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music and lyrics by Rachel Cox and David First

I'm taking in a deep breath, and I'm going on a long long ride
Through the twists and the turns of an epithelial asphalt drive
And I see clouds on the ridge, dark glow of the sun through the rain
Well, thunder is my comfort when I can't remove the stain
And I am lost in my memory
Gone to another place in time
Thinking of struggle and success
Thinking of ways to make it through
When all I feel is strain

Buildings gutted and weather torn, twisting phantasmagoric shapes
Dark holes for windows, they have long lost their happy handmaids
The water runs in rivers through the gutters by the side of the road
And spills over the white lines, I'm slowing down so I don't lose control
Wonder what waits for me today
This could be my last day alive
What is the last thing I'll ever see?
Where is the wind when you need the sky?
The crackle and the shock
The key that will open the lock

And over the hills I coast along, now I see a tunnel in the rock side
Headlights on I enter into the cold damp where it grows quiet
I can envision a secret road that appears on the other side
It takes me to a new landscape filled with strange human kinds
Where blood culture and sexploitation have no hand
We grow up like trees standing strong in the soil and the sand
And I am lost in imagining
Life in another place and time
Thinking of struggle and success
Thinking of ways to make it through
Wonder what waits for me today
This could be my last day alive
Who is the last one I'll ever touch?
Where is the wind when you need the sky?

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from Star Ballads (Rachel Cox and David First), released April 25, 2017
Rachel Cox - vocals
David First - 12-string guitar/analog synth
Bernard Gann - bass
Brian Chase - drums

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David First New York

David’s bands/projects include his psychedelic punk band, Notekillers, SWATi - a drone collaboration with acupuncturist Isobeau Trybula, The Western Enisphere - an audio/visual exploration of psycho-perception, and the AM Radio Band – a solo project for vintage signal generators, oscillators and transistor radios. He is also the proprietor of “Dave’s Waves" – a sonic restaurant A/V installation. ... more

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