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MountainHeart
04:38
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Younger
05:20
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New Pen (no. 1)
04:30
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the Threshold Rag
02:41
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I Love You, Nora
04:02
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"I love you Nora"
painted inside the overpass tunnel.
And some woman, shaking in her purple coat stands against your name.
Dreaming sweet things:
Summer 1989, spent in a different nation.
But, "I love you Nora"
painted inside the overpass tunnel.
And the anchorman, in his camera drab, he runs to your name.
Singing the world to sleep,
Channel 5, the world-wide weather,
and the rain it pours.
He says, "I love you Nora"
painted inside this lovely shelter.
And some lonesome missionary, carries up his silver paint
to nullify your name.
Making some sanctuary to praise the newest and brightest of saints.
but what about you, could even you
be put to rest, just like the rest?
Still "I love you, Nora."
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There's a beauty parlor on the corner,
there's a thousand degrees on the sun up there,
we have a mighty hot sun,
(so many things to think about, friends)
and there's a kid pointing his water gun at me,
and I'm crying, I never thought,
no I never thought I'd be
in Kansas City (what a place to be found in)
to be one of the chosen ones to live in Kansas City.
When I could've been some lover at sea.
Maria, the fortune teller on your block,
she's got an expensive crystal ball
set up in the parking lot.
Maria, she's got a stack of tarot cards,
she's got this mean manner of telling you the blues you got.
You got the blues in Kansas City (what a place to be found in)
man, to be one of the chosen ones to live in Kansas City.
When you should've been some lover at sea.
----- If you'd like to, I could pick you up at four,
------take you to my favorite grocery store,
------it's a cornerstone of a store
------or if you'd like to, I could pick you up and teach you
------teach you how to pour out your blues, pour out your heart
------pour out everything
into Kansas City (what a place to be found in)
man, to be one of the fortunate ones to live in Kansas City
I've always been some lover at sea.
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Salvage
05:04
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salvage what you'd known, before the day
you signed the loan, gave away
all the things from birth you'd owned
for some mighty gift to be known
even if:
from the start, you came down the barrel speaking of the heart
thinking you were a dove, maybe some great storybook hero
but how could anything ever be known? with a pseudonym, friend,
under covers?
salvage what you'd known, before the day
you signed the loan, gave away
all the things from birth you'd owned
for some mighty gift to be known
even if:
you've been dealt a hand full of unlucky contradictions,
better raise that hand, be counted with the characters you've written.
stand up straight within the caves your heroes dance in, Oh!
salvage what you'd known, before the day
you signed the loan, gave away
all the things from birth you'd owned
for some mighty escape to be found
a ladder, after all
is just a ladder, after all
that could bring you to no sense of peace, Oh!
salvage what you you'd known, etc.
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Bird Watching
07:21
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Joe Kenkel recommends:
Living in the Kingdom
by Trevor Nikrant
Listen to these and take a stroll down some challenging corridor far behind your eyes. Favorite track: Down the Mountainside , "I went to see the great beauty, it was in pieces, lying on the table."
go to album
Songs for John Venn
by Lou Turner
Necessary music -- These songs are so well written and purposefully arranged. They also thrum w/ collaboration and off-the-cuff romping.
go to album
Not Too Precious
by Ziona Riley
in the running for favorite songwriter in Nashville right now, truly. please plan to listen several times over. favorite track(s): Bury This Heirloom (!), Kerfuffle
go to albumIf you like Joe Kenkel, you may also like:
Gentle Leader
by Peach Kelli Pop
On her fourth full-length, Allie Hanlon’s songs pack a hard punch.
go to album
Echo Dancing
by Alejandro Escovedo
The legendary Alejandro Escovedo returns with another country-rock scorcher.
go to album
24th Street Blues
by Tom Heyman
Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance.
go to album
