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Valley Of Heart's Delight

by Margo Cilker

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sutebensan Just turned on to Margo and I'm really glad I did. Valley of Heart's Delight is a solid recording from top to bottom. The songwriting is sophisticated and Ciker's voice is something to behold. Beggar for Your Love is my favorite cut so far, and the lyric "You can get a good line to hold up a song if the rhyme's right," although simple, is damn close to perfect. Looking forward to seeing her and her band live real soon. Favorite track: Beggar for Your Love.
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Solituned What a sweet record. At the same time fun and profound. Not a single skip. A gem. Favorite track: Sound & Fury.
tekwin77
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tekwin77 "What do I do with the middle between the coffee and the wine?" Great songwriting. Favorite track: With the Middle.
johnowen57
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johnowen57 I love everything about this record. Great songwriting, spot on production with support musicians who perfectly compliment Margo's down home delivery. Margo is one of the most insightful, authentic voices to come along in just about as long as I can remember!
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Cattle pushing high up a canyon-side Looking for a lowland trail Got miles before me, miles behind Looking for a lowland trail Looking for a lowland trail Looking for a lowland trail Got hills to climb in my own sweet time Looking for a lowland trail Looking for a lowland trail Got trouble cropping up where there could have been love I’ve seen it on a lowland trail You put it all on the line and it wasn’t enough Better take it to a lowland trail Looking for a lowland trail Looking for a lowland trail Got hills to climb in my own sweet time Looking for a lowland trail Looking for a lowland trail
2.
I got people, I got places, I got things, I got friends I got something when there’s nothing coming up from within I got postcards, I got music, I got someone’s hand to hold I got whiskey, I got brandy, I got use for this old soul Sometimes I feel it dipping beneath the water line But I keep it on a burner in the back of my mind I keep it on a burner in the back of my mind I got sidewalks, I got sunburned, I got books I haven’t read I got neighbors telling neighbors they’ll be burning up when they’re dead I got wasted, I got waylaid, I got stuck in Lodi again I got time now, I got know-how, I got only to write the end Sometimes I feel it dipping beneath the water line But I keep it on a burner in the back of my mind I keep it on a burner in the back of my mind
3.
I remember Carolina I remember taking turns Each tearing up the other With the prettiest of words I remember back in Greenville I saw a friend at the show I remember Carolina I remember being home I remember California San Francisco Bay All my buddies live in Oakland You know the arts don’t pay I remember up Fickle Hill My heart felt at ease I remember Humboldt County Does it remember me? I remember Montana Always treating me fine Driving up to Eureka Polebridge on the 4th of July Went on a bender in Bozeman Sobered up in Hamilton Fell in love with a fisherman But it was catch and release I remember Idaho 24 years old Good family with a bad dog Bit down to my bone Pam Houston on the Selway Daddy he said “no” I remember learnin something I remember Idaho I remember seeing Dylan He tipped his hat at me I hitched a ride back to Boston With the Twelve Tribes Community I remember I was swimming At Singing Beach That’s the last Massachusetts Ever did for me I remember Carolina I remember California I remember Montana I remember Idaho I remember Massachusetts I remember being homesick I don’t know where my home is I remember being free
4.
It takes two to tie up a line only sometimes You can get a good fire to burn through the night if the wind’s right I’ve been looking at the answers trying to find the in between I’ve been watching it all from this porch unraveling When you get lonely I will remember How it hurt me when I was a beggar Beggar for your love You can get a good feel for where you belong only sometimes You can get a good line to hold up a song if the rhyme’s right I’ve been looking at the edges trying to find the in between It shows on your face when my words mean nothing When you get lonely I will remember How it hurt me when I was a beggar Beggar for your love
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Mother told her mother told me What was out under the family tree I don’t need this town, I will always find another Even if I often wander back again Brother told a brother told me What was out under the family tree If you leave this town you will never find another Even if you often wander out again Oh, the love The way it cuts Better than a knife Bleeding for a lifetime Mother told her mother told me What was written on the family tree If you leave this town you will never find another Even if you often wander back again Brother told a brother told me What was hanging in the family tree If you leave this town we will never have to wonder If the roots are getting water underneath Oh, the love The way it cuts Better than a knife Bleeding for a lifetime
6.
I get up at 8 AM Press the coffee down again I still leave half just in case And I pour it out the next day Kitchen table, my own home Sometimes a woman’s dream is to be alone Night falls, I’m grateful What do I do with the middle Between the coffee and the wine The part of the day when my heart says I won’t do it this time You can ask my mom I’ve been doing great At the beginning and the end of the day But I hit a wall when the caffeine falls And I’m staring at the cabinet Something in there could kill my brain I know its wrong But at least I wait Til nightfall, it’s a long haul What do I do with the middle Where does my love have to go I’ve been reaching out, I’ve been holding on But I can’t anymore Tell me what do I do with the middle Between the coffee and the wine The part of the day when my heart says I won’t do it this time
7.
Santa Rosa 02:30
In little Santa Rosa I got Christmas chile There was something about the waitress I felt like she knew me We were seated around the table Napkins all unfolding I’d been needing coffee Since we packed up this morning I looked behind the counter Saw three crosses above the pies It all felt as familiar As the place I’d left behind Someone bought a postcard Someone bummed a smoke Someone lit that cigarette Then I bummed a toke I’ve been wandering I’ve been moving But I have never been afraid to take your hand And I love you But you don’t need it Honey, you’re grounded- your feet know where to stand Ifyou pass through Santa Rosa down in New Mexico Treat yourself to breakfast at the old Comet II
8.
Crazy or died Crazy or died Everyone I look up to Has gone crazy or died Maggio was a hug with two eyes Served his country and his family Fought fire from the skies Through the bullets and the smoke He made it alive But the end of his tale Brings a tear to my eye Crazy or died Crazy or died Everyone I look up to Has gone crazy or died Clementine was the light of my life Was a dreamer, high achiever But it never came out right She left on a journey Still out there today And they don’t understand her Them that would say Crazy or died Crazy or died Everyone I look up to Has gone crazy or died I open my Bible See the letters in red I don’t know who still lives by the words Jesus said The bodies they’re stacking They reach for the sky If that guy comes back here He’ll go crazy or die Yes, if he comes back a second time Go crazy or die Crazy or died Crazy or died Everyone I look up to Has gone crazy or died Oh Lord, bless my soul Gone crazy or died
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Sound & Fury 03:34
Tell me where you’re going Ask what I’m doing Wonder how it’s coming along It’s a piece of a puzzle It’s a midnight struggle I’m going I’m going I’m gone Steve’s in Manhattan Will’s down in Houston Sometimes the tables don’t turn The start of your suffering Is the end of your wondering I’m smoking I’m smoking I have burned Tell me where you’re going Ask what I’m doing Wonder if I’m coming along It’s a piece of a puzzle It’s a melody muddled I’m going I’m going I’m gone It comes down the Selway Rolls into the Lochsa To make its Pacific return The state of your mind Shouldn’t keep you from kindness I’m teaching I’m teaching I have learned Tell me where you’re going Ask what I’m doin Wonder how it’s moving along It’s a sound and a fury It signifies nothing I’m going I’m going I’m gone Banjo for strumming Black American woman The gatekeeper’s footing disturbed It’s a song down the ages It’s a tearing of pages I’m listening I’m listening I have heard Tell me where you’re going Ask what I’m doing Wonder how it’s taken this long It’s a shirt we’ve been offered From the backs of our mothers I’m going I’m going I’m gone It’s the Wreck at Los Gatos My home in Los Altos The apricots’ yearly return It’s the saints at the river It’s a Trinity swimmer Oh glory oh glory my Lord
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I want to push you away I want you to feel my pain It’s all tied together It’s all tied together There was a man loved a man Named his son the same It’s all tied together It’s all tied together Where does the wind blow that takes you back home? Can the angels fly close to the ground? If it’s all tied together are we better unwound? We lost the tallest drink of water around He was long he was mean Was a son to Steve It’s all tied together It’s all tied together Live it up, live that down Raise a child from the ground up It’s all tied together It’s all tied together Where does the fruit fall when you’ve tasted it all? When the harvest lies green on the ground? If it’s all tied together are we better unwound?

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released September 15, 2023

Produced by Sera Cahoone
Recorded and mixed by John Morgan Askew at Bocce
Mastered by JJ Golden, Golden Mastering

Sera Cahoone: drums, vocals
Margo Cilker: guitars, vocals
Sarah Cilker: vocals
Caleb Klauder: mandolin, vocals
Rebecca Young: bass
Jenny Conlee-Drizos: piano, accordion, organ
Annie Staninec: violin, viola
Paul Brainard: guitars, pedal steel
Kelly Pratt: horns
Ben Walden: composer, vocals, harmonica
John Morgan Askew: banjo
Jen Borst: cover photograph
Jared Leake: illustration
Matt Sharkey: additional photography

All songs ©2023 Margo Cilker, Domino Publishing, BMI
Except:
Steelhead Trout ©2018 Ben Walden
I Remember Carolina ©2023 Margo Cilker, Forrest VanTuyl
Sound & Fury ©2023 Margo Cilker, Forrest VanTuyl
All Tied Together ©2023 Margo Cilker, Forrest VanTuyl

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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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