1. |
Robert - Aloha
00:27
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Instrumental
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2. |
Pretty Little Bird
04:01
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Pretty Little Bird
Hello little black bird
Won't you come sit next to me
Summer's come and gone
Left me empty
Perdy little black bird
Don't you just fly on by
Ain't nothing up above
But that old grey sky
Sirens singin' soft and low
The Alemeda angels wings are made of gold
Someday you see me standing on the other side
It's just slow goin'
When you row against the tide
Hello little black bird
Won't you sit next to me
This old settin' sun's
Gettin' lonely
Perdy little black bird
Say that you'll always be mine
Haven't felt this way
I such a long time
Hello little black bird
Won't you come sit next to me
Summer's come and gone
Left me empty
So, won't you just
Won't you just
Won't you just say it
You'll be mine always
You'll always be mine
Won't you just
Won't you just
Won't you just say it
You'll be mine always
You'll always be mine
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3. |
Bimini Road
05:47
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Bimini Road
Knelt right down on the road to Bimini
Knelt right down On the Bimini road
Some folks say that were the end of me
So folks say, but i don't know
Brother bruno had a vision
But a gamblers life he choose
So they strung him out to dangle
Watched the dice roll for his clothes
Sister liza was an angel
One of great restraint i know
Still i lead her into danger
Lord, i hate to let her go
Sister penny sits there shinin'
Like a beacon in the west
Waitin' on the stars alignment
Moss and jade fall from her dress
Knelt right down On the road to Bimini
Knelt right down the Bimini road
Some folks say that were the end of me
So, folks say but i don't know
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4. |
Bastille
03:11
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Bastille
She gave me just enough of nothin'
To keep me hangin' on
And i couldn't quit her if i tried
I guess i'm just another glutton
And i won't be home till dawn
You're an angel in disguise
It's been an awful stretch of nothing
Since the fourteenth of july
Been ten years since i been gone
I'd give the world just to touch you
One more time before i die
With any luck, it won't be long
I'm getting torn apart to nothin'
By the creatures of the night
Them what say that she's to blame
But brother pain and sister sufferin'
Just slowly strolled on by
Moving pictures frame by frame
She gave me just enough of nothin'
To keep me hangin' on
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5. |
Fordham's Wound
04:51
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Fordham's Wound
I was once a young crusader
In innocent's great war
And i stubbled down the interstate
A time or two before
On an armor clad Castillion
With a standard made of gold
i crossed the duke of Orleans
Down around the coast
And i charged across the causeway
Whilst the morning stars still shown
But he brought his spear down on me
Lord, he pierced right through my coat
When i spied grey-eyed Athena
Standin' in the road
it must have been the poison
In that cup what did me in
Or was it just the whiskey
And those Bristol cities talkin'
Lord, i swear that i saw heaven
In that lowly highland inn
So surprised, grey-eyed Athena
Angel where you been?
Well hello, grey-eyed Athena
Aegis at your side
Ain't there nothing left between us
But that trepidatious tide
Lord knows i'm awful anxious
For an early evening ride
But slough and envy
Have been drinkin' all my wine
Well hello, grey-eyed Athena
Ain't you lookin' fine
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6. |
Lost Tribe Lament
05:00
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Lost Tribe lament
We are scattered out on the ocean
We are matter lost in the throws of perpetual motion
We hit the road with heads held high
But crashed halfway to goshen
We are scattered
Scattered are we
We are weary, weary from travel
And we scaled all the way to the top of the tower of Babel
We road that big ol' empire state
'Til the rails come all unravelled
We are weary
Weary are we
We are wedded down at the crossing
By the light of the silvery moon
And the daughters of autumn
Bold Ulysses road straight into June
For Gypsy Davie shot him
We are wedded
Wedded are we
We are weary
weary from travel
We are weary
Clearly we are
We are weary
Weary from travel
All the rails have unravelled
So, here we are
We are weary
weary from travel
We are weary
Clearly we are
We are weary
Weary from travel
All the rails have unravelled
Babel is gone
To the dust and the gravel
And the saddest of songs
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7. |
Luckless Pededstrian
04:51
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8. |
Proud Aurora
03:01
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Proud Aurora
Bright Fame
Though Robert is my father's name
Still i hesitate to stake my claim
Bright Fame
Wise One
Your words are like the setting sun
Regretting all begetting none
Wise One
White Wave
Been your lover, lord and slave
Born your brand most every age
White wave
White Brow
Though our unions not allowed
i still pine for you most anyhow
Wide Brow
Proud Aurora's wine kisses still linger
In the glorious glow of the day
Were it not for her soft rosy fingertips
We'd have all long since withered away
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9. |
Ten Past Eleven
04:09
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Ten Past Eleven
Ain't no need to go public and start all that talk
Ain't no need to go troublin' that ol' devil Pol Pot
Though I know I must have told you
Just in case you had forgot
Spread out my ashes over Ankgor Wat
Won't be no fancy headstone or family plot
And there won't be no kind words believe it or not
When all the angels up in heaven sing the saddest song I got
Just spread out my ashes over Ankgor Wat
They say time waits for no man, her pretty little patience is shot
Still she frequents the ponies and usual night spots
When that ol' cannon of the ages rattles of her last long shot
Just spread out my ashes over Ankgor Wat
Oh, the bell of St. Ankgor rang sweetly
She sang out so sweetly this morn
She swallowed me up so completely
And carried me far far from home
Oh, the bell of St. Ankgor rang sweetly
she sang out so sweetly this morn
At ten past eleven she shattered the heavens
She rang out forever and then never more
Never more.
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10. |
Aloha II
00:40
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Instrumental
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Rob Wilson Baltimore, Maryland
Rob Wilson is the Texas born lead singer & songwriter for Baltimore based supergroup Television Hill. Rob was frontman for Ambiguous City upstarts Antenna Farm and guitarist & songwriter for legendary Maryland noise-rock band Tribal Voice. Rob has a B.A. in Philosophy of Science & Ancient Studies from UMBC.Rob also regularly co-writes lyrics with Heumann for Arbouretum. ... more
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