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The Ash & Clay

by The Milk Carton Kids

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1.
there's a light that's shining now and a calm wind in the pine for the fate of a fearsome travesty seems to have forgotten me seems to have forgotten me if it hasn't learned by now where i've hid so very long i'll come safely out into the silence found in the wake of its passing on in the wake of its passing on a spartan smile and westward stare hold a promise in the air that's the way they used to find their own way home by the stars, on their own by the stars, on their own while I pray for promised land to replace all I have made darkness steals the light I bear and the hope of a lifetime fades the hope of a lifetime fades in the newfound reverie of quiet peace I found freedom comes from being unafraid of the heartache that can plague a man the heartache that can plague a man a spartan smile and westward stare hold a promise in the air that's the way they used to find their own way home by the stars, on their own by the stars, on their own
2.
Snake Eyes 02:38
swing low, swing low for to carry me home in fire the skies of red my breath's gone cold a kiss from the coal a blanket of snow overhead slow, holy roller it's just rock and roll hold your tears where they've hung all these years down from the heavens above old snake eyes you had better disguise all that appears of thee pray for love from the heavens above laid in the ashes below
3.
Honey, Honey 02:20
honey won't you please sing another song? honey won't you please be gone? your sentimental shakedown rattles through my bones honey won't you, honey please, move your honey on? momma won't you take another turn? momma when you gonna learn? trouble comes to everyone who dares to be a muse momma won't you, momma please, spare your momma's blues? what you don't know never will hurt you don't you know that i used to pray like all the others on what you never will honey won't you, honey please, hold that honey still? sister won't you show mercy for my deeds? sister won't you hear my pleas? virtue takes a lover in vice, God only knows sister won't you, sister please, let your sister go? honey won't you listen, listen to my song? honey won't you please be strong? you may not see the ending but the story's not so long honey won't you, honey please, shake your honey, hun?
4.
years gone by start to show i still wait for the door to close when you go, when you go i don't know myself anymore what might have been you'll never know time's a thief and stole the show long ago, long ago nights turned slow thunder would roll winters rise white as snow right as I turn around to go the wind blows, the wind blows caught in the cold a wheel for my shoulder fires rage across the bow warning shots failed again somehow without you, without you I'll never hold young hearts grown old i don't know myself anymore
5.
the swing sets are empty like dirt turned the dark of the night the center of this town it used to whirl in the glow of twilight it might look like God's away with all the trouble these days we'll come home before the girls are grown we're coming home tonight what, oh, have we done to run this country into such a sight stolen from our brothers like we couldn't find a fair enough fight you wait on promise you will say won't forsake the ash and clay let's come home before the girls are grown let's come home to fight i know we want whats best for us–i know it has to come at a price i also know the trouble that you find when you stop being nice you look around you one day what you once knew didn't stay let's come home before the girls are grown let's come home tonight have you ever asked a man to take your place at the head of the table? you could shed away your shame if in the end you found you simply weren't able you might find out you could stay on the ash and on the clay come on home before the girls are grown come on home tonight come on home before the girls are grown come on home to fight
6.
every now and then i'm gonna make you cry you won't remember when i won't remember why every peace I find seems to rise to say live for every light live for every day i raise my hand, i raise my hand i raise my hand, i raise my hand i raise my hand to the promised land little girl you're all we've got for now you've gotta find a way to save us now it's turning dark and soon the chill will come if you find it in your heart would you find me some? i raise my hand, i raise my hand i raise my hand, i raise my hand i raise my hand to the promised land i'll say goodbye and say farewell, it seems my work is done–no more chasing dreams if you left, leave my heart to spare we could part but i'd still find you there i raise my hand, i raise my hand i raise my hand, i raise my hand i raise my hand to the promised land
7.
mercy come upon us mercy let us go hold me up just longer shine a light on hope shine upon what's missing shine upon the rest calm the winds inside me torrents in my chest it only takes a moment for a lifetime to go by it only takes a moment for the changing of the signs you will not remember though you were the same the Jewel of June, the Gemini forever shares your name forever in our minds as if love would obey time as if wonder could be lost as if truth could tell a lie it only takes moment for a lifetime to go by it only takes a moment for the changing of the signs mercy you're upon us mercy you've been slow lest you think we're stronger for what we've got to show cast upon what shines now a shadow laid to rest the voices of our fathers whispers of our death it only takes moment for a lifetime to go by it only takes a moment for the changing of the signs
8.
i could never take it i was never one to be tough someone says we'll make it i never thought that i could follow up the paces every time your misery clears a spectacle of mercy running down the hope that appears listen up i mean it theres something here between us to hear think i wouldn't notice something else is fighting my fear if i had one more try i could fly with her hide away the years if i had one more life i could die with her a whisper in her ear everything is rising like i never hoped that it would somewhere down inside me i could never find what was good memories are tough here heartache is rougher than time someone left a promise i'm already aching to try who would ever want it who would ever even dare hope remains hopeless the joke is that it's always there if i had one more try i could fly with her hide away the years if i had one more life i could die with her a whisper in her ear
9.
On The Mend 03:53
the mice tell bedtime stories lullabies turned blue a crib song for the baby who has figured out the ruse i travelled half way around the world to tell a story with no end the dirt under a nation forsaken, on the mend i could say that for a moment it all made perfect sense no one holding posture, nothing heaven-sent hold the hand that leads you there's no God here to believe what matters moves around us in the air we breathe there's nowhere left to sit it's the dirt ground or a broke-down bench four walls and a roof–they say the house that Jesus built a child knows the kindness of a woman at her end in song she found salvation forsaken, on the mend i could say that for a moment it all made perfect sense no unholy posture, nothing heaven-sent hold the hand that leads you there's no God here to believe what matters moves around us in the air we breathe
10.
Heaven 03:26
go ahead stomp your feet on the floorboards clap your hands if that's really what you came here for hang a prayer for luck over the door they promised me heaven i was hoping for something more stomp the drum good and loud shake the walls down scream and holler jump about all together now ain't nothing like a lie to gather 'round they promised me heaven i was hoping for so much more heaven are we wasted? heaven have we been out long? heaven are you waiting? heaven this going wrong pour me up another, this is gonna hurt should've known it all along heaven better shake it, heaven better make it strong go to hell stomp your feet on the floorboards step in time, count 'em in just to be real sure this ain't a revolution anymore they promised me heaven i was hoping for something more heaven are we wasted? heaven have we been out long? heaven are you waiting? heaven this going wrong pour me up another, this is gonna hurt should've known it all along heaven better shake it, heaven better make it strong heaven better shake it, heaven better make it strong
11.
such a long road still to travel crossing state lines pressing gravel 'neath the tires 'tween the lines spinning wild humming loud the ones you love where are they now? so many people i once knew now just pictures faded through stuck to pages rarely turned their dusty smiles lost somehow the ones you love where are they now? the ones you love where are they now? and i'm hoping that i'll still hear them loud my old friends they are few i still know them, they know me too can't hear my tires hum in tune far from home, i hope they're proud the ones you love where are they now? the ones you love where are they now? and i'm hoping that i'll still hear them loud
12.
Memphis 04:46
there was a dream i had it too you could see it coming true it would travel in the air you could make it if you dared now the sun goes down over Dolly Parton bridge the one time home of soul takes our country's final breath i guess it takes more than a man more than a dream for such a fight Graceland is a ghost town tonight this ain't a trip with my son there's no guitar shines in the sun those days are gone may new ones come before it's all a museum now the sun goes down over Dolly Parton bridge the one time home of soul takes our country's final breath i guess it takes more than a song more than a King for such a fight Graceland is a ghost town tonight i guess it's been a long decline God bless the souls that shook up mine Graceland is a ghost town Graceland is a ghost town Graceland is a ghost town tonight

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released March 26, 2013

Produced by The Milk Carton Kids

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Ryan Freeland

The Milk Carton Kids are Kenneth Pattengale & Joey Ryan

The Ash & Clay was recorded live in front of Neumann & AEA microphones between September 4 & September 7, 2012 at Stampede Origin Studios in Culver City, CA. Kenneth Pattengale plays a 1954 Martin 0-15 - Joey Ryan plays a 1951 Gibson J45. Both guitars are lovingly cared for by Norik Renson.

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