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Old Ghosts

by Daniel Muenz

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1.
Call Me Home 02:56
Bury me in the deepest valley Let the devil call me home Carry my bones down from the galley Lay no wreaths upon my stone And let me rest Then let me go And let me go (x3) Tell your wives that I fought bravely And I died in the name of love Forgive me those times I couldn’t be The friend you are deserving of And hear my words Then call my name And call me home (x3) Hear my words, and call my name (x4) So raise a glass of salty water Drink with me one last time Follow me down till it gets hotter Far from home, end of the line And bind my feet Then send me under And cry your tears For those I plundered Along the way
2.
Twenty-five years Off to sea Told my love Not to wait for me Ten years o’ storms Carried me far Wrecked my sails And heaved me overboard A giant whale Tried to swallow me whole But I offered one arm To pay her toll She filled my lungs With three years’ good wind Carried me far To a place I’d never been Accelerating apart Each from each Each from each I washed up on a beach Of a blood-dark isle With men, the murderous kind They bound my leg in chains And threw me down the mines Seven long years Passed with pick and leash Till I cut through foot and wall And jumped into the breach Tunneling through the rock I came upon a lair Giant toothy worms Breathing sulfur air They chewed off my head Replaced it with a crown Spent my final years The Worm King underground Accelerating apart Each from each Each from each My body rests in peace
3.
When you’re gone, gone, gone When you’re gone, long gone Dead and gone, dead and gone Long gone, dead and gone I’ll have no one to call my name I’ll have no one to sing for again But I have loved, loved, loved I have loved, loved, loved I have loved, loved, loved I have loved When babies laugh, old men cry A dark wind blows, and trees collide I hear your voice and the thunder of god I feel your heart beneath the sod I’ll have no one to call my name I’ll have no one to sing for again But I have loved, loved, loved I have loved, loved, loved I have loved, loved, loved I have loved
4.
Cold, dark and lonely Cold, dark and low Cold, dark and lonely Where's my father? Lost at sea Where's my mother? Died in my infancy Take care of brother Keep him from ignomee You lords of squalor Lay not a hand on me And yes, Lord, I gamble And yes, Lord, I've killed But sorrow don't suit me My dream, Lord, will be fulfilled I must be fulfilled, Lord I must be fulfilled No more wand'ring My dream, Lord, will be fulfilled Cold, dark and lonely Cold, dark and low Cold, dark and lonely
5.
Old Ghosts 02:50
Well our bodies are old, but the night is young We can dance like we’re demons till the early sun Comes up and clears us old ghosts away I crawled out from my waste bin Drank a pool of spilled gin Dusted off my new suit And brand new shoes Suspenders too I got things to lose She crawled out from her own bin Sloughed off all the old skin Found herself a new layer Of underwear Made of rodent hair And she took off running down the street You and I, you and I will dance Dance, dance, dance, dance,... Like a couple of kids Like two gorgons’ heads Like two birds on fire Like old ghosts in love We met up on the pavement Cast aside bereavement Found rhythm in the moonlight And danced all night Till the growing light Burned our eyes You and I, you and I will dance Dance, dance, dance, dance,... Like a couple of kids Like two gorgons’ heads Like two birds on fire Like old ghosts in love
6.
One dark night from the depths of hell A little baby demon crawled up my well He said, “walk” And oh, Lord, I walked I walked 40 miles till the land turned wild I looked back around and saw that demon child He said, “run” And oh, Lord, did I run I ran through the forest, and across a frozen sea But that evil little baby kept a-following me He said, “fly” And oh, Lord, I did try I built wings like a bird but they broke in the rain I sang songs for the fairies but alas they never came I called out to you for a hand from above But all you gave was your love One dark night from the depths of hell A little baby demon crawled up my well He said, “walk” And oh, Lord, I walked He said, “walk” And oh, Lord, I walked
7.
Dink's Song 02:03
If I had wings, like Noah’s dove I’d fly the river, to the one I love Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well Well I had a girl, who was long and tall She moved her body like a cannonball Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well Show us a bird, flying high above Life ain’t worth living without the one you love Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well One of these days, and it won’t be long Call my name and I’ll be gone Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
8.
Kaiju 02:19
You been a mystery to me I saw you rise from the sea Wielding seven deadly weapons And riding a pony You don't belong You don't belong to anyone A demon fell from the sky Its eyeballs glowing with fire And a thousand million people Disappeared in one night It won't be long You came along so we can all be free The morning rose with a song Of beating hearts kept too long In tiny jars beneath the floorboards Of our boarded-up homes The night was long At night we longed for endless days We called to you and you came Atop a pony aflame And with seven deadly swords The red-eyed demon was slain You rode away Back to the sea, so we can all be free
9.
All the lives I've lived In burnt out holes Dug by winds No Gods foretold They call to me (x2) All the men I've killed And been killed by The women I've loved And lost to time They call to me (x2) Everything I own, flush it out to sea Bottles and the pills, flush 'em out to sea Voices in my head, flush 'em out to sea Everything I love The world I know When the world ends Let's begin One last night Of drinks with friends They call to me (x4)
10.
Bind the baby up in sheets Bind her one, two, three Bind that baby joyfully Let’s go running in the street Lead the way, I’ll follow you You’ll go running, I’ll come too Sing me sound asleep tonight With stories of the sea Let them all end peacefully
11.
There's a holy holy heart in you And there's even one in me Though we cast our chains off long ago We can only now be free Have I lived a life of meaning? I have not always been true Yes I watered seeds in darkness Though I did not see them through Well there's a holiness inside your heart And there's even some in me Yet the seas between us broad have roared* For a love that couldn't be Could the fates return what was dear to me Would I ask them to or go Down the wild road where life must grow And to the unknown lands below? * This line courtesy of Robert Burns

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A collection of simple, acoustic folk & folk-rock tunes. Just one man and his uke (plus occasionally some other stuff too). I'm still adding new songs to this album as I record them: last updated 2/22/2017.

For my father, may he rest.

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released August 22, 2014

All songs are originals except for "Dink's Song".

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Daniel Muenz Ann Arbor, Michigan

A folkie at heart, I'm drawn to simple melodies and to lyrics that tell a story. This whole thing's an experiment; I'm figuring out how to make music as I go.

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