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As Surely As The Sun Will Rise

by David Mnemo

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1.
Lifeboat 04:21
The past welded shut like a shipwreck Buttoned up with a cravat and a handkerchief With the eyes of a gambler Gleaming with the eyes of a gambler The steam rises up from the folks crammed together In the decks below pressed up next to the engine Made from powerful steel She was holding on for dear life dearest in her belly Kicking and prancing like a parade marshal She was holding on The past lies scattered shredded and tangled Architecture compromised and blueprints mangled A scrap of flag flailing in the wind And what of the spring coming sure as the snow Will shift from the mountains to the reservoir And what of the future? Tell me - what of the future? She was holding on for dear life dearest in her belly Shouting to be heard above the din She was holding on - for - dear - life Where did you come from and where are you headed? Lifeboat sailing out on the desert Funny how the words get stuck in your throat Everybody out here on this lifeboat
2.
I was dreaming about the past Or was it the future? Some idiot broke my crystal ball I chased him around the world Finally he had me cornered Jumping out of a mirror on the wall Stealing the jewels - I'll be Breaking the law - they'll be Hard on my tail Traveling through time - you know that it Isn't a crime - when you're Losing the game - change the rules In summer I count the stars In winter I shiver In autumn I watch the leaves fall down I sleep in a city park I was born in a trailer But I'm going to be buried with a crown Stealing the jewels - I'll be Breaking the law - they'll be Hard on my tail Traveling through time - you know that it Isn't a crime - when you're Losing the game - change the rules
3.
They say that the life of a wanderer will only lead a man to sorrow Make yourself some wings of wax that melt when you touch the sky But I've seen what happens to the fly when he's fighting off the spiders Tears himself to shreds on the web and waits quietly to die So she looks into my eyes and she asks me where I place my prime meridian I told her if I had one it'd tripped me up and caught me long ago So now I measure distances in carcasses and cheesy advertisements Bank receipts and parking lots and gas stations endorsing Jesus Just when I thought it was safe to settle down and take it easy Someone saw the date stamped on the box and sent me tumbling from the shelf Just when I thought it was time to pack it up and keep it going I realized those bridges that I built had been burned by someone else So here I am back out on the road with my moving parts all blurry Highways resplendent in full bloom purple yellow pink and white A family of five walks away from their car with cheeks a'glistening The fire and the smoke blotted out by the sirens and the lights So here I am waiting on the shore for a schooner named Niagara Cost me sixty dollars for the tickets but it made somebody smile And on the other side waits the wife of a man that I once murdered She claims that she doesn't hold a grudge but I wouldn't blame her if she did Just when I thought it was safe to settle down and take it easy Someone saw the date stamped on the box and sent me tumbling from the shelf Just when I thought it was time to pack it up and keep it going I realized those bridges that I built could be used by someone else
4.
I worked the pedal with the knowledge that I wouldn't sleep I put my ankles in the river where the water's deep With algebra teachers drunk on the knowledge That they can send their kids to college A practice that they'll soon abolish I cast a line into the wind and buried it in her cheek And on the way to the emergency room I couldn't speak We know the folks on the board by their screen names We know cities in Spain by their team names But you can't judge someone by the thrills they seek And while I think of you the years keep rolling by Like a dandelion petal floating up beyond the sky I spent my life just chasing coasters for a chance to roam And I'm glad you waited while I finally found my way back home We threw a party without knowing that it couldn't end Cooler's still sitting in the backyard up against the fence You try to make sense of it all on a Monday Movie night with a handful of friends But Jar Jar Binks still haunts me in my sleep You have to fill the tank as surely as the sun will rise Caught up in the middle of cults slinging burgers and fries Just chasing rollercoasters looking for a chance to roam And I'm glad you waited while I finally found my way back home I spent my life just chasing coasters for a chance to roam And I'm glad you waited while I finally found my way back home
5.
That Russian girl that works downtown at the bar Rides her bicycle down a street freshly chipped and tarred But she doesn't seem to mind No she doesn't seem to care And the wind blows through her hair like a river She comes into my shop several times a week With her headphones dripping with some Baltic beat And she always orders the same thing Yes she always orders the same thing And the wind blows through her hair like a river You better believe that There is a river Secretly flowing Down under your boots Under the sidewalk The water is flowing Keeping your secrets Like what you had in your teeth How you were feeling on Thursday And what you got in your mailbox The water remembers Hydrogen doesn't forget Cause we're all made of carbon Like the ash in your bourbon Like the lead in your pencil Like the stars in the sky And she always orders the same thing She always orders the same thing And the wind flows through her hair like a river
6.
Down on my luck, out on the dole Up on the ceiling lives a big hole Water cascades in the bare-bulb light In the bathroom mirror I'm smiling Time to look through to see what can be seen The dirt and the dust and the mania machine The hubcaps the holsters the headhunter gloves And the cigarette his boot is crushing Life is cruel, life is strange One day the ocean, the next a mountain range I don't know where I'm going But I'm sure I'm not getting there alone Woke up late slept through my job Bought a scratch-off ticket and some corn on the cob Buttered her up to take a big bite Waiting for a red-eye to Tunisia Hitchhiker holding down the passenger side "Drop me off here thanks for the ride" Kindness rings the world just like a bell So know your power and use it well SO KNOW YOUR POWER AND RING THE BELL Life is strange, life is mean One day you're crawling on your knees The next you're riding in a limousine I don't know where I'm going But I'm sure I'm not getting there alone

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@ Mnemosongs 2019

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released June 29, 2019

Recorded summer 2018 - winter 2019 at
Wright House Recordings Greeley CO
Etc Audio - Ambridge PA
by Ben Behrens and Kasey Fusco

Mixed and mastered by Ben Behrens

Cover art by Brian Volinic (www.volinicvisuals.com)


PERSONNEL

David Mnemo - lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, mandolin
John Dubosky - drums
Scott Anderson - keyboards on "Ring The Bell", "Bridges Car Fires Prime Meridians", and "Stealing The Jewels"
Justin Richert - lap steel on "Bridges Car Fires Prime Meridians"
Leah Pfister - background vox on "Stealing The Jewels"
Tim Pfister - background vox on "Stealing The Jewels"
Adam Pfister - background vox on "Chasing Coasters", "Lifeboat"
Ben Behrens - percussion on "Bridges Car Fires Prime Meridians", background vox and extra sauce on "Lifeboat"

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