I got an old black dog - turns out he's my best friend
His muzzle is gray - he always looks a little thin
He was on his own for a long time - it isn't easy for him
But he gets up every morning and says “OK, let's start again”

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Christopher Cook on guitar and vocals, Emmy Rose on harmonium

I want to sit with you
Down by the river
Everybody wants to get next to you
‘Cause you’re a giver

But I want to see
Can you put it into my eyes
How you can believe when it's dark
Maybe I'm just not the kind

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Christopher Cook - guitar, Emmy Rose - vocals, Fred Mandujano - percussion

"The birds, they all head south 
as soon as it gets cold,
And me, I better watch my mouth
or so I've been told.
Another day has come around,
and I can't take my eyes off the edge of town."

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Christopher Cook on guitar and vocals. 
Emmy Rose on harmonium and vocals

with Marjorie Gonzales Chavez – guitarrón and Fred Mandujano – percussion 
photo by Emily Bristow

The streets are filled with rubble from some forgotten war
They'd like to fight it all again but we can't take it anymore
Oh, misery be warned - there's only so much can be borne

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Christopher Cook - guitar and vocals, Emmy Rose - vocals
Ollin Chavez - violin, Nathan Cook - trumpet

Click to hear Chris play Chimney Swifts

A man drove across the plains with a wife with dead eyes
A car he had to push to start and a suitcase full of lies
But every place just looked the same - Nowhere to start again
With a no good battered heart - Afraid to look within
He's a lonesome American

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Christopher Cook on guitar and vocals, Emmy Rose on harmonium

"It’s a rich and beautiful world 
So much to see when you travel about 
But when you’re a lonely girl 
You can get lost in a house"

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Christopher Cook, guitar and vocals
Emmy Rose, vocals
Gracin Dorsey, cello

On the porch, the fireflies gather 'round the glow of your cigarette
Sittin' out in the evenin' time ‘cause the house ain’t cooled off yet…

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Christopher Cook, guitar and vocals
Emmy Rose, harmonium
Gracin Dorsey, cello

photo by Emily Bristow

In the courtyard, 
the tables are turned on their sides 
for the winter …

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Christopher Cook - guitar and vocals
Emmy Rose - harmonium and vocals
Olin Chavez - violin, Marjorie Gonzales Chavez - guitarron

Photo by Emily Bristow

I was born at sea; I'm not really from anywhere
But when I dwell near thee, I know you can hear me there

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Christopher Cook - guitar and vocals, Emmy Rose - vocals

photo by Emily Bristow