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Sad Cafe

from Deep Cut by Joy Mills Band

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inspired by the novella, Ballad of the Sad Cafe, by Carson McCullers

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You can see the blue flame on the stove flickering
You can hear the cards as they fall through the shuffling
Jack of hearts, staring eye of hungry hope
Weaving through the sad cafe

And there's food enough for everyone until it's gone
There's whiskey in the water like a golden song
Queen of hearts, leaning low by the fireside
Hum a tune through the sad cafe

The shadows dance along the ground
Peach trees in a crooked row
Add to the burden of my day
With the ghost of the fruit hanging low
Still I'm heading down before I go, oo-oo-oo

The winter holds the summer souls withering
They hold the threads of social grace, a tattered string
Ace of hearts, a single pull and it comes apart
Such happiness was the sad cafe

The whistle blows down at the mill everyday
They left the porch painted half-green, half-grey
King of hearts left the town before daybreak
Left me in this sad cafe

The shadows dance along the ground
Peach trees in a crooked row
Add to the burden of my day
With the ghost of the fruit hanging low
Still I'm heading down before I go, oo-oo-oo

credits

from Deep Cut, released September 14, 2015
Joy Mills – acoustic guitar, vocals
Lucien La Motte – pedal steel
Tom Parker – bass, vocals
Aimee Zoe - drums

Produced by Joy Mills Band
Engineered and mixed by Mike McDermott
Mastered by Julian Martlew

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Joy Mills Band Seattle, Washington

New album Echolocator out 1.24.20

Urban country and roots from the Pacific Northwest.

"Seattle’s liveliest country-flavored act since Neko Case." - The Stranger

“Call it lilt with an edge.” – Leicester Bangs (UK)

“Organic country…both delicate and edgy… For the lo-fi country enthusiast.” – Maverick Mag (UK)
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