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Godspeed

by The Zithers

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1.
When You Miss the Train to Nowhere 03:33
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that metalhead kid found a suit that fits now he's saved up a couple grand just a dozen or so dead ends ago he was screaming in a grindcore band like his mother she had a similar dream played drums in the riot grrrl scene watched her friends hit it big and then called it quits started living within her means i know better than that i'm not telling you all i have to say no i won't get in your way if you catch that train to nowhere you can meet me down the line i moved out to the city smelled that metropolitan angst had to learn it the hard way there ain't no honest way to get paid but now i can play rhythm or get lost in the sound i can do whatever i'm asked ohhhh everything that matters is right within my grasp i'm going nowhere fast i know better than that i'm not telling you all i have to say and if you can't relate when you miss that train to nowhere maybe take it as a sign here am i standing on the platform watching the people go by let those martyrs hang their heads i'm gonna spread my wings i'm gonna shoot for the sky and when i catch that train to nowhere i will meet you down the line
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Horsy 02:06
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things fall apart the center can't hold see the first horse arrives on horseshoes of gold he bears the conqueror to whom the spoils must go and he'll divide and distribute watch his wallet grow he makes a pretty penny off of your disease we don't care if the dirt turns to ash if the futures are fading if the stock markets crash all we need's the means to cease this needing and if it costs our lives we'll just take what they're eating they're printing blood money with our disease (he's gonna run you down!) blank headstones built up like condos horsey horsey gonna run you down gonna run me down gonna run you down money's in the bank and the bodies in the ground he's gonna run you down money's in the bank and the peasants in the ground he's gonna run you down (horsey no!)
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Chantix Dream 02:20
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Down by the Rio 03:27
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the motivation's wearing down the future offers nothing but doubts i'm heading down to the rio to pray hoping god'll call a flood wash the sin away can we break through? raise hell and set it loose? i can't fight anymore red black and blue good lord would you carry my weight? take me down into the rio wash the sin away seek shelter from the storm inside a prison camp there's bodies piling up along the rio grande you can avert your eyes but you can't unsee you hear echoes of it ringing throughout history (what am i to do except commiserate? i've been looking for a place i can direct my aim) i'm sick of sitting pretty as the death tolls rise i want to make difference i wanna pick a fight we can break through raise hell and set it loose bury your shame it won't do you any good anyway you can carry that weight take it down into the rio wash the sin away wanna see people wanna see life i don't want to wait anymore (alright! alright!) we can break through raise hell and set it loose break down the door raise hell good lord bury your shame take it down into the rio let it fade away a shadow's coming down over the desert sands night is setting in along the rio grande and it feels like every day plays out the same like this whole damn world's just lost its way the sun's coming up another day i'm going down into the rio to pray
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Godspeed 04:13
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i saw the valley lit up like a thomas kinkade bathing in the moonlight until the sun came up and shook me awake whether the kingdom of manna or in my wildest fantasies i'll keep chasing the sun back to that valley i'm safe in my sleep (godspeed to all you weary travellers!) this song's for all ya lost souls swimmin in this fish bowl and libations for the ones we've left behind (godspeed to all you weary travellers!) you know we're gonna find that promised land you know we're gonna make it hand in hand in hand (don't you think you've had enough?) everything about this is tough but we're marching for a purpose that's bigger than the lot of us

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It took two years of setbacks, hardship and personal struggle to make, but takes only fifteen minutes to absentmindedly consume while doing other things.

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released May 6, 2022

Performed by the Zithers' extended family:

Dylan Williams: vocals, guitar, harmonica, claps
Beau Manning: drums, percussion, field recordings
Sam Wellard: bass, backing vocals
Jacob Cole: celebrity guest guitar solo on "Godspeed"
Scott Shaw: cello on "When You Miss the Train to Nowhere"


Composed and Produced by the Zithers

Lyrics by Dylan Williams

Engineered and Mixed by Beau Manning

Cover Photo and Layout by Sam Wellard

Drums Recorded and Engineered by Samuel Pruette at Big Bad Sound LA

Mastered by Taylor Hollingsworth

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