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Buckle Down
03:34
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Anna has it in for me, she won’t even look my way. i should leave well enough alone i guess -- unless that’s a mistake. we pull off on the shoulder just below the county seat. she's asks him if he'll hold her and he turns to look at me. we merge back on the main road seatbelts across our chests. we start to count the mileposts and state plates as they pass. Anna turns on the radio. i tell her turn it off. she keeps it on, turns it up and starts to sing along: “sometimes it’s better to surrender depending on who’s around from here on out we better buckle down.” that’s what will keep us together. somehow things will just work out.
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Keep on Driving no. 2
03:49
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that long road leads through the foothills of the blue ridge mountain range. over shenandoah, straight through west virginia, where they’re calling out our names. i better keep on driving on. every turn i see just leads down some lonesome road, some winding road. late at night drifting over the boundary of the road. driving on for miles onto guarded arms we hold, at least for awhile. i don’t know what i believe. what i know isn’t what it used to be. i keep my eyes on the horizon that has always guided me.
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walk me through how you do this, and i’ll follow step by step. wait for me before you take the lead, and maybe I’ll end up where i’m led. it’s a matter of trust that’s what i talk about when i talk about us. wherever you go i go. that’s just how we get along. i’ll stay close behind until you’re too far gone and there’s nothing left to discuss. there are no two ways about it. there’s only straight ahead. am i wrong about how long we can go on like this? when is enough enough?
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Harden Your Heart
03:33
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I found my keys next to the letter you sent and a picture of us when we were kids. your arm around my shoulder like you always did. I’m a wreck and you’re smiling. you wrote to me about how it’s hard to see beyond those you love too much to leave. it’s hard to guard against everything. everything falls apart eventually. when things fall apart, don’t let it harden your heart. i want to know how you’re holding up. it’s been awhile we’ve been out of touch. whatever i say i know it’s not enough. Like “you can count on me when it comes to us.”
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Jonathan Vassar Richmond, Virginia
Projects include The Badlands, The Speckled Bird, Ophelia, The Vassar Family Singers, The Bird & Her Consort, and Lonely Rooms lonelyrooms.bandcamp.com
Jonathan Vassar recommends:
Something We Believe In
by Lonely Rooms
Project with Joshua Quarles and Allen Bergendahl
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Until We Have To
by Lonely Rooms
Project with Joshua Quarles and Christina Gleixner
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Old Time Gospel
by The Vassar Family Singers
Project with Antonia FD Vassar, Nate Mathews, and Grant Hunnicutt
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