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Corn Nut Creek
02:02
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Corn Nut Creek Song
(D.Vita and T.Bradley)
Banjo low and fiddle high
Mama’s baking key lime pie
Kick your boots off, dip your feet
Into the Corn Nut Creek
Got one baby on your knee
Sittin’ by the old gum tree
Children scream and children play
I wish that we could stay
Turn the crank and knead the dough
Dropping flour as we go
Golden biscuits, apple pie
Pasta hung to dry
Cross the ocean far and wide
Ferry to the other side
Climb that mountain to the top
Make the donkey stop!
Banjo low and fiddle high
Mama’s baking key lime pie
Kick your boots off, dip your feet
Into the Corn Nut Creek
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2. |
Home on Earth
02:58
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Home on earth
(T.Bradley)
Summer sends her spinning round
Feathered feet don't touch the ground
Eyes lift up to the sky
Garden waiting for the rain
Time to board a paper train
Pleasing people leaves her dry
Autumn leaves forget to fall
Flying high above it all
Barely time to pull the weeds
Tired lines around her eyes
Needs no-one to sympathize
All she really wants is sleep
Deep deep down in the ground
Shaken by a low sound
Earth under feet
She’s going deeper down
Deep deep down in the ground
Thumping like a heartbeat
Earth under feet
She’s going deeper down
Winter comes on cold and wet
Bringing pain and past regrets
She retreats into her nest
Frost descends upon her yard
Self esteem in bitter shards
Slips away into her rest
Finally then comes the spring
And the chance to plant again
She emerges into light
Red and yellow, purple, green
She will let herself be seen
Fearless bird in full flight
Deep deep down in the ground
Shaken by a low sound
Earth under feet
She’s going deeper down…
Deep deep down in the ground
Thumping like a heartbeat
Earth under feet
She’s going deeper down
Deep deep down in the ground
Shaken by a low sound
Earth under feet
She’s going deeper down…
Deep deep down in the ground
Thumping like a heartbeat
Earth under feet
She’s going deeper down
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3. |
Moment of You
03:02
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Call my name a thousand times
I will still come running to you
Whatever you need I’ll give it to you
Ask me no questions, dear
You don’t need to try at all
I couldn’t ever give up on you
Sometimes you look for me
For a moment I’m gone
Tucked in a tent, hiding in bed
Walking down that lonesome road
That leads me back to you
Want to run away from you
Darling only for a little while
Give me the space to realise I miss you
When I’m right beside you love
I will give you all of my time
Don’t want to miss a moment of you
Sometimes you look for me
For a moment I’m gone
Tucked in a tent, hiding in bed
Walking down that lonesome road
That leads me back to you
Sometimes you look for me
For a moment I’m gone
Tucked in a tent, hiding in bed
Walking down that lonesome road
That leads me back to you
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4. |
Mother's Song
03:41
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I’ve always known the sun will rise
With purple skies and babies’ cries
Gentle fingers pull and clutch
Pining for their mother's touch
Singing and singing low
As our children come and go
Birds will fly when their life starts
As it breaks their mother’s hearts
I promise not to see the leaves that fall again so soon
The chill that starts to sting the air on autumn afternoons
Flocks of birds come and go on foreign roads I’ve come to know
The tides they change and the cold winds blow and you miss my children grow
I hear your voice inside the wind
I know the pain you’re living in
What I’ve done to you, it hurts me too
Three hundred days to struggle through
Sun sets on another day
I miss you in the strangest way
We’ve still got time, waiting now
I’m coming home but I don’t know how
I promise not to see the leaves that fall again so soon
The chill that starts to sting the air on autumn afternoons
Flocks of birds come and go on foreign roads I’ve come to know
The tides they change and the cold winds blow and you miss my children grow
Will they forget what used to be
The way you you wrapped their bloodied knees
They have to learn to understand
The absence of your loving hands
Like beads of sand time slips away
The sunset arks the end of day
I watch the towering tall trees stand
With silver strands and weathered hands
I promise not to see the leaves that fall again so soon
The chill that starts to sting the air on autumn afternoons
Flocks of birds come and go on foreign roads I’ve come to know
The tides they change and the cold winds blow and you miss my children grow
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5. |
Limbs
03:44
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If I put my heart away
In a box, put it there to stay
Would it be easier to find
A way to ease my mind
If I covered up my eyes
With a mask, would you realise
That I can still see you
I see everything you do
My limbs are left behind
Deafening silence that leaves me blind
I can't feel a thing, but you're still
On my mind
If I had no legs at all
Could I reach, reach you standing tall
Wrap me in your painted arms
And lavender-stained palms
If I shed all of my skin
To reveal my soul within
Would we melt and become one
Slip away to come undone
My limbs are left behind
Deafening silence that leaves me blind
I can't feel a thing, but you're still
On my mind
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6. |
I choose You
03:06
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It started with an embrace
We could not let go
Our hearts began to dance then
Like puppets in a show
We bought a car in England
Camped in pouring rain
We rode a bike through India
We surely were insane
Moment to moment, day by day
Every time I look at you
My soul comes out to play
We lived in a tiny city flat
We worked hard to play
Spent so much time inside with you
I’d still choose you every day
Now life is quiet and not so wild
We made two kids and they’re divine
I wouldn’t change a single thing
I’d still choose you every time
Days are long and it all feels hard
Our love shines like a star
Moment to moment, day by day
Every time I look at you
Moment to moment, day by day
Every time I look at you
Moment to moment, day by day
Every time I look at you
My soul comes out to play
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7. |
Once Again
03:08
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That box stays closed
The one with the records inside
Every time one plays
Gates open to the long days I cried
Ten years ago and still
Listening pins me down to a flame
His voice singin’ soulful croons
Brings the bitter sting of pain and shame
Forever came to a halting end
Then we both found shelter again
Once again, once again
Straight into my flesh
Strummed strings cut with a melancholic lilt
Pieces of who I was
Steeped in broken promises and guilt
Harmonic humiliation
Spin me round for everyone to see
His lyrics mock me
They once were my reality
Forever came to a halting end
Then we both found shelter again
Once again, once again
Tuck it back away
Or maybe just right my wrongs
I might have to face this today
Cause have to keep singing all my favorite songs
Forever came to a halting end
Then we both found shelter again
Once again, once again
Once again, once again
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8. |
Trails of Truth
03:48
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There’s something that I need to know
How is it that my garden grows
Dig the dirt and hope to find
All the years I left behind
Sending out a message to you
Blowing red dust across the trails of truth
Listen to my silent ode
Let it reach your lonely desert road
When the cold winds come let the dancing fire in
Every day has haunting dreams
Roses blooming, home again
This bed of vines I lie within
Gripping, growing round my skin
Why do you shut the door
On everything you were before
You rip the roots that come and go
Your barren land where nothing grows
Sending out a message to you
Blowing red dust across the trails of truth
Listen to my silent ode
Let it reach your lonely desert road
When the cold winds come let the dancing fire in
Think of me when sirens sound
Hopeless withered on the ground
They’ll always be this glowing blaze
Forgive me for my cruel, cruel ways
Sending out a message to you
Blowing red dust across the trails of truth
Listen to my silent ode
Let it reach your lonely desert road
When the cold winds come let the dancing fire in
Sending out a message to you
Blowing red dust across the trails of truth
Listen to my silent ode
Let it reach your lonely desert road
When the cold winds come let the dancing fire in
When the cold winds come let the dancing fire in
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9. |
Running Up That Hill
03:27
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It doesn't hurt me
Do you wanna feel how it feels
Do you wanna know, know that it doesn't hurt me
Wanna hear about the deal that I'm making
You, it's you and me
If I only could
Make a deal with God
Get him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Running up that hill
Running up that building
Don't want to hurt me
See how deep the bullet lies
Unaware I'm tearing you asunder
Ooh, there is thunder in our hearts
Is there so much hate for the ones we love
Tell me we both matter now, don't we
You, you and me
It's you, you and me won't be unhappy
Come on, baby
Come on, darling
Let me steal this moment from you now
Come on, angel
Come on, come on, darling
Let's exchange the experience
If I only could
Make a deal with God
get him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Running up that hill
Running up that building
If I only could
Make a deal with God
get him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Running up that hill
Running up that building
If I only could
Make a deal with God
get him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Running up that hill
With no problems
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10. |
Farewell Tree
03:35
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I can’t see past the mist today
The rain falls in a peaceful way
Travelling to Eagle Rock
A secret door that I keep locked
I’m thankful for the bottlebrush
Time in places I won’t rush
The streams that run across my toes
They flow to places no one knows
Waving branches of the farewell tree
Sending larks to serenade me
All alone on this path you’re leading
Take a sip from this soul you’re feeding
You should’ve said goodbye
You are the sea and the pines and I wish you were mine
I see you in this misty blue
And every place I travel to
Green eyes frozen in my mind
Circling fools gold all this time
Waving branches of the farewell tree
Sending larks to serenade me
All alone on this path you’re leading
Take a sip from this soul you’re feeding
You should’ve said goodbye
You are the sea and the pines and I wish you were mine
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Corn Nut Creek Melbourne, Australia
Bound together through sisterhood and a spiritual connection to snacks, Danielle Vita and Tanya Bradley are storytellers whose original songs draw upon the traditions of Appalachian music. They were finalists and awarded Jurors Top Five in the 2020 Blues and Roots Radio International Song Competition. They will be e releasing their first full-length album in November 2023. ... more
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