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River For Your Dam

from Not About Nightingales by Eric George

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dominicwilliams86 This jaunty country inspired track starts off with a wonderful fanfare of fiddles but then surprises you with Eric's un-twangy vocals which gives this track a very Bob Dylan/George Harrison early 70s feel which makes River For Your Dam a track that you can replay several times and never tire of.
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Yvonne Glasgow This song really made me think of The Beatles. It's a great track with a vintage pop sound and a little bit of a bluegrass/country sound in the guitars. It's a simple song, but the instrumentation gives it a complexity that makes it interesting to listen to. The tune shifts in the song and it adds to the cleverness of the song, lyrically and musically.
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lyrics

Dust off your hat
And throw away your cigarettes

Changing are the ways
That you spend your last dime
Dry your eyes brother I got mine
It seems as though you know
Which way the river flows

Do you only want a pen for your plans
Do you only want a river for your dam

Sweep the floor
And write letters to the ones you love

The coffee's getting cold
And the tobacco that you rolled
Is the music in your music show
But when it's time to go home
Will you change your tune?

Do you only want a pen for your plans
Do you only want a river for your dam

It's raining on the sun
There's flames about the moon
You are one and you are
To see you through
What will you do

Dust off your hat
And throw away your cigarettes

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from Not About Nightingales, released August 23, 2017

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Eric George Burlington, Vermont

Eric George is a Vermont-based songwriter, sound engineer, and performer of original music and poetry. One of the most prolific folk musicians of the Northeast music scene, he is intent upon maintaining the integrity of American folk music while taking a contemporary approach to songwriting. ... more

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