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Carolina June

by Joe Sanchez

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1.
Verse 1: Hill country nights give me the blues When the Texas sky holds the stars just right  And the old oak trees dance with the moonlight  But they don't dance at all the way you danced with me  Chorus: On the cobblestones of La Villita, on a night in old San Antone  Would you be my rose, would you be my old Spanish mission  Would you stay with me on the nights when the wild, wild wind blows    Verse 2: Big city life just ain't for me For the skyline hides away my moonlight And no Broadway show could tell a story  Like the one we wrote when we danced that night Verse 3: Darlin, your arms are my hometown  And the way you move my southbound train  And though far and wide I may travel  In your rhythm, dear, I will remain
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Verse 1: She brings the weight, and every thought falls upon me like heavy rain She takes the light, so I lose sight of folks in this evening fog It’s my mind’s eye, my mind’s eye of the storm Chorus 1: There ain’t no shelter, there ain’t no shelter There ain’t no shelter when she rolls like the storm of a Carolina June   Verse 2: She loves the heat, and the blood in my veins it burns and burns She hates the calm, and the ache in my bones is her thunder It’s my mind’s eye, my mind’s eye of the storm   Chorus 2: There ain’t no shelter, there ain’t no shelter There ain’t no shelter when she rolls like the storm of a Carolina June Bridge: When she comes to me crossing the Wake County line With the lingering scent of wet gravel and pine She stays for a while all southern and fine She leaves what is hers and she takes what I mine
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Verse 1: All the days I've spent in dreamin and the nights I've spent awake  Are all the ways that I can number how the body tends to break Verse 2: All the ways of my deceivin and the pleasure that I take  Are all the means to my contentment, they keep me blind to what's at stake  Chorus: Damn the ever-winding wheel that turns the world on crushing steel If I could know just where and when, maybe I could begin, maybe I, I could begin Verse 3: While my brother waits In prison and my sister waits for pay There's a system workin over time that profits anyway Verse 4: There's a burden that earth abides and a burden for the sky And it can't sustain the claim we've laid for us to occupy  Chorus 2: Damn the ever-winding wheel that turns the world on polished steel If I could know just where and when, maybe I could begin, maybe I, I could begin Verse 5: So give me knees of fear and tremblin' and a heart for sacrifice  And the grace to know that justice starts with the view of my own eyes 
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Verse 1: Don’t lie, you’ve been caught up in your head You’ve been staring out the window from the side of your bed You can’t hide, you’ve got trouble on your mind You’ve been alone with all the ways the world can be unkind Chorus So I’m building a house that is safe for all your doubt Where you can ask me your questions, or even sing your tired song There is room for complication, there is room for subtly See I’m building a house where you can wonder with me Verse 2: Come on in, you’ve been painting this town blue You know I love you but you’re wrong, it ain’t all up to you See I know you’re afraid of what’s ahead I can tell you need a place where you can lay your head

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released June 26, 2020

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Joe Sanchez Portland, Oregon

Originally from San Antonio, Joe spent the past several years in Durham, North Carolina soaking up the ever-changing form of the Americana genre. As a writer thinking deeply and carefully about the world around him, images of these places are laced throughout his songs. To know Joe is to know his voice, both the sonic resonance and the honest lyrical interpretation of the present age. ... more

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