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Appendix to Parables of John the Baptist

by D.M. Rice

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    Originally the album was made by writing two songs a day for six days, with an instrumental created on the seventh day. So that left three songs unreleased, and two created for this collection. Work done painstakingly and with much effort for the unreleased songs, and hastily but without hesitation, for the new ones.
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1.
John the Baptist on the Painted Desert, Wandering 03:08
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Voices carry up from the undertow Where are we going? How long is the way? Forty years gone in an instant Coffee drowned in the bottom of my cup Silver lake always somewhere far off on the horizon It's a nesting bird And I'm ripe for illusion in these cold desert evenings Every night I see your face Huddle up for warmth with someone else Backtrack for my sentences to carry water Make my living on bad checks Town to town is running up my electric bill Running up that goddamn hill for no one Keepsakes given, family heirlooms In a glass menagerie crackling in the fire Visionary angels can't decide what's best or worst here This is no time for philosophy Dialectic, sentimental in the wake of you Or something lost in me that you let go In another life Someone else's trauma you don't recognise Not that you ever cared for mirrors I've been dreaming with apocalyptic fervour Tents pitched on the open plain for the revival My sermon all hellfire and bullets But it's not what I mean All the words come out twisted and soundless Carry the void, b roll footage on the tarmac When the sucker punch tyrants get the better of me Salome, no one will be left alive to tell of how we lived
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John the Baptist Sings a Ballad for Sweet Marie 04:04
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Are you feeling lonely? Maria, Tonight Your man has left you wondering You're one of my kind That sweetness that once shined in you gave way To the sublime The tax collector's asking for your next of kin To settle all the debts that you have been Collecting Collecting Easy come and easy go They twist the knife it seems That no one trusts in miracles No one believes in dreams As I watch you sleeping there I wonder for your mind Hear your voice on the phonograph asking Where are you tonight? She runs so far That holy litany Dragnet the revival She brings me misery I will carry water for to wash your feet No one knows the suffering of the unseen Maria it's your birthday but you can't afford a cake I'll be your messiah if the other one's too late Futile love so far away In Egypt's holy gate Burning all the libraries Litany of slaves Keep me up remembering how I long for your love Leave that time to passers by Watch it come undone
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John the Baptist Dreams of Fear and Loathing 04:36
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Cut off from the message No redemption, no grace Hallelujah, world is ending Don't be late Freezing to death in the desert Call that irony Never knew pain Like the city built on poverty To keep the wealthy all fixed with fearing I know the way back But I'm better alone I called on my god But there was nobody home It was the last ditch effort of a dying civilisation You've got me You've got me You've got me always waiting Log in to the mainframe No enlightenment, no fame Hallelujah, disappointment There's no shame Burning to death in the fires of my lasting peace Because freedom means missing you almost certainly But I can't hold onto what just isn't there Call it what you will I'll never care I know the way back But I'm better alone I called on my god But there was nobody home It was the last ditch effort of a dying civilisation You've got me You've got me You've got my always waiting
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John the Baptist Sings Praise for the Lion of Judah 03:20
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Praise be to the lion of Judah Lion of Judah come my way There's time for your revival Lion of Judah come my way Stand tall in the ceremony Lion of Judah crimson tide Racing heart let stillness keep you Lion of Judah by and by Hey! Come my way! Come on come on come on my way Today! Come my way! Freedom come on come on my way Holy word is slave and master Lion of Judah come my way Born again the way is faster Lion of Judah come my way In the camp or in your city Lion of Judah speak my name Rich or poor ugly or pretty Lion of Judah please relate Say hey! Come my way Come on come on come on my way! Say hey! Come my way! Come on come on come on my way! Lion of Judah
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The Death of John the Baptist 03:28
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released February 19, 2023

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D.M. Rice England, UK

Founder of Holy Island Records, a DIY label based in the UK––inspired by the beauty of its namesake.

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