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Portuguese Murder Ballads

by This Old Earthquake

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1.
400 Angels 05:36
wake up it's time to get out of that bed shake off the cobwebs get outta your head 400 angels with 10,000 darts fly through your window and straight through your heart and it will be all right I'll see you there tonight give up your family and all of your things take to the street and let yourself sing and it will be all right I'll see you there tonight
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Lisbon 05:15
I could close my eyes crack the code and uncover the lies yeah I could close my eyes but I should shut my mouth to keep the dirty little secrets from spilling out yeah I should shut my mouth it's 6 am in Lisbon and there's a body on the beach she was somebody's daughter but nothing is what it seems I could lose my nerve and pledge allegiance to the masters that we serve yeah I could lose my nerve it's 6 am in Lisbon and there's a body on the beach I heard it on the wire but nothing is what it seems it's 6 am in Lisbon and there's a body on the beach she was somebody's daughter but nothing is what it seems
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Say Goodbye 05:31
just in time you rescued me forgot my mind how could this be cuz I remember everything yes I remember everything an eyewitness testifies "I saw him do it with my own two eyes" but I, I see everything yes I, I see everything I got it all straight in my minds eye but it's not time to say goodbye

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released December 1, 2009

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This Old Earthquake Bolinas, California

West of west, where the west never ends. This is the territory occupied by This Old Earthquake, an indie folk trio based in Bolinas, California, an eccentric small town on the coast of Marin County just north of San Francisco. Described as “West Marinicana” and “sophisticated back porch music.” The sound is intimate and sparse, a pick against a string, a breath anticipates a lyric. ... more

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