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Single: Leanin' T'ward 'Lanta b​/​w 29 Lives

by Tez Howes

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A side: Leanin' T'ward 'Lanta 04:21
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Drew a dime store wage And bottled up the raging tide That was drowning me inside 'Bye to all of that Gone in seconds flat and tried To let spirit guide the ride Filled the thirsty beast Headed east with my last dime Put out for a gentler clime Came a memory Of a time I said goodbye Now I can’t remember why Let these headlights be the beacon To find the truth I left behind They’re leanin’ t’wards ‘Lanta Someone there I’ve gotta find Found the southbound lane Headin’ back again to find What was clutterin’ up my mind A girl called Ruby Lynn Had to lose to win, with time Givin’ new sight to the blind She was twenty-three Unspoke mysteries in her eyes Until I came to realize Like a thunderbolt My conscience told me “Set her free” Now I hear her calling out to me Left me paralyzed, now I realize I Knew I’d been unwise Can’t say how I’m gonna find her This memory’s a fickle guide But it’s leanin’ t’wards ‘lanta I’ll never know if I don’t try (I’ll never know if I don’t try) Don’t know where my star is pointed Or when I get there what I’ll find But it’s leanin’ t’wards Atlanta Ruby Lynn is on my mind I’m leanin’ t’wards ‘Lanta Southern girl is on my mind On my mind On my mind On my mind View the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKkSsiQHp58
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B side: 29 Lives (Oklahoma Tale) 04:26
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Twenty-nine bodies in a red freight car On the OKT from Mexico to get this far Through one more hole in the border security Just you and your deputy to sort it out Flash that rusty tin star as you nose about It don’t matter much to anyone round here if you just let it be That 98 degree Oklahoma sun's Still bakin’ on those bodies til they’re past well done You’re stuck with 29 reasons to convict or to cover it up When everyone’s a suspect in the first degree ‘Cept for ol’ Senora Sanchez out on RR3 You gotta start investigatin’ cause just you can’t make this shit up 60 ninas left behind in old Juarez to clutch their mamas’ skirts Ya gotta find someone to pin it on to satisfy those just deserts Cause there’ll be too many questions ‘fore they realize And you’re gonna have to fill a bigger bag of lies Cause anyone but you has gotta answer for those 29 lives It’s pushin’ 91 degrees on the witness stand As the prosecution tells ya to point out the man You arrested for the crime of the Oklahoma century He’s facin’ 29 counts and throw the key away And you know he wasn’t there but someone’s gotta pay Just to cover up your payoff from that driver on the OKT Now everywhere you look, the number twenty-nine Is gonna stare you in the face until the end of time Draggin’ 29 secrets from those rails to your own headstone You pocket 29 big to look the other way At 1000 bucks a head it’s just a light pay day But it’s an anchor on your soul for which you sure as hell will not atone What’s 29 and one more sacrificed to keep yourself alive You might as well be damned for 30, 40, 50 or 105 You set the sucker up so justice could prevail And a dead man walkin won't be tellin' tales Cause he’s the only one ‘round here gives a spit about those 29 lives View the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1KZTmiQdh0

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All songs words & music: t.h. gorman ©2023 teztunesmusic

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released June 10, 2023

Produced by t.h. gorman
Tez Howes: Vocals, guitars, bass, keys

A-side: Alan Smithee: Drums
B-side: Adam Grossman: Drums

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Tez Howes Moncton, New Brunswick

I'm just an old Canadian fart writing & recording tunes, trying to capture the vibe of pre-millennial popular musics, rock, blues, jazz, funk, country, pop, etc. Lumiere and Knowhere are primarily indie pop, and The New Codiac Blues is a collection of blues-based tunes.
They're dotted with selected collabs with uber-talented friends in the UK, USA, Australia and Bulgaria of a variety of sounds. ... more

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