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By the Mountain's Feet

by Buckman Coe

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1.
Come on pack your bags, Let's leave 'em at the station What did your guru say? 'There's only one moment to be living in' This is how the story of you and I begins And it's not so farfetched... If we surrender control, Will we find out where we're going? You ask about my history, But what am I a memory? She says I'm science fiction, I say she's fantasy and it's not so farfetched Only one moment to be living in... Life moves so fast...
2.
I sure like it here the birds and the trees, Sitting quiet by the mountain's feet And the math may baffle your mind, A planet such as this is hard to find The Apocalypse is Not Guaranteed Just because it's written in some books, Far as I know hope is still free This is our cathedral, Can we let it be? Keep the oil out of our seas Cos we all choke with the sludge in our lungs This constant need for more must be overcome Just as the light comes with the dawn, I'm sure this light will shine on everyone, And time will surely come, When we have no choice but to act as one
3.
Lazy River 05:29
Lazy River, flowing clean lift the sleeping from my dream Lazy River, moving fast there's no future there's no past Lazy River, all around I'm sure glad that I left town Rolling down the mountain side bringing the damns down one at a time Rolling down Rolling down Lazy River, cold and clear drink the dharma no more fear Lazy River, is all I see surround me in your symphony Lazy River, is all I hear separation disappear
4.
Honey Child 03:39
Don't love me just once, love me once again we've got time before I catch my train I'll be gone for many a day, I got to remember your kiss or I'll go insane Well, I'm going down to the end of the world gonna make a fortune for my boy and girl I might gamble maybe once or twice I'll keep it tucked in 'cos you are my wife Honey Child love me one more time, give me a kiss let's me know you're mine Honey Child you drive me wild I'll be loving you for a long long while Honey Child love me once again my love for you will never end When I come back take care of me, aw honey let me climb your cherry tree Treat me good baby treat me right, you know I'm gonna have quite an appetite! Don't love me just once love me once again, once as your lover and once as your friend When I come back that's where I'll stay so I can kiss you girl and watch our children play
5.
I talk to a strange guy all day long, it's a steady stream of dangling melodies It's all that I can do, to keep from laughing making sense of nothing is entertaining for some time He says he's got a roll of film in his heart, but doesn't know how to get that film developed It's melting in a darkroom, saving moments for another day is one way to prolong the pain Oh, just don't know, plot thick it grows... It's the same old show ... I, I don't know... plot thick it grows Tried talking to the photographs in my past telling them the things I think they needed to know way back when, and being there as an older friend Holding hands and saying...
6.
All my promises seem broke I don't even know when I'm lying to myself Yeah, it's that bad and I think I'd be better off if I just cut and run, cut and run I could come back to my senses Somewhere else, come back to my senses If angels hover' round why don't they take their chance and save a piece of my soul 'cause the Devil's in me Says he's in you too And he wants to let some hell loose Fire and Brimstone in my belly When the claws come out You'd better hide yourself Yeah, it's that bad and I thought all the therapy would have made me a better man That I could take back everything Said and done, take back everything You've had your chances, and I've had mine But when we sin together it's fatal but it feels divine And you've got no reason to think that I have changed But if there's no hope of redemption Heaven and Hell they're both the same
7.
Rest 04:04
Hold on, catch your breath while you can hold on to my hand as we pass through this barren land Nothing's left since the day it came Lay your head on my chest and rest, take what time we have left before the Sun sets Before you know, we'll cover the distance we'd planned before you quit on me, remember the things we'd said I tie my heart to your heart, we can
8.
Paranoia 04:21
Traitors occupy my mind with their plots to rule mankind they want to put a chip in my spine I'm lucky, lucky to be alive people disappearing all the time just as soon as they realize Paranoia's killing me, what's the truth? Tell me honestly Are police keeping tabs on me? my mind's messed up won't let me be Oil spills are the price of their greed, There's enough food in this world to feed, They are selling arms to watch both sides bleed They got bunkers to hide in when the bombs go off TV screens to watch them drop and they'll stay there 'til the danger's gone
9.
Promise 04:01
So much trouble, for your troubles following you from day to day threats from the authorities Where can you go on your own? When you're either idolized or brutalized Where can we go, without the ones? To promise us, a way back home A way back home... Take on the sorrows for our tomorrows, challenging the order of things while the bullets ring There's no hate in your words, truly great humanity, humanity If we try to find it, will we find it If we look inside, will we find it
10.
Brother 03:15
We feel the earth with our feet, The moon leads us to the sea Where the fish lay in their ponds, And dream of times now gone The wind moves through the trees, It's how the ancient voices speak, Of how things must be and how we meet who we're meant to meet Brother, You say destiny waits we must meet it half way, As the river meets waves Under clouds of sea foam We talk the known and unknown, With mirrors in our eyes that reflect each other's lives, How nature and our friends, Will lift us up when we're tired, This how love for all things on this good earth will be inspired Brother, You say destiny waits we must meet it half way, As the river meets waves Though all things must change and we go our own ways, Some says the same...
11.
Oh my lover I must leave, I'm a stranger now unto me though my riches have grown my soul has grown weary Throwing dice once was a game, now it control's me This world of illusion I've got to leave behind, of dancing women and drinking too much wine This world of Samsara, I've got to get away! My love Kamala, I will leave when morning breaks What pleasures we have known, the art of love you have shown me but the songbird in my heart, will die unless it's set free I must shed these fine clothes, and let your kiss become a memory And this life I've led has left me stranded, broken, by the river Once Again, It's all over...

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“What stands out are the gorgeous little touches—like the calypso-tinted guitars in the lite-and-breezy “Not So Farfetched” and the molasses-dipped harmonies in the wonderful country comedown “Plot Thick It Grows” ... If this were 1973, back when singer-songwriters ruled the earth, Coe wouldn’t have much time for side pursuits...he’d be busy cashing gold-record royalty cheques and house-hunting in Laurel Canyon. If that sounds hyperbolic, it shouldn’t, because By the Mountain’s Feet, is really that good”
- Mike Usinger from the Georgia Straight June 29, 2011

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released March 13, 2012

Words & Music by Buckman Coe
Produced & Arranged by Jason Kechely
Mixed by Chon with Jason Kechely
Engineered by Chon at Profile Sound, Sheldon Zaharko at the Factory, and Jason Kechely
Mastered by Graemme Brown at Zen Mastering

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Buckman Coe Vancouver, British Columbia

Conscious Roots and Soul Musician. Folky beginnings, evolving into Americana, World, Reggae, and sometimes some dubby psychedelic adventures.
“World Artist of the Year”
Western Canadian Music Awards 2019

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