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Herman Put Down the Gun

by Sonia Tetlow

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29 03:05
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Come on in I have been waiting All my life though it feels like yesterday 29 I feel the earth rotating All the while my feet Planted in the ground I’m standing still Come on it There are no secrets Everyone knows I died here long ago 29 and weaker than the weakness that built this bed of mine planted in the sound I’m standing still I can’t move I can’t move Come on come on come on come on Come on in Our time is going Purchase the parchment and write it all down 29 and nothing worth showing but a temple in the trees planted in the ground and standing still
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Gimme 03:02
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Gimme some gimme some gimme some gimme some gimme Gimme some gimme some gimme some gimme some gimme Give me a reason to live Something to give my sad heart a sounding board give me a reason to hope something to hold onto while worlds go spinning round and I don’t mean to go on like this I don’t mean to be selfish I just don’t know how long I can walk these weary days Oh Gimme some gimme some gimme some gimme some gimme Gimme some gimme some gimme some gimme some gimme Give me a reason to believe That everything we need Is not just a chance offering Give me a sign of your love Not just flesh and blood Turning the water to wine and I don’t mean to go on like this I don’t mean to be selfish I just don’t know how long I can walk these weary days Gimme some gimme Give me something I cannot name Peace without pain Love without shame Fire without flame Words without blame Fire without flame Peace without pain Love without shame and I don’t mean to go on like this I don’t mean to be so selfish I just don’t know how long I can walk these weary days
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Incessant 04:34
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You gotta take I on the chin baby Fight until you win baby Be until you been baby Gotta love gotta love gotta love gotta love You gotta chase it in your mind baby Come up from behind baby See until your blind baby Gotta love gotta love gotta love gotta love You gotta kiss it with your tongue baby Sing it til it’s sung baby Write it til it comes baby Gotta love gotta love gotta love gotta love You gotta wing it in the air baby Use kamikaze care baby Dream it til it’s there baby Gotta love gotta love gotta love gotta love You gotta take it on the chin baby Fight until you win baby Be until you been baby Gotta love gotta love gotta love gotta love Gotta love gotta love gotta love gotta love Gotta love gotta love gotta love gotta love love love love
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Soul Searching 03:06
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I been knocked down dragged out broken-hearted bitter Drinking the well dry I been a black-balled balled-up suicidal quitter Tripping every lifeline But I ain’t walking that wire no more I’m going to cut it down down Black-balled balled-up broken-hearted bitter Time to turn it around Cuz I got a heart still beating Got a love worth keeping Got a soul still searching Still searching Got a heart still beating Got a love worth keeping Got a soul still searching Still searching for more Is it ever too late To make a change To stand in the presence of your past without shame To soar towards the sun Sober as a stone Holding tight to love With no fear of letting go Cuz I’ve been knocked down Raised up Rock starred Made up Hollowed Hungry Glutton And whore I’ve been bitten Faithful Righteous Banal Wanting Weary Wasted And I don’t know why But I got a heart still beating Got a love worth keeping Got a soul still searching Still searching Got a heart still beating Got a love worth keeping Got a soul still searching Still searching for more I’m still searching for more
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Snakebite 03:29
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It’s winter in the hollow, the roads are slick with ice Black as tarwater glistening in the night and I am racing towards the city and the bed in which you lay burning up with fever in the fire of your faith Scenes of just yesterday are spinning through my head Your face as beautiful as it’s always been and I grow cold with the memory, so cold I cannot breathe when I finally reach you, will you still remember me Oh my god how sweet the saving grace that taught my heart to fear you One more time for the healing now, one more chance tonight lay your hands on the chosen one, lift him to the light and you will speak in the tongues of angels, dance with the holy ghost and Jesus will hold you and never let One more chance for the healing now, one more time tonight lay your hands on the chosen one, lift him to the light and you will speak in the tongues of angels, dance with the holy ghost and Jesus will hold you and never let Jesus will hold you and never let Jesus will hold you and never let go
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Savior Sacrifice 03:27
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She's got a way with her wishing that defies all her wants and the cost of ambition is more than she has lost cuz there ain't no getting everything right before it's wrong And she's heard more than her share of if and only when but the time's long gone when she cared to listen cuz she's the only one who knows what life she's gotta live it's just a calling darling savior, sacrifice a calling darling So roll with the punches and ride with the rain cuz the tables always turn but the rules remain the same play the hand you're dealt, never dwell on the odds of the game then it don't matter that much in the end if you lose cuz every day you win when every day you choose to make something out of nothing so nothing makes nothing outta you it's just a calling darling savior, sacrifice a calling darling it's been a long time coming down these roads a long time coming around it's been a long time coming down these roads and I ain't giving up no ground cuz I won't apologize anymore i don't care if you dig it I don't care if you're bored i don't care if I scare you or if you've heard it all before it's just a song, just a sound, just a heart breaking down just the fever, the fire, the cadence of desire it’s just everything I am and everything I ever ever want to be it's just a calling darling a savior, a sacrifice a calling darling call it what you like it's just a calling darling
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Lonely Street 03:33
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Somewhere long ago in a place I don't ever want to go again I lost what little sense I had Stubborn as a stone Fragile as a home broken by pain a pill-popping shame and if you find me walking down Lonely Street would you stop and remind me, "Hey! what cha doing in this place?" I was just a kid and everything everyone else did seemed so much better than my own half-hidden heart Silent as a still picture fading over time ticking away like my invisible face and if you find me walking down Lonely Street would you stop and remind me, "Hey! what cha doing in this place?" Cuz in the morning it all looks so different and the marks upon your arms become the scars that you'll overcome so stop put down the razorblade flush all your shame away just give yourself the break you'd offer anyone else and if you find me walking down Lonely Street would you stop and remind me, "Hey! quit staring down at your feet!" cuz all around you are the dreams that will set you free and you'll be fine so just don't f*ck it up this time
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Stuck in a Rut 01:58
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I been stuck in a rut for a very long time bleeding from a head wound I’m losing my mind and I don’t care about what they say nothing feels better than to fade away I don’t care - move a little closer I don’t care - I’m doing just fine I don’t care - tell me what’s your poison I don’t care - for killing time I feel like a sucker for believing it would last so I’m stealing from the future to get back to the past smoking it up and drinking it down with a little something stronger on my next time around I don’t care - move a little closer I don’t care - I’m doing just fine I don’t care - tell me what’s your poison I don’t care - for killing time well jimmy jimmy cocoa pop jimmy jimmy rock jimmy got a fever that ain’t never gonna stop when the going ain’t gettin’ and the gettin’ ain’t gone and it feels so right then it’s gotta be wrong I been stuck in a rut for a very long time
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Summertime 03:24
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I've been four years old at the end of a gun scared shitless, helpless, hopeless cuz I could not run But I don't care baby I don't mind I'll take a hole in the head over a knife in the back anytime My skin is crawling with memory in the dead of the night my bed feels like a hundred degrees how do you know baby how can you tell now if the lesson you learn just burn you like this heat from hell Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! I need to relax get out of the grind a-go online offline into space and out of time in the belly of a bird or on the wing of the sea just take me out of me into you out of you into me Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Cuz I felt four years old at the end of that gun scared shitless, helpless, hopeless cuz I could not run but I don't care oh baby, I don't mind I'll take a hole the head over a knife in the back anytime Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! - s-s-s-summertime
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Come Back 04:14
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Judging by the morning light you'd never know the distance from me to you that grew late last night it's funny how quick change feels even when you know it's been coming on for so long but you're never quite ready for the hammer to fall come back come back come back Strange this crossing into apparition was it the pain or was it what you took for it cuz somewhere along the way you just up and seemed to disappear and now I fear you may be gone for good come back come back come back Restless as the wind my heart grows, restless and weary wandering alone out here among the stones but I will wait forever in the faith that will not falter from me to you tattooed long ago come back come back come back

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Recorded on April 12 & 13, 2008 in New Orleans, LA. thanks to spuntv.com.

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released June 29, 2009

Sonia Tetlow: guitar/ vox/ mandolin
Lee Kennedy: bass/ vox
Linda Bolley: drums/ vox/ mandolin/ guitar

Engineered by Chris Finney and Chris Bailey
The Music Shed (New Orleans, LA)
Mastered at Earthshaking Music (Atlanta, GA)

All songs by Sonia Tetlow.
©2009 SonicGrrl Music, BMI

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Sonia Tetlow Atlanta, Georgia

Sonia Tetlow is musician who studies the craft of song, a songwriter who performs with abandon, giving herself freely to the moment of live music making. Her music blends Atlanta indie and hints of punk rock with the New Orleans rhythms of her roots. She has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with artists such as Patti Smith, Indigo Girls, and Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show. ... more

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