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Curious Dreams

by Bruce Muckala

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Waiting in the wings til I go on I don’t know my lines I’m not an actor can’t play the part This dream never turns out fine Its a curious dream Its a curious dream Could have been a message Could have been the wine Maybe a premonition or the work of a tired mind It’s time for waking up when everything’s okay It’s time for waking up this dream is just a dream it’ll go away Falling from a cliff its a long way down I barely have time to scream Never know how I got this far And how to escape this dream Its a curious dream Its a curious dream Could have been a warning Could have been a sign I never reach the bottom and my brain’s working overtime Its a curious thing Its a curious dream Could have been a message Could have been the wine Could have been a memory that lingers in my mind
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A mist is rolling down along the bay Seventy miles from home just north of Grand Marais Headed south on sixty-one the lonely sea in the sky There’s a mile stone ahead and behind me goodbye Running down faded white lines Looking for things that I can’t find Thinking ‘bout all the things I tried to say There’s some things that I denied Gonna tear me up inside Guess I’ll see how much I have to pay The engine humming the Cascade River flows The harbor lights reflect the water of my soul I must go down I must go down the memory fills my mind We watched the boats come in and I stayed there behind
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Look Away 03:34
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No time to look for cover Its a question of mind over matter How sad how lovely now Drowning most of her dreams Somebody called her at home She never finds the telephone There’s her car in the driveway now Stealing most of her dreams Keep away from her window Keep away from her door Everyone’s gone crazy now Drowning most of her dreams Drowning most of her dreams Windows blue in the dark She’s trying to find a little spark She thinks she must be going crazy now Drowning most of her dreams
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Looking out on the waves I can see a nighthawk flying low so low beneath the haze I could leave this place tonight maybe wait until first light Just another of those days I’m hiding by myself and Time goes to show Leaving behind what we don’t know Taking my time on the high and low What can it mean how bad can it be Feels like dust in my eye But i can see it with my eyes closed enough to get by I can change chameleon Take my place beneath the sun Just enough to mystify I’m hiding by myself and Looking out across the lake I can see the things I always see but then I go astray If I try to look inside There might be another time to see the other side of gray I’m hiding from the world and
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I heard you woke up early found your coat then tumbled down the stairs The story was he slammed the door and almost broke a chair over you Now the friends who introduced you they no longer seem to care Walking down the street you think that all will stop and stare at you It’s not a pretty picture And I know you never asked for protection In the end you stayed 20 years Why don’t you say what’s going down Why don’t you say what’s on your mind Why don’t you say what’s on your mind Why don’t you come on over and we’ll see Did you have to go so crazy on the night you were released You stay up late then lay around and do just what you please its true Well you think a change of scenery will chase away the blues Looking back on that time I see a change is overdue Do I have to paint picture Your parole was due to good behavior Through it all you said you were clear Now the seasons changed and summer’s gone I see a change in you The smell of whiskey in your hair and now your level ain’t so true It would make a pretty picture But you know that you can look in my direction I swear I’ll listen patiently
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Two river highway gonna take all my time Two river highway I should leave it behind Lost and dusty I’m bound to this road Now I’m leaving the only one in the world Two river highway, gonna make it my own Two river highway, well this bird has flown Worn out and weary I should be back home Instead I’m leaving the only one in the world Two river highway, crossing over the line My days are numbered, sun won’t dare shine Two rivers tempt me, she used to be mine Instead I’m leaving the only one in the world

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released August 1, 2020

Bruce Muckala: lead & backing vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, organ, bass, programming, percussion
Randy Landas: bass, fretless bass
Pete Generous: drums
Paul Hagy: electric, & acoustic guitars
Ron Brault: acoustic, electric & 12-string guitar, backing vocals on “Your Last Heartache” & “Time Goes to Show”
Jamie Lang: guitar & Hammond organ on ”Look Away”
Noah Wall: backing & harmony vocals on “Faded White Lines”, “Two River Highway” & “Why Don’t You Say”
Jon Rasmussen: backing vocal on “What Goes On”
Ian Cameron: violin
Paul Rasmussen: acoustic guitar on “Time Goes to Show”
Brandon Bankes: mandolin, pedal steel guitar on “Faded White Lines”
Jess Perkins: pedal steel guitar on “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine”
Earl Foote: pedal steel guitar on “Two River Highway”
Chris Ames: acoustic guitar on “Time Goes to Show”
Curtis McDonald: guitar solo on “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine”
Eric Butler: lead guitar on “If Not For You”
Pepita Bobadilla: everything else

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