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Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us The Town & Miss Lorraine

Contributors

  • ISRC:USEP41738006
  • Recorded:2017 Wavelab Studio & Panoramic House
  •  ©2018 Calexico, under exclusive license to Anti
  • Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard, Percussion:Joey Burns
  • Drums, Percussion:John Convertino
  • Backing Vocals:Johnny Contreras
  • Cello:Evan Shelton
  • Trumpet, Guitar, Synth, Vibraphone, Backing Vocals, Thunder Drum:Martin Wenk
  • Pedal Steel:Connor Gallaher
  • String Arrangement:Max Knoth
  • Violin:Tom Hagerman
  • Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Synth:Sergio Mendoza
  • Upright & Electric Bass:Scott Colberg
  • Trumpet, Backing Vocals, Vibraphone, Percussion:Jacob Valenzuela
  • Guitar, Vocals, Vibraphone, Percussion:Jairo Zavala
  • Percussion, Synth, Drum Machine, Distortion & Phase Gate Keeper:Chris Schultz

Lyrics

I found a book in a washed up ship
reading the notes the captain stitched
inside his suit of dust I wait as the waves
carry me back to shore

My neighbor Miss Lorraine commands
the town’s attention when she wants
she has a way of making everyone she meets
feel lost and alone with no direction home

There’s a bad accident on the interstate
a snake of engine oil reaching out

The fire inside my soul is nearly flickered out
so I order another round

Sliding into the sea
with cynicism and rum
watching Miss Lorraine
smoking alone with the moon