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this is something I don’t do too much
the pages all are hot to the touch
are they calling you to stay
or helping you escape?
Oh my God, you give more than enough

my patience with the cold is gone
for things like fishing in the sun I long
from the songs that keep you sane
to those old routines of shame
you keep the things that keep you warm

Oh the words he spoke, I figure that he meant them
Guess it means he’ll, be where he said he’ll be
Oh rolling on so ears can hear, and eyes can see

a good friend of mine, he just got engaged
from time to time we’ll meet and pray
we take a glass of bourbon
let the moon preach her sermon
and close on out another day

the simple chords, they never get old
yeah you owe them for the tales they’ve told
helped you wait upon that dove
and roam the range of love
there’s so little, can we really hold

Oh the words he spoke, I figure that he meant them
Guess it means he’ll, be where he said he’ll be
Oh rolling on so ears can hear, and eyes can see

oh you drove it back to Tennessee
yielded to lessons of memory
the roads still calm
those choices still wrong
but they sweetly sing in harmony

so all that sorrow, it aint worth a dime
its got no reason, and has got no rhyme
the Lord forgives

Oh the words he spoke, I figure that he meant them
Guess it means he’ll, be where he said he’ll be
Oh rolling on so ears can hear, and eyes can see

love it is the darkest sea
got currents running deep beneath
when the silence tempts
when I’m shipwrecked
let me turn to the sky and sing

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from Go Home to Your Friends, released October 6, 2011

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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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