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South Dakota

by Jonah Knight

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1.
All These Ghosts (All Together) I'm like Christmas lights still up on Labor Day Something from another time and place casting a familiar shade I keep seeing things out the corner of my eye Faces and places from a former life When we were all together... Sometimes I feel like flyin' dandilions Sometimes this city feels like it ain't even tryin' I'm workin' to hold on to things that I can barely remember I'm tryin' to keep on reminding you of when we were all together When we were all together... The brightest lights of the city scape just run up my electric bill My full moon like ancient runes dancing on my window sill Cameron's dog still walks these streets and everybody knows her name We may change, but all these ghosts are the same From the creatures swimming down in the deep blue sea To the spirits flying around snowy mountain peaks There's one little town where the road goes ever, ever on Not where I was born, but it's where I come from When I was all together... Five minute drive to the midnight sky, shoulder to shoulder stars Down in the dirt up through the universe, capture in a jar Somewhere on Dakota Street I carved everybody's name We may change, but all these ghosts are the same I watched you rise up to the sky leaving us in pouring rain We may change, but all these ghosts are the same
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The George Clooney Song I don't dance, but I got out and danced after I kidnapped the groom and the bride The soundtrack played and the whole room swayed and I happened to look over to the side Our eyes locked I guess I left a good impression even though I didn't shave for the wedding Cue your entrance into the room You know the camera is rolling Are you my leading lady, maybe? I could be George Clooney Out by the elevator I'll write you a letter, but can you hear my voiceover when you read it? We finally had a beer and when the montage clear the story took a turn I thought that I was cast in a lite romantic comedy But the rewrite says it's a drama so I guess that the joke's on me Cue the fight scene in your bedroom You know the camera is rolling Are you my leading lady, maybe? Is life really a movie? If you're my leading lady, baby Where's my Hollywood ending? I got a letter from her mom apologizing for the behavior of her daughter She said I should keep in touch she said her daughter is a nut I think this movie is almost over I put your family on my Christmas card list Because I think that they're the ones I really miss And ever since that night when I slept on your brother's floor Well I'll admit to thinking of you And I'll admit I never really knew you I'm taking off from the land of Lincoln And as the credits start to roll I just can't help thinkin' Cue my exit from the scene now You know the camera is rolling You're not my leading lady baby But I'm still George Clooney Cuz I know life is a movie, baby Without a Hollywood ending And since life is a movie, baby I'll be George Clooney...
3.
Catching Echoes I stood in rushing water surrounded by my friends That colde Vermillion river washed us around the bend Like catfish we fought the tide and on the banks we dried That day is burned in me, but no words survive Sometimes words are only words Just because you listed doesn't mean that you've heard All alone in this empty room, I am Catching echoes I used to watch the stars on every rise and every fall The comet didn't seem so far away, but it grew so very small I like to think of us, our tribe forever strong One day you turn around and everybody's gone Sometimes words are only words Just because you listed doesn't mean that you've heard All alone in this empty room, I am Catching echoes Only so many places to go, now it's just all of us again The world outside is very small when winter has settled in Time is flying by while simultaneously so slow I've traveled into the future while still locked in a tableau Sometimes words are only words Just because you listed doesn't mean that you've heard All alone in this empty room, I am Catching echoes
4.
The Desert 05:37
The Desert It was The Cowboy, The Cherry Street Grille, or whatever they call this place now. Sunlight trickled through the moss green shade highlighting your eyebrow. I've been busy just sloshing around. Swimming through the motions like a champ. Awkward cup and saucer overflow with chatter. Bunched up, her napkin was damp. Chorus: Hearts like coffee, bitter and sharp, secrets I'm ready to spill. "I don't think I can handle this," She drips, she runs, she swells. Surrounding us is The Desert. A mournful kingdom of sand. Deep in my heart stretches The Desert. A dry and primitive land. I hate The Cowboy, The Cherry Street Grille, or whatever they call this place now. Everything changes, everything grows, but not me. I never learned how. Always rewinding, never put things behind me. You're like my lightning bolt scar. Now that we're cheated out of everything we've needed, gone, but you'll never be far. Chorus I can still feel her misting like rain. Though years like weeds have grown. Ahead the road swept, in the river she leapt, skipping The Desert like a stone.
5.
Don't Turn Your Back On South Dakota Don't turn your back on South Dakota We're up to some shit that you'll never see coming Might pass some laws that you'll find apauling What you gonna do? You can't do nothing. Don't turn your back on South Dakota Go and make your jokes. You're such a funny fella You won't be laughing and you won't be smiling Nebraska was first now Minnesota is falling Don't turn your back on South Dakota We know where you sleep and we can be there by morning Might think you're safe down in Virginia But you'll never be safe from South Dakota So don't turn your back on South Dakota.
6.
Into The Sky 03:02
Into The Sky Somewhere behind you are the mountains The mountains are where you cannot stay Somewhere behind you are the memories Of all those cold and rainy days Chorus: This time you've got to learn to fly This time you've got to rise One more time and I'll wait for you to fly Disappear into the sky Somewhere inside of you is an ocean You can drift on lazy waves Somewhere inside of you is a quiet beach You spend warm and sunny days Chorus Bridge There's just one road and it goes everywhere This one road can take you anywhere There's always danger on the road Moving like a river flows One wrong step you'll be swept far from home Chorus
7.
Mr. Deja Vu 04:05
Mr. Deja Vu As I move my desk to block off the door I get this sinking feeling like I've been through all of this before I made a few friends, did decent work, got a nice review Deja vu Although this facility is nice and the people here respect me for what I do I'd rather be unemployed with you They call me Mr. Deja Vu Maybe I'm only four states away from where I want to be West or east, doesn't matter to me, let's go see what there is to see I might miss it here in five or seven years, but now it's not what I wanna do Deja vu I wish that there was some way for me to apologize and then to sneak out the back way What else is news? They call me Mr. Deja vu (I'm designed to rewind) (For me repeating is the same as breathing) Maybe I could make it though the summer Save up some money for the winter Maybe I could add on one more year The future, like magic, would just appear Everything I have fits in my car The border to the north is not that far... There's some secret code that gets triggered by a long stretch of road Deja vu I can feel it in my bones, it's the signal that it's time to go But I don't have to go alone I'm not the only one who knows... (I rewind by design) (For me repeating is the same as breathing)
8.
Sun God 04:52
Sun God Verse: The past few day I've covered from the sun In a couple more I can tell you who has won Cover yourself from our heavenly host Until you become nothing but a ghost Chorus: My inside wants to see the light, my outside wants to see the dark Hard to remember where did I start My inside burns to see the sun that my outside has won Oh Sun God Burn me on the radio Blind me I pray to you Show me the light Verse: You are the one keeping me awake Visions of your return, signals make me quake When you shine I believe But you're haunting my nights with waking dreams Verse: The God in the sun might just be the same As the God underground, long may he reign A fist full of dirt that the wind blows away Still waiting for a sign, I wait for days
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South Dakota Calls I've always said that I would go back some day But the world is wide and I get lost on the way I keep having dreams of where the prairies touch the sky I've put it off long enough, now, this is the time This is the time Second star to the right and hey, steady on Follow the signs... Details are blurry and Memories are hazy but At the center these moments shine From Rapid to Sioux Falls All the way down. Old Vermillion town South Dakota call Says you can take your time just remember to come back home That perfect moment as if on cue One little town rises up into view Everything around here reminds me of you And if you ever wonder where I've gotten off to I have gone back home Chorus: Some day you really should go back home Some day we will all be ghosts Listen to the voices come the early fall You will hear when South Dakota Calls Chorus:

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For Ellen Slagle Christie. Into the sky.

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released June 20, 2018

Mixing and Mastering by Mark Logic

Cover Art by Mikey Mason

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Jonah Knight Fair Oaks, California

Jonah is the world's premier Paranormal Modern Folk musician. From a singer/songwriter background, his songs are about ghosts, monsters, supernatural creepiness, and steampunk.

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