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Ghost Towns

by Spark & Whisper

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Little Tree 03:02
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Ghost Town 05:11
Ghost Town V. Appleton Hard to believe This town once was mine Her chords and her rhythms Her omens her signs The forms and the figures The faces the eyes The takers the givers The lows and the highs The debt, the dues The smoke and the booze Mothers and lovers The friends and the fools They stand now before me They all gather round To escort me through My lovely ghost town Up & down These streets and these hills My tales tumble Like so much wine spills They pour down the pavement And dry in the sun Just stains on the sidewalk All that we’ve done The girl that you worked with Parnassus and Cole Your house in the Mission That necklace we stole The roof that we slept on The freeway we sped The warehouse we jammed in The lives that we led No regrets No call for confession No regrets No tears in the glass I can’t forget the way that you loved me The blood, skin, sweat The smell of the past The veiled, the used The coke and the ‘ludes Mothers turned lovers Friends turned to fools They stand now before me They all gather round To escort me through My lovely ghost town
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February 05:39
FEBRUARY V. Appleton May Feels like forever These days These journeys from coffee to wine June I can barely remember The fireflies and jasmine Kami's vanilla perfume I look to the east ponder the springtime pretending I look up above Orion still hunting the night I know summer can bring on some changes But no one remembers Rain on the 4th of July Gray Dropped her bags in December They stay in the room at the top of my stairs Today Telephone rings with September Halfway a valentine soaked by the rain I know it'll bring on some changes I know it'll bring on the light I know it'll bring on those changes but no one remembers The rain on the 4th of July
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BURGER FOR A BUCK V. Appleton Burger for a buck Dinner in my truck We nurse our kids with insulin And curse our luck Hustle for a dime Worry all the time Got to get to Disneyland Gotta claim what’s mine Set out on the land See the clockwork glory Look down at my hands Read their shameful story The making of the man The silence and the fury I look down at my hands Angels cased in blue Show us what you do Kill a kid from miles above Wave as they fly through
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Meadow 03:30
MEADOW A. Sandwina Meadow says that she will always be true Meadow says that blue is the finest hue Meadow says the sun is the only way And the clouds are always the answer to the grey Meadow says it’s better not to speak Then the answers come to the questions that we seek Meadow sings her song all day long Of the dreamers, believers and how to belong Meadow says that the circle is the shape and you can try to leave it but you can not escape It’s bigger then it’s smaller when you breathe and the shape of the path we take before we leave Meadow knows that winters going to come With it’s cold and darkness and it’s numbing And in the freeze too the sparkle and the play And the wind and the wonder and the sway Meadow say s theat water comes and goes Try to control it and on it flows And there is no where that you have to be So do what you want here before you leave
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Iowa Heart 04:44
Iowa Heart A.Sandwina It’s the hills and the big oak trees The slow running river I was the first for you You were the first for me And your brown eyes made me shiver Memories always come together The land and your part I still believe you hold a piece of me And I hold you, too, in this Iowa heart. Iowa heart Rows of corn and my innocence reborn among the fields with you there was nothing else we could Played so hard in the yard Till the darkness to the sky and we never wanted to say goodbye Memories always come together The land and your part I still believe you hold a piece of me And I hold you, too, in this Iowa heart. Iowa heart I still remember our last dance It was the perfect song It could have been the best romance I knew even then it had no chance And now I catch you in this backward glance I hold you, too I hold you in this Iowa heart
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Who I've Been V, Appleton Scratch on the surface I sputter and stall Shocked as my gears disengage I’ve bet all my money But the tables have turned As the cards I’ve been dealt re-arrange Just ‘neath the skin line There’s soul in these veins Surprised that I’m still flesh and bones She’ll lead me to battle She’ll push me to war Armed only with sticks and with stones I’ve sown all my stories I’ve shed my old skin Over and over and over and Now I’ll try once again to rely on my love to begin To know who I’ve been Down in the basement Delilah awaits Blades sharp, ready to strike I wake in the morning Grab hold of my love Just grateful to still be alive Up in the attic The winds blow and stir up The dust that has settled like night Outside my window The trees are a blur Of motion and promise and life Too late in the game to move backwards Too soon to throw in my hand Too many coins on the table Too much I don’t understand
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Our World Now ©Velvy Appleton Look at them running Look at them go I remember those days The days I was alone All of those connections My wires crossed I’d hang on to my history To keep from getting lost Unplug the TV Turn off the phone They’re just noise anyhow I’ll light your candles You can sing my prayers This is our world now. Look at them searching Searching for the way The path is long The night is dark There’s no sign of the day Bills and obligations Disciplines and goals They’ve got a name for everything But they don’t have you to hold Unplug the TV Turn off the phone They’re just noise anyhow You’ll light my candles I’ll sing your prayers This is our world now. So whisper in my ear Whatever comes to mind Your voice so low Your breath so warm The thoughts will feel like mine Close the door behind you We’ll take a secret vow Unplug the TV Pull out the phone They’re just noise anyhow We’ll make our candles And we’ll write our own prayers This is our world now.
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Spark & Whisper's second album.
Nine original songs by Anita Sandwina & Velvy Appleton.
Dark & powerful.
Produced by Monica Pasqual & Velvy Appleton.

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released June 25, 2013

Anita Sandwina-- vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjolin
Velvy Appleton-- vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
Paul Eastburn-- bass
Scott Johnson-- drums
Robert M Powell-- pedal steel
Monica Pasqual-- piano, accordion

Produced by Monica Pasqual & Velvy Appleton
Recorded & Mixed by BZ Lewis
Mastered by Gary Hobish

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