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Low Country Hill

by Low Country Hill

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1.
At Least For Today Not gonna change the tide of the debate Not gonna make a splash fashionably late Not gonna move public policy Not gonna challenge orthodoxy Not gonna sway the mind of the board Not gonna have my say on the floor Not gonna write an editorial Not gonna picket with a hammer and a bell At least for today Not gonna be mad with the 99 Not gonna make a statement and resign Not gonna run for a council seat Not gonna stir it up, turn up the heat Not gonna sell you a new light bulb Not gonna tell you the old gospel Not gonna put up anymore roadblocks Not gonna give you any pop psych pep talks At least for today I won't search cupboards for dopamine Won't stare at all the faces following Don't sign me up for the tug of war Don't make me choose between left and right doors Not gonna sell you a new light bulb Not gonna tell you the old gospel Not gonna put up anymore roadblocks Not gonna give you any pop psych pep talks At least for today
2.
Stay Up Here 04:34
Stay Up Here Let's stay up here up awhile, more stories still Under northern sky, an open hearted night Keep tending the fire until embers become sunrise Unmovable shield moves us deep inside Please don't remind me, we'll have to head down soon We know what's on your heart, what you got to do Let's stay up here, stay up here awhile And the northern lights will make it feel alright Now a rush hour is filling up your mind The four lane life, the grid of the tiresome grind Bills and headlights, deadlines in your eyes Come on up to the quiet earth tonight Please don't remind me, we'll have to head down soon We know what's on your heart, what you got to do Let stay up here, stay up here awhile And the northern lights will make it feel alright
3.
Come On, Have A Seat There'll always be a chair for you when the music plays In a church or bar, wherever you need to be I know it's not your style to make a scene Forget everyone else Come on, have a seat Ride on an aria or polyphony Back and forth in American Beauty God Only Knows or a Dark End Of The Street It all carried you this far, hope it still speaks You always had a seat for everyone Never any sidelines in your big, big heart We'll lean into the hell around the bend Stay in the seat with us, our friend If you had one last ride, what would it be? I hope it'd be in the sun on a straightaway Get in a lime green van and take the wheel Forget everything else Come on, have a seat You always had a seat for everyone Never any sidelines in your big, big heart We'll lean into the hell around the bend Stay in the seat with us, our friend In memory of Rob vanHartingsveldt
4.
Mint Leaves 04:11
Mint Leaves I love the way you lean over Greet the sprawling mint leaves Even though they spread like clover No harm in letting them be Snap off a little leaf Don't you know, my love grows I love the way you see photos In the brambles and thorns Overgrown and taking over Ah, but that's the beauty Point out the little berries, over there, way down low Don't you know, my love grows I love the way you leave a note When you rush off early Even though you're filling passports Leave your love on loose leaf Taxi’s gone, while we sleep, you’ve already flown Don't you know, my love grows
5.
Midnight Prayer Silence interrupted Main Street siren Long gone, rushing off for healing But linger in my midnight Midnight prayer Deep sleep is disrupted Shopping carts out of tunnels of subway dreams Lonely blue cargo collecting Clickety-clack to my derailed midnight Midnight prayer My midnight, midnight prayer Memories of the unsaid Few words and the great between Deep breathing and warmth beside me Now a whisper in my midnight Midnight prayer My midnight, midnight prayer
6.
6:04 AM 03:18
6:04 A.M. There will be a 6:04 A.M. in the dark night of your soul Suddenly, the light of dawn as you fly above the coast Now your feet land on cobbled trampoline A lighter stone You will see unfaded saints in a ruined mountain church Suddenly, St. Francis smiling through a distant Roman arch Ancient streets welcome you with laughing jazz Singing birds There will be a 6:04 P.M. in candle light of loving souls You tap me under the table, then a wink Overflow
7.
Hallway 05:11
Hallway How many years has it been now? Same floor and same seat Flipping through the same magazines Still haven't read anything And on the wall above my head Framed trite in paradise Florescent light glares off the glass Bleached out words not gonna last Whatever’s said now won't come out wise All we got left are words from our eyes Prayers feel more like priest than friend So just a hand on your knee again That room down there at the end of the hall Sure scares the hell out of me When the white coats come through the doorway They don't have to say anything Whatever’s said now won't come out wise All we got left are words from our eyes Prayers feel more like priest than friend So just a hand on your knee again Can you run outside put change in for me? We'll be here longer than we thought When you come back in, you know where I'll be Same floor, same seat
8.
Abbey For One If I had the choice It just might be a still small voice Bright rally shirts move through the streets With a megaphone brimstone speech Pardon me, excuse me now I’ll find an abbey just for one somehow Not even a note left beside your bed My own tree line locked inside my head Ancient monks of the desert knew City lights touch the fringes too Pardon me, excuse me now I'll find an abbey just for one somehow Hey it's me, I'm on my way back But will there be any bridges left? This velcro beard I'm ripping off Maybe then we'll take a cloister walk Pardon me, excuse me now Find an abbey for us all somehow
9.
Twelve Hawks 05:20
Twelve Hawks Whatever brings you here So steady along the county road Your presence, an attendance It's harder to get home today Thank you for being here And one hundred feet or one mile ahead too Whatever brings you here To circle above my little piece of earth Your presence, an attendance You who have the wider view Thank you for being here Just above or out of sight too Keep watch for us Soar for us, for all of us

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released November 25, 2014

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Low Country Hill Hamilton, Ontario

Low Country Hill is Hamilton-based singer-songwriter Paul Hogeterp.

Low Country Hill "evoke(s) comparisons to such stalwarts as Hey Rosetta and Bon Iver, but yet really does not sound particularly like either. The tracks stand on their own as testaments to superlative songwriting and an album produced to showcase haunting, beautiful music." (Floor Shime Zipper Boots) ... more

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