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Yage
04:28
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Yage
Help me Gabriella I'm sinking fast
Brujo stole my soul away
He came in the night in the form of a cat
Down the river from San Jose
I saw him in the yellow moon-light
That old witch with the empty eyes
And he was there inside my dream
That jaguar man with the empty eyes
Hold me close I'm going down
Shadows crowd the light of day
Send Pepe for help in Santa Rosa
Have him ask for Don Andres
If anyone can help me now
That old healer will find a way
He'll bring his rattle and his drum
And the sacred medicine Yage
Chorus
Yage, Yage
Yage, Yage
Down below the healer went
He fought the cat for my soul
He wrestled it back and brought it home to me
And what was lost was again made whole
I saw visions divine
The medicine carried me away
I rode the snake, that jungle vine
Out of the dark, into the light of day
Chorus
Outro
Rio Aguarico, Rio Putumayo, Rio San Miguel
-Lyrics_ RB Lonetree
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2. |
Indian Summer
04:00
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Indian Summer
I woke this morning from a dream
Found myself wrapped up in another
And the sky formed a circle
Around me, my bed, my lover
And the light was pure and blessed
Like the first dawning of the sun
Arise, arise it called to us
New day is begun
Chorus
After winter comes the spring
After summer comes the fall
Of this beautiful life
I really know nothing at all
One by one the visions fall
One by one they pass me by
One by one the visions fall
Like twilight from the sky
Closer to the fire we stand
Closer to the heavens we fly
Clothed in only sun-light
Beneath this Indian Summer sky
Chorus
The sun lies low upon the water
Over the bay
Short are these hot nights
And long, these Indian Summer Days
The wind cries like a dove
The palm-trees dance and sway
The dreamers dream
As the seasons gently rise and fall away
The moon-light dances in her eyes
The silver sky, a jewel, sparkles and blazes bright
Reach out your arms to heaven
Catch the moon in her flight
And this beautiful life
Where nothing is quite the way it seems
This beautiful life
This dream within a dream
Chorus
-Lyrics: RB Lonetree
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3. |
Hard Row To Hoe
05:45
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Hard Row To Hoe
From San Jose to Dos Rios
Five Miles as the crow flies
But its fifty-five cause you gotta walk it
Right around the mountain you gotta go
And when you get there, oh, you'll know
You'll have a hard row to hoe
That country across the mountain there
Is hot and hard and cruel as hell
And the boss man is made in its own image
And the work would suit the devil well
But the devil couldn't work you any harder, no
Brothers, sisters, you'll have a hard row to hoe
Now the boss man he's a real 'gentleman'
Of course there's nothing gentle about him at all
Like I said, he's mean as the land that bred him
And violent as a summer storm
And he's never worked like you've worked, no
You've got a hard row to hoe
But the nights are cool and when the moon is small
You can lose yourself inside a dream
Lay your weary body down and picture freedom
No-one can take your dreams from you
But dreams are dreams and when you wake you'll know
You've still got a hard row to hoe
Who says when the working day is over?
Who holds the key, who calls quittin' time?
But tell me, who has the music?
The soul, the rhythm and the rhyme?
And nights when that moon is down
Out comes the harp and the banjo
And for a while the music lets you forget
That you still got a hard row to hoe
Lyrics: RB Lonetree
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4. |
Music
05:06
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Music (Bishoff/Lonetree)
Oh Music, sweet Music
Lift me up and carry me
Far from all this clamour and strife
For I am weary now, of sorrow, of life
Oh Music, sweet Music
My sight grows dim, it’s hard to see
Lift me high above all this trouble
And together we’ll ride into immortality
Like a drum you carry me
Far beyond all this misery
Into the pure light
Of eternity
Can’t you hear their thunder?
Have you no fear?
Go now girl for I am finished
Go fast away from here
I saw a grey mare
A ghost moving through the mist and smoke
I heard Music somewhere close
It was a dream, a spell, the spell broke
I awoke to the roar of thunder
The cries of battle, the sting of lead
Yes, now I’ve got my gruel, but you will remember me
Ned Kelly, son of Red
Spoken
That’s enough, trooper, I’ve got my gruel
Now let me be
Rest now, my boys
There is peace, finally
And soon I’ll ride my spirit horse
Through the land of shadows to a place I know
And I will see you there, my judge
Where I go
Yes, I will see you there my judge
-Lyrics: RB Lonetree
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5. |
Murdering Creek Road
04:07
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Murdering Creek Road (Fairley/Lonetree)
I see those cane fires burning
I hear the crackle and the roar
Down along Murdering Creek Road
Where The Dreaming is no more
I smell that foul molasses burning
I see the sky has turned to blood
I hear the preacher man preaching
Of the hell-fire and the flood
And this land is laid to waste
From the mountains to the sea
All across this burning plain
Where The Dreamers once lived free
I saw the paintings on the rock wall
I saw the carvings in the stone
I heard a thousand murdered voices
I heard the bull-roarer moan
And them who wrote the history of this land
Wrote out the bullets and the blood
And them who suffered that history
Lie buried beneath the mud
I'm staring out across those fields of fire
Listening to the black-bird's song
A bleak lament born of this hard land
Where I feel I could belong
-Lyrics: RB Lonetree
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6. |
Spirit Voices
05:00
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Spirit Voices
On these dirty streets I felt my spirit slip away
Shot through with the poison that hangs in the air
The machine can’t stop now
We have all hell to pay
And if you fall my love don’t fall here
No-one would care
Chorus
Spirit voices of ages past
Lost amid the rumble and the roar
Of traffic and negotiations, corporate predations
Oh, spirit voices
Got in an angry fix on broadway
Got caught in a traffic snarl coming home to you
Along the street where you held my arm
And said to me, “stay”
Take a good look around here babe, it’s all so pretty
Pretty ugly in this dying, dirty city
Chorus
Spirit voices of the earth
Lost amid the raving and the howling
Of media and machines, strangled dreams
Oh spirit voices
I saw a burning man preaching Armageddon on the side-walk
He belonged to another time and another place
His form was fading from too much empty talk
I watched him fade in the dying grey light of his day
I felt the cold hard concrete beneath my blazing feet
I felt the smog burn down deep inside my lungs
I watched the sun set bloody through the haze and blinding heat
And thought about where I’ll be when the morning comes
Chorus
Spirit voices within our hearts
Say leave these broken city streets
Lover, come flee with me toward the sound
Of those spirit voices
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7. |
Let her
05:20
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Let Her
She's in a field of flowers, dancing in the summer rain
You're standing on the outside, looking in again
You can't stop watching, you would look at her forever
Boy if she wants to dance with you then let her
Subtle and sublime the mystery
And those who look too hard just do not see
Don't try to understand her, you're not that clever
But boy if she wants to tell you secrets then let her
Abandon all your hope and enter in
Don't let anyone try and tell you it's a sin
And if she offers you the apple then all the better
Boy if she wants to make a man of you then let her
She's the very same woman from the dream
The one you couldn't quite place, you know what I mean?
Don't you Remember? You've known her forever
And if she wants to put you under then let her
I see her star is rising in the eastern sky
She'll slay us all, my friend, sure as night-time follows day
The eternal dance, it's been going on forever
Boy if she wants to blood you then let her
(Yeah if she wants to spill the wine with you then let her)
She's standing in the light on the other side
Between you lies the dark river, deep and wide
She's calling out for you, go to her, you know you'd better
And if she wants to carry you over, you've got to let her
-Lyrics: RB Lonetree
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8. |
Stone
03:36
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Stone
The sun is low in the western sky
The sand’s still warm beneath my body where it lies
Laid out like driftwood on a lazy tide
On an empty beach stretched far and wide
Have you seen the stone faces of Easter Island?
Staring out across the sea
For years they’ve stood there in a trance
Lost to history
And I feel just like those idols
With their far-away eyes
Staring out into the endlessness
Stoned and hypnotised
(Stoned and etherised)
And I love a mackerel sky at dusk
Like a thousand shards of shattered glass
Or a flock of crimson sheep grazing
On a field of blue grass
A lone sea-bird flies across the face of the setting sun
Now comes the quickening, soon the night will come
And soon the moon will rise up out of the sea
And a million stars will light the heavens from here to eternity
-Lyrics: RB Lonetree
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9. |
Sailor's Lament
04:10
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Sailors’ Lament
I hear the ocean roar
The waves falling on the shore
I watch the sun rise over the sea
Tears of the moon, sweat of the sun
Arise, arise, new day is begun
Silver and gold shines the sea
Refrain
Hey my friend the ocean is a blazing jewel
Shining for you and me
I feel the wind rush over me
It brings the sweet taste of the sea
It whispers secrets into my ear
See the albatross on high
See how she rules the sky
Her every movement tells me she’s free
Refrain
Hey my friend I feel I could fly
Just like that albatross on high
There go the ships, into the dawn
Out there, leviathan, awesome and strong
Ignorant of the madness and sorrows of men
Beneath the waves where dead men lie
I hear them calling, I hear them cry
And they have become one with the sea
Refrain
Hey my friend can you hear the crying of the whales?
The roar of the wind in unfurled sails
I hear the distant roar
The waves falling on the shore
Far away lands are calling me
Refrain
Hey my friend its a long long way to that farther shore
Hey my friend our journey has begun
Lyrics: RB lonetree
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10. |
I Sing Of Myself
03:51
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I Sing Of Myself
I read the sky
Like some read books
I read the sky
I don't really care for books
I have the sky
The unfolding pages of the infinite sky
I hear the clamour and cursing of men
Down in the town
In the streets and the taverns
I long for the wilderness
Like people long for each other
See them run from their loneliness
Down to the town
All crammed in together
Like pigs in a pen
I dream of dying
Like some dream of riches
I dream of dying
For ages and aeons I have been dying
I have no use for riches
For I've been to the other world
In ecstasy flying
I pray to myself
As some pray to Gods
I pray to myself
I don't really care for Gods
I see people killing and dying for them
And all along the gods we were praying to
Were naught but the mind manifestations of men
I sing of myself
As some sing of heroes
I sing of myself
I don't really care for heroes
The tribulations and tragedies of mice and of men
We each have our own song to sing
They can't sing mine for me, nor I theirs for them
Lyrics: RB Lonetree
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11. |
Old Man Featherfoot
08:06
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Old Man Feather-foot
The sun is down. There's a red moon rising high
The sun is down. There's a red moon rising high
Way off a dingo's howling at that blood moon in the sky
See the old man painted up in the ochre desert clay
See the old man painted up in the ochre desert clay
He's singing up some trouble and he has all hell to pay
Chorus
If the old man comes by walking
Turn your head as he goes by
He might try to sing you
So better don't look him in the eye
When the old man goes to town he wears black boots of shiny leather
When the old man goes to town he wears black boots of shiny leather
But when he wanders in the desert he wears boots of Emu feather
Well the old man has a trick, you see, he can sleep with an open eye
Well the old man has a trick, you see, he can sleep with an open eye
And if you creep into his camp, his murder of crows all up and cry
Chorus
If he calls you out by singing
Better you run and better you hide
You know he sang that mission man
Till that preacher up and died
Well the old man's got no family, you know he lives alone
Well the old man's got no family, you know he lives alone
And he could lay your soul to waste with just one pointing of the bone
When the police had a runner they called the old man in to track him down
When the police had a runner they called the old man in to track him down
He's got eyes in the tree-tops and he can move without a sound
Chorus
So better you all be careful
Of old man Kadaitja
Because if you cross him or his people
He's gonna smite ya
They say the crocodile that gets you is the one you never saw
They say the crocodile that gets you is the one you never saw
Not the three you had your eyes upon but the one you never even saw
So don't leave nothing that belongs to you laying in his reach
Don’t leave nothing that belongs to you, hair, finger-nails, shit or spit, laying in his reach
Or he'll do you like he done the mission man who came looking for to preach
Chorus
Yeah the old man drives the needle
He kills you by degrees
Like he done to that missionary man
With that wasting disease
Well the old man prays to spirits way older than your Lord
Well the old man prays to spirits way older than your Lord
He don't care for your Jesus, your Good Book or your Word
Hear that wild wind in the desert oaks. Listen to it moan
Hear that wild wind in the desert oaks. Listen to it moan
Somewhere out there in the wilderness the old man sits alone
Chorus
If you're an unbeliever
He will make you understand
With just one little movement
Of his red right hand
Well that sun is down, that red moon's rising high
Well that sun is down, that red moon's rising high
Before this night is over, someone is gonna die
Lyrics: RB 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.
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