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Tanglefoot

by RB Lonetree

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1.
Shenandoah 03:57
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Shenandoah (Fairley/Lonetree) There's a certain hue of light that rises from the fields When the sun bends low before the ridge-line, softens and yields Hangs suspended on the threshold, bends low, low, lower Then sinks beneath the mountains that cradle Shenandoah There's a certain longing deep within these twilights can awake Like a sudden wind falling upon the stillness of a lake I watch the last light fade from the fields of Shenandoah Settle on the high mark, burn deep gold, then pass over The red sky bleeds to black, gently the night comes falling From far and wide the stars arrive from their wandering They crowd into the valley, bend low, low, lower They are come to shine for their daughter Shenandoah The wind winds down the valley, Shenandoah calls to me "We've always been lovers," she cries, "and always shall be" The wind plays on the fields of gold, this land, the soul of me And the river running through it all, my song-line to the sea I hear the music of the river, in dreams it calls to me It sings of the vast Atlantic, of breathless ecstasy Many times I've rode that river, times I've drowned and passed over But always I return to the fields of Shenandoah
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Run Wild-cat, Run 03:36
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Run Wild Cat Run (Fairley/Lonetree) There's a wild-cat been killing up and down the line From San Javier to San Julian And Ignacio de Silva claims he shot her with his gun But he must be mistaken for the killing still goes on Chorus My dreams run with you girl, so run wild-cat, run Soul of the jungle, heart of the sun, run wild-cat, run Ranchers spent their nights lying with their guns Waiting for the cries of cattle, for when that wild-cat comes But she moves like magic, and faster than the gun Too fast for Ignacio, too fast for anyone Chorus All my hopes run with you girl, so run wild-cat run Don't let them take you wild cat, keep running and stay free knowing you're still wild in this world warms the heart of me They would try to take you, beautiful one So run and keep running, run wild-cat run Chorus My freedom runs with you girl, so run wild cat run Soul of the jungle, heart of the sun, run wild cat run
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A Dancer, A Horse, A Song 05:14
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A Dancer. A Horse. A Song I’ve got a horse called Mister Bojangles Named after the dancer in the song And yeah, he can dance alright! He’s full of fire He’s loyal and he’s strong Bay Waler, burgundy colour Sixteen hands high No show-pony, but he’s quick I tell you The boy can really fly I like to think of that old dancer in the song Clicking his heels in his ragged shirt and jumping so high I think of him as me and Bojangles ride together Beneath the endless sky And I think of that poor dancer Behind those county jail bars As me and Bojangles ride the boundary line Free beneath the uncaged moon and stars And I sing to him… Chorus Mr Bojangles, Mr Bojangles Come on and dance One time out riding I fell from ol’ Bojangles His back left hoof split me deep over the chin It cut me a second mouth to wear Set in an awful bloody grin The skin hung loose. It wobbled as I walked And that new mouth, slurring in stupid stutters, rudely talked It said; ‘Boy this is serious, real serious you know Now home is seven miles across the valley, that way I guess, now go And my heart beat furious inside my breast The blood, sticky and warm, ran all down my chest And the wound, so deep and wide, but, don’t you know I made it home with Mr Bojangles as my guide
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Storm-birds 06:01
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Storm-birds Baby we've been lashed to the wheel for so long The whole game's rigged, loaded, unjust, plain wrong Good people work their lives away Sell their blood to The Company The government keeps you dancing with a chair and whip And calls this democracy Don't tell me time is on our side, I know it's not If we don't leave soon I fear we never will I love you, baby, and In a better world that would be enough But we're so tangled up and loaded down with debt and all this useless stuff Chorus What are we gonna do when the wolf comes calling? And make no mistake, my pretty one, the wolf will come calling We got debts and I can't keep stalling I want to fly with you But I fear we're falling And all these things we once thought we once had to have Well they weren't worth the fight Well an Araukun man once told be, "friend" he said, "friend "This country here, this country is for traveling light Look at that storm-bird flying, he said, He's my brother my totem my blood my kin High upon the wind with nothing but his majesty And the liberty of his flight Well that brother couldn't take his own good advice The game got him, baby, like it's getting you and me But out there over the waves, somewhere above the sea Maybe, just maybe, his spirit's flying free And maybe the storm-bird is our totem too Maybe we can break free and fly like that brother wanted too He was a storm-bird, and you're a storm-bird too Lets go ride the wind, over the ocean blue Over the ocean blue
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The Healing 04:14
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The Healing "This circle is sacred," she cried, join it "This plant is medicine," she passed it over, I ate of it "This drum is a horse," I rode it Into the land of shadows Chorus As without, so within Blood of my blood, kin of my kin As above, so below From the four directions the four winds blow "These visions are snakes," she smiled, "charm them "This fear is nothing," she laughed, "become it "This world is a dream, see beyond it "This death is an old friend, laugh with him and pass right through" Chorus As without, so within Flesh of my flesh, kin of my kin As above, so below From the four directions the four winds blow "This soul is a bird release it to fly "This sky is a book of omens, she cried, read it "This land is sacred, walk it "This life is a dream, dream it Chorus As without, so within Blood of my Blood, kin of mu kin As above, so below From the four directions the four winds blow "These visions are pure," she said, "claim them "This dawn is the first day of the world, bless it "This day is all days, live it "This healing is done," she smiled, "receive it" Chorus As above, so below Flesh of my flesh, kin of my kin As above, so below From the four directions the four winds blow
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Corazon de Mexico 04:53
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Corazon de Mexico There was an old moon-faced man Deep lines ran like rivers all down Sun-browned cheeks and gentle far-away eyes - Eyes full of love, full of healing He was a medicine man Maestro curandero Del Estado San Luis Potosi Living deep in the heart of Mexico "The medicine is a snake," he smiled "Oh my friend, can you tame it? "Eat it and behold the mystery pure and grand Hear the laughter and understand" I saw a great tree arise from the dust I saw it grow and grow And cascade in living colour All over the heart of Mexico Chorus The old man he sang, my spirit danced The big yellow moon bent down low The dust it swirled high, as from the four Directions the wind did blow And laughter rode upon it And voices called from long ago Calling out from deep within The heart of Mexico The heart of Mexico There were faces in the fire The visions came falling from the sky And that old man's eyes full of love Grinning at me from across the flames dancing high The light grew red in the desert sky As out of the ashes we saw The Phoenix fly Deep into the heart of Mexico I watched the sun get up gently And dance up the sky I saw the sun-light burst off the mist In that old man's eye I let out a laugh I let out a cry The wind gathered it up And carried it high and away Deep into the heart of Mexico Chorus Oscuro el mysterio Oscuro, poco claro Pero quiero ver Quiero conocer Muestra mi la gran vista Por favor Muestra mi Maestro curandero Por que quiero ver
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The Gift 04:31
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The Gift (Fairley/Lonetree) (C) Medicine Road Music "And God took a handful of Southerly Wind Blew his breath upon it and created the horse" - Bedouin Legend God took a handful of Southerly Wind So it's told, so it's told Blew breath upon it and cried, "Behold! I give you the horse, I give you the horse" And horse is wind and wind must blow I give you the horse just so you'll know... Flight And so we called him Viento Viento, Viento I said "He's fine," she said "I know! "Andalusean, white as snow "I watched the fire inside him grow I felt the rising wild wind blow" Andalusian white as snow This horse is wind and now we know... (The art of) flight Chorus Feel the free air. Feel the wild wind blow! God took a handful of southerly wind So it's told, so it's told Blew breath upon it and cried, "Behold! I give you the horse, I give you the horse" And horse is wind and wind must blow I give you the horse just so you'll know... Flight Chorus Feel the free air. Feel the wild wind blow...
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Horse Latitudes 05:16
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I awoke delirious from a restless sleep The air hung heavy in the tropical heat The dawning sky, a supernatural red Scarlet where the moon-light bled Stained a sea becalmed like molten lead The sails lay loose and the flags hung dead The weird light deepened in the dawning sky I looked hard into the sun, into its terrible eye As it surged from the sea and rose into the gloom It threw such a strange light as might precede a Simoom I felt a presage of doom. My soul filled with dread But the sea stayed placid and the air stayed dead Horse latitudes had a hold on me The breathless air and the drunken sea The captain ordered the horses pushed over the side But they swam! How they swam, though they should have died Somehow they reached an unseen shore Where a tribe gathered and marvelled at what they saw Such strange beasts they'd never known before Swam into their world and changed it forevermore A noble kinship between them grew It's an old one now and I'm old too For that sea finally awoke and that wind finally blew I alone survived the storm of all the crew I followed the horses into the blue Out of the old world and into the new Horse latitudes had a hold on me The breathless air and the drunken sea Now me and Kardiono ride along the shore Here in the outer islands where the white men come no more Too much for them to bear, the malarial air In these lost latitudes, west of nowhere But I can feel their disease, even from here Yeah I can feel their disease, smell their fear The elders tell the history How the horses came one day from out of the sea
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Song Of The Sea 04:58
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Song of the Sea When my soul cries for it I go to the sea To commune with the divine mystery To banish time and history To feel the healing waters wash over me Chorus The song of the sea, a symphony calling me Whispers of immortality Some little wild ecstasy soaring And there's nowhere I'd rather be The brooding waters dark and deep The shifting waters that never sleep The whispering waters that gently speak Deep into my soul I wreck myself on some empty beach I cast myself beyond all reach And let the endless waters teach My soul the art of flight Chorus You could try calling out to me But I won't hear you above the roar of the sea (On the sand where I lie deep in mystery) On this far away shore of ecstasy Where all you hear is the song of the sea Double Chorus
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Rhiannon 04:03
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Rhiannon (Fairley/Lonetree) So you want to talk Rhiannon O.K, but I feel it's been said already, all said and done Just as all learning is but recollection There is nothing new under the sun Chorus And nothing has been lost, and nothing has been won You could be free Rhiannon You could go north for a while Up into the river country where the wild waters run There's nothing for us to finish here, for nothing was begun And I believe the knots we've tied each other in can be undone Chorus For to touch the earth, for to touch the sun You know you're free, you've always been free, Rhiannon You could be driftwood, you could be dust You could be a cloud moving low over the plain You could lose yourself in that space between the land and sky You could be no-one, everyone, you could just let o and fly Chorus You could find peace somewhere under this ol' sun You could find peace, I know it, sweet Rhiannon Your mind is clear, your heart is strong, you are still young Take flight, go find your place in the sun You know you never lost me, I was never there to be won But I truly feel this is your time now, your day is begun Chorus Your sorrow is not yours alone, it belongs to everyone It's true, Rhiannon, there's nothing new under the sun
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I'm Good With You 04:15
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I'm Good With You The air was hot, the moon rose full, her silver light grew and grew The sweetest tasting zephyr wind blew The constellations swirled above us in a cascading summer sky It was a picture, babe, and yeah, I wanted it too And the life we summoned that night surprised me as much as it did you But well, that's life isn't it, it flies at you right from the blue But I don't mind our fates being tied together like they are now If the truth be told, I'm good with you It seems everyone's a joker these days, that's true It seems everyone's looking for something easy to catch, well what's new Well I'm looking at my future now, here's looking at you Cause I love you like the eagle loves the wind that drives him high into the blue Yeah I'm good with you So we're lashed to the wheel, well if it ain't one wheel it's another And I could dream a million other dreams, that's true But I'm happy with this dreaming babe, it's bold and it's new And I love you like the river loves the rains that give it life, reviving it anew Yeah, I'm good with you Well I was way-laid for a spell with this other woman I knew But it's good to be back in the heartland again Yeah, I'm good with you
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Till I Heard The Laughter 04:09
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Till I Heard The Laughter I was a soldier marching in a great army I painted my canvas with the blood of my enemy I was a soldier, till I heard the laughter Now no more will I a soldier be I was a rich man, I had money People sold their lives, all their time to me I was a rich man, till I heard the laughter Now no more will I a rich man be I was a preacher man, I preached divinity I knew all the names of god, the prayers, the liturgy I was a preacher man, till I heard the laughter Now no more will I a preacher be I was a wise man, I spoke philosophy The wisdom flowed from my lips like sweet honey I was a wise man, till I heard the laughter Now no more will I a wise man be I was a holy man, I spoke of the mystery And the beauty of my words enchanted even me I was a holy man, till I heard the laughter Now no more will I a holy man be I was a god, I had immortality I created and destroyed for an eternity I was a god, man, till I heard the laughter Now no more will I a god be Can you hear the laughter? Can you hear it, on the wind?

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The 2008 long-play album Tanglefoot was the first collaboration between Michael Fairley and RB Lonetree, and marked the beginning of a very fruitful professional relationship between the two musicians. Fairley's guitar compositions and unique finger-style guitar playing is complimented by the haunting violin lines of virtuoso Cye Wood. Lonetree's lyrics are informed by themes of spiritual transcendence, time and timelessness, and have a distinctly Latin American thematic flavour. The album is raw, tender and revealing, lyrically, vocally and musically,

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released August 3, 2022

All songs (c) Fairley/Lonetree

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RB Lonetree Nimbin, Australia

RB Lonetree, is a singer/song-writer, recording and performing musician. He also writes and publishes poetry, short stories and political essays.

RB Lonetree lives on a large farm with his partner and two children in Bunjalung country, near the town of Nimbin, on the far north coast of New South Wales, Australia. ... more

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