Name: The Tower
Duration: P00H05M00S
Description: this song is about the destruction of illusions and power structures

The Tower

from Mockingbird Express by Mockingbird Express

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this song is about the destruction of illusions and power structures

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Oh sweet lightnin' medicine head, big black angel sleeping by my bed, singing me love songs for the good times, singing' 'hari krishna, hari krishna, krishna krishna, hari hari. hari rama, hari rama, rama rama, hari hari" alright *
Waves are crashing, help is on the way, eye in the sky is gonna save the day. Lady on the stairs is looking down, animals watchin' from all around...

The tower is burning down...
I guess it's time to leave to that other side of town...

Oh moving water come and shake me now, i can hear the ringing of the Silver Bell. Queen of the Night on a seat of Gold, so many faces from the days of Old, lookin' out... lookin' in... look out..... LOOK IN*

The writing on the wall is telling me "NOW"... the universe is calling and she's telling me how... how i can get the secrets of the Cosmic Art, how i can find the force of the Thunder Heart.

The tower is burning down...
I guess it's time to leave to the other side of town...

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from Mockingbird Express, released August 4, 2018

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Mockingbird Express San Antonio, Texas

Mockingbird Express is freak blues from Texas where Lightnin' Hopkins meets the 13th Floor Elevators - a gospel tent revival on acid.

guitar/ vocals: Mockingbird Smith
bass guitar: Josh Borchardt / Oscar Moreno / Oscar Favian
drums: Kory Cook / Travis Hild ... more

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