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Molasses like, yet in the pocket.

by Backwater Opera

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1.
You played the game You learned my name We never blamed but never clicked Fortunate for you, babe. So here I am, it's late July on our last talk you said good bye Livid still but you wept from time to time And I smile know you were better off you love me dear but you take me from my heart It goes away, it come right back I feel the change, oh you quit that overcome by my fear, don't say I told you so Break free from shame no one to blame, last night you came along, lucky I was gone and fortunate for you, babe And I smile knowing you were better off, because you love me dear but you take me from my heart. Carnivals, circuses, fairs, I love them all, and everyone has a ferris wheel and that's where I saw you and two cotton candies, one in your hand one in hers, a blur, a jar of twisted words, a surge an urge to emerge. And I run swift as you caught a whiff of my perfume and my lips touch yours, my lips touch yours And I smile knowing you were better off, you love me dear but you take me from my heart, oh yes you love me dear but you take me from my heart
2.
Cosmic Revel 03:30
The human condition, getting tough to fish in compete to complete in whatever place. Frictions and angles spirit wants free then they strike and strike with a mighty mace Every free floating us garner youth and trust Fear then rage on an infinity stage Own them, take them, make their armor rust we are us, we are us Taking is what we revel in Change at all and ripped skin, sin from sin lust of greed, fear wrapped need, it's sad and got to end, in cosmic revel keep all (as) friends. Live as you like as long as you don't hurt no being there's just no need live long as you like, just don't hurt no being there's justice freed Wars never own up to much, centuries long forgotten it's yours, then mine, then theirs. scene unfolds as death takes the lot then it all ends you will lose it, just caught unawares. Taking is what we revel in Change at all and ripped skin, sin from sin lust of greed, fear wrapped need, it's sad and got to end, in cosmic revel keep all (as) friends. "Fake it til you make it" is hard, but you'll make it if you try, shift to pleasant, graft as intelligent. "Fake it till you make it" is hard but you'll make it if you try shift to pleasant, graft as intelligent. Change at all and ripped skin, sin from sin lust of greed, fear wrapped need, it's sad and got to end, in cosmic revel keep all friends.
3.
Adventurer 03:44
From dawn until dusk this trail is a must for our journey is long to endure it's cold and it's wet blood stains and brow sweat but still we keep soldiering on To settle out west the prairie winds bested us all the shadow of the mountains off in the distance gives us shivers Past the great Chisholm Trail, we drank our last ale For now there's no turning back. I will fight til I die, til the end will I try for the sake of our minds and our own I will fight til I die, til the end will I try for the sake of our minds and our own The wind on my cheek and hoof sounds as they beat on the ground Overtaken, we were in a bound, for once in my life, out of fear and of strife did I gallop away from the pack? I will fight til I die, til the end will I try for the sake of our minds and our own I will fight til I die, til the end will I try for the sake of our minds and our own A great flood would halt our dreams, as our lives had filled at the seams and as we stitched ourselves along that ornamented stream. And as we sailed away, my eyes naked and frayed drank in the twinkling of lights from above.
4.
I feel the moonlight on my lips I see the shoreline in the distance The harbor's ships are pulling in Bringing him back to me again, oh, How I love a sailor, I can't remember when. I'm just strong enough to love and tailor my man Pickin' up the pieces, you wouldn't believe it, my friend. When I take him home I'm right as rain Lovin' never felt so easy again, oh, How I love a sailor, I can't remember when. No doubts, all love, he's coming high. One hug, one kiss, one slap, and I'm off my feet Oh follow, oh follow the fleet I feel the shivers running down my spine I could, I would stay here and wait til the end of time When he sees I'm nothing but bones The strength of our love will send us home, oh, How I love a sailor, I can't remember when. Every six months it's the same damn thing Take him back to shore and he's off again How I love a sailor, I can't remember when.
5.
This shift in your logic has turned into a project and the shadow of the drop falls faster than the deep. Silly billy goats grazing, Elmyra misbehaving Yield the crop, yield the shop Fall too steep, fall to sleep. Que votre rire me ramène chez moi (May your laughter take me home) Happy smiles, totally worth it Match the elephants bet or forfeit. Not hot apple pie! Coconut cream steam Do you need to ask why? Fall far from full speed Flat tires are us Inch closer to, pact agreed, Ears hearing thoughts break the crust. Que votre rire me ramène chez moi

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Adventure on, Adventurers.

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released February 12, 2017

Robert Sherwood: Songwriter, Co-Producer, Mandolin, Guitar, Voice, (Double Bass: Fortunate for You, Adventurer)

Marisa Sherwood: Manager, Co-Producer, Voice, Whistle, (Double Bass: Cosmic Revel, Follow the Fleet)

Avery Merritt: Violin, (Mandolin: Fortunate for You, Guitar: Follow the Fleet)

JM Baez: Co-producer, Tracking & Mixing, (Back-up Vocals: Follow the Fleet)

Mastered by Alexis Psaroudakis

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Backwater Opera Denton, Texas

"Backwater Opera [is] a group that stitches the sound of bluegrass music into a classical indie-rock tapestry. It's an aesthetic the band [has called] 'Chambergrass'...With songs ranging from sorrowful to blisteringly introspective, and vocal harmonies sweet enough to melt even the harshest capital pacific northwest ice, this band is one to keep in mind and on the playlist." -Eugene Weekly ... more

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