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i've only had one love in my life and she and my brother were married
but her eyes they were mine, and the same with her heart
and the same with the babies she carried
twice a week noontimes we'd head out of town to a motel the next county over
we'd whisper our secrets and sweat out our demons
in the backwoods of east oklahoma
one day it was late on the backroad back home she was driving my black eldorado
i was catching up sleep on the passenger side
dreaming dreams that i'd never wake up to
then a thud and a thump and a screeching of tires and a bicyclist mangled and flying
and i snapped wide awake and i burst out the door
but when i reached him i saw he was dying
she ran up to my side and we stared at the ground to where the price of our sins was layin
and the silence of guilt echoed around
just the buzzin of crickets was playin
back in the car i stared at her tears flowin down the seat cover's stitching and with a glance and a nod and an unspoken promise
i turned the key and started the engine
weeks hobbled by and we didn't speak once i didn't touch her nor wish to be touched
spun alone in the bed in the sick depths of night
and my daytimes were faded and broken
til one wednesday noontime when the telephone rang and i froze when the voice shined electric
cause the sergeant was friendly but stern like a priest
called me downtown to answer some questions
one small little room one hot burning lamp one cigarette gone then another
one paper to sign one phone call to make
and i dialed the house of my brother
the trial it went quick, the pleadin went easy in a courthouse in east oklahoma
it was open and shut cause the witness they got
was that bicyclist out of his coma
and i've got ten years now to think long and slow on that vision of my brother beggin
for the love of god why won't you testify
but i only thought of his wife and his children
i serve one for the broken bones that we left two for the shatters of spirit
three for the babies that i'll barely know
and four for the corners of heaven
Everything about this album screams 'long lost classic from way back in the golden era of songwriting'. Well, everything except the fact that it came out only a few years back. Jeremy / HI54LOFI
Whilst gently paddling along this glistening river with the sun warming my back I found contentment. At a peaceful spot I set up camp and breathed in the beauty........."I think I'll stay a while" I said to myself.
Thank you for this peaceful spot Mr Henderson :0) Martin Shields
This New Haven duo write bright and emotionally resonant folk music where sweeping strings elevate gorgeous melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 23, 2021
On “Meet Me By the River,” Dawn Landes’s self-described “Nashville record,” buoyant country melodies settle deep into lush instrumentation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2018
The sweetness of the harmony and beauty of the tracks made me have to purchase this album. The vocals float like ethereal sprites with compelling warmness yet a certain captivating sadness as well. This is what Americana should sound like... this is what country should sound like... for it's so real and emotionally delivered... yet absolutely gorgeous. theexplodingogre