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Spin Measure Cut

by Black Bear Tribe

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1.
City Girl 02:48
She's a city girl, but she don't need no pity girl And she's a dynamite, blowing up hearts with an appetite She doesn't know why she cries, When you're not by her side Somehow you're on her mind, her thoughts are left behind She's a city girl, but she kicks like a country mule She's in her city world, girl's got moves that'll make you drool She doesn't know how it got this bad, A simple guy like you and a love she's never had Somehow you're on her mind, her thoughts are left behind Oh! She's my city girl She's in love with a suburb boy in her city world
2.
What You Get 03:58
You want me, you need me Girl you just have to have me And when you see the way we do things you'll be all about me This moment, this passion You feel the funk among us Girl you can play so shy but trust me that is just a bonus What you see is what you get Divers always come out wet The forest is a dense domain Leafy dripping sugar cane Your spirit, your body I know the way you play You think that you're the type who might be uninclined to stay Sweet visions, collisions I know the things you like I promise when it happens, babe I'll show you my delight The sun rises on her shoulder as distant fires die Night melts into the pillow as slowly whispers rise What you see is what you get Deserts flowers start to sweat Beneath the lofty caravan Serpents stir the dormant sand
3.
They say love’s a two way street, But it’s only one way to me Coming home baby, coming home to see The red inside your eyes, the emptiness in me No time to run baby, no time to walk the beam It took no time to realize this love was all a dream They say love’s a two way street, But it’s only one way to me Needing holding baby, craving your desire Hearts have grown into a tree, a tree that’s set afire No time to run baby, no time to catch a gleam It took no time to realize this love was all a dream They say love’s a two way street, But it’s only one way to me You know I love you baby, and you know I’m coming home I’m running all around this town, but you know I’m coming home My mama told me baby, no need to feel alone Well you know I love you baby, and you know I’m coming home
4.
Storm Song 03:52
Let fly, we charted our course Islands on maps only promise shores What we had, we don't have and we want it back We can't live all our lives underneath this flag Salty brine smashes the helm with spray Slowly the sailor's mind melts away We don't know what we want but we want it now And the stormiest sea couldn't slow me down Time's been flying but we've been trying too We're not here for trouble, we'll do what we have to do One might lose faith in that northern star When cast away as it seems we are As you reach then the target can draw away It's too easy to live from the day-to-day Hear the crack of the pounding waves Whip lash on our backs beat us to our graves Heavy laden and weary we try to stand And a man hopes the sea does not claim the man Time’s been flying and now we’re dying too We’re not here for trouble but trouble is coming soon Time is burning and we’re done concerning you The rest is history, we’ll do what we have to do Far corners warn that ‘here there be monsters’ But here there be monsters everywhere Jaws of death gnash, but westward winds snatch and wrest us Back to eternity’s pulse Time’s been driving, yet still we’re striving too We’re not here for trouble but trouble tests the resolute Time is burning, the sea’s now turning blue The rest is history, we’ll do what we have to do
5.
"Sing, O goddess, the stalwart heart Of Priam’s son that blood imparts To veins walled ev’n as Ilion’s gates To Argive spears cast unabate, Where god-men blood-rush battlefield, In standing still to move the will; How raging wrath nobility met In death, yet holding alive to death. As stand before the fall precedes, Life lost, glory’s citadel keeps…" Comes now a familiar tale Of glory and human fire – Far away, where corpses burn, Bodies in mêlée’s pyre. Down there a rumbling stirs, Stench and fear are all around. Proudly the hero beams Eyes that tear the heart of men. Raise your spear, raise your shield, And ride! From a safer distance high above the throng Comes the coward’s call to recede behind the wall. Shame beckons behind her gates, but the proud man says, “Come on!” So here’s the last ride: death, comes before the fall! Hulking steps now he feels Swiftly beneath the Trojan sun; Very wrath, it seems, to speed Invincible across the sand. Greek tresses Hector spots And knows the weight of time In his ear whispers some god: “Trojan, stand for your life.” And if you listen close, you still can hear the sound Of Hector’s ghost, who fought for that beloved ground. He goes to the shades now, forever released By Achilles’ sharp blade to the vast Elysian seas, And if you sweep away the gore, there will be found The bust of he who bit the dust bleeding on the ground.
6.
Golden Lady 04:05
Golden Lady lay your head down Rest from weary troubled trials Fragrant lilacs in your hair Unburdened peace is in your smile Heaven only knows how we got here River daughter feeding us honeycomb Softly singing ancient melodies Resting our heads on beds of loam Silver starlight fills your eyes Songs from lands of long ago Blissful notes float in your ears Sleep the fire’s growing low
7.
Timeless in its essence, finite in effect Titans worn to rubble, victims of neglect For the wheels of time always catch us The oldest bit of lore Fate, a prison, we’ve been trapped in The tale is told once more Lessons never learned, cyclical in nature Destiny is written according to the plan Generations lost, another soon forgotten Aimlessly we’re drifting, ever-closer to the edge Through a host of streams, flowing from existence Time alone is certain, she warns us once again What has happened before will happen again Key to our survival, culture as it’s known Goddess in her temple tops the wooden throne For the hourglass’s been turned over The sand falls to its floor The wheels of time always spinning The tale is told once more
8.
He alone tonight Well I’m climbing up a willow tree Looking for the part of me The part of me I lost when I found you I’m second-guessing every day Wondering if I’m gonna stay Stand on the edge and jump right in He alone tonight Well this problems never frees from me So whiskey’s my apology I’m howling on my knees in the Brooklyn night Wishing wells in muddled clay Subway cars and jealous rage Someone won’t you save me from my dreams
9.
Stay With Me 05:13
The chill of the night crawls into me And I know your embrace won't save me This bar stands alone as snow dances down And my heart stands alone in this town This whiskey in my heart burns like your eyes The warmth I feel on this night is no surprise There are vagabonds running thick thwarting the night There is me, me alone with nothing to write Won't you stay, stay with me Stay for the night I'm alive, you’re alone There's no need to cry Won't you stay, stay with me Stay for the night We are two lonely souls Hoping to die I feel your heart dispersed out on a cloud Your laugh is music to me screamed out aloud I am running quick toward the grave, buried alive I am holding on to the night, when two souls collide
10.
Black Arrow 05:02
The king under the mountain Slumbers over his hoard Guarded with vapors, smoke and fire No creature dares eek a word Black arrow fly! Sail into the ruby sky Black arrow fly! Pierce the wyvern, let him die The mountain’s shadow grows tall The beast it holds has conquered all He has spoiled the land But now his hour is at hand!
11.
Walking all alone on the edge of the night, I feel a knife and it’s going inside I didn’t know who or where it was, I turned around and it’s only my bride Well I see the face of an ancient ghost in the window of an empty train Well I see a girl on a red brick road on her knees and she’s crying rain And the black tornado is a rippin’ and it’s coming to town Run to the hills and rooftops without a sound Tiny black umbrellas flying round in the sky Well hold your arms out and hope you’re able to fly And I don’t need nothing anymore it seems I don’t need all these forgotten dreams Don’t need all these forgotten dreams anymore Stare at myself in a rusted mirror and I pour a glass of wine Don’t know what to believe anymore but I do believe in time You skeleton key and you try and try, but you just can’t open me Well I’ve sealed my fate and I hope you relate and it just comes home to me

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A masterful blend of big riffs and delicate harmonies, 'Spin Measure Cut' is Black Bear Tribe's full-length debut - a resurrection of classic rock with folk and funk influences.

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released May 24, 2014

Jason Kraft - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Sam Perry - lead guitar, background vocals
Jeff Hechler - bass guitar, piano, synthesizer, background vocals
Trevor Ezell - drums, auxiliary percussion, background vocals

Recorded at Analogue Muse, New York
Engineered by Jeff Hechler
Produced by Jeff Hechler, Sam Perry, Trevor Ezell
Mastered by MastAndMix
Album Artwork by Zoe Hanson
Additional guitars on "Storm Song" by Talor Steinberg

Special thanks to: our families, Analogue Muse, Ben Jay, Greg Berg, Alyssa Breguet and all of rock progenitors

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Black Bear Tribe New York, New York

Jason Kraft
Sam Perry
Matt Cincotta
Andrew Nesbitt

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