in the net, you betcha get, you anything you bid But sometimes, I’m of a mind, to get it off the grid! We want your, information, Information, please We want your, information, Information, please Information, please Mm-mm....gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme...
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These three things are beautiful wings Living on the edge of the road These three things are beautiful wings: Sustenance, shelter and hope Rain fell down from the cloud in the sky Water so clear and so fine, but Jimmy’s so thin that it’s making me cry, need Bread for that baby of mine These three things are beautiful wings Living on the edge of the road These three things are beautiful wings: Sustenance, shelter and hope Daddy gave it up, said he’d had enough The money ran out in the Fall Landlord says, “Yeah, the timing is tough.” So momma’s gonna make a new call These three things are beautiful wings Living on the edge of the road These three things are beautiful wings: Sustenance, shelter and hope Got to get over that wall Bring it back home, bringing it all Livin’ on the streets for 31 weeks It’s hard to get up when you’re down (on the ground) Hard to believe that we’re down in the weeds And all we do is move it around These three things are beautiful wings Living on the edge of the road These three things are beautiful wings: Sustenance, shelter and hope These three things are beautiful wings...

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Well, it's kind of a mix, but mostly reflects things that have happened in the last few months--a lot was lost.

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released October 25, 2018

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James Dean Cotton Seattle, Washington

James Dean Cotton hails from the Missouri Ozarks where bluegrass and Americana infused an easy, 70's acoustic style. He writes and performs solo and with the acoustic duo, American Sons, in the Seattle area.

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