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Black Snake, Mojave Blues

from Black Snake, Mojave Blues​/​Still Don't Know by Balto

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At recent shows, we’ve been introducing Black Snake, Mojave Blues very simply – “This is a song about the mistake of moving to Los Angeles.”
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With the edge of the Mojave curling up into the fire
The highway is a black snake, the back of which I ride
I can feel the city breathing out over the rise
But the engine coughs and shudders, I think the dream’s about to die
With final mile stretched out, the needle met the dash
I ran hard upon a promise, but I couldn’t make it last

Well I swore there on the hood with the skyline below
I’d walk among the failures, shipwrecked sailors and their gold
The undiscovered genius, the thousand secret songs
The million dollar smiles getting tired getting old
Hey there baby don’t you look so sad
The sun is just a big star running out of gas


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Warning to the saints not to look into the lights
Nothing there to save you when you’ve sold it to the night
Pawn whatever’s left to lose beneath the palms
For every fire burning there’s an ocean in the dark

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Burnouts on the blacktop, restless in the heat
Leather under leather, Empty veins and busted strings
Nebraska girl no longer checking groceries, saving tips
She’s the shadow beneath the shadow of a phone that never rings
Call the number at the bottom of that faded billboard sign
If you start to get too lonely and need someone to change your mind

All you ghosts that never made it take your seats behind the bar
Sing your karaoke music in the space between the stars
Just a small town girl supersonic rocket man
Tell me all about your pain tell me all about your plans
All you television spirits, can I buy y’all a round
I’ve played every dive in Portland but I’m kinda new in town


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Warning to the saints not to look into the lights
Nothing there to save you when you’ve sold it to the night
Pawn whatever’s left to lose beneath the palms
For every fire burning there’s an ocean in the dark
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from Black Snake, Mojave Blues​/​Still Don't Know, released December 10, 2018

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Card Carrying Cultists of the Great American Song, The Great American Groove, and the Great American Highway

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