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Ninety​-​Nine (American Jesus) EP

by Lonely Oak

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1.
The Elm Tree (for Virginia Woolf) 03:16
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Sweet Virginia left it in a letter and her husband cried she so kindly wrote some loving words just before she died Sweet Virginia couldn't overcome something that didn't yet exist didn't have any obvious signs no scars on the wrist Oh Virginia the river cries for you Oh Virginia the elm tree cries for you and I cry too Something draws her over to the window draws her to the lake maybe they'd say the gas in the kitchen was just a tragic mistake Poor Virginia down in the lava looked for beauty in the pall still finding inspiration even as darkness covered all Oh Virginia the river cries for you Oh Virginia the elm tree cries for you and I cry too Sweet Virginia left it in a letter and her husband cried She so kindly wrote some loving words
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Ninety-Nine (American Jesus) 03:33
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Ain't you American Jesus? Look nothing like they say you should A man of no reputation Rough hands from working wood They got you ready for prime time Buffed up, shiny and white From the looks of that gun in your truck you're a good man in a fight You may be somebody's savior but I don't think you're mine so I'll quietly slip away while you're hanging with the 99 Somebody said you was homeless blessing everyone you meet thought you was living in Georgetown with an office down on K Street Thanks for the invitation but that party's not my taste give my best to those preachers' sons looking for the souls they misplaced You may be somebody's savior but I don't think you're mine so I'll quietly slip away while you're hanging with the 99 You share a name with a man I know He helps me when I lose my way Be glad to introduce you if you ever want to meet him someday You may be somebody's savior but I don't think you're mine I’ll just go and settle my tab while you're hanging with the 99
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Saint Anthony Falls 03:00
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Mouth full of dirt Makes it hard to pray For the innocent man that was killed today Sincerest prayers And all good thoughts Mean nothing to the man inside the box Damn, we should have done something But we sent him on his way The man killed today Hearts full of guilt Hands paralyzed Watched the light fading from his eyes Knee on the neck Prey for the taking A murder four centuries in the making Damn, we should have done something But we just turned away From a man killed today Damn, we should have done something But pile dirt on his grave The man killed today
4.
North Again 03:31
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I felt the rain before it fell a certain look and I could tell it was over So I’m headed north again Jesus wept or so I heard at what they done to his word wasn’t him So I’m headed north again To the places and things that make me whole these roads are my churches these faces my soul Tried their guns their religion too like a poison working through my blood So I’m headed north again Sad to leave hard to go look back a lot but I know the way home so I’m headed north again Back to the places and things that make me whole these roads are my churches these faces my soul
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Brooklyn Arms 02:45
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Can we meet tonight at the Brooklyn Arms scene of some of our best crimes? Can we meet tonight at the Brooklyn Arms forget about these troubled times? Funny how it's named for a place we've never been but always wanted to see Honey, if we're here next year I swear we're gonna go just you and me Can we meet tonight at the Brooklyn Arms scene of some of our best crimes? Can we meet tonight at the Brooklyn Arms forget about these troubled times? You know if I could I'd get us out of here a letter for your man and for my wife neither of us has been much of anywhere be nice to live some life Can we meet tonight at the Brooklyn Arms scene of some of our best crimes? Can we meet tonight at the Brooklyn Arms forget about these troubled times? May just have to dream inside our favorite room not that we don't want to go away we'll be here next year, I fear got to face the truth we was just born to stay Can we meet tonight at the Brooklyn Arms scene of some of our best crimes? Can we meet tonight at the Brooklyn Arms forget about these troubled times?
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Different in the Dark 03:04
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Things look different in the dark Things look different in the dark See the tracers from every little spark Things look different in the dark Things look different in the day Things look different in the day Sunlight keeps the darkness at bay Things look different in the day In the darkness Ghosts abound Don’t need to look for them You’ll be found Mist comes down and darkness falls Mist comes down and darkness falls Swear some nights you can’t see nothing at all In the darkness Ghosts abound Don’t need to look for them You’ll be found Sometimes you don’t know what season it is Sometimes you don’t know what season it is Feels like losing track of your reason to live
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'Round the Sun 02:33
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The boys went down by the riverside to pour out a kind of libation from the bottle they pooled their money and bought at the store by the Trailways station Sally go ‘round the sun Sally go ‘round the moon Sally go ‘round this dead-end town on a Saturday afternoon The girls turned up in their prettiest gowns the kind that made the boys stare and no one mentioned a certain name like she had never been there Sally go ‘round the sun Sally go ‘round the moon Sally go ‘round this dead-end town on a Saturday afternoon Deep and dark is the resting place marked off by some words and a stone No one sees who leaves flowers there to keep her from feeling alone Sally go ‘round the sun Sally go ‘round the moon Sally go ‘round this dead-end town on a Saturday afternoon Sally go ‘round the sun Sally go ‘round the moon Sally go ‘round this dead-end town . . .

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released November 3, 2021

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Lonely Oak New Hampshire

Based in New Hampshire, USA, Mark Reimer composes and performs original music under the name Lonely Oak in the spirit of American blues, country, and gospel ancestors. Descended from Okies and Arkies (look it up), he was an ordained minister in his 20s and has been a traveler ever since. ... more

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