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High Impedance

by The Wayward Hearts

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If the wild dog could whisper She’d tell you all the things she’s seen, she’s seen And all the dark in turn If the old drifter could just explain He’d tell you what you all should fear And what lies over the hills Bye, bye, bye, bye, baby bye bye Bye, bye, bye, bye baby Treat me like you knew you would Hate me like you know you should Show me how you felt so good Come on, come on, come at me now I’m killing the time between disasters And when you’re on my mind. Bye, bye, bye, bye, baby Treat me like you knew you would Hate me like you know you should Show me how you felt so good
3.
My love is coming to you like a rose in my - You turn up and you turn me inside out Once upon a time, ya, we didn’t have to shout Lying in a room, but you’re a million miles away Just waiting to forget everything that I say It’s Texas in the morning, ya, and it’s New York at night I can see you're just lookin’ to pick another fight You’re never where you say you’re gonna be Why am I looking for you at a quarter past three? My love is coming to you like a rose in my fist How can I be a good man when you’re like this? My love is coming to you like a rose in my fist. How can I be a good man when you’re like
4.
Wilderness 04:08
I am just a lone boy Wrapped in fur out in the wilderness I pick a mountain to climb up Then sit back watch over all of this I awake with the sun Find a bed after howling at the moon I pick a river to jump in Then look up and float through all of this Fire in the night sky Sends you running for home I walk through the city Lost when nothing seems to be alive I pick a ledge to stand on Then look down and pray for all of us
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The day rises cold and there's nowhere left to be And last night is on repeat inside of me If they called you out, would you be all that surprised? Just wake me up when we’ve arrived You have to hit it just right to make it go The damn thing’s been busted since before Ohio It’s a miracle we’ve all survived Just wake me up when we’ve arrived Well I have a good idea what’s been said about me But this road only leads me back home to you The signs go by too fast to read With an arm over eyes and the wheels’ white noise Ninety more miles left to go, dear Just wake me up when we’ve arrived
6.
McTeague 03:42
McTeague rode hard across the valley of death Down from Frisco, with no time to rest Six pounds of gold, all strapped to the side Papers called her the dead lottery bride, alright The hunter saw the men all passing around A picture of the killer who might be in town He said, “I know that man, ya, I know him real well, His name is McTeague & I’m gonna send him to hell” Day rider Day rider, what's the price to kill? The canteen was dry and the air was thick His horse was acting crazy and started to kick He rode it hard for the Mexico line But out in Death Valley, well there’s no place to hide “Hands up!” he said and put a gun in his back "Turn round slow, hand me the gold in that sack" His horse half dead McTeague had nothin’ to lose He swung 'round hard, kicked up sand with his shoes Day rider Day rider, what's the price to kill? The gun misfired and they started to fight. Both men were weak, but McTeague had the height. They fell to the ground, then the hunter was dead. It’s said that Mcteague then shot himself in the head.
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She grew up on the farm, but lived in the city She was quite tall but you wouldn't call her pretty Since she was a child, she knew where she was going, Lord The Devil walked away cause she knew what she was doing Had a sweet dream, when she was just a little girl One by one she'd clean up this world Never had a day filled with pain or blunder, no When the world's on fire, she'll be dancing to the thunder Since she was a child, she knew where she was going, Lord The Devil walked away cause she knew what she was doing
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Pickup Truck 05:44
Left behind when your daddy left town Go ahead and squeeze off a round Raised by the Lord and the back of a hand Ain’t no way in hell there’s a promised land A mask, a gun and a map to get away The devil’s in the details, that’s what they say In a fiery crash, the deputies died The warrant it went out, nation wide Show ya how it’s gonna be You’re gonna give your love to me And we’ll run away into the country Yeah, yeah, kick it up by the fire Pile it on so the flames go higher Play banjo till the sun comes up Then we'll drive away in my pickup truck It's late at night, you're on the street You’ll scuff your boots if you drag your feet Nothin ain’t ever been what it should Put one in the chamber for the common good
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You pick your weapon And I'll pick mine Then I suppose we'll love some other time. Go clean yourself up There's blood on the floor I know we try, but we just can't even the score. You pick your method Just give me a reason If it’s all the same - I declare it open season You pick your weapon And I'll pick mine Then I suppose we'll love some other time
10.
I refuse to accept anymore of you There’s never a part that I can’t see through You say you were never made to me alone But can you hold onto anything that won't be thrown? I refuse to find any more for you Do any of your dreams still come true? You say you love but just hate today Why does everything you touch fall away? I know it's not better to be under the weather Than to be on top of the world It's the wrong way around for a conscience to pound And to see you as more than a girl I refuse to go help rescue you There's a crime in everything you do You say you won't burn it to the ground But when the smoke fills the air, you're nowhere to be found But when the smoke fills the sky, you can't be found I know it's not better to be under the weather Than to be on top of the world It's the wrong way around for a conscience to pound And to see you as more than a girl
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Wasted and wounded my mind is on fire I would die if you saw just how much I tremble with desire Hopeless and helpless in this dangerous game when your lights go out I look up at your window in the rain I’m wondering how you’ll see the best in me If all my faces are the same And I’m hoping that you won’t see the worst in me After we leave this place together *Darling, now I know we’ve never really spoken and you probably don’t even know my name, but that doesn’t matter to me because I know that you and I will be together, for eternity* wasted and wounded my mind is on fire I would die if you saw just how much I tremble with desire just how much I fumble with desire
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SOON, ONE MORNIN’ (traditional) Oh look, lordy well look, see what the Lord has done Look, just look, see what the Lord has done Well look, just look, see what the Lord has done And I know, Lord, I know my time ain't long Well soon, Lordy one morning, death come creeping in the room Soon, one morning, death come creeping in the room Death come creeping in the room And I know, Lord, I know my time ain't long Oh Death, oh death, down that lonesome road Death, oh death, down that lonesome road Oh death, down that lonesome road And I know, I know, lord my time ain't long Well soon, lordy one morning, death come creeping in the room Soon, one morning, death come creeping in the room Death come creeping in the room And I know, I know my time ain't long

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released March 31, 2017

Music by The Wayward Hearts

All songs by Bradley Damsgaard except The Dark Don’t Hide It, music and lyrics by Jason Molina.

Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Jesse Gander
Mastered by Doug Van Sloun, Focus Mastering, Omaha NE, U.S.A.
Recorded at: Rain City Recorders in Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Bradley Damsgaard: guitars, banjos and vocals
Sarah Irwin: vocals
Emily Helsdon: violin, octave violin, vocals
Jim Favaro: electric accordion, piano
Scott Paulley: electric bass, upright bass
Kirk A. Douglas: drums, percussion, vocals

Additional Musicians:
Doug Gorkoff: cello
Ryan Chynces: bongos

Cover Photo: Mervyn O'Gorman (1913) Royal Photographic Society/Science & Society Picture Library
Design: Cary Debenham

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The Wayward Hearts are a six piece alt. country band from Vancouver, B.C.

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