Welcome to the Country

by The Country

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The Country is a Joshua Tree band that
features members of the electro-cult band Gram Rabbit with some fresh-faced ... more cowboys along for this trippy ride. Performing all original western, space country, The Country has recently opened up for "Queen of Rockabilly," Wanda Jackson at our favorite Honky Tonk here in the High Desert, Pappy and Harriets.
We also just landed our 1st TV License.
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Track Name: Desperate Heart
I don't know which way you're going, I don't really care
I just need a new direction, freedom's in the air
Take me to the misty mountain, take me to the van
Feed me cans of malnutrition, or starve me like a bear

Don't care if you ignore me, just never leave my side
Tell me that you love me, don't care if it's a lie
Leave a little light on, so I see you in the dark
Blindly chasing, desperate heart

You got me feeling pins and needles, at least I feel something
You got me walking on your egg shells, but hell those shells ain't bad
I've come so far I can't go back now, I've got to see this through
I'll make you a believer baby, I swear it's me and you

Am I just being stupid, still chasing you around
You don't really like me, I'm just your little clown
Why am I still pretending, that what we have is good
Blindly chasing, me and you

I don't know which way you're going, I don't really care
I just need a new direction, freedom's in the air
In the air.......
Track Name: Wild Imagination
My imagination use to run wild
Until it got caught by a cowboy
It use to run and jump and flicker around
But now it's just a broken fantasy

It use to be out dancing, on any given night
It use to tell me secrets, it use to get in fights
But now with all this trouble, I've scared it away
And now it just don't run in any way

Getty up, Getty up, my imagination
Getty up, Getty up, my old friend
Getty, up, Getty up, I can't live like this
I really want you back again

Last night I was sitting home alone with my imagination
When it said Jesse, I've been feeling run down and tired
I'm not blaming you and your wild ways, I just need a break
But don't worry, we'll be back in the saddle one day

It use to be out dancing, on any given night
It use to tell me secrets, it use to get in fights
But now with all this trouble, I've scared it away
And now it just don't run in any way

Getty up, Getty up, my imagination
Getty up, Getty up, my old friend
Getty, up, Getty up, I can't live like this
I really want you back again.....
Track Name: Country Jo
When I'm walking down the street
I try to smile at those i meet
it's nice to spread some love around
it's hard for some folks to smile back
they're afraid their face might crack
but I think there's medicine for that

I've been eating aspartame
that may be why I've got no game
their trying to kill us , whats a girl to do
i know how hard things can be
happy don't come easily
quit your crying, I've got problems too

but life is great so far
playing this guitar
really takes the blues away
for a while, for a while

I've been reading lots of books
turns out the world is full of crooks
maybe I'll join them , wait I already have
death is scary I'm afraid to say
I think about it everyday
another drink or cigarette away

but life is great so far
playing this guitar
really takes the blues away
for awhile , for awhile
til' it's all the same , the same, the same......
(drink drink drink drink)

twinkle twinkle little star
would you buy me a new car
something fast and shiny that will do
half the people that i meet
think they know much more than me
I see elves and giants in my sleep
I see elves and giants in my sleep
Track Name: Olde October Moon
olde october moon, been feeling like your gonna shine real soon....
save some light for me, and show me all the things i cannot see...
the world is your witness and your slave
we follow your waxing and your wane
what have you brought? what will your bring ?
please hear our voices as we sing....
swirly midnight blue, (hovers thick orange magick) the wind whispers secrets known by only you
floating mystic kite, (hovers thick orange magick) your power surges on this starry night
the world is your witness and your slave
we follow your waxing and your wane
what have you brought? what will your bring ?
please hear our voices as we sing....
everybody see's you everybody needs what you have done to me
i can see your face, it's calling me back to that sacred place...
won't you let me fly ?
fly the great october sky..
fly the great october sky..
on my invisible broom..
olde october moon
Track Name: Honky Tonkin'
Honky Tonkin', Honky Tonkin'
Can you share with me, what our cause use to be
I can see that the path that we chose doesn't show but I know
It's a tired old scene, the American Dream
Cause this roof always leaks and my fence has begun to erode

So we jump in the car, and we head to the bar
Where the faces have traces of hardships we've all come to know
Where the drinks hit you strong, and we all sing along
Til our feelings are in the right place and the heartache is gone


Your shrinks and pills don't heal the pain
A drink in the mouth keeps my head in the game we go
Honky Tonkin', Honky Tonkin'

So pick up a glass you'll be glad you came
The lights and the sound will die down and tomorrow's the same
They'll make it so hard then you're sad again

Your shrinks and pills don't heal the pain
A face with a smile can be hard to retain we go
Honky Tonkin', Honky Tonkin'
Honky Tonkin', Honky Tonkin'
Honky Tonkin', Honky Tonkin'

So pick up a glass you'll be glad you came
The lights and the sound will die down and tomorrow's the same
They'll make it so hard then you're sad again
Don't you know, they'll make it so hard then you're sad again
Don't you know, they'll make it so hard then you're sad again
Track Name: Rider on a White Horse
I have walked, walked on your water
And I have, Parted your sea
I have known, all of your children
Some of your, women love me

I'm like a rider on a white horse
I'm like a rider on a white horse
I'm like a rider on a white horse
Going nowhere, going nowhere
I've always been here

The dike, the dike that you're building
May hold, hold back the sea
But the dike, the dike that you're building
Will never, will never hold back me

I'm like a rider on a white horse
I'm like a rider on a white horse
I'm like a rider on a white horse
Going nowhere, going nowhere
I've always been here