1. |
If This Is The Beginning
01:48
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If this is the beginning where does it end
If I have written this letter, when will it send
Life is but a guessing game with us on our way
We move, eb, flow, sway.
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2. |
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Verse 1
Demolition sparks fly
Divergent melodies and lies
This crystal ball is all I see
Or magic 8 ball mystery
Raptured souls singing
In the snow baltering
Flakes and icey fingers move
To penumbra beat and groove
Chorus
Move sway
Verse 2
Leather bound books burn
Wind lofts ash from the urn
Rain hits tin roof all night
Hawks and crows fly out of sight
The young and old dance in step
Poor feelings have lost their grip
Songs rise up through cold air
Give up get down and find a pair
Chorus
Move Sway
Bridge
Come with me we’ll fly away
Where star meets space
Or Earth meets grace
We’ll find it all some day
Move sway
Let your body take control
If you don’t know which way to go
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3. |
New Life
05:01
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Verse 1
New Life has sprung up today
But I don’t know how long will stay
Green stems peak from dewy ground
Water slides but makes no sound
Sunlight gleams through the canopy
Dancing, twisting off glowing leaves
The smell of pines and blooming trees
Fill the minds of all who see
New life flutters by
Seeking shelter where it finds
Twigs and branches broken now
Once were peering through the ground
Chorus
Hold it long and don’t lose your grasp
Finding time to sew the grass
Seeds and stems will soon be grown
Grab the plow and move the bones
Verse 2
Fickle time killing all below
Shining Sun brings life from woe
The clock's hands bring dire straits
Sands are mounding adding weight
Branches push through ages past
Breaking shattering molded glass
Rain pours washing dirt away
Puddles build a home to stay
Rusted steel under creeping roots
Old life hidden beneath my boots
Walking, soaked from the rain above
Finding nothing undreamed of
Chorus
Hold it long and don’t lose your grasp
Finding time to sew the grass
Seeds and stems will soon be grown
Grab the plow and move the bones
Second Chorus
Boney hands digging in the dirt
Pulling weeds and sticks from earth
Seeds and stems will soon be grown
Grab the plow and move the bones
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4. |
Groove
03:21
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Verse 1
Starts with a tap of your toes
Moves up the seam of your jeans
A scene from a techno color screen
Dolby digital sounding in my ear waves
Chorus
Feel it stop, we interlock
Sudden hip, you move and dip
History beats, our soul repeats
You’ve got to find that You’ve got to find that groove
Verse 2
The tick tock clock near the sofa
My head bobs left to right
The dance starts in an hour
You’re ready by quarter past eight.
Chorus
Feel it stop, we interlock
Sudden hip, you move and dip
History beats, our soul repeats
You’ve got to find that You’ve got to find that groove
Verse 3
Heat wave got my heart thumpin
Mississippi mud on the back of my seat
I’ve moved all around the country
With something building up inside me
Chorus
Feel it stop, we interlock
Sudden hip, you move and dip
History beats, our soul repeats
You’ve got to find that You’ve got to find that groove
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5. |
Take Me To The Fountain
04:47
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Verse 1
Take me down south where the magnolia trees grow tall
Take me down south where the rivers get a little murky
Take me down south where I found my first love
Take me down south where I found the need to pray
Chorus
Take me to the fountain and cleanse my soul
When I feel so all alone
My sweet lord won’t you meet me here
When I feel so all alone
Verse 2
Take me up north where the winter’s cold but the fire’s warmer
Take me up north where the white mountains reach the sky
Take me up north where I learned to sing my song
Take me up north where we danced under the maple trees
Chorus
Take me to the fountain and cleanse my soul
When I feel so all alone
My sweet lord won’t you meet me here
When I feel so all alone
Verse 3
Take me out west where the desert creeps into my dreams
Take me out west where red earth is not as it seems
Take me out west where I learned to be a better son
Take me out west and leave me in the dust
Chorus
Take me to the fountain and cleanse my soul
When I feel so all alone
My sweet lord won’t you meet me here
When I feel so all alone
Verse 4
Take me out east where the the earth speaks to me
Take me out east where the stories seep from the ground
Take me out east where I found the life in my blood
Take me out east where my parents left the flood
Chorus
Take me to the fountain and cleanse my soul
When I feel so all alone
My sweet lord won’t you meet me here
When I feel so all alone
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6. |
Shoe Blues
02:57
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I'm gonna go to the store and get a new pair shoes
Dance all night till I get those dancing blues
Dance all night till my face hits your floor
Leave my worried blues at your door
Take my shoes and dance around your town
Leave my lonesome blues on the ground
Have you ever had a woman on your mind
Wake up laughing, laughing just to keep from cryin'
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7. |
Delilah
04:53
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Verse 1
You’re shaking deep down in my chest
Dancing in my veins you ain’t like the rest
Bend these iron glad rocky gates
Pillars are falling, girl don’t hesitate
Riddles whispered from the sink
You want me now, you’re on the brink
Put the dagger down and find my hand
Will talk this out and make a plan
Chorus
Delilah you’re my poison queen
Delilah you’re my serpentine
Delilah pull back my hair
Delilah let me loose from this chair
Verse 2
Make a fool of me, all of over town
These knots you tie can’t hold me down
I’m close to the flame, I can’t go nowhere
Day after day it’s my cross to bear
You take my strength with your eyes
Digging in my soul with your lies
I can’t resist no I can’t seem to leave
You draw me in and I now I believe
Chorus
Delilah you’re my poison queen
Delilah you’re my serpentine
Delilah pull back my hair
Delilah let me loose from this chair
Bridge
I'm leaving you your leaving me
We fought this whole damn night through
Your slipping away slipping away
But I want you
Chorus
Delilah you’re my poison queen
Delilah you’re my serpentine
Delilah pull back my hair
Delilah let me loose from this chair
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Verse 1
I fell in love with your curves
Your honeysuckle vines and turns
Along your blueridge back
Your ground sank and cracked
We swayed in the hemlock trees
Like two cardinal birds we sang
I hollered in your hollow trunk
In the sleepy hollow we went up
Chorus
Appalachian Appalachian
What the hell’s your pronunciation
All I know is I’ll stick around
Around your hallowed ground
Verse 2
We laughed the rain away
On a porch swing we spent the day
You gave me a song to sing
Love welled up like spring
We ran through muddy fields
Slid down the gully until
You grabbed my hand just in time
In the sleepy hollow we went up
Chorus
Appalachian Appalachian
What the hell’s your pronunciation
All I know is I’ll stick around
Around your hallowed ground
Verse 3
We built a fire below
An aspen covered in snow
Warm dry shivering knees
Your skin began to heat
You said it was time to go
Shedding your leaves to flow
Down the river bending back
In the sleepy hollow we went up
Chorus
Appalachian Appalachian
What the hell’s your pronunciation
All I know is I’ll stick around
Around your hallowed ground
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9. |
Fighting Words
05:02
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You said them's fighting words
Well I ain't fought in years.
You said you're gonna wipe that smile right off my face
I ain't smiled since you went away.
You said you're gonna clean my clock
I don't even know what time it is.
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10. |
Sea Foam Green
03:01
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Verse 1
I’m all grassy field in your hazel eyes
I’m all park bench in your Neptune smile
Finding the seed that the magician made
To bring out the vines that gripped my day
Holding a picture in my lungs
Out in out repeat till dawn
Memories tug at my shoe lace heart
I’ll double knot this moment this string I strung
Chorus
Sea foam green, tender glimpse and cast away
Sea foam green, peaceful night amongst the fray
Sea foam green, glance the slant of light with me
Sea foam green, I’ll seek horizon and release
Verse 2
Old fairy fort made of sticks and leaves
Tightly grip the sun piercing breeze
Send off your ship into my gaze
Lock this chest up and sail our seas
Wings make their way down my chest
Stop on their way to cocoon the rest
Bodies float in salt filled lagoons
Soaking up their fears with songs I sung
Chorus
Sea foam green, tender glimpse and cast away
Sea foam green, peaceful night amongst the fray
Sea foam green, glance the slant of light with me
Sea foam green, I’ll seek horizon and release
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11. |
Invisible Ink
04:27
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Verse 1
My memory fades like invisible ink
I search inside the caves, the caves of me
I trace the lines, the walls, the shapes,
I can’t seem to put a name to the face
My words always repeat and defeat
They echo off the walls but never return
I wish that I could know your name, see the light from your flame
Chorus
Run to the light of day, escape memory’s cold decay
Stare into my eyes, and I’ll remember through this haze
Follow the letters that I wrote and you’ll find me
Verse 2
My phrases always chip like paint
Swept under rug and table leg
Strokes of reds, blues and pinks, find their way through the pain
Warm soft lights drift through my dreams
Friends find their way and meet me there
Voices bounce off sticks and stones and rattle my bones
Chorus
Run to the light of day, escape memory’s cold decay
Stare into my eyes, and I’ll remember through this haze
Follow the letters that I wrote and you’ll find me
Bridge
I lost my train of thought
I can’t get back
Chorus
Run to the light of day, escape memory’s cold decay
Stare into my eyes, and I’ll remember through this haze
Follow the letters that I wrote and you’ll find me
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Ross Hollow Asheville, North Carolina
Ross Hollow is an Asheville based Folk, Rock and Americana artist. Started by Stuart Ross Johnson-Kwochka in 2017, Ross Hollow has taken on several formats. Early on it was just a stage name for stuart, then later became a trio and then a full band in Indianapolis Indiana. Now it is mostly a solo project with support from Annalee Johnson-Kwochka on vocals and the occasional guest musician. ... more
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