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Ballads (of Big Nothing)

by Deadman River

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Intro 02:18
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All my life I've been a traveling man Crossing wide rivers Climbing high moutains But now I'm too old So I sit watching Birds flying Away from the cold And I'm getting bold
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Standing alone in a prairie There's an old big oak tree See how large it's grown So strong and free Deploying its branches with such majesty A tree inside My young mind Is growing wide Towards the sky light I thought I could live lonely and happy Devoting myself to music and poetry But if you look a tree, then the forest you'll see 'Cause no one can live independantly A tree inside My old mind Is growing wide Towards the side light
4.
Sweet Bonnie 04:27
Where have you gone, my sweet honey With my only son and my money Tell me why have you gone, oh sweet Bonnie Without leaving any phone - number Why have you gone, my sweet honey For all the pain I have done Please forgive me Tell me where have you gone, oh sweet Bonnie Please don't leave me alone - ever What should I say to bring you back again Or what should I do to relieve the pain I could wait for a decade or a century in vain But I know that it's too late Oh sweet Bonnie
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Washing my face in the cold dark waters I see the bright fool moon reflection I've been walking for sixteen hours Ain't got no food, no direction The wind is blowing in the douglas pines Carring the whiff of the coming rain I've flown away from the hell of the grizzly gold mines Now I'm a free man in the mountain
6.
China doll 05:04
When I saw you dancing alone in the back of the room With your long heirs falling along your back like a broom I fell in love with you Then you looked at me and close your eyes with a smile on your face So I felt my heart doubling of size and beating like a bass I thought you loved me too But a man came around, took your hand, dropped a kiss on your lips So I went back alone, walking down, like a dog in the streets Singing this song...
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Somewhere 04:39
Somewhere In the waste of the night Up there I know there's a light Shining to show me the way and to protect my life Somewhere, Somewhere But where ? Somewhere In the waste of the world Out there I'm sure there is a girl Longing to cross my lone way And to share my life Somewhere, somewhere But where ?
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No place to go But Anywhere I don't care Don't you know why I have gone On my own So far away and long ago I sought the sun In a remote garden But now It's been a long way The wind has blown The sun has shown So far away and long ago far away and long ago
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I’m sailing - down the river On a small chinese sampan creaking At dawn – on the water The weather is mild - The sun is rising The haze is getting thin And I’m drifting on my bamboo skiff Staring at the dragon’s teeth Down the river Li …. The Camel Mountain The Elephant trunk hill The sleeping paddies in the plain At the foot of the Moon Hill The solitary Beauty Peak Overhangs a golden sandy creek And I just feel so good Dreamin’ on my piece of wood I just sit peacefully Sailing down the river Li Down the river Li …
10.
Here lies poor Mary Hanged by mistake In 1803 Near the Bonaparte Lake But she was right And we were wrong But we strang her up And the poor girl's gone Here lies Paul Steven Hanged by mistake In 1911 At the Christmas daybreak But he was right And we were wrong But we strang him up And the poor man's gone

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All tracks recorded, mixed and mastered @La Cave Sonore (82) in the summer 2015.

except track 8 & 9 recorded in july 2020.

All songs written and composed by Xavier Combres.

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released August 11, 2015

Xavier Combres : guitars, voice.
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[ Tracks 1-7 :
Claire Von Corda : bass, chorus.
Julien Von Corda : guitars, chorus.

Tracks 8 & 9 :
Nicolas Azam : guitar, chorus ]

You can also contact us and see some artworks on Facebook :
www.facebook.com/deadmanriver/
And check the Von Corda's music and artworks on Bandcamp :
von-corda.bandcamp.com

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Deadman River Toulouse, France

Deadman River is a "dark americana" band from Toulouse, France.

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