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Down the Line

by Amy Blanding

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1.
Mama's headed North to work out on the patch She swears to God this time the money's gonna last She'll be gone all summer 'til the winds turn to fall 'til right about the time you'll ask is she coming home at all When I turn 17 I'm gonna shake the dust of this town Gonna find me a place with good people all around I'll make my way out West where the ocean air is clean But Mom will still be working, chasing hollow dreams Chorus And that prairie moon's haunting me Prairie fire cleaning me Prairie winds carry me Carry me back home There's no time for being lonely it's that classic city style Though I haven't seen the stars in a while I work a second job scrapping pennies to my name Can't seem to find it in me to play the game Chorus They say my city's got no pride, it's just a place for passing through But I miss home and I miss you Fortune's hard to come by in these rough and luckless lands And Mama saw my future buried in the sand So now I'm headed North to work out on the patch I'm sweating out black gold for as long as it will last I don't see my son much but I write him when I can I'm doing this for him , just hope one day he understands Chorus
2.
Cutbank Moon 03:34
Lift up that little baby She ain't got no home Carry her down to meet the river Let it wash away the cold Float her through the willow Turn her face up to the sky Play that banjo music boy A cutbank lullaby Lift up my naked body Feel the heat inside my soul Carry me down to meet the river Feel the mighty waters pull Float me through the willow Turn my face up to the sky Play that banjo music boy So the cutbank moon will rise Lift up my aged body Broken tired and old Carry me down to meet the river Show me to the ghosts Float me through the willow Turn my face up to the sky Play that banjo one last time So the cutbank moon will rise
3.
Blood moon hits the cutbanks all across a frozen shoreline And a train headed nowhere down the line Current pulled your waters south toward the coastline Brings me to a distant place and a different time Never thought I'd meet you, never thought I'd love you And I never thought you'd leave me behind Is it ok if I still miss you at the same time that I hate you If you ask me I'm doing fine Chorus Ten years in the rearview mirror did you ever look back 'Cause it's funny how quickly you were gone Ten years in the rearview mirror I can't look back Baby I was made for moving on Pack the photos up in boxes change we to I in stories A quiet shift to standing alone If anyone should ask me, I still love your family And I hope this will always be your home I gather up the pieces of my scattered broken open Feel the rhythm of my hand-stitched heart The strangest tides of winter break the ice up on the river And there's beauty in the falling apart Chorus
4.
Ain't Nobody 02:31
I was born to the forest, cradled in the sky I'll be living on the mountain til the day I die Running barefoot through the sycamore trees Ain't nobody gonna marry me Great lady of the river she can never be tamed Storm the mighty floods through the thunder and the rain Make a promise to the Devil but you better let it go Ain't nobody gonna save my soul Moon was blood red when Daddy came around Packin' up a wagon and a'headin' into town Gotta find a man by tomorrow midday I've been saving all my money just to give you away Sun coming up see the wild run free This body is the land you can't take it from me Blood curdle scream and the Devil make pay Let the waters of the icy river take me away I was born to the forest, cradled in the sky I'll be living on the mountain til the day I die Running barefoot through the sycamore trees Ain't nobody gonna marry me
5.
I go to my boat quote on quote There's a solace there At loose ends We went out Tuesday night With batteries and water It's ok, just go overboard This is what it was like With whatever's bound to happen On sea's edge moored at Squatter's Cover Well I go to my boat, float in my boat Row in my boat, I sail in my boat Rock in my boat, alone in my boat Consoled on the whole, consoled A crow and a jet crossed in the sky A feather ahead and an engine behind A meeting of kinds, of bodies and minds Consoled on the whole, consoled And at the end of the day when they locked us down My cot my lamp my sink, a couple of books on the ground Almost free under lock and key Consoled on the whole, consoled Well I work at the shop and I sleep on the ship I haven't touched a drop since that last little dip And I might join the church or resume my search Consoled on the whole, consoled
6.
Windsong 04:09
Crash test in walking sweat lines on the Tucson dime What that God in her sunsets or just coyotes keeping time In blistered sands they scaled the walls knocked down and primed So we burn the bones of Hadestown no justice on the line Who will remember I don't remember They filled the holes and barbed the wire time and again You say after the storm I'll tend the land bury the babes therein When there's nothing left to lose it ain't tough to block out the pain Well I'm not one for praying but these days where else goes the rage? Who will remember Do you remember Make the walk in for water like you've done a hundred times before The parched and hungry crows pass your people now at home on the road What's it like in the light past the wall, what's left for them to see Whose hammer breaks the stone loose the dam, turn aliens to Dreams Who will remember I don't remember Who will remember Help me to remember Crash test in walking sweat lines on the Tucson dime What that God in her sunsets or just coyotes keeping time
7.
We who run We who crawl We who break down We who birth it all One day the Mother She will swallow you What is torn apart She will forge anew Make me whole Set me free No more weights Pressing down on me All you Sisters Rise and Agitate Free the river's flow Mighty dams will break

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Recorded and mixed on Lheidli T'enneh traditional territory by Pulp City Music, under the watchful eye of co-producers Fraser Hayes and Connor Pritchard, this debut album includes 6 original songs and one previously unrecorded song by songwriting legend Raghu Lokanathan. This project brought together an absolutely All-Star cast of musicians, including: Danny Bell (drums), Brin Porter (stand-up bass, electric bass, harmonica), Naomi Kavka (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, cello, mandolin), Chloe Nakahara (Fiddle), Curtis Abriel (Piano, trombone), Blake Bamford (banjo, lap steel), Spencer Hammond (saw), Amy Blanding (vocals, mandolin, trumpet), and a very special group of women who gathered together to record a live choral performance.

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released September 14, 2019

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Amy Blanding Prince George, British Columbia

Known for her powerful voice and profound stage presence, Amy Blanding collects moments in the Northern wild and turns them into stalwart folk songs with a raw edge. Cutting her teeth with nationally-recognized folk rock band Black Spruce Bog, Amy Blanding’s music is the culmination of an outdoor life, led heart-first. ... more

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