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THE GREAT AMERICAN ALBUM

by Brian K & The Slow Burning Assembly

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1.
I was born in a ghost town In Illinois, with Midwestern know how And a tool in my hand, I was raised To go and work the farmland down by the horizon And I’m constantly reminded And I’m constantly reminded There is nothing around here There is no place to go There is nothing around here There is no place to go I have seen more change in my life Than any history book can describe And I have sat by a candles light And I have see the last clear night And from a distance Everything looks reminiscent And from a distance Everything looks reminiscent There is nothing around here There is no place to go There is nothing around here There is no place to go
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At the turn of the 20th century Nobody was around For miles, and miles And barbed wire spirals Scarecrows couldn’t even scare the crows away Scarecrows couldn’t even scare the crows away At the turn of the 21st century While supplies last For a limited time engagement There’s standing room only left What are you scared of scarecrow? What are you scared of scarecrow? Do you need to go Follow that yellow brick road Because Because Because Because Of all Of all Of all Of all The wonderful things he does The wonderful things he does We're all gonna go someday We’re all gonna go someday
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Baby 03:54
Baby I know times are tough Baby When the going gets rough We’re gonna make it out We’re gonna make it out Alive Alive We will survive with each other We will survive with each other Baby Amie Baby Amie
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You know I almost went South You know I almost got out But I planted my feet in the ground This is where I’m from You know I almost went South You know I almost got out But I planted my feet in the ground This is where I’m from, this is where I’m from I’m gonna take this land I’m gonna stake this land I’m gonna make this land Because the land makes the man When I go down to rest For my final embarrassment I just hope I’m dressed In my new designer vest When I go down to rest For my final embarrassment I just hope I’m dressed In my new designer vest I’ll rest when I’m dead I’ll rest when I’m dead I’ll rest when I’m dead I’ll rest when I’m dead I’m gonna take this land I’m gonna stake this land I’m gonna make this land Because the land makes the man You’ve got a lot of things Coming your way You’ll work laying railroad beams All the livelong day You’re not going anywhere today You’ve got a lot of things Coming your way You’ll work laying railroad beams All the livelong day You’re not going anywhere today When I go down to rest For my final embarrassment I just hope I’m dressed In my new designer vest But I won’t go down to rest Until I am dead I’ll rest when I’m dead All the live long day
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Home, home on the range Where the dear and the antelope play Seldom is heard a discouraging word And the sky is not cloudy all day I see tin windmills Off in the distance In every direction North south east and west Searching for water Searching for water Turn slower and slower And slower And slower And slower Dirty face, dirty clothes Home
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Frontier pioneers Have been surrounded and paved over Not a century ago All you could do was sit and think Of all the space And sharpen your blade No pioneer Ever worked in tall buildings They were all out Making a killing Frontier pioneers At the end of fall When the corn's down to stalks And the fields all chalked up Like a battle has just been fought No pioneer Ever worked in tall buildings They were all out Making a killing Out on the plains The wind has its way Out on the plains The wind has its way Calling your name Calling your name Out on the plains The wind has its way With you
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When the prairie grass gets burned I will stand on scorched earth With a fifth of whiskey half empty Nature took its course Nature took its course Nature took its course Nature took its course The ash blows like falling snow The crows caw with nowhere to go “Let me tell you son in my days and how it was uphill both ways” Everything that happened, it didn’t have a reason” Everything that happened, it just needed to be done” Everything that happened, it didn’t have a reason” Everything that happened, it needed to be done”
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There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going There's no knowing where we're rowing Or which way the river's flowing Is it raining, is it snowing Is a hurricane a-blowing Not a speck of light is showing So the danger must be growing Are the fires of Hell a-glowing Is the grisly reaper mowing Yes, the danger must be growing For the rowers keep on rowing And they're certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing (Words By Roald Dahl)
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Can you save this day? Let’s just hope that it’s not too late Or we’re gonna have to make a call The grave digger starts work at nightfall Beneath the ground Are stacks and stacks of coffins Beneath the ground Billions lie devastated Can you save this day? He always works at a comfortable pace Singing his work song All the skeletons sing along Beneath the ground Are stacks and stacks of coffins Beneath the ground Billions lie fully rested Only the night Brings the skeletons up from the ground Pretending they’re people They go off to drink, dance, and steal And we all sing along Beneath the ground Beneath the ground Beneath the ground Are stacks and stacks of coffins Beneath the ground Beneath the ground Beneath the ground Billions lie fully rested Only the night Brings us skeletons up from the ground We used to be people But you forget so we’re making the rounds
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Fight Song 03:59
The things I’ve seen In my old age The things I’ve seen In my old age I’ve still got My old ways I’ve still got My old ways Bread and circus Walk the wire Thread and needle Put out the fire The things I’ve seen When I was a boy The things I’ve seen When I was a boy When times were different And people were different When times were different And life was difficult Bread and circus Walk the wire Thread and needle Put out the fire I’ve still got my old ways and I’ve still got a mind like the Great Plains I’ve still got my old ways and I’ve still got bared wire veins Slow burners comes home Slow burners come home And slow burners grow old And slow burners grow old
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The Old Man 00:43
It's raining, it's pouring; The old man is snoring. Bumped his head And he went to bed And he couldn't get up in the morning.
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Bombs aways Bombs away my love Brace yourself Brace yourself my love For the comedown And remember to hang on And to always walk it off And never pass the buck And always keep that chin up And we all lived happily ever after He prays without an answer It makes him feel better It gets him through the day He’s clearly seen better days But he lives them all the same
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Someday when you grow up my child, you’ll want to get out Someday when you grow up my child, you’ll want to get back Out in the fields we work for our meals We will farm this land until there’s nothing left Out in the fields we work for our meals We will farm this land until there’s nothing left Out in the fields we work for our meals Like our fathers fathers fathers Like our fathers fathers fathers You can’t sell what you lost, you can’t work with a cross You can’t sell what you lost, you can’t work with a cross But you can work inside a factory But you can work inside a factory All your life All your life Like your fathers fathers fathers Like your fathers fathers fathers Don’t forget about me Don’t forget about me Just don’t forget about me Like my fathers fathers fathers Like my fathers fathers fathers

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All of these songs are demos written, played, and recorded by myself.

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released August 1, 2008

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