1. |
After Dark
03:15
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So I lie
Half awake, on the outskirts of my mind
So many thanks to you who taught me how to die
And this reminds
Me of houses up in treetops in the sky
A mystery girl, a Jordan train goes rollin by
So if you lose your mind
If you lose your spark
I’ll be lying here long after dark
You shoulda seen the world today,
Flash flood, lightning, Nashville, summer grey
I thought of you and I was all away
When the sun comes up, there’s not much else to say
Yeah when the sun comes up, there’s not much else to say
So if you lose your mind
If you lose your spark
I’ll be lying here long after dark
I leave my light on, leave my light on
Leave my light on, light blue
I leave my light on, leave my light on
Leave my light on for you
It’s all I do
It’s all I do
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2. |
Jubilee
04:09
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Big engine start up
Big wheels move in time
Past the fairgrounds of summer
Blinking dust from your eyes
But I had to come home, I just had to come home
Spend some time on my own, see some places I know,
I just had to start over again
Couldn’t tell you the state where I been,
Let me show you the state that I’m in
Could you believe, O jubilee jubilee
So high up above, so far overseas
For you alone I’ll wait, for you along I’ll be
Till I find my, my Jubilee
Open windows, the house you were raised in
Remember the living room trees
You could climb them without going outside, scrape your knees
But I’d done with that load on the southbound road,
With the pines passin by, with the breeze
There was magic behind, and so sure in my mind
There were many such things still to be
There are many such things still to be
I will know when you show them to me
Could you believe, O jubilee jubilee
So high up above, so far overseas
For you alone I’ll wait, for you along I’ll be
Till I find my, my Jubilee
I just had to come home
Had to shake the feeling
That I’d never feel this way again
I just had to let it go
To let it back in
You could always feel this way, again
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3. |
Astronaut's Wife
05:33
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You said you’d come from outer space
You named me the stars outside your place
Beneath a midnight sun we slept for days
When the sun came up, you were years away
Away
So would you still want to put up with me
When you get back from outer space?
Would you still want to put up with me
When you get back from outer space?
Where do you go?
What starry road could I follow?
A million black holes
A desert full froze
Your Sunday clothes
Wonders we have known
But does it really matter to you?
Does it really matter to you?
If you tell me, it’s true
I would spin an earth around you
Around you
Would you still want to put up with me
When you get back from outer space?
Would you still want to put up with me
When you get back from outer space?
Where do you go?
What starry road could I follow?
A million black holes
What starry road should I follow?
I would spin an earth around you
Would you look at me like I was new?
Would you look at me like I was new?
Like I was new
Would you still want to put up with me
When you get back from outer space?
Would you still want to put up with me
When you get back from outer space?
(falsetto overlay)
I feel ready, I feel ready to go
I feel ready, I feel ready to go
To go
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4. |
Fair Country, KY
04:30
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Leave your light on on your porch light
Burn all evidence of me
By now I am far too far, too far to reach
There are movements in the blackwashed woods,
There are stirrings in the stream
And I wonder could I call this bravery
But if I run far enough, for fair country
They will never find, never find me
And all the evil things
And all that evil brings
If I run far enough, for fair country
They will never find, never find me
You could see me in the blackwashed trees,
You could see me in the stirring stream
You could see me in the blackwashed trees,
You could see me in the stirring stream
There’s far too many places to be
There’s far too many places to be
They will never find, never find me
They will never find, never find, never find, never find me
(underlay)
Morning light, you will ride on
Morning light
etc
All the evil things
And all that evil brings
They’re gone (alternatively, "Mboahhhhhh")
They’re gone (Mboahhhhh)
I’ll read you back my letters when I’m back to you again,
Read you back these letters from back when
Yeah I will read you back these letters from back when
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5. |
Bring the Sun
02:15
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When I come back
I will bring the sun
When I come back
I’ll bring everyone
O-hi-o, hi-ooh, hi-ooh
You know it don’t you
You know it, don’t you?
When I come back
I will bring the sun
If you holler for me
You can bet I’ll come
O-hi-o, hi-ooh, hi-ooh
You know it don’t you
You know it, don’t you?
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Rookin New York
Rookin is a folk-rock band from Massachusetts and Kentucky, comprised of Adam Horn (vocals), Ben Naddaff-Hafrey (guitar &
piano), Parsa Kamali (guitar), Ethan Schneider (drums), and Socrates Cruz (bass). Debut album ‘Unionism’ is due out November 30, 2018 on Medical Records. It speaks to everything from the Battle of Nashville to the atomic bomb to falling in love.
www.wearerookin.com
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