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Oracle

by Lords of Lester

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Balsam Road 06:43
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Balsam Road Verse 1 You want to see your father? We can get there fast I know the place I saw his face I might have saw him last His car was found in the guyandotte With a 17 year old I bet you never heard the part Where he was broke on Balsam Road Verse 2 He was fired from the mines Where he was loathe to be employed For calling out the fireboss Who was whipping the Balsam boy He took off down the highway With the balsam boy in tow They had no way of knowing They would be broke on Balsam Road Chorus Balsam Road Forget what you been told I’ll tell you where your father went That night out in the cold Balsam Road God rest your soul I’ll tell you where your father went He was broke on Balsam Road! Verse 3 Your mothers heart was broken When she heard he killed that girl Her body was all bruised And a hole was in her skull They never found the money From the mine your father stole She guessed he was still bumpin busted and broke on Balsam Road Bridge What is truth? What is a lie? Who can really say? Life when seen through someone else’s eyes Can never be the same Truth can only be realized In the light of day And finally that poison can die And fade away Verse 4 Now I’ll take you to your father He’s just up around the bend For a paupers grave, marked by a stone Is where he met his end I was hiding the dark that night Only i know the true tale Of how the fire boss killed the balsam boy your father and that poor gal And how the fire bosses daughter Was in love with the Balsam boy because his skin was brown He beat her down Just outside of Delacroix and how he dumped their bodies In a grave under the stars Except for his only daughter Who he sank in your father’s car Now take this money that i found in your fathers jacket sewed tell your mother the truth And don’t get broke on Balsam Road
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Salamander 04:19
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Larry was a mining man a picking axe in his right hand he crawled amongst the beetles and the worms in the ground He dug himself a big black hole in which to plant his little soul and feed his family the coal his dirty hands had found He slaved until his hands did bleed to satisfy the company’s need and spread a malevolent seed across his little town Despite his mercurial haste Larry often stopped to taste the clear spring water filled with life and creatures small and brown One day Larry dug too deep and waked what should be left to sleep He felt the cold hand of death creep over his earthly stead He ran along the path back home the creek now stank with orange foam and all the creatures large and small that lived in it were dead And though he never failed to praise the God above who has no name He also knew the noble brave who worshipped the land ‘Afore he opened up his door he knew his days as a family man were through His children and his wife had paid their due killed by His own hand
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Devil Satisfied 04:41
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Devil Satisfied Verse 1 I got a double edged sword stuck in my double edged mind A double edged heart That’s pounding double time a double edged tongue you know the double sharp kind Double back babe and catch me On the other side Because you know, I won’t be far behind Chorus Remember when I told you son It was okay to cry? Well,The only way to put the devil down Is to keep him satisfied Satisfied Satisfied I know life is hard as hell Just trying to survive Fighting and hellraising Lord show me a sign That the only way to put the devil down Is to keep him satisfied Verse 2 and 3 I’m a double edged man with a double edged wife A double edged faith that keeps us side by side It’s a double edged devilry between me and you a double edged angel Telling us what to do Sometimes we listen to her too Bridge We both know It won’t be long Until we’re both old and grey Can you find the peace of mind That keeps that old devil at bay? I hope you find it one day
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Colorado 05:14
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Colorado Verse 1 Goodbye West Virginia I hope I get to see ya again Colorado in my dreams Travelin‘ ’gainst the tide To a place that’s on my side Like Colorado in my dreams Verse 2 There’s no place I’d rather be Than my West Virginia home But Colorado‘s in my dreams The governor won’t pay his bills he knows the little people will Colorado in my dreams Chorus One more kiss before I go I love you more than you know *alt We’ll be moving nice and slow* Going to Colorado Driving straight into the sun We’ll be having lots of fun In Colorado Bridge I remember when my father tried to tell me you can pick a place to live But you can’t pick a place to die Well I can’t live my life in West Virginia But West Virginia Is where I’d choose to die Verse 3 Goodbye West Virginia I wish I was still in ya Colorado in my dreams we ruined all you gave us Used you until there was nothing left Colorado in our dreams
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Forever Lost 06:00
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Forever Lost Verse 1 I know an empty house on the boulevard we can live real easy and die real hard Walking sideways listening to zydeco Dancing the hobo do-si-do Making my way down this lost highway I been lost forever and a day Sleep some nights right here on the ground In the shadows where I can’t be found Verse 2 Created equal or so they say But the creek gets wider every day I carry all my belongings in a shopping cart I still have my pride but I lost my heart Don’t judge me for the things I do They might be for me but they’re not for you I don’t like to speak I don’t like to be touched You know I never did like people all that much Chorus I’m fine I’m goddamn lucky to be alive Is it a sign? Should I be giving everyone high fives Will I someday settle down And find a place of my own? Or am I damned to walk this earth Forever lost and alone? Verse 3 I’m a side street shaman Speaking in tongues Screaming it to the top of my lungs Now and then, Fool around with the prostitutes In between the guys with the 3 piece suits Hot food for Jenny sleeping by the riverside Narcan for my brothers who almost died I bummed sixteen dollars and a handful of change But we know the Wall Street Devils are the ones to blame
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No Mountains 04:12
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Verse 1 We don't need no pretty Mountains here Rising tall into the atmosphere We just need coal jobs And gallons of cheap beer Gallons of cheap beer We don't need no clean rivers and streams listen to the Environmentalist scream We need to cleanse our souls For some eternal dream Some vague immortal scheme Chorus We Don’t Need No Mountains Here We don’t need no atmosphere we don’t need no beauty to behold we don’t need no mountains here Verse 2 We don't need to sanctify our land Those liberals just do not understand We only need our cell phone Our cable and name brands Only the name brands
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Ghost 07:04
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Ghost Verse 1 You fell out of the tree And you slammed into the ground Your sister would not stop screaming But you lay there without a sound Your body was still breathing But your hands were cold as ice The doctors hooked you up To a mechanical device Chorus I don’t want your ghost Malignant and bellicose Why wont you spread your wings And fly away I can feel your fire Burning up with your desire To walk this earth And live another day Bridge I want to SEE you I want to FEEL you Like the sun Burning out my eyes I want to touch you I want to hear your voice One last time Verse 2 You died early that morning As I held you in my arms The room was deathly quiet But in my head there were alarms I felt your spirit enter me About this I would not lie And I could feel your mind a racing Wondering where you were and why Coda True love it might make you True love it might break you down True love it can take you far away and then forsake you
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Oracle 05:38
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Oracle Verse 1 A tiny seed upon the wind she did blow looking for a home in the shadows down below That kind of beauty just brings ya to ya knees If there is a god won’t you show her to me please Chorus Reach out to the setting sun Dance until the day is done I got an Oracle waiting for me She helps me see who I should be Can you feel that sweet oracle Oracle Verse 2 That traveling seed a cradle she did find without will. , without ego, without mind a mighty tree grew up strong and spread her leaves If there is a god won’t you show her to me please Coda I see you in the morning light I won’t go down without a fight I won’t give up while my heart is beating

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released September 7, 2023

Recorded at Zone 8 Recordings with Mark Poole

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Lords of Lester are a high energy jamgrass band centered around the songwriting of band leader Jamie Lester, combining folk influences with country, bluegrass, and klezmer.

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