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Smokestacks

by The Swinging Lights

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1.
Loving Cup 03:24
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Any minute she'll come back to me One of these days now.. I won't stop and I won't give up She won't stop talking and she won't shut up Words are no good we just twist them up You throw the dishes I'll smash the loving cup Any minute she'll come back to me One of these days now.. Night fits, unintelligence Spitting words back and forth drunk as piss Morning silence as we reminisce Statue huggin' and a half felt kiss Any minute she'll come back to me One of these days now.. She'll come back to me She'll come back to me Just you wait and see She'll come back to me Any minute she'll come back to me One of these days now.. I won't quit and you won't default It's not mine and it's not your fault I give you sugar and all you taste is salt for your affection I'd do a summersault Any minute she'll come back to me One of these days now.. Hot night and cold sweat Toss and turn head full of regrets Hit the couch and catch a set All is well just as the day we met Any minute she'll come back to me One of these days now.. She'll come back to me She'll come back to me Just you wait and see She'll come back to me
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Too Much Wine 04:21
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Just one kiss and the world cracked open I tried to resist but I drank too much wine And through my DNA a new thread was woven With a fierce desire to make her mine It’s not my time, it’s not my time Its not my time, it’s not my time When I was young, I could run like a wilder beast Never stress if a lioness felt the need to feed But I’ve run out of breath from overthinking Now I just can’t think of a good reason to flee. Not this time. It’s not my time it’s not my time It’s not my time it’s not my time Drank too much wine, drank too much wine It’s not my time, it’s not my time How, how, how, how How, how did you get in How, how did you get in How, how, how, how, how did you get in How did you get in, to what’s left of my soul?
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Birds Of Prey 03:38
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I’ll protect you from birds of prey (birds of prey, birds of prey, birds of prey) Until the rooster’s morning song Until the rooster’s morning song I will wait for you every day. (every day, every day, every day) Even when the winter comes along Even when the winter comes along If war unfolds, I’ll fight for ever And if memory holds, Ill recognize your feathers And the fossil molds will show we died together Well preserved and whole, unchanged by the weather I’m almost angry, But I’m waiting I will wait for you every day. (every day, every day, every day) I will fly for you if you stay (if you stay, if you stay, if you stay) I’ll protect you from birds of prey. (birds of prey, birds of prey, birds of prey) Until the rooster’s morning song Even when the winter comes along Until the rooster’s morning song
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Wyoming Lightning 05:00
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Seven miles as the crow flies Coal mining diamond town Hustle now friends, gotta beat the weather Pick up the pace to gain ground Six miles as the crow flies Stay a haunt of the hounds Uncommon knowing in the look in the eyes Twist into a smile from a frown Wyoming lightening Thunder on the plains Five miles as the crow flies Onlookers in the background It's well known he's never overthrown Tyrannical King uncrowned Four miles as the crow flies hand up lady luck’s gown face our maker stare down the undertaker take the battle six feet down Wyoming lightening Thunder on the plains Three miles as the crow flies Doom clock counting down Blare of a train and the clank of some chains Race to where the devils den is found Two miles as the crow flies No crows makin' no sound, Three in a guillotine in a scene Where the good and the bad showdown Wyoming lightening Thunder on the plains When will it rain when will it rain One mile as the crow flies Electro-static on the ground, Spinner alloter inflexible daughter 3 fates waiting on the mount Wyoming lightening Thunder on the plains Wyoming lightening Thunder on the plains When will it rain When will it rain
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Smokestacks 03:21
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Smokestacks intact in ninety seven, ninety seven Smelterites of eighteen sixty one, sixty one Perfect place for parking, food and shopping Tore em down when I turned twenty one, black lung Don't call that LDS a Mormon, hell nah Don't say that lady ain't a man, whoa man Thinking of my grandpa muckin in the dirty mines Punched his gut his belly broke my hand, at eighty one Somehow this town became a city, salty city Melting pot made of anyone, anyone Wasn't paradise, but it wasn't just another Dwelling where the west was won, black lung My buddies broke in one after the other, round the back My buddies snuck in the front undercover, union jack I'm just dancing outside the club, dancing outside the club, hey hey Land-locked a block from an ocean, no commotion Salt Lake City, Utah USA, locomotion Union station stop on the way to another We never knew you longer than a day, nice to meet ya We try to act like we get it, we don't get it We're trying now to play a silly game, we don't get it One hundred fifty years of black lung volunteers Appears to me somewhere we earned the name, we don't get it One second thought ya know you can keep it, keep it all Safe to say it's best to stay away, stay away We've got our guns and spirits in the desert We're country now no matter what ya say, what you say My buddies broke in one after the other, round the back My buddies snuck in the front undercover, union jack I'm just dancing outside the club, dancing outside the club, hey hey Old pills Muck men Old pills Muck men Black lung, black lung, black lung, black lung, black lung, black lung... Freedom only ever lasts a moment, not enough Desert won't hide hide the tribe for long, no escape Been building up a barge for the coming of the flood But I'm only letting on my dog, rough rough rough Lost my lady in the desert, skrrt skrrt Had a search party just for fun, just for fun We all got high and howled at the coyotes Moon shown brighter than the sun, black lung I wish this city fell on down, burn it down Wish them smoke stacks were still around, burn it down I wish the smelterites weren't rolling in their graves Turn this city back into a town, burn it down My buddies broke in one after the other, round the back My buddies snuck in the front undercover, union jack I'm just dancing outside the club, dancing outside the club, hey hey
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H.D.M.P.B. 04:01
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Drinking away my pay that I slaved for working overtime Wasting the sunny days swimming in a jug of red wine (Red, red, wine) My boss is always bitchin' saying there's booze on my breath I laugh and say nice try but should've guessed just below my chest Swaying through my midnight thoughts listening to these old busted rhymes Tickling the ivory keys trying to write a tune that's bona-fide (We'd love to turn you on) No matter how hard I try I just can't win maybe cause I only sing when pouring the gin Scotch and radio magic tend to drive me insane Jager bombs and techno music melting my brain I got them hazy, drunken, musical, psychopath blues Searching for my little lady who's hiding somewhere round town Calling up the boys in blue asking if they'll check the lost and found (Lost and now I'm found) He asked what had happened the night that she left Said she caught me pants down with her grandmother Beth. Funky blues and vodka tend to drive me insane Church hymns and communion wine is melting my brain I got them hazy drunken musical psychopath blues. The boys in blue are back with vengeance trying to nip me twice They're piling on top of me one says I got a knife So I kick and I spit and I fight and I scream don't you know I'm Jesus Christ Tequila and Labamba man it drives me insane Reggae and the ganja swerve are melting my brain I got them hazy, drunken, musical, psychopath blues Tripping out on LSD trying to soothe the demons in my mind Butt-ass naked running a race and the joke is there's no finish line (But time is on my side.) No matter how hard I try I just can't win Maybe cause I only sing when pouring the gin Tequila and Labamba man it drives me insane Reggae and the ganja swerve are melting my brain I got them hazy, drunken, musical, psychopath blues.
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Shadow 07:06
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Take aim, stare into our future Breathe deep, the wind is what creates Have faith, don't hear, don't see, don't speak of it Release, let the arrow find its mark And I know that God loves you He took all of your prayers he turned them down He turned them down, he turned them down And I know that I hurt you I took all of your fears, I turned them real, I turned them real, I turned them real. Follow through, and be true, it'd last forever if you said I do too I might be what you need and you might be everything I need too Shadow included You have teeth, I know you do I've felt them Your sword is sheathed but I've seen it wet with blood Take a swing, the prophecy is upon us Come on me, ooooh, I'm ready for your flood And I know that I hurt you I took all of your fears I turned them real I turned them real, I turned them real Follow through, and be true, it'd last forever if you said I do too I might be what you need and you might be everything I need too Shadow included Your brightness, it reaches to the heavens But your shadow, it's rooted in the depths of hell
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Harley Dog 03:33
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Dark Age Disguise 04:21
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Eye to eye again these memories remain Stuck in over drive and how can these old pathways rearrange Pale black smiles and a tattoo on your upper thigh Dodging glances from a perfect seamless vision of denial Lord and it feels like going home, is so far away We were grooving to the sounds that no one knows Baby that's how it goes, when all you know is soul We were moving to the sounds that no one likes Baby just getting high, all we know is soul We were trying to build a very special home, but we couldn't help but roam, soul is all we know. Loving is only free when it's paid out in white lies Set free another time due to lightning in the eyes From one in a dark age disguise, resembling themselves We were grooving to the sounds that no one knows Baby that's how it goes, when all you know is soul We were moving to the sounds that no one likes Baby just getting high, all we know is soul We were trying to build a very special home but we couldn't help but roam, soul is all we know Loving is only free if it's paid out in white lies Set free another time due to lightning in the eyes From one in a dark age disguise, resembling themselves Loving is only free when it's paid out in white lies Set free another time due to lightning in the eyes From one in a dark age disguise, resembling themselves
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Leaving The Lights On 04:07
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I’ll call you, I’ll call you next week Maybe by then baby we can speak I’ll call you, I’ll call you next week. Maybe by then baby we can finally speak I’m leavin’ the lights on, leavin’ the lights on. Hoping you will come home. leavin’ the lights on, leavin’ the lights on Hoping you’ll come home. The message I left, I didn’t really mean it Well, I meant what I said but I didn’t intend To mean what I meant, I mean it The way that you left, you left on the run Your cheeks were all red and you still had bed head and you gave me the look you give when you’re done. And this time I believed it I’m leavin’ the lights on, leavin’ the lights on. Hoping you will come home. leavin’ the lights on, leavin’ the lights on. Hoping you will come home You’re free to go, but come home Free to go, but come home. Free to go Free to go You're free to go But I want you to know that I’m waiting for you back home Come home

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"Smokestacks" is the third studio album written, produced, and released by the Salt Lake City band The Swinging Lights. The album was recorded at the famous "living room studios" and features the last published musical talents of the studio's owner/operator, and Swinging Lights bandmate, Herc Ottenheimer. The album is soulful, twangy, with lyrically infused goodness.

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released July 29, 2021

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The Swinging Lights are an amalgamation of Americana, rock 'n' roll, and country music styling based out of Salt Lake City, Utah.

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