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Sam Lunsford

by Sam Lunsford

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1.
what kind of world is this where we can't get along other people drive you out your mind let's try and get along cause to me it seems so easy to try and lend a hand and try to show your fellow man all about the love all about the love what kind of world is this where we can't live together other people babe they're just like you let's try and live together cause to me it seems so easy to hear the train-a-comin and try to show your sister woman all about the love all about the love and if you had such an open mind I could know you but your mind is not shown and if you thought about all the other ones and what they go through you wouldn't be so down you're not happy with yourself so you get uptight at someone else just for being good what kind of world is this we're getting scared to move just a lot of frantic needles ain't hitting nobody's groove but to me it seems so easy to loosen up your shoulders even though you're growing older it's all about the love all about the love all about the love all about the love
2.
I have tried so many times and failed along the way yet I keep charging on and searching for the words to say that might persuade you but I know that you don't want to move what made you have the hardest way of changing moods like you do I don't know what lies ahead it seems hidden down the tracks yet I keep charging on and I'm not worried bout getting back to where I came from can't you see that that was in the past from day one should've known that nearly nothing lasts and life moves fast I just wanted to help I just wanted your love I just wanted to help I just wanted your love
3.
Wedding Day 03:15
they just brought that big bouquet fill the glasses up with water for the tables in the shade silver flutes begin to play in the distance of your time you're waiting on a wedding day all the ladies dressed in white and your sister came to town all your friends can see you walking down the alley of the aisle soda pop and wine for me always late grinning bout your fantasy that I believe in fate get to see her hair turn grey make a promise with the power if the truth is what you say long-haired girls a garden maze in the distance of your time you're waiting on a wedding day all the ladies dressed in white and your sister came to town all your friends can see you walking down the alley of the aisle soda pop and wine for me always late grinning bout your fantasy that I believe in fate
4.
let them fade and see me once again how easy is the rhyme what they wear the lover and the anger and the bender of the right night festival effigy catch light come what may I won't let them bring you down come what may dancing in the pouring rain come what may they won't let you wear your crown come what may come what may out in the bay water shines let love grow into evening hammer falls touches something black solid grain making it completed come what may I won't let them bring you down come what may dancing in the pouring rain come what may they won't let you wear your crown come what may come what may
5.
you type letters on a humming scribe and you look to me for your thoughts but I won't subscribe to yours cause your mind and your body's condition is poor now who is pure who is pure tell me who's seen the dark side beyond the things that we see if you're pure of heart lay your cards on the table baby and see if you can play with me when I was fighting just to stay alive you only thought of yourself and how in public you might look a fool if I'm associated with you now who is pure who is pure tell me who's seen the dark side beyond the things that we see if you're pure of heart lay your cards on the table babe and see if you can play with me
6.
Saturn 03:32
hello to all that's new my love is here with you too come out the raven empty to fill up nothing within you dust of Saturn form our spirits from within its ring out the forest you can hear it growing secrets sing hello to days not come my love sees all that you've done kneel down the grace of honey all men and women one dust of Saturn form our spirits from within your wrist out the skin your blood needs freedom beyond where you exist dust of Saturn form our spirits from within its ring out the forest you can hear it growing secrets sing
7.
The Whole 02:38
the past has wondered for so long when you would say goodbye it trapped you in a corner where it couldn't keep you dry it soaked you til you shivered down and thought you lost your hold you found out that your vision's just a fragment of the whole the cheating ones are not to blame for finding ways to move that make us truthful-hearted people always poised to lose it's in their type of D.N.A. and it's coded in their kin but they don't see what's passing by by making sure to win and the next day comes at last and the sign reads it came to pass each turning of the paper brings the next day of your life forget about how long it may be what's its width and heighth and did I ever tell you how your song unlocked my soul and helped me see each phase of mine's a fragment of the whole
8.
Brethren 06:52
you like this but you can't speak to me you like this but you can't touch my hand you like this yet still you compete with me you like this and I don't understand where have all my brethren run you told us we were family it takes a tall man to reach those rungs this is no fun this is insanity you like this - the meaning has changed you like this - it's just a scheme you like this - trapped and hanging within that frame you like this but this just likes to steal your dreams where have all my brethren run you told us we were family it takes a tall man to reach those rungs this is no fun this is insanity what have all those actions done you were only just-a-sittin there providing proof of your vanity this is no fun this is insanity
9.
Dead End St. 03:57
ooh what's come over you you're trying to close your mind to what you know is true ooh I can't talk to you take a look at yourself that's what you need to do I never could have known you I never had the chance you couldn't listen to the music but you still tried to dance you're taking the short way and the easy route if you think I'm a dead end street how come you just found your way out take your troubles to the river and throw em in I can't have em round my happy home again you need something but you don't need a friend you just need a fresh fool to look at you pretend now you're driving yourself mad about people living lies but I can see one living when I look into your eyes go on and find another angel so you can drag em down another set of skin to steal from some other town one day coming when you see me running round there'll be nothing for me to say stuck here treading there's no traction to be found somehow I'll find my way this year fading from the present track of time slow train moving cross the dustbins of your mind you're not stopping you just can't see the signs
10.
how did we get here seems like we found our way to leave the atmosphere where you and I both gravitate in and out but we're not trying we're not too bland to chase things around cause when the time comes it stares in your face look at me and tell I'm waiting for commands and I can grant your wishes there's nothing I won't sing to you nothing I won't do waiting for your green light shine down from up down all around waiting for your green light as you reflect upon this vessel where you float with me tonight when's the moment when you'll meet me here halfway in-between I would give myself completely would you do the same as me in and out but we're not human two light blue connected by the rhythms no one listens to look at me and tell I'm waiting for commands and I can grant your wishes there's nothing I won't sing to you nothing I won't do waiting for your green light shine down from up down all around waiting for your green light as you reflect upon this vessel where you float with me tonight
11.
speak my mind that's what you say you want me to do but you are afraid if my mind just don't agree with you I'm gonna keep on tryin and I'll let you sit around here cryin but not me babe cause I haven't got the time sing my songs that's what you say you want me to do but you are afraid if my song ain't about you I'm gonna keep on singin and you can sit there with your little head ringin but not me babe cause I haven't got the time fade away that's what you say you want me to do but you are afraid when I just don't fade away from you I'll still just keep shinin and you can sit there complainin and whinin but not me babe I haven't got the time

about

Sam Lunsford is an old soul, naturally gifted and well-versed in the dynamics of what makes music a sincere experience. Rooted in a genuine appreciation for honest songwriting, he has crafted an album that is as intriguing as it is comforting. Bridging the gap between classic psychedelic and modern sonic melody, Sam Lunsford's self-titled debut is a warm introduction to his analogue world, filled with vintage instrumentation and harmonic peace.

"It’s an incredibly strong release from both a song-writing and a recording techique perspective. The production sounds every bit as refined and perfected as on an Emitt Rhodes album. On this album he gets more experimental than on the Young Sinclairs material, incorporating elements of light psychedelia, soft-rock and some allround good Zombies-vibes..."
- Krister Bladh, Record Turnover

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released December 25, 2012

All songs written, performed, recorded and mixed to 1" tape by Samuel Jones Lunsford at The Mystic Fortress, Roanoke, VA, 2012

"Haven't Got The Time" recorded on Tascam Portastudio in 2009

"Pure Of Heart" mixed by John Thompson

John Thompson played additional atmospheric guitar on "Pure Of Heart", pedal steel on "Dead End St." & acoustic guitar on "Green Light Two Light Blue"

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Mystic Fortress Roanoke, Virginia

Founded in 2005, a fully-functional analog recording studio and D.I.Y. record label located in Roanoke, VA. Home to a talented artist collective formerly known as The Magic Twig Community. The recording studio is operated by brothers Sam & Joe Lunsford and John Thompson, and has always retained a unique signature sound spanning any number of musical genres. Feast your ears on the magic. ... more

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