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LH 1998​-​2016

by Larry Hirshberg

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1.
Before You Knew 04:18
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Before You Knew You knew what you had to go through You knew, before you knew Hidden under your skin Waiting to speak from within Grandma's blood could explain Why you carry this pain When we touched at the top We knew it wouldn't stop We'll go right through that door Just like we've done it before. When they told you the truth You knew before they knew
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Bad Apple 04:08
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Bad Apple Rotten fruit gives you rotten juice Rotten land gives you rotten man If you start with a poison heart You will end with a poison friend Go to bed with a stormy head and You will dream of a stormy scene Something's flying across the sun And you're wondering why you didn't run... What's the deal is the devil real Or just rotten fruit in a red suit? You lie down with a dirty soul You'll wake up in a dirty hole
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Pony or a Hearse 02:26
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Pony or a Hearse Before you were a child you were living in the dark Terrifying beauty on display – you had no part The war was being fought and the love was being made You were just floating there in your mother's shade... Chorus You can hear the birds and they're singing like dessert Your ear's against the door and you listen 'til it hurts. Rolling down the road, several years and several jobs Lovers were convenience stores you'd pull up and rob Looking out the window every night the light was gone Loading up the car you were always moving on Chorus Then you were attracted by surprise to you know who Everything blew open like a freight train passing through Breathing on a sunny afternoon was effortless Until you suffocated and you lost your consciousness Chorus Now it's up to you to sing your own next verse Are you gonna ride a pony or a hearse? You can hear the birds and they're singing like dessert Your ear's against the door and you listen 'til it hurts... Chorus Subtlety and cleverness don't always get you in But as long as you are nice you might get to try again...
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Time, Keep Away 04:09
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TIme, Keep Away Time, keep away or I’ll kill you, don’t waste your blessings on me. Time, keep away or I’ll kill you. You’re making me squirm can’t you see. Run out to the highway and into a car, where some driver’s enjoying his drive. Stand still in the throat of the singer of rock, a place where nobody can hide. Time, keep away or I’ll kill you. Me and my TV are strong. Time, keep away or I’ll kill you. Save yourself – don’t be here long. Wind down to a bedroom, wind up in a bed, embracing two lovers asleep. Pass into the forest – or is that where you’re from: the source of the silent and deep? Time, keep away or I’ll kill you, don’t waste your blessings on me. Time, keep away or I’ll kill you. You’re making me squirm can’t you see. If I was a house and you were the wind, I’d do you a favor and not let you in. If I was a flag, I would be red. I’m trying to warn you; stop here and you’re dead… I held you one summer when I was a boy. The sun took forever to set. The song of a thrush was unending, descending, it may still be twirling down yet… Time, keep away or I’ll kill you. Me and my TV are strong. Time, keep away or I’ll kill you. Save yourself – don’t be here long. Time, keep away or I’ll kill you, don’t waste your blessings on me. Time, keep away or I’ll kill you. You’re making me squirm can’t you see. Time, keep away.
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The Hit Single 03:52
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What's New 02:20
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What's New What’s new is how hard I’ve been working And the fact that the work is so good. What’s new are these leaves and this softness And this dry spot today in the woods. I’m tired, that’s old, but my anger is gone I’m broken, that’s old, but my patience is long. What’s new is the peace that’s wrinkled my face And the warmth of the laughter that’s filling my space. What’s new is the way that I’m here - I’m not dreaming, and how I can stay and not run away screaming. What’s new is who died in the meantime And the hole in the sky that she left. What’s new is the lazuli bunting Who flew down like the jewel of the west. I’m blue, that’s so old, but I’m strangely awake I cry all the time, that’s old, but now great. What’s new is the girl who ticks like a bomb And there’s so much about her that’s just like her mom. What’s new is this way that my fear is diminished, and the work it’s so good, and it’s never finished.
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Driver On 04:28
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Driver On Charlie never learned to swim The water whispered “don’t come in” She never could ride a bike Two wheels less than she would like… Through the years there was one thing That horned her honk and belled her ring Behind the wheel she’d feel so strong Gassing up her driver on Driver on… Charlie is now 89 Hard to say what’s in her mind She’s still sure there’s nothing wrong When she gets her driver on… Childhood then childbirth Cigarettes and groceries Turn the key, the engine roars Opening her one good door. Smiling in a parking lot All the other cars are gone Son and mother sitting there Slowly get their driver on…
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When I Could Still See 04:40
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When I Could Still See When I could still see, the world was lovely When I could still hear, that song was so dear When I could still breathe, the air was so sweet When I could still sleep, my dream was so deep When I could still stand, I was a big man When I could still speak, my words were all meat When I could still write, my story took flight When I could still drive, the stars would fly by Chorus: There’s always been a lot of time But just a blink of it was mine Two hands a face NOW hard to find I could see but now I’m blind When there was still light, the dark was just night When colors still grew, you knew what I knew I was so high when I was alive Your eyes amazed me when I could still see.
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In Every Kitchen 04:13
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In Every Kitchen DAN SILVER’S PICTURE’S ON MY REFRIGERATOR HELD THERE BY A MAGNET THAT ADVERTISES POWER IN THE PICTURE SILVER ALMOST SMILES ON THE SNOWY STREET WHERE WE WERE PARTING WAYS DAN SILVER ALMOST SMILED WHEN WE SAT WITH COFFEE ARPEGGIATING ON OUR NEW ACOUSTICS HIS FADED T-SHIRT STATED “NEIL YOUNG SUCKS” AND SO WE’D BEND LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS OR LITTLE FEAT THERE WERE A COUPLE MORE DAN SILVER EPISODES SITTING IN AT LUKE’S OR IN THE WOODS NEAR EUGENE HE PLAYED HIS STRAT WITH POWER, SUBLIMATING SADNESS, HE POSED FOR ONE MORE PICTURE, ALMOST SMILING Chorus: IN EVERY KITCHEN WE REMEMBER. REFRIGERATOR MEMORIALS. WE REACH FOR ICE CREAM, THEY’RE ALMOST SMILING. SOMETIMES A PICTURE OF SOME OLD DOG… MY GIRLFRIEND’S UNCLE MIKE SMOKES A CIGARETTE STANDING ON THE MOON OR SOME DRY RIVER CANCER TOOK HIM AND MY FRIEND DAN SILVER A BOWL OF CHEERIOS CRIES OUT FOR MILK… credits
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Original Sunday Drivers - Live in '98 04:20
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Friend of The Dead 04:25
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Friend of the Dead All systems go All systems gone The day turns off TV turns on Full moon glow Is lost with the dawn The fields are weak Hunger is strong Chorus: He's a friend of the dead Neither wrong nor right Holding warm and cold hands He's on both sides He's a friend of the dead And he blurs all the lines... They say no means no When a body is done The story is through Rolled into one But who comes to an end Gets into his head Straight answers can bend And he's a friend of the dead Drop of blood on a leaf DNA in a dream It's here but not here It doesn't mean what it means
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Right From The Start 03:40
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Right From The Start Right from the start I knew what I was doing Right from the start It was wrong Right from the start It wasn’t there and I knew it Right from the start I was gone Yellow rose on a lilac Blue apple in a tree An acorn falls from an old white pine Because you say it doesn’t mean it will be Right from the start I knew what I was doing Right from the start It was wrong Right from the start It wasn’t there and I knew it Right from the start I was gone An offer tendered for the future A chance for that emptiness to fill Replace that space with a solid rhythm Because it might doesn’t mean that it will The obvious is broken What was clear is now obscure I took a step in the wrong direction This time the outcome was assured Right from the start I knew what I was doing Right from the start It was wrong Right from the start It wasn’t there and I knew it Right from the start I was gone Yellow rose on a lilac
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(Those) Old Start Again Feelings 05:29
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(THOSE) OLD START-AGAIN FEELINGS SAY YOU WALKED AWAY, OR SAY YOU RAN MAYBE YOUR TURNED YOUR FACE OR YOU MADE A STAND NO ONE NEEDS A REASON TO DISAPPEAR THE ONLY THINGS YOU CARRIED THE DAY THAT YOU GOT HERE (WERE THOSE) OLD START-AGAIN FEELINGS (2X) EVERY RIVER FALLS SOME DISTANCE FROM IT’S SOURCE AND EVERY GAMBLER’S LOST ON A FAVORITE HORSE RUN OR STUMBLE, YOU MIGHT TRICKLE, YOU MIGHT CRAWL YOU DON’T REALLY HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE AT ALL (TO FIND THOSE) OLD START-AGAIN FEELINGS (4X) YOU WAKE ONE NIGHT REMEMBERING GENTLE RAIN A TREE IN A FIELD, MAYBE IT’S SILVER OR GREY THE ONE YOU LOVE IS REACHING OUT FOR YOU IN A DREAM YOU HOLD OUT YOUR HAND BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN IT SEEMS (YOU’VE GOT THOSE) THOSE OLD START-AGAIN FEELINGS...
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Starting Small 04:34
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Starting Small It's so not-rock Really just a seed Too early to be sure It's not a beautiful weed Lookin' at you last night In the dark The miles that we've travelled Didn't seem very far CHORUS: Starting small Building windows in the walls Winter wakes when the first leaf gets brown and falls Starting small You're so un-punk A little sparrow in the dawn Opening one eye Stretching and you're gone Talking to you tonight On the phone Add another feather To The Wing of Not-Alone Chorus Little boombox speakers One eye and the moon Just a kind of feeling In the middle of our room Sleeping with you last night Silver beams And now another morning A garden and some seeds
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Sunny Corner 06:55
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Disappearance 03:51
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Disappearance SOMETHING TOOK THE TRAVEL OUT OF ME HOW I USED TO RAMBLE SOMETHING TOOK THE RAMBLE OUT OF ME MAN I USED TO ROAM SOMETHING TOOK THE ROAMING OUT OF ME BOY I USED TO WANDER SOMETHING TOOK THE WANDER OUT OF ME NOW I’M HAPPY AT HOME Chorus: SOME THINGS ARE LOST OR MISSING THEY’VE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED EMPTINESS AND DISAPPEARANCE ALSO COME AND GO THAT WAY SOMETHING TOOK THE GUITAR OUT OF ME HOW I USED TO HIGH NOTE SOMETHING TOOK THE HIGH NOTE OUT OF ME MAN I USED TO SPACE SOMETHING TOOK THE SPACY OUT OF ME HOW I USED TO FREE FORM SOMETHING TOOK THE FREE FORM OUT OF ME NOW I MOSTLY PLAY THE BASS CHORUS Bridge: ALWAYS DISAPPEARING NEVER GET COMFORTABLE OPEN HAND WILL EMPTY OPEN HEART GETS FULL SOMETHING TOOK THE RUMBLE OUT OF ME HOW I USED TO THUNDER SOMETHING TOOK THE THUNDER OUT OF ME MAN I USED TO BOOM SOMETHING TOOK THE BOOMING OUT OF ME GIRL I USED TO RAIN DOWN SOMETHING TOOK THE RAIN DOWN OUT OF ME I SIT QUIET IN MY ROOM credits
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209.1 FM 04:13
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209.1 FM 209.1 FM Way at the top of the dial DJ oh DJ what are you playing? Could you play something slow for a while? The night is half gone but the day hasn’t left Those hours at work were like trash Blown up against some playground fence ‘Til the wind changes they’ll never pass Out at the airport a plane comes in low My antenna shakes from the roar The lights of the city vibrate like crazy And then I can hear you once more When ducks fill the air and the rain is your jacket It’s easy to breathe and to sleep But tonight is a season I’ve not seen before All wide-awake disjointed beats

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I was in a mood to assemble and share some of my favorite work with you. Most previously released one way or another, some unheard until now. I did not include any tracks from my 2017 LIVE. record, which you can check out here: larryhirshberg.bandcamp.com/album/live
Thanks to all the friends who have contributed to my recordings over the years, and thanks to YOU, for listening. With love - LH

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released November 17, 2017

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