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Mountain Morning

by Stereo Library

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1.
(Chorus) My blank page Wonderin' bout my blank page Gotta write away, right away All on my blank page I gotta try to get down into words Words on my blank page I'm just lookin' Looking for something to say I'm just thinkin' What looks good on my blank page? Summers been sunny And I can't look away Summer would look good All on my blank page A telephone rings A songbird sings All for my blank page Sitting, just keepin, Eyes on my blank page Trees fallen All for my blank page You've sure got a lot on your mind
2.
Woke up hanging on a birdie's cry The sun was making art up in the mountain sky Not even the worms in the ground are low My mans right on time waiting for me to show Said I'll take two for now and one for the road I got a belly full of coffee and no place to go Mind is racing from my head on down Shaking every limb all through this town Hey postman I got a letter to send So that my friends will know the shape I'm in To where do I send? I said 'don'tcha know'? I got a belly full of coffee and no place to go My belly storming like a raging sea And nothing on it but my breakfast dreams I went by my spot but no place to sit My stomach growled but my legs couldn't quit I'll take something with bread and a black cup of joe I got a belly full of coffee and no place to go Where next can I go for a fix? My toes are scrambling and my head it clicks Somewhere, somehow I know there's a place There's not a turn that I won't face No doubt It's the round about way of getting where I need to go I got a belly full of coffee and no place to go Feel like running for the rest of my life Somebody done cut the string on my kite This chickens got his head cut right off The worlds on fire and I'm just a freezing moth The paper says 'Sammie what do you know?!' I got a belly full of coffee and no place to go
3.
Why do the birds get to fly away? Why does the sun shine for just a day, But the sun wont set on this? Why do I still love you? Why do the leaves get to change, and I just can't seem to turn the page? My heart just stays the same Why do I still love you? Well, even if I walked miles in every direction Drown straight to the bottom of every bottle Even if I learned to love another Some lessons never seem to fade And now I know that anything can be changing And now I know that running wont be helping So I can ask only one question Why do I still love you?
4.
The mountains are blue and so am I There's nothing to do but sit on this barstool and cry The mountains are blue and so am I The river runs down the mountain side Like a tear drop falling from the sky The water is blue and so am I Dark is the night and bright are the stars But I soak in the shade inside this bar The bands cryin' the blues and so am I Maybe she's blue just like me Sittin' and drinkin', thinkin' on how it used to be
5.
As I was watching you leaving I was thinking your hands, The cold leather steering wheel Thinking bout the hands you'd be holding instead As I was watching you leaving I still your lips on mine, Your eyes on my face Goodbye still ringing through the halls in my head "Hold on" You told me to hold on "I'll be coming home" But goodbye sure sounded like so long As I was watching you leaving I kept my finger on the door I could feel the pain watching me Waiting for the moment that I felt like dying As I was watching you leaving I had you footprints on my mind, Was the trail like I feared it'd be? Would the wolves and the dogs hear my crying? (Chorus) As I woke the next morning the sun still rose and shined there was still sleep in my eyes But I was still missing my friend
6.
The air is still tonight sitting 'neath the moon Time's crawling by as the midnight roses bloom Blooming for you Shooting for you Falling for a star stuck up in the sky I see it falling from the corner of my mind Shooting for you Trucks are rolling in, morning was bound to start So I climb back through my window and out of your heart Shooting for you
7.
I don't wanna go downstairs Don't wanna go down there I don't wanna go downstairs Not if she's not there I don't care what I'm missing I just want her around I ain't coming down Not gonna pick up the phone Leave me alone Not gonna pick up the phone Rather stick on my own I can see she ain't calling she's off with somebody new And there's nothing I can do Don't wanna go for a ride Don't wanna go outside Don't wanna go for a ride Just gonna sit and hide I don't care where we're going not if she ain't coming along Without her it just feels wrong I don't wanna go downstairs I don't wanna go down there I don't wanna go downstairs Not if she's not there I don't care what I'm missing I just want her around I ain't coming down
8.
Riding on a pickup with a wagon wheel Through all kinds of stormy weather There's a train and it's coming On it rides my only letter Whenever never comes around Pass over any kind of trade Any promise that life would be better Give me a home on the range We'll listen to rain on the window patter Whenever never comes around There'll be no stopping at the water fall No time for the tightening of the leather Sleepy-time tea or a rolled cigarette For any night there after Whenever never comes around The bar left the door unlocked And a coin for the parking meter Sitting down for what may be a long, long while As the sweet tea is being mixed with liquor For whenever never comes around Hear that whistle blowing? I hear the front door in comes the bartender I suppose by now you're busy reading Picturing me at the bottom of your ladder Whenever never comes around
9.
It's raining tonight in Rapid city Checking into a cheap motel The roads been long and black And theres no signs pointing back Stepped outside as the rain disappeared Met all of the travelers staying here - Levons been driving semis since his hair was brown Passing through the blue mountains of Tennessee Singing 'There's a girl waiting for me Where the river meets the sea' Started saying the road was getting old Gonna trade it in for her I'm told - Met an old man on a train headed home Said don't hang you shoes till you wanna stay He turned his plane ore the South China Sea And his back on a life of sad misery Traveled up mountains, down streams But the big sky country was the best he'd seen - Jackie and D, they're hitting the town tonight Off to dig that saintly saxophone wail Jack saw the sign and the copper paint And boy he and D just couldn't wait How they get by is anyones guess But you can bet they're doing what they do best Two lovers rush by they're just checking in Too drunk to see the signs They may forget love is hard to find Till the day that they leave it behind And they wont know what I mean Till they're carving other names up i an old pine tree Luke stands alone starring down the road It looks like a tightrope of a trail But theres something breathing down an unborn freeway And that's where I'll be heading - Morning light and I'm on the road again Like meeting up with a long lost friend Just gonna sit and listen to the wheels spin Let um tell me bout where they've been There's not a day that goes by I don't hear that wheel cry "That it easy for me and keep rolling on"

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First full length release from Stereo Library. Written and recorded as a exploration of isolation and the 'go west young man' ethos over a ten month period in Sumas, WA.

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released April 1, 2016

All instruments, vocals, lyrics and mixing by Sam Ibes with the exception of percussion on 'My Blank Page' provided by Joe Ramm. Mastering done by Mark J. Lombardo.

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