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Live at The Black Dog

by Shawnee Kilgore

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evaaj So happy to have found a live album by this amazing amazing amazing singer/songwriter. Favorite track: Concordia, KS.
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    PLUS, I've added a couple SPECIAL BONUSES to this download (consider it a Holiday continuation ;)....First, I've added an intimate recording of my song, "SHIPS ARE MEANT TO SAIL," which is not available for download anywhere else, to celebrate sailing into the new year....And SECOND, I will humbly gift you a promo code for 20% OFF ANY ITEM FROM MY ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOP! It's at www.Etsy.com/shop/LetThatSongbirdGo, and features a wide array of my photographs (which I've heard are pretty good! ;), available framed or unframed, in 8x10, 5x7 AND 4x6 print sizes. Awesome!!! :)
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1.
Burning 44 04:17
oh my, my lord oh my lord don’t you try and take me yet ‘cause i’ve tried, tried hard i’ve tried hard but you know i can’t forget ‘cause he walks, walks free he walks free through the streets of this old town and if you know, know all if you know all you know he took my baby down goin down to the cemetery gonna dig myself a hole deep enough to bury a man without a soul gonna fill that hole by midnight and i’m guessing that you know in an alley without streets with this burning 44 i’m gonna look him in the eye i’m gonna take away his sunrise i’m gonna strip him of his pride just like he did mine oh my, my lord well oh my lord don’t you try and take me yet ‘cause i’ve tried, tried hard well i’ve tried hard but you know i can’t forget i’m gonna look him in the eye i’m gonna take away his sunrise i’m gonna strip him of his pride just like he did mine he walks, walks free he walks free through the streets of this old town
2.
there's a freedom i remember only when you're not around i've got the picture in my pocket that i took when i was down just to show you that your shadow was the only shade around i've got a way of saying nothing from the ground i'm the ghost of something bigger than the world has never seen i swear that i was only hiding from what i knew i could be there are days when all i am is what i think you think of me and it's no wonder that the good ones are the hardest to believe there are bones that never break there are skies that never fall i've got my face against the moon i've got my back against the wall i'm catchin up to what i figure is the very best of me when i find it won't you come and see i think i understand you better when there's not a thing to say and there's a way to tell the story not to give the end away there are times you tell the ending 'cause you'd like to go that way and when the road is long and narrow you've got little room to stray there are bones that never break and there are skies that never fall i've got my face against the moon i've got my back against the wall i'm catchin up to what i figure is the very best of me when i find it won't you come and see i've got a way of being careful when there's nothing left to break i've got a way of reinventing when there's nothing left to make i've got a way of getting greedy when there's nothing left to take learn to harvest from the branches you can shake you see the one thing i was thinking was the one thing that i found too afraid to be a liar to ever make a sound we've got a way of praying louder when we think we're gonna drowned i've got a way of praying louder when i think god ain't around there are bones that never break and there are skies that never fall i've got my face against the moon i've got my back against the wall i'm catchin up to what i figure is the very best of me when i find it won't you come and see
3.
i never really thought that much of kansas until i stopped for coffee in concordia that day i was thinking life is only what it hands us i forget about the things that happen when we look away i’m leaving you the miles and the time i’m leaving you for now but i’m not leaving you behind i know a straight road back to kansas i know a straight road back to knowing just enough to get me by i know a straight road back to kansas back to kindness in a small town and a twinkle in my eye i never really asked about your family i never really told you why the sleep just wouldn’t come i wondered if your heart would understand me how i knew i’d have to go before the gravity was done i’m leaving you the miles and the time and i’m leaving you for now but i’m not leaving you behind i know a straight road back to kansas i know a straight road back to knowing just enough to get me high i know a straight road back to kansas back to kindness in a small town and a twinkle in my eye back to kindness in a small town in the sky i’m leaving you the miles and the time i’m leaving you the blessings of the fading highway signs i’m leaving you the color of your wine though i'm leaving i'm not leaving you i'm leaving, i'm not leaving you behind i know a straight road back to kansas i know a straight road back to knowing i will find you if i try i know a straight road back to kansas back to kindness in a small town and a twinkle in my eye i know a straight road back to kansas i know a straight road back to knowing that goodbye is just goodbye i know a straight road back to kansas back to kindness in a small town a twinkle in my eye back to kindness in a small town in the sky i never really thought too much of kansas until i stopped for coffee in concordia that day
4.
when you gonna be a folk star my devil says to me ‘cause you can do it all for freedom but you can’t do it all for free you got nothing in your pockets but a winded minor key when you gonna be a folk star when you gonna be a big girl my devil says to me ‘cause you’re old enough to know it’s your responsibility but you’re shy about the telephone you’re shy about your dream when you gonna be a big girl when you gonna be remembered my devil says to me ‘cause you’re singing them your songs and then they’re floating out to sea are you holding something back or have you let them go to seed when you gonna be remembered why are you so happy my devil says to me i hurt you but you wouldn’t ever dare to set me free i do my best to keep you from the lap of luxury so why are you so happy i’m happy that i’m grateful and i’m grateful that i’m kind you’ve got your own free will my devil just as sure as i’ve got mine you can live the life you want if you can love the life you find i’m happy that i’m grateful you can live the life you want if you can love the life you find i’m happy and i’m grateful yeah, but when you gonna be a folk star my devil says to me when you gonna be a folk star
5.
Big Old Song 03:14
she’s got a big old blister on her big old heart she’s got a big old bruise on the softest part she’s got a big old wolf at her big old door she’s got a big old fear of her life before she’s got a big old question and a big old need for that big old story that makes her bleed she’s got a big old crush and a big old sin she’s got a big old mouth when it comes to him with a big old blanket on her big old bed she’s got a big old brain in her big old head she’s got a big old light and a big old song she’s got a big old chance to prove me wrong she’s got a big old canvas and a big old brush she’s in a big old dream and a bigger rush she’s got a big old ball and a big old hill if she doesn’t roll it no one will she’s got a big old thorn on a big old rose she’s got a big old secret no one knows she’s got a big old bucket and a big old well which she walked in circles and finally fell with a big old blanket on her big old bed she’s got a big old brain in her big old head she’s got a big old light and a big old song she’s got a big old chance to prove me wrong she’s got a big old blister on her big old heart she’s got a big old bruise on the softest part she’s got a big old hole and a big old mess she’s got a good idea, or so i guess it was a good idea, or so i guess
6.
pretty ain’t as pretty when you put it in a jar somethin’ about the glass changes who we are there’s somethin’ about a wolf that makes a bird afraid to sing until it learns to fly and well that changes everything honey i’ve been thinking if i could learn to settle like the dust after a storm if i could just go back to what i knew when i was born if i could hold the candle far enough away from me that i didn’t blow it out every time i went to sing honey i’m still thinking honey i can tell you stories and i can tell you lies i can tell you what i see when i see you in my eyes there’s a truth we can’t escape and many more we’ll never know honey let that songbird go if i could just believe it doesn’t matter what i do as long as i am happy and that love is gettin’ through if i could just get over feeling angry at myself ‘cause it’s just a part of me, it’s just a story that i tell honey i sure meant well if i wasn’t scared of living i’d be out there on a limb if i wasn’t scared of losing i’d be getting over him if i wasn’t scared of dying, oh just think what i could do ‘cause heaven needs a songbird too honey i can tell you stories and i can tell you lies i can tell you what i see when i see you in my eyes there’s a truth we can’t escape and many more we’ll never know honey i can make my wishes and i can make my bed i can tell you what i see when i see you in my head there’s a truth we can’t escape and many more we’ll never know honey let that songbird go
7.
everybody’s in a big damn hurry everybody’s in a big damn hurry everybody’s in a big damn hurry dust on the grey cars there’s more of it on ours we don’t have to know flowers by name growing carrots and swiss chard our chicks in the backyard we play and we play hard ‘cause everybody’s in a big damn hurry everybody’s in a big damn hurry everybody’s in a big damn hurry we stand in the tall grass it grows and it grows fast summer will not last the fall so take off my silk dress in the heat it’s a hot mess it seems like we’re scared less but everybody’s in a big damn hurry everybody’s in a big damn hurry everybody’s in a big damn hurry cracks in the pavement the years they were well spent and it’s all that the time meant dust on the grey cars there's more of it on ours we don't have to know flowers by name

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The Black Dog is a great little venue in Snoqualmie, WA and I played there during my traditional Out of Texas, Into Northwest Washington summer tour last year.

I've included the track, "Ships Are Meant to Sail," as a bonus and thank you for your kindness and support. It's a very special song to me, and one that people often tell me is very special to them, too. (I love that :) This is a download exclusive, and I'm glad to finally make it available to the folks who love (and will grow to love ;) it!

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released January 8, 2013

Recorded and mixed by Jay Pinto (jaypintomusic.com)

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Shawnee Kilgore Austin, Texas

"Shawnee Kilgore is to music as velvet gloves are to diamond cutters,” wrote James Hardesty, owner of the Green Frog Acoustic Tavern in Bellingham, WA. “She holds all this beauty in her hand, raw and untouched, then she chips away until it gleams in the light, holding on with a soft gentleness that she has perfected." ... more

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