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Phantom Train

by The Marshall Pass

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1.
Abilene 02:43
When your blood red sky is the same as mine I will finally rest in peace, Abilene We could fly from the mountain high and we could swim to the bottom of the sea Oh how crazy I must seem clinging to your washed out dream, Abilene I’ve been chained and bound In this lone pine ghost town Been a long sundown since I’ve seen you, Abilene I’m at the end of my rope and you don’t care left me hangin’, swingin’ in the air Abilene There’s nothing left to keep you wild but the miles between you and me And if I ever see your face again I will show you how your story ends, Abilene
2.
Stone cold breeze was blowing through the canyon drew her out the door Down in the valley everybody’s buried in the Civil War And between the blue and gray she’d forgotten what she wanted to say She had a reason and I hope she finds her color someday She had a reason but it changes every season She had a reason but it changes every season She had a reason and I hope she finds her color someday Between the blue and gray The walls are getting smaller disappearing stone by stone Her shadow’s getting taller anyone can she that she has grown And between the blue and gray she’d forgotten what she wanted to say She had a reason and I hope she finds her colors someday She had a reason but it changes every season She had a reason but it changes every season She had a reason and I hope she finds her color someday Between the blue and gray She had a reason but it changes every season She had a reason and I hope she finds her color someday Go find your peace somewhere
3.
Never had trouble finding trouble ‘cause trouble always wants to be found I found him in a bar in Arizona but you can find his type in every town And I hear that sound the hammers pound I’m Boot Hill bound A mean-tempered drunk he had it coming everybody hated him around and if not for the long arm of his brother he would have been a long time in the ground And I hear that sound hammers pound I’m Boot Hill bound Town folks said to fly away now like a murder of crows into the night Sheriff be a-comin’ with a vengeance looking for an eye for an eye Two black horses in the moonlight seen ‘em ridin’ side by side Sheriff and the Devil and the hellfire burnin’ every run down place to hide And I hear that sound the hammers pound I’m Boot Hill bound
4.
Went to bed with my baby woke up with California blue Went to bed with my baby woke up with California blue ‘cause she’s got a gig in ‘Frisco showcase in Los Angeles too Well she sings like the devil they really ought to love her over there Well she sings like the devil they really ought to love her over there I hope she finds the angels and comes back with her tail still in the air Fell asleep on the airplane woke up when I touched down in LA Fell asleep on the airplane woke up when I touched down in LA ‘cause the label signed my baby tracking backing vocals today California blue
5.
Default Line 02:41
I just called to say that the system is collapsing I’m not payin’ the mortgage anymore The ceiling is cracked and the floor’s in need of waxing I’m not payin’ the mortgage anymore Tell Mr. Wells Tell Mr. Fargo Let ‘em sound the bells I’ll be in Key Largo I’m not payin’ the mortgage anymore I’m not payin’ the mortgage anymore The race has been run I don’t know who won but I know I’m not payin’ the mortgage anymore I just called to say that the horses’ legs are broken I’m not payin’ the mortgage anymore Tell Mr. Wells Tell Mr. Fargo Another dream to sell they can sell it for a bargain I’m not payin’ the mortgage anymore I’m not payin’ the mortgage anymore Tell Mr. Wells Tell Mr. Fargo keep that pound of flesh they can suck it to the marrow I’m not payin’ the mortgage anymore I’m not payin’ the mortgage anymore
6.
Nobody knows the trouble I have found Just how deep a hole I’ve dug into the ground I’ve walked through the brambles never on the path Living in the shambles suffering the wrath now I’m stranded in perdition and I’m sure to be found When I’m out of ammunition they will gun me down You don’t get rewarded for being your own man Although I can’t afford it I’ve bitten all the hands that ever tried to feed me or shield me from the cold Right now I’m starving for a woman’s hand to hold ‘cause I’m stranded in perdition and I’m sure to be found When I’m out of ammunition they will gun me down Nobody knows the trouble I have found all the bad decisions that led me to this town I made my choices long as fate allowed But I hear their horses the baying of the hounds and I’m stranded in perdition and I’m sure to be found When I’m out of ammunition they will gun me down
7.
At Heaven’s gate forty lashes late Sheriff couldn’t wait to spit on my grave My riders came across the dusty plains but the bullets paid couldn’t break my chains I’ll offer up my gun If it be your will It’s how the west was won on Redemption Hill I’m an unarmed man At your command Have I strayed too long to hear Gabriel’s song? Justice has been served I guess that was your plan And though I don’t deserve to shake Saint Peter’s hand… Before your will is done a moment if you will? To watch the setting sun on Redemption Hill Would you take me still? Or would you give me hell? Or leave me where I fell, on Redemption Hill On Redemption Hill

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The Marshall Pass' Phantom Train is a melancholy remembrance of a lost friend and bandmate. This singular focus wouldn't make for the best introduction to most groups/artists, but Duncan Arsenault and Craig Rawding impart so much passion-filtered talent on this project that it's a must-hear.

As cathartic as this set of songs must have been for The Marshall Pass to create and record, Phantom Train is no simple exhaling of sorrows. It's a work of great artistry and soul, as informed by loss as it is song-craft. The dark color palette used for the portrait never bleeds to a flat gray.

Phantom Train recalls the lush textures of early Sun Kil Moon and the bluesy vocals of the Allman Brothers. Pass' sound is a warm mix of folk, rock and blues with an authentic twang that would make one think these guys hail from central Georgia, rather than Massachusetts. Everything about the EP sounds organic and unforced. via www.farcethemusic.com

This album is also available digitally on ITUNES and other online retailers. CDs available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/themarshallpass

credits

released December 4, 2012

Duncan Arsenault: all instruments
Craig Rawding: vocals, harmonica

All Songs Written By The Marshall Pass
Recorded at Hadwen Road Studio
Produced by Duncan Arsenault
Mastered by Paul Dagnello
Design and Photography by Duncan Arsenault

Dedicated to our dear friend Scott Ricciuti www.scottricciuti.com

www.themarshallpass.com

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The Marshall Pass Worcester, Massachusetts

The Marshall Pass is Craig Rawding and Duncan Arsenault

Modern-folk with plenty of Appalachian and Western sounds to send you back in time. Song after song blasts through an Americana landscape flooded with emotions of loss, and heartache. ... more

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