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Sunday Morning Tunes (2011)

by Cletis Carr

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making dreams come true (cletis carr) spent all summer behind a petrol pump tried to save enough to get out of this dump the year was ’71 and I was eighteen no country town is gonna help find my dream just a few more weeks, I’ll leave it all behind I’ll get outta here before I lose my mind cause it’s all so hard to do making dreams come true bought the petrol station in ’76 had me a wife and had a mess of kids more and more of them mouths to feed if I could only get the big money down in the city just a few more weeks, I’ll leave it all behind I’ll get outta here before I lose my mind cause it’s all so hard to do making dreams come true now it’s ’94, and my son’s eighteen he’s pumping petrol and pumping up his dreams saving his money for the big escape he’s got a mind like steel and superman’s cape just a few more weeks, he’ll leave it all behind he’ll get outta here before he loses his mind I used to be one of his kind but it’s all so hard to do making dreams come true
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rosie & the ghost (cletis carr) rose and I are from west virginia I’ve known her since we were eight or nine she says when the ghost gets in you that’s when you leave to see what you can find goodbye rosie, friend of mine I hope you know what you leave behind goodbye rosie, fare thee well and whatever it is you’re looking for I hope it serves you well she said she was headed for the west coast guess she’s been reading too much kerouac she said that the ghost pointed to a new signpost and unlike jack, she won’t be coming back goodbye rosie, friend of mine I hope you know what you leave behind goodbye rosie, take good care and whatever you’ve been looking for I hope you find it there that fall I got a call from rose she was hanging out in san francisco bay I asked how it was working out with her & her ghost said they might head down mexico way goodbye rosie, friend of mine I hope you know what you left behind goodbye rosie, shoot for the moon and whatever you’re still searching for I hope you find it soon the last time I heard from rosie her postcard arrived from peru she said that it’s just like west virginia she really didn’t know what to do well, come back rosie, friend of mine I hope you know what you left behind come back rosie, I hope you’ve found there’s a ghost waiting for you back in your home town
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21st Of July 03:59
21st of july (cletis carr / kevin bennett) 21st of july waving goodbye to my family and friends, on the platform got some cream on my sleeve this birthday boy has to leave cause there's money to be made, in the city where the neon sun never sets and the sky's filled with jets and they shine like gold, and silver one more year, now I'm outta here finally, happy birthday to me got a job that suited me in a great big company and I climbed that ladder to the top played the game, made the deal found a legal way to steal bet they're all real proud of me don't get home very much mom & dad keep in touch birthday cards in july, cause they miss me one more year, that I've watched disappear like a dream, happy birthday to me 21st of july how the time sure does fly all alone, far from home, on my birthday one more year, seen myself disappear let it be, happy birthday—to me
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Dirt 03:59
dirt (cletis carr / richard porteous) don’t stop the kids out there playing ain’t it good to see them smile dad will soon be home, god willing they’ll be happy for a while the horn at 6am shakes the windows trains rumble down the line the morning shift assembles dragging heels through the shadows there’s gold down the mines the coal town clouds gathered from the ground fall on lines of laundered shirts the tower wheels stand tall and they bury us all and I can’t wash away the dirt grandfather bent his back below so he’d be safe up above he’s gone to heaven now, god rest his soul the pride in his bones has turned to dust ch I see the boss in the house on the hill the master of his grand design don’t stop the kids out there playing there’s no escape from the mines
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released September 1, 2011

all tracks originally released 1999 on “the abc sessions”
except “bluegrain theme”, originally released 2005 on “bakers dozen” (big rock records australia)

tracks 1, 3 , 4 recorded at abc studios 227 sydney by mark don
track 2 recorded at abc studios 346 melbourne by nick m
track 5 recorded at big rock studios australia by chris turner

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Cletis Carr

Singer-songwriter Cletis Carr knows a good yarn. Especially when paired with a good melody and some gritty slide guitar.

A careful student of the human condition, Carr's story-songs play out like mini-movies. Tales of joy, heartbreak, redemption, ordinary madness and everyday heroes are framed in a rich tapestry of acoustic steel-string guitar, dobro and lap slide.
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