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North​-​Americana

by Cole Carr

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1.
Pack away your simple necessities I'll take you to a place you've never seen I'm headed north two thousand miles You know I like to leave in style Even more with you, especially I'm leaving my old world behind I'm living life and it feels so fine Now I'm looking for someone warm and comforting The letter that I wrote for you Is ten years old, but it still rings true Now I'm holding on to a sacred memory You can tell your friends and your family I don't care what they say, I know it was destiny We'll marry underneath the midnight sun So far away from everyone The northern lights will keep us company Flying through the mountainside Permafrost, snow and ice And if you listen close, you'll hear their symphony Life's a dance, so I've been told We better move before we grow old Dance away, my sacred memory (solo) I can see your inner glow And feel the fire in your soul Even my frozen heart begins to beat You were always on my mind It'll be that way till the end of time Now I'm hoping for one more dance, just you and me I know you're more than a sacred memory
2.
Really Fine 03:47
All my life I've been running around Underneath the setting sun Nobody ever tracked me down I was always on the run Then she sat there in her rocking chair And I couldn't look away She was playing guitar 'neath the Colorado stars With a smile right on her face She's really, really, really good Even better than I thought she was She's really, really, really fine I think about her all the time I moved out of my hometown At the age of 21 Ramblin' round, from town to town I wasn't looking for anyone Then she took my hand and led me to a place I'd never been When she showed me how to love You shoulda seen the shape I was in (chorus) (solo) (chorus x2)
3.
Bound by the emptiness of time Blinded by my innocence, but my love was on the line You said you'd never disappear Now I'm alone, with nobody near But I thought that we would see the whole year through Promises of happiness, the love that I once knew And oh, there's something I forgot to do The day I wandered into you In the desert, you can feel the isolation By the ocean, you can ride the waves of pain But only true love can counter those relations Within the forest, underneath the winter rain And I thought, that we would see the whole year through Promises of happiness, the love that I once knew And oh, there's something I forgot to do The day I wandered into you (solo) And I thought, that we would see the whole year though The sorrow in our silence that echoed through the room And I know, by now there's nothing left to do But shake the dream of loving you The day I wandered into you
4.
Remember Me 04:27
I was a writer from the Northwest Feeding the fire deep within my chest And now I'm hunkered down in a lost society I met a painter from the basin and range We fell in love but it would surely change And now I'm trying to replicate a distant memory Of you and me But you talk to me and say I'm not the same All my changes can wrap around and strike against the grain Every night You turn out the light Remember me It wasn't lost but it was never found I don't know why I kept of hanging around When it was pretty clear that you were not the one for me How in the world could it have ever changed When all was lost and there was nothing gained And now I'm running from your false serenity When we were free So you talk to me and say I'm not the same All my changes can wrap around and strike against the grain Every night You turn out the light Remember me (solo) So you talk to me and say I'm not the same All my changes can wrap around and strike against the grain Every night You turn out the light Remember me Remember me
5.
Move along, you will be fine That's what they tell me all the time But my vision isn't clear There is fog upon the mirror (Why won't you grow?) Who am I supposed to be? (You'll never know) I told you that I tried But today my mind is taking over me Over me The mountain's calling out my name Yet I hang my head in shame I'm feeling lonely all the time Within the ponderosa pines (Don't go alone) Who am I supposed to bring? (Just let it show) It caught me by surprise But tonight my love has taken over me
6.
I don't think you care about me No I don't think you care about me How long we've been together Even if forever I don't think you care about me Will I ever see you again Oh, will I ever see you again How can I be surprised When you can't look me in the eyes And tell me if I'll ever see you again Oh, there's a lonely winter breeze that's rolling by me And then it's gone, it disappears Now that the spring is almost gone, where are you hiding I need you here Oh, I need you here There's thunder in the desert tonight There's a thunder in the desert tonight What I say is true I've been thinking about you And all the things we used to be Everything was fine Now we're leaving it all behind All because you don't care about me You don't even care about me
7.
A Grief Ago 05:13
Some time ago, she called to me Her past-tense mind and eternity I looked in her eyes, and I felt her pain Sympathy was endowed in vain Hey babe, your heart is free Free from my sweet serenity Complications reflect to show That I only loved you a grief ago Sweet sounds of jealousy, they sing to me In perfect pitch and harmony Long before love, innocence has been Torn and frayed, and blown in the wind (chorus) (solos) (chorus) I only loved you a grief ago
8.
Save Me 03:22
I came into your life some summer night I wasn't strong and wasn't brave Looking at all my life you stole away You had no soul that I could save Save me, save me Waiting for the forces to uncurl Save me, save me Save me from this god forsaken world Closing in on my mind, I can't escape Our hearts were built in different ways Took me for a ride while you were in a daze Skipping like a warping record plays Save me, save me Fleeing from the shadow of that girl Save me, save me Save me from this god forsaken world
9.
Chasing golden light underneath the country sky Twisting turns and lessons learned draw circles in my mind I'll be right there until the end of time No one told me life could be a deeper shade of blue You never see it coming till it's happening to you But there are things out there to help you through Though I know that life can be frightful Pack it all away tonight And I know I won't leave you behind Summer wheat fields seem to slip away with winter's flight Browns and greys impound the days and swallow us with night But I can see you through the candlelight Though I know that life can be frightful Pack it all away tonight And I know I won't leave you behind Time has a way of dragging you down But life can turn it all around Around So now begins the questioning of things that I once knew City born, and yet I scorn the chamber of my youth I came into the wild to seek the truth Though I know that life can be frightful Pack it all away tonight And I know I won't leave you behind Yes I know I won't leave you behind
10.
Following 03:23
Running on down the road, never looking behind Oooh, but that was such a lonely state of mind Taking my time away, I could see her tomorrow Oooh, but that would only bring me sorrow Go your way, I'll try to follow if I can Take my long-forgotten hand Every time I was told that I was too young to bother Oooh, I saw him as my second father Climbing around the world, with a strong sense of freedom Oooh, all I wanted was to be him No Go your way, I'll try to follow if I can Take me to El Capitan (solos) Go your way, I'll try to find myself again Wait until I understand Yeah

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On the east side of the Cascade Mountain Range lies the high desert, dry and rugged. Roads winding into the vastness... Ancient culture threads itself between the bends of the mighty rivers and the volcanic lava fields.
This is where Northwest Country is made.
This is North-Americana

For more information, photos, and free compressed versions of these tracks, visit: www.colecarrpnw.com/north-americana

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released October 12, 2020

Cole Carr - Vocals, acoustic/electric guitar, piano, harmonica, bass, drums
Cameryn Carr - Background vocals (1-8, 10)
Tony Carr - Electric Guitar (2, 3, 7, 8, 10)

All music written and produced by Cole Carr

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Cole Carr Portland, Oregon

Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Cole has spent most of his life exploring the Pacific Northwest as a climber and mountaineer. Nature is the driving force behind Cole's music. Cole is self-taught and plays all of the instruments to aid in his songwriting. A blend of country, folk, rock, and jazz/fusion, Cole attempts to make Pacific Northwest a regional music genre. ... more

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