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Postcards

by Cougars in America

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1.
In the stillness of Autumn Cold as the bottom Dark as the old witch's brew A siren called Clarity Freely Began to dismantle The bricks in this Room Heckles and jeers and the crowd disappears All good that comes from the earth She tells me she knows that I know That she's lyin' sometimes Heaven unwinds Aie-yaie-yaie-yaie-yaie It was only a moment too soon Aie-yaie-yaie-yaie-yaie It was only a moment, only a moment too soon Snow drizzled off of this tinwhistle roof Sparks could be seen in the air A cedar tree promptly called perfume Moonlight distilled in the air Heaven speak to me quickly Just give me one God-awful sign Shine in the brightness of everything faithful Tell me it's all in my mind Don't be unkind when you look to the future Don't be a stranger in all of this grace Open your curtains and shatter your windows Carry me off to the race Don't tell me Aie-yaie-yaie-yaie-yaie It was only a moment too soon Aie-yaie-yaie-yaie-yaie It was only a moment too soon...
2.
Pink 04:57
I got 40,000 notches on my belt I've seen the whole world int he same place Fair thee wells and magic spells to count beyond the numbers I have known Black cigars and broken cars don't slow me down they keep me on my feet Runnin' down the highway on a whim I hear you callin' on the beat How could I know It was you I've been runnin' to? 7 billion prayers to choose from, wonder how the calm connects my fate Idle tours and Ancient powers, all the worlds' religions on a plate I've got shinign seas and morning breeze, the wind picks up to whisper in my ear Open skies and alibis don't stop the world to listen to my fear How could I know It was you I've been runnin' to? How did you come to find the surface? How did you find strength not to sink? How did you turn all the outside upside down to serve you? When did you go swimmin' in the pink? How did you go look into the future? Why did you come back if not to dream? Why are you still searching for those ancient copper coins? How is it all simple as it seems? Why are you still waving on the sidelines? Why are you not buzzing with the bees? Why is your dog drooling on my footsteps? Why is that man cutting open all those healthy trees? When did you get strong enough to nurture? Why did all those children up and leave? What is in that book that you've got pressed between your fingers? Why aren't all those pages turning colours with the leaves? Can you tell me something of direction? Why did all your hair turn white as snow? Why don't you sit next to me and talk about perfection; Tell me where the lonely people go? Tell me how can I ever be a whole man? How can I breathe on my own? How can I keep livin' like a nomad; Knowin' that I'm sitting here alone? And I'm sittin' here alone
3.
I see sixty seven hundred million burning lights beyond the silver shadow of an afternoon Blazing through this sleepless night to serenade the crickets as they dance beneath the moon And I'm waiting... Waiting for the sun Still beyond the silence I can feel a sinking urge that I call hope to find a remedy Everpresent, everclear, ripples form an orchestrated march that's everlasting And the loon has finished calling on her mate All the birds have left the scenery to let the night-time sparkle on a lake that I have known since I was young And I wonder... What have I become And I'm waiting... Waiting for the sun And I'm waiting... Waiting for the sun I hear buses full of hopes and dreams rumbling down the highway somewhere distant Orion arms and legs out wide, hung up on the sky just like the fly stuck on my windshield Hear the highway crying wolf I will not shy away from any place that leads me through this silky haze of mystery I cannot see the road beyond my nose But I can feel it moving quickly as I run Into the morning sun And I'm waiting... Waiting for the sun And I'm waiting... Waiting for the sun
4.
Whistlin' with the west wind Dreamin' in the dark Dancing on a shadow Spotlight on the mark Dressed in full moon colour Stretching from afar You were my brother Now I'm dreamin'.... I'm dreamin' in the dark I'm dreamin' in the dark I'm dreamin' in the dark As I stare at your reflection Heaven takes another breath Gather stones, your protection Lay your shoulder on my head We could live forever Vanish without trace You could be an anchor Keep me in my place I could hold my arms out wide Bearing only fruit You could hang your head and cry I could be so rude I could be an anchor You could be the sea I can feel your anger Even in my dreams I'm dreamin' in the dark I'm dreamin' in the dark I'm dreamin' in the dark
5.
Tornado Song 03:31
The trees lay down by the river to sleep The mine was in the field and the shephards grew week The town sung shame while the rest grew meek The wind left a memory and the river ran deep The wind left a memory and the river ran deep The Signal Star shared the weekly report Of a square laid bare by a mighty roar The Champion had fallen several years before As the wind tore through she was askin' for more As the wind tore through she was askin' for more There's no place like home There's no place like home There's no place like home There's no place like home There's no place like home There's no place like home There's no place like no place like no place like no place like home The Women Today had disbanded already And the council of elders had yet to form The Legion was stocked, beer and meat at the ready And the sun was twice setting getting ready to mourn And the sun was twice setting getting ready to mourn
6.
Keep Going 03:48
I'm sorry my dear to be calling at such an unusual hour of day But it's cold and it's dark and it's lonely outside Hoped you'd have something to say But I'll just dust off my shoes like I've nothin' to lose and carry on my way If you've got nothing to say, that's OK I'll just be on my way Keep going, man Keep going, man, Keep going... I'm sorry my dear but I can't understand what you're trying to say The message got lost in the thickets and frost Untroubled, burried away Are you saying you miss me or only that this speaking softly, these words make you sway? Are you always so clever just how many games do you play? Keep going, man Keep going, man, Keep going...
7.
Let your hair hang down like the curtains at the end of the show Go ahead and take your bow just to tell me that it's time to go home I'll be waiting in line come tomorrow For the same as the last time better than the next fine morning all alone Til then I'll whisper to you to you what only the balcony knows I got a center-stage woman on the back of my mind I see her every day cause I can't find a way to let go I got a center-stage woman on the back of my mind I see her every day cause I can't find a way to let go Since I cut my teeth on her candy Backstage right with the lights down low I've been fallin' on a table for two more pints Just to make it to the end of the show Well I went downtown to the tailor For to find me a suit made blue Sleeves hung to my knees, man he looked to me Said "Son, that's too blue for you" So I threw my money on the table Told him don't you tell me when and how I'm able And I stumbled outside not a cloud in the sky As I tore of that new suit label When the lights go down I'll be high on the edge of my seat And when they turn 'em back on I'll be the first up to my feet Gotta find a disguise for my sorrow So I hide behind your last line hopin' that you'll find those words to let me go Til then I'll whisper to you what only the balcony knows I got a center-stage woman on the back of my mind I see her every day cause I can't find a way to let go I got a center-stage woman on the back of my mind I see her every day cause I can't find a way to let go Let your hair hang down like the curtains at the end of the show Go ahead and take your bow just to tell me that it's time to go home I'll be waiting in line come tomorrow For the same as the last time better than the next fine morning all alone Til then I'll whisper to you to you what only the balcony knows I got a center-stage woman on the back of my mind... Center stage woman on the back of my mind... Center stage woman on the back of my mind... Center stage woman on the back of my mind...
8.
Over My Eyes 03:38
Prairie sky, don't look at me that way Take me under your wide wings of mercy Singing your light, please don't curse me Heaven only knows I've gone astray Like crooked houses sink into This land that swallowed oceans Distant memories fade into this day Prairie sky don't let me slip away Prairie sky don't look at me that way And prairie sky remind me I am small Take me anyways to curves beyond this world that I'm slipping on Light the days and guide me to that thinly-drawn horizon with your call Prairie sky remind me I've seen nothing at all Prairie sky remind me I am small. But I see green grass growing in the fields up ahead Over my eyes Over my eyes I see everything that's getting bigger Lifting up the city to the sky And prairie sky, please fill me full of hope Stretch and colour in your perfect light the pages of imagination Press and fold them over like the pages of emancipated birds that sing could morning to the sun Like painted walls that crack and break the silence under pressure Distant memories linger in the cold Prairie sky remind me I can never be to old Prairie sky remind me I am bold And I see green grass growing in the fields up ahead Over my eyes Over my eyes I see everything that's getting bigger Lifiting up the city to the sky
9.
Tia Maria 02:44
Tia Maria I don't want to go outside I don't want to see the look in your eyes When you're saying your sad goodbyes Tia Maria I don't want to see the sun rise I only want to lay in bed with you til the morning dew turns to moonlight But now you're sailing away And I'm waiting for you to come home I could never know You're sailing away And I'm waiting for you to come home I could never know I could never know Tia Maria I am standing in an open field In a suit of shining steel Jousting stormclouds with a lance For a chance to make you realize That I'm chasing after your soul While you're sipping margheritas Dreaming of a holiday in Mexico Cinquo de Mayo Drinking in Style Sinking Denial You're sailing away And I'm waiting for you to come home I could never know You're sailing away And I'm waiting for you to come home I could never know I could never know
10.
Under the full moon You and I Could be anything that you like Don't say good bye Just say goodnight Under the full moon You and I Could be anything that you like Don't say goodbye Just say goodnight, goodnight, good night my lover, goodnight Under the moon I'll be a bird Go flyin' in to your world You'll be a tree Rustlin' your leaves Callin' over to me I'll be a slow dance You'll be a romance Walk on tremblin' feet I'll be a song You'll sing along With me Under the moon I'll be your window Open your soul to the world You'll be a light Shimmiring distant Shine on over my girl You'll be a dream I'll be a drifter I'll be a glance You'll be a smile I'll take a chance, feel your resistance Feeling your distance dissolve for a while Under the full moon You and I Could be anything that you like Don't say good bye Just say goodnight Under the full moon You and I Could be anything that you like Don't say goodbye Just say goodnight, goodnight, good night my lover, goodnight Under moon You and I Are a moment unto ourselves A whole world with nobody else A story nobody tells Only everything That bids you Oh so well Only everything That bids you Oh so well OH so well Under the full moon You and I Could be anything that you like Don't say good bye Just say goodnight Under the full moon You and I Could be anything that you like Don't say goodbye Just say goodnight, goodnight, good night my lover, goodnight

credits

released January 21, 2014

Vocals, Guitar, Percussion - Scott Hamilton
Lapsteel, Mandolin, Resonator, Dobro, Electric Guitar - Erik Schoepen
All songs written and produced by Scott Hamilton
Except track 5 labelled Tornado Song but actually called No Place Like Home, written by Jennifer Hamilton
and Partout, Partout, produced by Jamie Wayz live in Nashville, TN!

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Cougars in America Brussel, Belgium

Cougars in America is the new alt-folk project of Canadian-turned-Bruxellois singer-songwriter, Scott Hamilton. Poet, multi- instrumentalist, and troubadour, he transforms his world into song. His music has been compared to Bonnie Prince Billy or Sufjan Stevens, and serves in equal measures American Folk, Blues, and Indie Rock. ... more

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