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Love Like a Train

2011-03-29T16:49:34Z

Rastark:

[Category:Songs]]

== Lyrics ==
<pre>
Love comes rolling down the tracks
you can't stop the feeling any more than you can stop a train
you can hop that line and never once look back
or you can spend hours looking behind on where you've been

and when you hit the switch house and you hear that whistle wail
when the ties are rotting out and there's ice along the rail
you can see how it depends upon so many little things
and love is like a train

I don't know where I thought that I would be
When we finally broke down but I don't recognize a thing
I should have had the sense enough to see
That even if I rode forever it would never be for free

And now I could take my tools in hadn and tear this thing apart
And try to fix what's broken and try to get this piece of junk to start
Or else I could cut my losses and salvage everything I can
and put my feet to work again

Because I was walking when I came across this ride
I imagine I'll be walking when I reach the other side
I guess I won't care how I got there by the time I pass on through
Maybe you'll be there to see me when I do
</pre>

==Notes==

Song for Valentines Day 2011. I'll post a recording of this soon as well.

Love Like a Train

2011-03-29T16:49:17Z

Rastark:

[Category:Songs]]

== Lyrics ==
<pre>
Love comes rolling down the tracks
you can't stop the feeling any more than you can stop a train
you can hop that line and never once look back
or you can spend hours looking behind on where you've been

and when you hit the switch house and you hear that whistle wail
whe the ties are rotting out and there's ice along the rail
you can see how it depends upon so many little things
and love is like a train

I don't know where I thought that I would be
When we finally broke down but I don't recognize a thing
I should have had the sense enough to see
That even if I rode forever it would never be for free

And now I could take my tools in hadn and tear this thing apart
And try to fix what's broken and try to get this piece of junk to start
Or else I could cut my losses and salvage everything I can
and put my feet to work again

Because I was walking when I came across this ride
I imagine I'll be walking when I reach the other side
I guess I won't care how I got there by the time I pass on through
Maybe you'll be there to see me when I do
</pre>

==Notes==

Song for Valentines Day 2011. I'll post a recording of this soon as well.

It's All True

2011-03-29T16:41:38Z

Rastark:

[Category:Songs]]

== Lyrics ==
<pre>
Celia sits and beats her fists
on the places where she wants her wings to grow
She turns and stands and draws her hands
across the mirror when the feathers start to show
These are just some things she told me that I believe

When I was 18 I had this dream
I knew the history of everyone who stood before me
I'd touch their sleeve and they'd beg me please
try to help me understand the way the lord has made me
I was angry and afraid this was a choice I made I told them

CHORUS: Give me your hand and turn all the lights low
Give me the cash and I'll tell you what you should know
Why do you weep, why do you weep, I've got a story for you
every word of it is true

Now here I sit and I beat my fists
across the people who are laying at my feet
Your sister Jane in her pain and shame
dragged her bed out to the middle of the street
Oh Bobby boy what ails you
I could tell the world I failed you they'd still nail you

CHORUS: Give me your hand and turn all the lights low
Give me the cash and I'll tell you where you should go
Why do you weep, why do you weep, I've got a story for you
every word of it is true

BR: Forgive me, forgive me but I can't walk behind you any more
Forgive me, forgive me, I'm falling towards you don't you know to

CHORUS: Give me your hand and turn all the lights low
Give me the cash and I'll tell you what you should know
Why do you weep, why do you weep, I've got a story for you
every word of it is true
</pre>
==Notes==

I wrote this song a loooong time ago and always forget about it. I must have been in my "Am to E" phase or something, and also in my "disturbing imagery" phase, so excuse that please. I'll record and post soon.

It's All True

2011-03-29T16:40:45Z

Rastark:

[Category:Songs]]

== Lyrics ==

Celia sits and beats her fists
on the places where she wants her wings to grow
She turns and stands and draws her hands
across the mirror when the feathers start to show
These are just some things she told me that I believe

When I was 18 I had this dream
I knew the history of everyone who stood before me
I'd touch their sleeve and they'd beg me please
try to help me understand the way the lord has made me
I was angry and afraid this was a choice I made I told them

CHORUS: Give me your hand and turn all the lights low
Give me the cash and I'll tell you what you should know
Why do you weep, why do you weep, I've got a story for you
every word of it is true

Now here I sit and I beat my fists
across the people who are laying at my feet
Your sister Jane in her pain and shame
dragged her bed out to the middle of the street
Oh Bobby boy what ails you
I could tell the world I failed you they'd still nail you

CHORUS: Give me your hand and turn all the lights low
Give me the cash and I'll tell you where you should go
Why do you weep, why do you weep, I've got a story for you
every word of it is true

BR: Forgive me, forgive me but I can't walk behind you any more
Forgive me, forgive me, I'm falling towards you don't you know to

CHORUS: Give me your hand and turn all the lights low
Give me the cash and I'll tell you what you should know
Why do you weep, why do you weep, I've got a story for you
every word of it is true

==Notes==

I wrote this song a loooong time ago and always forget about it. I must have been in my "Am to E" phase or something, and also in my "disturbing imagery" phase, so excuse that please. I'll record and post soon.

It's All True

2011-03-29T16:39:11Z

Rastark:

[Category:Songs]]

== Lyrics ==

Celia sits and beats her fits across the places where she wants her wings to grow
She turns and stands and draws her hands across the mirror when the feathers start to show
These are just some things she told me that I believe

When I was 18 I had this dream I knew the history of everyone who stood before me
I'd touch their sleeve and they'd beg me please try to help me understand the way the lord has made me
I was angry and afraid this was a choice I made I told them

CHORUS: Give me your hand and turn all the lights low
Give me the cash and I'll tell you what you should know
Why do you weep, why do you weep, I've got a story for you
every word of it is true

Now here I sit and I beat my fists across the people who are laying at my feet
Your sister Jane in her pain and shame dragged her bed out to the middle of the street
Oh Bobby boy what ails you I could tell the world I failed you they'd still nail you

CHORUS: Give me your hand and turn all the lights low
Give me the cash and I'll tell you where you should go
Why do you weep, why do you weep, I've got a story for you
every word of it is true

BR: Forgive me, forgive me but I can't walk behind you any more
Forgive me, forgive me, I'm falling towards you don't you know to

CHORUS: Give me your hand and turn all the lights low
Give me the cash and I'll tell you what you should know
Why do you weep, why do you weep, I've got a story for you
every word of it is true

==Notes==

I wrote this song a loooong time ago and always forget about it. I must have been in my "Am to E" phase or something, and also in my "disturbing imagery" phase, so excuse that please. I'll record and post soon.

Becky stark (st. paul, MN)

2011-03-29T16:31:47Z

Rastark: /* Songs */

hi everyone! this is exciting...

[[Category:Members]]

== Songs ==

[[Electric City]]

[[On our way]]

[[Wedding Song]]

[[California II]]

[[Molly]]

[[Gold Metal Flour]]

[[In the mother toungue]]

[[george]]

[[weatherman]]

[[The Eights Song]]

[[Do You Believe]]

[[Moon Over Nowhere]]

[[It's All True]]

[[Love Like a Train]]

Do You Believe

2009-10-27T01:05:35Z

Rastark: /* Comments */

[[Category: Songs]]

[[Media:Do You Believe.mp3|Do You Believe (demo) - MP3]]

==Lyrics==
<pre>
And now that I am dying you have come
To wait beside my bed
I sink into the mattress you sit upon the edge
And drag us both ahead

What could have been accomplished left undone
By weak and lazy hands
I intended to do right when all I wrought was wrong
I can no longer stand in the valley

Do you believe that it’s all said and done
And we’re just living out our fate
Do you believe that in time we’ll become
The people that we want to be

It took such little breaths to speak the angry words
And still they sink my chest
And every lie and falsehood echoes in my mind
And keeps me from my rest

So bite your bottom lip if you should fall
And cede the upper hand
Learn to love another better than yourself
And be the bigger man
Until your ways are righteous
And peaceful is your path through the valley of the shadow and

Do you believe that it’s all said and done
And we’re just living out our fate
Do you believe that in time we’ll become
The people that we want to be
Look at me

Do you believe that it’s all said and done
And we’re just living out our fate
Do you believe that in time we’ll become
The people that we want to be

</pre>

==Chords==
<pre>
a C E a d a repeat
F C F d F C G repeat
</pre>

==Comments==
The music and lyrics in the chorus and some of the last verse are from a song that Conor wrote a long time ago and I don't know if he ever finished, but the tune has been sort of running through my head for the last eight years. I really liked it and wanted to finish it.

LOL, thank you for recording this. i had completely forgotten this. i know exactly what song this was from. i can't remember if i finished it, but i know i was writing it in 2001 when i first moved into greenwood... now that i think about it, i think it had something to do with blood of the lamb. i think i got the idea from a billy bragg tune of the mermaid ave record...[[User:Conorl|Conorl]] 18:17, 25 October 2009 (PDT)

heh heh! yup, that's the song. if you do remember any more of your original lyrics, let me know!

Do You Believe

2009-10-26T00:06:18Z

Rastark:

Moon Over Nowhere

2009-10-25T23:59:43Z

Rastark:

[[Category: Songs]]

[[Media:Moon Over Nowhere.mp3|Moon Over Nowhere (demo) - MP3]]

==Lyrics==
<pre>
There's no town in the place where I stop
There's no out of the way little honkey-tonk bar
There's no signal or cross-street or stop sign
There's no sleazy motel you can rent by the hour

There's a moon over nowhere tonight
On a highway that nobody sees
There's a moon over nowhere tonight
Shine down on my baby and me

</pre>

==Chords==
<pre>
Verse G D G C G G D G C A D
Chorus C G C A D C G G D G
</pre>

==Comments==
Gabe, this song needs your help. I was trying to write that "meeting you halfway" song but I just can't seem to write the verses and I don't like the 2nd and 4th lines of the chorus too much either. The general idea of the song should be that there is this couple who are separated geographically, meet for dates in the middle between their respective locations, which happens to be nowhere. It thought there could be a verse describing why they are separated (work, etc.), one describing what the girl does every Friday (watch the clock, put on some lipstick while pumping gas, "hightailing it north up the Lewiston grade"), and one conveying the sentiment that, although one day the couple hopes to be together all the time, for now meeting halfway seems to do the trick. Want to take a crack?

In the mother toungue

2009-10-25T23:51:46Z

Rastark:

[[Category: Songs]]

[[Media:Mir Mama Loshen.mp3|In the mother toungue (demo) - MP3]]

==Lyrics==
<pre>
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor
bar keep, horse theif, acrobat
Rabbi, quaker, cigar maker
BA, DA, diplmat

I walk down the streets on friday
people pulling down their shades
don't know what they got against me
what they got they got in spades

what do you say, what do you say, what do you say boys
its about time to make it shine like its on fire
oh my brother
you who know me
tell me something I'll understand
oh my mother
if you love me
won't you tell me
mir mama loshen

what do you say, what do you say, what do you say boys
its about time to make it shine like the northern lights
oh my father
you who know me
tell me something I'll understand
oh my sister
if you love me
won't you tell me
mir mama loshen
</pre>

==Chords==
<pre>
a a/C B7 C B7 e repeat
a B7 e repeat
e D A e D A e D A B7 e repeat
</pre>

==Comments==
mir mama loshen means "in the mother tongue" in yiddish.

File:The Eights Song.mp3

2009-10-25T23:48:36Z

Rastark:

The Eights Song

2009-10-25T23:48:03Z

Rastark:

[[Category: Songs]]

[[Media:The Eights Song.mp3|The Eights Song (demo) - MP3]]

==Lyrics==
<pre>
John Georgette and Peter Annabelle and sue
And Mack and me and you
Sitting drinking high balls cigarettes
and laughing singing loud as we can get

We breathe we draw the air the smoke is thick
The fire lit the camera clicks
And nineteen forty eight is nearly gone
But oh how strongly we live on

And in this coming year
we hope that luck will find us
And honor and beauty
and blessing from above
And that the sum of our love will be greater than the struggle
And the difference between us not greater than our love

We breathe the air as far as promise goes
And cherries glow and bourbon flows
Together on the davenport this night
And laughing towards the light

And in this coming year
we hope that luck will find us
And honor and beauty
and blessing from above
And that the sum of our love will be greater than the struggle
And the difference between us be not greater than our love

</pre>

==Chords==
Verse A D A f# E A repeat
Chorus b A E f# D A b E repeat

File:The Eight Song.mp3

2009-10-25T23:42:06Z

Rastark:

File:Moon Over Nowhere.mp3

2009-10-25T23:40:56Z

Rastark:

File:Do You Believe.mp3

2009-10-25T23:40:26Z

Rastark:

File:Mir Mama Loshen.mp3

2009-10-25T23:39:40Z

Rastark:

In the mother toungue

2009-10-25T23:38:45Z

Rastark:

[[Category: Songs]]

[[Media:Mir Mama Loshen.mp3|In the mother toungue (demo) - MP3]]

==Lyrics==
<pre>
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor
bar keep, horse theif, acrobat
Rabbi, quaker, cigar maker
BA, DA, diplmat

I walk down the streets on friday
people pulling down their shades
don't know what they got against me
what they got they got in spades

what do you say, what do you say, what do you say boys
its about time to make it shine like its on fire
oh my brother
you who know me
tell me something I'll understand
oh my mother
if you love me
won't you tell me
mir mama loshen

what do you say, what do you say, what do you say boys
its about time to make it shine like the northern lights
oh my father
you who know me
tell me something I'll understand
oh my sister
if you love me
won't you tell me
mir mama loshen
</pre>

==Chords==
I'll record this soon and put it up.

==Comments==
mir mama loshen means in the mother toungue in yiddish. the first verse is after a poem by aa milne, but the horse theif, bar keep, cigar maker, acrobat professions are all in the family. this is the last of my "heavy base line, lots of minor chords" song set that came out of Utah and California.

In the mother toungue

2009-10-25T23:36:03Z

Rastark: /* Lyrics */

==Lyrics==
<pre>
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor
bar keep, horse theif, acrobat
Rabbi, quaker, cigar maker
BA, DA, diplmat

I walk down the streets on friday
people pulling down their shades
don't know what they got against me
what they got they got in spades

what do you say, what do you say, what do you say boys
its about time to make it shine like its on fire
oh my brother
you who know me
tell me something I'll understand
oh my mother
if you love me
won't you tell me
mir mama loshen

what do you say, what do you say, what do you say boys
its about time to make it shine like the northern lights
oh my father
you who know me
tell me something I'll understand
oh my sister
if you love me
won't you tell me
mir mama loshen
</pre>

==Chords==
I'll record this soon and put it up.

==Comments==
mir mama loshen means in the mother toungue in yiddish. the first verse is after a poem by aa milne, but the horse theif, bar keep, cigar maker, acrobat professions are all in the family. this is the last of my "heavy base line, lots of minor chords" song set that came out of Utah and California.

Becky stark (st. paul, MN)

2009-10-25T22:10:54Z

Rastark: /* Songs */

In the mother toungue

2009-03-25T15:02:15Z

Rastark:

==Lyrics==
<pre>
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor
bar keep, horse theif, acrobat
Rabbi, quaker, cigar maker
BA, DA, diplmat

I walk down the streets on friday
people pulling down their shades
don't know what they got against me
what they got they got in spades

what do you say, what do you say, what do you say boys
its about time to make it shine like its on fire
oh my brother
you who know me
tell me something I'll understand
oh my mother
if you love me
won't you tell me
mir mama loshen

what do you say, what do you say, what do you say boys
its about time to make it shine like the motherfucking northern lights
oh my father
you who know me
tell me something I'll understand
oh my sister
if you love me
won't you tell me
mir mama loshen
<\pre>

==Chords==
I'll record this soon and put it up.

==Comments==
mir mama loshen means in the mother toungue in yiddish. the first verse is after a poem by aa milne, but the horse theif, bar keep, cigar maker, acrobat professions are all in the family. this is the last of my "heavy base line, lots of minor chords" song set that came out of Utah and California.

Becky stark (st. paul, MN)

2009-03-25T14:54:48Z

Rastark:

hi everyone! this is exciting...

[[Category:Members]]

== Songs ==

[[Electric City]]

[[On our way]]

[[Wedding Song]]

[[California II]]

[[Molly]]

[[Gold Metal Flour]]

[[In the mother toungue]]

Gold Metal Flour

2009-03-25T14:53:53Z

Rastark:

== Lyrics ==
<pre>
The truck is packed up and the books are in boxes
you hop inthe cab and put the thing into gear
you're going to leave town with the things you rolled in with
but the things you collected are staying right here

fa from the shore there's a sea of forgiven
who will keep you afloat with their hands to the sky
and you try to forget them, you try and you fail
itsgold metal flour and heavyweight rails

don't let your love hold on to me
keeping me close to you
let me go far away
like I was born to do
I got this boat, I got to go

when I was young I made all kinds of choices
some i remember and some i regret
but since I met you I don't regret nothing
nothing I've done since the day that we met

far from the shore there's a sea of believers
who'll eat up your hopes and they'll spit out the lies
and its all there before you, so how can you fail
its gold metal flour and heavyweight rails

don't let your love hold on to me
keeping me close to you
let me go far away
like I was born to do
I got this boat, I got to go
</pre>

== Chords ==
C G a C a G F C G
C G a C a G C F C G C (G)
d C G a G F G d C G a G F G F G
d C G
d C G

== Notes ==
We'll make a recording of this soon to put up:)

Molly

2009-02-09T05:02:24Z

Rastark:

== Lyrics ==
<pre>
Get your boots on we're going to Tucson
Gonna join a rock and roll band
Gonna drive all night down the highway built in the sand
Open window, occatillo and the scent of the ocean still in my hair
gonna drive all night through the cold dark dry desert air

San diego california down through Yuma Arizona
Everyone is feeling sunny
Onalaska, go Dakota, I'm writing you from Minneosta
To dedicate this song to Molly

Get you hat on, we're going back on
the red eye red blood express
gonna wind our way through the silver high wilderness
Stormy weather, we're together
and the sound of the mountains still in my ears
gonna drive all night through the salty slick summer tears

San diego california down through Yuma Arizona
Everyone is feeling sunny
Onalaska, go Dakota, I'm writing you from Minneosta
To dedicate this song to Molly
</pre>

== Chords ==

== Notes ==
Music is a'coming.

California II

2009-02-09T04:56:48Z

Rastark:

[[Category:Songs]]

== Lyrics ==
<pre>

You went down to Mexico, I'll be here when you get back to California
And I wonder if you know that I'll be here when you get back, I wonder if they warned you
You like women and fast cars, drinking coffee, smoke cigars out on your own
You been on the road so long when I ask you where you're from it don't sound like home

Don't you know that I don't fly no clay kites
I'm cold as stone and drowning in your headlights
Barstow, Arco, Sholow,
I know you meant a lot to me before
But I don't want to see you any more

You got on the road tonight just about two hours behind and kept your lights low
And the starts were shining down, cast their will upon the ground to light the snow
You like whiskey and fast cars, drinking coffee, smoke cigars to keep you warm
I can't help wondering if I'm waiting for the sun to rise or riding out the storm

Don't you know that I don't fly no clay kites
I'm cold as stone and drowning in your headlights
Barstow, Arco, Sholow,
I know you meant a lot to me before
But I don't want to see you any more
Flagstaff, Carlsbad, Moab
I know you meant a lot to me before
But I don't want to see you any more

</pre>

== Chords ==
CFC CFC CFC CFC aCaCGF aCaCGF CFdF

==Notes==

Becky stark (st. paul, MN)

2009-02-09T04:47:54Z

Rastark:

hi everyone! this is exciting...

[[Category:Members]]

== Songs ==

[[Electric City]]

[[On our way]]

[[Wedding Song]]

[[California II]]

[[Molly]]

[[Gold Metal Flour]]

Becky stark (st. paul, MN)

2009-02-09T04:47:25Z

Rastark:

hi everyone! this is exciting...

[[Category:Members]]

== Songs ==

[[Electric City]]

[[On our way]]

[[Wedding Song]]

[[California]]

[[Molly]]

[[Gold Metal Flour]]

Wedding Song

2009-02-09T04:42:26Z

Rastark:

[[Category:Songs]]

[[Media:Join_hands.mp3|Join hands]]

== Lyrics ==
<pre>
Rivers collect the strangest things
that ride their waters out to the sea
If love must wander then shepherds be
Join hands and walk to the water

the storms of winter blow cold and mean
and rend the bank relentlessly
if love must weather then shelter be
join hands and walk through the water

the fields and forests must surely end
and the mountains now will be hills again
if love must age then grow old with me
join hands and walk through the water

earth loved the ocean when she was young
and they filled the land with their muddy sons

so put away the childish things
and pick up the future its blue and green
and brighter than anything else you've seen
join hands and walk to the water

</pre>

== Chords ==

CFC aCF CF CGC
bridge: eGC CF

==Notes==

Wedding Song

2009-02-09T04:42:07Z

Rastark:

[[Category:Songs]]

[[Media:Join_hands.mp3|On our way]]

== Lyrics ==
<pre>
Rivers collect the strangest things
that ride their waters out to the sea
If love must wander then shepherds be
Join hands and walk to the water

the storms of winter blow cold and mean
and rend the bank relentlessly
if love must weather then shelter be
join hands and walk through the water

the fields and forests must surely end
and the mountains now will be hills again
if love must age then grow old with me
join hands and walk through the water

earth loved the ocean when she was young
and they filled the land with their muddy sons

so put away the childish things
and pick up the future its blue and green
and brighter than anything else you've seen
join hands and walk to the water

</pre>

== Chords ==

CFC aCF CF CGC
bridge: eGC CF

==Notes==

File:Join Hands.mp3

2009-02-09T04:41:15Z

Rastark:

Wedding Song

2009-02-09T04:36:10Z

Rastark:

[[Category:Songs]]

[[Media:On_our_way.mp3|On our way]]

== Lyrics ==
<pre>
Rivers collect the strangest things
that ride their waters out to the sea
If love must wander then shepherds be
Join hands and walk to the water

the storms of winter blow cold and mean
and rend the bank relentlessly
if love must weather then shelter be
join hands and walk through the water

the fields and forests must surely end
and the mountains now will be hills again
if love must age then grow old with me
join hands and walk through the water

earth loved the ocean when she was young
and they filled the land with their muddy sons

so put away the childish things
and pick up the future its blue and green
and brighter than anything else you've seen
join hands and walk to the water

</pre>

== Chords ==

CFC aCF CF CGC
bridge: eGC CF

==Notes==

Becky stark (st. paul, MN)

2009-02-09T04:30:45Z

Rastark:

hi everyone! this is exciting...

[[Category:Members]]

== Songs ==

#[[Electric City]]

#[[On our way]]

#[[Wedding Song]]

Long black hair

2009-02-09T04:25:53Z

Rastark:

[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Conor (philadelphia)]]
[[Media:----.mp3|----]]

== Lyrics ==

going to pick you a basket
of cherries in june
going to take them inside
bake up a pie
and feed it to you

going to lay you back like water
peaches and cream
in the heat of the day
lay your head in the shade
of a cotton wood tree

i don't know why it's so easy
for you to make me feel new
sit in a chair
let down your long black hair
i'm going to roll all over you

<some other verses i can't remember>

== Music ==

===Chords===

===Structure===

== Songwriter Notes ==

== Comments ==

From Becky:
Conor, I forgot about this song - what a good song.
i think the other verses are:
I'm gonna pick you a violet
to keep in my room
gonna keep it inside 'till it withers and dies
to remind me of you

and lemons so sour
and roses so sweet
and I'll tell the world about how I love a girl
something something

Long black hair

2009-02-09T04:24:56Z

Rastark: /* Songwriter Notes */

Long black hair

2009-02-09T04:22:33Z

Rastark: /* Songwriter Notes */

[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Conor (philadelphia)]]
[[Media:----.mp3|----]]

== Lyrics ==

going to pick you a basket
of cherries in june
going to take them inside
bake up a pie
and feed it to you

going to lay you back like water
peaches and cream
in the heat of the day
lay your head in the shade
of a cotton wood tree

i don't know why it's so easy
for you to make me feel new
sit in a chair
let down your long black hair
i'm going to roll all over you

<some other verses i can't remember>

== Music ==

===Chords===

===Structure===

== Songwriter Notes ==
OK - I hope this is going in the right place...its a non-songwriter note.
Conor, I forgot about this song - what a good song.
i think the other verses are:
I'm gonna pick you a violet
to keep in my room
gonna keep it inside 'till it withers and dies
to remind me of you

and lemons so sour
and roses so sweet
and I'll tell the world about how I love a girl
something something

Long black hair

2009-02-09T04:21:30Z

Rastark: /* Songwriter Notes */

[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Conor (philadelphia)]]
[[Media:----.mp3|----]]

== Lyrics ==

going to pick you a basket
of cherries in june
going to take them inside
bake up a pie
and feed it to you

going to lay you back like water
peaches and cream
in the heat of the day
lay your head in the shade
of a cotton wood tree

i don't know why it's so easy
for you to make me feel new
sit in a chair
let down your long black hair
i'm going to roll all over you

<some other verses i can't remember>

== Music ==

===Chords===

===Structure===

== Songwriter Notes ==
OK - I hope this is going in the right place...
Conor, I forgot about this song - what a good song.
i think the other verses are:
I'm gonna pick you a violet
to keep in my room
gonna keep it inside 'till it withers and dies
to remind me of you

and lemons so sour
nd roses so sweet
and I'll tell the world about how I love a girl
something something

On our way

2008-02-15T05:50:06Z

Rastark: /* Notes */

[[Category:Songs]]

[[Media:On_our_way.mp3|On our way]]

== Lyrics ==
<pre>
there's a little bit of snow on ground
there's a little bit of cold in the wind
i'm still thinking bout the last time i saw you
it won't be long until we meet again

see the miles turn to dust between us
I'm not with you but I'm on my way
and our love filling up these days
I'm not with you but I'm on my way

there's a bird in the sky out the window
catching air but he's standing still
another winter out of work would be a long one
and so you traveled out to idaho

there's a river in the valley by the highway
going nowhere but its flowing on
it won't be long until we hit the road together
but there's a lot of things we've got to do alone

a job and its an education
we're not free but we're on our way
gonna take us to a better situation
we're not free but we're on our way

we could settle in the middle of the city
we could go to the bars and see some rock and roll bands
work and tuck away a little bit of money
get ourselves just a little bit of land

we can live the way we want to live
we're not home but we're on our way
we'll build it all right over our heads
we're not home but we're on our way

there's a little bit of sun on the ground
there's a little bit of wind in my hair
I feel you with me even when we're not together
cause we're together and we're going somewhere

and the miles turn to dust between us
I'm not with you but I'm on my way
and our love is filling up the days
we're together and we're on our way
</pre>

==Notes==
Yay! More low-fi recordings! I wrote this song for my boyfriend for Valentine's Day. Happy Valentine's Day, Nick!!!! I wanted to make it sound like Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, or Bruce Springsteen, because we both like those musicians, but I think it needs more harmonica and drums and electric guitar to make that happen. As it is, its sort of an earnest, simple, poppy song. I had a very clear objective to communicate certain things to a certain person with this song, which made writing the lyrics a lot of fun - it also made the lyrics a lot less obscure than they usually are which I like. Overall, i liked the idea of writing a song for a specific person to hear. The tune might be a rip off of Steve Earle, but whatever, like he's never done it beofre.

On our way

2008-02-15T00:47:51Z

Rastark:

[[Category:Songs]]

[[Media:On_our_way.mp3|On our way]]

== Lyrics ==
<pre>
there's a little bit of snow on ground
there's a little bit of cold in the wind
i'm still thinking bout the last time i saw you
it won't be long until we meet again

see the miles turn to dust between us
I'm not with you but I'm on my way
and our love filling up these days
I'm not with you but I'm on my way

there's a bird in the sky out the window
catching air but he's standing still
another winter out of work would be a long one
and so you traveled out to idaho

there's a river in the valley by the highway
going nowhere but its flowing on
it won't be long until we hit the road together
but there's a lot of things we've got to do alone

a job and its an education
we're not free but we're on our way
gonna take us to a better situation
we're not free but we're on our way

we could settle in the middle of the city
we could go to the bars and see some rock and roll bands
work and tuck away a little bit of money
get ourselves just a little bit of land

we can live the way we want to live
we're not home but we're on our way
we'll build it all right over our heads
we're not home but we're on our way

there's a little bit of sun on the ground
there's a little bit of wind in my hair
I feel you with me even when we're not together
cause we're together and we're going somewhere

and the miles turn to dust between us
I'm not with you but I'm on my way
and our love is filling up the days
we're together and we're on our way
</pre>

==Notes==
Yay! More low-fi recordings! I wrote this song for my boyfriend for Valentine's Day. I wanted to make it sound like Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, or Bruce Springsteen, but I think it needs more harmonica and drums and electric guitar to make that happen. As it is, its sort of an earnest, simple, poppy song. I had a very clear objective to communicate certain things to a certain person with this song, which made writing the lyrics a lot of fun - it also made the lyrics a lot less obscure than they usually are which I like.

File:On our way.mp3

2008-02-15T00:46:51Z

Rastark:

On our way

2008-02-15T00:40:51Z

Rastark:

[[Category:Songs]]

[[Media:Electric_city.mp3|Electric city]]

== Lyrics ==
<pre>
there's a little bit of snow on ground
there's a little bit of cold in the wind
i'm still thinking bout the last time i saw you
it won't be long until we meet again

see the miles turn to dust between us
I'm not with you but I'm on my way
and our love filling up these days
I'm not with you but I'm on my way

there's a bird in the sky out the window
catching air but he's standing still
another winter out of work would be a long one
and so you traveled out to idaho

there's a river in the valley by the highway
going nowhere but its flowing on
it won't be long until we hit the road together
but there's a lot of things we've got to do alone

a job and its an education
we're not free but we're on our way
gonna take us to a better situation
we're not free but we're on our way

we could settle in the middle of the city
we could go to the bars and see some rock and roll bands
work and tuck away a little bit of money
get ourselves just a little bit of land

we can live the way we want to live
we're not home but we're on our way
we'll build it all right over our heads
we're not home but we're on our way

there's a little bit of sun on the ground
there's a little bit of wind in my hair
I feel you with me even when we're not together
cause we're together and we're going somewhere

and the miles turn to dust between us
I'm not with you but I'm on my way
and our love is filling up the days
we're together and we're on our way
</pre>

==Notes==
Yay! More low-fi recordings! I wrote this song for my boyfriend for Valentine's Day. I wanted to make it sound like Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, or Bruce Springsteen, but I think it needs more harmonica and drums and electric guitar to make that happen. As it is, its sort of an earnest, simple, poppy song. I had a very clear objective to communicate certain things to a certain person with this song, which made writing the lyrics a lot of fun - it also made the lyrics a lot less obscure than they usually are which I like.

Becky stark (st. paul, MN)

2008-02-15T00:34:34Z

Rastark:

hi everyone! this is exciting...

[[Category:Members]]

== Songs ==

#[[Electric City]]

#[[On our way]]

Electric City

2007-03-29T20:58:00Z

Rastark: /* Comments */

[[Category:Songs]]

[[Media:Electric_city.mp3|Electric city]]

== Lyrics ==
<pre>
I've been down every one of the streets in this town
too many times, too many times
if i could fight i could make me some money tonight
with these hands of mine, with these hands of mine

i've told lies and I've known some lying men
but i swear to god I never lied to him
but he turned around, blew a hole in the solid ground
electric city got me down

ch: one hand fits where the other one don't
one foot follows where the other one won't
if there's a bad man driving the train won't stop but it'll pick me up

i've been down to the dock at the edge of town
to ease my mind too many times
if I was all right I could make me some money tonight
but I can't decide, I can't decide

cause there's a task at hand down where all of those buildings stand
built six feet wide and ten stories high
i could see them all shot to shit with a wrecking ball
in the dead of night, noone in sight

ch repeats
</pre>

==Notes==
Loren recorded this song for me a few years ago and i recorded this version on my computer (!). Its in C.

==Comments==
Becky! I'm super duper excited that you've posted this tune. Here are some of the notes I took while listening to it the first few times:

* You're doing this really interesting thing that none of the rest of us do, which is writing music that sounds like folk music to me. I don't know anything about folk music, or if what you're doing technically qualifies, but from the first notes, your last six or seven songs have had this pronounced "traditional" flavor to them. The key ingredient in this, I think, is in the tone of your lyrics. The instrumentation and arrangements help, as well. This song in particular has a timeless quality such that I feel as if I've heard it before, possibly before I was born. I think that's a really powerful thing to be able to tap into. So, however consciously or unconsciously you've managed that: well done.
* "If I could fight I could make me some money tonight/With these hands of mine" is an exceptional line. Even better coming from a tiny lady like you.
* I've been impressed by your tendency to only change chords when you need to. I usually start songs with chord progressions, and too often end up letting the changes fall every two or four bars like clockwork. But it sounds like you really let the rhythm of the melody dictate the changes; the refrain in particular is a good example of this. The changes fall on a lot of offbeats on this tune. You also do a lot of walking between chords, which is nice--I'm always tempted to cram in other chord, but it can really gum things up. You really let the song guide the arrangement, and write so efficiently. I aspire to that, but you make it sound easy.
* I think the first two lines of the chorus are wonderful.
* If I could change anything about this recording, I'd throw in a little dynamic variation. I'd love to hear a little country shuffle rhythm section and a harmonica stumble in on chorus. This is a minor quibble, though--since the song is so short, I don't mind the sameness of the arrangement, I'm just greedy. : )
* Yay! Thanks for putting this up, it's making my last several days.

P.S. I think some of your lyrics got pasted into the notes section, so i moved them up into the top section. I also put some "pre" tags around them so the line breaks happen where you typed them. You can remove them if you don't like it this way, but I thought it might help.

[[User:Gabemcelwain|Gabemcelwain]] 12:21, 16 March 2007 (PDT)

Gabe! I'm so glad you like it - thought perhaps you hadn't heard the other version. Thanks for fixing the code:)

I'd like to add some percussion soon. The mandolin is also back from the shop, so that might make an appearance. More once the semester ends I think.

Electric City

2007-03-13T20:08:25Z

Rastark:

[[Category:Songs]]

[[Media:Electric_city.mp3|Electric city]]

== Lyrics ==
I've been down every one of the streets in this town
too many times, too many times
if i could fight i could make me some money tonight
with these hands of mine, with these hands of mine

i've told lies and I've known some lying men
but i swear to god I never lied to him
but he turned around, blew a hole in the solid ground
electric city got me down

ch: one hand fits where the other one don't
one foot follows where the other one won't
if there's a bad man driving the train won't stop but it'll pick me up

i've been down to the dock at the edge of town
to ease my mind too many times
if I was all right I could make me some money tonight
but I can't decide, I can't decide

==Notes==
Loren recorded this song for me a few years ago and i recorded this version on my computer (!). Its in C.

cause there's a task at hand down where all of those buildings stand
built six feet wide and ten stories high
i could see them all shot to shit with a wrecking ball
in the dead of night, noone in sight

ch repeats

Electric City

2007-03-13T20:04:30Z

Rastark:

[[Category:Songs]]

[[Media:Electric_city.mp3|Electric city]]

== Lyrics ==
I've been down every one of the streets in this town
too many times, too many times
if i could fight i could make me some money tonight
with these hands of mine, with these hands of mine

i've told lies and I've known some lying men
but i swear to god I never lied to him
but he turned around, blew a hole in the solid ground
electric city got me down

ch: one hand fits where the other one don't
one foot follows where the other one won't
if there's a bad man driving the train won't stop but it'll pick me up

i've been down to the dock at the edge of town
to ease my mind too many times
if I was all right I could make me some money tonight
but I can't decide, I can't decide

cause there's a task at hand down where all of those buildings stand
built six feet wide and ten stories high
i could see them all shot to shit with a wrecking ball
in the dead of night, noone in sight

ch repeats

File:Electric city.mp3

2007-03-13T19:58:46Z

Rastark:

Becky stark (st. paul, MN)

2007-03-13T19:57:01Z

Rastark:

hi everyone! this is exciting...

[[Category:Members]]

== Songs ==

#[[Electric City]]

Becky stark (st. paul, MN)

2006-09-13T22:33:17Z

Rastark:

hi everyone! this is exciting...

[[Category:Members]]

Becky stark (st. paul, MN)

2006-09-13T22:32:06Z

Rastark:

hi everyone! this is exciting...

Members

2006-09-13T22:31:14Z

Rastark:

*[[sara johnsen (san francisco)]]
*[[robert voyer (chicago)]]
*[[gabe mcelwain (chicago)]]
*[[chris vlasses (chicago)]]
*[[deirdre kelly (philadelphia)]]
*[[becky stark (st. paul, MN)]]
 
 
 
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==creating a new page in the wiki==
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so, add the following line to your member page, and you will automatically be added to the members category: 
 
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add this line: 
 
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==formatting your pages by copying gabe's code==
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#click the edit tab,
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[[User:Sara|Sara]] 21:46, 30 August 2006 (PDT)

User:Rastark

2006-09-13T22:28:28Z

Rastark:

hi everyone!

User:Rastark

2006-09-13T22:28:10Z

Rastark:

hi everyone!
[[becky stark (st paul, MN)]]