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Clymer & Kurtz - EP

by Clymer & Kurtz

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1.
Stare 05:16
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Sometimes you’ve got to stare the devil in the face Sometimes you’ve got to stare the devil in the face Sometimes you’ve got to face your devils Stare them straight in the face Sometimes you’ve got to look your maker in the face Sometimes you’ve got to look your maker in the face Sometimes you’ve got to face your maker Look him right in the face You’ve got to roam in the valley It’s a lonely valley Narrow and winding Steep and dark Sometimes you’ve got to stare yourself in the face Sometimes you’ve got to stare yourself in the face Sometimes you’ve got to face yourself Stare yourself in the face I’m just a squatter on this acre and three quarters of land I’m just a rider on this afternoon one-way train I’ve got a nickel and a hand out My hand’s out for a friend
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Little Boy Gone 03:28
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Where’re you going, little boy, where’re you going Where’re you going, little boy, gone Rain keeps falling, little boy Pathway’s muddy, little boy Puddles splashing, little boy Sun keeps shining, little boy Bells need ringing, little boy Songs need singing, little boy Hills need climbing, little boy Sun keeps shining, little boy Here’s your bag, your shoes While your skies are blue Sunshine, higher ground Call the thunder down There you go, little boy, there you go There you go, little boy, gone
3.
Crossing the Bar 05:42
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Write on the wall something beautiful Write something big when you feel small Write on the wall something beautiful To help you stand strong “Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.” “Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar.” Write on the wall, you are beautiful You are weak, you are beautiful You are strong, you are beautiful Write on the wall, “I am beautiful”
4.
What Do You Get 03:52
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I’ve got a ton of steel on my mind today A feeling deep in my soul But the beams of steel would melt away If I only knew what I know What do you get when you know what’s best You better make up your mind, son Better make up your mind A mesh of wire and razors and bars My time has come to cry If my arms could take strength from my mind I’d hardly have to try What do you get when you have to try What happens when you try, son What happens when you try A faded photograph of love A picture from outside And for your only company The souls of those that died What do you get when your friends are gone What happens when they’re gone, son What happens when they’re gone What do you get when your friends are gone What happens when they’re gone, son What do you get when they’re gone
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Simple Things 03:46
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Whispering pine trees, chuckling cool streams Harmonies Little melodies to catch From the front porch in the breeze Simple things, simple pleasures Too complex to measure Smooth out those ruffled feathers Run so fast, when you fall, you fly Straight home to a lullaby Bread in the toaster, tea on a coaster Like it black, no cream Music in the air you breathe The mystery of steam And morning comes, you fly away It’s what you live for ‘til the end of every day
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Shenandoah 04:50
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Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you Away, you rolling river Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you Away, I’m bound away Across the wide Missouri Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter Away, you rolling river For her I’d cross your roaming waters Away, I’m bound away Across the wide Missouri Oh Shenandoah, I’m bound to leave you Away, you rolling river Oh Shenandoah, I’m bound to leave you Away, I’m bound away Across the wide Missouri Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you Away, you rolling river Oh Shenandoah, just to be near you Away, I’m bound away Across the wide Missouri

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released November 10, 2019

© 2019 by Clymer & Kurtz

Tracking and mastering by Chris Jackson, mixing and additional engineering by Taylor Bess, Blue Sprocket Sound, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Artwork by Bonita Stutzman
Thanks to Jim Cole for counsel and support

This project was made possible, in part, through a grant from Arts Council of the Valley.

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Clymer & Kurtz Harrisonburg, Virginia

Singer-songwriter duo Clymer & Kurtz seamlessly blends intense and gentle melodies textured with harmonies, agile and inventive guitar playing, and light percussion. Their decades of collaborative songwriting have produced music that is at once subtle and imaginative, simple and rich – with emotional depth in a remarkable array of styles and a sound uniquely their own. ... more

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