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Cascade Land

by Matthew Henry

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1.
Pretty Girls Make Graves 03:32
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Kerouac only yesterday when he spoke to me and he told me that pretty girls make graves I don’t quite disagree with old Jack Hurry back from the store today There’s a war today so I’m selling lemonade to men in the street They’ll pig out and they’ll dig until the come for me early Wednesday of next week Take off your dress for me Undress for me It’s addressed to me It’s in my name I’ll take that pen and I’ll sign in ink what my last name really means Boots off, kicked my boots off Cut a plant in half with a chainsaw until I heard it bleed Turn the water from the shower into steam Fill the bathtub full of leaves Emerald city west coast Filled with new souls I do my best to keep my bedroom clean I sleep with my head next to the heat but my window lets me breathe Shoes on tied my shoes smash a bottle over the heads of the ones you love I’m going to follow old Jack out to the mud Where I’m hoping to meet my God. And I’m going out to the mud Where I’m hoping to meet my God And I’m rolling out in the mud Where I’m hoping to meet my God And Im crawling out through the mud Where I’m hoping to meet my God And I’m going out to the mud Where I’m hoping to meet my God
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Charlotte Town 03:34
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Hey Ho the boatmen row floating down the river on the Ohio Hey Ho the boatmen row floating down the river on the Ohio Charlotte Town’s burning down goodbye, goodbye Burning down to the ground goodbye Liza Jane Ain’t you mighty sorry goodbye, goodbye Ain’t you mighty sorry goodbye Liza Jane Black my boots and a make them shine goodbye. goodbye Black my boots and a make them shine goodbye Liza Jane Ain’t you mighty sorry goodbye, goodbye Ain’t you mighty sorry goodbye Liza Jane There’s a gal in Baltimore goodbye, goodbye Silver doorplate on her door goodbye Liza Jane Ain’t you mighty sorry goodbye, goodbye Ain’t you mighty sorry goodbye Liza Jane Oh Eliza, that little Liza Jane Oh Eliza, that little Liza Jane Oh Eliza, that little Liza Jane Oh Eliza, that little Liza Jane Ain’t you mighty sorry goodbye, goodbye Ain’t you mighty sorry goodbye Liza Jane
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Oak Limbs 04:03
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Sorry I can’t refrain from asking When we’re dust you'll get past it You’ll be buried in your pretty casket With your family friends and assets The songs they sing are passive You hope that they wont last and they’ll keep singing them songs I promise Even if you don't like them Just go and plug your ears then We chalked up and we choked up we talked up and we toked up and we woke up when we found out we were dead You cried out I spied out The bedroom window of my mother’s house And the men who gossip told me to watch out Money ain’t it brilliant Just funny how the world ends Strung out between two oak limbs Girl don’t you catch this It’s coming fast and endless There’s no time to breath when you're a favorite You left the bed in protest to go get high above my head and fell asleep tangled by your necklace in the kitchen The kids balloons are popping their brains are slowly stopping still I drank my heart into abuse I think I’ve met more people than I’d choose Roll your dollars up The men are drooling Getting drunk to watch the world end All that they can stare at is you All that you can stare at is you So lets all give our skin to you Let's all drink our skin into abuse Let's all bury our selves with you Let's bury ourselves with you Let's bury ourselves with you
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Alpine 04:04
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Twenty years and growing older I slept on a riverbank Glaciers stole my papers Took my pen and drank my ink We parked the van up on that shoulder We paid our dues to the state You took your hits and I took mine different We slipped off into a daze The fire cursed in our faces I’ll sit on my side, you sit on yours The freezing waves of salvation You kept your feet close to the shore My frozen mountain ghosts is growing anxious And it’s pacing to the ground I could barely breathe when my alpine blood was running thin I could barely breathe when my alpine blood was running thin
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Route Eighty 04:28
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I’m afraid of drowning by my own hands Eliot brought hyacinths to the Waste Land Continued off and went to read his fortune Beware of death by water is what she said Detroit stuck between blizzards and a car wreck Chicago didn't listen kept her neck bent Seattle’s more of a dreamer in the basement with an old damp door that’s rotting though you paint it New York, old friend give me something to work with I did not see your body but you said oh man, oh baby, is this even worth it I’m going up the country, babe we’re leaving Of course there’ll be wine, but water is harder to get I passed Omaha on my way out west I heard the city on the banks of Missouri I passed Cheyenne on my way out west I’ve got Route Eighty to thank for that and I’ve got Route Eighty to thank I didn't stop enough or I wouldn't be here yet I’ve got Route Eighty to thank for that I’ve got Route Eighty to thank Billings and Bozeman and I’m fifteen miles from Spokane I’m ten miles from Spokane, I’m driving through Spokane I’m three thousand miles from home Oh I’m three thousand miles from home Think I’ll pass Cleveland and straight on to Brooklyn I know the end is coming You saw me bleeding You saw me bleeding I’ve got Route Eighty to thank for that But I’m coming home I’m coming home and I’m coming home I’m coming home I’m coming home.
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Nevada 01:50
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Out in the flats of Nevada On the loneliest road in the state Played a few songs with my best friends The salt beds prayed for rain Draw me a map of your insides and paint me a bloodied king Speak of life on the outside The million miles of coastlines I’ve never seen When I return to Nevada Will the asphodels know my name?
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Amos 05:12
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Hold wine on your breathe Keep it open, your mouth open When I was young I’d beg to be older, to be older Now I can't be bothered cant be bothered Hold wine in your hand Keep your glass straight please don't spill it Go ahead and ask Ask your mother, to ask your father Find his power What’s his power, Secret power Ain’t it obvious Amos he brought the house down with blood on his fingers sheet-rocked the whole place with black mold from last year There’s piss in the kitchen you killed those bastards You are a hunter you are a hunter you are a hunter you are a hunter Burnt my cheeks in a windstorm but I had to risk it sold my breath to Alaska in this North Country winter The van’s getting older is it worth it to fix her? you are a hunter you are a hunter You are a hunter with blood on your fingers you killed those bastards with only a hammer You are a hunter You are a hunter You are a soldier
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Indian Summer 05:42
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I wish I was born on an Indian summer when temperatures rose past the norm for the year Under the blankets, I lay there sweating Shorts are all gone packed away for the year Out from the house I cried in the street but I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it Just one of those moments, you're sad for no reason I think I’ll blame it on al of this heat Some of my friends, they are hypochondriacs always worrying about getting sick plagued with diseases, I think they said twenty but ten of those twenty they do not exist When I speak of friends I speak metaphorically always been taught to question hypothetically When I speak of friends I speak with authority some of those friends live a long way cross country We break into houses that died in the nineties All that we’re left with is aging uncertainty I slip on wet floorboards, wood’s slick when it’s rotting Others shine flashlights from far down the hallways They stood between us, their fingers were flipping their cigarettes burning and cigarettes teaching what death it must taste like deep in our lungs I said I don't smoke friends, except when I’m drunk Except when I’m drunk Foods scraps and papers are stuck in my carpet with wrappers from sandwiches and extra strength Tylenol from one of those headaches I got in the ninth grade and lost all the vision on the right side of my face The bottle’s now empty and there’s dust on the bottom hydrocodone’s addicting, so I stay away from ‘em But I’d take a headache to missing you any day risk half my eyesight to keep out the memories they sneak in at night when I’m easy and sleeping they’re working their way deep inside of my brain It’s fine for the time until I open my eyes just give me a headache but keep me awake keep me awake, keep me awake, keep me awake
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Northwest 03:44
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It’s a three day drive from here if I drove through the night Marked states off my checklist of places I haven't been yet I’ll pass over the mountains in a country sided by oceans My eyes will droop when I get there Fall asleep in our apartment There’s a Northwest smell I remember of medicine and warm weather We’d sit by the water Make plans for the summer We went to an island Stayed in a rented cabin We sat on the dock in the dark when no other lights were on yet When I knew, I knew it Up on that counter I told her I loved her but she said it better And everyone knew it while they were out smoking The beer ran down our chins And I felt it more than ever I felt it more than ever I felt it more than ever Left my key at a friends house but another friend found it The downstairs was smoked out We were worried the cats were dead Twelve egg omelets at 2 a.m. I even knew it then Threw the eggs into Green Lake I felt it more than ever I felt it more than ever I felt it more than ever I loved you more than ever I love you more than ever I love you more than ever I love you more than ever
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For Okigbo 05:16
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Anna, oh Anna bury your dead at the cross roads Anna, oh Anna bury your dead Johnson, oh Johnson on your knees at the crossroads Johnson, oh Johnson go sell your soul at the crossroads Sixty-first and forty-ninth by twenty-seven you will die so go sell your soul Dark waters and faces of black Dark waters and faces of black Dark waters and faces of black I’m barefoot, I'm naked, and I’m crying Im barefoot, I'm naked, and I'm crying Im barefoot, I'm naked, and I'm crying Im barefoot, I'm naked, and I’m crying Oh meet me, oh Anna Oh meet me by the bodies, the bodies, the bodies Oh meet me by the delta blues Oh meet me, oh Anna, oh I’m barefoot, I'm naked, and I’m crying Im barefoot, I'm naked, and I'm crying Im barefoot, I'm naked, and I'm crying Im barefoot, I'm naked, and I’m crying Before you, before you
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Stole Lives 02:26
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Stole lives straight out to Denver Issued a warning Wasn’t in time Old sons just like their fathers Drinking in alleys Smoking in line Gold men Digging for treasure Shot down their horses Shot down their wives Oh goodness, oh servants Bring him his glasses spit in his bourbon poison his wine Oh me, oh me Oh my Oh me, oh me Oh my Hold me, Hold me Hold me, Hold me, Today I die

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All songs written and recorded by Matthew Henry, with the exception of Charlotte Town, a 19th century folk song.

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released April 13, 2017

Special thanks to A.J. Nittoli for mastering the album, and to Jon Contino for the cover design and lettering.

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Matthew Henry Denver, Colorado

Raised in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, Matthew Henry now lives in Denver, CO. His multi-instrumental folk sound draws inspiration from childhood migraines, fix-it-all family friends, and long drives on endlessly flat highways.

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