Road Retreats (free)

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lyrics

strange time to be driving through the king country
solitary on the highway and my mind keeps running
where the tar blisters and the road retreats
where the tar buckles

smoke this broken beauty, raise the alarm
eat away your earthly faith leaving skeletal scars
where the tar blisters and the road retreats
where the tar buckles and it burns my feet

in the sweat sour shade of the solitary pine
my shadow overtakes me and it stretches with the power lines
where the tar blisters and the road retreats
where the tar buckles

i keep skipping the songs, i keep slipping the gears
and i'm cramping the tendons and i'm drowning the tears
where the tar blisters and the road retreats
where the tar buckles

i've left nothing behind, only ashes and bones
and i carry my lies behind the wheel alone
through this clean-felled forest, burned like the backs of my hands

where the tar blisters and the road retreats
where the tar buckles and it burns my feet

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from Vindication Blues, track released February 24, 2014
Produced by Luckless and Ben Edwards

Guitars & Vocals Ivy Rossiter
Drums & Percussion Logan Compain
with the help of Rob Collins on bass and Jol Mulholland on keyboards

Recorded by Ben Edwards at The Sitting Room Studios, with additional engineering by Ben Delany
Mixed by Olly Harmer at The Lab
Mastered by Angus McNaughton at Auralux Mastering

Written by Ivy Rossiter
Published by Native Tongue Music Publishing

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