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forty​-​niner

from Low Tide by Tracy Grammer

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    Four-color digi-pak with liner notes. LOW TIDE is Grammer's 11th album, but the first to feature original songs. Includes "Hole," the #1 most-played song on folk radio in February 2018, "Good Life," Grammer's tribute to her father and her most-requested song in live shows, and a reverent cover of Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting." LOW TIDE was the 9th most-played on folk radio for 2018, voted Best of 2018 by folkalley.com and Top Ten Album of the Year by Fish Records UK.

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lyrics

everybody’s in their places
with plastic buckets and hopeful faces
padded stools and a couple glasses
one for liquor, one for ashes

it’s nickel slots and blackjack tables
saggy jeans and phony sables
sirens whine as the nickels fall
pull again, bet it all
then –

hit it big, hit it fast
it’s in your blood, the die is cast
drop a dollar, drop a dime
you’re an urban forty-niner
sweet civilian silver miner
and i’m the eye that sees it all
from behind the disco ball

fortune is a fickle mistress
but jesus christ, you can’t complain
hundred dollars in your pocket
“lucky” is your middle name

dealer boys in blue and black
dealer girls with ample racks
aces high and the deck is stacked
see ’em swagger, see ’em laugh

dropping dollars, dropping dimes
no such thing as closing time
double down and live the dream
pretty ladies, jimmy beam
you’re an urban forty-niner
sweet civilian silver miner
and i’m the eye that sees it all
from behind the mirrored wall

laughing fortune, texas tea
leopard spots and turtle treasure
double diamond, fire and sea
cleopatra, life of leisure
golden mountain, bigfoot bonus
here today and now they own us
lucky fortune, sun and moon
where there’s gold, mr. woo

descant:
laughing, crying,
’cause you work so hard
didn’t they tell you there’s
no such thing
as easy money

baby’s picture in your locket
jesus christ on a chain
seven dollars in your pocket

dealer boys with empty hands
cocktail girls and wedding bands
aces high but the chips are flat
break a sweat, watch your back

dropping dollars, bumming dimes
no such thing as quitting time
double down and make a fist
lady luck, near miss
you’re an urban forty-niner
sweet civilian silver miner
and i’m the eye that sees it all
yeah, mine’s the eye that sees it all
from behind the waterfall

-- blue lake casino, blue lake, california

credits

from Low Tide, released January 19, 2018
tg - acoustic guitar, violin, vocals
lorne entress - drums
jim henry - electric guitar
paul kochanski - bass

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Tracy Grammer Greenfield, Massachusetts

Writer. Actor. Storyteller. Singer. Multi-instrumentalist. Former head cheerleader, now a fearless navigator of the heart.

“One of the finest pure musicians anywhere in folkdom.” - Boston Globe

“A brilliant artist.” - Joan Baez

“Her gifts as a musician are like that of a painter who is a master of chiaroscuro, offering light and shadow at every turn.“ - Mary Chapin Carpenter
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