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Tears, Turquoise, and Tin

by The P's & Q's

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1.
El Dorado 02:40
Dodged a bullet, botched a robbery in El Dorado Sometimes the move that pays is just to stay...still In the stillness if you feel a rising fever Money's in the trunk on Horseshoe Hill Horseshoe Hill Road Circle round now, sing it loud come all ye globe trotters Sometimes the jump's a high one take the leap...still If the leapin' brings a faith restorin' fever Preachers daughters freedom dings on Horseshoe Hill Horseshoe Hill Road If you are what you drink pour me an Old Fashioned That don't have to change and I'm so glad I keep livin' in the past so my air can breathe at last Only there where I can be with you again Oh I know it can't control it oh, El Dorado A song's just for the birds but it's a call still If the callin' brings a pickin' peckish fever Noisy miner just hit gold on Horseshoe Hill Horseshoe Hill Road Now for the job the best one is the one that knows it needs bein' done Most the time that's been you - I'll take over now until my turn is through 'Til my turn's through If you are what you drink pour me an Old Fashioned That don't have to change and I'm so glad I keep livin' in the past so my air can breathe at last Only there that I can be with you again Only there that I can be with you again
2.
High Desert 03:34
High, High Desert - flatlining nerve The rocks look like the moon was just here Late night visit from a friend They left a black mark on you dear Charcoal thumbprint and the end Daylight desert - fire breathing sand In Peter's Town I almost drown What I'd give for water now The map is the treasure that we found It's the where - where's the how Chorus: Nothing really lives here Barren land is so wise Nothing really lives here So nothing really dies Cold night desert - stargazing lies Yarn was spun with a sidewinder's tongue Prattled on without a pause Our hearts were brave and ears were young Pledging duty to your cause Chorus: Cold night desert Daylight desert High, high desert Flatlining nerve
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Tears, Turquoise, and Tin The bonds of this band have worn thin Something was lost think it swam from my pocket Tears, Turquoise, and Tin Tears, Turquoise, and Tin The bonds of this band have caved in Then mystery was found this ring on the ground Tears, Turquoise and Tin Tears, Turquoise, and Tin The bonds of this band new again Butterfly wings round old rusty fingers Tears, Turquoise, and Tin
4.
There was a sound, there was someone to blame There was a sigh, and a naming of names I'll never let 'em take you away I'll never say it was you As I serve your time I wonder what it is that you do What color's on your paintbrush is it red and does it bleed Just like a head wound when you try to make a heart Is it yellow does it run like a coward down your canvas Just like we did when we tried to face the sun Broken glass, then alarming pain I failed you passed, brought the family such shame I'll never let 'em take you away I'l never say it was you As I serve your time I wonder what it is that you do What words are on your writer are they bold and do they breathe Just like a secret no one else should read A peculiar sorta letter a peculiar sorta tone Written in a language all your own Chorus: Please send it, drop it in the mail Please send it, mark it Austin County Jail A book of days, one of them I'll be free It's not too late to go retracing those dreams I'll never let 'em take you away I'll never say it was you As I serve your time I wonder what it is that you do Chorus:
5.
Well I try not to turn too much to drinkin' when I'm sad But it's hard luck when you get the bad news On a sunny Sunday street when you've already had a few... Hear she's moved away even had a baby - really moved along No more longing for Miss February Chorus: The tears they come uninvited Like your love can't stop 'em oh I'm blinded They come from deep down inside Unlike your love these tears are kind Now yours are tied up neat with strings While mine are strung along with moon beams They're wild and howling at the seams Different dreams Miss February leaves Missin' limb, fallen eyelash Said she saw the sign one night in the sheriff's lights Law let me leave with a warning but she locked me up for life Guess it's Mrs. February to you now A new town a family and a home But I'm left here with a mind that has a mind of it's own Feeling baffled, beat up and alone Chorus:
6.
Riverboat 03:22
Our times together - my joy where could it go Like smoking heaps and heaps of cigarettes, expecting one to grow Now there's nothing in my hands - empty vessels understand Need some water and a new search for land I tore it up, I tore it up to share not to destroy Misunderstood my actions, only actions not a ploy Chorus: Just a sad old girl, sittin' in the dust Sittin' in the dust, meetin' the dust Just a sad old girl lvin' in the dust And the dust turned into mud I hopped a lifeboat leaving a sinking ship and joined the riverboat revival On the Missisipi Now I'm not gonna gamble with a life that's not my own Once I win I'm gonna send for you - please come along Spinnin' in the mud made a deep, deep rut And the rut turned to a groove like Chico said Chorus: Oh the River Queen is where my peaceful heart belongs These walkin' feet now float I sing a bayou song If you can't sleep at night there's a paddle wheel lullaby It's a Mississippi good night, sleep tight I ply along, and they wind don't care It lends a breeze and tousles my hair Kisses my face and it cools the air So happy I'm no longer... Chorus:
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8.
Extra Extra 03:03
Meet me half way down the hallway The orange one down at our place See you when the day is half past three Charlie Barber married Charlotte Carver That could be you and me If we had the money to be free Chorus: Then Extra, Extra Your affair with little Evie is making the front page news Do you remember the better of our seven years We didn't leave em any clues Meet me at the bright white lamplight Back room table outta sight See you when the day has turned to night We'll talk of how things fit together How you're one piece and I'm the other Make plans, make money to be free Chorus: Meet me in your finer car Vacant lot near Marble Park See you when the night is rich with stars You'll tell me that there's no tomorrow No honest way to pay or borrow Right's right, wrong's wrong, and free's not free Right's right, wrong's wrong, and free's not free
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Cocaine Lil 02:49
10.
Long Way 02:51
Traded you in for a travelin' stamp Ended our love on a post card back Hello from Mexico, good bye from Malecon Havana she knows my regret Chorus: I went a long way without you I went a long way to forget you I went a long way, a long way with you Two kinds of money, and all kinds of people The music is always the same They play here all day on the streets on the beaches In my ears it rings out your name Ohhh's... My heart is as heavy as my ragged old pack Black market ride and 10 hours of backtracking Went there illegally did it intentionally Gone far to far to turn back Chorus: Ohh's...
11.
Record spins round, black water runs down Eyes empty and green as gin bottles Piled high in the can ashes fly shaky hand With class she fills another glass Love lives on in a pen and a song Song that the love birds are singin' Chorus: They sing love is a many splendored thing They put him behind walls where they filled him full of lightning Volts and bolts they tried to cure a wild disease Storm rolled away and he'll never be the same Had to leave him there go care for the family She wears a black dress from a trip took to China Red hair and the house in a mess Two t's double crossed, to fates both committed He's been taken, she's been lost But love lives on in a pen and a song Song that the love birds are singing Chorus: Put him behind walls where they held back all the lightning Pills now what they fill to cure a wild disease Storm never came and he'll never be the same Don't leave me there...don't leave me there Don't leave me there come care for your family Now the record spins round, black water makes a sound Eyes empty and brown as ale bottles Piled high in the can ashes fly shaky hand With class I fill another glass Love lives on in a diary and a song Song that the love birds are singin' Chorus:
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The Hunted 04:17

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released February 3, 2015

Janese Hurley - lyrics, music, vocals
Brie McFarland - music, vocals, banjo
Audrey Howard - music, vocals, guitar
Matt Jones - bass

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The P's & Q's San Francisco, California

The P’s & Q’s are an old-time, good-time, acoustic porch music act in San Francisco. Made up of Brie McFarland on banjo and ukelele; Janese Hurley on fiddle and harmonica; and Audrey Howard on guitar and mandolin. The three of them sing sweet harmonies together which have become a trademark of the band. The P’s & Q’s put on a rousing live show which is both boot-stomping and sweetly intimate. ... more

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