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Golden Boy

by Rescue Box

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1.
French Cut Kisses/Mismatched Dishes 06:35
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Video Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iD9Ac40Fc8 I don’t pursue things Things pursue me I think what I think I see what I see It was the bottom of the barrel I saw it on TV It was the bottom of the barrel for all the world to see The back of the hand comes quickly these days The writing on the wall and believe it or not I can read that scroll French-cut kisses And mismatched dishes I hear you are worried about me My friend A fever is burning In cities far away Whipping posts and southern ghosts On the boulevard today I read the words that go on forever Hateful people yapping their jaw They think they’re clever The barbecue is ready what leg do you stand on? The clouds are moving in The storm will be here soon You’re going to get wet, you’re going to get wet Don’t know where you’re going, don’t know where you’ve been When I was a kid, I was a kid When I did what I did, I did what I did When I fucked it up I hit the road I begged I borrowed I sold I won’t let it get me down I am not a clown I don’t prescribe to the ordinary dive There were those French-cut kisses Mismatched dishes I hear you are worried about me My friend Turn the radio on It plays your favorite song It took some time for all to see the fatal flaw, but finally it’s your call Overcast this morning neighbors’ blue roof Iced coffee from yesterday On the TV, John Wilkes Booth Past, present and future Cradle to the grave When I was a child the sky was burning blue Some prayed for rain, tornadoes came Swept up the likes of me and you I grabbed your legs A nylon with a run But those were not your legs You weren’t the only one Nothing’s far away When it happened in the past Run that engine lean You gotta make it last, gotta make it last I remember those French-cut kisses Mismatched dishes I hear you are worried about me My friend French-cut kisses Mismatched dishes I hear you are worried about me My friend
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Ode to Precious Things 05:38
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Video Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM6-q2LPnfo Well you know that storm you said was coming finally came Yeah I was slipping and sliding Through the rain And somewhere far away that whistle blew It said come on home boy We got work to do Well I know that feeling Checking out Leaves are turning and the Days grow short Too much of something rushes in And I disappear again Well it won’t be the last time That I feel this way I heard the news You’ve gone away I’ll follow the sun To some promise land Where everything and nothing Go hand in hand And I’ll take to the road And Ill never look back I’ll hitch my fate to strangers Just a few precious things In a small gunny sack Don’t know where I'm going But I get in the car Headed west I drive all night Painted desert you look the best You look the best After the sun went down I saw you by the fire I had something to say So I lit a candle For everything that’s gone away I’ll fall in love With the loneliness of missing a friend Drifting over the landscape You keep flying Well I spent the morning hours Waiting for that storm that I knew would come I know that feeling checking out I know that feeling rushing in You know that storm you said was coming Finally came Yeah I was slipping and sliding Through the rain And somewhere far away that whistle blew It said come on home boy We’ve got other things to do Won’t be the last time I feel this way When I heard the news You’ve gone away I said I would follow the sun To some promised land Where everything and nothing Go hand in hand And would I take to the road And I would never look back I would hitch my fate to strangers Just a few precious things In a small Small gunny sack
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Golden Boy 05:29
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Video Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEkp8sW8wSM I am truly saddened to hear what you’ve gone through I am hoping for the best I'll be thinking of you Looking back I can see how things can happen so fast It’s a mystery to me You said I was the Golden Boy Different than the others You would say Not a black sheep Not a fish out of water Just a boy so far from home I don’t remember What the fuck I was doing But everybody said That’s ok Is that ok Is that ok That’s ok Years ago I saw a train Headed for the western plains Passed me so quick that day I dreamed about forgotten ways I dreamed about those who came before I peeled those apples to the core I thought about 1 2 3 4 The crops are in the field and the cows are back I filled up my old gunnysack I took a picture on that day No idea what to say I saw the road that stretched out ahead I left a note pinned on my bed It said I don’t know you well But that’s alright cause I can tell You lived a life unknown to me Your pictures have a mystery And your letters in that hidden box The ones you wrote to Goldilocks Before the drought Before the pills Before you forgot Those battle hills I was there when you erased All was gone without a trace I came upon the golden boy He was not like the others You would say Not a black sheep Not a fish out of water
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Longest Day of the Year 05:22
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My mother said I would wander Look away and I would flee She gave up pinned a note on my shirt It said please don’t feed me My cousin said I was the golden boy Never felt that way More like the black sheep A role I would Continue to play Walk in the park When you go to the city Reach out with your heart Not the long hand pity Take time with your thoughts As they tend to build up And Don’t quench your thirst From the half empty cup Sitting on a dock And I’m Counting my days One way or another Past present and future It’s all in this water Who’s going to paint the town Tell me when the sun goes down Most days are forgotten Most lives are unknown Walk in the park When you go to the city Reach out with your heart Not the long hand pity Take time with your thoughts As they tend to build up And Don’t quench your thirst From the half empty cup Longest day of the year Sounds like a whisper Longest day of the year Thought I had missed her
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Tall Grass and Flowers 04:58
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Sometimes I imagine I take a long train ride Heading to a country church With a graveyard beside. I'm looking through the tall grass For stones of my own. I see my father taking off his hat He’s standing there all alone. We came on the train from nowhere No past to leave behind. We slept with our clothes on, We slept with our clothes on And drank in the summer rain. I didn’t know my grandparents, Didn’t ride in their car, Didn’t sit on their knee. I wonder where they came from What brought them to their destiny. I want to know Some things that just can’t be known. My crystal ball was broken. No starry sky, Just flesh and bone. We came on the train from nowhere No past to leave behind, We slept with our clothes on, Yea we slept with our clothes on And drank in the summer rain. Sometimes I imagine It all goes well, Sometimes imagine I've got nothing to tell. Im standing in the middle of a graveyard I hear you call my name. There's a road along a river, And I know that road like the back of my hand, And the river running through me, Making its way to the promised land. We came on the train from nowhere No past to leave behind, We slept with our clothes on, Yea we slept with our clothes on And drank in the summer rain.
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Ghost Man 03:51
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Changing of the guards I have no new tricks Survival of the fittest And it goes like this I was a young man Really a boy My heart On my sleeve And off in the distance I could see The sun shining endlessly Far away from here A boy rides home at dark A swimming pool sits empty A dog begins to bark I am a ghost that you can see With my thoughts and curiosity If that’s the case I’ll make this plea It’s not my choice it’s just loyalty Far away from here A fire burns so bright Just a candle in the wind On a balmy summer night I am the ghost man Yeah, yeah, yeah I am the old plan I am the ghost man I have a new plan The light is shining man I’m going to let it go I am the ghost man Yeah, yeah, yeah I am the old man Yeah, yeah, yeah I am the ghost man I have a new plan The light is shining man I’m going to let it go
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Wishing Well 04:24
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The autopsy took two weeks The grieving about the same I was not the only one Calling out your name Very little Is known About this man we knew so well And those final hours Standing Around the Wishing-well I built a big fire in the backyard To turn the darkness to light Love lost and it can’t be found I’m going back To sacred ground It rained for seven days but I was not in town I was in the desert chasing the sun around. The landscape that takes my fear away The sun will rise on another day The sun will wind you up The wind will hunt you down I slept out on second Mesa The ghosts were all in town I'm trying to remember When I was a kid Did the sun set in my backyard I think it did Floods from somewhere are coming Pass through us and be on their way And somewhere else you will be thinking Of higher ground and your deluge days Picture the fate of a nation Caught speeding like drunks on there way Like a river that joins other waters Destined for the ocean someday Wipe the slate clean And sharpen your knife Tools of the trade The American life Every tear tells the story That no words can say In the blink of an eye You can lose your way The raising of glasses To the giving up hope Welcome my friend To the slippery slope
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Tell Me a Story 05:10
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We take all of our goodness And pack it all away These days of judgement Them seem Like they will never go away Telling that story with some wisdom I guess Im running on empty But I could have less I will drink to your Melody When your not around And I can’t see Tell me a story What is time worth You never get it back It drifts like a melody its just a few words that last Tell me a story Something from the past I will drink drink drink to your Melody Alone in a room just for me tell me a story Tell me something that you never told anyone before Tell me a story Something from the past Some things you remember For the rest of your life You never forget No you never forget….My friend The summer has ended The days are getting short The skies have never been more beautiful My Friend I’m Looking around Birds fly through the air Winter is upon us Take shelter my dear I saw you smiling at the kitchen sink You survived You’re still alive I saw you thinking about the future You’re still alive You survived tell me a story Tell me something that you never told anyone before Tell me a story Something from the past
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One of Those Days 04:02
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Well you take your little pills And you look at the sun And you tell me all about it My friend Well you don’t know what to say About the way your liven You can’t see behind you My friend Looking out over the bay Just one of those days Can't live without you Well you can’t see What’s around the bend Not the same as it used to be my friend The end Have a few drinks Turn out the lights tell me all about it My friend Can't live without you Looking out over the bay Just one of those days Can't live without you Well things got better And then they got worse And then They got better again Ya ya ya Medication is easy to find The days go by blink blink Im blind I can’t live without you

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These are songs written and recorded from March to July, 2020
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released August 7, 2020

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Rescue Box Providence, Rhode Island

For me music has been a constant companion for as long as I can remember. That companionship has not always been comforting. For all the years that I couldn't or wouldn't put the work in I still followed along and wanted to join in.

The process fills so many voids.It is the conversation with myself that I find so necessary. The loners log in a way. ... more

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