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Creek Don't Rise

by Cherokee Fade

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1.
A Walk 03:00
We went for a walk outside that day But you had nothing good to say Your thoughts are simple and so is your mind But I kept you around anyway I took your hand up inside of mine But it seems you had somewhere to go And I watched you leavin’ before I knew It was you that I hardly know You have this way of conveying to me That the roads really aren’t so bad And it seems you’ve always got something to say About the times that we’ve already had I spend my time wishing for someone That I know I could never distract And I keep you like a runner up In a case made out of glass Oh, You are so hard to understand But it’s something on the lips- in the words That keeps me in the palm of your hand The only way that I know you are true Is that you’re too deft to tell a lie The tales I have spun to you Have bled us both bone dry Seasons calm and waters pass And I fear a quiet unrest But it’s the sight of you and the way you move That keeps this beat in my chest Oh, You are so hard to understand But it’s something on the lips- in the words That keeps me in the palm of your hand
2.
Oh I heard you’re chasing dreams I heard you’re drawing out the times But you just fiddle with the idle hours And spend the good ones writing rhymes Who’s to say you’re a student? And who’s to say they’re here to teach? Who’s to say all the problems are meant to be solved? And who’s to say who’s incomplete? Well, I saw you there just the other night Sippin’ stories about your past You had this look upon your tired face That made me wish the bad times last I wish the bad times last So, I tasted all your memories The way they brewed beneath your tongue And by the time I wanted out of there It was too far for me to run So we shared a pint of sorrow And we talked all about last June And dreamt of what life could be like If I wasn’t always leaving you
3.
No Road 02:46
Everybody lies to me and everybody dies But that will never change my mind I am only holding out for me I don’t care what people say I’m not gettin’ out of bed today And the truth is I don’t really have to It’s my own damn passing life and I’m the only one that’s done the time And I’ll waste it however I damn well please And I done loved my fair share of men And a good half of them I’d do it again I seem to have found one that fits Oh, I know no road ends with you Oh, I know no road ends with you And if I want to pass the ground beneath my feet Or travel to India to have some tea Well, you can come but you don’t really have to If I want to write about love and death Well, I’ll write out to my hearts content Don’t tell me they all sound the same No one seems to hear my beat or Get the words out between my teeth You can’t hear what you don’t listen for Tell that village to light their torch I’ll be drinking whiskey out on my porch When they come and burn me at the stake. Oh, I know no road ends with you Oh, I know no road ends with you Talk, talk, talk nobody’s even listening Your jaw will grow tired someday So, walk, walk, walk off in my own direction It’s time I be on my way There are some things I know for sure Like wanderlust it ain’t got no cure That I can’t teach y’all how to think That two plus two is always four That if I got some I’ll want some more That the better half is always yet to come That I won’t die standing still The ocean and winds wont change your will And that time will keep on turning round I’ll never sell my soul to a gypsy on an ancient shore Because he ain’t got no more answers than you do Oh, I know no road ends with you Oh, I know no road ends with you
4.
G.I Joe, G.I Jane Hit my people hit my pain Giddy Up, Giddy Up, Giddy Up Horsey Giddy Up, Giddy Up, Giddy Up Now It’s not so bad when they leave you blinded Not so bad cause you don’t know how Vintage draped, Sattalite eyes She traded all her turquoise a change in the tides And built a fine house made of leathers and lace Just how they said it would be in this place You trade it all in from silver to gold Restring your blessings and try to come home Giddy Up, Giddy Up, Giddy Up Horsey Giddy Up, Giddy Up, Giddy Up Now It’s not so bad when they leave you blinded Not so bad cause you don’t know how It’s not so bad when they leave you blinded Not so bad cause you don’t know how
5.
For Her 03:42
I’d walk across the ocean blue For her, for her I’d move a mountain just because I could For her, for her I’d find the bad and I’d make it good I’d find a stone and turn it to wood I’d call the clouds to make some shade for her, for her And if there’s anything I can to do I’ll do it quickly just so I could show you That if you still decide to leave Then I guess I’ll have to just let it be Leave the windows open Let the rain come in Let the honey drip up off your chin Let the breeze take away all the people you’ve been Let the sun turn over and begin, begin again I’d build a shelter from the rain For her, for her I’d do the hardest things again and again For her, for her I’d dig up ancient artifacts Convince her there’s no goin back I’d lay my body down as a bridge For her, for her If there’s anything can do I’d do it quickly just to prove to you That if you still decide to leave Then I guess I’ll have to just let it be Leave the windows open Let the rain come in Let the honey drip up off your chin Let the breeze take away all the people you’ve been Let the sun turn over and begin Leave the windows open Let the rain come in Let the honey drip up off your chin Let the breeze take away all the people you’ve been Let the sun turn over and begin, begin again
6.
Drink On It 02:32
Let’s drink on it tonight, let’s take it easy Let the winds change blow soft and breezy Let’s take it nice and slow We’ll see where things might go So, baby let’s drink on it tonight Well, there ain’t no use in rushing things to come Someone might get hurt if we jump the gun You know how the sayings go You know everything I know So, baby let’s drink on it tonight Let’s drink on it tonight Let’s take it easy Let the wind change blow soft and brezzy Let’s take it nice and slow We’ll see where things might go Baby, let’s drink on it tonight With eyes like yours who needs enemies? Just one look might bring me down to my knees My heart is open wide I’m trembling inside So, baby let’s drink on it tonight Baby let’s drink on it tonight Baby let’s drink on it tonight You call me up Two-tone telephone You called tell me all the ways that I was wrong So I wrote it down I write for memory All seven ways that I watched you leave
7.
Kitty Lions 04:15
When you have no idea where you’ll have your next meal It’s a freedom that few ever know To never lay your head in the very same bed Will give you bones that you’ll never own The road is a surprisingly small place to call your home Ya, the road is a surprisingly small place to call your home I been told once or twice about a place for advice And you get there down a ten-mile road They say you’ll learn that and all the things that you lack If you listen where the mighty winds blow The road is a surprisingly small place to call your home Oh, The road is a surprisingly small place to call your home Life’s is a jest, all things show it Once I thought it, now I know it I been spending all my time on whiskey and wine In the woods all alone But the road is a small place to call home But every time I come back I come back alone And all those I’ve loved well I leave them because It’s always time to go Cause right round the bend You believe in an end to this living charade of a show The road is a surprisingly small place The road is a surprisingly small place The road is a surprisingly small place to call you home Time has a way of whittling out the days Till there ain’t much to do or say anymore With all the things you’ll never find It’s time you made your mind That alone On the road Is home.
8.
Clyde 02:07
9.
Airplanes and taxi cabs Open windows and closed attacks Lit cigarettes and fresh cut mint That taste you left on my lips Morning melodies Hardwood floors and a cup of tea The way you looked but But never ever spoke to me So I hung up the phone And I spent that night alone With the ghosts of this time That I’d come to know And I push you down Hold myself up and let you drown A slipping grip A choking sip On coffee grounds Kitchen boxes left behind Unopened letters for piece of mind Little stars and broke down cars In the photos I find Two initials and new last names An end to a sordid game Yet still pieces that fit Like a fresh coin mint In this life that I’ve made But some gaps just aren’t meant to be crossed Just cause I’m wandering don’t mean I’m lost
10.
Tell Me 02:52
When you want it but you feel so undecided You should give it your all or you should just give it away But then you hide it in a place where no one can find it But that's no way to live, and it’s surely no way to love So you dig it up and you tend to all the damage But it will never be what it was before you threw it away You know acceptance, well it's really not true forgiveness But time will heal better than anything you have to say You say all you want is love... so tell my why... Why'd you throw it away? You had it all. Yes you had it all. So why'd you throw it away? There’s a reason fairy tales are told to children Not every story told is meant to start with once upon a time And a good ending just because it is well written Even if it’s in rhythm it’s doesn’t mean its gonna rhyme You say all you want is love... so tell my why.. Why'd you throw it away? You had it all, yes you had it all So tell me why... why'd you throw it away Cause when you’re up I’m down And if you’re here I’m gone But if you’re light I’m dark And if you’re right I’m wrong But if you’re wrong I’m right And if your day I’m night So there’s your answer babe as to why, why I’d throw it away You say all you want is love... so tell my why... Why'd you throw it away? You had it all, yes you had it all So why'd you throw it away? When you want it but you feel so undecided You should give it your all or you should just give it away
11.
I had myself a conversation with a boy about the wind I asked him all the different ways that he wouldn’t let her in He told me, “loves a lot like learning it gets better as you grow And the lazy don’t stick around to see the second half the show.” I looked at him with just one eye Covered the other to see the truth Cause once a songbird told me There are seven versions of the you He started drawing out these pictures with vague words and similes About all the different women he’d visit how he’d sailed the seven seas And I kept wondering about the concept of love and why we leave Cause seven parts of you are still seven parts of me I looked at him with just one eye Covered the other to see the truth Cause once a songbird told me There are seven versions of the you He was out there making spaces with a fine toothed edge and comb Sorting out all the different ways he had chosen to be alone And it was cold in San Francisco it was hot in Tennessee and I spent the whole year trying to deliver the winds back to the sea I looked at him with both my eyes Decided I don’t need your truth Cause once a songbird told me There are seven versions of the you There are seven versions of the you
12.
Destructive 03:37
Baby I’m defective You should stay away from me I’m inclined towards darkness And I tend towards misery Truth is not the truth if you don’t understand the rules And those who follow the fool They really are the fool Baby I’m addictive I’m unhinging at the seams You’re loosing all your luster On things that could never be I can’t make you choose What we both know is good for you So go on loosing you fool You really are the fool I can’t be played no fool But I’m a fool for you I can’t be played no fool But I’m a fool for you Baby, I’m destructive There’s a devil inside of me I house him near my heart In a vein of security But if you get too close I’ll let him creep outside his door Now, everybody knows the devil leaves you No one has ever left the devil before I can’t be played no fool But I’m a fool for you I can’t be played no fool But I’m a fool for you I can’t be played no fool You had me when you said I do I can’t be played no fool But I’m a fool for you A fool for you A fool for you A fool for you
13.
I said “no matter the time, no matter the place, The fortunes will give you the bed that we make.” I’ve traveled the world for diamonds and drinks, But he traveled through time to give me this ring. They say that these choices they don’t grow on trees, But I beg to differ I change with ease. I saw him last month at a motel with lights We spent the whole evening escaping the night. I’ve been wondering why you think you’ve got it so bad When you can’t give to yourself those things you already have I’ve been wondering why you think you’ve got it so bad When everything you want you already have There’s twice on the way to the person you’ve been When you’ll pass an old place, and they wont let you in. You will knock, you will plea, you will offer them gold But the young can’t go back to a home that is old. The memories weathered the climate has changed Names and the faces are all rearranged. He was worried of running but scared to stay still The wheel of fortune don’t spin at your will I’ve been wondering why you think you’ve got it so bad When you can’t give to yourself those things you already have I’ve been wondering why you think you’ve got it so bad When everything you want you already have I said, “I’ll sleep on my stomach, You sleep on your side, We’ll know when they’re coming, We’ll know when to hide.” He is the only one to undo what’s been done Who can stop and start time, who can outrun the sun I taught him to listen He taught me to breathe I laid out the cards on the bed by his feet. The six of the swords and the tower lay flat They told him to leave and to never look back.
14.
Well, do you find my suffering attractive? Want to unstitch me at seam? Just to cut open all my good parts Find out what makes me bleed? You keep a lock my hair wrapped ‘round your wrist And my eyes hang from your keys But you found out sadly there’s no good parts And you still can’t see what makes me bleed. I found out I can tell you quickly But that it doesn’t make much sense That if all the bad parts are inverted In the proper circumstance Then they start to look so good Until you fall in love with me But then your just cutting up yourself To find out why you never bleed. I spend my time out on the other side Sewing blankets out of lies I draped them across the prarie west To find my way back to your side Oh, the road was burnt and barren So I drew circles in your mind In hopes a traitor would deliver me Back to where you ran hide Oh, the road was burnt and barren So I drew circles in your mind In hopes a traitor would deliver me Back to where you ran hide
15.
It’s been a long cold lonely winter I been alone since I ain’t been with her And I had sworn I’d never be here Old lights in the bar I can’t see clear Time has a way of turning us around The quiet streets look the same in this old town It’s been a long cold lonely winter A whiskey on the rocks to get my head clear I bet on the season that she’d be right here He turns and says, “My dear it’s been years” We smile and we act like it’s all the same But in between the drinks we say each other’s names Yes we had love but sometimes love is not enough What’s the point in going home if your home is so alone It’s been a long cold lonely winter I heard you moved out west at the end of last year I say, “What’s the chance that you and I would come here?” A half lit smile says that she ain’t sure But the bottom of this drink says that I’m dead wrong The bite of the wind tells me to move on Yes we had love but sometimes love is not enough What’s the point in going home if your home is still alone It’s been a long cold lonely winter I can’t remember why I left there The blue cup near the bed says that she was right here A note pinned to the wall leaves it unclear The smell of this bed feels like I’ve come home I walk back in the cold to be alone Yes we had love but sometimes love is not enough What’s the point in going home if your home is so alone Yes we had love but sometimes love is not enough What’s the point in going home if your home is still alone Yes we had love but sometimes love is not enough What’s the point in going home if your home is still alone If it’s so alone What’s the point in going home?

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released August 8, 2013

Cherokee Fade is Erin Rose, Kevin Elliott and friends.
Robin San Jose on upright bass, acoustic bass and ukulele.
Tim Willis on Harmonicas.
Cigar-box slide guitar handmade at Cheeno's Garage in Costa Mesa by Ryan Morgan for Cherokee Fade.
All other instruments performed by Kevin Elliott.
Lyrics and vocals by Erin Rose and Kevin Elliott.
All songs written and recorded by Cherokee Fade for MilkRoute Records
Creek Don't Rise was mixed and mastered by Damien Rasmussen.
DamienRasmussen.com
Cover photo by Melissa Yoches
Cover art by Jenavieve Belair ... JenavieveBelair.com

Special thanks to Carey and Marco and all The Weary Boys for writing "Drink On It" and allowing us to perform it on this record.

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Cherokee Fade Costa Mesa, California

Cherokee Fade, the love child of Kevin Elliot and Erin Rose is made of simple melodies, real stories, and a dedication to the truth. Their sound is timeless and unique. They are out to capture your beating heart and racing mind. There exists an undeniable magnetism between them in their live performance and they want to invite you to come listen to their stories. ... more

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