"Waxwings" from Millport by Greg Graffin

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ISRC:USEP41637010
Recorded:2016 Studio 606 & Big Bad Sound
©2017 Anti

Background Vocals:Arnold McCuller
Electric & Acoustic Guitars:Jonny Wickersham
Fiddle, Banjo, Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar:David Bragger
Drums:David Hidalgo Jr.
Background Vocals:Valerie Pinkston
Electric Guitar:Steven Carroll
Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar:Greg Graffin
Electric & Acoustic Bass:Brent Harding
Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Hammond B3 Organ:David Kalish

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(V1:) The sun on the maples is like an indelible stain
Happy red pinevarmints
must be raising Cain
And here out west the blazes sketch a frightful domain
Maybe them waxwings will come back again
(V2:) From a lonely burnt out shanty in the morning I can tell
The fog is lifting off the chapparal
Where the solitary lion and the toyon dwell
Those Channel Islands cast a haunting spell
(Cho 1:) Like a winter’s freeze or a vernal breeze
that blows forever more
Friends and neighbors always at the door
And just like sandy shorelines that vanish in the storm
They don’t come around here anymore
(solo over V3:)
(V4:) Now, the annual migrations are as solid as your word
Too many promises becomes absurd
But my faith may be forever shattered if not for
just one more visit from that spectacled bird
(Cho2:)
(Outro:)

Greg Graffin - Millport Waxwings

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