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Blackhawk Waltz

by Old Arrows

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1.
Risin' Tide 01:58
Well I tried to cross that river, but the water just went up It's gettin' harder for a man these days to keep himself afloat When I was young down by those banks I went to ease my troubled mind But now I'm old and just get caught up in the tide Well that bridge it crumbled down My boat burned and ran aground I got legs but cannot walk across, arms but no oars to row Friends ain't no sense in askin' why when those hard luck days is nigh 'Cause I still get caught up in that risin' tide In the tide In the tide I still get caught up in that risin' tide Yes I struggle day and night Yeah I struggle to get right but I still get caught up in that risin' tide Well its shameful and its sad A broken down and burdened man Can't depend upon his brethren to lend a helping hand On the streets they pass him by, and they turn away their eye from the man whose caught up in that risin' tide In the tide In the tide We still get caught up in that risin' tide Well we swim with all our might Though our load may not be light but we still get caught up in that risin' tide
2.
Violet Gray 04:05
I can't recall another day that has made me want to run to the hills and away like today But the only thing that keeps me around this dead end town is you Violet Gray I walk the side streets and all the things I never got to say  they meet me there Violet Gray Girl do you still remember the way I would call out to you from the darkened street up to  your lighted window pane when it was getting late? And you would call me crazy Said your old man he hates me, he says you're makin' a mistake But you came down anyway, to me Violet Gray And every night we  stared straight into the beating heart of fate  and swore we'd never change Violet Gray Oh darlin', I know you can't make your heart not feel the way it used to do Violet, I learnt all of those songs you used to choose on the juke box at the bar, I play 'em on that old guitar You know the one- it bears your name                                   I never tried to control you no matter how I wished you'd stay You were reachin' for the sky and I had one foot in the grave Still the only thing that keeps me from layin' down in that cold, cold ground, is you Violet Gray I know I might be A fool whose meant to Wait hopelessly in vain to see you again Violet Gray
3.
We're gonna ride straight through the night Yeah, all we had has been spent and gone  On hospital bills, those cheap hotels, a flat black six shooter, and documents to change your name Those boys ain't no friends of mine, just let 'em talk how they talk We're gonna leave it far behind and won't stop until we see the light So just stay low beneath the wires This cold cuts straight to the bone  We're hid up in the hills, hands to the flame Where once we were brave and strong  - yeah we were rock salt and nails -  Now there ain't much left at all, just earthquake weather days And second chances that we didn't take  I know its hard to make yourself believe in anything at all But we ain't gonna let nobody know And we won't waste our time on goodbyes, or apologies, or retracing old lines  That won't change There's gotta be someplace that we can call our own Where they don't see things as black or white Where all the mistakes we've made are just shades of grey
4.
Runaways 04:02
It was summer time, so I took a shot  You were 17,  and made my heart stop The only other way was to never know You hid your alcohol in a secret spot, I was such a wreck, couldn't keep a job We would run away from all we'd ever known And I took bullets for you And walked so many miles, girl To be at the church on your wedding day And I push back the tears, late at night, tryin' to sleep When I think of you lovin' that other man I drank from a glass of poison for you Nearly lost my sight I can't lose you I took the needle on, and lost every bout You were stealin' from the man Felt you had the right Those were reckless days, and I felt so low But my thirst was still runnin' strong, for your lovin' cup When that kid who rode the rails, came and picked you up One thing I couldn't shake The way he looked at you And I took bullets for you And walked so many miles, girl  To be at the church on your wedding day And I push back the tears, late at night, tryin' to sleep When I think of you lovin' that other man Mistakes of the past are poison And I aint done much right But I did with you
5.
Empty Canvas 04:26
Have we been here before? We have been here before, I know I've seen those twisted branches The scavengers are circling But all that I've done is just carry on We ain't got no home no more And we've come so far to turn back now We walk along Calloused and dry No memory left of what came before Our boots are worn, and our hearts have been tried It began years before It will be years before we're done Your sons are shifting in the trenches with prayer all encircling Roll out those big guns And turn this tired soil This doesn't look like home no more And they've gone to far, can't turn back now We walk along Calloused and dry No memory left of what came before Our boots are worn, and our hearts have been tried Mark where we've been account for where we die And let this desert's empty canvas Swallow us on this stark black night If where we've been counts for more Than where we die Then let this desert's empty canvas Swallow us on this stark black night
6.
Mustang 03:51
Little Jon was on the wrong side of feeling good when they found him sitting under that streetlight He took some money from his mothers nightstand drawer just for the sake of starting another fight. But when he climbs into Charlie's beat up Mustang Ford on the passenger side He knows everything is gonna be alright you can see him smilin' across the cab Lets take it outside.  Broken the rules all of our lives, why stop tonight? I think I see the bright lights at the end of abandoned back roads in my mind I've been out alone walking for miles Come swing down, and let me ride You and I were in the back seat You never knew it but I always was a white hot torch for you, babe I tried to put out the flame, but I couldn't It was just too much to contain And I felt it burn all night long in the Echo Park bar when some old punk tried to touch your leg I threw one big right before i thought twice His boys was chasin' us through the rain Let it wash the blood off of my hands Lets take it outside broken the rules all of our lives, why stop tonight?  I think I see the bright lights at the end of abandoned back roads in my mind  I've been out alone walking for miles Come swing down, and let me ride
7.
Don't hide from me, and don't lie to me  Tell me where have you been, boy, what's kept you all night?  With your friends, drunk and singin', and staggering the streets?  Oh where have you been, boy, what's kept you all night? In the arms of another, who don't know you like I do,  with no good enough love for to keep you all night?  Or when the factory working girl walked home in the low moonlight, was her arm linked in your arm?  What kept you all night? What reason could there be for you to run away from me?  You said we'd get married on a cliff by the sea But your heart's not here, and your thoughts aren't with me Is runnin' on your mind?  Please lay it out on the line for me now, baby Now I'll be honest and plain, girl, I wasn't playin' no games When work let out, I went to buy you that diamond ring  Well, I took all I'd earned from slavin'  'cross town,  I walked thirteen blocks and i laid my money down With that ring in my pocket and my heart filled with pride I was on my way to you, when two men followed close behind  I tried to defend, though it would mean my life  They took that ring girl And I took their knife
8.
Well I dug a shallow grave today for a man i found lyin' 'long the way Rigid body and a halo made of blood  Cast his thoughts into the dust and, yea, his soul for now to roam  Yea, his soul for now to roam As I stared long at his face I didn't recognize the shape or its grey eyes  No significant identifying marks, no tattoos, or incriminating scars No incriminating scars For where was he bound, to greet his kin in some far western town in Colorado?  Or to a woman's arms just a few miles down the road?  Did she hear that fatal shot as it rang through the night so cold?  It rang through the night so cold Some say there is a man  With a coal black heart A fevered hand upon cruel iron  His pale horse, with breath of fire  They warn don't go out on the road alone at night For he still rides In my dreams I saw a storm, and a black hawk waltz upon the wind it brought And I ain't been sleeping right since that last shovel full of dirt returned his fragile flesh unto the waking earth  Unto the waking earth Some say there is a man  With a coal black heart  A fevered hand upon cruel iron  His pale horse, with breath of fire  They warn don't go out on the road alone at night, For he still rides

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released December 9, 2011

Chris Woodhead -Acoustic and Electric Guitar, vocals
Dennis Prendergast- Electric Bass Guitar
Scott Slomeana- Drumkit, background vocals

Lap Steel on "Runaways" and "What Kept You..." by Brad Hinton

Engineered by Mike Bardzik at Noisy Little Critter
Mastered by Kevin Prendergast at Dog Jaw
Art & Design by Dan Gneiding / Grayhood.com

All songs written by Chris Woodhead (1.21 Gigawatts Music ASCAP)

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