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You're Dreaming

by The Cactus Blossoms

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1.
Stoplight kisses, what I want from you Stoplight kisses, all I want to do When I pull up to the crosswalk And ease up on the small talk You know what’s on my mind I’ll loosen up my seatbelt Make it really heartfelt Kiss in time to the don’t walk sign Stoplight kisses, telling you it’s true Stoplight kisses, you drive away my blues The sky got dark, the night got late and I can’t see straight I’m moving slow when the light turns green Prettiest eyes I’ve ever seen Stoplight kisses, telling you it’s true Stoplight kisses, you drive away my blues Stoplight kisses, what I’ll give to you Stoplight kisses, all I want to do When I pull on to a side street I can feel your heartbeat You’re so close to me The rhythm of the traffic sounds like magic And we can make a melody Stoplight kisses, telling you it’s true Stoplight kisses, you drive away my blues Stoplight kisses, you drive away my blues
2.
You’re dreaming beside me Are you running, are you falling Is an old love calling your name? It’s raining inside me I’m not sleeping, I’m not walking And you can’t hear my talking when your eyes are closed I’ll be alright, it just takes some time I can’t believe that you are mine all mine This pain thing has a hold on me Feels like I’m sinking, like I’ve been drinking And I can’t help but thinking of him holding you I’m painting my jealousy My hands are shaking, my brush is slipping And the red paint’s dripping to the floor Rose petals are all I need Just like picking cotton it can make you bleed You’re dreaming beside me Are you running, are you falling Is an old love calling your name? You’re Dreaming
3.
You’re the queen of them all That’s what makes it an easy fall When you call me with your charms You’re the end of my schemes You’re my best fittin’ pair of jeans Like a dream I’m awake in your arms And love, love, is a wild wild thing Love, love, love, makes me want to sing a song for you You’re a bright shining star When I look at you from afar There’s only fire and I can’t help but stare You’re the queen of them all That’s what makes it an easy fall An easy fall when you’re laying right there And love, love, is a wild wild thing Love, love, love, makes me want to sing a song for you And love, love, is a wild wild thing Love, love, love, makes me want to sing a song for you
4.
She’s a honeybee looking for nectar She’s a clown collector She’s a lover, don’t need a protector She’s a clown collector Take a look at me man, I ought to know I can juggle all night til the rooster crows The spirit’s willing, but the flesh is weak When she holler’s all aboard for a losing streak You’re an actor, she’s the director She’s a clown collector You’re the movie, she’s the projector She’s a clown collector She’ll take your picture put it up on the wall Doesn’t matter if you’re little or tall She’s got a lot of things to say to you And if you disagree you’ll get a talking to She’s never wrong, no one can correct her She’s a clown collector Listen up man, she’s giving a lecture She’s a clown collector She’s an army, I’m a defector She’s a clown collector I’m conscientious, she’s an objector She’s a clown collector To be a knife thrower, got to practice for years If Annie Oakley missed she never shed any tears History repeats all the time time time Who’s gonna make you laugh when the clown starts crying She’s a honeybee looking for nectar She’s a clown collector She’s a lover, don’t need a protector She’s a clown collector
5.
Mississippi 04:01
I’m going down to the sea M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P I watch the sun yellow and brown Sinking suns in every town My angel sings down to me She’s somewhere on the shore waiting for me With her wet hair and sandy gown Singing songs waves of sound There’s a dive I know on River Street Go on in and take my seat There’s a lot of friends I’ll never meet Gonna take a dive off River Street You look different from way down here Like a circus mirror I see flashes of you on the surface I’m coming up from way down here The water’s clear all I want is to see your face I’m going down to the sea M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P I watch the sun yellow and brown Sinking suns in every town
6.
Powder Blue 02:23
One more kiss, eye to eye It’s never easy, baby, don’t you cry Hold me close, look at the sky Powder blue There’s only you on my mind You’re all I want, baby all the time Love so true, love divine Powder blue Powder blue, powder blue Love so true, love divine Only you on my mind
7.
When the river rises o’er her banks Better make your home in a higher place For if you stay down by the sand You’ll be washed away to another land When the mountains swim in the sea Look around, you won’t find me In the end what’s done is done If you hear it coming you won’t have to run You’ve got to change your ways or die If you listen now I’ll tell you why The buffalo was here to stay Til a fool with a gun came and took him away If you go too far you can’t come back When the river changes so does the map You’ve got to change your ways or die If you listen now I’ll tell you why A lover’s life is like a dream Sycamore trees, peaches and cream If I could show you what I see You’d take a chance, run away with me A sip of whiskey gets your toes wet If you dive too deep you’ll get caught in a net Love and fire burn to the core I thought as I walked by the corner store You’ve got to change your ways or die If you listen now I’ll tell you why You’ve got to change your ways or die If you listen now I’ll tell you why
8.
See the shadows over there When the dim lamplight hits your chair These are thoughts I never say I make them hide and go away Overlooking what I see In the past got the best of me Orange curtains and pale blue walls If I can’t win I’m gonna lose it all I talk to my cigarettes The most they listen is ten minutes But I’ll have another one It’s a new pack so they can’t run Sometimes people walk away When they overhear what I say It’s just the same old call If I can’t win I’m gonna lose it all Take a walk around this room And the gifts that you took to soon Too many memories Drags out the worst in me Saw a picture book on the shelf Was alone so I helped myself Send it up and watch it fall If I can’t win I’m gonna lose it all Send it up and watch it fall If I can’t win I’m gonna lose it all
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10.
Adios Maria 04:09
Beautiful flowers are all that I dream of You don’t know what you’ve got So you want what you can’t have I love to laugh at all of the hours All the jokes that I know someway make you sour Adios, Maria I’ll meet you in paradise Run my hands through your hair at the break of sunrise Adios, Maria I’ll meet you in paradise If the good lord is willing and the creek don’t rise New Orleans town on my way up to Austin Dominoes was my game till the day that I lost ‘em It’s a short road here that goes a lot longer North or south it’s the same high water will drown ya Adios, Maria I’ll meet you in paradise Run my hands through your hair at the break of sunrise Adios, Maria I’ll meet you in paradise If the good lord is willing and the creek don’t rise There’s a man that I know, hill country of Texas His name is Ulysses and he’s grown to respect us He lives his life so all men can see it It’s a troubled heart and a worried mind that bring you to fear it Adios, Maria I’ll meet you in paradise Run my hands through your hair at the break of sunrise Adios, Maria I’ll meet you in paradise If the good lord is willing and the creek don’t rise
11.
Goodbye, sure is good to know ya I’m so thankful for ya That’s how I’ll always feel I’m gone, but not forgotten Troubles, sure I’ve got ‘em Now they don’t seem as real I’ve seen a place not far from here Where diamonds light up the sky I’ve waltzed with my lover Rolled in the clover I’ve heard the whippoorwill cry I’m gone, but not forgotten Troubles, sure I’ve got ‘em Now they don’t seem as real I’ve seen a place not far from here Where diamonds light up the sky I’ve waltzed with my lover Rolled in the clover I’ve heard the whippoorwill cry I’m gone, but not forgotten Troubles, sure I’ve got ‘em Now they don’t seem as real Goodbye, sure is good to know ya I’m so thankful for ya That’s how I’ll always feel That’s how I’ll always feel That’s how I’ll always feel

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released January 22, 2016

Produced by JD McPherson and The Cactus Blossoms
Recorded and mixed by Alex Hall at Reliable Recorders

Jack Torrey: vocals, electric guitar
Page Burkum: vocals, acoustic guitar
Alex Hall: drums, piano
Joel Paterson: electric guitar, steel guitar
Beau Sample: bass
Tyler Burkum: electric guitar, baritone guitar
JD McPherson: electric guitar

Additional recording by Levi Stugelmeyer at Summer-Winter Studios
Mastered by Paul Blakemore at CMG Mastering
Cover photo by Nate Ryan

All songs by Jack Torrey except “Powder Blue” by Page Burkum and “No More Crying the Blues” by Alton Lott, James Harrell
All songs Jumping Gemini (ASCAP), Hello Central Music (ASCAP) except “No More Crying the Blues” Hi-Lo Music (BMI)

©℗ 2016 Walkie Talkie Records.

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