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Tornado

from Lineage by Farewell Friend

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Song by Tom Troyer.
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There’s a river of fire under the Memphis sky
for slaves like us - a gentle way to die.
Theres a smoking gun between father and son:
The only dance the old man taught me was a way to run.
My car stalled out under a Mississippi moon
the needle pricked ‘E’ 3000 miles too soon.
Now I’m drunk on the gin of generational sin
and the empty bottle’s the urn you can burry me in.
‘cause the lady lied
and the lady laid the liberty bell
at the gates of hell
“Drink up” they said “boy find your fill
we’re the experts here at the oil we drill”
“The sea turned black but you’r sharp as a tack
If you don’t clean this all up well…
we hoped you will”
‘cause the lady lied
and the lady laid the liberty bell
at the gates of hell.
So I took my sweet girl through the valley low
And I carried her up
On the mountains high.
Of all my wealth she was the apple of my eye.
And I buried her seed
Oh in the land of the lies
‘cause the lady lied
and the lady laid the liberty bell
at the gates of hell
Is there somebody here who could tear me apart?
I need a tornado in this trailer park heart.
Is there a fire or a flood that for heavens sake
turn my landfill mind into real estate.
Cause I’m ready to fail so I set my sail
make up my bed in the belly of the whale
yes I’m ready to fail so I set my sale
find the skeleton’s eyes in the virgin’s vale
down, down, down where lady liberty fell

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from Lineage, released June 11, 2018
Ben Jones drums. Evan Campfield bass. Mark Byerly lead guitar. Tom Troyer acoustic, synth, lead guitar, and vocals. Virginia Wimmer Violin. Composition by Tom Troyer and Evan Campfield. Chris Sisco and Charlie Sothcott horns. Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Troyer at Black Rabbit Audio.

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Farewell Friend North Carolina

Farewell Friend is a North Carolina based folk rock band. Farewell Friend’s music is first and foremost an exploration of poetry and narrative

Tom - singer, songwriter, guitar
Evan - upright bass, moog, rickenbacker
Caleb - violin and telecaster
Zac - drums
Featuring Kevan Chandler on harmonica and Galen Clark on mandolin.

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