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Leaving Soon

by Crow and the Canyon

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1.
Waterfalls 04:44
Waterfalls keep falling Though they say the water's all gone That morning bird keeps calling Long after the break of dawn Lightning strikes on the prarie The fields go up in flames They were not made to carry These crops we call the same Tryin’a pull a weed You gotta pull slowly Tryin’a build a house you go stone by stone There ain't no path that we tread lightly That ain't no way to treat a home Just like moss growin' on stone Without soil we build our homes Pay no mind to the ocean The rising of the tide Clock strikes twelve in the hallway River roars on down the road This world’s gonna roll off the highway No longer can she bear this load Tryin’a pull a weed You gotta pull slowly Tryin’a build a house you go stone by stone There ain't no path that we tread lightly That ain't no way to treat a home Waterfalls keep falling Though they say the water's all gone That morning bird keep calling Long after the break of dawn Tryin’a pull a weed You gotta pull slowly Tryin’a build a house you go stone by stone There ain't no path that we tread lightly That ain't no way to treat a home
2.
So I’ve saved enough to get outta town Away from all the city’s deafening sounds Out onto the open road where I will shed this heavy load Come the break of dawn I’ll hit the ground Westward bound A thousand miles to grandma’s house I go A solitary journey this I know I’m hopin’ that this open space will somehow help me to erase The storm that you dragged in those months ago A near fatal blow Brooklyn to Milwaukee thinkin’ ‘bout your wrongdoin’ Did I take the right course by stayin’ with ya No denyin’ this thing’s the best that either one of us has goin’ So I say we may as well try Oh----- You tell me that our love’s meant to last This was a test and it looks like we passed Or is it that we’re just in love with another form of us Accidentally buried with the past And too afraid to ask Brooklyn to Milwaukee thinkin’ ‘bout your wrongdoin’ Did I take the right course by stayin’ with ya I’ve wasted all that’s in me to keep my pride and still forgive ya How do you tell if you’ve done the best you can, oh Darkness rides at my heels But there’s light ahead Fallen angel hear me yell Take me to your bed Up until you turned this right all wrong I’d never been to happy for so long So I’ll put on my toughest mask and finish this Olympic task On your behalf while echoes of your song Cheer me on Brooklyn to Milwaukee thinkin’ ‘bout your wrongdoin’ Did I take the right course by stayin’ with ya No denyin’ this thing’s the best that either one of us has goin’ So I say we may as well try Oh-----
3.
If I was a crow and you were a canyon I'd drink from your rivers and I'd swim through your air I'd built up my nest where the roots that there hold you My feathers cold black would find life in your care And the mountains would ponder love laid below them And the rivers would wonder to the ocean again If I was a crow and you were a canyon I'd still have to leave you, my first love's the wind If I's a new rider, and you a starry eyed sorrel I'd give my last dollar to ride you away We'd run to Montana through the clover and laurel Where the hills are pillows for dream heads to lay And the wind would blow, cold wind on the mountain And the robins would fly south the same in the sun I'd follow those robins on the tunes that they'd offer And cry for the sorrel, for her day is done But when I cross over don't you buy me no tombstone Don't lay my bones in a grave so cold Just let the wind take me up where it's high and it's shining 'Cause the end I need will be new in the day And the mountains would ponder love laid below them And the rivers would wonder to the ocean again If I was a crow and you were a canyon I'd still have to leave you, my first love's the wind If I was a crow and you were a canyon I'd still have to leave you, my first love's the wind
4.
Stephanie 04:32
That old wind catcher sings the same old tune I’m just sittin’ here starin’ at the moon I look to the heavens and I walk to the shore And I pray that I’ll be with you soon She said live by the truth and your road will shine Oh but you don’t know my mind How do we sing songs 'bout love like a rock When no one can stay true Oh Stephanie, did you want to see If you could hold your heart in your hands so long and let it go Oh Stephanie, did you want to see If you could hold your heart in your hands so long and let it go And be unbroken Oh the spirit told me I’m down in a hole That man is takin' all he can That man is me, honey, why can’t you see I been tryin' to give it back That old wind catcher sings the same old tune I’m just sittin’ here starin’ at the moon I look to the heavens and I walk to the shore And I pray that I’ll be with you soon Oh Stephanie, did you want to see If you could hold your heart in your hands so long and let it go Oh Stephanie, did you want to see If you could hold your heart in your hands so long and let it go And be unbroken
5.
Wilmington 04:15
Put me at your door I need to be reborn It’s been a while since my smile’s Been naturally worn Put me in my place Make me look you in the face Shed a light so that I might See all I’m grateful for ‘Cause I feel the pull of your charms How I hope you’ll open your arms And welcome me like family My North Carolina home Put me in your play Give me some words to say I’ll memorize and bring to life Whatever’s on your page Put me in your choir My soul will fly much higher Than any god or grand façade Could help it to attain ‘Cause I feel the pull of your charms How I hope you’ll open your arms And welcome me like family My North Carolina home And though I’ve been away now for so many years Won’t you lend a prodigal daughter your ears For if you take me in I’ll serve you once again Until the darkness clears So put me in your shoes ‘Cause I see you in the news From toe to head dressed all in red And it’s giving me the blues But it’s just that kind of year People giving in to fear Though we’re behind I know in time We’ll see which path to choose ‘Cause I feel the pull of your charms How I hope you’ll open your arms And welcome me like family My North Carolina home Yes welcome me like family My North Carolina home My North Carolina home
6.
You were leaving On a rainy day in may Tears like the rapids of a river Hit the ground, what more could I say You know I tried to love you tried to hear you When you said you were goin' away Now your shakin' like a tree in the middle of a storm Standin’ on it's final day It’s like wine and whiskey Tequila on a belly full of gin It's knowin’ you ain't gonna miss me Oh when your train comes in Oh honey When you find a place that you can call home Will you work through your troubles in the winter Or when the wind blows cold will you roam I know someday will I see you Standin' like a house built of stone Cryin' tears of joy for the road that you wandered All alone It’s like wine and whiskey Tequila on a belly full of gin It's knowin’ you ain't gonna miss me Oh when your train comes in Oh you know I wish you well I'm prayin’ every night 'til the mornin' bell Everyday I see your face The salt on your skin I still taste It’s like wine and whiskey Tequila on a belly full of gin It's knowin’ you ain't gonna miss me Oh when your train comes in
7.
Golden chains Outside my window All I do is wait Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame When the world just passes by It ain't gonna change The way the wind blows But it ain't gonna stay the same Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame When the world just passes by You were born with a sigh, learned how to cry Forever followed that tear in your eye Won’t you come outside and see the sun But you’re already broken ‘fore the day is done So you sit and and you wait, and you try to remain Oh so deaf and so blind to that southbound train And you can’t for the life of you Recall if things were better when you weren't so high Golden chains Outside my window All I do is wait Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame When the world just passes by It ain't gonna change The way the wind blows But it ain't gonna stay the same Ain't it a shame (ain't it a shame) Ain't it a shame (ain't it a shame) When the world just passes by When the world just passes by When the world just passes by
8.
New Years Eve went to bed With an ache comin' over our heads There's been bottles of pink champagne In the fridge now for weeks on end We ain't had much to celebrate Made a bottle of that feverfew Poured a little on a spoon for you Poured a little on a spoon for me said oh we will never be In love like you wanted In love like you wanted Stayed in that house for three more days into January in a smokey haze Just down the road the trees were on fire Like your bed and our heads gettin' higher Said oh I could never love you Like you wanted me to And I feel like a penny just waitin' on change And I’m cryin' like the birds in the yard Cause it ain't the lovin' it's the leavin' that's hard It ain't the lovin' it's the leavin' that's hard Well the year went on and the spring time came And the flowers all bloomed and you taught me their names Could you believe how our garden grew But our hearts stood still and you always knew I would be leavin' I would be leavin' And I feel like a penny just waitin' on change And I’m cryin' like the birds in the yard Cause it ain't the lovin' it's the leavin' that's hard It ain't the lovin' it's the leavin' that's hard And I feel like a penny just waitin' on change And I’m cryin' like the birds in the yard And I feel like a penny just waitin' on change And I’m cryin' like the birds in the yard Cause it ain't the lovin' it's the leavin' that's hard It ain't the lovin' it's the leavin' that's hard It ain't the lovin' it's the leavin' that's hard It ain't the lovin' it's the leavin' that's hard
9.
It's knowing that your door is always open And your path is free to walk That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag Rolled up and stashed behind your couch It's knowing I'm not shackled By forgotten words and bonds Or the ink stains that have dried upon some line That keeps you in the backroads By the rivers of my memory That keeps you ever gentle on my mind It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy Planted on their columns now that binds me Or something that somebody said Because they thought we fit together walking It's knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving When I walk along some railroad track and find That you’re waving from the backroads By the rivers of my memory For hours you're just gentle on my mind Though wheat fields and the clothes lines And the junkyards and the highways come between us Some other woman crying to her mother 'Cause she turned and I was gone I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind But not to where I cannot see you walkin' on the backroads By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind I dip my cup of soup back from the gurglin' Cracklin' caldron in some train yard My beard rougher than a coal pile And a dirty hat pulled low across my face Through cupped hands 'round a tin can I pretend to hold you to my breast and find That you're waving from the backroads By the rivers of my memory Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind That you're waving from the backroads By the rivers of my memory Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind
10.
We Give 04:55
I believe in singin' I believe our voices will ring on above I believe in being kind To the ones that you don’t love Keep room in your heart For the things you don’t believe Keep room in your heart for the ones that you leave We give and we are given That’s how it all goes down Fill your heart with what you can And try to stick around Sing a song to another Sing a song to the moon We could be leavin' soon I believe that this body Will wither and fade I believe that our souls Are already saved I try to keep my distance From the ones who claim to know Those who don’t bow in wonder To every flake of snow We give and we are given That’s how it all goes down Fill your heart with what you can And try to stick around Sing a song to another Sing a song to the moon We could be leavin' soon

credits

released June 9, 2015

Produced by Tyler Thompson and Ben Larsen
Engineered by Justin Phelps at Cloud City Sound – Portland, OR
Assistant Engineers – Ryan Grunest, Hawkins Wright, Patrick Champagne
Mixing and additional tracking by Tyler Thompson
Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow – Boulder, CO

Ben Larsen – vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin
Leigh Jones – vocals
Austin Quattlebaum – vocals, banjo
Miles Berry – upright bass

Additional players:
Jay Cobb Anderson – vocals Tracks 6 & 7
Kellen Asebroek – vocals Track 7
Nathan Crockett – violin Track 8
Kat Fountain – harmonica Track 6
Allie Kral – fiddle Tracks 1, 3, 4, & 9
Mimi Naja – vocals Track 7
Josh Simon – piano, organ
Tyler Thompson – drums, percussion

Tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, & 10 written by Ben Larsen
Tracks 2 & 5 written by Leigh Jones
Track 3 written by Derek Clatterbuck
Track 9 written by John Hartford

Album art and layout by Chelsea Stephen

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