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California Dogwood EP

by Margo Cilker

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Lonely painter I live in a box of paints It's a cold room I'm renting on the coast now I live a quiet life interrupted by guitar sounds How did I walk away from such a place as Cornwall? If I love it, so I leave it- that's my downfall Well the worst crime to commit is hesitation I was waiting on that Bilbao precipitation Of all my lovers I've had luck with just a handful And you could blame that on the fact that I'm unstable If you asked me, babe, I would tell you what I wanted It's just an open road and I the only soul upon it, riding easy. Yeah the worst thing you could do is desperation If you're waiting on that Bilbao precipitation Oh, maybe I'll be different come the Spring Maybe that's a little wide for my hammer to swing Well, I ain't been getting sleep, just getting older Sometimes having songs to sing feels like a torture Calling out to other poets: Tell me your secrets I'll trade you all of my bad habits for your diseases Maybe we'll write songs then The first thing I shot up was inspiration I was waiting on that Bilbao precipitation
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Mean Ringin' 03:01
There's a mean, mean ringin' in my head I've been drinking red wine If I had it my way I'd be your lover tonight But the towns keep coming from Boise to Dillon I'm like a loose train Something subtle a man like you does, you move in close And I could almost stay You just have to call me, darling once in a while Here in Bozeman-town I've got a lover on speed dial
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Marianne 05:26
Marianne, I am two thirds in love with your man There are some things we can't understand Marianne, I've been praying we don't have to do this again Marianne, that man plays us like his mandolin And we're both better off without him Marianne, you get to fall asleep touching his skin Marianne, you don't know the shape that I'm in Marianne, put a spot at your table for me 'Cause you're cooking up, baby, for three Marianne, that man's cooking us both turnip greens Marianne, put a spot at your table for me Marianne, it's just too far from Texas here You're just lucky I can only last a year Marianne, you know I'm only in this for the sin Marianne, if I can't be an angel it's this
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Moonrise over Appalachia Just a lovely dust of snow I'm alone in a little cabin I ain't got another place that I should go I'm a California Dogwood I'm not sure where I belong But my spirit's high in transit Riding on the railways of my songs My journey ain't been easy The whole thing just start and stopping I just wanna reach that place Where I can let my heart do all the talking How long before I become Someone that I'd like to meet How long before I stop comparing myself To every person on the street? Well I'm only three and twenty But there's a furrow in my brow And I need old time religion To mitigate these new age blues I've found My legs are gettin' weary Aren't your feet tired of walking? We just gotta reach that place Where we could let our heart's be the one's talking I've got some friends in Belgium I've got some more in Spain I could search the whole world over For some new perspective I could gain I've learned a lot from Adams I learned a lot from Coggeshall But if my education binds me Well, that ain't doin me much good at all My mind's set on the summit Gonna burn whatever's blocking I just gotta reach that place Where I can let my heart Do all the talking Come back with me if you wanted We can start our country life I've got the will and I've got the tractor I wanna be your singing country wife I've done Mendocino mornings I'm doing Pickens county nights But the height of my existence Was sitting with you in a hole by the fireside I'm breathing in that smoke now The free world around us rocking It's high time I took you babe Where we can let our hearts Do all the talking Sunrise in the blue ridge mountains What a charming life I lead I'm never much in want of nothing Yeah the times are few that I'm in need

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released December 21, 2017

All songs written by Margo Cilker excepting:
"Your Love Is My Rest" by John Hiatt


Margo Cilker- guitar, vocals
Dani Merino- lap steel
Pit Idoyaga- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Aritza Castro- percussion
Sam Frey- bass

Recorded in Redwood Valley, CA and in The Basque Country

Engineered by Clay Hawkins and Saul Santolaria

Produced by Saul Santolaria and Margo Cilker

Mixed and mastered by Saul Santolaria

Album photography and design by Tamsin Avra

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Margo Cilker Goldendale, Washington

I once google-searched the definition of "pine" and the example provided was this: "Some people pine for the return of the monarchy". I'd feel the same way, perhaps, had I been born in a different place, but I'm left to pine for other things like basque wine, moonlight and cowboys. ... more

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