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Over the Mountain

by Company

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1.
Blue Monday 02:46
Blue Monday I’m like the rays of the sun west in the morning east when the day is done and I work lord knows how I work work in the city with all of those jerks how long? You don’t know how hard what do I do it for? As sure that old sun crawls across the sky you know I must answer the call Blue Monday comes and it’s raining let’s not and say that we did is the refrain rude morning bares its ivory fangs hustles along its muddled up prey into the rain but I’ve got a ray of sun ‘cause when the work day is done I run into your loving arms into your loving arms I run hugging and kissing and everything fun hey hey
2.
The Cold Blues I light a burner on the stove and put the water on low I can wait a long time for it to boil. I push a seed into the earth and I cover it with dirt and I let it lay there—I trust the soil. Put on your hat my darling put on your shoes we’re going somewhere but I’ve got the cold blues. I’ve got a knife of hardened steel sharpened on a grinding wheel and in my hand it cuts a straight line. I step outside to breathe the air and in the lonesome night I stand and stare through all the wind up at the moonshine. Put on your hat my darling put on your shoes we’re going somewhere but I’ve got the cold blues. Could be a little while before it snows could be a long time, I just don’t know. I sing a little song of days gone by and I hold the notes out to make you cry. Put on your hat my darling put on your shoes we’re going somewhere but I’ve got the cold blues.
3.
The Southwest Chief If you’ve never seen the ocean if you’d like to see the sea if you’re on the train from Denver out to old Albuquerque out to old Albuquerque You don’t have to book an airplane there’s no need to pay that fee if you mean to see the ocean you’ll stay on the train with me. If you’ve gone to see your grandma while you’re on a break from school if you’ve done the things she’s asked you with your hands and with your tools with your hands and with your tools There’s no need for you to mention where you’re going when you leave if you mean to see the ocean you’ll stay on the train with me. Stay on the train with me stay on the train with me to see the sea stay on the train with me. If you’ve gone down to the mess car if you’ve got yourself a beer if you’ve sat down by the window where the desert stars shine clear the desert stars shine clear There’s no need for you to wonder if you’ll pass this way again if you need to see the ocean and you mean it then you can Stay on the train with me stay on the train with me to see the sea stay on the train with me. Oh it’s one time for the river and it’s two times for the plains it’s three times for the way the light plays shadows when it rains it plays shadows when it rains Oh it’s four times for the valley and it’s five times for the hills It’s six times if you come with me and god, I hope you will Stay on the train with me stay on the train with me to see the sea stay on the train with me.
4.
The Good Samaritan I think you know me I’m the one who was there when you broke down picked you up off of the ground then you showed me you could be the one to turn me around when I’ve come unwound It’s been a long time I’ve been waiting for you such a long time now it’s been a long time I’ve been waiting for this waiting for your kiss Heaven help me something out there wants to tear me apart out there in the dark can you tell me you’ll come meet me in the morning then it wouldn’t be so hard It’s been a long time I’ve been waiting for you such a long time now it’s been a long time I’ve been waiting for this waiting for your kiss
5.
Poisonous Spider There’s a poisonous spider I saw yesterday it’s living inside her it hisses and says that there’s not much worth doing these days and things aren’t like they used to be anyway I went in to get it with the heel of my shoe but all through her body I ran into you oh and why don’t you leave her alone you’ve chewed enough off of her bones A spider has legs and he uses them to crawl you don’t see them move but you’re feeling them all when you tug at the hem of my sleeve and say things I know you don’t believe I’ll talk to him though maybe he needs a fly I’ll show him my wings and my twenty green eyes and I’ll draw his attentions away and I’ll feed him just fine for a day The next day I’ll show him the way to the door and I’ll make it clear that he’s welcome no more and then we’ll never see him again
6.
My Bus Stops 03:24
My Bus Stops A nighttime visitor, and I almost didn’t answer the door for there was knocking but I was talking on the phone But it persisted ‘til I couldn’t resist anymore I climbed downstairs to the first floor Standing on the stoop was a stranger tall and plain but he held out his arms and he spoke my name Oh sometimes my bus stops to drop off people I once knew and sometimes my love won’t come by and that’s OK too We sat down on the stairs and he took me back to days when we were younger and we lived different ways but it was getting late and he walked into the dark he left no number I could call Oh sometimes my bus stops to drop off people I once knew and sometimes my love won’t come by and that’s OK too Now on summer nights when I’m pacing on the floor I leave one ear trained to the front door and if a knocking comes I will run back down the stairs maybe one day he’ll be standing there Oh sometimes my bus stops to drop off people I once knew and sometimes my love won’t come by and that’s OK too.
7.
Just Like a Human What was I doing to bring me to ruin? it seems I just fell apart just like a human I fell down and broke my heart I saw a shooting star and wondered where you are and why we’re so far apart What was I thinking? I just kept drinking I just kept sinking down just like a human I got lost and you left town I saw a shooting star and wondered where you are and why we’re so far apart
8.
Over the Mountain Over the mountain the weeds have grown but here in the valley it feels like home And here in the valley the sun it sets on a world of happiness and no regrets Over the mountain they are consumed by fear and bitterness and thoughts of doom They lie awake in their beds at night their lives enslaved to hunger and fright Over the mountain that’s where I’ve been already been there don’t want to go again Cause here in the valley I long to stay and build a monument with all my days But time has ways of pulling tricks you can’t count on anything and all blessings are mixed So go out drinking and live like kings lord only knows what tomorrow brings.

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In the summer of 2010, Company recorded eight songs over a magical three days in Adam’s basement on Long Island’s North Shore. It’s taken nearly four years, but the results are now available for your pure listening enjoyment.

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released August 8, 2014

Performed & Recorded by Company in Sea Cliff, NY, August 28–30, 2010.
Mixed & Mastered by Will Dyar at Hills Audio, Sante Fe, NM, February 2014.

Company is Adam Davison, David Janik, Stephanie Rabins & Christopher Teret.

All songs © Company ℗ Goat House Music (BMI)
© 2014 Papasan Recordings
P.O. Box 50423, Los Angeles, CA 90050

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In 2001 Christopher Teret, Stephanie Rabins, David Janik, and Adam Davison started Company to channel the energy of their late 90s punk and experimental collaborations into their original folk and country songs. The result is an ongoing performing, recording and songwriting collective and an electric folk rock sound that continues to resonate with listeners thirteen years later. ... more

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