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Poet's Tooth

by Tele Novella

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Young & Free 03:31
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What a hard-hearted way that you gaze into me How you hate what you see that reminds you of you I'm not brave, but I'm not afraid of mistakes I have made But you won't let them fade What can I do for you? Livin's hard enough I would date call this love Still I feel something there Wish that I didn't care At least I no longer fear the mirror, I might Stand in unbecoming light and it's alright Fitful wings will cut the air Into packs of magic cards Disappear my heavy heart I came out in one piece What a hard-hearted way that you gaze into me How you hate what you see That reminds you of you It took time, really had to fight oh, my head wasn't right Now it's hard not to cry When I think of you Livin's hard enough I wouldn't dare call this love Still I feel something there Wish that i didn't care At least I no longer fear the mirror, I might stand in unbecoming light and it's alright I played it to the hilt because I had nowhere to run Jesus, look how far I've come does my strength scare you?
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Before you go throwing in the towel Let's try singing louder than our stomach's can growl The china doesn't match but you can't tell, by candlelight Oh, we didn't pay the electric bill again It's possible that we won't get ahead If you walk the tightrope You must hang up the net And make it to the end With that you've got Maybe it's not much But with a little magic it's enough Broomhorse, broomhorse, broomhorse This is what we've got, let's show them what we're made of Broomhorse, Broomhorse, broomhorse, To thine own self be true, godspeed to you It's hard to say which way the wind will blow We're two kids in a trenchcoat We got into the show It's not the eye that looks Oh, it's the lense That you're looking through And everything is possible with you
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They told you not to put all your eggs in one basket To have a plan b for safer landing But the universe Wants you to ask it For that which you need and it will answer A little hope makes its nest in the rafters And sings a sweet song when you are not strong You must have integrity as you go after that which your heart seeks until it's mastered Because they are afraid They will say things to scare you Wish someone told me It would be lonely And you'll find That the valleys prepare you The hills are easy But they don't dare you To cut your path in the grass find a new way No map will serve you So let your heart stray Oh, if you get lost it will soon be a new day Just be persistent and mean what you say They told you not to put all your eggs in one basket to have a plan b for safer landing But the universe wants you to ask it for that which you need and it will answer Oh, you have to want it and see it so clearly that when your heart breaks you have what it takes to push through the pain and keep on when you're weary truth above all else tell it sincerely
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The spring is in the streets again And too many seasons gone by We move to cruise and stare at ourselves Hoping to find Someone half blind somebody who will make us new to hold in the night guard us from fright change all that's gone for the new While in our very city there lives a unicorn of old The Queen that holds the unicorn Will be reborn his mighty horn falls on that day storms pass away night turns to day the whole world is gay Angels descend from the sky The trucks are cold and barren again and the numbers have all turned to jade I search for a way To tear out my eyes so I won't see the dying tree fall to it's knees And as it must with fragments of lust return to dust then we are gone in the night While in our very city there lives a real life unicorn the queen who captures the unicorn Is virgin again just touching it's hand wisdom is hers focus from blurs posessing the key brings life to the tree and makes it grow taller again The sanctuary's crowded again the poisons are all passed around Each star walks in we turn to the door our eyes leave our head the zombies are dead just walking around held to the grown our feet are bound obeying each sound waiting to meet god knows who
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Rodeo Clown 03:26
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Poet's Tooth 04:26
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Funeral 03:52 video

credits

released October 6, 2023

Natalie Ribbons- vocals, backing vocals, nylon string guitar and garden weasel.

Jason Chronis- Electric guitar, 12 string guitar, baritone guitar, nylon string guitar, bass, autoharp, backing vocals, aux percussion, piano, organ and other keyboard sounds.

Danny Reisch- Drums, aux percussion, loops, samples and field recordings.

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All songs produced, engineered, and mixed by Danny Reisch except for “The Unicorn” and “Funeral” which were produced and engineered by Jason Chronis.

All songs mastered by Max Lorenzen and Danny Reisch.

Artwork by Hailee Va. Handwritten text by Natalie Ribbons. Layout & design by Rob Jones.

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All songs written by Tele Novella except for “The Unicorn” which was written by Peter Grudzien.

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Tele Novella Austin, Texas

Tele Novella is a project out of Lockhart, Texas--a small town lost in time---where their classic and sincere pop songwriting is slowly processed through a loner medieval-tonk machine and then captured on cassette 8-track. Their latest record, Poet's Tooth, steers the duo’s whimsical western-tinted balladry in fascinating new directions. It's out now on Kill Rock Stars. ... more

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