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Heavy Hearts

by James Benton

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Mary Under 03:48
I know you're gonna fall on me Then you'll say you're feelin' free Gonna say you've got to leave to be Somethin' you want the world to see Through the mirrored glasses on your heart Hey Mary.... just please don't fall apart Your empty lots are fillin' up you're drinkin' from a dirty cup Givin' shelter to a rabid pup That supplies you rocks to smash your luck Into the burning embers of your mind Hey Mary... just pleas don't fall behind The closing hand that keeps you bound Has led you to some island town To sip the rhum that tears you down Inside this cave that can't be found Without crawling first through fire and falling trees Hey Mary... make me end up on my knees
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Down Again 05:15
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Single Shining Moment (free) 03:47
These wretched hearts of Babylon are slippin' through the wings of one who's wisdom has not blown upon this peace Can your little wisdom steal the peace? I've sat here waiting all these years for that that was never ever clear like a tic on a limb waiting for its moment waiting for the blood of a single shining moment. We've lifted up beyond the faces the feted roots and empty spaces revealing what this silence slips to one revealing what the silence has begun. These tender hearts that beat upon these red hot roads of Babylon are now broken open bare and blazing free broken bare and blazing by the sea.
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The Crime 05:32
Who's gonna look after all these indians Who's gonna tell them what can't be told What are the chances we'll remember What happenned on that ancient bloody road What happenned down on that road I stood with John Trudell beneath the flagpole Small talk beneath old glory there I felt it hangin' heavy in the Sunlight Its shadow slowly creepin' through my hair shadows creepin' through our hair Who's gonna do this now if I don't? Who's killin' who again this year? Shove another dose of hope down my throat I just got better at holdin' back the tears I'm damn good at pushin' back the tears I think there's a mighty storm a comin' Far from New Orleans this time They can throw us into these prisons forever But we know now who really did the crime John... we've not forgot the crime
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Heavy Hearts 04:31
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Free 03:25

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Written over a period of 15yrs, however containing mostly more recent material, the album moves over many terrains of emotion and tones, never bargaining with the truth of a life lived beyond the maddness created norms of society and never once flinching inside the unfolding shadows of the burning Gnosis.
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A portion of the proceeds from the sales will be
passed along to the "Honor The Earth Foundation", which
works to help end the ongoing plight of the Indians within what is now called America.

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released March 9, 2009

Régis Abbal, Mark Griffin, Bernard Ariu, Maiuko, Max Middleton

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