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Dynamite Stick

by the New Messengers

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1.
the albatross (free) 02:07
The Albatross words/music C. Fraher Intro Am Dm Am Dm C F C F V C F All through the winter we loaded and hauled, C Like a dog just chasing his tail. (Ooohhh Am ‘Til the floorboards wore through F G it was all we could do to keep busy. C F When technicians lit in and let tampering begin, E7 Am They seemed to know what they were doing. G This old wood and wire’d make a hell of a fire, C F So we struck the old meeting hall down, E7 G And danced ‘til the embers died out. C G And you couldn’t see daylight between us, Am Dm Though we felt somehow they’d deceived us. Outro Am Dm E7 F ||: Am Dm Am Dm E7 F :|| x2 Am (x2) F E7
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dynamite stick (free) 03:22
Dynamite Stick words/music: Joe Nio Dm A# 4 x i wish i was a deep sea diver just a man among the fish more the master than survivor those who fail me become a dish Chorus: C Minor That' how i roll giving out parts of the whole All you will see is eight different chapters of me Dm A# 4 x tonight i'll be the midnight rambler talk wild stories of buffalos more the player than the gambler i'll plant a tale to see it grow Read my code, soon you will see me explode All you'll see, is my fuse is shorter than me
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mandala (free) 03:40
Mandala words/music: C. Fraher D Bm A G V1 At the first light of day, D A You started to go, I thought I was dreaming. Bm A G Then it hit me so hard, D A G Like truckers on speed, devouring the highway. Bm A G D V2 As the time marches on, it softens the burn, A You could have been Nero. Bm A G D Now a uselessness hangs on every word, A G We traded in earnest. G F#m BR Somebody told me once, that all that’s great is fleeting, Em D And nothing lasts that’s any good. G F#m So while we’re waiting here, for this greatness to appear, F#m D Let’s thank ourselves for even trying. Bm A Even trying, even trying F#m G F#m G F#m G F#m A D G D G ...
4.
'72 malibu (free) 03:26
72 Malibu words/music: C. Fraher V1 C F There is so much life around me I can smell it in the C winter breeze G F And the cold air keeps on blowing my thankful heart C onto it’s knees. C F Trouble, come trouble, come on bring your trouble on C me. G F C Some might not take it, some might just disagree. (CH1) F C F C C G C V2 C F C Further, oh forgiveness is further on down the road. G F While my heart is still beating I know there’s a story to C be told. C And the righteous and the weak F C will use the same words when they speak of you now G F C Dear my heart is broken I wish that I could see you. (CH2) F C F C C G C
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Between the raindrops words/music: C. Fraher I see everything new for the first time around, Least that’s what they’re telling me now, All the silicon slaves just don’t wanna behave, I’m the one showing them how. Now she says she’s the queen, watch her walking between, The raindrops how she never gets wet, I’m just dripping with sin pushing memories in, But baby don’t you ever forget If your head is a camera then I am a wheel, I’m looking for a hill to get down, When your eyes get sore, leave you seeking for more, What good is it wearing a frown. I'm convinced she's the queen, see her dancing between, The raindrops man she never takes bets, Watch the rain as it drips down from her fingertips, This is what I’ll never forget. I see everything new for the first time around, Least that’s what they’re telling me now, All the silicon slaves just don’t wanna behave, I’m the one showing them how. Now I know she’s the queen, watch her walking between, The raindrops how she never gets wet, I’m just dripping with sin pushing memories in, But baby don’t you ever forget ---------------- Your Harmonium Voice words - love poem generator + C. Fraher music - C. Fraher My heart follows your harmonium voice and leaps like a mountain lion at the whisper of your name. The curtains obscure you like cream cellophane I am comforted by the motion that you carry In the twilight of firebeams and right next to my knuckle I am filled with hope that I might dry your tears of soymilk, as my thumbnail falls from my button, I’m entangled in your frame (lead) in the quiet, I listen for the last engine backfire of the day, My best intentions, leap from my shirtsleeves yeah I wait in the darkness for your secret number, so that we can rectify as one. wishbone upon wishbone, In search of the magnificent black and mystical heap of love

credits

released April 20, 2010

Jessica Fitzgerald - keys, percussion
Kym Fraher - vox
Clarence Fraher - vox, guitar
Joe Nio - vox guitar
Christopher Schneberger - drums
Jamison Spencer - bass
Doug vanderHoof - guitar lead mandala
recorded at taxi, mastered by collin jordan at the boiler room.

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the New Messengers Chicago

Originally started by Clarence Fraher (ex Technical Jed, Drunk) and Joe Nio (ex Seymores, Drunk) as a sort of basement space- folk band, it morphed into something that would would fit comfortably on a mix of any decade, they could come from the 60s, the 70s or next year and keep the hooks and the harmonies of pop music hidden in catchy lyrics about philosophy, sex and death. ... more

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