Dragging the Lake (on the Day of the Dead)

from Mojave by Stuart Pearson

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well, the title says it all... includes percussion, harmonica, mandolin, droney organ, bass, a mournful New Orleans funeral horn procession and a drunk trombone.

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They're dragging the lake on the Day of the Dead
Pulled out the body but they can't find the head
Bangin' the drums and rollin' the bones
Been walking these streets since I woke up alone

My love lies deep in dark despondence
Tears of grief, tears of loss tears of love
And I look on with gentle fondness
Can't seem to find the me she's speaking of

Cherrytops blaze in the gathering dark
Little kids gape through the fence at the park
Watching from here like i'm part of the throng
The party's for me but I can't play along

The mad parade, so loud and gaudy
Screams of life, screams of life screams of life
But I'm lost here without my body
Facing night, only night, always night

They're dragging the lake on the day of the dead
The muddy shore calls me to come back to bed
Banging the drums and rolling the bones
Now I don't know how to unknow the unknowns

The mad parade has turned the corner
My love wears black and prays upon her knees
I slip away before I warn her
Things here are not the way we thought they'd be

Draggin' the lake... draggin' the lake

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from Mojave, released October 31, 2021
written by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry
performed by Stuart Pearson

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Stuart Pearson Los Angeles, California

“Dark Americana: Stories and Songs”: sepia-toned, dog-eared vistas of America’s struggles with sin and redemption that jumps cobwebbed eras from the 1860’s to the 1960’s. hollywoodtrax.bandcamp.com/album/dark-americana-stories-and-songs

"Dark Americana 2: Mohave" reflects the desert: dark folk, rustic, dangerous, in ruins and foreboding; breathing hallucinatory American mythology.
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