I choose my eyes wide open and my heart half broken every time
Over a gilded golden shackled reassuring sentimental lie
I've seen the rolling meadows and the cruelest ghettos in this town
I know the baker and the undertaker and the girl with stars on her gown
And the song that sounds the best to me is the chorus of the maple trees
And the river bends into the sea, its course is fixed and so are we
I got sunshine, sunshine all over me
and brown eyes and blue skies are all I see
I do not care to offer any commentary on the world
I only sing for the pleasure and for a certain sentimental girl
I did not come here to establish any new world somewhere up in the clouds
I just want to make love in the morning- work till even and then watch the sun go down
Oh the aimless and upward climb, the hidden hand, the searching vine
And the river bends into the sea, its course is fixed and so are we
I got sunshine, sunshine all over me
and brown eyes and blue skies are all I see
And the strangest fruit- grows from the ledge, oh my friends, my friends- go near to the edge
All those who are mining for gold they get pre-maturely old trying not to disappear
But me I'm just a ditchdigger, when I'm gone- forget that I was here
Memories and Comeback Kid were my first introduction to this band. From then on - I've always gone to the Midnight for easy listening. Waiting for a bus - Standing in line - Going grocery shopping and pretty much everywhere and anywhere. You can listen to this track over and over again and I feel like it doesn't get old. solstra
“Write The Soil Lighter” is full of beguilingly mysterious folk-adjacent music, shrouded in shadow and atmospherics. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 30, 2023
Just had to get this on vinyl although I've been listening to this album for a couple of years already.... now it can take it rightful place beside " Endless Summer!"🧔 Knut -Thomas