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    Produced by Joe Reinhart at Headroom Studios in Philadelphia and featuring Jared Schapker on Bass, Blake Suben on Drums, Mike Brennan on Pedal/Lap Steel, Nate Vaeth on Piano and Organ, Lucy Stone on Backing Vocals. Artwork by J. Alan Kelley and Re Mcbride.

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lyrics

You were walking to the Laundromat,
I was coming home from work.
You said “I got a pocket full of quarters,
Would you like to shoot some pool?
I’ve been in town about a year now
And I ain’t got too many friends,
And I’m just trying to find somebody kind
To spend the afternoon with.
Do you mind?”

“Hope you don’t mind.”

MaryAnn said goodbye about a week and a half back.
And I’d been spending all my time wandering the pages of my past.
Last thing that I wanted was to catch a woman’s gaze,
But there was a kindness in your laughter.
I could see it written on your face.

So I said, “Alright,..’
‘No, I don’t mind.”

Sometimes the motion of the spinning earth, it drives me insane.
And I just
Want to cut and run, but I can’t get away from it all,
‘cause where you go, there you are.
That thing behind your thoughts, observing it’s wretched...

Suicide sweet mornings and the smell of tangerines.
You and all the alcohol were engraved upon my dreams.
Eternity. A Highway. Thoughts of you and myself.
Projections on a girl to decorate a bedroom self.
and I was mystified........

Oh, darling

I could see the future and it was smiling at you.
Laying over worlds apart scratching short of the truth.
The jealous subtleties of an insecure boy.
Addicted to the comfort of an out of reach love.

While the motion of the spinning Earth, it drove you insane.
And I just
Watched you cut and run, now I can’t get away from it all,
‘cause where I go, there you are.
That thing behind my thoughts observing it’s lovely self.

I drove from Utah to Chicago and all of hell in between,
Oh, the sweet, soft pull of icy tombs off Highway 23.
In it to whatever end. Stoned and deaf and blind.
My Honda like a missile,
Just flying through the night.
I watched the future and the truth collide.

Now, I’m just sitting in this motel with you humming through my mind.

The spinning of the earth, I think it’s starting to say.
That you can try to cut and run,
but you won’t get away from it all.
Learn how to love who you are.
Embrace the thing behind your thoughts and let yourself ride on.

Ride on.

Ride on.

Right on.

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from Honeysuckle Summer, released March 5, 2021

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Charles Ellsworth Brooklyn, New York

Born and raised in the White Mountains of Arizona, Charles Ellsworth first gained an appreciation for a simple, not so distant past. His vivid lyrics and near-familiar melodies weave to tell stories of heartbreak and loneliness while shining a light on the perseverance of the human spirit. ... more

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