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Graveyard Dirt

by Synth Widow

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1.
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, And Mourners to and fro Kept treading - treading - till it seemed That Sense was breaking through - And when they all were seated, A Service, like a Drum - Kept beating - beating - till I thought My mind was going numb - And then I heard them lift a Box And creak across my Soul With those same Boots of Lead, again, Then Space - began to toll, As all the Heavens were a Bell, And Being, but an Ear, And I, and Silence, some strange Race, Wrecked, solitary, here - And then a Plank in Reason, broke, And I dropped down, and down - And hit a World, at every plunge, And Finished knowing - then -
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You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away I'll always love you and make you happy, If you will only say the same. But if you leave me and love another, You'll regret it all some day: You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away You told me once, dear, you really loved me And no one else could come between. But now you've left me and love another; You have shattered all of my dreams: You were my sunshine, my only sunshine You made me happy when skies were gray You'll never know dear, how much I loved you Please don't take my sunshine away The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping I dreamt you held me in your arms But when I woke, dear, I was mistaken And I held my head and I cried. You were my sunshine, my only sunshine You made me happy when skies were gray You'll never know dear, how much I loved you Please don't take my sunshine away You were my sunshine, my only sunshine You made me happy when skies were gray You'll never know dear, how much I loved you How could you take my sunshine away?
3.
Just a Lie 03:52
Those good old days were not so good to me Back on the farm in 1933 Depression took most everything we had Those good old days were mostly pretty bad Those good old days, they broke my family down Just like a plow in steep and rocky ground Those hard times tore my family all apart I still can feel that cold wind in my heart Tip your hat, wave goodbye The good old days is just a lie Those good old days were pretty low and mean With corn meal mush and sometimes streak o' lean Picking up coal along the railroad tracks Why would you want to have those hard times back? Tip your hat, wave goodbye The good old days is just a lie No I don't say that everything was bad There was some mighty good times that we had But you can't spend the silver sun and moon And you can't eat a lonesome fiddle tune So tell me why you'd ever want to go Back to a time you didn't really know Those good old days were awful hard on me So let ‘em go, for God's sake let 'em be Tip your hat, wave goodbye The good old days is just a lie
4.
Clementine 04:11
In a cavern, in a canyon, Excavating for a mine Dwelt a miner forty niner, And his daughter Clementine Oh my darling, oh my darling, Oh my darling, Clementine! You are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry, Clementine When she slipped and hit the water 'felt my heartbeat skip a time All had scattered nothin' mattered 'cept my darlin' Clementine. Ruby lips above the water, Blowing bubbles, soft and fine, But, alas, I was no swimmer, So I lost my Clementine. Oh my darling, oh my darling, Oh my darling, Clementine! You are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry, Clementine In my dreams she still does haunt me, Robed in garments soaked in brine. Though in life I used to hold her, Now she's dead, I'll draw the line. Oh my darling, oh my darling, Oh my darling, Clementine! You are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry, Clementine Oh my darling, oh my darling, Oh my darling, Clementine! You are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry, Clementine
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The homes that were happy are ruined and gone. The hearts that were merry are wretched and lone And lives full of promise of good things to come Are ruined and wreck’d by the Demon of Rum The Demon of Rum is about in the land, His victims are falling on every hand O maidens with fathers and brothers and beaux; Whose lives you would rescue from infinite woes Let war be your watchword from shore unto shore Till rum and his legions shall ruin no more And write on your banners, in letters that shine, The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine! Let war be your watchword from shore unto shore Till rum and his legions shall ruin no more And write on your banners, in letters that shine, The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine! And write on your banners, in letters that shine, The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine!
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Memento Mori 04:42
In this crypt here lie we bones We wait for you to join us here In this crypt here lie we bones Someday this will be your home You’re alive and so we were once We are dead and someday you will be You’re alive and so we were once We are dead and someday you will be La la la la la la la We wait for you to join us here La la la la la la la Someday this will be your home
7.
Alabama Song 03:27
Oh, show us the way to the next whiskey bar! Oh don't ask why, oh don't ask why! For if we don't find the next whiskey bar, I tell you we must die! I tell you we must die! I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die! Oh moon of Alabama We now must say goodbye We've lost our good old mamma And now must have whiskey Oh, you know why Oh show us the way to the next pretty boy! Oh don't ask why, oh, don't ask why! Oh show us the way to the next little dollar! Oh don't ask why, oh don't ask why! For if we don't find the next pretty boy, I tell you we must die! I tell you we must die! I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die! Oh moon of Alabama We now must say goodbye We've lost our good old mama And now must have whiskey Oh, you know why
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From this valley they say you are going, We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile, For they say you are taking the sunshine That has brightened our pathway this while. Come and sit by my side if you love me; Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley, And the girl who has loved you so true. I have promised you, darling, that never Will a word from my lips cause you pain, And my life, it will be yours forever, If you only will love me again. Come and sit by my side if you love me; Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley, And the girl who has loved you so true. I've been waiting a long time my darling For the sweet words you never will say. Now at last my fond hopes all have vanished. For they say you are going away. Come and sit by my side if you love me; Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley, And the girl who has loved you so true. They will bury me where you have wandered, Near the hills where the daffodils grow, When you're gone from the Red River Valley, For I can't live without you I know. Come and sit by my side if you love me; Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley, And the girl who has loved you so true.
10.
I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger Traveling through this world of woe There is no sickness, no toil nor danger In that fair land to which I go I'm going there to see my father And all my loved ones who’ve gone before I'm just goin’ over Jordan I'm just goin’ over home I know dark clouds will gather round me I know my way my way is rough and steep Yet lovely fields lie just before me Where God's redeemed their vigils keep I’m goin’ there to see my mother She said she’d meet me when I come So I’m just goin’ over Jordan I’m just goin’ over home I’m going there to see my children the ones in coffins laid to rest I’m just goin’ over Jordan I’m just goin’ over home I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger Traveling through this world of woe I know dark clouds will gather round me And I still have so far to go
11.
Have you seen the ghost of Tom? Long white bones with no skin on. Poor old cold Tom-- Wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on?
12.
Oh blow ye winds over the ocean Oh blow ye winds over the sea Oh blow ye winds over the ocean and bring back my Bonnie to me Bring back, bring back Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me, to me Bring back, bring back Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me Last night as I lay on my pillow Last night as I lay on my bed Last night as I lay on my pillow I dreamt that my Bonnie was dead Bring back, bring back Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me, to me Bring back, bring back Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me My Bonnie lies under the ocean Her body lies under the sea My Bonnie lies under the ocean Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me… Bring back, bring back Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me, to me Bring back, bring back Please bring back my Bonnie to me
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Scotch Cap 02:54

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released February 5, 2022

Vocals: Kester Limner
Nintendo DS: Rebecca Kenall

Recorded by Stenobot

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Dirty chiptune electrofolk—each and every song is haunted by a different ghost.

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