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Heartbeat Road

by Rich Soni

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1.
Leeds Devil 03:42
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In the silt of Mullica River on a dark and stormy eve mother Leeds' haunches quiver she sops her sweet with her sleeve Though, she's aint a rook to birthin' babies having twelve within her brood still she called all the local ladies to do their dance and set the mood Siren voice is screaming cloven tail, hoof, and horn all the midwives weeping the Leeds devil's just been born They all gathered in a circle smiled at the newborn in the room but then their blood began to curdle as his mangled legs grew and grew The boy, they all had just been holding now had a goats head and some claws his eyes where red and they are bulging his wingspan shred up all the gauze Siren voice is screaming cloven tail, hoof, and horn all the midwives weeping the Leeds devil's just been born Thrashing all about the cabin he took his mothers fragile soul through the chimney wings where flapping knocking down the lightning pole To this day if you wander to far within the piney trees beware of shadows moving yonder pray to god to spare your knees Siren voice is screaming cloven tail, hoof, and horn all the midwives weeping the Leeds devil's just been born
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Black Rose 03:51
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First time I saw her, was down in New Orleans steeping a cure-all, of honey and Jimson weed She sewed a mojo hand in the seam of my jean did a little dance like a voodoo queen ohhh ohh black rose never near, but always close face to face when the moonlight glows feel the dawn, as her silhouette goes oooh black rose saw her gathering feathers, outside of stovepipe wells wearing some leather, plated with terrapin shells pricked my hand, pulled me under her spell in the cool of the sand heard the spirits yell ohhh ohh black rose never near, but always close face to face when the moonlight glows feel the dawn, as her silhouette goes oooh black rose the last time I saw her was in the lake eerie fog eyes in the water, i thought she was just a mirage sitting low in the wake of the bog emerging slow, floating like a god ohhh ohh black rose never near, but always close face to face when the moonlight glows feel the dawn, as her silhouette goes oooh black rose
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Since The Last Blood Moon 02:55
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Tweak your mojo bag With a rabbits foot Rattle snack rattle Bat wing soot If your lookin' for salvation Don't expect it too soon Ive been toiling and waiting Since the last blood moon Got yourself black book Brewed tea, read the leaves Flipping tarot cards Placing candles at your feet If your lookin' for salvation Don't expect it too soon Ive been toiling and waiting Since the last blood moon Prayin' up to Jesus He will never come fold up all of your fingers Twist together your thumbs If your lookin' for salvation Don't expect it too soon Ive been toiling and waiting Since the last blood moon You can kill all the evil But more always grows Burn the forest down But spare the crows If your lookin' for salvation Don't expect it too soon Ive been toiling and waiting Since the last blood moon
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Tower Of Cain 02:39
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some say life is the shadow of our dreams dreams are just shadows of the soul so it seems that the dead in the stream are just floating down to get speared by the troll how long must i wait to meet my doom listening to the rain watching the lightning in the sky but thats life in the tower of cain oh myself, myself, i must trust myself i know that it has to be done got a ladder, took my gun off of the shelf sent a message, saying brother you must come how long must i wait to meet my doom listening to the rain watching the lightning in the sky but thats life in the tower of cain some say life is just a brief drop of time aim the gun, pull the trigger, smell the spark as it cools, all i have left is a sigh all alone, like a stone in the dark
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Spookytown 02:48
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you ear will hear a dreary sound when you boots have found the path to spookytown see, there aint no corpses in the ground they all walk around the streets of spookytown all the hell hounds, chewin on a crown there aint no pound in spookytown all the trains are Transylvania bound when they zoom out of spookytown a black widow's webbing wound the brides wedding gown in spookytown from a tomb the groom dug up the rings of Egyptian kings bling the ceremony lead with a frown from a bloody hobo clown in spookytown if you wander in just turn around you wont be down with spookytown
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Freak Out Kid 03:56
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i once had a dark revelation at a fire in the woods by a creek a stranger that i met started shaking he rolled back his eyes and started to speak the joke is on him he was saying he smacked himself in the head the posture he had left was decaying he contorted and twisted on the forest bed we smoked cigarettes as we held him we held him down with all of our might he was trying to kick his heels past his sternum we held him for all of the night it was not until several hours later his conscious returned to his brain we walked him back to his dorm room elevator as it opened.. once more did it wain he whispered in the ear of the closest one of us that was standing by him as the doors to the elevator closed up he flicked us a menacing grin i ran into the kid three years later at a party 200 miles away he we talked and acted as if nothing happened now i pray to the lord i never see that kid again
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Wayward Sister 05:06
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hard luck dont go down easy it seizes up your wits but, i promise aint sleazy to hack it up to bits those that leave it up to Nature to bargain Fortune in their name often justify the torture often revel in the shame wayward sister, get up off the floor wayward sister, step out the door woke up between 1 and 2 who are you kidding, you never fell asleep in the tips of your fingers you can feel the doom being laughed at by the sheep cooking, cleaning, smiling, scheming, breathing in a chicken room takes a toll youve spent years of daydreaming chasing the fox out of its hole wayward sister, get up off the floor wayward sister, step out the door hitched up the hogs about a million times yet what is there to show move to town, drop all your dimes rush down there to earn some more we can smell it when you enter dont deny the utter truth youve been made over by a blender youve been howling to the moon wayward sister, get up off the floor wayward sister, step out the door hard luck doesnt go down easy it suffocates your brain but, i promise aint sleazy to runaway from all the pain nestle with us in the forest we eat and sing all of the time live like a transendentalistic tourist is being happy such a crime? wayward sister, get up off the floor wayward sister, step out the door

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released October 28, 2016

Mastering: Walter Dicristina
Photography: Dennis Maida

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