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When the Winds Came In

from Our Desert Ways by The Olive Tree

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It was just before the dark began to roll
He drove out of town to pay the toll
It’s easier to bear burden when you know just what’s coming round the turn

In his mind the lines upon her face
And faded photographs of give and take
Sitting by the fire trying to figure which to keep and which to burn


Late night talking tables for two
Leaves a’swirling afternoons
The light there in the lantern, the pleasure of a gentle word

With a headlight busted out
Sunday night roaming round
Searching for where the trails from your dreams begin
Brother come home
You aint alone
Knocked down when the winds came in

Polished up my talk there at the meet and greet
The holding patterns on my hands and feet
I stole your gold and pawned it off for my new love, this religious sophistication

I took a saw and cut two roads and not one in between
Called one the socialist boulevard, called the other one heart street
And on their own I traveled both, but I forgot your name and your words there at the intersections

With a headlight busted out
Sunday night roaming round
Searching for where the trails from your dreams begin
Sister come home
You aint alone
Knocked down when the winds came in

There’s a question tantalizing every bleeding heart alike
It asks, “How much can I see it now?”
Some will wait an evening, some a whole lifetime till they can point it out

You make a guess on what’s to blame for what gets served
Take a risk or two just to keep your nerve
Put a prayer up top to clean the slate, the car back on the interstate, and your back to work.

Is it written in the swirls of wind and rain?
Is it locked within the human soul the same?
Can you get down at the base of it, take on what we’ve made of it, and recreate?

Driving one headlight
Dead on a Sunday night
Searching where the trails from your dreams begin
Brother come home
You aint alone
Knocked down when the winds came in
Sister come home
You aint alone
Knocked down when the winds cam in

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from Our Desert Ways, released July 24, 2012

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The Olive Tree

Meet the collaborative songwriting effort of two brothers. Currently based out of New Orleans and Madison, Ben and Scott Cunningham grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. They love alt-country, the key of G, acoustic guitars, fishing, Jesus, and the world he created. For 15 years and running, together they write and record songs about these things, calling this effort The Olive Tree. ... more

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