1. |
The New West
04:28
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the new west is a ghost town
of dreams already dreamt
left neglected and unkempt
there is no mystery left to tempt
the new west is a ghost town
of suits and deals you'll never know
kingpins that control the show
already dealt the dying blow
the new west is a ghost town
of stampede herds on freeway lines
all digging down in gutted minds
so dark you never see the signs
the new west is a ghost town
of restless, floating pioneers
all grinding rusted, backdoor gears
to turn the days to nights to years
the new west is a closed deal
soil dead as it ever was
before some men laid their eyes in awe
on beauty so unspoiled and raw
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2. |
Idol Frontier
04:48
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ride slow your serenade upon the cold grey dawn
now time is slipping away from you child
in the trial of your miles
steady now, another number for the lost highway
where your angel eyes saw the fire
at the end of desire
I saw you sailing on the red magnolia breeze
wild in your lust for release
sidewinder weaving shadows on the burning dusk
whispering of women and wine
and of one left behind
well, no gambler turns and walks with nothing left to lose
that's only for the Dealer to say
on your reckoning day
I saw you, Diamond Queen...trial of seven years
lost on the Idol Frontier
under tomorrow's sun
she runs
petty pace, town to town
and I'm a hired gun
hunting down
the end of the line
in a time out of mind
run softly 'til I end my song
wonder and wasted moonlight on the ark, unseen
oh, you know the horizon's alive
with no hope to arrive
so you scroll sweet, vain dreams upon a memory
pale rider, you sweat and you swing
but you can't change a thing
and Babylon's sweetheart hangs around
singing, will I follow her down?
under tomorrow's sun
she runs
petty pace, town to town
and I'm a hired gun
hunting down
the end of the line
in a time out of mind
run softly 'til I end my song
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3. |
Crooked Path
03:37
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your luck and your life alone
ain't nobody can touch you
you can't go lying if you don't feel
tingling down to your bones
when she's so sincere
so fearless
it's calling you back again
like a tune so often played
it means nothing now
but you go
it's another game to play
do you remember what to say,
what to show?
you're breaking the bank to ride
on the sound of the feeling
full sails, high seas
you'll be chasing it 'til you die
your mother's fallen angel
of deeper wonders than the waves
it's a killing you're out to find
a lost soul's bounty
buried in the weary miles
you go
so baby break me clean in two
one for the highway, one for you
a shadow
struck out on the crooked path
a sweet calypso stole my will
and filled my glass
but it's the finer things leave you dry
once you learn how kindness steals
and beauty lies
stolen away to roam
in the quiet of the morning
in the wild of your mind
see the breakers chasing the foam
the cold expanse
that brought you
it's calling you back again
north wind of the winter
east wind of the rain
and snow
where the pushers play your scars
to the tune of steel guitars
at the show
struck out on the crooked path
a sweet calypso stole my will
and filled my glass
but it's the finer things leave you dry
once you learn how kindness steals
and beauty lies
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4. |
Shadow On Your Heart
04:08
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I try to forget
cigarette after cigarette
but forgetfulness, it don't come cheap
so I try to reconcile
your cold, cold heart with your diamond smile
and wonder how I got in so deep
and I try to pretend
like I always knew it would end
like I didn't need so badly to believe
oh but a young heart in love is a trick
takes a feeling and lays it on thick
when all you want is to be decieved
so torn up inside
I know it's not right
but just tell me one more sweet lie
tonight
and I'll go fading
like a shadow on your heart
and disappear
there's nowhere left to hide
and no use waiting
so before it falls apart
I'll disappear
break down
hang around
sell out
and now you're coming unwound
and I'm walking away
when a turn in my step said to stay
when it all came rushing back like before
oh but back when we used to be friends
there was no other way it would end
once all we knew better went out the door
so torn up inside
I know it's not right
but just tell me one more sweet lie
tonight
and I'll go fading
like a shadow on your heart
and disappear
there's nowhere left to hide
and no use waiting
so before it falls apart
I'll disappear
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5. |
Genuine Affection
03:37
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all your life you was raised to believe in a certain kind of love
but now you grown up and you find that it wasn't what you thought
but you know it's the hard won truth
that's gonna tell you what you've got to do
all it took was a little bit of love, a little happiness
but your feet are back on the ground and you're wondering if it strikes twice
now there's nothing but to wait for the rain
wait to see if it's all in vain
but it seems to me
like all you need
is a little bit of
genuine affection
emotional protection
trying to get you to see
that it's not for me
to give you back what you used to have
all you know is it's boiling down to one cold hard fact
that if you can't hope to love then you can't hope to live
that's why I'm only looking out for you
when I say that there's nothing I can do
but to go on and let you fly
instead of keep you coming back on a lie
but it seems to me
like all you need
is a little bit of
genuine affection
emotional protection
trying to get you to see
that it's not for me
to give you back what you used to have
genuine affection
emotional protection
genuine affection
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6. |
Strong Enough
03:32
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baby met you with bad intentions
little did I know
that you were like my divine intervention
and now we've got ourselves a happy home
because nobody's strong enough
to stand alone
strong enough to stand alone
strong enough to stand alone
many men would remain in darkness
I didn't want to leave
I didn't want to face catharsis
'cause there's a part of the soul that wants to roam
because nobody's strong enough
to stand alone
strong enough to stand alone
strong enough to stand alone
but all the while, as the space between us grew
I was making it back to you
on a cold night, with no moon to light the sky
the dissolution of a lie
baby left you with best intentions
I didn't want to leave
but all we had was cold dissension
and there ain't nothin' left here feels like a home
so baby now it's time to go
and stand alone
strong enough to stand alone
strong enough to stand alone
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7. |
Caught Up On Time
03:29
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we're caught up on time
or maybe it's time's caught up with us
either way
the rain has come and it's bringing the rust
like a dream slowly drifting away
in the dawn of the unknown day
you'll want to pretend
that what's going down can't really be the truth
but you know
she's already given you all the proof
that you need to know you're finally alone
still in love and your bird has flown
the moment's gone, so why hold on
see I've got this memory
in the night it won't let me be
I'll catch you later on
I could be wrong...right now I just don't care
what it takes
to keep this battered heart beating on
and survive to see another love
'til you finally say enough is enough
the moment's gone, so why hold on
see I've got this memory
in the night it won't let me be
the moment goes, so why get close
see it's everything to me
to see what you could be
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8. |
Minor Vice
04:43
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we hit the peak already sinking slow
we hit the ground with nothing left to show
oh but so it goes
no endgame, no remorse
cheaper than dirt, just a fix, not a cure
don't let yourself believe too soon to be sure
but how long do you wait
'til you know what's truly yours?
it seemed like such a minor vice to say
come on baby let's roll the dice
and if we break it's 'cause we tried
to leave illusion cold behind
I wound up on the other side of town
cash in hand like a stone to drown
and that's how it starts
if you're money don't run dry
'cause it ain't cheap getting high
how much oblivion can you buy
until you realize
it seemed like such a minor vice to say
come one baby, let's roll the dice
and if we break it's 'cause we tried
to leave illusion cold behind
a room full of walls and a mind on the brink
it's just the kind of thing you never think
is gonna happen to you
but that don't change when it comes
no it don't change when it comes
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you used to live by the songs that you sung
swagger in your step and leather-wrought lungs
but those days are long behind you my friend
and you know they're never coming back again
all's quiet on the western plains
and the road into town only runs one lane
watching the clouds sail through the sky
you wonder how many more years until your spirit flies
she used to wait on the front porch swing
and you knew she wanted more than just your class ring
you can still hear the gravel underneath your tires
young lovers running scared into blind desire
but soon you buried that dream away
started working the circuit for a troubadour's pay
now you're sinking under the weight of the years
thinkin' 'bout everything that you once held dear
and how you only threw it all away
thinking that you could come back some day
but you were wrong
you lived a life that burned in lust
now you're a fading shadow at dusk
and life is long
now somewhere up in Ohio
she's looking out at the season's first snow
the kids ain't been kids for a while
for the west Texas girl in midwest exile
fifteen hundred miles as the crow flies
southwest, down near New Mexico
an old singer of hard luck songs
is getting back on the road, only place he belongs
you know you only threw it all away
thinking that you could come back some day
but you were wrong
you lived a life that burned in lust
now you're a fading shadow at dusk
and life is long
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10. |
Junkyard Chevy
04:22
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time and circumstance never meant that much to me
if I could I always took the chance in the name of living free
but it all came back around like a lovesick hangover on a sunny day
like you know you're just sorrow bound but you go and meet the day anyway
always the one to leave, always the one who'd really want to stay
trying so hard to believe, trying to keep the hounds at bay
you kept me driving those backroads longer than I ever thought I would until you
put the fear of the great unknown back in me 'til I almost loved you
and now the tar's rising like mercury
off the asphalt glowing in the summer heat
on the open road underneath empty skies
and everywhere you turn the river's run dry
I only wanted to see the stars
on a cool, cloudless night
I'm twenty miles from the nearest town
clear out of sight
and blame's a losing game, and the last resort of a hard heart
in time it's all the same: in the end you finish where you start
rust on a junkyard chevy, dust on a desert plain
and the load, it's getting heavy...and I can hear the roll of the slow train
and now the tar's rising like mercury
off the asphalt glowing in the summer heat
on the open road underneath empty skies
and everywhere you turn the river's run dry
I only wanted to see the stars
on a cool, cloudless night
I'm twenty miles from the nearest town
clear out of sight
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Altamesa Austin, Texas
Altamesa is a Cosmic American and Rock & Roll band from Austin, Texas that mixes the production values of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and Big Star with the songwriting sensibilities of Neil Young and the Flying Burrito Brothers. They will release the full-length Idol Frontier record in the fall of 2018. ... more
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