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Called to Leave

by Stephen Molyneux

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Called to Leave A blackness from every side I pulled from the pages there goes a part of me I was called to leave Gravity can pull from the side She'd become my enemy she was my only I was called to leave Work taking all of my time there go my wages not a part of me I was called to leave A blackness from every side She'd become my enemy she was my only I was called to leave Gravity can pull from the side when stillness is a weight when motion is a ride a blackness from every side She'd become my enemy she was a part of me I was called to leave By what have I e'er been beholden? not by right not by law By what have I e'er been beholden? not by law A blackness from every side She'd become my enemy she was my only I was called to leave Gravity can pull from the side when stillness is a weight when motion is a ride a blackness from every side She'd become my enemy she was a part of me I was called to leave Comfort in Things I can take comfort in things my voice still comes when I want it to sing when I want it to sing My parents are alive They call for me They call for me sometimes sometimes they call I had my window busted out but I still have some friends I can go to now before I go if I wanna talk Work in the City I moved to your city I found work to do I sold my car to a good kid back home bless their hearts, o my youth Down in her crumbled belly I count the heads and wait for you down in her crumbled belly I know O buddy I've seen O buddy From this far away could be anyone From this close you could be anyone Towns Burned Down Burn down all the towns we've every passed through as smoke comes rising up around us in rings drops fall right through down from clouds and we lie there It's time I went back to my family I love them, they're good to me Born in the Fire I was born in that fire I was born in that fire I was born here and I'll die here I won't go nowhere else I was born in that fire I was born in that fire Well, we're lovers I guess but we're strangers at best no one else can have you I was born in that fire I was born in that fire I was born here I'll die here I won't go nowhere else Gutted Gold Mine O and it filled my heart with so much I long long long for your warm blood as on on on the mountain as on on on the mountain the gutted gold mine the gutted gold mine I dig through the rocks but what will I find in this gutted gold mine
2.
The Sight We'll go a' walking up the muddy river bank up the railroad tracks past the water tank wait a you see what I've done wait a you see what I've done We'll go and see it I'll show you the sight we'll go and see it we'll go tonight I killed my pal my number one I killed my pal my number one I didn't use a knife I didn't use a gun I didn't use an ax or a hammer or any of those things I just used my hands and some gloves I just used my hands and some gloves I just used my hands We'll go a' walking up the muddy river bank up the railroad track past the water tank wait a you see what I've done wait a you see what I've done I killed my pal my number one Silver Golden Blue Caught a ride on the wind it was blowing caught on the coast the wind was blowing in carved as a stone the wind has blown lit by the moon silver golden blue I'd fly up a kite if wind would blow it I'd fly it by night if wind would blow in hung as stars from the heights if wind would blow lit like the moon silver golden blue Batten down the windows wind is howling high under tables on the floor I make for the door caught a ride on the wind it was blowing caught on the coast the wind was blowing in carved as a stone the wind has blown lit by the moon silver golden blue Of Labor Do you ever fear for dying I expect it's dearly kind somehow it never fails I don't know whether to weep or to wail Labor not by love I don't believe it labor not by love I don't believe Without a place to sleep and without a given hand without the given papers without the given land Labor not by love I don't believe it labor not by love I don't believe Without food to eat and without the given hand and when not making paper and when not working land Labor not by love I don't believe it labor not by love I don't believe Do you ever fear for dying I expect it's dearly kind somehow it never fails I don't know whether to weep or to wail Labor not by love I don't believe it labor not by love I don't believe Lover to Go My Bail Hangman hangman slack up your rope I look down the road there my true love goes walking onward O I need a lover to go my bail Come back O to me I'd fall down on I'd fall down on my knees I will I need a lover who'll go my bail Hangman hangman what is my crime I didn't do it Momma it would never cross my mind Fall down on my knees I will I need a lover to go my bail My pockets turned over not weighing me down hung over the horizon wanting for the ground No lover to go my bail Ghosts of Ghosts We give toast to our hosts ghosts of ghosts our hearts coil and spring like wings cross the scene We've given our most given our most almost Waves are not whim of water water knows the way We give toast to our hosts ghosts of ghosts our hearts coil and spring like wings cross the scene We've given our most given our most almost Baby born baby what are you crying for Waves are not whim of water water knows the way waves are not whim of water water knows

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A
Called to Leave
Comfort in Things
Work in the City
Towns Burned Down
Born in the Fire
Gutted Gold Mine
Of Ghosts

B
The Sight
Silver Golden Blue
Of Labor
Melville Blake
Lover to Go My Bail
Ghosts of Ghosts

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released June 3, 2013

All songs written and performed by Stephen Molyneux
"Work in the City" written with TJ Richards
recorded at Richland Ballroom; Nashville, TN USA
cover photo by Stephen Molyneux, Ban Na, Laos, 2010

No Kings Record Co.
NK045

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Stephen Molyneux Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Stephen Molyneux was born in Toledo, Ohio, USA, April 22, 1983. Releases on La Station Radar, Whited Sepulchre, Kimberly Dawn, Fadeaway, Watery Starve, and No Kings Record Co. He currently lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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