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Tell It To The Dust

by Anders Parker

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1.
Tell It To The Dust 06:24
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Tell it to the Dust I swam my way from bar to bar I couldn’t find you where you are But now, it’s undone The ragged end of nowhere near “The Idiot” was in my ear And all is undone And the red lights on Boylan slow me down I spent a year out there one night when you were gone I know it’s dust to dust I know it all will fade I know it’s built to rust And that it all will change So say the things you want to do And go as far as you can go ‘Cause all I could ever see Is the miles laid in front of me Remember not to kill yourself Eat your food and take your pills And stop and see friends ‘Cause in the parking lot tonight You could loose it all And have to hitch or walk home And the red lights on Flatbush sang a song I heard that song one night out there when we were gone I know it’s dust to dust I know it all will fade I know it’s built to rust And that it all will change So dance, dance across the room I saw a certain light in you Then drive, drive me to your room And I will walk on a lazy afternoon And the red lights on St. Mary’s sang a song I heard that song one night out there when I was gone I know it’s dust to dust I know it all will fade I know it’s built to rust And that it all will change So save, save another life Come on save, save another life ‘Cause all I could ever see Was the miles laid in front of me.
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Goodbye Friend 04:00
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Goodbye Friend What do you say when they slip away? That’s how it is And you can’t change a thing about the way things are So I’m not trying Keeping track of the brand new days I wish that I could turn them in To something different than what we got ‘Cause now we’re missing your ways Oh yeah, we’re missing you ways Goodbye friend People around try to talk it all out Find a meaning Once I wanted to go but you beat me out And you weren’t trying I’m tired of all these contradictions I’m heading out towards the light I hear your song most everyday And now I’m singing with you Yeah, I’m singing with you Goodbye friend It’s not like you’re not around I feel you everyday And I see you in my ways So you’re not gone Goodbye friend Goodbye friend You’re keeping track Of what the kid gets up to I know But time runs short Now that I’m keeping track of where it goes We’re drifting out on the edge right now I wish that I could set it right I only hope you know that we’re feeling strong In that we’re missing you ways We’re missing your ways Yeah, we’re missing you ways Goodbye friend
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So It Goes 03:16
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So it Goes Along discarded roads You bore that final load Alone again, alone again A purple sun will melt Your brains and then your belt I watched the bones beneath your skin All along, all along So it goes I could not tell you when We burned your body then You fell behind and then below So hurry down that trick is told You were young but far too old Take these memories away All along, all along So it goes Making all this work To say that we were passing Making all this work For good So much time fucking up In repair then patching shut All the holes I made in rage Come along I’ll be your friend Don’t you know I need a friend? For everyone there is a place All along, all along So it goes
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Something New 03:59
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Something New Throw away the dreams you had Everything is new Walk on down a brand new street Find a new way through See the signposts all around you Buildings fill the air The dreams you had have slipped away They’re replaced with Something new The noose is gone the gun is gone The knife and needle too Feeling stronger everyday Hardly think of you Now you’re wondering what you’re doing And where you’re going to The plans you had have been destroyed Time to think of Something new La la la la Watch the worry work the bone Clean it through and through A virgin world of dirt and dust A heaven made of you Now I’m wondering when you’re coming And if I’m getting through The thoughts I had have been waylaid Still I’m waiting For something new La la la la
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Innocents 04:02
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Innocents Come back now sad eyes Come back to where you belong Run back now sad eyes Run back you’ve been gone far too long From me I know we’re only sunbeams Or maybe moonbeams With you, we are innocent And true, we are innocent With you, we are innocent And true Don’t wait now long hair Don’t wait these minutes are gone Rush back now long hair Rush back you’ve been gone far too long From me I know we’re only sunbeams Or maybe moonbeams With you, we are innocent And true, we are innocent With you, we are innocent And true
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Don't Worry Honey, Everything's Gonna Be Alright 04:19
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Don’t Worry Honey, Everything’s Gonna Be Alright I know you be wondering what’s gonna happen In times like these of blood and metal And then you’ve been waiting for the sun to shine And thinking maybe it won’t happen this time I know you got a lot of questions and a lot of worry Don’t worry honey, everything’s gonna be alright It’ll be alright You can climb a mountain and see real far See Ursa Major and find the Northern star It’s all a big circle you’re coming home It’s a big ride – you’re riding on I know you got a lot of questions and a lot of worry Don’t worry honey, everything’s gonna be alright It’ll be alright
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Into The Sun 03:45
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Into the Sun Pull up stakes it’s time to go Grab the compass well don’t you know Set the course we’re heading up and into the sun We’ll get a driver and sit in back Drink cold beer and just relax Turn it up we’re heading out and into the sun When they find us years from now Arm in arm behind the silver clouds Up on the sun I’ve got a plan it’s called attack Just stop waiting and don’t look back And then we’re heading up and into the sun Red to orange and black to blue I know now where we’re going to We’re heading out, up and into the sun When they find us in a mountain grave Among the horses and the painted caves Up on the sun Don’t pack your bags, don’t say goodbye The time is now we gotta fly Don’t think twice we’re heading out, up and into the sun If they don’t find us years from now It doesn’t matter because we made it out We’re up on the sun
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Go Alone 03:35
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Go Alone Don’t go it alone you’re going to need A friend to watch your back, Someone to be reflection, To help you fight the beast Oh, I know you got the goods You can walk for miles and miles Through any kind of weather The holes are in your leather Oh, you wear it on your sleeve But you know that that’s not all you need Don’t go alone All the fools down at the bar You read it in their faces The ghosts are in their places And they’re filling in the blanks Oh, advice it flows like bourbon In sloppy little shots They tell you all the problems And how they got them got Oh, they wear it on their sleeves But they know that that’s not all they need Don’t go alone Don’t go alone without anyone Don’t go alone without anyone Ah-ah Oh, you wear it on your sleeve But you know that that’s not all you need Don’t go alone Don’t go alone without anyone Don’t go alone without anyone Ah-ah
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Come On Now 04:07
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Come On Now So long now I heard you talk I saw you walk across the room I heard you laugh Open the door and come on in And then we’re off with a vengeance No lights down a darkened road To a town that’s open all night It went something like that You know I got a dirty mind Full of rocks and full of weeds Broken glass and restless dreams, oh yeah So come on in let’s see a smile Let’s hear a laugh, you know I’m waiting for that sound To crack the sky and come on through Clear the fog and then I’ll see you Sharp cuts in a jagged world Finding focus after years out of sight It goes something like that And then we hit the open road Invent the future leave the past Take the trip and don’t come back to this space Oh, come on now
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Keep Me Hanging On 03:48
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Keep Me Hanging On When the wind did blow our way And every word you said to me Well it hit me at the root It played that missing note You were always a heartbeat away I don’t know what it was You keep me hanging on In this forest of silver trees Where the people are the leaves In a city by the sea You brought that feeling back top me You were always a heartbeat away I don’t know what it was You keep me hanging on
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Feel The Same 04:25
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Feel The Same I want you to know that everything’s all right Yeah, I want you to know that everything’s all right You can call me on the phone And look me up when you’re at home Well, it’s all right I feel the same as you I’m counting on days to leave a silver thread Construct a new cloud, then watch the whole thing burn I have seen the whole thing stop And woke up where? Well, I forgot Well, it’s all right Did you ever feel the same? I want to get high then I want to leave the room Not saying goodbye, but I gotta leave the room Well, everybody’s got a way To justify or fly away Well, it’s all right I feel the same as you
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Doornail (Hats Off To Buster Keaton) 07:41
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Doornail Two thousand years have come and gone Still you sing that same old song All those bodies left behind But now you walk with eyes gone blind So don’t you say That time will change it all around ‘Cause time won’t change a thing When all are dead, all are free It’s all the same It’s all the same you see Talk across the atmosphere Looking for new ways to fear Bend it all around to fit But, you know, it’s funk or counterfeit So don’t you say That god will work it all out ‘Cause god won’t change a thing All are dead and all are free It’s all the same It’s all the same to see So don’t you say Time won’t change a thing All are dead and all are free It’s all the same It’s all the same you see

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Anders Parker TELL IT TO THE DUST

After releasing five records under the Varnaline name, Anders Parker decided it was time to retire the band name and move forward under his own name. By this time Parker had relocated from New York to North Carolina. It was here that he wrote what would become Tell It To The Dust.

Tell It To The Dust is a formidable collection of songs that finds Parker firing on all cylinders. This time he used a variety of friends and musicians to fill out the sound. Jud Ehrbar (Varnaline, Space Needle) returned to man the drums, Kendall Meade (Mascott, Anders & Kendall) sang and played keyboard, Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Gob Iron, New Multitudes) sang and played organ and harmonica, and Joan Wasser (Joan as Policewoman) played violin.

The title track opens the record and its winding road arrangement only enhances the compelling melody and catchy chorus. It ends in a fury of an outtro. Next to roll is "Goodbye Friend," a meditation on loss and change set in a jangly frame. After that we move into the marching swirl of "So It Goes." The songs trace many different roads and moods culminating in the fire that is "Doornail (Hats Off to Buster Keaton)". Along the way there is the plaintive acoustic duet between Parker and Kendall Meade on "Keep Me Hanging On," the pleading "Don't Worry Honey, Everything's Gonna Be Alright," and the firey "Into The Sun."

Again, Parker checks in at various points on the musical compass on a compelling musical journey.

"Anders Parker, the singer-songwriter formerly known as Varnaline, has crafted a resolute set of songs that moves fluidly from rugged country-indie to scorched-earth rockers to frosted cabinin-the-woods-style ballads...."Keep Me Hanging On" is one of those songs that's so perfect, it seems more born than written... Tell It to the Dust is Parker's obvious bid for recognition -- and proof that he should get it."
-- Rolling Stone

Random fact: Much of Tell It To The Dust was recorded in an old converted firehouse in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York.
Originally released October 19, 2004

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