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Cordelia Elsewhere

by Drunken Prayer

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    "Here is the best thing Drunken Prayer has ever done. Emotional work songs for dark days. Songs to sing along to as you dig your own grave."
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    “Cordelia Elsewhere, the latest album from Drunken Prayer, may well be one of 2019’s most impressive musical releases.”
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    "Drunken Prayer has made its most diverse — and quite likely its very best — album, Cordelia Elsewhere."
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    "Here is the best thing Drunken Prayer has ever done. Emotional work songs for dark days. Songs to sing along to as you dig your own grave."
    - American Standard Time

    “Cordelia Elsewhere, the latest album from Drunken Prayer, may well be one of 2019’s most impressive musical releases.”
    Rock and Roll Globe

    "Drunken Prayer has made its most diverse — and quite likely its very best — album, Cordelia Elsewhere."
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    "Here is the best thing Drunken Prayer has ever done. Emotional work songs for dark days. Songs to sing along to as you dig your own grave."
    - American Standard Time

    “Cordelia Elsewhere, the latest album from Drunken Prayer, may well be one of 2019’s most impressive musical releases.”
    Rock and Roll Globe

    "Drunken Prayer has made its most diverse — and quite likely its very best — album, Cordelia Elsewhere."
    Mountain Xpress - Asheville, NC

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1.
I keep throwing my hands Throwing my hands down into the water I keep throwing my hands Throwing my hands down into the water I hope the water isn't clean 'Cause I'm not if you know what I mean Muddy water set me free Muddy water set me free I hope the water isn’t clean I keep throwing my hands Throwing my hands down into the water I am a prince with dirty feet Walking barefoot through the streets On my way to see the king On my way to kiss the ring I am the prince with dirty feet I keep throwing my hands Throwing my hands down into the water Muddy water set me free 'Cause I'm not if you know what I mean I hope the water isn't clean I hope the water isn't clean I am the prince with dirty feet I keep throwing my hands Throwing my hands down into the water
2.
Cordelia 04:05 video
I knew a girl who thought that once she could fly She believed it up until the day she tried Rock and roll could not control her fall they lied She always remembered to write home Rubble and dust. The angels do not trust us anymore She throws her arms around me and says How I live matters more than what I believe She believes we're gonna meet forevermore Somewhere between the barstool and the floor Here's your hat, what's your hurry, here's the door In between the barstool and the floor Rubble and dust. The angels do not trust us anymore From the dark end of the street she's singing How I live matters more than what I believe And the congregation feeds on bread and a rose At a rest stop somewhere south of Bend You ask yourself, would you do it again Let's not, let's not and say we did Spare the rod and spoil the kid Rubble and dust. The angels do not trust us anymore The last thing that she told me, she said How I live matters more than what I believe
3.
I hate what they did to my town so I moved to another town I hate what they did to my town so I moved to another town I thought the change would do me good, Cordelia understood The ghosts were creeping in on me and all my friends But the house where we grew up is not our home Cordelia, elsewhere will I roam? I hate what they did to my town so I moved to another town I hate what they did to my town so I moved to another town Goddamn I wanna be free. Cordelia fetch my wings Black cats are on the trail of this lonesome whippoorwill But the house where we live is not our home Cordelia, elsewhere will I roam? And the interlopers on the corner sing, “I wish this town was more like New Orleans I hate what they did to my town so I moved to another town I hate what they did to my town so I moved to another town This old house ain’t gonna haunt itself. From PDX to the AVL The old folks bitch and moan do not renovate my home But this house was meant to flip and fly Cordelia, it’s time to say goodbye I hate what they did to my town so I moved to another town
4.
Science 02:46
Just because it's science doesn't mean that it's not beautiful, alright Just because it's science doesn't mean that it's not beautiful, alright Tell me you love me, tell me a lie You know I love you baby till the day I die Just because it's science doesn't mean that it's not beautiful, alright When the sky starts a-falling and the seas come a calling rejoice When the sky starts a-falling and the seas come a calling rejoice Fish are gonna fry, bells are gonna ring, another angel’s gonna get a little wing Just because it's science doesn't mean that it's not terrible Just because you don't believe, don't mean that it's unbelievable Just because you don't believe, don't mean that it's unbelievable Pull down the shades, turn out the lights Jehovah’s coming down your chimney tonight Hell for the company, heaven for the climate It's a long row to hoe, find a mule and get behind it Just because it's science doesn't mean that it's not beautiful
5.
There's a fifty foot Honey Locust looking down on me Looking down on me Looking down on me There's a fifty foot Honey Locust looking down on me Right next to the baby's rocking chair The devil took a shine to my castle in the sand Castle in the sand Castle in the sand The devil took a shine to my castle in the sand Right next to the baby's rocking chair The angels of forevermore are footprints in the snow Footprints in the snow Right next to the baby's rocking chair Little broken Jesus on a freshly mowed down stump Freshly mowed down stump Right next to the baby's rocking chair There's a fifty foot Honey Locust looking down on me Looking down on me Looking down on me There's a fifty foot Honey Locust looking down on me Right next to the baby's rocking chair Right next to the baby's rocking chair
6.
I used to sing My Country Tis Of Thee Walking on Fightin Side of Me I was a puppet on a string In a world full of string You better watch what you're looking for Wrap your hands around a 2x4 Are you ready to go door to door 'Cause it happens all the time I used to trust that garden would not grow The wildflower blooms where the hard wind blows And it's hard for me to understand The blood on the hands of a working man You better watch what you're looking for Wrap your hands around a 2x4 Are you ready to go door to door 'Cause it happens all the time I don't wanna take my life in my hands Every time I have to talk to the man And it happens all the time It's your job, it's my life I go to jail, you go home to your wife And try and kill the rest of the day While I waste away You better watch what you're looking for Wrap your hands around a 2x4 Are you ready to go door to door It happens all the time
7.
Ni Ni Neo 03:26
Take a look at yourself in the mirror and stop crying now Take a look at yourself in the mirror and stop crying now Your ship has come in Again and again The wolves at my door Come to heel on your floor Take a look at yourself in the mirror and stop crying now Take a look at yourself in the mirror and stop crying now Crocodile tears Sad bombardier Pray the rains don’t come down For real on your crown It’s hard to decide what to do sometimes Til your eyes get used to the dark It’s hard to decide what to do sometimes Triple stacks blocking out the sun Take a look at yourself in the mirror and stop crying now Take a look at yourself in the mirror and stop crying now Ni Ni Neo Ni Ni Neo Ni Ni Neo
8.
I pulled the petals off a four-leaf clover Luck run out, horseshoe turned over I told the devil this time it's over I'm breaking up with you How could a loving god let that live How could a loving god let that live Up against a wall til the damn thing give I'm breaking up with you Who's gonna feed the babies when the bears eat mom and dad Who's gonna give the news to the kids the folks don't taste half bad I pulled the petals off a four-leaf clover Luck run out, horseshoe turned over I told the devil this time it's over I'm breaking up with you
9.
Sparks 03:48
The spark is looking for a flame And the flame is looking for the wildfire But the wildfire don't need the flame The flame isn't looking for a spark You were a daddy's pride and joy / But he really wanted a boy He was the apple of your eye He's the devil in disguise The spark is looking for a flame And the flame is looking for the wildfire But the wildfire don't need the flame The flame isn't looking for a spark It ain't natural to be here now Swimming with the sharks We laughed until we cried When your daddy up and died The spark is looking for a flame And the flame is looking for the wildfire But the wildfire don't need the flame The flame isn't looking for a spark You got one screw loose he says I hope they don't haul you away You passed out on valium In the auditorium The spark is looking for a flame And the flame is looking for the wildfire But the wildfire don't need the flame The flame isn't looking for a spark
10.
You don’t know what someone’s like until you go You don’t know what someones capable of Til they’re desperate, high and dry It’s easy to get sleazy when your backs up against the wall Now I think it’s time for me to fall The sun is setting fast on my Blue Ridge home Nightfall in the Land of Sky is dark indeed Don’t you know? As long as I have stayed up I have still to see sunrise Now I think it’s time for me to shine But it’s hard to leave when the drinks are free It’s hard to laugh with you all when the joke’s on me I thought I had the sense God gave to come in come from the cold Now I think it’s time for me to go It’s hard to leave when the drinks are free It’s hard to laugh with you all when the joke’s on me I thought I had the sense God gave the common buffalo Now I think it’s time for me to go

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"Beware Cordelia Elsewhere. Here Drunken Prayer (Morgan Geer) is exploring pathos with a variety of American sounds. Whistling past the graveyard with garage rock, country, soul, and a power pop vibe that buoys listeners in its murk. Here is the best thing Drunken Prayer has ever done. Emotional work songs for dark days. Songs to sing along to as you dig your own grave."
- American Standard Time

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released April 5, 2019

Mixed by Mitch Easter
Morgan Geer - guitars, vocals
Erich Hubner - bass, vocals
Brian Landrum - drums
Alex McMahon - pedal steel guitar
Greg Williams - drums, percussion
Jason Krekel - fiddle
Christa de Mayo - vocals

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