Burn This Train, by Alexander James Webb

Burn This Train

by Alexander James Webb

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Recorded at Ways Home Records, Detroit MI.
Performed and Mixed by Alexander James Webb
Printed by Joshua Jouppi
Artwork by Jacquelyn Franquist

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1.	Sugar Cain (free) 03:31	lyrics	download
Sugar cane aw sugar cane, I got louisiana in my viens drunk on hope to spite the pain finally my detroit blood's found sugar cane [CH] not chasin these statue gals, i got a heart'sa gotta move houston couldn't hold me honey, not in my walkin shoes lucky gypsy woman runnin, loves my ramblin blues if you're just dealing, wheelin in place, cold slow grind steady rollin days right off your mind without a chill would you lean to warmth? dont search for the sun all through winter's time because spring eyes under cherry blooms meant sleepless nights and days consumed our trails an travelin boots melt down this mess finding stranger's kindness beats the rest High-rise dazzle vacant eyes, no honest word finds reprise kill your noise, all the lame repeat you're drowning out the rain and my city streets sugar cane oh, sugar cane i got louisiana in my veins summer sun fills december's frame my detroit blood's found sugar cane
2.	Charcoal 03:49	lyrics	buy track
It was the first spring we ever had electric bloom and frenzied hand told me you’d have no other, Je T’adore’ madame each breath hung thick and yet so free the air was a charcoal breeze as we sweat in the summer sun no victory yet was ever won though our garden, may it grow, only fixed your broken toe when each breath hung thick with heat the air sent us to our feet When leaves flew and so did I from ocean tears, your stuttered sighs this train i called my home, so away from you I roamed each breath hung thick with hopeful longing the air echoed with our song Brought the cold home with me, dear and with hunger, rage, and fear we both hold fast to spools of thread to weave another year each breath we drew as if our last the air was iron-cast Violet blues, and yellow May spring thunderstorm mysteries on foot or a-wing to strike me back to a life void of doubt, for love's not proud, no but each breath is a slow defeat and the air is a charcoal breeze Yeah, the air is a charcoal breeze
3.	Last Letter 03:43	lyrics	buy track
Last words, a letter before you shut the door If men had ears, would I have known to say a little more? I don't know, I don't know We know where we stand Empty heart and broken hand i'm paralyzed in the trainwreck of our love a thousand fear-filled love lies painted distance in your eyes and I know that you did well when you broke it off But ain't nothin' mean a thing without you here So i guess I'll have to find myself Before these tears are rustin' my tracks away oh that train may be never coming... You might be blind, but I couldn't see why would you listen to what I would never sing? along to perfect rhythms running on the track below our feet why would you stay if what i did was tie you to the rails. But ain't nothin' mean a thing without you here So i guess I'll have to find myself Before these tears are rustin' my tracks away oh that train may be never coming back
4.	Caterpillar's Curiosity 03:37	lyrics	buy track
looked for you my dear, but i’m running out of air, six feet deep an i think ill die here you dove away, now i’m floating here half blind, now i’m drowning in confusion But those old heartsongs still cleanse away the fleeting unknown sins of yesterday [ch] considering the obvious i think that it’s curious how often we doom ourselves and call it fate and as it all falls to goodbye will we finally realize these thieving seasons swing us back toward the sun oh, i’ve got a blue-bird swears she’ll never learn to sing its a difficult thing to compel us to leave our comforts and bond for being free so now i’ve got a bluebird thinks she’s never learned to fly she’ll break out her wings and we’ll sit in my favorite climbin’ tree Well i’ve seen a butterfly soar with half its wing Fragile as glass she perched on my shoulder, ravaged by the years whispered in my ear some quiet, profound thing “through pain and loss, bramble an moss, perfect love castes out all fear” and and it all falls to goodbyes we will reach back and finally trust the seasons that stole us away may someday swing us back into the sun we can learn to love this light in life, this light is love