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White Water Depot

by Marc Black

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C'est La 04:17
WHEN YOU DREAM, I GLIDE PAST EVERY TIME YOU HIDE WHEN YOU DREAM, I TAKE EVERYONE YOU FORSAKE WHEN YOU DREAM C’EST LA, C’EST LA AND DREAM C’EST LA, C’EST LA AND DREAM AND DREAM AND DREAM, AND WHEN YOU DREAM YOUR WALLS BY SPARKLING WATER FALLS SUN WILL RISE, YOUR VOICE ONLY OUT OF CHOICE WHEN YOU DREAM C’EST LA, C’EST LA AND DREAM C’EST LA, C’EST LA AND DREAM, YEAH HERE I AM AND STANDING WITH THE WIND IN MY FACE, TROUBLE STANDING EVERYWHERE SPRINGING FROM EVERY PLACE WHO? WHO? WHO ARE THEY? WHERE AM I BOUND. TO HAVE TO CROSS THIS DESERT LAND. I HAVE TO FIND SOME KNOT THAT CAN’T BE UNDONE. SOME RIGHTOUSNESS THAT CAN’T BE UNDONE. THERE I AM AND STUCK INSIDE A DREAM THAT’S HAVING ME. ONCE BEFORE I RAN THESE TRACKS NOW I SWAT THE FLIES I SEE. LOOKING FOR THE NEXT. TELL ME HOW DID I GET SO LOST? WAS IT SOME KIND OF LINE I NEVER SHOULD HAVE CROSSED. MY MIND IS SLOW AND DULL, MY FEET ARE THICK AND SLOW, NEVER SPEAKIN’ OF TRUTH AND NEVER LETTING GO C’EST LA, C’EST LA AND DREAM C’EST LA, C’EST LA AND DREAM AND WHEN YOU DREAM, I GLIDE PAST EVERY TIME YOU HIDE WHEN YOU DREAM.
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Wedding Song 03:22
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Out Windows 04:48
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IT WAS LATE ONE NIGHT IN JEHOVAH’S TENT HE WAS DRINKIN WINE WITH HIS AVATAR GIRL OOH SHE WAS SWEET AND IT WASN’T LOST ON HIM HOW HE LOVED TO WATCH HER TWIRL HE SAID, HONEY WILL YOU DANCE FOR ME IT’D BE A BLESSING FOR ALL CREATION YOU COULD SHAKE ME TOWARD HAPPINESS SEND HISTORY IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION SHE SAID SURE, I’M EASY YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S ALWAYS SO HARD JUST GET ME MY ACCOMPANIEST HE’S THE ONE WHO MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A STAR GOD SAID SURE, WHAT’S HIS NAME SHE SAID OH YOU KNOW HIM WELL HE USED TO LIVE RIGHT HERE WITH YOU TILL SOMETHING CAME UP AND YOU SENT HIM TO HELL THE HAIRS STOOD UP ON JEHOVAH’S NECK HE KNEW WHERE THIS WAS GOING WHEN YOUR GIRLFRIEND’S GOT YOU BY WHAT YOU NEED IT CAN BE A DRAG TO BE ALL KNOWING HE SAID NO I WON’T DO THAT SHE SAID WELL THEN I WON’T DANCE YOU LOVE ME FOR WHO I REALLY AM? PROVE IT, AND TAKE THAT CHANCE CHORUS: ‘CAUSE NOBODY MAKES ME MOVE LIKE THAT NOBODY TURNS MY WORLD SO LOOSE OPEN ME UP FROM MY HEAD TO MY LEGS MAKE ME FUNKY LIKE A LONG NECK GOOSE WIND ME UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TOY TOUCH ME DEEP AND I WANT THAT BOY GET HIM FOR ME GOD AND I’LL GIVE YOU MY JOY GOD KNEW HE HAD NO CHOICE ‘CAUSE, WELL THY WILL BE DONE HE’D JUST HAVE TO HUMBLE HIMSELF AND GIVE A CALL ON HIS OTHER SON HE SENT HIS LAWYERS TO NEGOTIATE THE DEVIL JUST LAUGHED IN THEIR CROOKED FACE “IF THE BIG GUY WANTS TO TALK TO ME TELL HIM TO COME DOWN TO MY PLACE” SO JEHOVAH CALLED HIS CADILLAC AND A HANDSOME STUD TO DRIVE SHIFTED AROUND LIKE A TEENAGE BOY THE RADIO PLAYED HIS GIRLFRIEND’S MIND CHORUS: NOBODY MAKES ME MOVE LIKE THAT NOBODY TURNS MY WORLD SO LOOSE OPEN ME UP FROM MY HEAD TO MY LEG MAKE ME FUNKY LIKE A LONG NECK GOOSE WIND ME UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TOY TOUCH ME DEEP OOH I WANT THAT BOY GET HIM FOR ME GOD AND I’LL GIVE YOU MY JOY THEY SAT DOWN TO A GLASS OF WINE GOD WAS SMUG, PLAYED HIS HOLINESS CHIP THE DEVIL JUST SAT AND BIDED HIS TIME RUNNING HIS TONGUE ALONG HIS LIP FINALLY HE SPOKE IN A HISSING TONE GOD, YOUR DAY IS LONG GONE YOU USED TO BE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN BUT NOW THERE’S MANY AND YOU’RE JUST ONE BUT HEY, YOU’RE MY DAD, I’LL PLAY THE GIG SEND YOUR ANGEL SOME PURE ECSTACY THERE’S PLENTY OF THAT IN THIS PART OF TOWN JUST RELAX AND GIVE THE WORLD TO ME GOD SAID FUCK YOURSELF AND HE THUNDERED OUT THE DOOR YOU’RE STILL NO SON OF MINE THE DEVIL HISSED YEAH, BUT YOU’LL BE BACK FOR MORE CHORUS: ‘CAUSE NOBODY MAKES YOU MOVE LIKE THAT NOBODY TURNS YOUR WORLD SO LOOSE OPEN YOU UP FROM YOUR HEAD TO YOUR LEGS MAKE YOU FUNKY LIKE A LONG NECK GOOSE WIND YOU UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE YOU CRAZY BUT I’M STILL YOUR BOY YES I AM, LIKE IT OR NOT YES I AM WHAT YOU BEGOT YES I AM, LIKE IT OR NOT YES I AM WHAT YOU BEGOT HORN, TAILS AND A HEART OF GOLD, THAT’S MY POST MODERN SUIT HORNS, TAIL AND A HEART OF GOLD, AIN’T I CUTE GET ME FOR HER GOD AND SHE’LL GIVE YOU HER JOY
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Man Man 04:53
FULL MOON, 91ST STREET SOME MUSIC GOT A HOLD OF MY HEAD I COULD HEAR IT, BUT I COULDN’T QUITE TELL WHAT IT SAID I FOLLOWED IT TO FOUR OR FIVE MEN SITIIN’AROUND A BENCH AND THEY STOPPED WHEN I GOT NEAR JUST SORT OF LOOKED AT EACH OTHER FINALLY ONE OF ‘EM SAID, “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOIN’ HERE?’ I JUST WANNA SIT ON THE STOOP SOME FOOL TELLS ME I BETTER GO HOME I JUST WANNA SIT ON THE STOOP HE SAYS NO YOU BETTER GO HOME YOU GOT THE MONEY WE GOT THE STREET YOU GOT THE INSIDE WE GOT THE BEAT YOU GOT THE MONEY WE GOT THE BEAT YOU GOT THE INSIDE WE GET THE STREET I SAID NO YOU MUST BE COLOR BLIND BECAUSE THE MAN MAN AND THE WOMAN MAN MAKE PEACE YES THEY WILL THE MAN MAN AND THE WOMAN MAN MAKE PEACE
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Billy Twigg 04:51
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Sailor Song 04:45
I went out drinkin’ with a sailor I asked him where he been I went out lovin’ with a lady Would she let me in to her heart He said she left when he was younger And couldn’t recall quite when She said she knew him as an orphan And taught him he would be her lord and master He cleared the land they both were needing And built himself a barn Bathe in waters from the mountain And keep the family warm from the cold Animals graze in a green field Soft clouds against the sky Evening calls me to my lover And all my reasons why just slip away But time forgets this land we’ve come from And we call this place our home The storm she gathers on the mountain The outlaw sings his song “it won’t be long” I took to walkin’ across a valley You can see faces often chance Snow lifted her wing and now surrounds me This pageant is her veil and I’m the same I built a fire and I’ve been waiting For this night to pass away My face is burning my back is freezing And turning only turns my trouble around It’s a sailor song
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released February 26, 2021

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Marc Black Katonah, New York

Marc plays a finger style blues in the traditions of Mississippi Hurt and the great Tim Hardin. Right up to Covid, he was a proud road warrior, inducted into the New York Chapter of the Blues Hall of Fame in June of 2014. As WFUV DJ, John Platt wrote about Marc. "We need to hear his songs now more than ever." ... more

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