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Gilded Age

from Three Songs by Old Century Blood

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We serve our time on the good earths rind
And try to make life grow

We fall and cry- we too will die
But we’re not dead yet, though we’re badly hurt

(Chorus)
Can’t make your heart what it was before
Accept the break and cry for your new body
Accept the change and walk into your new life

We can no longer save for a rainy day
The endless sun will exact its pay

What’s young is gold and is all the rage
But youth is just a gilded age

(Chorus)
Can’t make your heart what it was before
Accept the break and cry for your new body
Accept the change and walk into your new life

You can’t water land with tears alone
The salt will dry the earth to the bone

So if you kill the bug then you starve the bird
And you give the devil the last word


(Chorus)
Can’t make your heart what it was before
Accept the break and cry for your new body
Accept the change and walk into your new life

Is something lost or is something gained?
All I know, is that I’ve changed!

credits

from Three Songs, released February 18, 2016
Vocal: Christopher James
Violin/Vocal: Kirana Peyton
Piano/Vocal: Joni Davis
Drums: Jason Berkman
Engineered and Mixed by Gregory Plumb and Joni Davis

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Old Century Blood California

Old Century Blood is the creation of Christopher James Bowers. He's been performing for over 25 years as a solo act and with various bands. He has shared the stage with such acts as Bill Frisell, Kirana Peyton, Joni Davis, and Jessie Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter. Old Century Blood is porch poetry written with inkblot inklings of grief and joy, a melancholy lust for life. ... more

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