EPIC SPLITTER SINNER IN THE SEA FORTUNE TELLER PARA ALGIERS MAYBE ON MONDAY PUERTO BETTER AND BETTER

NO TE VAYAS HUSH THE VANISHING MIND

EPIC

Nights we hide between the walls and voices leading on the ground Arms reaching out hoping for the chance to start Hearts holding out waiting for the bells to Bring my words to all of you and if they ever hear my voice Hold me in your thoughts laid out twisted in defense Hoping for the chance to start Hearts holding out waiting for the bells to Send my love to all my friends and if I never make it back To hold you in my arms again not letting go this time

SPLITTER

Through the gardens and fields neath the tall green grass You were walking neath the moon while covering your tracks Working your fingers down to the skin and stone One hand on the hammer, one foot by the door Pushed by the wind fed by the need for moving on, Moving on to nowhere When division runs deep and down into the well All the coins you dove after lost all their spell Covered in moss walking for silver and blood Out in the cafe, working in the grove Guarding the port of the future you sold Holding on, holding on to no one Holding on, holding on to no one One eye in the mirror, the other on the screen Sewn in the pockets and down into the dream Caught up in the mortar, bricks and heavy load Wait in the shadows down the living road Moving on, moving on to no one Holding on, holding on to no one

SINNER IN THE SEA

Theres a piano playing on the ocean floor between Havana and New Orleans Drummin a requiem for the dead and the souls hanging on every poets prayer Running to the rock, running to the sea Prayin to the Lord please shelter me But the ground keeps shaking, water is boiling on fire Blood pulsing through their veins like the waves crashing on the Malecn wall Clocks stopping at twelve on the eve of a forgotten war Luis drivin a 59 making it half way across the Gulf Stranded on the rock, stranded on the sea Theres a wall in the ocean between you and me Dreams of reaching dry land, talking to the fortune teller Prisoners pounding the jail like the waves crashing on the Malecn wall Someone lost an eye, someone lost the truth Trying to save face, oh neath the eyes of the Virgin el Cobre Shout me a line sister, shout me a line sister Oh I see your hands in the air, see you drowning on the other side Chiefs in the parish and the drummers in the square Walkin across the fire, walkin across the waves Sinner in the rock, sinner in the sea Theres a sunken bridge tween you and me Running past the embassy gates, the Santera shrine Blood pulsing thru their veins like the waves they remember Crashing on the Malecn wall

FORTUNE TELLER

I was just standing turning around Thats when they caught me heading down Keep on going dont look away Thats what they tell me, thats what they say Youre a pretty thought I suppose Im just trying to hold up as I go And one day I swear Ill spread my wings Im on my way to finer things It wasnt just me playing those games Still its my own fault just the same I opened up, I let you in Now these crystal fields are wearing thin Im walking with the fortune teller I can see my own way home But I dont like this dark road anymore And I dont wanna be alone for long Dont wanna be alone for long I dont wanna be on this dark road alone

PARA

I hold your wrist You bite your lip The push becomes an embrace I touch your face You close your eyes The embrace becomes a shove I walk away You follow too close The shove takes hold And theres no where to go Take it down Take it all the way Take it down Take it all the way down below the waterline I see you now Through a glass wall All that is you stays with you All that is me stays with me But we see it all We feel it all And there is no place we cant go Take it down Take it all the way Take it down Take it all the way down below the waterline

ALGIERS

ALGIERS

MAYBE ON MONDAY

Woke up on Monday and wrote you a love song, wrote you a love song Well the pen stopped and the paper flew out the window And the notes rang down the road I dont know where theyll go get caught in the trees I suppose Ripped apart by the birds and the winter winds whisper good bye to your love Went out walking into the storm, into the storm Followed what I thought was your voice but it was just the riverside I dont know where theyll go but I cast the letters you wrote Taken out by the current or sink to the bottom to say a little goodbye to your love Skies dark and the wind blew the trees down I watched as the world slipped away Carved into the bark a final love song Then I carried the words to the fire Staring into the glow where the branches are burning low Sparks shooting out like stars and in the morning say a little goodbye to your love Ill carry this song with me everyday til I lie down by your side

PUERTO

Lupitas gonna weave a path to the land up north Gonna find her way thru the thick of it all Looking at the lights dancing in the sky Hoping for a fallen star... Me consuelo viendo estrellas bailando en el puerto Brought them gold from the country to help cure their illness But they landed with only one purpose for conquest Though theres still this wave of unsettling hunger that never disappears Rigo working one, two, three different jobs And when he comes back home he welds into the night Builds an air balloon for his pickup truck Gonna fly up and over the wall If everything stays exactly the same Then nothing can move and nothing can change Me siento ese pjaro que danza sobre el puerto Carried ships from the sea up over the mountains The warriors fell to their knees by the invisible virus And still you can feel this wave of unsettling anger that never disappears Shes talking on the phone in the heart of town To her Bachata Mama in the heart of the world Saying please come back to Santo Domingo Why you gotta be so far away If everyone stays exactly the same Then no one can move and no one can change Amo ver la Luna vacilando en el puerto No one fortelling the depth and type of destruction Nor the sadness trapped on the tongue of Malinche Quetzalcoatl feathers strewn out over the altar Blood running down the pyramid steps in the morning Codices lost to a language thats been broken Theres this growing sense of impending anger that never disappears Ninguna entrada , queda en el puerto

BETTER AND BETTER

NO TE VAYAS

Theres a letter she keeps inside, a list of everyone she knows Behind her closed eyes that turn her in when its time to go Shes heading north into the haze, raise the wire and they raise the rent Shes walking the sun back home and in the night the moon is gone Is it better? Is it better and better? Is it better than staying home with nowhere to go? Ive seen your face out on the plains drifting all alone Draw my finger in the dirt and down another blue road Shes in Kansas and Alabam, Idaho and the Carolines Know Ive seen her before cant you recognize those hands Is it better? Is it better and better? Is it better than staying back home? Is it better? Is it better and better? Is it better with nowhere else to go?

Sigo Soando con tu sonrisa Por la noche, abajo de cielo y la luna Por qu te vas mi amor Sin mis caricias Por qu te vas mi linda Sin besarme con amor Sus ojos Me mienten y me engaan Pero siempre, te amo y te extrao Por qu te vas mi amor Sin mis caricias Por qu te vas mi linda sin besarme con amor La Deriva a lo lejos va a dejar mi corazon Colgando, como una seca rosa Por qu te vas mi amor Sin mis caricias Por qu te vas mi linda Sin besarme con amor

I continue Dreaming of your smile Through the night under the sky and moon Why do you leave my love Without my affection Why do you leave my dear Without a loving kiss Your eyes They lie and deceive me And still I love you and miss you. Why do you leave my love Without my caress Why do you leave my dear Without a loving kiss If you stray far away You will leave my heart Hanging, as a dry rose Why do you leave my love Without my affection Why do you leave my dear Without a loving kiss

HUSH

In the afternoon of orange blossom days Hummingbirds rest above where we lay You say its ok, no need to fret The weight of it all will ease as we find The balance in each step we make Swinging back n forth in a palo verde tree The wind in the needles hushes you asleep Even with the strain, your heart remains Dont doubt why darlin In time you will find were alright we were born Like the branch to bend and not to break Reconcile and resurrect, tombstone rose Growing up and over the gates to where our children play The future wraps round like vines Inside these arms Darlin will you say in our final embrace Before returning neath the clay After all that your heart still remains

THE VANISHING MIND

On the longest day The vanishing mind Knows not when the day ends Who could care for you Who could understand In the room sealed shut Youre not what you were So much sweeter now That theres nothing left to Remember you Its what brought you here Its what keeps you here Who could care for you Who could understand Know not when the day ends or begins anymore In the hallway and waiting again Here we are, here we sit The light turning grey Your smile brings me back To the longest day The vanishing mind

JOHN CONVERTINO JOEY BURNS JACOB VALENZUELA MARTIN WENK PAUL NIEHAUS VOLKER ZANDER CRAIG SCHUMACHER SERGIO MENDOZA JAIRO ZAVALA MICHAEL CARBAJAL MICHAEL FAN ROSE TODARO JOSEPH PAGN ANNE GRATZ CRAIG KLEIN JASON MINGLEDORFF PIETA BROWN TOM HAGERMAN CHRIS LOPEZ CHRIS SCHULTZ

drums, percussion, vibraphone vocals, guitars, upright bass, piano, vibes, keys, accordion trumpet, vibes, vocals 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 trumpet, vibes,Wurlitzer, sampled strings, accordion, theremin 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 pedal steel 3, 5, 6, 11, 12 upright bass, electric bass 1, 2, 11, 12 Mellotron, percussion,Wurlitzer 1, 3, 5, 7 piano 3, 8, 10 vocals, slide guitar, bazouki, acoustic guitar, percussion 6, 8, 10 trumpet 8, 10 violin 11, 12 violin 11, 12 viola 11, 12 cello 11, 12 trombone 3 tenor and baritone saxophone 2 backing vocals 4 violins, viola 5 baritone trombone 8 Moog synth for pedal steel 11

Produced by Joey Burns, John Convertino & Craig Schumacher Recorded atThe Living Room Studio in Algiers, Louisiana by Chris George and Daniel Majorie Recorded atWavelab Studio inTucson, Arizona by Chris Schultz Recorded at Studio Calexico inTucson, Arizona by Jairo Zavala (track 9) Mixed by Craig Schumacher of Wavelab Studio Mastered by JJ Golden of Golden Mastering Artwork and Layout Design by RyanTrayte of Saywells Design All songs Joey Burns, Lunada Bay (BMI) and John Convertino, Good Clean Dirt (BMI) Both administered by BMG/ Chrysalis Except No Te Vayas by JacobValenzuela, Bacobampo Music (BMI) administered by BMG/Chrysalis And FortuneTeller by Joey Burns, Lunada Bay (BMI) and Pieta Brown,Woo Jones Music (BMI) administered by A-side Jairo Zavala appears courtesy of EMI Music Spain T Hagerman appears courtesy of Anti records om Sergio Mendoza appears courtesy of Le Pop Records Craig Klein appears courtesy of Threadhead Records THANK YOU TO Christof Ellinghaus, Severin Most, Andy Kaulkin, Matt McGreevey, City Slang Records, Anti- Records, Matt Hanks, Shore Fire, Corey Rusk, Gail Perry, Fen Ikner, Charlie Levy, Patrick Templeman, Anton Pamer, Ali Hedrick, Billions Booking, Pamela Lillig, Howard Greynolds, JohnT osch,Tarina Aumiller,T Pisano, Ryan om Alfred, Chris Giambelluca, Nick Luca, Oliver Nielsen, Jelle Kuiper, Patrick Boonstra,Valerie Deerin, Fabian Ludwig, Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly, Ron and Nancy Barber, Rick G of Seattle Show Posters, Glenna Jean McElwain, Unity 5, Peter Woods,Tift Merritt, Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Amos Lee, Arcade Fire, John McDonaugh of the film The Guard, Aaron Schock of the film Circo, Chris George, Daniel Majorie and Kevin Barrios of The Living Room Studio, Berthold Seliger, Ali Hedrick, Billions Booking,Victor Gastelum, Ryan Trayte, Nova, Genevieve,Twyla and Burns Family, Christina, Kayleigh, Mia and Holden Convertino, Jackie Lawson, Robert Lawson, Christy Howison, Moni, Mario, Juan and Diego Zavala, Heike Ander, Lynn, J.J. and Valenzuela family,Wallfisch Family, Ellinghaus Family, Lena Obara, Jan Ole Gerster, Anne DeWolff, Ullrich Rode and Christoph Endres, Katja and Antonia Niehaus, Mendoza Familia, Michael Carbajal and all of the musicians that helped make this record. A special thanks to Craig Schumacher, Karen Lustig and Chris Schultz of Wavelab Studio.